The Forgotten One | Pr Yvonne Chong

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Today, I'm going to be sharing about the Holy Spirit.

How many of you know that the Holy Spirit is

still at work in our lives? The Holy Spirit is

still at work in Malaysia. And every single country that

you're coming from. And, you know, there is, you know,

there were sparks of revival that happened even in one

of our campuses in Nilai. Starting time back, you know,

the sparks started in COVID during the pandemic time. And yes,

you know, you know, You know sparks, right? And then

causes fire. Very good fire that does not cause us haze.

And it has spread across different campuses called IPG. That's

our Teachers Training Institute all across Malaysia. And yeah, all

of this. Yeah. Through the enabling of the Holy Spirit. 这些事情呢, 唯有一具圣灵才能够运行的。

It's not by any amount of human strength or ability

or capability. 不是因着我们人类有能够多么的能干。 But it is through the enabling of

the Holy Spirit. 而是呢, 透过圣灵。 Now a lot of times in

our faith, we kind of, you know, talk a lot

more on God the Father and on... The Son as

well as Jesus. 很多时候在我们的信心, 我们都会很强调关于到我们的天父啊, 不只是耶稣。 Whenever, you know, if ever, you know,

and we know, you know, God the Father, His attributes,

who He is. 我们也知道说我们天父的本性。 And you know, Jesus as well,

we know what he has done. 也知道说耶稣在十字架上所做的。 Who he is

and what he can do. 他能够做的事情是什么, 还有他是谁。 But many times, we

will actually leave out the Holy Spirit. 可是很多时候我们就把圣灵来去放在一旁了。 We don't

talk much about him. 我们也很少说到关于圣灵的工作。 And today I want to

title him, not title him, but title my message as

the Forgotten One. A lot of times we forget That

we have the Holy Spirit in us. 很多时候我们也忘记我们有圣灵在我们的里面。 Or sometimes,

maybe culturally, some people are afraid of the Holy Spirit. 很多时候在文化方面, 有一些文化会很害怕圣灵。

You know, in some cultures, like, oh, is this a ghost?

很多觉得它是一个幽灵。 You know, spirit, sometimes it equates spirit to ghost, right?

有的时候我们就觉得这些灵是好像鬼这样。 Or, you know, maybe some people have a misconception. 有时候呢, 圣灵会在不同的生命里面来去做这个赶鬼啊等等的工作。

And they may have some associations, okay, if I have

the Holy Spirit, I'll have erratic behavior.

可能就觉得说, 如果我有圣灵的话呢, 我会有一个很反常的行为。 You know, when the.

Holy Spirit comes upon the church in different service, suddenly

there'll be chaos. Everyone will be breaking in times and

running everywhere or whatever not. Because of what we see

or perceive on, you know, on TV sometimes. Not TV,

but videos that we watch, okay, get circulated. Sometimes you

feel like, hey, you know, is it an emotional manipulation?

又或者是会在想这个圣灵是不是来去操控我们情绪的一个部分。 Or, you know, it's the speaking task, I don't understand, like,

you know, I'm afraid of it. 可能就觉得, 哎哟, 这个方言祷告我不理解嘞, 我就很害怕。 Hence, because sometimes

of that, the Holy Spirit gets locked out. 那因着这样子呢, 很多时候圣灵就被丢在一旁了。 It's

like he gets locked in a basement in a house.

Although we acknowledge he's the third person in the Trinity.

But we have never ever invited him into our life.

Sometimes people take him you know, like an impersonal force.

You know, sometimes you may understand, okay, you know, my past,

you know, church, you know, preach about the Holy Spirit being,

you know, dynamite, you know, dynamite power. You know, Sometimes

people will use him and equate him like, okay, there's

electricity or sometimes people give a comparison that the Holy

Spirit is like a gravity force. And sometimes, because of that,

we treat him very impersonal. We just treat him as

a force. But today, I would like to share with

you more that the Holy Spirit is not that impersonal.

It's not just a force. It's not the third person

in the trinity that causes chaos. But he is a person. Er是呢, 他也是一个个体。

Beyond a person, he is a divine person. 他也是一个超自然神圣的一个个体。 That's

why you realize we do not refer to him as

an it. 所以我们不会用这个动物的这个名称来去, 好像这个非生物的名称来去称他。 Because when we refer to a force,

we will just refer to it as an it, right? 因为如果我们要来去称一个人物,

But He is the third person of the Trinity. Whole

eternal with the Father and the Son. Until and unless

we are able to experience Him as a person. We

will never be able to experience the fullness of life

that God has given to us. 我们是没有办法来去丰盛地活着。 We would not

be able to experience the extent of Jesus' sacrifice on

the cross for us. 我们是没有办法来去能够完完全全地体会到耶稣为我们死在十字架上的这个事情。 And the Holy Spirit as

well was not just given to us post-sacrifice. Jesus' death, right?

He was already there in the Old Testament. Alright, let's

look at Genesis chapter 1, verse 1 to 2. And

Genesis 1:1–2

we will read it together. Okay, if you guys are there,

say yes. Alright, let's read it in 1, 2 and 3.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was

on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of

God was hovering over the face of the waters. 我们来读创世纪第一章一到二节。 起初神创造天地, 地是空虚混沌, 渊面黑暗, 神的灵运行在水面上。 Alright? So,

to understand and know the Holy Spirit more, we have

to look back to the beginning.

Alright?

如果我们要更加的了解圣灵的话, 我们要来去看一下这个神, 怎样来去开启的。 And it says here in verse 2,

the Spirit was there. 这里第二节就是说到神的灵就在那里。 Before there was light and

there was land, there was the Spirit. 在光啊, 或者是这个地面还没有开启的时候呢, 这个神的灵就已经在那里了。 So the...

We read here in the word Hebrew, okay, the original

language is actually Ruach. So, you know, when we read

verse 2, it says, And the Ruach of God was

hovering over the face of the waters. It actually means

the breath and the wind. The meaning is that the

breath and the wind And in the Hebrew's mind, these

three concepts of the spirit, the wind and the breath

is actually inseparable. 在这个古代希伯来文里面, 那个三个的概念是不可以来去分开的。 We definitely cannot see wind.

那我们一定是看不见风嘛。 We can feel the movement of air right now.

你能感受到这个很强大的影响。 So we cannot see the wind, but we can

actually see its powerful effects. 可是你能够看到它的这个能力。 Wind, you know, the

powerful effects, it can actually uproot a tree as well.

因为风可以来去把树给连根拔起。 Wind shifts the ocean. And now, you know, with

the hay situation in Malaysia, we really, really need the wind, okay,

to move all across from the Indian Ocean, okay? The

whole Illinois. We cannot see breath. But breath itself is

the essence of our life, right? 可是气息呢, 是生命的本质。 If any one

of us are not here, means this morning we didn't

manage to wake up with breath in us. 如果我们今天早上没有气息的话, 我们就不能够来到这里。 That

would mean we have gone back to see Jesus, right? 也就代表说我们就回到了看耶稣, 就是去见耶稣了。

So therefore, Ruach Elohim, right? The Spirit of God, He

is invisible, but He is powerful. He is like giving.

He is the active, moving presence of God. And you

can see here in verse 2, so that's the second

part to this verse, right? So, and the roar of

God was hovering over the face of the waters. So

this word hovering, okay, in Hebrew, it actually does not

mean like how your drone or helicopter now hovers. Alright,

in these days, like your drone or helicopter, it hovers.

在如果英文的方面呢 其实hover的这个字也代表着在盘旋 可是呢我们这个华语的这个翻译就不一样 But it has the same meaning in

Deuteronomy 32 verse 11 Let's turn to that 然后呢这个运行的意思呢 你在生命纪32章11节有能够看见

Deuteronomy 32:11

It will help us understand what this hovering means more

Okay Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 11 If you're there, you

Deuteronomy 32:11

can say yes. Alright, and then we shall read it

together in 1, 2 and 3. As an eagle stirs

up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings,

taking them up, carrying them on its wings. So this

word itself, hovers now, gives a Better depth, right? As

we read Deuteronomy 32, 11. It's described as how like

a mother eagle broods over or hovers over her nestlings.

Fiercely protecting them, inspiring them for life. Have any one

of you tried to.

Okay, have you watched any National Geographic video? I think

you have not been to an eagle's nest. But you

all know how it looks like? How fierce the eagle

will be? 可以想象一下这个老银狮多么的来去保护自己的孩子。 So think about, you know, now, the

theological implication of this. 可以来去想一下这个意义的含义在哪里哦。 When our life, like in

Genesis 1 verse 2, feels like there's no form and void,

Genesis 1:2

there's darkness, there's void and it's in chaos. Know that

the Spirit of God, know that the Holy Spirit is

not afar. It is hovering. He is close to us.

enough to actually protect us or help us through even

the chaos of our life. 祂是在我们的生命里面 来去把次序来赐给我们。 Waiting for us

to say, help me, Holy Spirit, help me, God. 等待我们说, 圣灵要来去帮助我。

So that, you know, order and deliverance can come in

through that void and chaotic situation. 也在这个很混乱的情况下呢, 在一个非常黑暗无序的这个情况下呢, 把次序光明都能够领到。 Let's

look to Ezekiel chapter 37 verse 9. 我们来看一下以西结书第37章第9节。 Another even powerful,

Ezekiel 37:9

even reference of what raw is, okay? 我们也能够在这里看到ruach的这个含义。 You guys

are there? Alright, let's read it together. In 1, 2

and 3. Prophesy to the breast, prophesy son of man,

and say to it that this is what the sovereign... Okay.

Verse 9, yeah. Sorry, Ezekiel chapter 37 verse 9. Yeah.

Ezekiel 37:9

All right, let's read it together in 1, 2 and 3.

Prophesy to the breath, prophesy son of man and say

to it, this is what the sovereign Lord says, come

breath from the four winds and breathe into this slain

that they may live. 我们以中文来一起读 以西节书三十七章第九节 主对我说 人子啊 你要发预言 向风发预言

说主耶和华如此说 气息啊 要从四方而来 吹在这些被杀的人身上 使他们活了 So when the roar of

God When the spirit of God Enters these dead bones

right 当神的气息 灵到这些被杀的人身上 It didn't just put flesh But it

caused something cause them up, cause it to stand up

into a living army. And you know, before this verse,

God had to ask the prophet Ezekiel, can these bones live? 在这个经节之前, 神也来去问以希节说, 这些骸骨能不能够活着。

Sometimes we ask ourselves, what can come out of this?

It's just a valley of dry bones.

有时候我们就问, 这堆骸骨还能有什么作用?

But God commanded Prophet Ezekiel to prophesy into the bones.

可是神来去让以希节对这些骸骨来去说预言。 I don't know what situations we are at at

the moment. 我不知道我们大家处在什么样的情况。 Or you are in at the moment.

或者是你自己本身处在什么情况。 It may look like a valley of dry bones.

可能对你来说就好像一个骸骨一样。 Maybe, you know, dreams that you once had are

now dead. 可能你曾经有过的这些梦想现在已经死了。 The faith that you have now may

feel dry and brittle. 可能你现在有的这个信心就是感觉到非常干枯。 And you know, church, I

have you know, seen and noticed, the amount of help

that we can get from around us will not fix

the problems. Because every, you know, solutions that we can

get out of this world, it's just a temporal help.

What the experts can help you through it as well

is temporal. All we need to have as believers is

the spirit, the ruach of God. That is able, not

what God says, that is able to resurrect what is temporary.

是能够来去把死里给复活 Alright, so we're going to move and transition now

From the temporary Okay, you're like, huh? What's that? Alright,

that's my second point From the temporary to permanent 现在我们来到我们第二点

就是从暂时来到永远 Alright, in Psalm Let's turn to Psalm 51, verse

Psalms 51:11

11 我们来去看一看诗篇第51章11节 Psalm 51, 11. If you're there, you can

say yes. Alright, let's read it together in 1, 2

and 3. Do not cast me away from your presence

and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Alright. Alright.

So who is this me? So who is this me?

It was King David, right? And we know what happened

to him. He wrote this after he has committed sin.

So in the Old Testament, the Spirit of God was

given to different ones at different points of time for

different specific needs. So it was In a way, temporary

because he can be removed from them. 他是一个暂时的, 因为他可以从他那里来去拿走的。 And David

had to pray that because he was afraid that the

Spirit of God would leave. 大卫需要来去这样子祈祷的, 因为他害怕说神会把这个圣灵来去拿走。 And you know, in

other parts of the Bible, Word of God as well,

the Spirit of God was also referred to the presence

of God.

在圣经里面各个部分呢, 很多时候我们也能够看见呢, 神把圣灵称.

Was only confined to, limited to buildings and places. His glory.

His Shekinah glory will dwell behind the thick curtains in

the Holy of Holies. And in Old Testament, people who

wanted to experience His glory, presence and His glory. They

will travel all the way to one location which is

in Jerusalem. 那如果在旧约的人他们要来去真正领受到神的这个荣耀呢, 他们就需要来去特地去到某一个地点。 Then, you know, they have to bring

the sacrifices of animals and their crops or whatever and

give it to a priest. 要带了很多的一些献祭来去把它交给那个祭司。 And they were hoping

that hopefully my sacrifice is acceptable. And the only person

that is able to enter to that glory, the Holy

of Holies, is also the priest. So in the Old Testament,

the Holy Spirit was limited. Sorry, I should correct myself.

Not limited, but temporary because it has different tasks to achieve.

But now in the New Testament, when Jesus arrived, He

became the game changer, okay? Let's look to John chapter 14,

John 14:16–17

verse 16 to 17. If you're there, you can say yes.

Verse 16, it says here, let's read it together. One,

two and three. And I will pray the Father and

He will give you another helper that He may abide

with you forever. The Spirit of truth whom the world

cannot receive because neither sees Him nor knows Him. But

you know Him for He dwells with you and will

be in you. Let's read 1 Corinthians 14, 16, and

17 together. 1 Corinthians 14, 16, 17 Alright, so Jesus

being the game changer, you know, he said this before

the night of his crucifixion. And I'm very sure that

his disciples that was close to him, he was saying

this to his disciples, right? They were terrified. Because anyone

of you, I mean, if you have a close friend,

your family member will just tell you, okay, tomorrow I'll

be leaving, I will no longer be around anymore. And,

you know, you're like, oh no, what's going to happen now? And,

you know, It might be the valley of dry bones,

even for His disciples. 可能是给予他的这个门徒们一个骸骨。 But Jesus looked at them

and promised this, that totally changed human history after. 可是耶稣给他们的这个应许是能够来去改变这个历史的。

So this very important word here, He didn't even say

the Holy Spirit yet, but He just calls him another helper.

The word another in Elos is Elos in Greek. Alright,

it actually means another of a same exact kind, quality

and nature. 也就代表说它可能是另一个同样质量的但是是不同的东西。 So if, you know, I ask Yanyi, okay,

can you help me look for Musang King durian? 那如果有一天我说, Yanyi,

你要来去帮我找一个茂山王的这个榴莲。 Alright, and I think the Rao Pahang one is

known to be the best quality. 然後就是 Rao那里最好的嘛。 But then

she'll come back, okay, it's not in the season now

for Pahang. 可是呢, 就说, 诶, 这次季节还没有到啊。 Can I get the Mosang King

from Penang? That's my hometown. It has the same exact

kind and quality and nature. So Jesus says, I am leaving. Guys,

dear disciples, I am leaving but I am sending you Another,

that's someone exactly like me. That has my same nature.

And my power. And even my love for you. And

the word, the other word, right? So another helper, all right?

And some versions in the Bible uses counsellor. 有些版本是说到帮助者。 So

the Greek word for helper here is actually Paracletus. 所以保卫师的希腊文原文是叫Paracletus。

It is actually a legal military term. 它其实是一个法律和军师特定用的用语。 So the

meaning of Paracletus is he is our advocate. 就是说是在这个法庭上面和你一起来去辩别的这个律师。 He

is our defense attorney, right? 就是在法律上帮你辩论的这个律师。 So if there is

a case against you and you stand beyond, you know,

in front of a whole hostile courtroom. The defense attorney

will fight on your behalf. Then everything come against you

will be there to fight on your behalf. And it's

also used in a military term because it's like a

veteran soldier, all right? Who would still stand back to

back when a junior soldier has to go into a

chaotic battlefield. 在这个军师的这个方面呢就是他这个 Paracletus 就是一个老兵来去和那个年轻的兵一起来去作战。 You will no longer have

to go into a chaotic battlefield alone. 你不需要来去一个人来去去到这个很混乱的战场。 What it

means by veteran soldier means they have all the experience, right?

老兵就是有很多的经验嘛。 And they will know best, you know, how to

fight the enemy. That's the Holy Spirit. That's the helper

that has been promised to us. So we... no longer have,

you know, Jesus was telling His disciples and I'm also

letting us know that we do not have to travel

to a specific temple to find the Shekinah glory. We

no longer have to pray in a way like David,

terrified that the Spirit will leave us. So the advocate,

the helper, It's living in us right now. Not just

in a building, in a temple. But in our body. Why?

You know, the Apostle Paul confirms this in 1 Corinthians 6,

1 Corinthians 6:19

verse 19. 因为保罗在哥林多前书第六章十九节也有说到嘛。 Is it here? Or do you not

know that your body is the temple of the Holy

Spirit who is in you, whom you have got, and

you are not your own? 这里有说到, 岂不知你们的身体就是圣灵的殿吗? 这圣灵是从神而来, 住在你们里头的, 并且你们不是自己的人。

So the creator of the universe who was there at

the beginning, the Ruach of God that was hovering across

the waters of the earth is permanently with us. So

know that wherever we go right now, into our campuses,

in our schools, in our place, our families, the housing

area that you live in, 所以我们去到我们的学校, 我们的职场呢, 或者是你的住宅区啊, 家里不同, 生命里面不同的地方。 We carry the presence

of God with us. 我们都是带着神的同在来到。 Even the darkest alley may

think that any ghost will jump out at you. He

carries his presence there as well. 在一个黑暗的幽谷, 你觉得很多鬼可能在旁边那边等着你的话呢, 其实你的神的同在就与你一起了。 Maybe not so

afraid of ghosts, like cockroaches will start flying towards you, right?

Know that.

The presence of God is with you there. The third point,

you know, I started with that, that He is a

divine person. The Holy Spirit is a person that we

need to know intimately. Not a power to be used.

Because we ain't know any Avengers, right? I don't know.

Never mind. From Marvel. Okay, we donate him because... We

don't need just the power, but we need to know

Him personally. So because the Holy Spirit dwells within us,

we need to know how to relate to Him. Like

in any friendship, relationship, you know, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, once.

In a way, you get together, but even before you

get together, you learn how to relate with each other.

其实你在任何一个一段关系里面, 如果来去建立关系, 你们都能够来去彼此的共情吗?

We can only relate to a person. 我们只能来去理解另一方要表达的话语。 If the

Holy Spirit is just a force, 如果这个圣灵它只是一个能量而已的话, Like electricity, 就好像电这样。

We cannot have relationship with electricity. 我们是没有办法有任何的一个联系的。 You can try.

你可以试试看。 I think you'll be badly electrocuted, okay? 我觉得你会被电死。 Electricity,

you can switch on and off, on and off, right?

这个电源你可以来去开关的嘛。 But not the work of the Holy Spirit in

our life. 可是在圣灵, 在我们生命里面的 Not the power of Holy Spirit that

can work in and through our life. So we cannot

just have to say like, okay, I want the benefits

of him as my helper without wanting him in our life. 你不能说我要圣灵赐给我的这些好处, 但是我不要圣灵在我的生命里面。

Very easy, when crisis hits us. 当这个有情况, 突发情况发生。 I have a

final year project to finish, my thesis to write. 我的论文要做完。 God,

first help me, I need you.

就说, 神啊, 快点帮我。 Things are coming.

And falling apart. God, I need you. So a lot

of times, we just want him to be at work

but not wanting him in our lives. To know how

to relate to him, we need to know the characteristics

of his personhood. You're like, okay, I know this person's

character so I understand him more. So we're going to

Know of his character, characteristics. Yes. 所以我们要知道他的品格, 他的本性。 Okay. First is

from 1 Corinthians 2, verse 10 to 11. 1 Corinthians 2,

1 Corinthians 2:10–11 1 Corinthians 2:10–11

verse 10 to 11. 格林多前书第二章十到十一节。 Okay, I'll read it. But

God has revealed them to us through His Holy Spirit.

For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things

of God. For what man knows the things of a

man except the Spirit of man which is in him?

Even so, no one knows the things of God except

the Spirit of God. Alright, so the Holy Spirit, the

first point, the first characteristic is the Holy Spirit has

an intellect. 所以第一个, 圣灵的这个本质, 它的本性呢就是, 他有理智。 He is not just a blind force.

他不是一个没有想法的一个能量。 According to these two verses, he possesses the infinite,

unsatiable wisdom of God. 因为呢, 根据这两个经文呢, 是有说到呢, 他是能够渗透万事, 这个奥秘的事的。 And he knows the mind

of the Father. 他也很清楚知道父的义。 So that, In simple terms, he

will take the things of God and because he knows

the Father, he will reveal it to us and help

us understand the Father more. Probably, you know, a lot

of times our lives is in pieces. Because we do

not have the Holy Spirit with us. We can easily

read the Bible from cover to cover. Know the Bible

inside out. But our life is not changed. Our actions

does not show it.

Why?

Perhaps when we read it, we are not asking God, God,

can you reveal to me your heart through your word?

And sometimes you read, you don't understand. Okay, I just

read through like any novel that I'm reading. And you

just read it but you just don't understand. And when

you don't understand, it does not sink in and transform us.

But then when we read the Bible and the verses

start leaping out to us and we.

Fully can understand it and apply it into our lives.

That's the intellect of the Holy Spirit teaching us. Okay,

second characteristic of the Holy Spirit is from 1 Corinthians 12,

1 Corinthians 12:11

verse 11. Okay, if you're there, you can say yes.

1 Corinthians 12, verse 11. And we shall read it together. Yes. Yes. Okay,

1 Corinthians 12:11

in 1, 2 and 3. But one and the same

Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually

as He wills. 这一切都是这位圣灵所运行, 随己一分给个人的。 Alright, so the Holy Spirit,

the second characteristic of Him is He has a will. 所以呢, 第二个圣灵的本质就是呢,

圣灵有意志。 So He is like... The executing person of the church.

The sovereign executor of the church. And our lives as well.

He determines and decides where we serve. what giftings we

are given and how we use it. And the Spirit

also is very instrumental in how the gospel advances as well.

In Acts chapter 16, we can see that the Holy

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Spirit actually forbid Paul to preach in Asia. So he

has a will 所以他是有自己的一个意志能力。 And he actually makes sovereign choices also.

他也来去做出这个主权的决定。 His third characteristic is in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30. 第三个品格呢, 就是从以弗所书第四章三十节。

Ephesians 4:30

Let's turn to that. 可以翻到那里。 And if you are ready,

we can read it together. 翻到了我们可以一起读。 Ready? Okay, in 1,

2 and 3. Grieve the Holy Spirit of God by

whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 不要叫神的圣灵担忧或者是忧伤。

你们原是受了祂的应激等候得赎的日子来到。 Alright, so it says here, and do not grieve

the Holy Spirit of God. 我们就是不要来去让圣灵来去忧伤。 Why? 为什么呢? Because the

Holy Spirit has emotions. 因为这个圣灵是有情绪的。 Let's think of the word grief.

可以来去想一下这个字。 If what we think the Holy Spirit is just

a force. 如果它只是一个能源而已。 And it is just like your gravity force.

The force of gravity. 好像地心引力这样。 And if you drop.

A book, okay? I wanted to drop my Bible, but

I shouldn't, okay? Drop a Bible, the gravity won't feel

it at all. Alright, we cannot grieve gravity, although it's

a force. We cannot grieve electricity, although it's a force.

We cannot grieve electricity, although it's a force. 虽然这个电源也是其中一个能源, 可是你没有办法来去让他有任何的情绪。

So the Holy Spirit is a person, hence he can

actually be grieved. 可是呢, 圣灵他是一个有情绪, 有个体的, 所以他是会伤心的。 And we can only grieve someone

when the person is so deeply and profoundly love you.

你唯一能来去让一个人非常的忧伤呢 是因为这个人非常的在乎还有爱你 Grieve them, break their heart Because they really

really care for you 你让他来去为你感到心痛 因为他非常的在乎你 And the depth of

the grief of the person Or you know the brokenness

of the person It's also dependent on how much and

how close they are with you, right?

那为这个人是怎样来去为你感到心痛呢?

也是处决于他与你这个关系。 So a lot of times, let me give an

example in relationships. 给你们一个例子。 Either, you know, in the analogy

of a marriage or friendship as well. 可能在友情啊, 或者是在婚姻里面。 Or in families.

或者是在家庭里面。 A lot of times, we avoid doing things that

you know... will not make the person happy and you know,

you'll break rules. And maybe usually that happens at the

early stage of any relationship. You're like, okay, I understand

this person. For example, like, loves the car so much

that I cannot eat. And snack in the car. So,

out of care for the person's feeling, okay lah, I

don't break that rule lah. But as relationship deepens with

the person, you don't just do things to avoid from

breaking rules, but you don't do things that will break

the person's heart. Let me bring it closer to our

relationship with God. And I want to bring this to

this focus and area of sin. Alright. We don't just

avoid Sinning against God because God will punish us. Or

sometimes you're like, okay, you know, I avoid sinning because

I don't go to hell. That's a punishment, right? It's

a consequence of our action. But the perspective of a

personal relationship is this. that I do not want to

sin because I do not want to bring sorrow to

this person, to God which, you know, bring sorrow to

this person of the Holy Spirit, okay? This third person

in the Trinity. I do not want to bring sorrow

to this intimate God person that is living inside of me.

我们不要把这个忧伤带入到这个住在我里面的圣灵。 When we harbor bitterness towards someone. 但我们对于别他人有这个苦毒的心。 I don't know.

You know, I was just preparing this. Maybe, you know,

some of us harboring bitterness towards a family member. 如果我们对他人怀恨在心呢, 其实是有罪的。

Unrepented lust, that is sin. Sometimes we engage in gossip

and slander the church, gossip and slander each other, you know,

that's the sin. And know that we are not just

breaking a theological rule. 我们其实不是在违反一个神学的这个规则或是法律。 I'm not breaking, not, you know,

just what the Bible is telling me not to do. 不是因为圣经说不要这么做, 你就不要这么做。

But we are causing the third person of the Trinity

that is living in us to weep, to grieve. 而是呢, 是使得我们住在我们里面上为一体的一个其中一个第三位感到忧伤。

We are causing pain. to the person who is supposed

to be our dearest friend and our advocate to grieve.

You know, to know the Holy Spirit means... I'm going

to close already. To know the Holy Spirit means... We

need to learn how to walk with Him daily. You know,

ask Him every day, Holy Spirit, what brings you joy today?

Have you asked that before in the morning?

Really?

Really? That's why he's always, you know, the forgotten one. 我们会可能很少问他, 因为呢, 就是整天被遗忘。

Or wake up in the morning and ask, Holy Spirit,

what can I do today that honors your presence in

my life? 或者是我们会被和圣灵说, 圣灵啊, 我今天可以做什么来尊荣你在我生命中的同在? A lot of times, sometimes in

the morning you wake up like, God, I need help. 可能是我们一起来, 就是神啊, 帮我。

Or sometimes it's okay like, God, good morning. 或者是说, 神, 早安。 Very

rare we will say good morning, Holy Spirit. 我们很少会说圣灵早安。 Very

rare we'll ask, you know, today, thank you for giving

me breath. What can I do today to honour your

presence in my life? 我们很少说圣灵来去帮助我去尊荣你在我生命中的同在。 Alright, so I'll close with this.

Acts chapter 1 verse 8. 使徒行传第一章第八节。 But you will receive

Acts 1:8

power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. Sorry, the

Holy Spirit is here. The Holy Spirit is with us.

You know, we don't have to be continuously exhausted, you know,

trying to live life on our own. You know, we

don't always try and try. It's like pushing a car.

You're trying to push. A car uphill. 你觉得, 哇, 这辆车为什么没有在动? Maybe it's

not functioning. Okay, let me just try with all my

effort to push it uphill. 可能它没有在, 就是坏了嘛, 那辆车。 你就觉得, 啊, 我在使尽我的能力来去推。 And I'm very,

very sure however much we try, we won't be able

to push it up. 我相信呢, 很多时候我们来去尽我们的能力也好, 也把它推不上。 But a lot of

times we forget, 欸, actually I forget to put the

ignition key in. I forget to start the engine. 可能有时候我们就才发现, 欸, 我忘记来去开启这个引擎。

When the engine is ignited, that's where power comes into

the car. 然后当这个引擎开动的时候呢, 这个能量就来到了这辆车。 So we don't have to go

on in our faith, you know, trying... To be like

the person to keep pushing the car uphill. Actually, we've

just forgotten to ignite. 我们有时候可能就是不需要一直使尽这个流力来去把他车推上去的事, 我们只要把这个引擎打开。 Oh, now you know

a lot is just push up button. You forget to

just switch on. 我们要来去把这个车来去开启这个引擎。 Hallelujah. You know, today, I just

want to encourage us to surrender. 今天呢, 我要鼓励大家来去再次的降服。 Why we need

to surrender? We need to surrender and invite the Holy

Spirit into our life. Because the Spirit of God will

not force His way into the driver's seat of our life.

He is a gentleman. We need to invite Him to

be part of our life. We need to tell ourselves,

I need to involve the Holy Spirit. And if you

want to see revival happen, first in our life, we

need the Holy Spirit's help. And to know Him, to

understand who He is as well.

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