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"THE MILLENNIUM OF
PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> WHAT DOES THE
WORD "PROPHESY" MEAN?
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PROPHESY DOES NOT MEAN
YOU'RE FORECASTING THE WEATHER
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OR TELLING THE FUTURE,
GUESSING, YOU KNOW, WHERE ELVIS
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IS NEXT GOING TO APPEAR,
LIKE SOME OF THE SUPERMARKET
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TABLOID PROPHETS.
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PROPHESY, ONE OF THE
WORDS IS "TO PREACH."
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IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
KEEP IN MIND, ESPECIALLY IN
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1 CORINTHIANS 12, 13 AND 14,
PROPHECY DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN
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SAYING "THUS SAITH THE LORD"
AND FORETELLING THE FUTURE.
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PROPHESY MEANS "TO SPEAK IN
BEHALF OF ANOTHER OR TO PREACH
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THE GOSPEL FOR CHRIST."
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OKAY?
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NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
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SPEAKING IN A TONGUE?
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NO, WITH THAT IN MIND, THESE
12 EPHESIAN DISCIPLES, LUKE IS
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THERE; HE SPEAKS ONE LANGUAGE.
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PAUL IS THERE, HE SPEAKS
OTHER LANGUAGES, THEN THERE'S
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12 EPHESIAN BELIEVERS THERE.
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THERE'S SEVERAL
LANGUAGE GROUPS REPRESENTED.
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WHEN THEY WERE FILLED WITH
THE SPIRIT AND THEY SPOKE WITH
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TONGUES, THEY WERE PROPHESYING.
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THAT MEANS THEY WERE PREACHING.
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THEY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
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YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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IN ALL THREE EXAMPLES, WHEN
THEY GOT THE GIFT OF TONGUES,
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THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY
WERE SPEAKING, EITHER MAGNIFYING
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GOD, THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF
GOD, OR PROPHESYING FOR GOD;
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BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT WAS BEING SAID.
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THEY WEREN'T JUST
THERE BABBLING WORDS OVER
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AND OVER AGAIN.
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
SPEAKING IN A TONGUE THAT IS
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NOT UNDERSTOOD BY
THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT?
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YOU'D THINK THAT AS MUCH
AS IT'S DONE THAT GOD WOULD
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ENDORSE IT, BUT WHAT DOES PAUL
REALLY SAY IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14?
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"EXCEPT YOU UTTER BY THE TONGUE
WORDS EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD,
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HOW SHALL IT BE
KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN?
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I HAD RATHER SPEAK FIVE WORDS
WITH MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BY
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MY VOICE I MIGHT TEACH
OTHERS ALSO, THEN 10,000 WORDS
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IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE."
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NOW, IF THAT'S CLEAR TO
YOU, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY AMEN.
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HE'S--PAUL IS SAYING IN 1
CORINTHIANS, IF YOU'RE GONNA
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TALK, MAKE SURE
THOSE PRESENT UNDERSTAND.
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THE REASON THIS IS CLOSE TO
MY HEART, INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS
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THE FIRST TIME THIS LESSON HAS
EVER BEEN PRESENTED PUBLICLY.
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I WROTE THIS LESSON BECAUSE
IT'S A REAL CRITICAL NEED
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IN THE CHURCH,
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
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YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HOW
THE GIFT OF TONGUES AND SOME OF
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THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT
IT ARE JUST SPREADING LIKE FIRE
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THROUGH ALL OF THE CHURCHES,
ALL OF THE MAINLINE CHURCHES.
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AND PEOPLE KIND OF SOMETIMES
LOOK AT YOU LIKE YOU'RE
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A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN IF
YOU CANNOT DO THIS BABBLING
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IN TONGUES THAT THEY CALL THE
"BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
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AFTER I ACCEPTED THE LORD
UP IN MY CAVE, GOD WAS WORKING
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MIGHTILY IN MY LIFE.
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REMEMBER, WHEN HE FOUND
ME, I WAS ABOUT AS FAR AWAY
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FROM GOD AS A PERSON CAN GET.
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RUNNING AROUND NAKED UP IN
THE MOUNTAINS WITH LONG HAIR AND
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A BEARD, EATING OUT OF A GARBAGE
CAN, USING DRUGS, CURSING
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AND STEALING,
LYING, LIVING IMMORALLY.
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THEN JESUS CAME INTO MY HEART.
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HE HELPED ME STOP LYING,
HE HELPED ME GIVE UP DRUGS
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AND DRINKING.
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HE WAS MAKING DRAMATIC CHANGES.
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AND I KNEW HIS
SPIRIT WAS IN MY HEART.
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I WAS HITCHHIKING FROM
PALM SPRINGS TO LOS ANGELES,
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BEVERLY HILLS,
TO VISIT MY MOTHER.
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ON THEAY THIS
DIGNIFIED LADY PICKED ME UP.
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IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT
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ON THE ROAD.
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AND I WAS AMAZED SHE PICKED
ME UP, BECAUSE I LOOKED PRETTY
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DANGEROUS BACK THEN.
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AND SHE SAID, "HAVE
YOU RECEIVED THE BAPTISM
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OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?"
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AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT."
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I SAID, "WELL, I THINK SO."
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I SAID, "YOU KNOW, GOD'S BEEN
HELPING ME OVERCOME SIN AND,
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AND MAKING ME SO MANY
CHANGES, AND HE'S GIVEN ME PEACE
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AND A JOY--" SHE
SAID, "NO, NO, I'M NOT
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TALKING ABOUT THAT."
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SHE SAID, "DO YOU
SPEAK IN TONGUES."
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AND THAT KIND OF
CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.
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I SAID, "WELL, NO."
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SHE SAID, "OH, THEN
YOU'VE NOT RECEIVED THE BAPTISM.
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AND BECAUSE OF THE LATE HOUR,"
SHE SAID, "WE'RE GONNA HAVE
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A BIBLE STUDY."
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SHE TOOK ME BACK TO HER
PLACE AND OPENED UP HER BIBLE,
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AND BEGAN TO GO THROUGH
THESE SCRIPTURES AND TELL ME HOW
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IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR ME TO
PRAY THAT I COULD SPEAK IN THIS
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HEAVENLY TONGUE.
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AND I WAS REALLY CONFUSED.
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BUT YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T
SEEM RIGHT, AND I RESISTED
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WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
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I'VE GOT FRIENDS WHO HAVE
VISITED SOME OF THESE CHURCHES,
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AND THEY SAY, "WE WANT TO HELP
YOU GET THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
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SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU
COME TO THE ALTAR AND YOU SAY,
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'HALLELUJAH.'" MY
FRIEND TOLD ME HE WENT
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TO THE ALTAR AND
HE SAID, "HALLELUJAH."
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THEY SAID, "KEEP SAYING IT."
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"HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH."
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"FASTER."
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"HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH."
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"FASTER."
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"HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH..."
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THEY SAID, "YOU'VE GOT IT.
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THIS IS THE GIFT OF TONGUES."
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HE SAID, "COME ON."
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NOW, THEY SAID, "WE'RE
PRIMING THE SPIRITUAL PUMP.
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WE'RE HELPING YOU
LOOSEN YOUR TONGUE."
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AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT
BIBLICAL ARGUMENTS HOW THIS
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IS JUSTIFIED.
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME--AND I WANT TO REITERATE,
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FRIENDS, THERE ARE A LOT
OF FRIENDS OF MINE IN THESE
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CHARISMATIC CHURCHES THAT
PRACTICE THIS--GODLY, LOVING,
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JOYFUL PEOPLE.
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AND MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE
SOME THINGS WE COULD LEARN AS
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TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS
FROM THE CHARISMATICS ABOUT THE
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IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ABOUT THE JOY OF THE LORD.
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THERE ARE SOME
THINGS WE COULD LEARN.
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BUT THIS MANIFESTATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND THIS BABBLING.
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I WENT TO ONE CHURCH AND I
KNELT DOWN AT A CHARISMATIC
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CHURCH AND THE LADY NEXT
TO ME, I COULD HEAR HER GOING,
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"[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ."
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I'M GOING, "SHE'S TALKING
ABOUT JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES."
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AND THEN THE...
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AND I DON'T MEAN
TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.
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AND THEN THE PASTOR COMES OVER
AND HE TRANSLATES THE MESSAGE,
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"THUS SAITH THE LORD."
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AND HE GOES OFF WITH
THIS, HE SAYS, "THIS IS ACTUALLY
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A HEAVENLY TONGUE.
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IT SOUNDS LIKE JAPANESE
MOTORCYCLES, BUT IT'S ANOTHER
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LANGUAGE."
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REMEMBER, I WENT TO A CHURCH
ANOTHER TIME WHERE WHENEVER THE
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PREACHER WAS PREACHING, HALFWAY
THROUGH THE SERMON, HIS WIFE
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WOULD STAND UP AND SHE WOULD
GO, "[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ."
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NOW, I DON'T MEAN TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL, THAT'S EXACTLY
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WHAT SHE
SAID--OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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SAME WORDS, SAME PHRASE,
"[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ."
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AND THEN SHE'D SIT DOWN,
HE'D SAY, "OH, A MESSAGE FROM
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THE LORD, THUS SAITH THE LORD."
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AND THEN HE'D GO ON AND HE'D
GIVE THIS ELABORATE MESSAGE.
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SHE MIGHT DO THAT FOR
60 SECONDS, HE'D PREACH
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FOR HALF AN HOUR
ON WHAT SHE HAD SAID,
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AND SHE KEPT
SAYING THE SAME WORD.
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EVERY WEEK SHE SAID THE SAME
WORD, BUT HE HAD A DIFFERENT
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MESSAGE EVERY WEEK.
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HE SAID, "I'VE GOT THE HEAVENLY
UNDERSTANDING," THIS IS THE
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GIFT OF INTERPRETATION, AND
HE WAS INTERPRETING THE MESSAGE.
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I'M GOING, "WAIT A SECOND, THIS
IS NOT THE GIFT OF TONGUES."
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I'VE GOT A FRIEND WHO
LIVED IN INDIA, HE SPOKE TAMIL,
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THE LANGUAGE THERE.
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AND FOR MY INDIAN FRIENDS,
"[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ."
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THAT'S "GOOD
EVENING, EVERYBODY."
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I TOLD YOU I LEARNED HOW TO SAY
"HELLO" IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES.
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HE WENT TO ONE OF THESE TENT
REVIVALS WHERE THE PASTOR WAS
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GOING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO
INDIVIDUAL, TRANSLATING PEOPLE
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AS THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES.
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AND MY FRIEND SAID, "I
WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS REAL."
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AND HE WENT OUT THERE AND HE
BEGAN TO SAY SOMETHING IN TAMIL
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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THE PASTOR CAME OVER,
HE SAID, "WHOA, THIS SOUNDS
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REALLY GOOD."
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AND HE SAID, "THUS SAITH
THE LORD," AND HE GAVE THIS
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LONG PROPHETIC MESSAGE.
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AND MY FRIEND SAID, "NO, THAT'S
NOT WHAT I'M REALLY SAYING."
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I'M SAYING, "WOULD
YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT?
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WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT?
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WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT?"
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AND SO YOU HAVE TO ASK, IS
THIS REALLY A HEAVENLY TONGUE?"
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YOU KNOW WHERE SOME OF
THE CONFUSION COMES IN?
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PAUL SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13,
"THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES
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OF MEN AND ANGELS," THEY SAY
THIS IS THE TONGUE OF ANGELS.
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NOW, WAIT A SECOND--PAUL SAID,
"THOUGH," THAT MEANS "EVEN IF."
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PAUL GOES ON TO SAY, "EVEN
IF I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED."
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HE DIDN'T--HE WAS BEHEADED.
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HE SAYS, "EVEN IF
I HAVE ALL FAITH."
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HE DID NOT HAVE ALL
FAITH-- ONLY GOD IS ALL FAITH.
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"EVEN IF I HAD ALL KNOWLEDGE."
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HE DID NOT HAVE ALL KNOWLEDGE.
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HE'S SAYING, "EVEN IF I SPOKE
WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND
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ANGELS, AND HAVE NOT LOVE,
IT WOULD BE LIKE SOUNDING BRASS
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AND TINKLING CYMBAL."
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PAUL NEVER SAID HE SPOKE
WITH THE TONGUE OF ANGELS.
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HE'S SAYING TO THE CORINTHIANS,
"YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE
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TONGUES, AND YOU DON'T REALIZE
IF YOU DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER,
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TONGUES ARE A WASTE."
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MANY PEOPLE THINK THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS TONGUES.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT IS NOT THE GIFTS
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OF THE SPIRIT--IT'S THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS LOVE,
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JOY; PEACE.
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AND SO MANY OF MY CHARISMATIC
FRIENDS, ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW
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IS, "DO YOU HAVE
THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT?"
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AND THEN THEY GO TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE LIST AND THEY SAY,
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"DO YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?"
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SOMEBODY'S WRONG, FRIENDS.
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AND THIS IS NOT WHAT
TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS BELIEVE,
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THIS IS NOT WHAT BIBLE
CHRISTIANS BELIEVED FOR
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900 YEARS, FOR 1900 YEARS.
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THIS HAS BECOME POPULAR IN
MANY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES JUST IN
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THE LAST 90 OR 100 YEARS.
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AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU
CANNOT SUPPORT IT BIBLICALLY.
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LET'S FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT
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BABYLON?
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IT SAYS, "LET US GO DOWN AND
THERE CONFOUND THEIR LANGUAGE,
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THAT THEY MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER'S SPEECH.
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THEREFORE IS THE
NAME OF IT CALLED BABEL."
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THAT'S WHERE THE WORD
"BABBLING" COMES FROM.
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AT THE TOWER OF BABEL
GOD CONFOUNDED THE LANGUAGES.
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AT PENTECOST, GOD
REVERSED THE CURSE.
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HE GAVE THEM THE ABILITY
TO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES THAT
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THE CHURCH MIGHT BE ONE.
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YOU SEE?
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THEY WERE SCATTERED AT BABYLON,
'CAUSE THEY WERE MAKING THEIR
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OWN RELIGION IN DEFIANCE TO GOD.
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AT PENTECOST, IT WAS NOT
CONFUSION, IT WAS UNDERSTANDING
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THAT THE SPIRIT BROUGHT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS
NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION.
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AND YOU WALK IN SOME OF
THESE CHURCHES AND IT'S LIKE
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A HOOTENANNY.
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EVERYBODY'S BABBLING
AND DANCING, AND KICKING,
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AND THE DRUMS ARE GOING.
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AND IT'S JUST
LIKE CHAOS, IN BEDLAM.
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AND THEY SAY THIS
IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
FRIENDS, I'LL GIVE 'EM CREDIT,
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SOMETIMES YOU GO AND IT'S
INVIGORATING, I'LL GIVE 'EM
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THAT.
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AND IT'S ENTERTAINING.
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I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF
THESE CHURCHES AND I MAY NOT GET
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ANYTHING OUT OF THE
WORD, BUT I DON'T GO TO SLEEP.
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I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SLEEPING
DURING MY SERMONS, BUT BOY,
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SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, YOU
KNOW, FOLKS ARE FALLING DOWN
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AND ROLLING, AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE WORD
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"HOLY ROLLERS," BECAUSE THIS,
THEY USED TO BE FRINGE CHURCHES
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IN NORTH AMERICA.
00:10:01.03\00:10:02.66
AND THEY, THE MAINLINE CHURCHES
LAUGHED AT THEM AND LOOKED DOWN
00:10:02.66\00:10:04.90
ON THEM.
00:10:04.90\00:10:05.86
NOW IT'S ALL
MAINLINE, INCLUDING CATHOLIC
00:10:05.86\00:10:08.13
AND PROTESTANT.
00:10:08.13\00:10:09.16
THE CATHOLICS HAVE A WHOLE
BRANCH THAT'S SPREADING LIKE
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WILDFIRE, THE CHARISMATIC
CATHOLICS AND CHARISMATIC
00:10:11.50\00:10:14.23
PROTESTANTS.
00:10:14.23\00:10:15.33
IT'S NOW THE
BAPTISTS AND THE METHODISTS,
00:10:15.33\00:10:17.23
AND THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES, AND IT'S NOT BIBLICAL.
00:10:17.23\00:10:21.43
AND IT'S THE GLUE THAT'S GOING
TO WELD TOGETHER THIS FINAL
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MOVEMENT, THE MISUNDERSTANDING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT.
00:10:29.06\00:10:32.00
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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WHAT'S THE NAME ON HER FOREHEAD?
00:10:34.60\00:10:36.40
BABYLON.
00:10:36.40\00:10:37.33
AND WHAT WAS ONE OF THE
CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT
00:10:37.33\00:10:39.20
BABYLON?
00:10:39.20\00:10:40.30
THEY BABBLED AT
THE TOWER OF BABEL.
00:10:40.30\00:10:42.90
IT'S A CHARACTERISTIC
OF FALLEN BABYLON TODAY;
00:10:42.90\00:10:45.33
IT REPRESENTS CONFUSION.
00:10:45.33\00:10:46.73
DON'T FORGET REVELATION
16:13, "AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN
00:10:46.73\00:10:50.70
SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COMING
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON,
00:10:50.70\00:10:54.63
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE
BEAST AND THE MOUTH OF THE FALSE
00:10:54.63\00:10:57.50
PROPHET."
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I LEFT OUT THE
LAST PART OF THAT.
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ANYWAY, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE
BEAST DRAGON AND FALSE PROPHET,
00:11:00.70\00:11:04.36
THREE UNCLEAN
SPIRITS LIKE FROGS.
00:11:04.36\00:11:06.16
WHERE IS A FROG'S WEAPON?
00:11:06.16\00:11:08.30
ITS TONGUE.
00:11:08.30\00:11:09.33
NOBODY'S EVER BEEN
ATTACKED AND BITTEN BY A FROG--
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IT'S THE TONGUES.
00:11:12.56\00:11:14.56
AND THE TONGUES GO TO ALL THREE
OF THESE POWERS, LAST POWERS
00:11:14.56\00:11:19.90
THAT FORM A
SOLIDARITY AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:11:19.90\00:11:22.76
YOU MAY SAY, "DOUG,
WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?
00:11:22.76\00:11:25.26
HOW DID IT MIGRATE
INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?"
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AS WITH ALL COUNTERFEITS,
IT HAPPENED SLOWLY IN AN
00:11:28.30\00:11:31.50
INSIDIOUS, VERY SLOW WAY.
00:11:31.50\00:11:34.40
LET ME GIVE YOU
A LITTLE HISTORY.
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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT
THE ORACLE OF DELPHI?
00:11:36.40\00:11:39.16
ANYBODY HERE?
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LOOK IT UP IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
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BACK, WAY BACK BEFORE
THE TIME OF CHRIST IN DELPHI,
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GREECE--AND THERE'S A
PICTURE--THEY HAD SOME ROCKS
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FROM WHICH
EMITTED VOLCANIC VAPORS.
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A GREEK PAGAN PRIESTESS CALLED
A "SYBIL," S-Y-B-I-L--THAT'S
00:11:53.20\00:11:58.33
WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM--
SHE WOULD GO TO THE VAPORS
00:11:58.33\00:12:01.23
AND SHE WOULD INHALE THEM.
00:12:01.23\00:12:02.66
SHE WOULD GO INTO A TRANCE AND
BEGIN MUTTERING AND BABBLING.
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THEY CALLED IT THE
"LANGUAGE OF THE GODS."
00:12:05.90\00:12:08.06
THE PRIEST WOULD THEN
COME ALONG AND TRANSLATE THESE
00:12:08.06\00:12:10.80
ORACLES, THESE
MESSAGES FROM THE GODS.
00:12:10.80\00:12:13.83
AND THEY WERE ALWAYS
VERY NEBULOUS, VAGUE MESSAGES
00:12:13.83\00:12:15.96
THAT NEVER COULD GIVE
YOU ANY DEFINITE GUIDANCE.
00:12:15.96\00:12:19.70
AND IT WAS CALLED
"THE ORACLE OF DELPHI."
00:12:19.70\00:12:21.96
THIS PRACTICE OF PEOPLE GOING
INTO A TRANCE-LIKE STATE AND
00:12:21.96\00:12:25.33
BABBLING, AND THE LANGUAGE
OF THE GODS, IN VOODOO THEY HAVE
00:12:25.33\00:12:28.60
THE VERY SAME THING--THEY BEAT
DRUMS, THEY GO INTO A TRANCE;
00:12:28.60\00:12:31.03
THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
OF THE SPIRITS, THEY CALL IT.
00:12:31.03\00:12:33.93
YOU HAVE THIS PRACTICE IN
MANY PAGAN RELIGIONS AROUND
00:12:33.93\00:12:36.76
THE WORLD.
00:12:36.76\00:12:37.90
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT MIGRATED
INTO MANY OF THE CHRISTIAN
00:12:37.90\00:12:41.50
CHURCHES BACK IN THE LATE 1890s
00:12:41.50\00:12:45.03
AND AGAIN, AT FIRST IT
WAS LAUGHED AT, BUT YOU KNOW
00:12:45.03\00:12:48.03
THE DEVIL HAS A WAY OF MAKING
COUNTERFEITS LOOK GENUINE.
00:12:48.03\00:12:50.86
GRADUALLY, THE GENUINE
GIFT OF TONGUES BEGAN TO BE
00:12:50.86\00:12:54.60
SUPPLEMENTED OR
OVERSHADOWED BY THE COUNTERFEIT.
00:12:54.60\00:12:57.53
NOW, I BELIEVE I'VE
RECEIVED THE GIFT OF TONGUES,
00:12:57.53\00:13:00.36
THE REAL THING.
00:13:00.36\00:13:02.30
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
SOME TRANSLATORS IN THE BACK,
00:13:02.30\00:13:04.70
THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF
TONGUES, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE
00:13:04.70\00:13:06.60
LEARNED ENGLISH IN
THEIR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
00:13:06.60\00:13:08.70
I THINK I GOT IT
IN A MIRACULOUS WAY.
00:13:08.70\00:13:10.96
I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY
FROM DEMING, NEW MEXICO,
00:13:10.96\00:13:15.00
TO CALIFORNIA.
00:13:15.00\00:13:16.80
I WAS GOING FROM TEXAS
TO CALIFORNIA IN DEMING,
00:13:16.80\00:13:19.60
NEW MEXICO, I'M PULLING THIS OLD
TRUCK, '54 CHEVY TRUCK PULLING
00:13:19.60\00:13:23.33
A BIG OLD 20-FOOT TRAILER,
PUTTING ALONG 45 MILES AN HOUR
00:13:23.33\00:13:26.83
BY MYSELF, BORED,
RADIO DIDN'T EVEN WORK.
00:13:26.83\00:13:31.30
AND I SAID, "LORD, PLEASE
GIVE ME SOMEONE TO WITNESS TO."
00:13:31.30\00:13:34.13
I ALWAYS PICK UP HITCHHIKERS,
'CAUSE I USED TO HITCHHIKE.
00:13:34.13\00:13:36.23
AND IT BREAKS UP THE
MONOTONY; YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY.
00:13:36.23\00:13:38.80
RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED,
GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYER.
00:13:38.80\00:13:40.83
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
00:13:40.83\00:13:42.80
A LATIN GENTLEMAN.
00:13:42.80\00:13:43.73
STOPPED AND PICKED HIM UP.
00:13:43.73\00:13:44.66
HE WAS FREEZING, 'CAUSE IT WAS
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND ALL HE
00:13:44.66\00:13:46.56
HAD ON WAS A
DRESS SHIRT AND JEANS.
00:13:46.56\00:13:48.40
AND SO I TURNED ON THE HEAT
AND I SAID, "IS THAT BETTER?"
00:13:48.40\00:13:50.26
AND HE SAID, "COMO?"
00:13:50.26\00:13:52.96
I SAID, "YOU WARM?"
00:13:52.96\00:13:56.93
AND I TURNED UP THE HEAT
AND I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM,
00:13:56.93\00:13:59.76
AND I FOUND OUT HE
DIDN'T SPEAK A LICK OF ENGLISH.
00:13:59.76\00:14:03.06
I DID LEARN HIS NAME WAS OMAR.
00:14:03.06\00:14:05.36
THE EXTENT OF MY
SPANISH WAS BURRITO, ENCHILADA,
00:14:05.36\00:14:10.40
UNO, DOS, TRES.
00:14:10.40\00:14:13.60
AND I THOUGHT, "LORD,
YOU'VE GOT A SENSE OF HUMOR.
00:14:13.60\00:14:16.06
I ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO
WITNESS TO AND HE DOESN'T SPEAK
00:14:16.06\00:14:18.63
ENGLISH, AND I DON'T
REALLY SPEAK SPANISH.
00:14:18.63\00:14:20.63
I TOOK IT IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I FLUNKED.
00:14:20.63\00:14:23.06
AND I THOUGHT, "OH,
THIS IS GONNA BE INTERESTING.
00:14:23.06\00:14:26.40
AND SO AS WE DROVE ALONG,
I--FIRST I THOUGHT, "SPANISH
00:14:26.40\00:14:29.93
IS KIND OF LIKE ENGLISH,
YOU JUST PUT 'O' AT THE END
00:14:29.93\00:14:32.10
OF YOUR WORDS."
00:14:32.10\00:14:36.33
AND I SAID, "I'M GONNA DRIVO
MY TRUCKO TO MY--TO MY HOMO UP
00:14:36.33\00:14:43.46
IN CALIFORNIA."
00:14:43.46\00:14:45.96
AND HE LOOKED AT
ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY.
00:14:45.96\00:14:48.16
AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE
HE WAS HUNGRY, AND I SAID,
00:14:48.16\00:14:50.50
"YOU WANT SOME DINERO?"
00:14:50.50\00:14:53.33
MEANING DINNER.
00:14:53.33\00:14:54.63
AND HE SAID, "WELL, YEAH," YOU
KNOW, THAT'S MONEY IN SPANISH.
00:14:54.63\00:14:58.46
AND THEN I SAID,
"THIS ISN'T WORKING."
00:14:58.46\00:15:01.53
AND SO I SAID, "LORD,
GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
00:15:01.53\00:15:04.83
HIS LANGUAGE."
00:15:04.83\00:15:05.80
I SAID, "I'D LIKE TO
SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH HIM."
00:15:05.80\00:15:07.70
I SAID, "LORD, IF EVER A PERSON
NEEDED THE GIFT OF TONGUES,
00:15:07.70\00:15:09.96
I NEED IT NOW."
00:15:09.96\00:15:11.60
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, I DON'T
KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED OR WHEN IT
00:15:11.60\00:15:13.56
HAPPENED, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE WAY, GRADUALLY, WORDS BEGAN
00:15:13.56\00:15:16.53
TO COME TO ME.
00:15:16.53\00:15:17.50
AND I'M NOT KIDDING,
THEY JUST BEGAN TO COME TO ME.
00:15:17.50\00:15:20.16
AND I BEGAN TO GUESS.
00:15:20.16\00:15:21.83
AND THEY WERE RIGHT, I MEAN I
GAVE UP PUTTING THE "O" AND THE
00:15:21.83\00:15:23.93
"A" AT THE END OF EVERYTHING.
00:15:23.93\00:15:25.73
SOMETIMES THAT WORKED,
IT JUST FELL IN THAT WAY.
00:15:25.73\00:15:28.23
BUT I BEGAN TO JUST GUESS
AND HE STARTED UNDERSTANDING,
00:15:28.23\00:15:32.16
HE STARTED TALKING TO ME AND
I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
00:15:32.16\00:15:35.06
HE SAID HE WAS
LOOKING FOR TRABAJO, FOR WORK.
00:15:35.06\00:15:38.13
AND I SAID, "YO VIVO
IN LA MANTANAS ARRIBA
00:15:38.13\00:15:40.46
IN NORTE CALIFORNIA."
00:15:40.46\00:15:42.40
AND HE'S LOOKING
AT ME LIKE, "OH, YEAH.
00:15:42.40\00:15:44.73
SO TU QUIERES TRABAJO CONMIGO?"
00:15:44.73\00:15:47.16
AND I WASN'T
PERFECT, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD.
00:15:47.16\00:15:49.50
HE CAME AND LIVED WITH ME
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS
00:15:49.50\00:15:53.33
BAPTIZED, AND GOD GAVE
ME THE ABILITY TO SPEAK.
00:15:53.33\00:15:57.56
AND I JUST GOT A LETTER
FROM HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO,
00:15:57.56\00:15:59.46
HE'S LIVING BACK IN MEXICO
AND THE LORD IS STILL WORKING
00:15:59.46\00:16:02.13
IN HIS LIFE.
00:16:02.13\00:16:03.16
BUT FROM THAT DAY TO THIS
DAY, YO NO SABE COMO PREDICO
00:16:03.16\00:16:08.23
EN ESPANOL, PERO YO
COMPRENDO MAS PALABRAS...
00:16:08.23\00:16:11.86
SI TU HABLAS DESPACIO.
00:16:11.86\00:16:14.10
SOME OF YOU UNDER-- LENTO.
00:16:14.10\00:16:17.13
SO THE LORD GAVE ME THIS
ABILITY, BUT WHY DID HE DO IT?
00:16:17.13\00:16:22.50
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HEARD ME
TALKING, OMAR THOUGHT I WAS
00:16:22.50\00:16:24.70
BABBLING, BUT HE
UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS SAYING.
00:16:24.70\00:16:27.20
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:16:27.20\00:16:28.20
AND SO THE GIFT OF TONGUES
IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING
00:16:28.20\00:16:31.06
THE GOSPEL.
00:16:31.06\00:16:31.90
THAT'S THE GENUINE GIFT.
00:16:31.90\00:16:32.86
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE APOSTLES IN THE EARLY DAYS
00:16:32.86\00:16:35.20
OF THE CHURCH.
00:16:35.20\00:16:36.20
GOD DOESN'T KEEP GIVING THE
GIFT THAT WAY WHEN WE'VE GOT
00:16:36.20\00:16:38.53
TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE
WHO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.
00:16:38.53\00:16:41.16
YOU UNDERSTAND?
00:16:41.16\00:16:42.03
HE DOES IT WHEN
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.
00:16:42.03\00:16:43.86
IT'S A SUPERNATURAL
GIFT; BUT HE STILL DOES IT.
00:16:43.86\00:16:46.40
NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS HERE.
00:16:46.40\00:16:48.50
IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14:14, "FOR
IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE,
00:16:48.50\00:16:52.50
MY SPIRIT PRAYS BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL."
00:16:52.50\00:16:55.53
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT SAY, "OH, DOUG, IT'S SO
00:16:55.53\00:16:57.73
LIBERATING--I PRAY IN
TONGUES AND I FEEL IT."
00:16:57.73\00:17:00.53
DON'T FORGET THAT THE
EMPHASIS IS ON THE FEELING.
00:17:00.53\00:17:03.50
WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN HERE?
00:17:03.50\00:17:05.20
"FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN
TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYS, BUT MY
00:17:05.20\00:17:08.56
UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL."
00:17:08.56\00:17:10.43
PAUL IS NOT SAYING THAT HE
PRAYS AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
00:17:10.43\00:17:12.73
HE'S PRAYING, BECAUSE IF
YOU PRAY AND YOU DON'T KNOW
00:17:12.73\00:17:14.70
WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING,
THAT'S NOT THE PRAYER.
00:17:14.70\00:17:16.53
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR; YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
00:17:16.53\00:17:18.40
KNOW IF YOU GET IT.
00:17:18.40\00:17:19.23
THAT'S NOT
PRAYER, FRIENDS, RIGHT?
00:17:19.23\00:17:21.50
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD KNOWS WHAT
THINGS YOU ASK--WHAT THINGS YOU
00:17:21.50\00:17:24.46
NEED BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK HIM.
00:17:24.46\00:17:26.33
SO THIS NOTION THAT YOU'RE
PRAYING IN A LANGUAGE, YOU
00:17:26.33\00:17:28.26
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
BUT IT FEELS GOOD AND YOU DON'T
00:17:28.26\00:17:30.10
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING-- THAT'S NOT PRAYER.
00:17:30.10\00:17:33.36
PAUL WAS SAYING, "IF I PRAY
IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, A TONGUE
00:17:33.36\00:17:35.86
THAT IS UNKNOWN TO
THOSE PRESENT, I MIGHT PRAY
00:17:35.86\00:17:38.26
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
MY UNDERSTANDING IS FRUITFUL
00:17:38.26\00:17:41.40
TO ME, BUT IT'S
UNFRUITFUL TO YOU."
00:17:41.40\00:17:43.90
I UNDERSTAND.
00:17:43.90\00:17:45.23
MY SPIRIT PRAYS, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL.
00:17:45.23\00:17:48.13
THE UNDERSTOOD
SUBJECT IS TO THOSE PRESENT.
00:17:48.13\00:17:50.76
READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER, HE'S
TALKING ABOUT NOT SPEAKING IN
00:17:50.76\00:17:53.43
ANOTHER LANGUAGE WHEN
THOSE PRESENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND
00:17:53.43\00:17:55.96
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
00:17:55.96\00:17:57.26
[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] I
JUST SAID A JEWISH PRAYER.
00:17:57.26\00:18:03.50
I BET NOT TOO MANY
OF YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID.
00:18:03.50\00:18:05.63
I PRAYED IN THE
SPIRIT, BUT IT WAS UNFRUITFUL.
00:18:05.63\00:18:08.26
MY PRAYER IN THE
SPIRIT WAS UNFRUITFUL TO YOU.
00:18:08.26\00:18:10.86
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:18:10.86\00:18:11.76
THAT'S ALL PAUL'S SAYING.
00:18:11.76\00:18:12.83
THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH
WAS A MELTING POT OF PEOPLE
00:18:12.83\00:18:15.56
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:18:15.56\00:18:16.53
THEIR SERVICES WERE
BECOMING A CONFUSING BABYLON.
00:18:16.53\00:18:19.20
PAUL WAS SAYING, "DO NOT
SPEAK UNLESS THOSE PRESENT
00:18:19.20\00:18:21.56
UNDERSTAND."
00:18:21.56\00:18:22.53
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO
SING A LITTLE SONG, DON'T YOU?
00:18:22.53\00:18:25.40
OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE
THIS; I WANT YOU TO JUST JOIN
00:18:25.40\00:18:27.53
IN WITH ME, OKAY?
00:18:27.53\00:18:31.53
[PLAYING RANDOM KEYS] COME ON.
00:18:35.06\00:18:39.83
YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE IT?
00:18:42.16\00:18:44.86
REALLY?
00:18:44.86\00:18:45.70
IS MY PLAYING THAT BAD?
00:18:45.70\00:18:47.76
ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS?
00:18:47.76\00:18:49.16
[PLAYING A MELODY]
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
00:18:49.16\00:18:54.43
I ONLY PLAYED A FEW NOTES
AND YOU RECOGNIZE IT, RIGHT?
00:18:54.43\00:18:57.40
WAIT A SECOND, I'M NOT DONE YET.
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I'M GONNA TRY
AND GET ALL OF THIS.
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YOU KNOW, I CAN,
BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU REMEMBER.
00:19:02.20\00:19:04.56
SING ALONG.
00:19:04.56\00:19:06.56
DON'T KNOW THAT ONE?
00:19:17.70\00:19:22.26
[MUSIC]
00:19:22.26\00:19:27.83
[LAUGHING]
00:19:32.96\00:19:36.83
NOW, WHY AM I DOING THAT?
00:19:40.13\00:19:41.43
OPEN YOUR
BIBLES, 1 CORINTHIANS 14.
00:19:41.43\00:19:44.53
PAUL TELLS US BACK IN BIBLE
TIMES THEY DID NOT HAVE RADIOS.
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THEY COMMUNICATED IN
THEIR BATTLES USING TRUMPETS.
00:19:48.16\00:19:52.10
WHEN I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL,
EVERY MORNING ON THE P-A WE
00:19:52.10\00:19:54.56
HEARD...
00:19:54.56\00:19:57.00
NO, THAT WAS IN THE
EVENING WE HEARD THAT.
00:19:57.00\00:19:58.70
IN THE MORNING WE HEARD...
00:19:58.70\00:20:00.03
[MAKING TRUMPET SOUND]
THAT MEANS REVELING, GET UP.
00:20:00.03\00:20:03.03
THE TRUMPETS HAD SIGNALS.
00:20:03.03\00:20:04.80
NOTICE HERE, IN VERSE 9
OR VERSE 8, 1 CORINTHIANS 14,
00:20:04.80\00:20:08.33
"FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVES
AN UNCERTAIN SOUND, WHO WILL
00:20:08.33\00:20:11.43
PREPARE TO THE BATTLE?
00:20:11.43\00:20:12.80
SO LIKEWISE, UNLESS YOU UTTER
BY THE TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE
00:20:12.80\00:20:16.16
UNDERSTOOD, HOW SHALL
IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN?
00:20:16.16\00:20:18.73
YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE AIR."
00:20:18.73\00:20:20.63
FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO SPEAK, GOD WANTS US TO BE
00:20:20.63\00:20:23.86
UNDERSTOOD.
00:20:23.86\00:20:24.70
IS THAT CLEAR?
00:20:24.70\00:20:25.86
THE PURPOSE FOR THE GIFT
OF LANGUAGE IS TO COMMUNICATE
00:20:25.86\00:20:28.46
THOUGHT.
00:20:28.46\00:20:29.40
IF YOU'RE BABBLING, YOU
ARE NOT COMMUNICATING THOUGHT.
00:20:29.40\00:20:32.40
DOES THE SPIRIT FILL
THOSE WHO DELIBERATELY BREAK
00:20:32.40\00:20:35.03
GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:20:35.03\00:20:36.93
JOHN 14:15, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
00:20:36.93\00:20:39.46
"IF YOU LOVE ME,
KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
00:20:39.46\00:20:42.63
AND I'LL PRAY THE FATHER
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER
00:20:42.63\00:20:45.26
COMFORTER, EVEN
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH."
00:20:45.26\00:20:48.30
ACTS 5:32, WHAT DO THE DISCIPLES
SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
00:20:48.30\00:20:51.40
OF RECEIVING THE
SPIRIT IN OBEDIENCE?
00:20:51.40\00:20:53.70
"THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM GOD HAS
GIVEN TO THOSE THAT OBEY HIM."
00:20:53.70\00:20:58.40
AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:20:58.40\00:21:01.60
WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD OF GOD
ABOUT THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT
00:21:01.60\00:21:04.46
AND THEY REJECT IT, THEY
MAY FIND THEY'RE GRIEVING
00:21:04.46\00:21:06.76
AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:21:06.76\00:21:08.76
THEY HAD IT BEFORE, 'CAUSE
GOD WINKED AT THEIR IGNORANCE,
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.06
BUT NOW THEY KNOW.
00:21:11.06\00:21:12.23
AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO SIN
WILLFULLY AFTER THEY KNOW THE
00:21:12.23\00:21:14.36
TRUTH, THAT'S VERY
DANGEROUS, FRIENDS.
00:21:14.36\00:21:16.56
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
INTERESTING THAT A NUMBER OF
00:21:16.56\00:21:19.00
THESE CHARISMATIC MINISTERS
THAT TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
00:21:19.00\00:21:22.26
AND HAVE THESE MEGA MEETINGS,
THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE THE GIFT
00:21:22.26\00:21:24.80
OF TONGUES, AND MANY OF
THEM HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE
00:21:24.80\00:21:27.76
DISOBEYING GOD.
00:21:27.76\00:21:29.50
IT'S FILLED THE HEADLINES THAT
SOME OF THEM WERE UNFAITHFUL
00:21:29.50\00:21:32.00
TO THEIR SPOUSES,
THEY WERE STEALING MONEY.
00:21:32.00\00:21:34.36
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE
TIME THEY WERE DOING THAT,
00:21:34.36\00:21:36.33
THEY WERE BABBLING ON TV.
00:21:36.33\00:21:37.96
WHEN THEY TRAVEL OVERSEAS,
IF THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.33
TONGUES, WHY DO THEY TAKE AN
ARMY OF TRANSLATORS WITH THEM?
00:21:40.33\00:21:45.40
PAUL EMPHASIZED THAT WE SHOULD
DESIRE WHICH SPIRITUAL GIFT?
00:21:45.40\00:21:51.46
1 CORINTHIANS 14:4-5, "HE
THAT SPEAKS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE
00:21:51.46\00:21:55.63
EDIFIES HIMSELF.
00:21:55.63\00:21:57.20
HE THAT PROPHESIETH--"
THAT MEANS PREACHES,
00:21:57.20\00:21:59.56
"EDIFIES THE CHURCH.
00:21:59.56\00:22:00.60
GREATER IS HE THAT
PROPHESIETH THAN HE THAT SPEAKS
00:22:00.60\00:22:04.50
IN A TONGUE."
00:22:04.50\00:22:06.10
1 CORINTHIANS 14:12,
"FOR AS MUCH AS YOU'RE ZEALOUS
00:22:06.10\00:22:09.33
OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS, SEEK THAT
YOU MIGHT EXCEL TO THE EDIFYING
00:22:09.33\00:22:13.36
OF THE CHURCH."
00:22:13.36\00:22:14.40
TO EDIFY MEANS TO BUILD
UP, EDIFICIO  IN SPANISH.
00:22:14.40\00:22:17.40
AMEN?
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.03
WHAT'S THE MAIN REASON AND WHY
DOES GOD FILL PEOPLE WITH HIS
00:22:19.03\00:22:22.40
SPIRIT?
00:22:22.40\00:22:23.73
SO THEY CAN BABBLE?
00:22:23.73\00:22:25.36
ACTS 1:8, "BUT YOU'LL RECEIVE
POWER AFTER THE HOLY GHOST HAS
00:22:25.36\00:22:29.86
COME UPON YOU, AND
YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES."
00:22:29.86\00:22:33.00
GOD GIVES YOU POWER TO
LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
00:22:33.00\00:22:35.90
THAT'S WHY IT CAME AT BAPTISM.
00:22:35.90\00:22:38.00
WHEN YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO
THE LORD, YOU NEED THAT POWER,
00:22:38.00\00:22:40.43
AMEN.
00:22:40.43\00:22:41.36
NOT ONLY TO LIVE THE
LIFE, BUT TO SHARE THE LIFE,
00:22:41.36\00:22:43.43
TO BE HIS WITNESSES.
00:22:43.43\00:22:44.66
AND ACTS 4:31, IT SAYS,
"THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH
00:22:44.66\00:22:47.63
THE HOLY GHOST AND THEY SPOKE
THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS."
00:22:47.63\00:22:52.36
IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT
TONGUES, BECAUSE THIS TIME WHEN
00:22:52.36\00:22:54.83
THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT, EVERYONE THERE
00:22:54.83\00:22:56.70
UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE.
00:22:56.70\00:22:58.60
HE THAT HAS AN EAR, LET
HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS
00:22:58.60\00:23:01.06
TO THE CHURCHES.
00:23:01.06\00:23:03.73
WE NEED TO LISTEN TO
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS, RIGHT?
00:23:03.73\00:23:06.66
IS IT POSSIBLE TO TELL
WHETHER A PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT
00:23:06.66\00:23:10.06
A PERSON HAS BEEN
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:23:10.06\00:23:12.30
HOW DO WE TELL?
00:23:12.30\00:23:13.36
MATTHEW 7:20--DO WE TELL
BY THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT,
00:23:13.36\00:23:16.63
LIKE TONGUES, OR BY THE WHAT?
00:23:16.63\00:23:18.40
"WHEREFORE BY THEIR
FRUITS SHALL YOU KNOW THEM."
00:23:18.40\00:23:22.90
SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "SHOW
ME YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT BY
00:23:22.90\00:23:25.20
BABBLING OR BY TONGUES."
00:23:25.20\00:23:26.33
NO, JESUS SAID YOU
SHOW BY THE FRUITS.
00:23:26.33\00:23:28.40
AND SOME PEOPLE ATTEMPT
TO COUNTERFEIT THE FRUITS.
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.56
YOU DON'T MAKE AN APPLE TREE,
AN ORANGE TREE BY TAPING AN
00:23:30.56\00:23:33.70
ORANGE ON AN APPLE TREE.
00:23:33.70\00:23:35.73
YOU NEED THE
FRUITS IN YOUR LIFE.
00:23:35.73\00:23:37.50
IF YOU WANT TO SHOW ME YOU'VE
GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT, DON'T
00:23:37.50\00:23:39.30
BABBLE--LOVE YOUR ENEMY.
00:23:39.30\00:23:40.60
AMEN?
00:23:40.60\00:23:41.43
THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT
YOU'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:23:41.43\00:23:43.46
NUMBER 18--HOW CAN I RECEIVE,
HOW CAN I RECEIVE THE BAPTISM
00:23:43.46\00:23:48.60
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:23:48.60\00:23:50.46
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:23:50.46\00:23:53.26
HERE'S THE ANSWER.
00:23:53.26\00:23:54.60
IF YOU THEN BEING EVIL KNOW
HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.66
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE
00:23:57.66\00:24:01.43
HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT WHAT?
00:24:01.43\00:24:03.86
FRIENDS, IF EVER THERE WAS A
TIME WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE NEEDED
00:24:03.86\00:24:06.33
GOD'S SPIRIT, IT'S NOW.
00:24:06.33\00:24:09.10
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK
GOD TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT OF
00:24:09.10\00:24:11.13
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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00:24:23.53\00:24:26.73
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00:24:26.73\00:24:30.66
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00:24:30.66\00:24:33.50
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00:24:33.50\00:24:34.36
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00:24:34.36\00:24:37.86
YOU KNOW, IF THE DEVIL
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00:24:37.86\00:24:40.66
WE'RE NOT GOING IN THAT WAY.
00:24:40.66\00:24:42.80
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00:24:42.80\00:24:45.70
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00:26:39.63\00:26:42.23
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00:26:42.23\00:26:44.63
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00:26:45.66\00:26:48.43
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00:26:49.86\00:26:52.20
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00:26:52.20\00:26:55.56
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00:26:58.60\00:27:02.16
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