Pastor Andrew Arrowood from Valley Lighthouse in Van Nuys, CA discusses the “new birth” as revealed in Scripture…
[Part 7 of an 11-Part series]
Ministry: Valley Lighthouse of Van Nuys, CA
Full Podcast: 2008-06-17 – 1930 – Pastor Arrowood – The New Birth
Date: 6/17/08
Speaker: Andrew Arrowood
Notes: John 14:10-11 – “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.”; John 10:30 – “I and my Father are one.”; John 14:8-11 – “Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. “; John 14:15-20 – “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.“; Is there any doubt that when you look at Christ you are not looking at the junior version of God, but you are looking at the God of the Old Testament robed in the flesh of humanity?… And when you receive the Spirit–the Holy Ghost–in your life, you are not receiving the third member, but rather you are receiving a portion of the very Spirit of the Old Testament–the very Spirit that made Jesus God?; John 14:25-27 – “These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”; Jesus said “I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.”; The Holy Ghost is Jesus in spirit form; These three titles refer to the different roles of the one God–He is the Father in creation, Son in redemption, Holy Ghost in His body the church; 2 Corinthians 5:19 – “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”; It rings true with the Old Testament… Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“; Isaiah 9:6 – “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”; When you receive Jesus you are receiving the God of the Old Testament… when you receive the Holy Ghost, you are receiving the Spirit that was in Christ; There are not three… there is not four… there isn’t even five… there’s only One–”Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD”
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