Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000084
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00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
00:11 >> THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN IS THE SIN THAT GOD CANNOT FORGIVE, 00:15 BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST THE ABILITY TO REPENT. 00:23 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN 00:25 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:29 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:32 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:34 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:37 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:41 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:43 "THE MILLENNIUM OF PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES. 00:51 >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE TROJAN HORSE? 00:54 I EXPECT MOST OF US HERE HAVE. 00:56 THE LEGEND GOES THAT THE GREEKS TRIED TO CONQUER 00:59 THE CITY OF TROY. 01:00 MATTER OF FACT, FOR TEN YEARS THEY BESIEGED THE CITY 01:02 AND UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED, TRIED TO FORCE THEM, 01:07 STARVE THEM INTO SURRENDER. 01:09 FINALLY, THEY RESORTED TO A STRATEGY THAT WAS VERY CLEVER. 01:12 THEY MADE AS THOUGH THEY WERE SAILING AWAY FROM THE COAST, AND 01:16 THEY LEFT A LARGE HOLLOW WOODEN HORSE AS A GIFT ON THE SHORE, 01:21 TO SORT OF AWARD AND RECOGNIZE THE TRIUMPH 01:24 OF THE TROJAN PEOPLE. 01:26 WELL, INSIDE THE TROJAN CITY, THE CITY OF TROY, THERE WAS 01:29 A GREEK SPY NAMED SINON. 01:32 HE SAID TO HIS FRIENDS, HE SAID, "LET'S BRING THIS HORSE INSIDE 01:35 THE CITY AND IT WILL MAKE US INVINCIBLE. 01:38 IT'S OUR TROPHY THAT THEY COULD NOT CONQUER US. 01:40 WELL, LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT INSIDE THE HOLLOW HORSE WERE 01:43 FIVE GREEK SOLDIERS, HIDDEN. 01:47 AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THAT GIFT IN, THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS 01:49 HARMLESS ENOUGH, THAT NIGHT SINON WENT AND UNLOCKED THIS 01:53 SECRET DOOR. 01:55 HE LET OUT THE GREEK SOLDIERS, WHO KILLED THE GUARDS AT 01:58 THE GATE. 01:58 THEY OPENED THE GUARDS FOR THE WAITING GREEK SOLDIERS 02:01 WHO CAME IN AND SACKED AND DESTROYED THE CITY OF TROY. 02:05 FROM THAT DATE TO THIS, THE PHRASE "TROJAN HORSE" HAS COME 02:08 TO REPRESENT A GIFT THAT MAY LOOK GOOD AT FIRST, 02:12 BUT IT'S BRINGING IN A VERY DEVASTATING DANGER. 02:15 NOW, TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT AND 02:17 A VERY SPECIAL LESSON. 02:18 WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:20 WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 02:24 AND THERE IS ONE GIFT IN PARTICULAR THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD 02:27 WE'RE GOING TO EXAMINE FROM THE BIBLE, AND WE MAY FIND THAT 02:30 IT IS A TROJAN HORSE IN THE CHURCH OF GOD. 02:33 AMEN? 02:34 BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO OUR STORACLE. 02:36 STORACLE COMES TO US, THE LESSON IS CALLED 02:38 "A JAR OF OIL." 02:40 STORACLE COMES FROM THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 4, AND IT TELLS 02:44 ABOUT THIS WIDOW WOMAN. 02:46 EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF 02:49 THE PROPHETS, HE WAS A MINISTER TRAINING WITH A SELF SUPPORTING 02:52 WORK FOR THE MINISTRY. 02:54 HE TOOK OUT A LARGE LOAN TO BUY SEED AND SOME PROPERTY 02:58 TO FARM HIS LAND, AND THEN HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED AND HE LEFT 03:03 HIS YOUNG WIFE AND TWO YOUNG BOYS WITH A STAGGERING DEBT. 03:06 BACK IN BIBLE TIMES YOU COULD NOT FILE CHAPTER 11 OR 03:09 CHAPTER 13 AND JUST SAY, "WELL, I'M BANKRUPT," 03:12 AND GO ON YOUR WAY. 03:14 YOUR CREDITOR HAD THE RIGHT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF YOUR 03:17 PROPERTY, YOUR VALUABLES. 03:18 AND IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, HE COULD TAKE YOUR CHILDREN 03:21 TO BE SLAVES FOR YEARS, OR INDEFINITELY UNTIL 03:24 THE DEBT WAS WORKED OFF. 03:26 AND IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC THING, DAY BY DAY THIS CREDITOR CAME, 03:30 KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, SAID, "I WANT A PAYMENT." 03:34 AND SHE'D SAY, "WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY." 03:36 HE'S SAY, "WELL, THEN I'M TAKING YOUR RUGS." 03:37 AND HE'D ROLL UP THE RUGS AND MARCH OFF. 03:39 AND THERE WAS NOTHING ANYONE COULD DO TO STOP HIM-- 03:41 HE HAD THAT RIGHT. 03:42 A FEW WEEKS LATER HE'D COME BACK AND SAY, "I WANT MY MONEY." 03:45 AND SHE SAID, "BUT I STILL HAVE NO MONEY." 03:47 HE'D TAKE THE FURNITURE OUT OF THE HOUSE. 03:49 AND THIS MERCILESS CREDITOR WAS ONE ITEM AFTER ANOTHER CLEARING 03:55 THINGS OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND SHE WOULD HAND 03:56 OVER HER PRECIOUS ARTICLES. 03:58 FINALLY, IN HER DESPERATION SHE WENT TO ELIJAH WITH A STATEMENT, 04:03 ELISHA RATHER. 04:05 "YOUR SERVANT, MY HUSBAND, IS DEAD, AND YOU KNOW THAT 04:07 YOUR SERVANT FEARED THE LORD. 04:08 AND THE CREDITOR IS COMING TO TAKE MY TWO SONS TO BE 04:12 HIS SLAVES." 04:13 NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE NAME "ELISHA" IN THE BIBLE IS VERY 04:17 MUCH LIKE THE NAME "JESUS." 04:20 JESUS NAMED "YESHUA" IN HEBREW MEANS "JEHOVAH IS SAVIOR." 04:24 ELISHA'S NAME WAS "ELSHUA" OR "ELOHIMSHUA," 04:27 "THE LORD IS SAVIOR." 04:29 VERY SIMILAR NAME. 04:30 YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE STORIES OF ELISHA. 04:32 MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I GET BACK TO MY CHURCH, I THINK I'M GONNA 04:34 DO A WHOLE SERIES ON THE EVENTS AND THE MIRACLES OF ELISHA, 04:37 BECAUSE HE'S VERY MUCH LIKE JESUS. 04:39 MATTER OF FACT, EVERYBODY WHO EVER CAME TO ELISHA IN 04:42 THE BIBLE, THEIR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED. 04:45 SO THIS WOMAN, SHE COMES TO ELISHA DESPERATE WITH 04:48 THIS PROBLEM. 04:50 AND HE TELLS HER, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR HOUSE?" 04:52 FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? 04:54 I'M NOT A BANK." 04:55 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GO TO THE LORD THINKING THAT 04:56 HE'S A FINANCIER. 04:58 HE SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?" 05:01 HE POINTS HER BACK TO THE RESOURCES THAT SHE STILL HAS, 05:04 AS SMALL AS THEY MIGHT BE. 05:06 SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING. 05:08 WHEN JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, "FEED THE PEOPLE," 05:10 THEY SAID, "HOW ARE WE TO FEED THESE THOUSANDS?" 05:12 HE SAYS, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?" 05:14 "ALL WE'VE GOT IS FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH." 05:15 SAID, "UTILIZE WHAT YOU DO HAVE." 05:18 GOD PROMISES IF WE'RE FAITHFUL TO UTILIZE THE LITTLE, 05:21 HE WILL GIVE US MORE. 05:22 "HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST, 05:24 IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH." 05:25 WELL, EVERYTHING WAS GONE, EXCEPT SHE HAD THIS LITTLE 05:28 JAR OF OIL THAT THEY HAD BEEN GUARDING. 05:31 YOU KNOW, BACK IN BIBLE TIMES OIL WAS ONE OF THE MOST 05:34 PRECIOUS COMMODITIES. 05:35 AND THIS MOTHER, AS THE CREDITOR CAME, SHE GAVE THE FURNITURE 05:38 AND THE RUGS, AND THE, MAYBE EVEN THE FOOD. 05:40 AND SHE KEPT THE OIL. 05:42 THEY USED THE OIL TO LIGHT THEIR HOMES. 05:45 THEY USED THE OIL FOR HEALING. 05:48 THEY USED THE OIL TO KINDLE THE FIRES FOR THEIR WARMTH. 05:51 THEY USED THE OIL FOR BEAUTIFICATION. 05:53 THEY USED TO ANOINT THE COUNTENANCE FOR BEAUTY. 05:56 THE OIL WAS USED FOR THEIR FOOD AND BAKING THEIR BREAD. 05:59 SHE DID NOT WANT HER CHILDREN TO BE COLD OR IN THE DARK, 06:03 OR SICK OR HUNGRY; SHE WANTED THEM TO BE BEAUTIFUL. 06:07 AND SO SHE CLUNG TO THIS LITTLE VIAL OF OIL WAS ALL 06:10 SHE HAD LEFT. 06:11 AND HE SAID, "UTILIZE THE OIL." 06:13 HE TOLD HER, "GO AND GATHER VESSELS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS." 06:17 AND HE SAYS, "NOT A FEW. 06:20 AND SHUT THE DOOR, AND THEN TAKE THAT VESSEL OF OIL AND BEGIN 06:22 TO POUR INTO THESE EMPTY VESSELS THAT YOU'VE GATHERED." 06:26 WELL, SHE DID WHAT SHE WAS TOLD AND HER CHILDREN JUST FILLED 06:29 THE ROOM WITH VESSELS FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORS. 06:31 AND SHE BEGAN TO POUR OIL AND IT CONTINUED TO FLOW FROM THIS 06:34 LITTLE VIAL UNTIL IT WAS FILLING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SIZE 06:37 AND SHAPE, AND COLOR AND AGED VESSELS. 06:39 THEY WERE ALL BRIMMING WITH OIL. 06:41 FINALLY, SHE SAID TO YOUR SONS, "BRING ME ANOTHER ONE." 06:44 AND THEY SAID, "THERE'S NOT ANOTHER LEFT." 06:46 SO THE OIL CEASED. 06:47 THE MIRACLE CONTINUED AS LONG AS THERE WERE EMPTY 06:50 AVAILABLE VESSELS. 06:52 DON'T FORGET THAT. 06:53 THEN SHE SAID TO ELISHA, "WHAT NEXT?" 06:56 AND HE INSTRUCTED HER, "GO SELL THE OIL, PAY YOUR DEBT, AND YOU 06:59 AND YOUR SONS LIVE ON THE REST." 07:02 THERE WAS A SURPLUS. 07:03 HAVE YOU NOTICED WHEN GOD WORKS MIRACLES, 07:05 THERE'S OFTEN LEFTOVERS? 07:07 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT OUR CUP WILL RUN OVER. 07:11 JESUS, WHEN HE MULTIPLIED THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES, THERE 07:13 WERE 12 BASKETS OF LEFTOVERS. 07:16 YOU CAN FIND THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE THAT GOD IS VERY FAITHFUL. 07:19 HE SAYS HE'LL OPEN FOR US THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN 07:21 AND POUR OUT A BLESSING. 07:22 THERE'S NOT ROOM ENOUGH, YOU KNOW WHY? 07:24 THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE. 07:25 GOD WANTS TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE ABUNDANTLY WITH 07:28 THAT PRECIOUS OIL. 07:30 NOW, LET'S FIND OUT FROM THE BIBLE WHAT THESE THINGS 07:33 SYMBOLIZE. 07:34 IN THE BIBLE, WHAT IS SYMBOLIZED BY A VESSEL AND OIL? 07:38 LET'S GO TO THE BIBLE FOR OUR ANSWER NOW. 07:41 IT SAYS, "BUT THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY FOR HE IS 07:46 A CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME." 07:49 PEOPLE WERE CALLED "VESSELS" IN THE BIBLE. 07:52 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD SAYS, "I AM THE POTTER, 07:55 YOU ARE THE CLAY." 07:56 AND HE FASHIONS US INTO ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VESSELS. 07:59 NOW, DON'T MISS THE VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN THIS STORY, 08:01 THAT THIS WOMAN--WHAT'S A WOMAN REPRESENT, WE'VE LEARNED, 08:04 IN PROPHECY? 08:05 THIS WOMAN BRINGS EMPTY VESSELS INTO HER HOME, AND THERE SHE 08:10 POURS THE OIL INTO THOSE THAT ARE EMPTY AND THEY ARE FILLED. 08:13 ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VESSELS. 08:14 YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOD'S CHURCH. 08:16 WE ARE TO BRING EMPTY VESSELS INTO OUR DWELLING PLACES. 08:20 AND THEN WE SHARE WHAT WE DO HAVE AND GOD MULTIPLIES IT. 08:24 YOU NOTICE GOD DOES NOT FILL FULL VESSELS. 08:27 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE FILLED WITH THAT PRECIOUS OIL 08:30 THAT GOD IS OFFERING? 08:32 WE MUST FIRST EMPTY OURSELVES IF HE WOULD FILL US. 08:35 ANOTHER THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE, HE WORKS THESE MIRACLES 08:38 FOR US NOT IN OUR ABUNDANCE, BUT IN OUR EXTREMITY. 08:41 HE WAITED UNTIL SHE WAS OUT, THEN HE BEGAN TO WORK WITH HER 08:46 AND TO PERFORM A MIRACLE. 08:48 SOMETIMES GOD WAITS UNTIL WE'RE AT OUR LAST LOAF OF BREAD, 08:51 OUR LAST VIAL OF OIL. 08:52 WE'VE GOT OUR, LIKE THE WIDOW WITH ELIJAH, WE'VE GOT 08:55 A LITTLE FLOUR, A LITTLE OIL AND TWO STICKS; 08:58 AND THEN GOD WORKS A MIRACLE. 09:00 SOMETIMES HE MAKES YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE AT THE RED SEA 09:02 AND YOU'VE GOT THE EGYPTIANS CHARGING DOWN YOUR NECK, 09:04 AND THEN HE PARTS THE SEA. 09:05 AMEN? 09:06 YOU KNOW WHY? 09:07 YOU DO NOT LEARN FAITH WHEN GOD TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING 09:09 IN ADVANCE. 09:11 WE NEED TO LEARN LESSONS OF TRUST. 09:14 SOME PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN US QUESTIONS. 09:15 OH, I WISH I HAD TIME FOR MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 09:17 "PASTOR DOUG, IF I KEEP THE SABBATH TRUTH, 09:20 I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB. 09:21 WHAT AM I TO DO?" 09:23 YOU DO GOD'S WILL AND THEN LET HIM WORK A MIRACLE. 09:26 SO MANY PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, I'LL KEEP THE SABBATH TRUTH 09:28 AFTER GOD WORKS THE MIRACLE." 09:30 NO, NO, THAT'S NOT HOW GOD OPERATES. 09:31 YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH AND THEN HE PARTS THE SEA. 09:35 YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT 09:37 OF SLAVERY, HE PARTED THE SEA AND THEY CROSSED OVER, 'CAUSE 09:40 THEY WERE FAITHLESS. 09:42 AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN THEY HAD TO CROSS THE 09:44 JORDAN, HE SAYS, "LET'S SEE IF YOU'VE LEARNED ANYTHING. 09:47 PUT YOUR FEET IN THE WATER AND THEN I'LL PART THE SEA." 09:50 GOD WANTS US TO STEP OUT. 09:51 AND WHEN WE STEP OUT IN FAITH, HE'LL WORK MIRACLES FOR US. 09:55 AMEN? 09:55 AND SO TRUST THE LORD. 09:57 YOU KNOW? 09:58 HE WANTS TO MOVE MOUNTAINS FOR YOU AND PART OCEANS FOR YOU, 10:01 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STEP OUT IN FAITH AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE. 10:03 HE WILL NOT WORK MIRACLES FOR YOU, UNLESS YOU DO STEP OUT 10:06 IN FAITH. 10:07 SECOND PART OF OUR ANSWER, WHAT DOES THE OIL REPRESENT? 10:10 "THEN SAMUEL TOOK THE HORN OF OIL AND HE ANOINTED HIM," DAVID, 10:14 "IN THE MIDST OF HIS BRETHREN, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD 10:18 CAME UPON DAVID." 10:20 THE HOLY SPIRIT ANOINTED DAVID THERE. 10:23 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE USES THE WORD "ANOINT." 10:25 THE GREEK WORD IS "CRISTOS." 10:28 THE JEWISH WORD IS "MESSIAH." 10:29 CHRIST IS THE ANOINTED. 10:31 HEBREW HE'S THE MESSIAH, IN GREEK HE'S THE CHRIST, 10:34 THE CRISTOS. 10:36 HE WAS ANOINTED WHEN HE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY WITH 10:39 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 10:40 ON PENTECOST THE DISCIPLES WERE ANOINTED AS THEY BEGAN 10:44 THEIR MINISTRY. 10:45 WHEN PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED, REMEMBER JESUS SAID, "UNLESS 10:48 YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER 10:51 THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." 10:51 HE WANTS US TO BE BAPTIZED TO BE CLEANSED, COMMITTED--OUR 10:55 DECISION--AND ANOINTED WITH THE SPIRIT--HIS DECISION. 10:58 UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM 11:01 OF HEAVEN. 11:02 THIS LESSON IS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 11:04 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND CLEARING UP SOME VERY 11:06 DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 11:10 IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AN IMPERSONAL FORCE OR IS HE GOD? 11:14 YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 11:17 IS THE ENERGY OF GOD. 11:18 WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. 11:21 NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN ACTS 5:3-4. 11:24 YOU REMEMBER WHEN ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA PRETENDED TO GIVE ALL 11:27 OF THEIR OFFERING TO THE LORD AND THEY KEPT SOME OF IT, 11:31 THEY LIED? 11:32 WHAT DID PETER SAY? 11:33 PETER SAID, "ANANIAS, WHY HATH SATAN FILLED YOUR HEART, 11:36 TO LIE TO THE HOLY GHOST?" 11:39 AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY, "THOU HAS NOT LIED UNTO MEN, 11:42 BUT UNTO GOD." 11:44 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA HIS WIFE DROPPED DEAD BECAUSE THEY LIED 11:47 TO GOD WHEN THEY LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. 11:50 IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? 11:51 YES. 11:52 IS HE JUST A FORCE OR DOES HE HAVE FEELINGS? 11:56 IT SAYS, "AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEREBY 12:01 YOU ARE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION." 12:04 NOW, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE SEAL OF GOD. 12:06 FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 12:09 THE SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL--BUT THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT 12:11 THAT'S VISIBLE, WE'VE LEARNED, RIGHT? 12:13 OBEYING THE LAWS OF THE BEAST INSTEAD OF THE LAWS OF GOD, WILL 12:16 GET YOU THE MARK OF THE BEAST WHEN THAT DAY COMES, 12:18 WHEN IT'S LEGISLATED. 12:19 WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD? 12:21 FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT. 12:22 EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE SEAL OF GOD HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 12:25 DO WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT? 12:26 I THINK THAT SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR. 12:28 BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT IN THE LAW OF GOD THE SABBATH 12:30 COMMANDMENT IS A SPECIAL SIGN OR SEAL, OR TOKEN OF HIS POWER. 12:35 WHAT IS THE PRIMARY WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 12:38 WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES, BUT YOU 12:41 CAN READ HERE IN JOHN 16:13, "WHEN HE," YOU NOTICE 12:45 IT DOESN'T SAY, "WHEN IT?" 12:46 "WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, IS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU 12:50 INTO ALL TRUTH. 12:52 HE WILL SHOW YOU THINGS TO COME." 12:55 AND THEN IT ALSO SAYS, JESUS SAID, "HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL 12:59 THINGS AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, WHATSOEVER 13:02 I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU." 13:04 CHRIST SAID THE DAY MAY COME WHEN HIS BELIEVERS WILL BE 13:08 BROUGHT BEFORE KINGS AND RULERS TO DEFEND THEIR FAITH. 13:13 HE SAID, "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT HAVING YOUR OUTLINE IN THAT DAY. 13:16 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TELL YOU IN THAT HOUR WHAT YOU'RE TO SPEAK." 13:19 WHAT IS THE ONE SIN THAT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN? 13:22 THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE 13:25 THE BIBLE SAYS, MATTHEW 12:32, "BUT WHOEVER SPEAKS 13:28 AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, IT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN." 13:34 NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A SECOND. 13:36 WHAT IS BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT? 13:39 PEOPLE FIGURE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN BLASPHEME THE FATHER 13:42 AND THE SON AND BE FORGIVEN, BLASPHEMING AGAINST THE 13:44 HOLY SPIRIT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN-- THAT MUST BE THE MOST UGLY 13:48 AND ABOMINABLE SIN YOU CAN THINK OF." 13:50 AND PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED THAT WOULD BE KILLING YOUR CHILD. 13:53 THAT'S UNFORGIVABLE. 13:54 OH, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT A MAN WHO KILLED HIS CHILDREN NAMED 13:57 "MANASSEH" WAS FORGIVEN. 13:58 IT'S NOT MURDER. 14:01 MOSES MURDERED; DAVID MURDERED. 14:03 IT'S NOT ADULTERY. 14:04 THEY'RE ALL SINS. 14:06 BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IS BLASPHEMY 14:09 AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:10 WHAT IS BLASPHEMY? 14:11 WE HAVE LEARNED BLASPHEMY IS TAKING THE PREROGATIVES OF GOD, 14:15 AND BLASPHEMING AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT 14:17 IS NOT BECOMING ANGRY AND SHAKING YOUR FIRST AT GOD ONE 14:20 DAY AND SAYING SOMETHING YOU'D REGRET, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE 14:23 MOMENTS AND SOME OF THE PROPHETS EVEN SAID THINGS IN FATIGUE 14:26 AND DISCOURAGEMENT THAT THEY REGRETTED. 14:29 LIKE JONAH AND ELIJAH. 14:31 EVEN JOB BECAME DISHEARTENED. 14:33 BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT 14:35 IS RESISTING THE PLEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PUTTING 14:39 YOURSELF IN GOD'S PLACE AND SAYING, "I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN 14:41 TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD. 14:42 I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO MY OWN VOICE. 14:45 I'M GOING TO GO MY OWN WAY." 14:46 AND IT'S DOING IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, SO THAT YOU SEAR, YOU 14:50 SCAR, YOU BURN YOUR CONSCIENCE. 14:52 YOU DEVELOP A CALLOUS ON YOUR SPIRITUAL EAR. 14:56 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FIRST BRINGS CONVICTION, 14:58 IT HURTS. 14:59 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 15:00 IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT. 15:02 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE WOOD BUSINESS. 15:05 SELLING FIREWOOD IS SEASONAL. 15:07 EVERYBODY WAITED UNTIL IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. 15:09 THEY NEVER ASKED ME FOR WOOD WHEN IT WAS WARM AND SUNNY. 15:12 AND I WOULD THEN GO OUT. 15:14 I TRIED TO PREPARE IN ADVANCE, BUT I'M ALWAYS DOING A LOT MORE 15:17 WOOD-CUTTING IN THE WINTERTIME, IN THE MUD AND THE RAIN. 15:19 WHEN I FIRST GO BACK INTO THE WOOD-CUTTING SEASON AND I PICKED 15:22 UP MY SPLITTING MAUL, AND I'D SWING AN EIGHT-POUND SPLITTING 15:25 MAUL EIGHT HOURS A DAY. 15:26 MY HANDS WOULD GET BLISTERS AND THEY'D HURT, AND I'D WRAP MY 15:29 HANDS UP, BUT I'D KEEP AFTER IT. 15:31 AND AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, NOT THE FIRST DAY OR THE SECOND, BUT 15:34 EVENTUALLY MY HANDS BECAME THICK AND HARD, AND I DIDN'T FEEL IT 15:37 ANYMORE. 15:38 THAT'S GOOD FOR WOOD-CUTTING, IT'S BAD WHEN YOU'RE RESISTING 15:41 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 15:42 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FIRST CONVICTS YOU THAT YOU MUST OBEY 15:45 GOD AND LAY ASIDE YOUR BESETTING SINS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO HURT. 15:50 IF YOU CONTINUE TO RESIST THE PLEADING OF THE SPIRIT, 15:52 YOU DEVELOP A CALLOUS ON YOUR SPIRITUAL EAR. 15:55 YOU ARE TURNING THE VOLUME OF GOD DOWN. 15:57 YOU'RE SAYING, "LEAVE ME ALONE," AND IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS THING. 16:00 THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN IS THE SIN THAT GOD CANNOT FORGIVE, BECAUSE 16:04 YOU'VE LOST THE ABILITY TO REPENT. 16:08 GOD WILL ALWAYS FORGIVE THE SIN FOR WHICH YOU ARE GENUINELY 16:11 REPENTING. 16:12 BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT REPENTANCE IS A GIFT? 16:14 YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHEN YOU'RE GONNA REPENT. 16:16 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT PLAY GAMES WITH GOD. 16:18 THEY SAY, "WELL, THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, HE GAVE HIS HEART TO 16:20 GOD ON HIS DEATHBED, HIS LAST HOUR. 16:23 AND SO I'M GONNA WAIT UNTIL I'M ABOUT TO DIE. 16:25 I'LL SEE IF I CAN CALCULATE THAT, AND AT THE LAST MOMENT 16:27 I'LL REPENT." 16:29 YOU CAN'T COUNT ON BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. 16:32 I THINK MATTHEW HENRY IS THE ONE WHO SAID, "THE REASON THAT 16:34 THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF A DEATHBED CONVERSION IN THE BIBLE 16:38 IS SO THAT NONE NEED LOSE HOPE. 16:41 BUT ANOTHER REASON THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE IS SO THAT NONE DARE 16:44 PRESUME." 16:45 IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO SAY, "WELL, I'LL WAIT AND GIVE GOD MY 16:48 LEFTOVERS WITH MY DYING BREATH." 16:50 YOU MAY NOT BE CAPABLE OF REPENTING THEN, BECAUSE IT'S 16:53 A GIFT. 16:54 IT'S A GIFT OF CONVICTION FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:56 AND IF YOU GRIEVE THE WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT EARLIER IN YOUR 16:58 LIFE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECALL REPENTANCE 17:01 ON YOUR DEATHBED. 17:02 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT GET A NOTICE IN THE MAIL WHEN THEY'RE 17:05 GONNA DIE; IT HAPPENS SUDDENLY. 17:09 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT THAT A PERSON MIGHT 17:11 RECEIVE? 17:12 AND KEEP IN MIND, NOT EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME GIFT. 17:15 SOME PEOPLE GET SEVERAL, SOME PEOPLE GET ONE, 17:17 BUT EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING. 17:18 ANSWER? 17:19 "FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN BY THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM." 17:24 ANSWER, "TO ANOTHER," AND THIS IS ALL 1 CORINTHIANS 12:8-10, 17:28 "THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE TO ANOTHER FAITH." 17:33 THESE ARE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 17:35 "TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT; 17:39 TO ANOTHER WORKING OF MIRACLES; TO ANOTHER PROPHESY; 17:45 TO ANOTHER DISCERNING OF SPIRITS; 17:47 TO ANOTHER DIVERSE KINDS OF TONGUES; 17:52 AND TO ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES." 17:55 NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, I'M GONNA JUST LET YOU KNOW 17:58 IN ADVANCE, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GIFT OF 18:01 TONGUES IN THE BIBLE AND THE WAY IT'S MISUNDERSTOOD. 18:05 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN THE BIBLE, WHENEVER THE GIFTS 18:07 OF THE SPIRIT ARE LISTED, SUCH AS THE LIST WE JUST READ, 18:10 THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 18:14 I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF CHURCHES ARE TURNING 18:16 THE LIST UPSIDE-DOWN. 18:18 AND THEY MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT IS 18:20 TONGUES, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE FOLLOWS AFTERWARD. 18:23 THAT'S NOT BIBLICALLY HONEST TO DO THAT. 18:25 WHICH SPIRITUAL GIFT BECAME A SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY IN 18:30 THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH? 18:32 I'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE ANSWER, BUT LET'S READ 18:33 IT TOGETHER. 18:34 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-2, "DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT 18:38 RATHER THAT YOU MIGHT PROPHESY. 18:40 FOR HE THAT SPEAKETH IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, SPEAKETH 18:44 NOT UNTO MEN, BUT UNTO GOD." 18:47 NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS FOR 18:51 WHAT THIS UNKNOWN TONGUE IS. 18:53 ONE CLASSICAL INTERPRETATION WAS, AN UNKNOWN TONGUE IS 18:58 A LANGUAGE THOSE PRESENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND. 19:01 BUT IT IS A KNOWN LANGUAGE SOMEWHERE. 19:03 IT'S UNKNOWN TO THOSE PRESENT. 19:04 THE OTHER INTERPRETATION IS THE UNKNOWN TONGUE IS A HEAVENLY 19:08 LANGUAGE THAT NOBODY ON EARTH UNDERSTANDS. 19:11 SOME PEOPLE SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT 19:13 THEY'RE SPEAKING, UNLESS THEY GET THE GIFT OF INTERPRETATION. 19:15 I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. 19:18 AND KEEP IN MIND AS I'M SHARING THESE THINGS THAT WHEN I FIRST 19:21 BECAME A CHRISTIAN, MY INFANCY WAS IN FELLOWSHIP 19:25 WITH CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANS, WHOM I LOVE AND RESPECT, 19:29 AND I KNOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE IN THE KINGDOM--IS THAT CLEAR? 19:31 BUT THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THEIR DOCTRINE THAT I HAVE ISSUE 19:34 WITH WHEN I GO BY THE BIBLE. 19:36 WE WANT TO GO BY THE BIBLE, AMEN? 19:38 LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 19:40 A LOT OF THESE CHURCHES, WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER FOR THEIR 19:42 WORSHIP SERVICES, A PERSON IS OVERCOME WITH THE SPIRIT, 19:45 THEY SAY, AND THEY MAY BEGIN TO SPEAK IN THESE UNINTELLIGIBLE 19:48 UTTERANCES. 19:50 AND THEY CALL THIS THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 19:52 THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, 19:54 IT SOUNDS LIKE BABBLING. 19:55 NOW, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BABBLING? 19:57 LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF REFERENCES. 19:59 1 TIMOTHY 6:20, "O, TIMOTHY, KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO 20:03 THY TRUST, AVOIDING PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS." 20:08 IN ANOTHER PLACE PAUL SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 2;16, "BUT SHUN 20:12 PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS." 20:16 IN THE BEGINNING, AT THE TOWER OF BABEL, WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN 20:18 TO BABBLE--THAT'S WHERE THE WORD COMES FROM--SPEAKING 20:22 IN LANGUAGES THAT ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD IS NOT EVIDENCE OF 20:25 GOD'S BLESSING; IT WAS A SIGN OF GOD'S CURSE. 20:28 I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WHEN GOD GAVE THE GIFT OF TONGUES 20:31 AT PENTECOST, THE PURPOSE FOR THE GIFT WAS TO HELP PEOPLE 20:34 UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING SAID, NOT TO CREATE CONFUSION. 20:39 TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGES. 20:41 OKAY? 20:42 HOW DID JESUS PROMISE TO HELP HIS DISCIPLES PREACH THE GOSPEL 20:45 IN ALL THE WORLD? 20:46 CHRIST HAD INTELLIGENT, BUT BASICALLY UNEDUCATED FOLLOWERS. 20:51 THE APOSTLES WERE FISHERMEN, SHEPHERDS, TAX COLLECTORS. 20:54 AND HE SAID, "GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL IN ALL THE WORLD." 20:57 BUT MOST OF THEM ONLY SPOKE ONE OR TWO LANGUAGES. 21:00 HE SAID, "GO TO PREACH ALL THE WORLD." 21:02 CHRIST SAID, "NO PROBLEM, I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT." 21:05 HE SAID, "THEY SHALL," MARK 16:17, "THEY SHALL SPEAK 21:09 WITH NEW TONGUES." 21:11 NOW, WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD "TONGUES" IN THE BIBLE, 21:13 THAT'S AN OLD ENGLISH WORD FOR "LANGUAGES." 21:16 SO EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD "TONGUES," JUST THINK OF 21:18 LANGUAGE OR LANGUAGES. 21:20 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. 21:21 WE TYPICALLY DON'T SAY, "WHAT TONGUE DO YOU SPEAK?" 21:23 WE SAY, "WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU SPEAK?" 21:25 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE DISCIPLES RECEIVED THE OUTPOURING OF 21:28 THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST? 21:29 NOW, LET ME STOP BEFORE WE GO TO THE ANSWER. 21:32 THERE ARE THREE--HOW MANY? 21:35 THREE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE, THREE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE 21:38 SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN THE BIBLE. 21:40 IT STANDS TO REASON TO ME THAT IF WE INVESTIGATE ALL THREE 21:44 EXAMPLES, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT GIFT IS. 21:47 DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE? 21:48 OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD A DOCTRINE ON SOMETHING 21:50 THAT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE. 21:51 THE FIRST EXAMPLE IS ACTS 2 THEN WE'LL GO TO ACTS 10. 21:55 THEN WE'RE GOING TO ACTS 19. 21:57 IN THOSE THREE EXAMPLES WE WILL DISCOVER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 22:00 ALL RIGHT. 22:01 NOW, IN ACTS 2 WE READ IN VERSE 1 AND VERSE 4, IT SAYS, "AND 22:06 WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS FULLY COME, THEY WERE ALL FILED 22:11 WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES AS 22:17 THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE." 22:20 OKAY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO USE BOTH HANDS NOW. 22:24 THE LORD ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST--IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL 22:27 THE WAY THAT THE LORD DID THIS--THERE WERE DEVOUT JEWS 22:30 GATHERED FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN IN JERUSALEM. 22:34 THESE WERE THE SERIOUS, GODLY JEWS WHO CAME FOR 22:36 THE ANNUAL FEASTS. 22:38 THEY HAD COME FROM AROUND THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 22:40 THEY SPOKE MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 22:42 MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH, BUT SHE DIDN'T SPEAK HEBREW; 22:46 SHE SPOKE AMERICAN, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE ENGLISH. 22:48 RIGHT? 22:50 AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER LANGUAGE CALLED 22:51 NEW YORK. 22:53 BUT THESE JEWS WHO WERE VISITING JERUSALEM, MANY OF THEM DID NOT 22:56 SPEAK THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OR DID NOT SPEAK IT WELL--THEY SPOKE 16 23:00 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS THAT ARE LISTED THERE SPECIFICALLY 23:03 IN ACTS 2. 23:05 NOW, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT, GOD IN A MIRACULOUS 23:08 WAY GAVE THOSE 120 DISCIPLES THIS SUPERNATURAL ABILITY TO 23:12 SPEAK IN LANGUAGES THEY HAD NOT FORMALLY KNOWN OR STUDIED FOR 23:16 THE PURPOSE OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO THESE VISITING JEWS 23:20 THAT THEY MIGHT BE CONVERTED AND THEN CAUSE AN EPIDEMIC OF 23:23 THE GOSPEL AS THEY TOOK IT BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. 23:26 SO THE PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL WAS TO PREACH THE WORD. 23:29 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ACTS 1:8, "I WILL GIVE YOU MY SPIRIT THAT 23:33 YOU MIGHT BE MY WITNESSES." 23:35 HE NEVER SAYS HE GIVES US THE SPIRIT SO WE CAN BABBLE. 23:38 THE PURPOSE OF THE SPIRIT IS THAT WE MIGHT PROCLAIM 23:41 AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 23:43 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ON PENTECOST. 23:46 WHAT DID THESE FOREIGN JEWS WHO WERE VISITING, EXPERIENCE WHEN 23:50 THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT? 23:52 IT TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 23:53 IT SAYS, "THEY DECLARED, WE DO HEAR THEM SPEAK IN OUR TONGUES 24:00 THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD." 24:02 THEY--SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE VISITING HEARD THE DISCIPLES 24:05 SPEAKING ALL THESE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 24:07 THEY SAID, "ARE THEY DRUNK? 24:08 WHAT'S ALL THIS BABBLE?" 24:08 IT SOUNDED LIKE BABBLING TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T 24:10 KNOW THOSE LANGUAGES. 24:11 BUT THE VISITING JEWS SAID, "I RECOGNIZE--THAT'S MY HOME 24:14 DIALECT. 24:15 I HEAR THEM SPEAKING IN MY NATIVE TONGUE THE WONDERFUL 24:18 WORKS OF GOD." 24:19 NOW, DO YOU THINK THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM? 24:22 THAT'S WHY THOUSANDS WERE CONVERTED IN A DAY, BECAUSE 24:25 THE BIBLE SAYS TONGUES ARE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE. 24:28 IT CONVINCED THEM THAT GOD HAD GIVEN THEM THE ABILITY TO SPEAK 24:31 IN THEIR LANGUAGES. 24:32 NOT ONLY TO SPEAK, BUT TO SPEAK IN POWER ABOUT JESUS BEING 24:35 THE MESSIAH. 24:36 AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT THEY SAID, "THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD." 24:39 AND THEN PETER, WHEN HE PREACHED THE SERMON AND THEY SAID, 24:42 "WHAT SHALL WE DO?" 24:43 THAT SERMON I EXPECT WAS BEING TRANSLATED IN MANY TONGUES. 24:47 AND JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT 16 TRANSLATORS THAT ARE BACK HERE 24:49 THAT ARE TRANSLATING EVERYTHING I SAY, THERE WERE 120 DISCIPLES 24:53 GATHERED OUT IN GROUPS AND THEY WERE TRANSLATING WHAT PETER 24:56 WAS SAYING. 24:57 THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD THAT CHRIST THE MESSIAH HAD COME. 25:00 THAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 25:02 IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT IN ACTS 2 THEY WERE SPEAKING 25:05 IN KNOWN LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING 25:09 THE GOSPEL. 25:10 IS THAT CLEAR? 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