Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000165A
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>BUT IT IS A SUPERNATURAL THING FOR A CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A GODLY, 01:16 HOLY LIFE IN THIS EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION, TO USE 01:20 JESUS' WORDS, UNLESS YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND YOU 01:25 KEEP YOUR EYES ON CHRIST. >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING 01:30 FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD 01:33 THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS 01:36 FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:39 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 01:43 FACTS PRESENTS . >>TONIGHT IS PRESENTATION NUMBER 01:51 6 IN OUR HEROES OF FAITH SEMINAR AND, IN PARTICULAR, TONIGHT 01:57 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A DOUBLE PORTION. 02:00 NOW, A DOUBLE PORTION, IF YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLES, IS DEALING 02:02 WITH A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:05 AND AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE'RE GOING TO PICK OUT A STORY OF A HERO OF 02:10 FAITH. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 02:12 LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF HEROES AND, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES 02:15 TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS - 2 KINGS CHAPTER 2 AND I'M JUST 02:22 GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE FIRST VERSE. 02:23 AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS INTERESTING AS WE PROCEED. 02:28 "AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO TAKE UP ELIJAH 02:32 INTO HEAVEN BY A WHIRLWIND," - BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPHETS, THEY 02:35 KNOW IN ADVANCE. GOD REVEALED WHAT 02:37 WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING 02:40 WITH ELIJAH HE'D NOT DONE WITH ANYONE BEFORE. 02:42 HE'D TAKEN ENOCH TO HEAVEN - ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AND GOD 02:45 TOOK HIM. HE WAS NOT - BUT ELIJAH'S GOING 02:48 IN FRONT OF OTHERS WATCHING, IN A FIERY CHARIOT, - "THAT ELIJAH 02:54 WENT WITH ELISHA FROM GILGAL." NOW THE WORD 'GILGAL' MEANS 02:59 'CIRCLE' OR 'SOMETHING ROLLING' AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT 03:02 PLACE IN BIBLE HISTORY. AND AS ELIJAH IS SENT BY THE 03:06 LORD TO GO TO GILGAL, HE SAYS TO ELISHA, "'STAY HERE, PLEASE, 03:10 FOR THE LORD HAS SENT ME ON TO BETHEL.' BUT ELISHA SAID, 'AS 03:14 THE LORD LIVES, AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU!'" 03:18 SO, BEFORE ELIJAH GOES TO HEAVEN, THE PROPHETS HAD A 03:25 NUMBER OF SCHOOLS SURROUNDED AROUND THE NORTHERN KINGDOM. 03:28 THEY'D BEEN ESTABLISHED BY SAMUEL THE PROPHET - A PLACE TO 03:31 TRAIN FAMILIES AND PEOPLE FOR MINISTRY. 03:34 THERE WERE THE LEVITES, BUT GOD HAD ANOTHER WAY WHERE PEOPLE 03:37 MIGHT BE CALLED INTO WORKING FOR GOD AND IT WAS CALLED 'THE 03:40 SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS.' HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ ABOUT THE 03:43 SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS IN THE BIBLE? 03:45 AND IT WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE DAYS OF ELIJAH AND 03:48 ELISHA BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF APOSTASY IN THE KINGDOM. 03:51 AND SO, BEFORE ELIJAH GOES TO HEAVEN, HE WANTS TO GO AND VISIT 03:55 THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS TO STRENGTHEN THEM 03:58 BEFORE HE ASCENDS. NOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY BACK UP 04:02 AND EXPLAIN HOW ELIJAH FIRST MET ELISHA. 04:07 ELIJAH WAS ON MOUNT SINAI - HE HAD RUN FROM JEZEBEL WHO WAS 04:10 TRYING TO KILL HIM. AND WHILE ELIJAH WAS ON MOUNT 04:13 SINAI, THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM - THERE WAS A FIRE AND THERE WAS 04:17 A TREMENDOUS WIND AND THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AND GOD THEN SPOKE 04:20 TO HIM IN A STILL, SMALL VOICE AND HE SAID, 'YOU DON'T 04:25 NEED TO RUN FROM JEZEBEL. I WANT YOU TO GO BACK INTO 04:27 ISRAEL AND ON YOUR WAY BACK, I WANT YOU TO ANOINT ELISHA, THE 04:33 SON OF SHAPHAT, TO BE PROPHET IN YOUR PLACE.' IN OTHER WORDS, HE 04:38 WOULD WALK WITH YOU AND TRAIN WITH YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS 04:41 AND YOU WOULD DISCIPLE HIM SO THAT HE COULD CARRY ON 04:44 YOUR WORK WHEN YOU'RE GONE. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID. 04:48 JESUS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCIPLES, BUT HE ESPECIALLY APPOINTED 04:52 TWELVE APOSTLES AND HE WORKED WITH THEM AND HE TRAINED THEM SO 04:56 THAT THEY COULD CARRY ON HIS WORK WHEN HE WAS GONE. 04:58 SO ELIJAH IS GOING THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE AND HE CAME TO THE 05:02 REGION WHERE ELISHA LIVED AND ELISHA IS OUT IN THE FIELD 05:05 PLOWING WITH HIS TWELVE OTHER YOKE OF OXEN - TWELVE - 05:11 IMPORTANT NUMBER - AND ELIJAH TAKES HIS ROBE OFF HIS SHOULDERS 05:17 AND HE WALKS UP TO ELISHA AND HE PLACES HIS ROBE - HIS MANTLE - 05:21 THIS IS THE CALL OF ELISHA - HE PLACES IT ON HIS SHOULDERS AND 05:25 ELISHA UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT. 05:27 IT MEANT 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROPHET IN MY PLACE WHEN I'M 05:30 GONE.' THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE 05:34 ELISHA WAS A WEALTHY YOUNG MAN. ELISHA'S FATHER AND MOTHER MUST 05:39 HAVE HAD MONEY BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT ALL THIS LAND, TWELVE YOKE 05:42 OF OXEN - I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE IN MICHIGAN. 05:45 PROBABLY YOU'VE GOT SOME FARMERS THAT HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG 05:49 SPREADS OF LAND. I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN TEXAS YOU'D 05:52 GO AROUND WEST TEXAS AND THERE'S FARMERS THERE - ONE FARMER HAS 05:54 GOT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ACRES AND THEY'VE GOT THESE JOHN 05:58 DEERE TRACTORS THAT ARE AS LONG AS A FOOTBALL FIELD - AT LEAST 06:03 WHAT THEY PULL IS THAT LONG - AND THEY JUST MAKE THESE 06:05 TREMENDOUS SWATHS. AND INSIDE THEY'VE GOT, YOU 06:08 KNOW, AIR CONDITIONING AND TELEVISION AND GPS AND JACUZZI 06:11 AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF INSIDE. 06:14 WELL, BACK IN BIBLE TIMES, THE MOST EXPENSIVE SACRIFICE WAS AN 06:17 OXEN. IF YOU HAD TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN, 06:21 THAT MEANT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF LAND AND HERE ELISHA IS A SON 06:26 WHO STANDS TO INHERIT A LOT. NOW KEEP THAT IN MIND. 06:30 BUT ELIJAH SAYS, 'FOLLOW ME.' ELIJAH IS A POOR PROPHET. 06:34 I MEAN, ELIJAH, HE HAD TO RUN AND HE WAS FED BY BIRDS. 06:39 ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF WHEN THE RAVENS HAD TO FEED HIM? 06:41 AND THEN HE HAD TO RUN - HE LIVED IN THE ATTIC OF A WIDOW. 06:45 SO TO BE THE SERVANT OF A PROPHET THAT HAS NOWHERE TO LAY 06:49 HIS HEAD - ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS SAID TO THE APOSTLES? 06:53 'FOXES HAVE THEIR HOLES AND THE BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE THEIR 06:57 NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD.' AND 07:01 SO, WHEN WE DECIDE TO FOLLOW JESUS, WE MIGHT NEED TO BE 07:04 WILLING TO FORSAKE ALL KINDS OF EARTHLY GAIN. 07:08 AND ELISHA, PROVING THAT HE WAS WILLING TO FOLLOW ELIJAH AND 07:14 TO ACCEPT THIS INVITATION, HE SACRIFICED THE OXEN HE WAS 07:17 PLOWING WITH, HE BURNED THE WOODEN IMPLEMENTS, AND HE 07:22 FOLLOWED ELIJAH. DO YOU REMEMBER JESUS SAYING ONE 07:25 TIME, 'IF ANY MAN COMES AFTER ME, IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND TO THE 07:28 PLOW, DO NOT LOOK BACK.' AND SO WHEN ELISHA DECIDED TO FOLLOW 07:35 ELIJAH, HE WAS PUTTING HIS HAND TO A NEW PLOW AND HE SAID, 07:37 'I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK BACK. I BURNED MY YOKE OF 07:40 OXEN AND THE PLOW. I'M GOING TO NOW FOLLOW YOU.' 07:43 HE FORSOOK EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW ELIJAH. 07:47 AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DISCIPLE - YOU TAKE UP YOUR 07:49 CROSS, YOU FORSAKE EVERYTHING, YOU DENY YOURSELF, AND THERE ARE 07:53 GREAT REWARDS THAT COME WITH THAT. 07:56 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE INHERITANCE OF ELISHA IN A LITTLE BIT. 07:59 SO, HE'S SAYING, 'ELISHA, LOOK, THE LORD SENT ME ON A CIRCUIT, 08:02 AND YOU MAY GET TIRED FOLLOWING ME FROM PLACE TO PLACE' - AND 08:05 ELISHA SAID, 'LOOK, I'VE HEARD HOW THE LORD IS GOING TO TAKE 08:09 YOU TO HEAVEN IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY AND I WANT TO BE WITH YOU TO 08:14 THE END. I WANT TO SPEND EVERY MINUTE 08:16 WITH YOU.' HE FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE ELIJAH WENT. 08:22 HE WOULD NOT TAKE HIS EYES OFF ELIJAH. 08:25 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A REAL CHRISTIAN. 08:27 SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, I THINK I'LL TRY THIS FOR A LITTLE 08:28 WHILE.' BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. I'LL TRY BUDDHISM. 08:31 I'LL TRY THIS' - YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 08:33 CHRISTIAN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS, 08:35 CHRIST SAID, 'YOU NEED TO COUNT THE COST - WHAT IT MEANS. 08:40 HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT'S WORTH - WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN 08:42 THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL? 08:44 SO IT'S WORTH IT, FRIENDS, TRUST ME. 08:46 IT COSTS SOMETHING TO BE A CHRISTIAN, BUT IT PAYS A LOT 08:48 MORE THAN IT COSTS. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING 08:51 TO DO IT, THEN DO IT. WE NEED MORE CHRISTIANS THAT 08:54 ARE SEALED IN THEIR COVENANT TO FOLLOW JESUS. 08:57 SO - AND MAYBE I SHOULD BRING OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 08:59 THESE WORDS MEAN. THE WORD 'GILGAL' MEANS 'CIRCLE'. 09:05 HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THE LORD IS LEADING YOU IN CIRCLES AND 09:08 YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE? KEEP FOLLOWING. 09:12 THE WORD 'BETHEL' MEANS 'HOUSE OF GOD'. 09:16 WHEN THE LORD SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO BETHEL' DO WE GO WITH HIM? 09:20 SHOULD WE HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO TAKE US TO THE HOUSE OF GOD - AT 09:23 LEAST ONCE A WEEK? IT'S AMAZING, I MEET CHRISTIANS 09:26 THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO GET THEM TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK 09:28 AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO GET TO HEAVEN. 09:31 YOU'RE GOING TO BETHEL, I'M GOING WITH YOU. 09:33 THEN HE SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO JERICHO.' JERICHO MEANS 09:37 'FRAGRANT PLACES.' SOMETIMES THE LORD LEADS US IN FRAGRANT 09:40 PLACES. BUT THEN JORDAN - WE TALKED 09:42 ABOUT JORDAN LAST NIGHT - JORDAN REPRESENTS DESCENDING. 09:47 IT REPRESENTS, LIKE, A DEATH IN THE BIBLE. 09:50 IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE AT ALL THE DIFFERENT - YOUR BIBLE AND 09:54 IN THE HYMNALS - CHRISTIAN HYMNALS - IT DOESN'T MATTER IF 09:57 IT'S BAPTIST, METHODIST HYMNAL - THERE'S ALL THESE CHRISTIAN 10:00 HYMNALS - THE GREAT HYMN WRITERS UNDERSTOOD THE WORD 'JORDAN' - 10:03 'THROUGH JORDAN'S STORMY BILLOWS THOU LEADEST ME.' 'BY JORDAN'S 10:06 BANKS' - AND THERE'S ALL THESE SONGS ABOUT THE JORDAN AND THEY 10:08 UNDERSTOOD THE THEOLOGY THAT JORDAN REPRESENTED THAT CROSSING 10:14 POINT. IT REPRESENTED THAT DESCENDING. IT WAS LIKE A DEATH. 10:18 AND SO HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO FOLLOW YOU TO GILGAL. 10:22 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW YOU TO BETHEL. 10:23 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW YOU TO JORDAN. 10:25 WHEREVER YOU LEAD, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW YOU. 10:27 NOW ELIJAH - THEY COME TO THE JORDAN AND IT'S FLOODING. 10:31 THEY CAN'T CROSS AND SO ELIJAH TAKES OFF HIS ROBE - THAT'S THE 10:35 SAME ROBE THAT HE HAD PLACED ON THE SHOULDERS OF ELISHA WHEN HE 10:41 CALLED HIM - AND HE STRIKES THE WATER. 10:45 AND IT WAS DIVIDED THIS WAY AND THAT WAY. 10:48 HAD THAT HAPPENED BEFORE? WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 10:51 CROSSED THE JORDAN INTO THE PROMISED LAND, REMEMBER HOW THE 10:55 WATERS MIRACULOUSLY PARTED? AND ELIJAH'S GOT THE FAITH IT'S 10:58 GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN SO HE TAKES THE MANTLE AND HE HITS 11:01 THE WATER AND IT PARTS AND THE GROUND DRIES UP AND THE BIBLE 11:05 SAYS THE TWO OF THEM GO ACROSS TOGETHER ON DRY LAND. 11:10 AND ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA, 'ASK WHAT I MIGHT DO FOR YOU BEFORE I 11:16 AM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.' YOU KNOW, THIS IS I THINK 11:20 ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS. 11:21 GOD IS SAYING, 'ASK'. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 11:24 PRAY. DO YOU HAVE A REQUEST? 11:27 YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY FEW PRAYERS IN THE BIBLE WHERE GOD 11:30 SAID, 'I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE IT'S TOO BIG A PRAYER. 11:33 MATTER OF FACT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY. 11:36 JOSHUA PRAYS AND SAYS, 'LORD, MAKE THE SUN STAND STILL.' GOD 11:39 DOESN'T SAY, 'OH, JOSH, I CAN'T DO THAT.' HE DOES IT. 11:43 SO MAYBE THE PROBLEM ISN'T THAT GOD ISN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO 11:47 GIVE US WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 11:48 MAYBE WE'RE NOT ASKING BIG ENOUGH. 11:51 HE SAYS, 'ASK WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU.' JESUS SAYS, IN JOHN 16:24, 11:56 "UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. 11:59 ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL." 12:03 ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 10, 'ASK OF THE LORD FOR RAIN IN THE TIME OF 12:07 THE LATTER RAIN AND THE LORD WILL MAKE FLASHING CLOUDS' - 12:10 LATTER RAIN IS A SYMBOL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - 12:13 'THE LORD WILL MAKE FLASHING CLOUDS AND HE'LL GIVE YOU 12:16 SHOWERS OF RAIN, GRASS IN THE FIELD FOR EVERYONE.' 12:19 IT'S LIKE NEW LIFE - THE OUTPOURING. 12:21 GOD SAID TO SOLOMON, 'ASK WHAT YOU WILL.' HE ASKED FOR THE HOLY 12:25 SPIRIT WHEN HE ASKED FOR A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING HEART. 12:28 YOU KNOW, JESUS, HE SAYS IN LUKE CHAPTER 11, 'IF YOU THEN BEING 12:33 EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN' - MAYBE I 12:36 OUGHT TO QUOTE WHAT HE SAYS JUST BEFORE THAT - 'IF YOUR SON IS 12:39 HUNGRY AND HE ASKS FOR A LOAF OF BREAD, WILL YOU GIVE HIM A 12:41 STONE? IF HE ASKS FOR A FISH WILL 12:44 YOU GIVE HIM A SERPENT? IF HE ASKS FOR AN EGG WILL 12:46 YOU GIVE HIM A SCORPION? IF YOU, THEN, BEING EVIL KNOW 12:50 HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL 12:54 YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT ASK?' 12:58 WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT JESUS ITEMIZED THAT WE SHOULD BE 13:01 ESPECIALLY ASKING FOR? >>HOLY SPIRIT. 13:03 >>EVERY OTHER GOOD GIFT FROM GOD IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE 13:08 HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE MOST 13:10 IMPORTANT THINGS WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING FOR? 13:12 WE ALWAYS THINK, YOU KNOW, 'GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD' AND 13:15 MAY - YOU KNOW - 'I WANT WATER AND I WANT CLOTHING. 13:17 I WANT A HOME AND I WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND' - WHEN YOU 13:20 MATURE AS A CHRISTIAN, INSTEAD OF PRAYING FOR THINGS, 13:24 YOU START PRAYING FOR CHARACTER CHANGES. 13:28 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST BECOME A CHRISTIAN YOU THINK, 'I WANT 13:30 TO WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE OF THE FRINGE BENEFITS AND MAYBE HE'LL 13:32 WATCH ME WITH HIS ANGELS, KEEP ME SAFE, KEEP ME ALIVE, I WANT 13:35 EVERLASTING LIFE, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.' BUT 13:38 AS YOU MATURE AND YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE LORD, YOU SAY, 13:41 'LORD, I'M SO SELFISH. I AM SO PROUD. 13:43 I NEED TO BE MORE LIKE YOU.' AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THE INSIDE CAN 13:47 CHANGE IS THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL POWER CALLED GOD THE SPIRIT. 13:53 BUT HE WILL NOT FORCE HIMSELF ON SOMEBODY. 13:56 YOU NEED TO ASK HIM IN. LET ME JUST - IF YOU DON'T MIND, 13:59 I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE DETOUR AND I WANT TO TALK 14:01 FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHY IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR 14:05 US TO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU CANNOT LIVE THE CHRISTIAN 14:07 LIFE WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT. 14:10 MATTER OF FACT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE THE KIND OF CHRISTIAN 14:13 CHRIST IS CALLING US TO BE, WITHOUT A MIRACLE. 14:17 TRYING TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE IN THIS WICKED WORLD IS IMPOSSIBLE. 14:20 IT'S LIKE TRYING TO WALK ON WATER. 14:24 BUT CAN YOU WALK ON WATER IF YOU HAVE YOUR EYES ON JESUS? 14:28 IF JESUS TELLS YOU TO WALK ON WATER, CAN YOU WALK ON WATER? 14:32 BUT IT IS A SUPERNATURAL THING FOR A CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A GODLY, 14:36 HOLY LIFE IN THIS EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION - TO USE 14:40 JESUS' WORDS - UNLESS YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND YOU 14:45 KEEP YOUR EYES ON CHRIST. 14:47 >>FRIENDS, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT, TODAY, THAT WE THINK IS 14:50 GOING TO BE A REAL BLESSING TO YOU. 14:51 IT'S DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 14:54 THE BOOK IS CALLED UNDERSTANDING TONGUES . 14:57 MANY WONDER, 'IF YOU RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS 15:01 EVERYBODY REQUIRED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES?' 15:04 'WHAT IS THE SPECIAL HEAVENLY PRAYER LANGUAGE?' 15:06 'WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES?' 15:08 THESE QUESTIONS AND MANY MORE WILL BE ANSWERED IN THIS FREE 15:11 RESOURCE. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, VISIT 15:14 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN 15:18 AND ASK FOR OFFER #145. AND, ONCE YOU GET YOUR FREE 15:22 OFFER, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE, 15:26 BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 15:30 >>SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. 15:33 IT'S THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENS AND GIVES LIFE. 15:35 YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO UNDERSTAND THE HOLY BIBLE. 15:38 YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OBEY. 15:41 WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD GIVING US POWER INSIDE, IT IS SO HARD 15:44 TO FIGHT THE DEVIL WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 15:47 YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE SPIRIT OF THE ENEMY. 15:49 BUT IF YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, JESUS PROMISES 'GREATER IS HE 15:52 THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.' YOU NEED THE HOLY 15:56 SPIRIT FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYING. THAT SOUNDS LIKE CATCH 22 - YOU 16:00 NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PRAY BETTER FOR THE 16:03 HOLY SPIRIT, YEAH. YOU COULD EVEN PRAY FOR THAT. 16:06 'LORD, GIVE ME YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT I COULD PRAY MORE 16:07 EFFECTIVELY.' THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP YOU PRAY WITH 16:09 GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. 16:11 THAT'S ROMANS 8:26. YOU KNOW, I NOTICE I ALWAYS 16:14 SOUND BETTER SINGING WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN SING WELL. 16:19 HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO SING WITH OTHERS THAT SING WELL? 16:22 HOW YOU SING DOESN'T MATTER, YOU'LL ALWAYS SOUND BETTER IF 16:24 YOU SING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE BETTER THAN YOU, RIGHT? 16:27 AND IF YOU PRAY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOUR PRAYERS BECOME 16:30 MELODIOUS TO GOD. YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR LOVE. 16:35 IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5, IT SAYS, 'AND HOPE MAKES NOT ASHAMED 16:40 BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY 16:44 SPIRIT THAT HE'S GIVEN US.' DON'T WE ALL WANT PEACE? 16:48 WHAT BRINGS US PEACE IN OUR LIVES? 16:51 "NEVERTHELESS, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 16:53 IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY;" - THIS IS JESUS IN 16:55 JOHN 16:7 - "FOR IF I DO NOT GO AWAY," - THE COMFORTER - "THE 16:59 HELPER WILL NOT COME TO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART, 17:02 I WILL SEND HIM TO YOU." HE GIVES US COMFORT. 17:04 HE GIVES US PEACE. YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT 17:08 FOR CLEANSING. WE ALL NEED TO BE CLEANSED - 17:10 ROMANS 15:16 - "THAT I MIGHT BE A MINISTER OF 17:14 JESUS CHRIST TO THE GENTILES, MINISTERING THE GOSPEL OF GOD, 17:18 THE OFFERING OF THE GENTILES MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE, SANCTIFIED 17:22 BY THE HOLY SPIRIT." AND I'M NOT COVERING 17:25 ALL THE POINTS. THESE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS 17:28 - YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR GUIDANCE. 17:31 YOU'LL HEAR A SMALL VOICE BEHIND YOU LIKE ELIJAH HEARD THIS 17:35 STILL, SMALL VOICE. ISAIAH 30 - 'YOUR EYES WILL HEAR 17:39 A WORD BEHIND YOU SAYING, 'THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT.' HOW 17:43 MANY OF YOU FELT LIKE YOU'VE HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTING 17:45 YOU BEFORE IN MAKING DECISIONS? 'COMMIT YOUR WAY UNTO THE LORD. 17:49 HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.' WE NEED IT FOR POWER - 'NOT BY 17:53 MIGHT - ZECHARIAH 4:6 - "...NOR BY POWER, BUT BY THY 17:56 SPIRIT'" MEANING NOT BY EARTHLY POWER, BUT BY THE POWER OF HIS 17:59 SPIRIT WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WE NEED IT FOR WITNESSING. 18:05 I TOUCHED ON THAT. WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR SEALING. 18:09 YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 18:12 AND HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE SEAL OF GOD? THERE'S AN INNER 18:15 SEAL OF GOD, WHICH IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. THOSE WHO ARE READY FOR 18:20 JESUS WHEN HE COMES MUST HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. 18:23 EPHESIANS 4:30, "AND DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, 18:26 BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION." 18:30 IT'S LIKE YOU'RE VACCINATED FOR THE SECOND COMING BY THE HOLY 18:32 SPIRIT. YOU NEED IT FOR JOY. ROMANS 14:17, "FOR THE KINGDOM 18:38 OF GOD IS NOT EATING AND DRINKING, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS 18:41 AND PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT." 18:44 SO THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, IT'LL 18:46 GIVE YOU PEACE AND JOY - AND, OF COURSE, YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT 18:50 EVEN JUST FOR SALVATION. ROMANS 8:9, "...NOW IF ANYONE 18:54 DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, HE IS NOT HIS." 18:58 AND, AGAIN, JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND THE 19:01 SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' SO IS HAVING 19:06 THE HOLY SPIRIT SOMETHING OPTIONAL FOR THE CHRISTIAN OR IS 19:09 IT REQUIRED? IT'S URGENT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. 19:15 SO DON'T YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING 19:16 ABOUT? BUT ELISHA DID NOT JUST 19:19 WANT SOME OF THE SPIRIT. GO BACK TO 2 KINGS CHAPTER 2, 19:26 'ASK WHAT YOU WILL' - ELIJAH SAYS - 'BEFORE I'M TAKEN AWAY 19:29 FROM YOU.' ELISHA SAID, "PLEASE LET A DOUBLE PORTION OF 19:35 YOUR SPIRIT BE UPON ME." AND EVEN ELIJAH REALIZED 'YOU'RE 19:39 THINKING PRETTY BIG.' HE SAID, "YOU HAVE ASKED A HARD THING." 19:43 I MEAN, WHO COULD HAVE TWICE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF ELIJAH? 19:47 "YOU HAVE ASKED A HARD THING. NEVERTHELESS," - HERE'S THE 19:51 CRITERIA - "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I AM TAKEN FROM YOU, IT SHALL BE 19:56 SO FOR YOU; BUT IF NOT, IT SHALL NOT BE SO." 20:00 NOW, YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM ELIJAH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 20:04 POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:07 WHAT'S THE CRITERIA? 'IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M CAUGHT UP. 20:11 IF YOU SEE ME LIFTED UP IT WILL BE SO.' NOW, IF YOU KNOW THAT IN 20:16 ORDER FOR YOU TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE HOLY 20:18 SPIRIT, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON ELIJAH, HOW CAREFULLY 20:22 WOULD YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON ELIJAH? 20:25 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WHEN YOU SNEEZE? 20:28 ISN'T IT HARD? YOU EVER BEEN LIKE DRIVING IN 20:30 SERIOUS TRAFFIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FEEL A 20:32 SNEEZE COMING ON? YOU'RE GOING 'AH, AH, AH' 20:33 (LAUGHTER) IT'S TOUGH. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SNEEZE. 20:39 YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BLINK. YOU WOULDN'T TURN 20:41 YOUR HEAD FOR FEAR THAT HE'D DISAPPEAR. 20:43 YOU WOULD FIX YOUR EYES ON ELIJAH, KNOWING THAT 'IF I DON'T 20:49 LET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT I WILL RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION.' THAT 20:52 MEANS REAL FOCUS. YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 20:56 CHAPTER 12, "SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED" - VERSE 1 - "BY SO 21:01 GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND 21:05 THE SIN WHICH SO EASILY ENSNARES US, LOOKING UNTO JESUS," 21:09 - THAT TRANSLATES 'FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS' - "THE AUTHOR 21:12 AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH." GLUING OUR EYES ON JESUS. 21:17 SO THEY WALKED AND TALKED TOGETHER AS THEY HAD DONE MANY 21:21 TIMES BEFORE, AND ELIJAH IS GIVING SOME LAST-MINUTE ADVICE, 21:24 ENCOURAGEMENT - VERSE 11 - "THEN IT HAPPENED, AS THEY CONTINUED 21:29 ON AND TALKED, THAT SUDDENLY A CHARIOT OF FIRE APPEARED WITH 21:36 HORSES OF FIRE, AND SEPARATED THE TWO OF THEM;" AND HE 21:40 GETS SUCKED UP INTO THIS VORTEX OF POWER AND LIGHT AND AS HE'S 21:44 BEING CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN ELISHA SAW IT. 21:49 NOTICE VERSE 12, "AND ELISHA SAW IT." 21:51 WHAT'S THE PROMISE IF HE SEES IT? 21:54 YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DOUBLE PORTION. 21:55 WHY DID HE ASK FOR A DOUBLE PORTION? 21:58 WAS HE BEING GREEDY? LET ME TELL YOU TWO 22:01 THINGS THAT I THINK. IN THE BIBLE, WHO 22:04 GOT A DOUBLE PORTION? WELL, ONE, THE FIRSTBORN SON GOT 22:08 A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE FATHER'S INHERITANCE. 22:11 ELISHA WALKED AWAY FROM HIS EARTHLY INHERITANCE. 22:15 HE WAS ADOPTED BY ELIJAH. ELIJAH HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN. 22:19 HIS ONLY SON - LIKE PAUL ADOPTED TIMOTHY, LIKE JESUS ADOPTED THE 22:23 APOSTLES, ELIJAH ADOPTED ELISHA. AND SO ELISHA IS ASKING FOR 22:28 SOMETHING REALLY NORMAL. HE'S SAYING, 'I WANT A DOUBLE 22:32 PORTION OF YOUR EARTHLY INHERITANCE. 22:35 ELIJAH GOES, 'WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 22:37 I'VE GOT MY ROBE AND I'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT.' HE SAID, 'I 22:40 WANT A DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT. 22:42 IF YOU'VE ADOPTED ME, I WANT A DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT.' 22:46 THE OTHER PERSON WHO GOT A DOUBLE PORTION, IF YOU READ 1 22:48 SAMUEL, THE WIFE OF ELKANAH, HER NAME WAS HANNAH. 22:53 IT SAYS ELKANAH GAVE HANNAH A DOUBLE PORTION BECAUSE HE LOVED 22:57 HER. IT'S LIKE JOSEPH GAVE BENJAMIN 23:00 MUCH MORE THAN HIS BROTHERS BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM. 23:03 AND SO, ELISHA IS SAYING, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, AND IF YOU HAVE 23:07 ADOPTED ME, I WANT A DOUBLE PORTION.' AND SO THAT'S WHY 23:11 WE'RE ASKING FOR SO MUCH. BECAUSE WE SAY, 'LORD, I WANT 23:14 TO KNOW THAT I'M ADOPTED. I WANT TO KNOW I'M LOVED.' 23:17 AND ELISHA HAD A BIG WORK LEFT TO DO. 23:20 AS YOU READ ON IN THE BIBLE, YOU'LL DISCOVER ELISHA ENDS UP 23:24 DOING TWICE THE MIRACLES OF ELIJAH. 23:28 HE REALLY DOES GET A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE SPIRIT. 23:30 BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES. 23:32 SO ELIJAH IS GOING UP TO HEAVEN AND ELISHA SEES IT - VERSE 12 - 23:38 AND HE CRIES OUT. FOR THOSE THAT JOINED US, I'M IN 2 KINGS 23:42 CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12 - HE CRIES OUT. HE FALLS TO HIS KNEES, "MY 23:46 FATHER, MY FATHER, THE CHARIOT OF ISRAEL AND ITS HORSEMEN!" 23:50 BECAUSE THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WAS IN THIS PROPHET, MORE THAN 23:53 ALL THE SOLDIERS, AND HE SAW HIM NO MORE - "AND HE TOOK HOLD OF 23:58 HIS OWN CLOTHES AND TORE THEM INTO TWO PIECES. 24:02 HE ALSO TOOK UP THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH THAT HAD FALLEN FROM 24:05 HIM." NOW NOTICE SOMETHING THAT 24:08 IS HAPPENING WITH CLOTHES. I ASKED YOU ON ANOTHER EVENING, 24:11 'WHAT DOES CLOTHING REPRESENT IN THE BIBLE?' 24:13 >>CHARACTER. >>CHARACTER. THE ROBE OF CHRIST 24:18 WOULD BE RIGHTEOUSNESS. OUR CLOTHING IN OUR LOST 24:22 CONDITION IS FILTHY RAGS - UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 24:26 NOTICE THAT SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING HAPPENS: HE KNEELS 24:29 DOWN, HE TEARS HIS OWN, AND HE TAKES UP ELIJAH'S. 24:37 WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU AND I TO CROSS 24:39 THE JORDAN AND TO GET TO HEAVEN CLEAN? 24:43 WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ELISHA TO CROSS THE JORDAN? 24:46 YOU KNOW, GOD DRIED THE GROUND. THEY DIDN'T GET MUDDY ON THE 24:48 WAY. IT WAS THE ROBE OF ELIJAH. WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO 24:53 GO THROUGH DEATH AND BE CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE? 24:57 IT'S THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. 25:00 IT IS NOT OUR GOOD WORKS THAT WE WILL PLEAD. 25:03 WE NEED TO PUT ON THE WEDDING GARMENT THAT JESUS PROVIDES. 25:06 AND THEN, WHEN WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, THROUGH THE 25:09 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST, THAT WILL REACT IN OUR LIVING LIVES 25:13 OF SANCTIFICATION BY FAITH. DID YOU GET THAT? 25:16 I KNOW THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DEEP. 25:18 FIRST YOU COME JUST LIKE YOU ARE AND THROUGH FAITH HE ACCEPTS YOU 25:20 AND YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. HE COVERS YOU. AND THEN, THROUGH 25:25 CONTINUING TO FOLLOW HIM, WE ARE SANCTIFIED. HE TEARS HIS OWN AND 25:29 HE TAKES UP THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH. AND IT'S INTERESTING, AS 25:33 YOU CONTINUE TO READ IN THE BIBLE, YOU'LL DISCOVER ELIJAH 25:38 RAISES A BOY TO LIFE; ELISHA RAISES A BOY TO LIFE. 25:42 ELIJAH MULTIPLIES OIL; ELISHA MULTIPLIES OIL. 25:47 ELIJAH MULTIPLIES BREAD; ELISHA MULTIPLIES BREAD. 25:50 HE ENDS UP MIRRORING MANY OF THE SAME MIRACLES, PLUS MANY MORE. 25:55 DO YOU KNOW, CHRIST SAID TO THE DISCIPLES - IT'S ALMOST 25:57 UNBELIEVABLE - JESUS SAID, 'THESE WORKS THAT I HAVE DONE, 26:00 GREATER THINGS THAN THIS WILL YOU DO BECAUSE I GO TO THE 26:04 FATHER.' WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT? 26:05 'I'M GOING TO THE FATHER AND I'M SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WHAT 26:08 I COULD ONLY DO THROUGH ONE PERSON, THROUGH MANY OF YOU, YOU 26:11 WILL BE EVEN MORE - AT A BROADER EXPANSE THROUGH THE HOLY 26:15 SPIRIT.' ELISHA RECEIVED A DOUBLE PORTION. 26:21 IF WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE NEED A DOUBLE PORTION, 26:23 IT'S NOW FRIENDS, AMEN? HOW IS IT IN YOUR LIFE? 26:28 DO YOU STRUGGLE SOMETIMES TRYING TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 26:30 WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE 26:34 SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR - IF YOU WANT REVIVAL, JUST PRAYING FOR 26:37 REVIVAL, THE ANSWER IS PRAYING FOR THE SPIRIT. 26:40 IT'S NOT JUST PRAYING FOR REVIVAL, WE NEED THE POWER OF 26:42 GOD'S SPIRIT. THAT REQUIRES US TO RELENTLESSLY 26:46 FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS TO FOLLOW WHEREVER HE LEADS AND TO SAY 26:53 'THE LORD DO SO TO ME AND MORE ALSO. 26:54 ANYTHING BUT DEATH SEPARATE YOU AND ME. 26:57 THAT WAY, I AM DETERMINED TO FOLLOW WHEREVER YOU MAY LEAD.' 27:02 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 27:04 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH- 27:07 FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 27:11 'AFTV.ORG'. 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MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF 28:04 PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 28:07 >>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS . 28:11 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS 28:13 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE 28:16 I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE 28:20 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND 28:22 FIND THIS. THEN I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 28:24 >>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 28:28 THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF. 28:31 >>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE 28:35 LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS 28:38 A FATHER. >>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS 28:41 WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE. 28:44 >>I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. 28:48 THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT, 28:53 'THIS IS REAL. 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