Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000085
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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 00:31 BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:35 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION 00:37 OF "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:41 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:43 "THE MILLENNIUM OF PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES. 00:51 >> WHAT DOES THE WORD "PROPHESY" MEAN? 00:53 PROPHESY DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE FORECASTING THE WEATHER 00:55 OR TELLING THE FUTURE, GUESSING, YOU KNOW, WHERE ELVIS 00:58 IS NEXT GOING TO APPEAR, LIKE SOME OF THE SUPERMARKET 01:01 TABLOID PROPHETS. 01:02 PROPHESY, ONE OF THE WORDS IS "TO PREACH." 01:06 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, KEEP IN MIND, ESPECIALLY IN 01:09 1 CORINTHIANS 12, 13 AND 14, PROPHECY DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN 01:13 SAYING "THUS SAITH THE LORD" AND FORETELLING THE FUTURE. 01:15 PROPHESY MEANS "TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF ANOTHER OR TO PREACH 01:18 THE GOSPEL FOR CHRIST." 01:20 OKAY? 01:21 NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT 01:23 SPEAKING IN A TONGUE? 01:25 NO, WITH THAT IN MIND, THESE 12 EPHESIAN DISCIPLES, LUKE IS 01:29 THERE; HE SPEAKS ONE LANGUAGE. 01:31 PAUL IS THERE, HE SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGES, THEN THERE'S 01:34 12 EPHESIAN BELIEVERS THERE. 01:35 THERE'S SEVERAL LANGUAGE GROUPS REPRESENTED. 01:38 WHEN THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND THEY SPOKE WITH 01:40 TONGUES, THEY WERE PROPHESYING. 01:42 THAT MEANS THEY WERE PREACHING. 01:43 THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. 01:45 YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 01:46 IN ALL THREE EXAMPLES, WHEN THEY GOT THE GIFT OF TONGUES, 01:50 THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING, EITHER MAGNIFYING 01:53 GOD, THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD, OR PROPHESYING FOR GOD; 01:57 BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS BEING SAID. 01:59 THEY WEREN'T JUST THERE BABBLING WORDS OVER 02:01 AND OVER AGAIN. 02:03 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SPEAKING IN A TONGUE THAT IS 02:06 NOT UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT? 02:09 YOU'D THINK THAT AS MUCH AS IT'S DONE THAT GOD WOULD 02:12 ENDORSE IT, BUT WHAT DOES PAUL REALLY SAY IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14? 02:15 "EXCEPT YOU UTTER BY THE TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD, 02:20 HOW SHALL IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN? 02:24 I HAD RATHER SPEAK FIVE WORDS WITH MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BY 02:28 MY VOICE I MIGHT TEACH OTHERS ALSO, THEN 10,000 WORDS 02:32 IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE." 02:34 NOW, IF THAT'S CLEAR TO YOU, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY AMEN. 02:37 HE'S--PAUL IS SAYING IN 1 CORINTHIANS, IF YOU'RE GONNA 02:41 TALK, MAKE SURE THOSE PRESENT UNDERSTAND. 02:45 THE REASON THIS IS CLOSE TO MY HEART, INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS 02:48 THE FIRST TIME THIS LESSON HAS EVER BEEN PRESENTED PUBLICLY. 02:51 I WROTE THIS LESSON BECAUSE IT'S A REAL CRITICAL NEED 02:55 IN THE CHURCH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION. 02:57 YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HOW THE GIFT OF TONGUES AND SOME OF 03:00 THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT IT ARE JUST SPREADING LIKE FIRE 03:03 THROUGH ALL OF THE CHURCHES, ALL OF THE MAINLINE CHURCHES. 03:05 AND PEOPLE KIND OF SOMETIMES LOOK AT YOU LIKE YOU'RE 03:07 A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN IF YOU CANNOT DO THIS BABBLING 03:10 IN TONGUES THAT THEY CALL THE "BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 03:13 AFTER I ACCEPTED THE LORD UP IN MY CAVE, GOD WAS WORKING 03:18 MIGHTILY IN MY LIFE. 03:20 REMEMBER, WHEN HE FOUND ME, I WAS ABOUT AS FAR AWAY 03:22 FROM GOD AS A PERSON CAN GET. 03:24 RUNNING AROUND NAKED UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LONG HAIR AND 03:26 A BEARD, EATING OUT OF A GARBAGE CAN, USING DRUGS, CURSING 03:29 AND STEALING, LYING, LIVING IMMORALLY. 03:32 THEN JESUS CAME INTO MY HEART. 03:34 HE HELPED ME STOP LYING, HE HELPED ME GIVE UP DRUGS 03:36 AND DRINKING. 03:37 HE WAS MAKING DRAMATIC CHANGES. 03:38 AND I KNEW HIS SPIRIT WAS IN MY HEART. 03:41 I WAS HITCHHIKING FROM PALM SPRINGS TO LOS ANGELES, 03:44 BEVERLY HILLS, TO VISIT MY MOTHER. 03:46 ON THEAY THIS DIGNIFIED LADY PICKED ME UP. 03:49 IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT 03:52 ON THE ROAD. 03:53 AND I WAS AMAZED SHE PICKED ME UP, BECAUSE I LOOKED PRETTY 03:55 DANGEROUS BACK THEN. 03:57 AND SHE SAID, "HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE BAPTISM 04:01 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?" 04:04 AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT." 04:06 I SAID, "WELL, I THINK SO." 04:07 I SAID, "YOU KNOW, GOD'S BEEN HELPING ME OVERCOME SIN AND, 04:11 AND MAKING ME SO MANY CHANGES, AND HE'S GIVEN ME PEACE 04:12 AND A JOY--" SHE SAID, "NO, NO, I'M NOT 04:14 TALKING ABOUT THAT." 04:15 SHE SAID, "DO YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES." 04:17 AND THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. 04:19 I SAID, "WELL, NO." 04:21 SHE SAID, "OH, THEN YOU'VE NOT RECEIVED THE BAPTISM. 04:23 AND BECAUSE OF THE LATE HOUR," SHE SAID, "WE'RE GONNA HAVE 04:25 A BIBLE STUDY." 04:26 SHE TOOK ME BACK TO HER PLACE AND OPENED UP HER BIBLE, 04:28 AND BEGAN TO GO THROUGH THESE SCRIPTURES AND TELL ME HOW 04:30 IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR ME TO PRAY THAT I COULD SPEAK IN THIS 04:33 HEAVENLY TONGUE. 04:35 AND I WAS REALLY CONFUSED. 04:37 BUT YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT, AND I RESISTED 04:40 WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. 04:42 I'VE GOT FRIENDS WHO HAVE VISITED SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, 04:45 AND THEY SAY, "WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 04:48 SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU COME TO THE ALTAR AND YOU SAY, 04:51 'HALLELUJAH.'" MY FRIEND TOLD ME HE WENT 04:53 TO THE ALTAR AND HE SAID, "HALLELUJAH." 04:55 THEY SAID, "KEEP SAYING IT." 04:56 "HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH." 04:58 "FASTER." 04:59 "HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH." 05:01 "FASTER." 05:02 "HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH..." 05:04 THEY SAID, "YOU'VE GOT IT. 05:05 THIS IS THE GIFT OF TONGUES." 05:07 HE SAID, "COME ON." 05:07 NOW, THEY SAID, "WE'RE PRIMING THE SPIRITUAL PUMP. 05:10 WE'RE HELPING YOU LOOSEN YOUR TONGUE." 05:13 AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT BIBLICAL ARGUMENTS HOW THIS 05:15 IS JUSTIFIED. 05:17 YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME--AND I WANT TO REITERATE, 05:19 FRIENDS, THERE ARE A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE IN THESE 05:22 CHARISMATIC CHURCHES THAT PRACTICE THIS--GODLY, LOVING, 05:24 JOYFUL PEOPLE. 05:25 AND MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD LEARN AS 05:28 TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS FROM THE CHARISMATICS ABOUT THE 05:30 IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ABOUT THE JOY OF THE LORD. 05:34 THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD LEARN. 05:36 BUT THIS MANIFESTATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THIS BABBLING. 05:39 I WENT TO ONE CHURCH AND I KNELT DOWN AT A CHARISMATIC 05:41 CHURCH AND THE LADY NEXT TO ME, I COULD HEAR HER GOING, 05:43 "[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ." 05:47 I'M GOING, "SHE'S TALKING ABOUT JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES." 05:50 AND THEN THE... 05:52 AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. 05:54 AND THEN THE PASTOR COMES OVER AND HE TRANSLATES THE MESSAGE, 05:56 "THUS SAITH THE LORD." 05:57 AND HE GOES OFF WITH THIS, HE SAYS, "THIS IS ACTUALLY 05:59 A HEAVENLY TONGUE. 06:00 IT SOUNDS LIKE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES, BUT IT'S ANOTHER 06:02 LANGUAGE." 06:04 REMEMBER, I WENT TO A CHURCH ANOTHER TIME WHERE WHENEVER THE 06:06 PREACHER WAS PREACHING, HALFWAY THROUGH THE SERMON, HIS WIFE 06:08 WOULD STAND UP AND SHE WOULD GO, "[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ." 06:14 NOW, I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, THAT'S EXACTLY 06:16 WHAT SHE SAID--OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 06:19 SAME WORDS, SAME PHRASE, "[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] ." 06:21 AND THEN SHE'D SIT DOWN, HE'D SAY, "OH, A MESSAGE FROM 06:23 THE LORD, THUS SAITH THE LORD." 06:24 AND THEN HE'D GO ON AND HE'D GIVE THIS ELABORATE MESSAGE. 06:26 SHE MIGHT DO THAT FOR 60 SECONDS, HE'D PREACH 06:28 FOR HALF AN HOUR ON WHAT SHE HAD SAID, 06:29 AND SHE KEPT SAYING THE SAME WORD. 06:31 EVERY WEEK SHE SAID THE SAME WORD, BUT HE HAD A DIFFERENT 06:33 MESSAGE EVERY WEEK. 06:34 HE SAID, "I'VE GOT THE HEAVENLY UNDERSTANDING," THIS IS THE 06:36 GIFT OF INTERPRETATION, AND HE WAS INTERPRETING THE MESSAGE. 06:39 I'M GOING, "WAIT A SECOND, THIS IS NOT THE GIFT OF TONGUES." 06:42 I'VE GOT A FRIEND WHO LIVED IN INDIA, HE SPOKE TAMIL, 06:45 THE LANGUAGE THERE. 06:46 AND FOR MY INDIAN FRIENDS, "[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ." 06:49 THAT'S "GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY." 06:51 I TOLD YOU I LEARNED HOW TO SAY "HELLO" IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. 06:53 HE WENT TO ONE OF THESE TENT REVIVALS WHERE THE PASTOR WAS 06:55 GOING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL, TRANSLATING PEOPLE 06:59 AS THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES. 07:01 AND MY FRIEND SAID, "I WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS REAL." 07:04 AND HE WENT OUT THERE AND HE BEGAN TO SAY SOMETHING IN TAMIL 07:06 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 07:07 THE PASTOR CAME OVER, HE SAID, "WHOA, THIS SOUNDS 07:09 REALLY GOOD." 07:10 AND HE SAID, "THUS SAITH THE LORD," AND HE GAVE THIS 07:12 LONG PROPHETIC MESSAGE. 07:13 AND MY FRIEND SAID, "NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M REALLY SAYING." 07:14 I'M SAYING, "WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT? 07:16 WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT? 07:17 WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT?" 07:20 AND SO YOU HAVE TO ASK, IS THIS REALLY A HEAVENLY TONGUE?" 07:24 YOU KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION COMES IN? 07:26 PAUL SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13, "THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES 07:31 OF MEN AND ANGELS," THEY SAY THIS IS THE TONGUE OF ANGELS. 07:35 NOW, WAIT A SECOND--PAUL SAID, "THOUGH," THAT MEANS "EVEN IF." 07:38 PAUL GOES ON TO SAY, "EVEN IF I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED." 07:41 HE DIDN'T--HE WAS BEHEADED. 07:42 HE SAYS, "EVEN IF I HAVE ALL FAITH." 07:44 HE DID NOT HAVE ALL FAITH-- ONLY GOD IS ALL FAITH. 07:46 "EVEN IF I HAD ALL KNOWLEDGE." 07:47 HE DID NOT HAVE ALL KNOWLEDGE. 07:48 HE'S SAYING, "EVEN IF I SPOKE WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND 07:51 ANGELS, AND HAVE NOT LOVE, IT WOULD BE LIKE SOUNDING BRASS 07:54 AND TINKLING CYMBAL." 07:55 PAUL NEVER SAID HE SPOKE WITH THE TONGUE OF ANGELS. 07:57 HE'S SAYING TO THE CORINTHIANS, "YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE 07:59 TONGUES, AND YOU DON'T REALIZE IF YOU DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER, 08:01 TONGUES ARE A WASTE." 08:02 MANY PEOPLE THINK THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS TONGUES. 08:05 THE BIBLE SAYS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS NOT THE GIFTS 08:07 OF THE SPIRIT--IT'S THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS LOVE, 08:11 JOY; PEACE. 08:12 AND SO MANY OF MY CHARISMATIC FRIENDS, ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW 08:14 IS, "DO YOU HAVE THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT?" 08:17 AND THEN THEY GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AND THEY SAY, 08:18 "DO YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?" 08:20 SOMEBODY'S WRONG, FRIENDS. 08:21 AND THIS IS NOT WHAT TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, 08:24 THIS IS NOT WHAT BIBLE CHRISTIANS BELIEVED FOR 08:26 900 YEARS, FOR 1900 YEARS. 08:29 THIS HAS BECOME POPULAR IN MANY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES JUST IN 08:33 THE LAST 90 OR 100 YEARS. 08:35 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CANNOT SUPPORT IT BIBLICALLY. 08:38 LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 08:41 WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT 08:43 BABYLON? 08:45 IT SAYS, "LET US GO DOWN AND THERE CONFOUND THEIR LANGUAGE, 08:50 THAT THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER'S SPEECH. 08:55 THEREFORE IS THE NAME OF IT CALLED BABEL." 08:59 THAT'S WHERE THE WORD "BABBLING" COMES FROM. 09:02 AT THE TOWER OF BABEL GOD CONFOUNDED THE LANGUAGES. 09:05 AT PENTECOST, GOD REVERSED THE CURSE. 09:08 HE GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES THAT 09:11 THE CHURCH MIGHT BE ONE. 09:13 YOU SEE? 09:14 THEY WERE SCATTERED AT BABYLON, 'CAUSE THEY WERE MAKING THEIR 09:16 OWN RELIGION IN DEFIANCE TO GOD. 09:18 AT PENTECOST, IT WAS NOT CONFUSION, IT WAS UNDERSTANDING 09:22 THAT THE SPIRIT BROUGHT. 09:23 THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION. 09:26 AND YOU WALK IN SOME OF THESE CHURCHES AND IT'S LIKE 09:28 A HOOTENANNY. 09:29 EVERYBODY'S BABBLING AND DANCING, AND KICKING, 09:30 AND THE DRUMS ARE GOING. 09:31 AND IT'S JUST LIKE CHAOS, IN BEDLAM. 09:34 AND THEY SAY THIS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 09:35 AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FRIENDS, I'LL GIVE 'EM CREDIT, 09:39 SOMETIMES YOU GO AND IT'S INVIGORATING, I'LL GIVE 'EM 09:41 THAT. 09:42 AND IT'S ENTERTAINING. 09:44 I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THESE CHURCHES AND I MAY NOT GET 09:46 ANYTHING OUT OF THE WORD, BUT I DON'T GO TO SLEEP. 09:50 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SLEEPING DURING MY SERMONS, BUT BOY, 09:52 SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE FALLING DOWN 09:55 AND ROLLING, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE WORD 09:57 "HOLY ROLLERS," BECAUSE THIS, THEY USED TO BE FRINGE CHURCHES 10:01 IN NORTH AMERICA. 10:02 AND THEY, THE MAINLINE CHURCHES LAUGHED AT THEM AND LOOKED DOWN 10:04 ON THEM. 10:05 NOW IT'S ALL MAINLINE, INCLUDING CATHOLIC 10:08 AND PROTESTANT. 10:09 THE CATHOLICS HAVE A WHOLE BRANCH THAT'S SPREADING LIKE 10:11 WILDFIRE, THE CHARISMATIC CATHOLICS AND CHARISMATIC 10:14 PROTESTANTS. 10:15 IT'S NOW THE BAPTISTS AND THE METHODISTS, 10:17 AND THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, AND IT'S NOT BIBLICAL. 10:21 AND IT'S THE GLUE THAT'S GOING TO WELD TOGETHER THIS FINAL 10:25 MOVEMENT, THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 10:29 MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT. 10:32 THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 10:34 WHAT'S THE NAME ON HER FOREHEAD? 10:36 BABYLON. 10:37 AND WHAT WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT 10:39 BABYLON? 10:40 THEY BABBLED AT THE TOWER OF BABEL. 10:42 IT'S A CHARACTERISTIC OF FALLEN BABYLON TODAY; 10:45 IT REPRESENTS CONFUSION. 10:46 DON'T FORGET REVELATION 16:13, "AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN 10:50 SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON, 10:54 OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST AND THE MOUTH OF THE FALSE 10:57 PROPHET." 10:58 I LEFT OUT THE LAST PART OF THAT. 11:00 ANYWAY, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST DRAGON AND FALSE PROPHET, 11:04 THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS. 11:06 WHERE IS A FROG'S WEAPON? 11:08 ITS TONGUE. 11:09 NOBODY'S EVER BEEN ATTACKED AND BITTEN BY A FROG-- 11:12 IT'S THE TONGUES. 11:14 AND THE TONGUES GO TO ALL THREE OF THESE POWERS, LAST POWERS 11:19 THAT FORM A SOLIDARITY AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE. 11:22 YOU MAY SAY, "DOUG, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? 11:25 HOW DID IT MIGRATE INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?" 11:28 AS WITH ALL COUNTERFEITS, IT HAPPENED SLOWLY IN AN 11:31 INSIDIOUS, VERY SLOW WAY. 11:34 LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY. 11:36 HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ORACLE OF DELPHI? 11:39 ANYBODY HERE? 11:40 LOOK IT UP IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. 11:42 BACK, WAY BACK BEFORE THE TIME OF CHRIST IN DELPHI, 11:46 GREECE--AND THERE'S A PICTURE--THEY HAD SOME ROCKS 11:49 FROM WHICH EMITTED VOLCANIC VAPORS. 11:53 A GREEK PAGAN PRIESTESS CALLED A "SYBIL," S-Y-B-I-L--THAT'S 11:58 WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM-- SHE WOULD GO TO THE VAPORS 12:01 AND SHE WOULD INHALE THEM. 12:02 SHE WOULD GO INTO A TRANCE AND BEGIN MUTTERING AND BABBLING. 12:05 THEY CALLED IT THE "LANGUAGE OF THE GODS." 12:08 THE PRIEST WOULD THEN COME ALONG AND TRANSLATE THESE 12:10 ORACLES, THESE MESSAGES FROM THE GODS. 12:13 AND THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY NEBULOUS, VAGUE MESSAGES 12:15 THAT NEVER COULD GIVE YOU ANY DEFINITE GUIDANCE. 12:19 AND IT WAS CALLED "THE ORACLE OF DELPHI." 12:21 THIS PRACTICE OF PEOPLE GOING INTO A TRANCE-LIKE STATE AND 12:25 BABBLING, AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODS, IN VOODOO THEY HAVE 12:28 THE VERY SAME THING--THEY BEAT DRUMS, THEY GO INTO A TRANCE; 12:31 THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRITS, THEY CALL IT. 12:33 YOU HAVE THIS PRACTICE IN MANY PAGAN RELIGIONS AROUND 12:36 THE WORLD. 12:37 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT MIGRATED INTO MANY OF THE CHRISTIAN 12:41 CHURCHES BACK IN THE LATE 1890s 12:45 AND AGAIN, AT FIRST IT WAS LAUGHED AT, BUT YOU KNOW 12:48 THE DEVIL HAS A WAY OF MAKING COUNTERFEITS LOOK GENUINE. 12:50 GRADUALLY, THE GENUINE GIFT OF TONGUES BEGAN TO BE 12:54 SUPPLEMENTED OR OVERSHADOWED BY THE COUNTERFEIT. 12:57 NOW, I BELIEVE I'VE RECEIVED THE GIFT OF TONGUES, 13:00 THE REAL THING. 13:02 AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME TRANSLATORS IN THE BACK, 13:04 THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF TONGUES, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE 13:06 LEARNED ENGLISH IN THEIR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 13:08 I THINK I GOT IT IN A MIRACULOUS WAY. 13:10 I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY FROM DEMING, NEW MEXICO, 13:15 TO CALIFORNIA. 13:16 I WAS GOING FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA IN DEMING, 13:19 NEW MEXICO, I'M PULLING THIS OLD TRUCK, '54 CHEVY TRUCK PULLING 13:23 A BIG OLD 20-FOOT TRAILER, PUTTING ALONG 45 MILES AN HOUR 13:26 BY MYSELF, BORED, RADIO DIDN'T EVEN WORK. 13:31 AND I SAID, "LORD, PLEASE GIVE ME SOMEONE TO WITNESS TO." 13:34 I ALWAYS PICK UP HITCHHIKERS, 'CAUSE I USED TO HITCHHIKE. 13:36 AND IT BREAKS UP THE MONOTONY; YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY. 13:38 RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED, GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYER. 13:40 THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, 13:42 A LATIN GENTLEMAN. 13:43 STOPPED AND PICKED HIM UP. 13:44 HE WAS FREEZING, 'CAUSE IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND ALL HE 13:46 HAD ON WAS A DRESS SHIRT AND JEANS. 13:48 AND SO I TURNED ON THE HEAT AND I SAID, "IS THAT BETTER?" 13:50 AND HE SAID, "COMO?" 13:52 I SAID, "YOU WARM?" 13:56 AND I TURNED UP THE HEAT AND I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, 13:59 AND I FOUND OUT HE DIDN'T SPEAK A LICK OF ENGLISH. 14:03 I DID LEARN HIS NAME WAS OMAR. 14:05 THE EXTENT OF MY SPANISH WAS BURRITO, ENCHILADA, 14:10 UNO, DOS, TRES. 14:13 AND I THOUGHT, "LORD, YOU'VE GOT A SENSE OF HUMOR. 14:16 I ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO WITNESS TO AND HE DOESN'T SPEAK 14:18 ENGLISH, AND I DON'T REALLY SPEAK SPANISH. 14:20 I TOOK IT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I FLUNKED. 14:23 AND I THOUGHT, "OH, THIS IS GONNA BE INTERESTING. 14:26 AND SO AS WE DROVE ALONG, I--FIRST I THOUGHT, "SPANISH 14:29 IS KIND OF LIKE ENGLISH, YOU JUST PUT 'O' AT THE END 14:32 OF YOUR WORDS." 14:36 AND I SAID, "I'M GONNA DRIVO MY TRUCKO TO MY--TO MY HOMO UP 14:43 IN CALIFORNIA." 14:45 AND HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. 14:48 AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS HUNGRY, AND I SAID, 14:50 "YOU WANT SOME DINERO?" 14:53 MEANING DINNER. 14:54 AND HE SAID, "WELL, YEAH," YOU KNOW, THAT'S MONEY IN SPANISH. 14:58 AND THEN I SAID, "THIS ISN'T WORKING." 15:01 AND SO I SAID, "LORD, GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO SPEAK 15:04 HIS LANGUAGE." 15:05 I SAID, "I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH HIM." 15:07 I SAID, "LORD, IF EVER A PERSON NEEDED THE GIFT OF TONGUES, 15:09 I NEED IT NOW." 15:11 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED OR WHEN IT 15:13 HAPPENED, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, GRADUALLY, WORDS BEGAN 15:16 TO COME TO ME. 15:17 AND I'M NOT KIDDING, THEY JUST BEGAN TO COME TO ME. 15:20 AND I BEGAN TO GUESS. 15:21 AND THEY WERE RIGHT, I MEAN I GAVE UP PUTTING THE "O" AND THE 15:23 "A" AT THE END OF EVERYTHING. 15:25 SOMETIMES THAT WORKED, IT JUST FELL IN THAT WAY. 15:28 BUT I BEGAN TO JUST GUESS AND HE STARTED UNDERSTANDING, 15:32 HE STARTED TALKING TO ME AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS SAYING. 15:35 HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR TRABAJO, FOR WORK. 15:38 AND I SAID, "YO VIVO IN LA MANTANAS ARRIBA 15:40 IN NORTE CALIFORNIA." 15:42 AND HE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, "OH, YEAH. 15:44 SO TU QUIERES TRABAJO CONMIGO?" 15:47 AND I WASN'T PERFECT, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD. 15:49 HE CAME AND LIVED WITH ME IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS 15:53 BAPTIZED, AND GOD GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. 15:57 AND I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO, 15:59 HE'S LIVING BACK IN MEXICO AND THE LORD IS STILL WORKING 16:02 IN HIS LIFE. 16:03 BUT FROM THAT DAY TO THIS DAY, YO NO SABE COMO PREDICO 16:08 EN ESPANOL, PERO YO COMPRENDO MAS PALABRAS... 16:11 SI TU HABLAS DESPACIO. 16:14 SOME OF YOU UNDER-- LENTO. 16:17 SO THE LORD GAVE ME THIS ABILITY, BUT WHY DID HE DO IT? 16:22 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HEARD ME TALKING, OMAR THOUGHT I WAS 16:24 BABBLING, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS SAYING. 16:27 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 16:28 AND SO THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING 16:31 THE GOSPEL. 16:31 THAT'S THE GENUINE GIFT. 16:32 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE APOSTLES IN THE EARLY DAYS 16:35 OF THE CHURCH. 16:36 GOD DOESN'T KEEP GIVING THE GIFT THAT WAY WHEN WE'VE GOT 16:38 TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. 16:41 YOU UNDERSTAND? 16:42 HE DOES IT WHEN THERE'S NO OTHER WAY. 16:43 IT'S A SUPERNATURAL GIFT; BUT HE STILL DOES IT. 16:46 NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS HERE. 16:48 IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14:14, "FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, 16:52 MY SPIRIT PRAYS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL." 16:55 AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, "OH, DOUG, IT'S SO 16:57 LIBERATING--I PRAY IN TONGUES AND I FEEL IT." 17:00 DON'T FORGET THAT THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE FEELING. 17:03 WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN HERE? 17:05 "FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYS, BUT MY 17:08 UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL." 17:10 PAUL IS NOT SAYING THAT HE PRAYS AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT 17:12 HE'S PRAYING, BECAUSE IF YOU PRAY AND YOU DON'T KNOW 17:14 WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING, THAT'S NOT THE PRAYER. 17:16 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR; YOU'RE NEVER GONNA 17:18 KNOW IF YOU GET IT. 17:19 THAT'S NOT PRAYER, FRIENDS, RIGHT? 17:21 THE BIBLE SAYS GOD KNOWS WHAT THINGS YOU ASK--WHAT THINGS YOU 17:24 NEED BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK HIM. 17:26 SO THIS NOTION THAT YOU'RE PRAYING IN A LANGUAGE, YOU 17:28 DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT FEELS GOOD AND YOU DON'T 17:30 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING-- THAT'S NOT PRAYER. 17:33 PAUL WAS SAYING, "IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, A TONGUE 17:35 THAT IS UNKNOWN TO THOSE PRESENT, I MIGHT PRAY 17:38 IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS FRUITFUL 17:41 TO ME, BUT IT'S UNFRUITFUL TO YOU." 17:43 I UNDERSTAND. 17:45 MY SPIRIT PRAYS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL. 17:48 THE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT IS TO THOSE PRESENT. 17:50 READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER, HE'S TALKING ABOUT NOT SPEAKING IN 17:53 ANOTHER LANGUAGE WHEN THOSE PRESENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND 17:55 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 17:57 [SPEAKING IN TONGUES] I JUST SAID A JEWISH PRAYER. 18:03 I BET NOT TOO MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID. 18:05 I PRAYED IN THE SPIRIT, BUT IT WAS UNFRUITFUL. 18:08 MY PRAYER IN THE SPIRIT WAS UNFRUITFUL TO YOU. 18:10 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 18:11 THAT'S ALL PAUL'S SAYING. 18:12 THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH WAS A MELTING POT OF PEOPLE 18:15 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 18:16 THEIR SERVICES WERE BECOMING A CONFUSING BABYLON. 18:19 PAUL WAS SAYING, "DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS THOSE PRESENT 18:21 UNDERSTAND." 18:22 I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO SING A LITTLE SONG, DON'T YOU? 18:25 OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THIS; I WANT YOU TO JUST JOIN 18:27 IN WITH ME, OKAY? 18:35 [PLAYING RANDOM KEYS] COME ON. 18:42 YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE IT? 18:44 REALLY? 18:45 IS MY PLAYING THAT BAD? 18:47 ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS? 18:49 [PLAYING A MELODY] YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? 18:54 I ONLY PLAYED A FEW NOTES AND YOU RECOGNIZE IT, RIGHT? 18:57 WAIT A SECOND, I'M NOT DONE YET. 18:59 I'M GONNA TRY AND GET ALL OF THIS. 19:02 YOU KNOW, I CAN, BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU REMEMBER. 19:04 SING ALONG. 19:17 DON'T KNOW THAT ONE? 19:22 [MUSIC] 19:32 [LAUGHING] 19:40 NOW, WHY AM I DOING THAT? 19:41 OPEN YOUR BIBLES, 1 CORINTHIANS 14. 19:44 PAUL TELLS US BACK IN BIBLE TIMES THEY DID NOT HAVE RADIOS. 19:48 THEY COMMUNICATED IN THEIR BATTLES USING TRUMPETS. 19:52 WHEN I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL, EVERY MORNING ON THE P-A WE 19:54 HEARD... 19:57 NO, THAT WAS IN THE EVENING WE HEARD THAT. 19:58 IN THE MORNING WE HEARD... 20:00 [MAKING TRUMPET SOUND] THAT MEANS REVELING, GET UP. 20:03 THE TRUMPETS HAD SIGNALS. 20:04 NOTICE HERE, IN VERSE 9 OR VERSE 8, 1 CORINTHIANS 14, 20:08 "FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVES AN UNCERTAIN SOUND, WHO WILL 20:11 PREPARE TO THE BATTLE? 20:12 SO LIKEWISE, UNLESS YOU UTTER BY THE TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE 20:16 UNDERSTOOD, HOW SHALL IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN? 20:18 YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE AIR." 20:20 FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, GOD WANTS US TO BE 20:23 UNDERSTOOD. 20:24 IS THAT CLEAR? 20:25 THE PURPOSE FOR THE GIFT OF LANGUAGE IS TO COMMUNICATE 20:28 THOUGHT. 20:29 IF YOU'RE BABBLING, YOU ARE NOT COMMUNICATING THOUGHT. 20:32 DOES THE SPIRIT FILL THOSE WHO DELIBERATELY BREAK 20:35 GOD'S COMMANDMENTS. 20:36 JOHN 14:15, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 20:39 "IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 20:42 AND I'LL PRAY THE FATHER AND HE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 20:45 COMFORTER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH." 20:48 ACTS 5:32, WHAT DO THE DISCIPLES SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 20:51 OF RECEIVING THE SPIRIT IN OBEDIENCE? 20:53 "THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THOSE THAT OBEY HIM." 20:58 AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT, 21:01 WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD OF GOD ABOUT THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT 21:04 AND THEY REJECT IT, THEY MAY FIND THEY'RE GRIEVING 21:06 AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 21:08 THEY HAD IT BEFORE, 'CAUSE GOD WINKED AT THEIR IGNORANCE, 21:11 BUT NOW THEY KNOW. 21:12 AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO SIN WILLFULLY AFTER THEY KNOW THE 21:14 TRUTH, THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS, FRIENDS. 21:16 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT A NUMBER OF 21:19 THESE CHARISMATIC MINISTERS THAT TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD 21:22 AND HAVE THESE MEGA MEETINGS, THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE THE GIFT 21:24 OF TONGUES, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE 21:27 DISOBEYING GOD. 21:29 IT'S FILLED THE HEADLINES THAT SOME OF THEM WERE UNFAITHFUL 21:32 TO THEIR SPOUSES, THEY WERE STEALING MONEY. 21:34 AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME THEY WERE DOING THAT, 21:36 THEY WERE BABBLING ON TV. 21:37 WHEN THEY TRAVEL OVERSEAS, IF THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF 21:40 TONGUES, WHY DO THEY TAKE AN ARMY OF TRANSLATORS WITH THEM? 21:45 PAUL EMPHASIZED THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE WHICH SPIRITUAL GIFT? 21:51 1 CORINTHIANS 14:4-5, "HE THAT SPEAKS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE 21:55 EDIFIES HIMSELF. 21:57 HE THAT PROPHESIETH--" THAT MEANS PREACHES, 21:59 "EDIFIES THE CHURCH. 22:00 GREATER IS HE THAT PROPHESIETH THAN HE THAT SPEAKS 22:04 IN A TONGUE." 22:06 1 CORINTHIANS 14:12, "FOR AS MUCH AS YOU'RE ZEALOUS 22:09 OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS, SEEK THAT YOU MIGHT EXCEL TO THE EDIFYING 22:13 OF THE CHURCH." 22:14 TO EDIFY MEANS TO BUILD UP, EDIFICIO IN SPANISH. 22:17 AMEN? 22:19 WHAT'S THE MAIN REASON AND WHY DOES GOD FILL PEOPLE WITH HIS 22:22 SPIRIT? 22:23 SO THEY CAN BABBLE? 22:25 ACTS 1:8, "BUT YOU'LL RECEIVE POWER AFTER THE HOLY GHOST HAS 22:29 COME UPON YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES." 22:33 GOD GIVES YOU POWER TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 22:35 THAT'S WHY IT CAME AT BAPTISM. 22:38 WHEN YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD, YOU NEED THAT POWER, 22:40 AMEN. 22:41 NOT ONLY TO LIVE THE LIFE, BUT TO SHARE THE LIFE, 22:43 TO BE HIS WITNESSES. 22:44 AND ACTS 4:31, IT SAYS, "THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH 22:47 THE HOLY GHOST AND THEY SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS." 22:52 IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT TONGUES, BECAUSE THIS TIME WHEN 22:54 THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, EVERYONE THERE 22:56 UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE. 22:58 HE THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS 23:01 TO THE CHURCHES. 23:03 WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS, RIGHT? 23:06 IS IT POSSIBLE TO TELL WHETHER A PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT 23:10 A PERSON HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? 23:12 HOW DO WE TELL? 23:13 MATTHEW 7:20--DO WE TELL BY THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, 23:16 LIKE TONGUES, OR BY THE WHAT? 23:18 "WHEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS SHALL YOU KNOW THEM." 23:22 SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "SHOW ME YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT BY 23:25 BABBLING OR BY TONGUES." 23:26 NO, JESUS SAID YOU SHOW BY THE FRUITS. 23:28 AND SOME PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO COUNTERFEIT THE FRUITS. 23:30 YOU DON'T MAKE AN APPLE TREE, AN ORANGE TREE BY TAPING AN 23:33 ORANGE ON AN APPLE TREE. 23:35 YOU NEED THE FRUITS IN YOUR LIFE. 23:37 IF YOU WANT TO SHOW ME YOU'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT, DON'T 23:39 BABBLE--LOVE YOUR ENEMY. 23:40 AMEN? 23:41 THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 23:43 NUMBER 18--HOW CAN I RECEIVE, HOW CAN I RECEIVE THE BAPTISM 23:48 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 23:50 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 23:53 HERE'S THE ANSWER. 23:54 IF YOU THEN BEING EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR 23:57 CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE 24:01 HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT WHAT? 24:03 FRIENDS, IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME 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