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>> THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN IS
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BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST
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>> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
HEARD OF THE TROJAN HORSE?
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I EXPECT MOST OF US HERE HAVE.
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THE LEGEND GOES THAT
THE GREEKS TRIED TO CONQUER
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THE CITY OF TROY.
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MATTER OF FACT, FOR TEN
YEARS THEY BESIEGED THE CITY
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AND UNSUCCESSFULLY
ATTACKED, TRIED TO FORCE THEM,
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STARVE THEM INTO SURRENDER.
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FINALLY, THEY RESORTED TO A
STRATEGY THAT WAS VERY CLEVER.
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THEY MADE AS THOUGH THEY WERE
SAILING AWAY FROM THE COAST, AND
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THEY LEFT A LARGE HOLLOW WOODEN
HORSE AS A GIFT ON THE SHORE,
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TO SORT OF AWARD AND
RECOGNIZE THE TRIUMPH
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OF THE TROJAN PEOPLE.
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WELL, INSIDE THE TROJAN CITY,
THE CITY OF TROY, THERE WAS
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A GREEK SPY NAMED SINON.
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HE SAID TO HIS FRIENDS, HE SAID,
"LET'S BRING THIS HORSE INSIDE
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THE CITY AND IT
WILL MAKE US INVINCIBLE.
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IT'S OUR TROPHY THAT
THEY COULD NOT CONQUER US.
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WELL, LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT
INSIDE THE HOLLOW HORSE WERE
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FIVE GREEK SOLDIERS, HIDDEN.
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AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THAT GIFT
IN, THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS
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HARMLESS ENOUGH, THAT NIGHT
SINON WENT AND UNLOCKED THIS
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SECRET DOOR.
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HE LET OUT THE GREEK SOLDIERS,
WHO KILLED THE GUARDS AT
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THE GATE.
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THEY OPENED THE GUARDS
FOR THE WAITING GREEK SOLDIERS
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WHO CAME IN AND SACKED AND
DESTROYED THE CITY OF TROY.
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FROM THAT DATE TO THIS, THE
PHRASE "TROJAN HORSE" HAS COME
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TO REPRESENT A GIFT
THAT MAY LOOK GOOD AT FIRST,
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BUT IT'S BRINGING IN A
VERY DEVASTATING DANGER.
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NOW, TONIGHT WE
HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT AND
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A VERY SPECIAL LESSON.
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WE'RE DEALING WITH THE
SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE
SOME OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
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AND THERE IS ONE GIFT IN
PARTICULAR THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD
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WE'RE GOING TO EXAMINE FROM
THE BIBLE, AND WE MAY FIND THAT
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IT IS A TROJAN HORSE
IN THE CHURCH OF GOD.
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AMEN?
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BUT FIRST WE'RE
GOING TO OUR STORACLE.
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STORACLE COMES TO
US, THE LESSON IS CALLED
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"A JAR OF OIL."
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STORACLE COMES FROM THE SECOND
BOOK OF KINGS 4, AND IT TELLS
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ABOUT THIS WIDOW WOMAN.
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EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A MAN
WHO WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF
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THE PROPHETS, HE WAS A MINISTER
TRAINING WITH A SELF SUPPORTING
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WORK FOR THE MINISTRY.
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HE TOOK OUT A LARGE LOAN
TO BUY SEED AND SOME PROPERTY
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TO FARM HIS LAND, AND THEN
HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED AND HE LEFT
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HIS YOUNG WIFE AND TWO YOUNG
BOYS WITH A STAGGERING DEBT.
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BACK IN BIBLE TIMES YOU
COULD NOT FILE CHAPTER 11 OR
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CHAPTER 13 AND JUST
SAY, "WELL, I'M BANKRUPT,"
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AND GO ON YOUR WAY.
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YOUR CREDITOR HAD THE
RIGHT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF YOUR
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PROPERTY, YOUR VALUABLES.
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AND IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH,
HE COULD TAKE YOUR CHILDREN
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TO BE SLAVES FOR
YEARS, OR INDEFINITELY UNTIL
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THE DEBT WAS WORKED OFF.
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AND IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC THING,
DAY BY DAY THIS CREDITOR CAME,
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KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
SAID, "I WANT A PAYMENT."
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AND SHE'D SAY, "WELL,
I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY."
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HE'S SAY, "WELL, THEN
I'M TAKING YOUR RUGS."
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AND HE'D ROLL UP
THE RUGS AND MARCH OFF.
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AND THERE WAS NOTHING
ANYONE COULD DO TO STOP HIM--
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HE HAD THAT RIGHT.
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A FEW WEEKS LATER HE'D COME
BACK AND SAY, "I WANT MY MONEY."
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AND SHE SAID, "BUT I
STILL HAVE NO MONEY."
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HE'D TAKE THE
FURNITURE OUT OF THE HOUSE.
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AND THIS MERCILESS CREDITOR WAS
ONE ITEM AFTER ANOTHER CLEARING
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THINGS OUT OF THE
HOUSE, AND SHE WOULD HAND
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OVER HER PRECIOUS ARTICLES.
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FINALLY, IN HER DESPERATION SHE
WENT TO ELIJAH WITH A STATEMENT,
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ELISHA RATHER.
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"YOUR SERVANT, MY HUSBAND,
IS DEAD, AND YOU KNOW THAT
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YOUR SERVANT FEARED THE LORD.
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AND THE CREDITOR IS
COMING TO TAKE MY TWO SONS TO BE
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HIS SLAVES."
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NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE NAME
"ELISHA" IN THE BIBLE IS VERY
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MUCH LIKE THE NAME "JESUS."
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JESUS NAMED "YESHUA" IN HEBREW
MEANS "JEHOVAH IS SAVIOR."
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ELISHA'S NAME WAS
"ELSHUA" OR "ELOHIMSHUA,"
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"THE LORD IS SAVIOR."
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VERY SIMILAR NAME.
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YOU KNOW, I LOVE
THE STORIES OF ELISHA.
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MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I GET BACK
TO MY CHURCH, I THINK I'M GONNA
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DO A WHOLE SERIES ON THE EVENTS
AND THE MIRACLES OF ELISHA,
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BECAUSE HE'S
VERY MUCH LIKE JESUS.
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MATTER OF FACT, EVERYBODY
WHO EVER CAME TO ELISHA IN
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THE BIBLE, THEIR
PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED.
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SO THIS WOMAN, SHE
COMES TO ELISHA DESPERATE WITH
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THIS PROBLEM.
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AND HE TELLS HER, "WHAT DO
YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR HOUSE?"
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FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS,
"WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
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I'M NOT A BANK."
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE
GO TO THE LORD THINKING THAT
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HE'S A FINANCIER.
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HE SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?"
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HE POINTS HER BACK TO THE
RESOURCES THAT SHE STILL HAS,
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AS SMALL AS THEY MIGHT BE.
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SOMETIMES WE FORGET
THAT WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING.
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WHEN JESUS SAID TO THE
DISCIPLES, "FEED THE PEOPLE,"
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THEY SAID, "HOW ARE WE
TO FEED THESE THOUSANDS?"
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HE SAYS, "WELL,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?"
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"ALL WE'VE GOT IS
FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH."
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SAID, "UTILIZE
WHAT YOU DO HAVE."
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GOD PROMISES IF WE'RE
FAITHFUL TO UTILIZE THE LITTLE,
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HE WILL GIVE US MORE.
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"HE THAT IS FAITHFUL
IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST,
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IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH."
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WELL, EVERYTHING WAS
GONE, EXCEPT SHE HAD THIS LITTLE
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JAR OF OIL THAT
THEY HAD BEEN GUARDING.
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YOU KNOW, BACK IN BIBLE
TIMES OIL WAS ONE OF THE MOST
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PRECIOUS COMMODITIES.
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AND THIS MOTHER, AS THE CREDITOR
CAME, SHE GAVE THE FURNITURE
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AND THE RUGS, AND
THE, MAYBE EVEN THE FOOD.
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AND SHE KEPT THE OIL.
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THEY USED THE OIL
TO LIGHT THEIR HOMES.
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THEY USED THE OIL FOR HEALING.
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THEY USED THE OIL TO KINDLE
THE FIRES FOR THEIR WARMTH.
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THEY USED THE OIL
FOR BEAUTIFICATION.
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THEY USED TO ANOINT
THE COUNTENANCE FOR BEAUTY.
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THE OIL WAS USED FOR THEIR
FOOD AND BAKING THEIR BREAD.
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SHE DID NOT WANT HER CHILDREN
TO BE COLD OR IN THE DARK,
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OR SICK OR HUNGRY; SHE
WANTED THEM TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
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AND SO SHE CLUNG TO THIS
LITTLE VIAL OF OIL WAS ALL
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SHE HAD LEFT.
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AND HE SAID, "UTILIZE THE OIL."
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HE TOLD HER, "GO AND GATHER
VESSELS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS."
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AND HE SAYS, "NOT A FEW.
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AND SHUT THE DOOR, AND THEN TAKE
THAT VESSEL OF OIL AND BEGIN
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TO POUR INTO THESE EMPTY
VESSELS THAT YOU'VE GATHERED."
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WELL, SHE DID WHAT SHE WAS TOLD
AND HER CHILDREN JUST FILLED
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THE ROOM WITH VESSELS
FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
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AND SHE BEGAN TO POUR OIL AND
IT CONTINUED TO FLOW FROM THIS
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LITTLE VIAL UNTIL IT WAS FILLING
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SIZE
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AND SHAPE, AND
COLOR AND AGED VESSELS.
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THEY WERE ALL BRIMMING WITH OIL.
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FINALLY, SHE SAID TO YOUR
SONS, "BRING ME ANOTHER ONE."
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AND THEY SAID,
"THERE'S NOT ANOTHER LEFT."
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SO THE OIL CEASED.
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THE MIRACLE CONTINUED
AS LONG AS THERE WERE EMPTY
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AVAILABLE VESSELS.
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DON'T FORGET THAT.
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THEN SHE SAID TO
ELISHA, "WHAT NEXT?"
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AND HE INSTRUCTED HER, "GO SELL
THE OIL, PAY YOUR DEBT, AND YOU
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AND YOUR SONS LIVE ON THE REST."
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THERE WAS A SURPLUS.
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HAVE YOU NOTICED
WHEN GOD WORKS MIRACLES,
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THERE'S OFTEN LEFTOVERS?
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
OUR CUP WILL RUN OVER.
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JESUS, WHEN HE MULTIPLIED
THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES, THERE
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WERE 12 BASKETS OF LEFTOVERS.
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YOU CAN FIND THROUGHOUT THE
BIBLE THAT GOD IS VERY FAITHFUL.
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HE SAYS HE'LL OPEN FOR
US THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
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AND POUR OUT A BLESSING.
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THERE'S NOT ROOM
ENOUGH, YOU KNOW WHY?
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THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE.
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GOD WANTS TO BLESS
HIS PEOPLE ABUNDANTLY WITH
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THAT PRECIOUS OIL.
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NOW, LET'S FIND OUT FROM
THE BIBLE WHAT THESE THINGS
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SYMBOLIZE.
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IN THE BIBLE, WHAT IS
SYMBOLIZED BY A VESSEL AND OIL?
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LET'S GO TO THE
BIBLE FOR OUR ANSWER NOW.
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IT SAYS, "BUT THE LORD SAID
UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY FOR HE IS
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A CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME."
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PEOPLE WERE CALLED
"VESSELS" IN THE BIBLE.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
GOD SAYS, "I AM THE POTTER,
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YOU ARE THE CLAY."
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AND HE FASHIONS US INTO
ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VESSELS.
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NOW, DON'T MISS THE VERY
IMPORTANT POINT IN THIS STORY,
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THAT THIS WOMAN--WHAT'S A
WOMAN REPRESENT, WE'VE LEARNED,
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IN PROPHECY?
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THIS WOMAN BRINGS EMPTY VESSELS
INTO HER HOME, AND THERE SHE
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POURS THE OIL INTO THOSE THAT
ARE EMPTY AND THEY ARE FILLED.
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ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VESSELS.
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YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOD'S CHURCH.
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WE ARE TO BRING EMPTY VESSELS
INTO OUR DWELLING PLACES.
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AND THEN WE SHARE WHAT WE
DO HAVE AND GOD MULTIPLIES IT.
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YOU NOTICE GOD DOES
NOT FILL FULL VESSELS.
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HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
BE FILLED WITH THAT PRECIOUS OIL
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THAT GOD IS OFFERING?
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WE MUST FIRST EMPTY
OURSELVES IF HE WOULD FILL US.
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ANOTHER THING I WANT YOU TO
NOTICE, HE WORKS THESE MIRACLES
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FOR US NOT IN OUR
ABUNDANCE, BUT IN OUR EXTREMITY.
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HE WAITED UNTIL SHE WAS OUT,
THEN HE BEGAN TO WORK WITH HER
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AND TO PERFORM A MIRACLE.
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SOMETIMES GOD WAITS UNTIL
WE'RE AT OUR LAST LOAF OF BREAD,
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OUR LAST VIAL OF OIL.
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WE'VE GOT OUR, LIKE THE
WIDOW WITH ELIJAH, WE'VE GOT
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A LITTLE FLOUR, A
LITTLE OIL AND TWO STICKS;
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AND THEN GOD WORKS A MIRACLE.
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SOMETIMES HE MAKES YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE AT THE RED SEA
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AND YOU'VE GOT THE EGYPTIANS
CHARGING DOWN YOUR NECK,
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AND THEN HE PARTS THE SEA.
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AMEN?
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YOU KNOW WHY?
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YOU DO NOT LEARN FAITH WHEN
GOD TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING
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IN ADVANCE.
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WE NEED TO LEARN
LESSONS OF TRUST.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE
WRITTEN US QUESTIONS.
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OH, I WISH I HAD TIME
FOR MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
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"PASTOR DOUG, IF I
KEEP THE SABBATH TRUTH,
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I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB.
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WHAT AM I TO DO?"
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YOU DO GOD'S WILL AND
THEN LET HIM WORK A MIRACLE.
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SO MANY PEOPLE THINK, "WELL,
I'LL KEEP THE SABBATH TRUTH
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AFTER GOD WORKS THE MIRACLE."
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NO, NO, THAT'S
NOT HOW GOD OPERATES.
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YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH
AND THEN HE PARTS THE SEA.
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YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL, WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT
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OF SLAVERY, HE PARTED THE SEA
AND THEY CROSSED OVER, 'CAUSE
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THEY WERE FAITHLESS.
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AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS
WHEN THEY HAD TO CROSS THE
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JORDAN, HE SAYS, "LET'S
SEE IF YOU'VE LEARNED ANYTHING.
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PUT YOUR FEET IN THE WATER
AND THEN I'LL PART THE SEA."
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GOD WANTS US TO STEP OUT.
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AND WHEN WE STEP OUT IN FAITH,
HE'LL WORK MIRACLES FOR US.
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AMEN?
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AND SO TRUST THE LORD.
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YOU KNOW?
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HE WANTS TO MOVE MOUNTAINS
FOR YOU AND PART OCEANS FOR YOU,
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STEP OUT
IN FAITH AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
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HE WILL NOT WORK MIRACLES
FOR YOU, UNLESS YOU DO STEP OUT
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IN FAITH.
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SECOND PART OF OUR ANSWER,
WHAT DOES THE OIL REPRESENT?
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"THEN SAMUEL TOOK THE HORN OF
OIL AND HE ANOINTED HIM," DAVID,
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"IN THE MIDST OF HIS BRETHREN,
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
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CAME UPON DAVID."
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THE HOLY SPIRIT
ANOINTED DAVID THERE.
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
USES THE WORD "ANOINT."
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THE GREEK WORD IS "CRISTOS."
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THE JEWISH WORD IS "MESSIAH."
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CHRIST IS THE ANOINTED.
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HEBREW HE'S THE MESSIAH,
IN GREEK HE'S THE CHRIST,
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THE CRISTOS.
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HE WAS ANOINTED WHEN
HE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY WITH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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ON PENTECOST THE DISCIPLES
WERE ANOINTED AS THEY BEGAN
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THEIR MINISTRY.
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WHEN PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED,
REMEMBER JESUS SAID, "UNLESS
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YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER
AND THE SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER
00:10:48.40\00:10:51.03
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
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HE WANTS US TO BE BAPTIZED
TO BE CLEANSED, COMMITTED--OUR
00:10:51.93\00:10:55.10
DECISION--AND ANOINTED
WITH THE SPIRIT--HIS DECISION.
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UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM
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OF HEAVEN.
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THIS LESSON IS TALKING
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
CLEARING UP SOME VERY
00:11:04.60\00:11:06.50
DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:11:06.50\00:11:10.43
IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AN
IMPERSONAL FORCE OR IS HE GOD?
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YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE
THINK THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:11:14.73\00:11:17.03
IS THE ENERGY OF GOD.
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WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON.
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NOTICE WHAT IT
SAYS IN ACTS 5:3-4.
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN ANANIAS AND
SAPPHIRA PRETENDED TO GIVE ALL
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OF THEIR OFFERING TO THE
LORD AND THEY KEPT SOME OF IT,
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THEY LIED?
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WHAT DID PETER SAY?
00:11:32.40\00:11:33.46
PETER SAID, "ANANIAS, WHY
HATH SATAN FILLED YOUR HEART,
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TO LIE TO THE HOLY GHOST?"
00:11:36.63\00:11:39.40
AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY,
"THOU HAS NOT LIED UNTO MEN,
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BUT UNTO GOD."
00:11:42.93\00:11:44.90
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA HIS WIFE
DROPPED DEAD BECAUSE THEY LIED
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TO GOD WHEN THEY
LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
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YES.
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IS HE JUST A FORCE OR
DOES HE HAVE FEELINGS?
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IT SAYS, "AND GRIEVE NOT
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEREBY
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YOU ARE SEALED UNTO
THE DAY OF REDEMPTION."
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NOW, WE'VE LEARNED
ABOUT THE SEAL OF GOD.
00:12:04.63\00:12:06.70
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S
THE MARK OF THE BEAST?
00:12:06.70\00:12:09.00
THE SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL--BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT
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THAT'S VISIBLE,
WE'VE LEARNED, RIGHT?
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OBEYING THE LAWS OF THE BEAST
INSTEAD OF THE LAWS OF GOD, WILL
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GET YOU THE MARK OF THE
BEAST WHEN THAT DAY COMES,
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WHEN IT'S LEGISLATED.
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WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD?
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FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:12:21.26\00:12:22.96
EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE SEAL
OF GOD HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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DO WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT?
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I THINK THAT
SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR.
00:12:26.83\00:12:28.16
BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT IN
THE LAW OF GOD THE SABBATH
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COMMANDMENT IS A SPECIAL SIGN
OR SEAL, OR TOKEN OF HIS POWER.
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY
WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS
THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES, BUT YOU
00:12:38.86\00:12:41.43
CAN READ HERE IN JOHN
16:13, "WHEN HE," YOU NOTICE
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IT DOESN'T SAY, "WHEN IT?"
00:12:45.40\00:12:46.63
"WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH,
IS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU
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INTO ALL TRUTH.
00:12:50.80\00:12:52.50
HE WILL SHOW
YOU THINGS TO COME."
00:12:52.50\00:12:55.76
AND THEN IT ALSO SAYS, JESUS
SAID, "HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL
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THINGS AND BRING ALL THINGS
TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, WHATSOEVER
00:12:59.23\00:13:02.96
I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU."
00:13:02.96\00:13:04.86
CHRIST SAID THE DAY MAY
COME WHEN HIS BELIEVERS WILL BE
00:13:04.86\00:13:08.60
BROUGHT BEFORE KINGS AND
RULERS TO DEFEND THEIR FAITH.
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HE SAID, "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT
HAVING YOUR OUTLINE IN THAT DAY.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TELL YOU IN
THAT HOUR WHAT YOU'RE TO SPEAK."
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WHAT IS THE ONE SIN
THAT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN?
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THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
00:13:22.56\00:13:25.00
THE BIBLE SAYS, MATTHEW
12:32, "BUT WHOEVER SPEAKS
00:13:25.00\00:13:28.83
AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST,
IT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN."
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NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS FOR JUST A SECOND.
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WHAT IS BLASPHEMY
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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PEOPLE FIGURE, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU CAN BLASPHEME THE FATHER
00:13:39.70\00:13:42.76
AND THE SON AND BE FORGIVEN,
BLASPHEMING AGAINST THE
00:13:42.76\00:13:44.90
HOLY SPIRIT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN--
THAT MUST BE THE MOST UGLY
00:13:44.90\00:13:48.40
AND ABOMINABLE
SIN YOU CAN THINK OF."
00:13:48.40\00:13:50.66
AND PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED THAT
WOULD BE KILLING YOUR CHILD.
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THAT'S UNFORGIVABLE.
00:13:53.43\00:13:54.73
OH, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT A MAN
WHO KILLED HIS CHILDREN NAMED
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"MANASSEH" WAS FORGIVEN.
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IT'S NOT MURDER.
00:13:58.96\00:14:01.20
MOSES MURDERED; DAVID MURDERED.
00:14:01.20\00:14:03.33
IT'S NOT ADULTERY.
00:14:03.33\00:14:04.46
THEY'RE ALL SINS.
00:14:04.46\00:14:06.03
BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE
UNPARDONABLE SIN IS BLASPHEMY
00:14:06.03\00:14:09.03
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:14:09.03\00:14:10.16
WHAT IS BLASPHEMY?
00:14:10.16\00:14:11.73
WE HAVE LEARNED BLASPHEMY IS
TAKING THE PREROGATIVES OF GOD,
00:14:11.73\00:14:15.80
AND BLASPHEMING
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:14:15.80\00:14:17.96
IS NOT BECOMING ANGRY AND
SHAKING YOUR FIRST AT GOD ONE
00:14:17.96\00:14:20.16
DAY AND SAYING SOMETHING YOU'D
REGRET, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE
00:14:20.16\00:14:23.06
MOMENTS AND SOME OF THE PROPHETS
EVEN SAID THINGS IN FATIGUE
00:14:23.06\00:14:26.73
AND DISCOURAGEMENT
THAT THEY REGRETTED.
00:14:26.73\00:14:29.86
LIKE JONAH AND ELIJAH.
00:14:29.86\00:14:31.56
EVEN JOB BECAME DISHEARTENED.
00:14:31.56\00:14:33.46
BLASPHEMY
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:14:33.46\00:14:35.73
IS RESISTING THE PLEADING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PUTTING
00:14:35.73\00:14:39.03
YOURSELF IN GOD'S PLACE AND
SAYING, "I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN
00:14:39.03\00:14:41.60
TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD.
00:14:41.60\00:14:42.93
I'M GOING TO
LISTEN TO MY OWN VOICE.
00:14:42.93\00:14:45.00
I'M GOING TO GO MY OWN WAY."
00:14:45.00\00:14:46.16
AND IT'S DOING IT OVER A PERIOD
OF TIME, SO THAT YOU SEAR, YOU
00:14:46.16\00:14:50.66
SCAR, YOU BURN YOUR CONSCIENCE.
00:14:50.66\00:14:52.96
YOU DEVELOP A CALLOUS
ON YOUR SPIRITUAL EAR.
00:14:52.96\00:14:56.06
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE HOLY
SPIRIT FIRST BRINGS CONVICTION,
00:14:56.06\00:14:58.60
IT HURTS.
00:14:58.60\00:14:59.90
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:14:59.90\00:15:00.73
IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT.
00:15:00.73\00:15:02.83
I REMEMBER WHEN I
WAS IN THE WOOD BUSINESS.
00:15:02.83\00:15:05.73
SELLING FIREWOOD IS SEASONAL.
00:15:05.73\00:15:07.80
EVERYBODY WAITED
UNTIL IT WAS COLD AND RAINY.
00:15:07.80\00:15:09.96
THEY NEVER ASKED ME FOR
WOOD WHEN IT WAS WARM AND SUNNY.
00:15:09.96\00:15:12.40
AND I WOULD THEN GO OUT.
00:15:12.40\00:15:14.26
I TRIED TO PREPARE IN ADVANCE,
BUT I'M ALWAYS DOING A LOT MORE
00:15:14.26\00:15:17.03
WOOD-CUTTING IN THE WINTERTIME,
IN THE MUD AND THE RAIN.
00:15:17.03\00:15:19.43
WHEN I FIRST GO BACK INTO THE
WOOD-CUTTING SEASON AND I PICKED
00:15:19.43\00:15:22.93
UP MY SPLITTING MAUL, AND I'D
SWING AN EIGHT-POUND SPLITTING
00:15:22.93\00:15:25.23
MAUL EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
00:15:25.23\00:15:26.86
MY HANDS WOULD GET BLISTERS
AND THEY'D HURT, AND I'D WRAP MY
00:15:26.86\00:15:29.76
HANDS UP, BUT I'D KEEP AFTER IT.
00:15:29.76\00:15:31.86
AND AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, NOT
THE FIRST DAY OR THE SECOND, BUT
00:15:31.86\00:15:34.56
EVENTUALLY MY HANDS BECAME THICK
AND HARD, AND I DIDN'T FEEL IT
00:15:34.56\00:15:37.26
ANYMORE.
00:15:37.26\00:15:38.63
THAT'S GOOD FOR WOOD-CUTTING,
IT'S BAD WHEN YOU'RE RESISTING
00:15:38.63\00:15:41.40
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:15:41.40\00:15:42.76
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FIRST
CONVICTS YOU THAT YOU MUST OBEY
00:15:42.76\00:15:45.30
GOD AND LAY ASIDE YOUR BESETTING
SINS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT.
00:15:45.30\00:15:50.06
IF YOU CONTINUE TO RESIST
THE PLEADING OF THE SPIRIT,
00:15:50.06\00:15:52.60
YOU DEVELOP A CALLOUS
ON YOUR SPIRITUAL EAR.
00:15:52.60\00:15:55.66
YOU ARE TURNING
THE VOLUME OF GOD DOWN.
00:15:55.66\00:15:57.73
YOU'RE SAYING, "LEAVE ME ALONE,"
AND IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS THING.
00:15:57.73\00:16:00.13
THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN IS THE SIN
THAT GOD CANNOT FORGIVE, BECAUSE
00:16:00.13\00:16:04.46
YOU'VE LOST THE
ABILITY TO REPENT.
00:16:04.46\00:16:08.00
GOD WILL ALWAYS FORGIVE THE
SIN FOR WHICH YOU ARE GENUINELY
00:16:08.00\00:16:11.63
REPENTING.
00:16:11.63\00:16:12.43
BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT
REPENTANCE IS A GIFT?
00:16:12.43\00:16:14.16
YOU CAN'T DECIDE
WHEN YOU'RE GONNA REPENT.
00:16:14.16\00:16:16.10
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT PLAY GAMES WITH GOD.
00:16:16.10\00:16:18.36
THEY SAY, "WELL, THE THIEF ON
THE CROSS, HE GAVE HIS HEART TO
00:16:18.36\00:16:20.76
GOD ON HIS
DEATHBED, HIS LAST HOUR.
00:16:20.76\00:16:23.70
AND SO I'M GONNA WAIT
UNTIL I'M ABOUT TO DIE.
00:16:23.70\00:16:25.63
I'LL SEE IF I CAN CALCULATE
THAT, AND AT THE LAST MOMENT
00:16:25.63\00:16:27.60
I'LL REPENT."
00:16:27.60\00:16:29.66
YOU CAN'T COUNT ON
BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
00:16:29.66\00:16:32.33
I THINK MATTHEW HENRY IS THE
ONE WHO SAID, "THE REASON THAT
00:16:32.33\00:16:34.96
THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF A
DEATHBED CONVERSION IN THE BIBLE
00:16:34.96\00:16:38.66
IS SO THAT NONE NEED LOSE HOPE.
00:16:38.66\00:16:41.00
BUT ANOTHER REASON THERE'S ONLY
ONE EXAMPLE IS SO THAT NONE DARE
00:16:41.00\00:16:44.16
PRESUME."
00:16:44.16\00:16:45.76
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO SAY,
"WELL, I'LL WAIT AND GIVE GOD MY
00:16:45.76\00:16:48.40
LEFTOVERS WITH MY DYING BREATH."
00:16:48.40\00:16:50.56
YOU MAY NOT BE CAPABLE OF
REPENTING THEN, BECAUSE IT'S
00:16:50.56\00:16:53.50
A GIFT.
00:16:53.50\00:16:54.46
IT'S A GIFT OF
CONVICTION FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:16:54.46\00:16:56.43
AND IF YOU GRIEVE THE WAY OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT EARLIER IN YOUR
00:16:56.43\00:16:58.83
LIFE, YOU WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO RECALL REPENTANCE
00:16:58.83\00:17:01.36
ON YOUR DEATHBED.
00:17:01.36\00:17:02.63
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT GET A
NOTICE IN THE MAIL WHEN THEY'RE
00:17:02.63\00:17:05.13
GONNA DIE; IT HAPPENS SUDDENLY.
00:17:05.13\00:17:09.10
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GIFTS OF
THE SPIRIT THAT A PERSON MIGHT
00:17:09.10\00:17:11.63
RECEIVE?
00:17:11.63\00:17:12.60
AND KEEP IN MIND, NOT
EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME GIFT.
00:17:12.60\00:17:15.50
SOME PEOPLE GET
SEVERAL, SOME PEOPLE GET ONE,
00:17:15.50\00:17:17.60
BUT EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING.
00:17:17.60\00:17:18.80
ANSWER?
00:17:18.80\00:17:19.66
"FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN BY
THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM."
00:17:19.66\00:17:24.26
ANSWER, "TO ANOTHER," AND THIS
IS ALL 1 CORINTHIANS 12:8-10,
00:17:24.26\00:17:28.86
"THE WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE TO ANOTHER FAITH."
00:17:28.86\00:17:33.96
THESE ARE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:17:33.96\00:17:35.33
"TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF
HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT;
00:17:35.33\00:17:39.00
TO ANOTHER WORKING OF
MIRACLES; TO ANOTHER PROPHESY;
00:17:39.00\00:17:45.13
TO ANOTHER
DISCERNING OF SPIRITS;
00:17:45.13\00:17:47.93
TO ANOTHER
DIVERSE KINDS OF TONGUES;
00:17:47.93\00:17:52.23
AND TO ANOTHER THE
INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES."
00:17:52.23\00:17:55.73
NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER,
I'M GONNA JUST LET YOU KNOW
00:17:55.73\00:17:58.43
IN ADVANCE, WE'RE GONNA TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GIFT OF
00:17:58.43\00:18:01.13
TONGUES IN THE BIBLE AND
THE WAY IT'S MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:18:01.13\00:18:05.13
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN
THE BIBLE, WHENEVER THE GIFTS
00:18:05.13\00:18:07.73
OF THE SPIRIT ARE LISTED,
SUCH AS THE LIST WE JUST READ,
00:18:07.73\00:18:10.86
THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS ALWAYS
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
00:18:10.86\00:18:14.03
I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE A
NUMBER OF CHURCHES ARE TURNING
00:18:14.03\00:18:16.46
THE LIST UPSIDE-DOWN.
00:18:16.46\00:18:18.23
AND THEY MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH
THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT IS
00:18:18.23\00:18:20.43
TONGUES, AND THEN EVERYTHING
ELSE FOLLOWS AFTERWARD.
00:18:20.43\00:18:23.26
THAT'S NOT
BIBLICALLY HONEST TO DO THAT.
00:18:23.26\00:18:25.93
WHICH SPIRITUAL GIFT BECAME
A SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY IN
00:18:25.93\00:18:30.16
THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH?
00:18:30.16\00:18:32.10
I'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU
THE ANSWER, BUT LET'S READ
00:18:32.10\00:18:33.70
IT TOGETHER.
00:18:33.70\00:18:34.60
1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-2,
"DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT
00:18:34.60\00:18:38.20
RATHER THAT YOU MIGHT PROPHESY.
00:18:38.20\00:18:40.56
FOR HE THAT SPEAKETH IN
AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, SPEAKETH
00:18:40.56\00:18:44.30
NOT UNTO MEN, BUT UNTO GOD."
00:18:44.30\00:18:47.83
NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS FOR
00:18:47.83\00:18:51.30
WHAT THIS UNKNOWN TONGUE IS.
00:18:51.30\00:18:53.80
ONE CLASSICAL INTERPRETATION
WAS, AN UNKNOWN TONGUE IS
00:18:53.80\00:18:58.36
A LANGUAGE THOSE
PRESENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
00:18:58.36\00:19:01.10
BUT IT IS A KNOWN
LANGUAGE SOMEWHERE.
00:19:01.10\00:19:03.20
IT'S UNKNOWN TO THOSE PRESENT.
00:19:03.20\00:19:04.93
THE OTHER INTERPRETATION IS
THE UNKNOWN TONGUE IS A HEAVENLY
00:19:04.93\00:19:08.23
LANGUAGE THAT NOBODY
ON EARTH UNDERSTANDS.
00:19:08.23\00:19:11.20
SOME PEOPLE SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE
AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
00:19:11.20\00:19:13.33
THEY'RE SPEAKING, UNLESS THEY
GET THE GIFT OF INTERPRETATION.
00:19:13.33\00:19:15.90
I RESPECTFULLY
DISAGREE WITH THAT.
00:19:15.90\00:19:18.66
AND KEEP IN MIND AS I'M SHARING
THESE THINGS THAT WHEN I FIRST
00:19:18.66\00:19:21.00
BECAME A CHRISTIAN, MY
INFANCY WAS IN FELLOWSHIP
00:19:21.00\00:19:25.53
WITH CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANS,
WHOM I LOVE AND RESPECT,
00:19:25.53\00:19:29.06
AND I KNOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE
IN THE KINGDOM--IS THAT CLEAR?
00:19:29.06\00:19:31.43
BUT THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN
THEIR DOCTRINE THAT I HAVE ISSUE
00:19:31.43\00:19:34.83
WITH WHEN I GO BY THE BIBLE.
00:19:34.83\00:19:36.80
WE WANT TO GO
BY THE BIBLE, AMEN?
00:19:36.80\00:19:38.83
LET'S FIND OUT
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
00:19:38.83\00:19:40.33
A LOT OF THESE CHURCHES,
WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER FOR THEIR
00:19:40.33\00:19:42.60
WORSHIP SERVICES, A PERSON
IS OVERCOME WITH THE SPIRIT,
00:19:42.60\00:19:45.76
THEY SAY, AND THEY MAY BEGIN
TO SPEAK IN THESE UNINTELLIGIBLE
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UTTERANCES.
00:19:48.63\00:19:50.36
AND THEY CALL THIS
THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
00:19:50.36\00:19:52.73
THEY MAY NOT EVEN
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING,
00:19:52.73\00:19:54.10
IT SOUNDS LIKE BABBLING.
00:19:54.10\00:19:55.60
NOW, WHAT DOES THE
BIBLE SAY ABOUT BABBLING?
00:19:55.60\00:19:57.80
LET'S LOOK AT A
COUPLE OF REFERENCES.
00:19:57.80\00:19:59.66
1 TIMOTHY 6:20, "O, TIMOTHY,
KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO
00:19:59.66\00:20:03.30
THY TRUST, AVOIDING
PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS."
00:20:03.30\00:20:08.23
IN ANOTHER PLACE PAUL SAYS
IN 2 TIMOTHY 2;16, "BUT SHUN
00:20:08.23\00:20:12.86
PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS."
00:20:12.86\00:20:16.03
IN THE BEGINNING, AT THE TOWER
OF BABEL, WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN
00:20:16.03\00:20:18.86
TO BABBLE--THAT'S WHERE
THE WORD COMES FROM--SPEAKING
00:20:18.86\00:20:22.03
IN LANGUAGES THAT ARE NOT
UNDERSTOOD IS NOT EVIDENCE OF
00:20:22.03\00:20:25.23
GOD'S BLESSING; IT
WAS A SIGN OF GOD'S CURSE.
00:20:25.23\00:20:28.70
I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WHEN
GOD GAVE THE GIFT OF TONGUES
00:20:28.70\00:20:31.53
AT PENTECOST, THE PURPOSE
FOR THE GIFT WAS TO HELP PEOPLE
00:20:31.53\00:20:34.56
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING
SAID, NOT TO CREATE CONFUSION.
00:20:34.56\00:20:39.03
TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGES.
00:20:39.03\00:20:41.30
OKAY?
00:20:41.30\00:20:42.03
HOW DID JESUS PROMISE TO HELP
HIS DISCIPLES PREACH THE GOSPEL
00:20:42.03\00:20:45.20
IN ALL THE WORLD?
00:20:45.20\00:20:46.33
CHRIST HAD INTELLIGENT, BUT
BASICALLY UNEDUCATED FOLLOWERS.
00:20:46.33\00:20:51.63
THE APOSTLES WERE FISHERMEN,
SHEPHERDS, TAX COLLECTORS.
00:20:51.63\00:20:54.23
AND HE SAID, "GO AND PREACH
THE GOSPEL IN ALL THE WORLD."
00:20:54.23\00:20:57.03
BUT MOST OF THEM ONLY
SPOKE ONE OR TWO LANGUAGES.
00:20:57.03\00:21:00.93
HE SAID, "GO TO
PREACH ALL THE WORLD."
00:21:00.93\00:21:02.66
CHRIST SAID, "NO PROBLEM,
I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT."
00:21:02.66\00:21:05.33
HE SAID, "THEY SHALL,"
MARK 16:17, "THEY SHALL SPEAK
00:21:05.33\00:21:09.16
WITH NEW TONGUES."
00:21:09.16\00:21:11.26
NOW, WHEN YOU SAY THE
WORD "TONGUES" IN THE BIBLE,
00:21:11.26\00:21:13.23
THAT'S AN OLD
ENGLISH WORD FOR "LANGUAGES."
00:21:13.23\00:21:16.60
SO EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE
WORD "TONGUES," JUST THINK OF
00:21:16.60\00:21:18.60
LANGUAGE OR LANGUAGES.
00:21:18.60\00:21:20.26
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
00:21:20.26\00:21:21.40
WE TYPICALLY DON'T SAY,
"WHAT TONGUE DO YOU SPEAK?"
00:21:21.40\00:21:23.83
WE SAY, "WHAT
LANGUAGE DO YOU SPEAK?"
00:21:23.83\00:21:25.43
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE DISCIPLES
RECEIVED THE OUTPOURING OF
00:21:25.43\00:21:28.16
THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST?
00:21:28.16\00:21:29.50
NOW, LET ME STOP
BEFORE WE GO TO THE ANSWER.
00:21:29.50\00:21:32.93
THERE ARE THREE--HOW MANY?
00:21:32.93\00:21:35.06
THREE EXAMPLES IN THE
BIBLE, THREE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE
00:21:35.06\00:21:38.76
SPEAKING IN
TONGUES IN THE BIBLE.
00:21:38.76\00:21:40.53
IT STANDS TO REASON TO ME
THAT IF WE INVESTIGATE ALL THREE
00:21:40.53\00:21:44.10
EXAMPLES, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT
THE PURPOSE OF THAT GIFT IS.
00:21:44.10\00:21:47.23
DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE?
00:21:47.23\00:21:48.50
OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA
BUILD A DOCTRINE ON SOMETHING
00:21:48.50\00:21:50.20
THAT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE.
00:21:50.20\00:21:51.63
THE FIRST EXAMPLE IS ACTS
2 THEN WE'LL GO TO ACTS 10.
00:21:51.63\00:21:55.23
THEN WE'RE GOING TO ACTS 19.
00:21:55.23\00:21:57.43
IN THOSE THREE EXAMPLES WE WILL
DISCOVER WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
00:21:57.43\00:22:00.83
ALL RIGHT.
00:22:00.83\00:22:01.60
NOW, IN ACTS 2 WE READ IN VERSE
1 AND VERSE 4, IT SAYS, "AND
00:22:01.60\00:22:06.63
WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS
FULLY COME, THEY WERE ALL FILED
00:22:06.63\00:22:11.43
WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND BEGAN
TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES AS
00:22:11.43\00:22:17.30
THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE."
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.36
OKAY, I'M GONNA HAVE
TO USE BOTH HANDS NOW.
00:22:20.36\00:22:24.43
THE LORD ON THE DAY OF
PENTECOST--IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL
00:22:24.43\00:22:27.40
THE WAY THAT THE LORD DID
THIS--THERE WERE DEVOUT JEWS
00:22:27.40\00:22:30.83
GATHERED FROM EVERY NATION
UNDER HEAVEN IN JERUSALEM.
00:22:30.83\00:22:34.00
THESE WERE THE
SERIOUS, GODLY JEWS WHO CAME FOR
00:22:34.00\00:22:36.76
THE ANNUAL FEASTS.
00:22:36.76\00:22:38.33
THEY HAD COME FROM
AROUND THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
00:22:38.33\00:22:40.76
THEY SPOKE MANY
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
00:22:40.76\00:22:42.83
MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH,
BUT SHE DIDN'T SPEAK HEBREW;
00:22:42.83\00:22:46.26
SHE SPOKE AMERICAN,
WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE ENGLISH.
00:22:46.26\00:22:48.90
RIGHT?
00:22:48.90\00:22:50.06
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE
GOT ANOTHER LANGUAGE CALLED
00:22:50.06\00:22:51.16
NEW YORK.
00:22:51.16\00:22:53.23
BUT THESE JEWS WHO WERE VISITING
JERUSALEM, MANY OF THEM DID NOT
00:22:53.23\00:22:56.86
SPEAK THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OR DID
NOT SPEAK IT WELL--THEY SPOKE 16
00:22:56.86\00:23:00.83
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS THAT
ARE LISTED THERE SPECIFICALLY
00:23:00.83\00:23:03.73
IN ACTS 2.
00:23:03.73\00:23:05.20
NOW, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
POURED OUT, GOD IN A MIRACULOUS
00:23:05.20\00:23:08.23
WAY GAVE THOSE 120 DISCIPLES
THIS SUPERNATURAL ABILITY TO
00:23:08.23\00:23:12.96
SPEAK IN LANGUAGES THEY HAD NOT
FORMALLY KNOWN OR STUDIED FOR
00:23:12.96\00:23:16.76
THE PURPOSE OF PREACHING THE
GOSPEL TO THESE VISITING JEWS
00:23:16.76\00:23:20.20
THAT THEY MIGHT BE CONVERTED
AND THEN CAUSE AN EPIDEMIC OF
00:23:20.20\00:23:23.23
THE GOSPEL AS THEY TOOK IT BACK
TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.
00:23:23.23\00:23:26.26
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE
GOSPEL WAS TO PREACH THE WORD.
00:23:26.26\00:23:29.43
THE BIBLE SAYS IN ACTS 1:8,
"I WILL GIVE YOU MY SPIRIT THAT
00:23:29.43\00:23:33.03
YOU MIGHT BE MY WITNESSES."
00:23:33.03\00:23:35.10
HE NEVER SAYS HE GIVES US
THE SPIRIT SO WE CAN BABBLE.
00:23:35.10\00:23:38.33
THE PURPOSE OF THE
SPIRIT IS THAT WE MIGHT PROCLAIM
00:23:38.33\00:23:41.10
AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
00:23:41.10\00:23:43.46
THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED ON PENTECOST.
00:23:43.46\00:23:46.03
WHAT DID THESE FOREIGN JEWS WHO
WERE VISITING, EXPERIENCE WHEN
00:23:46.03\00:23:50.26
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT?
00:23:50.26\00:23:52.36
IT TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
00:23:52.36\00:23:53.83
IT SAYS, "THEY DECLARED, WE DO
HEAR THEM SPEAK IN OUR TONGUES
00:23:53.83\00:24:00.50
THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD."
00:24:00.50\00:24:02.33
THEY--SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE
VISITING HEARD THE DISCIPLES
00:24:02.33\00:24:05.90
SPEAKING ALL THESE
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
00:24:05.90\00:24:07.26
THEY SAID, "ARE THEY DRUNK?
00:24:07.26\00:24:08.10
WHAT'S ALL THIS BABBLE?"
00:24:08.10\00:24:08.90
IT SOUNDED LIKE BABBLING
TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
00:24:08.90\00:24:10.66
KNOW THOSE LANGUAGES.
00:24:10.66\00:24:11.80
BUT THE VISITING JEWS SAID,
"I RECOGNIZE--THAT'S MY HOME
00:24:11.80\00:24:14.73
DIALECT.
00:24:14.73\00:24:15.56
I HEAR THEM SPEAKING IN MY
NATIVE TONGUE THE WONDERFUL
00:24:15.56\00:24:18.80
WORKS OF GOD."
00:24:18.80\00:24:19.93
NOW, DO YOU THINK THAT
MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM?
00:24:19.93\00:24:22.83
THAT'S WHY THOUSANDS WERE
CONVERTED IN A DAY, BECAUSE
00:24:22.83\00:24:25.63
THE BIBLE SAYS TONGUES ARE
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE.
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.30
IT CONVINCED THEM THAT GOD HAD
GIVEN THEM THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
00:24:28.30\00:24:31.10
IN THEIR LANGUAGES.
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.20
NOT ONLY TO SPEAK, BUT TO
SPEAK IN POWER ABOUT JESUS BEING
00:24:32.20\00:24:35.10
THE MESSIAH.
00:24:35.10\00:24:36.43
AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT THEY SAID,
"THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD."
00:24:36.43\00:24:39.70
AND THEN PETER, WHEN HE PREACHED
THE SERMON AND THEY SAID,
00:24:39.70\00:24:42.13
"WHAT SHALL WE DO?"
00:24:42.13\00:24:43.20
THAT SERMON I EXPECT WAS BEING
TRANSLATED IN MANY TONGUES.
00:24:43.20\00:24:47.10
AND JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT 16
TRANSLATORS THAT ARE BACK HERE
00:24:47.10\00:24:49.90
THAT ARE TRANSLATING EVERYTHING
I SAY, THERE WERE 120 DISCIPLES
00:24:49.90\00:24:53.80
GATHERED OUT IN GROUPS AND
THEY WERE TRANSLATING WHAT PETER
00:24:53.80\00:24:56.83
WAS SAYING.
00:24:56.83\00:24:57.76
THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD THAT
CHRIST THE MESSIAH HAD COME.
00:24:57.76\00:25:00.43
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE
FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
00:25:00.43\00:25:02.50
IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT
IN ACTS 2 THEY WERE SPEAKING
00:25:02.50\00:25:05.80
IN KNOWN LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING
00:25:05.80\00:25:09.30
THE GOSPEL.
00:25:09.30\00:25:10.06
IS THAT CLEAR?
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00:25:19.63\00:25:22.53
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00:25:22.53\00:25:25.73
>> IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
00:25:25.73\00:25:28.10
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00:25:28.10\00:25:29.10
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>> THE PURPOSE OF THE
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00:25:34.46\00:25:37.00
AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
00:25:37.00\00:25:39.30
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HAPPENED ON PENTECOST.
00:25:39.30\00:25:43.70
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00:26:40.03\00:26:42.50
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00:26:42.50\00:26:44.63
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00:26:45.90\00:26:48.86
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00:26:58.63\00:27:01.86
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00:27:01.86\00:27:05.60
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00:27:05.60\00:27:09.03
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