We love you, we worship and adore you. Glorified thy name all the earth. Welcome to the Princess Chapel Church. I'm Pastor Douglas Salyer. We are located in Asheville, Kentucky. We thank you for joining us today. We pray that the messages you hear today will bless and edify you. We invite you to share God's word with your family and friends, and to join us for praise and worship service in Asheville, Kentucky. We thank you once again, and may God richly bless you and yours. Alright, if all hearts and minds are settled, we're going to open up to the Gospel of John this morning. I have two scripture readings that I'm going to read in chapters 14 and 16. But before we read our text this morning, I would like to tell you that This message this morning is on a subject that most Christians have long forgotten about. The blessed third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. Just as much as God the Father is God, just as much as Jesus is God, the Holy Ghost is just as much God as the other two. Now, throughout my message, you will hear me refer to the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Spirit. And they're the same. It's the same. There's not four parts to the Trinity, otherwise it wouldn't be a Trinity. There is three parts to the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. So when you hear me say Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost, it's the same person. And it's not like a magic vapor. It's not like some mist that travels through the galaxy. It is the third person of the Trinity. It is just as much a person as God the Father is. Because I don't know if you realize this or not, God the Father is a spirit. No man can see God the Father in all of His glory and live. He is a spirit, therefore He must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. But the three are one. One is just as much God as the other one is. They have three distinct personalities. They have three distinct characters. They have three distinct essences, but yet they're all of the same essence, which is God. Three in one. 1 John 5, 7 said, For there are three that bear record in heaven, and these three are one, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. The New Testament, the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Spirit, is 261 passages that talk directly about the Holy Ghost. He's mentioned 56 times in the Gospels. He's mentioned 57 times in the book of Acts. He's mentioned 112 times in the Pauline epistles, and 36 times in the remainder of the New Testament. Now that's a whole lot. the Comforter, the Counselor, the Intercessor, the Mediator, the One who lives down inside of you. About a hundred years ago, there was a movement in America between some non-evangelical liberals. And what they did is they took away the deity of Jesus Christ, and they made Christ Not God. And now, their little movement, their little organization, their little group, they just worship Jehovah. They just worship God, the Father. And then about a half a century ago to about 60 years ago, there was a movement right within the evangelical church that took away the essence of the Holy Ghost. took away the Godhead and the Lordship of the Holy Spirit. And we as fundamental Christians, as evangelical Christians, are now scared to death of the Holy Ghost. Because we don't want to be labeled charismatic. We don't want to be labeled off the wall, or strange, or unusual. And what do we do? We neglect. The power of God through and by the Holy Ghost. Why? Because we can't understand it. And what is our natural reaction to do to something in life that we can't understand? I've got preachers, I've known them, they've been preaching for decades, and there'll be something in here and they can't understand it, and they'll just shut the book and say, well, I ain't worried about it because I can't understand it. Well, if it's in there, it's in there for a reason. And it's your job, as a Christian, to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Now, you may study it for 10, 15, 20 years, and it may never come to you. But glory to God, it's in there for a reason. There is no nonsense in this book. There is no foolishness in this book. Every word is given by inspiration. And it's profitable for reproof, for doctrine, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. So it's in here for a reason. The Lord God, under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, when He penned 261 references in the New Testament alone about the third person of the Trinity, I think that's enough right there to take notice of it. To step back and say, well, glory to God, He means what He says and He says what He means. And we need not be afraid of the Holy Ghost. We need to encourage it. and yield to it, and desire for it to control our lives, to be led by the Spirit. Many people are absent from understanding of the Scriptures. And the absence of understanding of the Scriptures leads to what? Leads to misinterpretations. It leads to false doctrines. It leads to false religions. It leads to these little groups that's popping up because they've taken a verse out of context, or they've taken something out of context, and they've not let the Holy Spirit be the teacher, but they've let some man teach them. I'm not your teacher. I'm your pastor, and I'm not even your shepherd. I'm your under-shepherd, because one day the chief shepherd shall appear. I'm your under-shepherd. I'm your pastor. I am not your teacher. Jesus Christ, the Lord God of heaven, is our shepherd, and the Holy Ghost is our teacher. I can only put out what God gives me through and by His inspired, infallible, pure, and preserved Word, and the Holy Ghost will take it from there. Dr. J.C. Riles, he wrote this right here in the classic New Testament commentary. He wrote, ignorance of the scripture is the root of every error in religion and the source of every heresy. To be allowed to renew a few grains of ignorance And to throw a few rays of the light of God's precious Word, in my opinion, is the greatest honor that could be put on a Christian. You see, there's many false teachings out there. Why? Because people have put their trust, and put their confidence, and put their faith, hmm, that's scary, in a man. And not in the Lord, not in the leading, guiding, and directing of the Holy Spirit, and not in His book. But they put it in a man. The Bible said, how can two walk together unless they be agreed? You know, that's kind of an oxymoron, if you know what I mean. Because you can't walk with somebody unless you're in agreement with them. And if you're walking with somebody who's went after some false doctrine and went after something that is obviously taken out of context, then evidently you're in agreement with that person. And Amos 3.3, can two walk together except they be agreed? Well, if you're walking with them, if you're fellowshiping with them, if you're rubbing noses with them and hobnobbing with them, then you must be in agreement with them. even though you know they're dead wrong. What do you do? You reprove, you rebuke, you exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine, you try to correct them, and if they won't hear you, what do you do? You shake the dust from your feet. You see, we can stand outside of the hog pen and we can try to urge them to come out, but we don't need to be getting in the hog pen with them. Alright? Shake the dust from your feet and go to the next door. Zechariah 4, 6. The Bible said in Zechariah 4, 6, And when he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saying, The Lord of Hosts. It's not by man's might. It's not by man's power. It's through and by the Holy Spirit. It's through and by the Holy Ghost and the mighty, powerful work of God. He is God, friends, whether you realize it or not. He's just as much God as the one who died on the cross. He's just as much God as God the Father who thought it and foreordained it from the foundation of the world. God! And if you've been saved, if you've been born again, if you've been regenerated and passed from death unto life, He's not only God, but He's living inside of you! He's dwelling down inside of your temple this morning. He's the Comforter, the Instructor, the Guide. He is the Sanctifier. He is the Quickener. He is the Intercessor. He fulfills His function and each work is wrought through and by the will of the Trinity, the will of God. You see, the Son don't do something unless it's in agreement with the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost don't do anything unless it's in agreement with the Father. That's what it means by being One. Being unified. Being united. They're all in agreement with one another. And it's all God's sovereign will. God the Father thought it. God the Son bought it. And God the Holy Ghost wrought it. Three in one. Three in one. And they all have the same primary will or goal in state. At the end of it, it's all said and done to give honor and glory to God. People say that the Holy Spirit is living inside of me, but yet they neglect the Holy Spirit. They quench the Holy Spirit. They forget about the Holy Spirit that lives down deep inside of them. And He's been forgotten in the church. His church. You see, He's Lord too. He needs to be Lord of the church. He needs to be Lord of your life. You say, Brother Doug, I just don't understand this whole concept of a trinity. Well, I don't fully understand it either. I don't fully understand it either, but I believe it. Why? Because the Bible says it. And I believe that this book is kept pure and preserved from this generation forever, just like God said it was in Psalm 612. And I believe that no heaven and earth shall pass away. I believe the Logos, the written Word, and the spoken Word will not pass away. But this is His Word. And He's given it to us for a reason. And He's saying, look, 261 times in the New Testament, I've got something I need to talk to you about. And what is it? It's about the Comforter. It's about the Intercessor. It's about the One who's going to work inside of you. Two texts this morning, both from the Gospel of John. The first one is in chapter 14. Chapter 14 and verse 26. I'm sorry, verses 25. We're going to start with 25 and 26. John 14, 25 and 26. You can look up at me when you found it. All right. John chapter 14, verse 25 and 26. And the Lord said right here in verse 25, 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..." Notice how they're all working together there. God the Father is going to send Him to you, but He's coming in My name. Three in one. Don't understand it, but I've got to believe it. "...whom the Father will send in My name..." Uh-oh! Ain't going to be a lot of preachers out of work right here. He shall teach you the things. He's going to be the teacher. He shall teach you the things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you. He's the Comforter. He's the teacher. He's the one that does the work of God because God the Father sent Him on behalf of who? On behalf of Jesus Christ in His name. Now turn to John chapter 16. Verses 12, starting with verse 12. John chapter 16, verse 12 through 15. And Jesus spoke here and He said, I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. How be it when He, the Spirit of truth, is come He will guide you into all truth, for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak, and He will show you the things to come. He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine and shall show it unto you. all things that the Father hath are mine. For ever, therefore, said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you, the Teacher, the Comforter." There is no way in my little finite mind this morning, in my finite body, in my finite capabilities, that I'm going to be able to give you all of the wonderful works of the Holy Spirit. We'd be here for all eternity and we'd never even scratch the surface of it. So I'm going to preach a real quick four-point message and I'm going to show you four significant works of the Holy Ghost or of the Holy Spirit. Being that is he, his work is a calling work. His work is a quickening work. His work is a sealing work. And His work is a work of grace. I want to go over these four things this morning very briefly. And I do believe that the Lord Jesus here in these passages that I just read has showed us some importance about the Comforter that is to come. He's told us that He's going to come in whose name? He's going to come in my name. Who's He going to give glory to? He's going to give glory to me, is what Jesus said. Who's going to send Him? God the Father is going to send Him in my name, that He might give glory unto you. And why is He coming? He's coming because I can't tell you everything you need to know right now, but when He comes, He's going to show you the rest, and He's going to let you understand it. Why? Because it ain't meant for me to tell you everything right now because I tell you what, them disciples, boy, they would have got scared and they would have run for the hills. North of Jerusalem. What did Peter do right after Jesus died on the old rugged cross and was raised from the grave? And Mary came back and said, he's risen. He said, well, how do you know that, Mary? Well, he spoke my name. He called me by my name. And old Peter got anxious. He got discouraged. He got down-hardened. And what did Peter do? He said, I'm going fishing. Forget this Jesus stuff. Forget this preaching. Forget the faith. I'm going fishing. I'm going to go do what I know I used to be able to do. Oh, something got a hold of him, boy. He denied the Lord three times and he cursed God. Did you all know that? He cursed God. Denied him three times. And when Jesus rose from the grave and He went and He appeared before Mary, who did He ask for? Who did He come back and later on and ask for? Go fetch Him. Go tell Him, come and see me. He asked for Peter. He wanted Peter. He wanted Him to know that, hey, everything's alright. What I've done, I've done for you. What you've done, you've done in the flesh. Yeah, everything's alright because failure's not final with the Father. No! We've only just begun. Failure is not final with the Father. He saved you, and He saved you for a reason, through and by the work of the Holy Spirit. I could preach till I'm blue in the face. I can't convince anybody to be saved. Well, I heard a preacher on the radio. I'm sorry, it wasn't the radio, it was on the internet. And he actually said this, he said, I can lead anybody to Christ. He said, I can bring them in and talk to them and he said, I can show them what they need to know and I can find out their little quirks or their little tweaks in their life and I can manipulate that and I can lead them to Christ. Now that's hogwash for a man, a woman, any child of God to say, because I can't. I can show you the path, but it's still dark. You can't even see the path. The only thing I can do is point and say over yonder. You say, well, how do they get on the path, Brother Doug? Because the Holy Spirit illuminates the path. And then they're able to see, to walk on it. I can't do that. I can't illuminate that path. I can just point in the right direction. And through and by the gospel, through and by the Word of God, the death, the burial and the resurrection, the gospel, the power of God unto salvation to whosoever believeth, the Jew first and also to the Greek, they will get something stirred in their mind. Now what is that? That ain't my words that stirs it in their mind. That's the Holy Ghost. And then the Holy Ghost will illuminate the path. And then they will walk toward the path. And they will get on the path. And they will seek more light, and more light, and more light, until eventually the Holy Ghost will regenerate them to the point where they can believe and repent. We see here that His work is a calling work. He calls. Jesus said in John chapter 6 verse 44, He said, No man can come unto Me except My Father which has sent Me. Draw him. Draw him. And what did He say? He said, And I will raise him up in the last day. Yeah. I will raise him up in the last day. Jesus also said in John chapter 10, He said, I am the Good Shepherd and My sheep hear My voice. You remember when you was a little kid and you was outside playing? And mama hollered for you and told you it was supper time? Or it's time for, well I'm not even going to say dinner because we have dinner on Sunday afternoon, don't we? Amen? That's right, come on now, we're good old country folk here. Supper is what you have at 6pm in the evening. Monday through Sunday. You have breakfast in the morning. Okay. You have dinner in the afternoon. You have supper in the evening. And lunch is something you take in a brown paper sack and take to school with you. That's lunch. Alright. I don't know. Maybe I've got too much redneck in me. I don't know. But lunch is something you put in a brown paper bag or a metal pan or a tin and you take to school or you take to work with you. But glory to God, our mama used to call us, and she'd say, come on in, it's supper time. And we didn't go to the neighbor's house, Ted, because we knew mama's voice. We heard mama's voice, and we knew it was time to eat. Or daddy, we would be down by the creek, and we'd be playing. And daddy'd say, don't you get in that deep water, boy. And daddy, he'd look over the bank, and he'd yell. And buddy, when I heard him yell, I'd jump away from that deep end of the pool and I'd get over next to the shallow end. Daddy was way up the holler on top of the ridge, but he was hollering at me. And I knew my daddy's voice. I heard my daddy's voice. And there was something in me told me, get away from that water because your daddy will wear your tail feathers out. And buddy, I did too. But now we got the lost man who's wandering around. He's dead, and he trespasses in sin. He don't know nothing. And when the Lord calls, he can't hear, because the dead man can't hear. He'd listen to the preacher, but he can't hear the Lord. So what has to happen? The Holy Spirit's got to come in. And the Holy Spirit's got to do a work on him to make him be able to hear. Yeah, boy! It ain't my preaching that brings a man under conviction. It ain't my sweating and a hollering and a hooping and doing somersaults over the altar. It ain't none of that that brings somebody to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's the Holy Ghost! that comes in and does a work in them and makes them be able to see that they're a sinner, that they're lost, and that they need a Savior. And they call the Lord. Why? Because the Lord's calling him. And before the Holy Ghost does the work on them, they can't hear it anyway. The Holy Ghost has to do a work. I don't fully understand all of it, Adam. I've just got to believe what the Bible says. And I believe that I didn't seek out God on my own. But God... came looking for me. Just like he came looking for Adam in the garden in the cool of the day. And he cried out and he said, Adam, where art thou? And what did Adam do? Adam ran and he hid himself. Why? Because he was dead now. Spiritually dead. He was made an enemy of God. The Bible said that the carnal mind is at enmity with God. It's an enemy of God. But it's the Holy Ghost that does the calling. And I want, real quickly, there's two ways. And I don't want to throw nobody off this morning, but there's two ways the Holy Ghost calls. There's the general call and there's the affectional call. Do you hear me now? Listen, there's the general call and there's the affectional call. You can't receive the affectional call until you hear The gospel. That's right. Read your Bible. There's people dying every day in South America and Africa that's never heard the gospel. But they still get called. They get what's called a general calling. There's a general calling and there's the affectional calling. The general calling is talked about in Psalms. Chapter 19, verses 1-3. And the psalmist wrote, the heavens declare the glory of God. The heavens declare the glory of God. And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth Remember what we talked about this morning in Sunday School? That Word uttereth. It said that the heavens, the stars, the moon, the sun, the planets, all of the galaxies in the atmosphere, the great wonderful works of God, they uttereth speech. They uttereth a witness and a testimony that there is a God. There is a higher power. There is a being. They uttereth speech. And the night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where the voice is not heard." No speech, no language nowhere! No country, no land, no valley, no river, nothing! where the Holy Ghost is not heard. Why? Because He declares God's handiwork and puts it in the heart of man to seek after life and say, there is something out there. There is a higher power. Now you go looking for it. That's called the general calling. Romans 1.20, the Apostle Paul talked about the general calling. He said, for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. being understood by these things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. Now, I'm not going to get on some long, drawn-out message on the Romans' witness against mankind, because I gave that back in January of 2012. But friends, there is no way to get to heaven except through and by Jesus. Ignorance is not an excuse. And every man will receive a general calling. And if he seeks after the light that God has revealed unto him, just like the old Ethiopian did over in the book of Acts, where Philip was called out of Samaria, out of that revival meeting, to go seek after the Ethiopian eunuch. He went seeking after the light. Why? Because the Bible said he went to Jerusalem for to what? For to worship. He was trying to get his spiritual fix. He came back and didn't find what he was looking for. Was riding on his chariot down along the Gaza Strip. Was riding along his chariot and God spoke to a man of God named Philip who was having a revival meeting down in Samaria. He said, go, you join yourself with that eunuch. You go and you preach unto him Jesus. And Jesus crucified. Jesus, Jesus crucified and Jesus risen again. That's what I told you this morning in Sunday school. If you only get ten minutes to spend with somebody, if you only get five minutes to spend with somebody, to tell them anything about God, tell them about the death, the burial, and the resurrection. For it is the gospel of Christ, the power of God, and the salvation to whosoever believeth, the Jew first, and also to the Greek. But glory to God, we've got an affectional calling. We seek after that light. We start looking for the Lord. John 15.6, Jesus said, You've not chosen me. Or John 15.16, He said, You've not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you that you should go forth and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain. And whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, He may give it to you. You see, there's a little more to this affectional calling, too, because in Matthew 22, 14, Jesus said, For many are called, but few are chosen. Many are called, but few are chosen. are chosen. We must realize and understand that it's through and by the work, through and by the unctionization, through and by the calling of the Holy Spirit. And we cannot act. We do not have the ability to act. We don't have the need to act. We don't even have the desire to act. until the Holy Spirit does a work in our life. Why? Because His work is a calling work. But His work is also, number two, His work is a quickening work. You've heard me say this 411 times. You ever cut your finger into the quick? And boy, it hurts, don't it? Why does it hurt? Because you have just cut your nail into the part of the nail that's called the quick. That's the part. Thank you. At least somebody is. That's the part that's alive! It's alive! It's, it's, you cut it into the quick! And that's why it hurts. That's where those nerve endings and those roots come out. And the rots are on the edge of that nail. And, boy, I tell you what, I hate it when my wife clips my toenails. Because, buddy, she gets right down to the root. If it was up to her, she'd pull them out. She wouldn't care one iota. But she always cuts them into the quick! And I scream like a wild man. Like, what are you doing? She's like, well, if I cut them this short, I won't have to cut them as often. Well, the quick, wonder why we call it the quick? Well, it comes from the Greek word, which means to be made alive. To be made alive. Not only is His work a calling work, but His work is a Quickening work. Why? Because it ain't my preaching that makes you alive. It ain't the wonderful singing that makes you alive. It ain't the prayers of the saints that makes you alive. It's the Holy Spirit coming in and doing a work on you once you repent and believe. Alright? He quickens you. I don't understand the complete process either. I'll be honest with you. This is another thing I'm looking at and I'm wrestling with because all I know is a dead man can't believe and a dead man can't repent. So it's the Holy Ghost who has to come in and do some kind of work to make you believe and repent. Now, I don't know if that's the total quickening process, but I believe the total quickening process happens upon the total transaction of salvation. That's the total quickening. He starts the work in you. Why? Because He is the author and the finisher of our faith. You say, well, Brother Doug, that's talking about Jesus. Hey, when you're talking about Jesus, you might as well go ahead and throw His daddy and the Holy Ghost in there too, because all three are one. So He does a quickening work. Alright, the Holy Spirit quickens us, makes us alive, brings us into the light, and reveals the truth unto us. That's how an unbeliever can get saved. Why? They've been made aware of the truth. It wasn't me that done it. It's the Holy Ghost that done it. It's the Holy Ghost that helps you to realize and discern Scripture. It's the Holy Ghost that tells you which verse was taken out of context and which verse wasn't taken out of context. It's the Holy Ghost who's the Teacher. The Holy Ghost is the Comforter. He's the Caller and He's the Quickener. It's the Holy Spirit that makes one realize that they are a sinner. It's the Holy Spirit that makes one realize that they need a Savior. John 6, 63. Jesus even said here, He said, it is the Spirit that quickeneth. The flesh profited nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit. They are life. Ephesians 2.1. The apostle Paul writes, and he said, and you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and in sins. Ephesians 2.5, even when we were dead in sin, he hath quickened us together in Christ. By grace are you saved. The Holy Spirit, friends, is the quickening power. He is the power that brings us in and baptizes us in to the body of Jesus Christ and makes us one with God the Father, makes us one with God the Son, and makes us one with God the Holy Ghost, because He's living down inside of us now. He's come in and He's pushed hell out with the bulldozer. He's come in and He's kicked the devil out. And He said, this is my house! Now, I live here. I'm going to operate it. I'm going to own it. I'm going to control it. Why? He's bought and paid for. And I've quickened Him and made Him alive. He's a new creature in Christ Jesus. The former things are passed away. All things become new. He belongs to me now. It's a calling work. It's a quickening work. And listen. Listen to me this morning. Sealing work. Total. Total. Sealing work. The Holy Spirit never takes a sick day. He don't ever go on vacation. He don't get mad and say, well, I'm not going to help him. He is everywhere, all the time, every time. You see, not only is God the Father and God the Son, omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, But so is the Holy Ghost. The psalmist wrote and said, if I ascend into heaven, God is there. He's speaking of all three as one as well. But he said, even if I make my bed in hell, God is there. Why? Because He's everywhere. He's everywhere all the time, every time, any time. He's everywhere. He's omnipresent, omnipotent, and all-powerful, or omniscient. He knows all, and He is everywhere. And He is the calling, He is the quickener, and He's the one that does the sealing work. Once that transaction is completed, That total quickening. That whole process of salvation. What does the Holy Spirit do? You say, well, Brother Doug, He seals us, right? Yeah, but what does that mean? What does it mean to be sealed? Well, let's read some verses in the New Testament that says what it means to be sealed by the Holy Spirit. Let's see what God says about it, because I'm going to tell you right now, you can jump on the bandwagon of man-made tradition and man-made religion all you want to, and you can ride it all the way to eternity. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, and I will go with what the Bible says. I'm going to go with what the Scriptures say. Not what some church doctrine says. Not what some man-made religion says. Not what some tradition says. I'm going to go with what the Word of God says. Because men's words will pass away. Heaven and earth will pass away. But God said, My words will not pass away. So let's see what He means when He talks about sealing. The Holy Spirit seals. John 6, 27. Jesus said, labor not for the meat which perish, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you, for Him hath God the Father sealed. Him hath God the Father sealed. 2 Corinthians 1, 21 and 22. Paul writes, he said, now he which established us with you in Christ, hath both anointed us, is God. He said He established us, He anointed us, and He is God, who have also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our heart. He sealed us and gave us the earnest of the Spirit, making our spirit regenerated as well, and making us want to do the things of God and not the things of the flesh. Ephesians 1.13, Paul writes, "...in whom ye also trusted, that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." And Ephesians 4.30, Paul writes, and he says, "...grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed." Until the day of redemption. Sealed. Bought with a price for you're not your own. You are sealed by the Holy Spirit and the Bible said that you are kept. Kept by what, Brother Doug? Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord. His power is the Holy Ghost, the power of the Trinity. The oceanization of God is the third part of the Trinity, the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit, the same force and the same power that moved upon the face of the waters of the darkness of the deep in the beginning of time. The same Spirit that God blew and the Holy Spirit came through and parted the waters of the Red Sea. That's the power. That's the Spirit. That's the oceanization of God. That same force comes in, calls you, quickens you, convicts you, and seals you. until the day of redemption. Thank God for the sealing of the Holy Spirit. You know what that tells me? It's not up to me. It's not up to me. I serve God, not because I'm afraid of going to hell. I serve God because I love Him. I serve God because the Holy Spirit's living down inside of me and He's made me a new creature. He's passed me from death unto life and all the former things are passed away. I don't want to do the things I used to do because the Holy Spirit come in and God cleaned me up. I didn't clean myself up. God cleaned me up. God quickened me, made me alive, and God sealed me until the day of redemption. That lets me know that I falter, I fail, I stumble, because yet I'm in the flesh. But I don't have to let the devil rob me of my joy. I can have total trust and confidence and assurance in my salvation. Why? Because God said it in His Word. That's why. I don't have to take man-made tradition, religion, or some doctor that was created 180 years ago and say, this is what I'm going to believe, because mommy and daddy believed it, and my mom and papa believed it. I've got to go with what the Bible says. John 10, 28, and 29, Jesus said, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. Now, what's that mean, preacher? That means once you've got eternal life, You ain't ever going to perish. He means what He says and He says what He means, church. No strings attached. No reading between the lines. Let's take God for His Word. And I give unto them eternal life. They shall never perish. Neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. Verse 28. But look what He said in verse 29. My Father which gave Him Me is greater than all. That's Big Daddy he's talking about there. That's Papa Barry right there, boy. He said, he the man. He's greater than them all. And what he says goes, boys, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. You know what he said there? He said, not only am I in the hand of Jesus, but glory to God, I'm in the hand of God the Father, and God the Father given me unto the Son. No man can pluck me out of the Father's hand, and no man can pluck me out of Jesus' hand. The devil can't pluck me out. Man can't pluck me out. God Himself cannot pluck me out. He said, cry unto the Lord, and I change not. And He said, all of those that I have given thee, I have lost none. He said, I ain't lost to one of them. I don't want to pluck myself out. The world can't pluck me out. The devil can't pluck me out. Why? Because I'm sealed until the day of redemption and kept by the power of God. Now, I'm not talking about showboat religion. I ain't talking about this candy, mamsy-pamsy, made-up doctrine. I'm talking about salvation. I'm talking about Holy Ghost, blood-bought, born-again, regenerated salvation. He's a calling work, he's a quickening work, and it's a sealing work. And lastly, why? Why, Brother Doug? Why? Because his work is the work of grace. It's all to accomplish God's will. And Ephesians 2, 8 and 9 says, For by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast. You see, Romans chapter 4 said, for Abraham was justified by faith without deeds of the law. He was saved by grace and justified by faith without works. For if it were been of works, then Abraham could have boasted. But it's not of anything. It's all by God's grace. His unmerited favor toward a lost and a dying race that God looked down And He sent the Holy Spirit to call you, to quicken you, to bring you to the knowledge of truth that would lead you to repentance, and to seal you until the day of redemption. For by grace are you saved. His work is the work of grace. And not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should fall. Nothing in me. Nothing I ever did. I am doing, or I ever will do, that made me worthy of salvation. God's grace. That's another thing I can't explain either. Why God would look down and see a totally depraved human race, but yet, He still calls us. He still loves us that much. Not only that, but He made a way where we could come back and be reconciled back to the Father. Through and by what, Brother Doug? Through and by the death. of His only begotten Son, who came and died on Calvary because of grace. You didn't deserve it. But He said, while we were yet sinners, He hath died for us. The just for the unjust. He knew and He came because He loved you that much. And it was by His grace. Let's all stand this morning. I would ask that Sister Tyna come up to the piano. Has Sister Marianne come and get a song?