Hello, friends.
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Welcome to another
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Wednesday night Bible study here
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We thank you for
taking the time to tune in
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as we continue our study in
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how to know the truth
about the Holy Spirit.
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We thank you for
pausing and getting your Bibles
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and sitting down
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that we can walk
through the Bible together
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and study the Word of God.
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And in just a few
minutes I'll tell you
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how you can get a
copy of the lesson,
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and how you can
access all of the lessons
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we've done to this point
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so that you can be up-to-date
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and be fully
informed about what 3ABN
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does have to offer you.
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Now, this program is
called a Sharper Focus
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because we do believe
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that whenever a topic
is not fully understood,
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as you continue to study
it, it's like a camera lens,
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it comes into a sharper focus.
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Now, before we
sing our theme song,
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we're gonna go ahead
and have a word of prayer,
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ask for the Lord's
blessing to be with us,
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and then we're gonna get
into our lesson for tonight.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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thank You for the opportunity
that You present to us
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every occasion to
open Your Word is a chance
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for the Holy Spirit
to speak to our hearts,
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for our minds to be impressed
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and for our
understanding to be increased,
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but also our
hearts to gain a desire
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to be more dedicated.
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And so tonight, Lord,
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we pray that You'll join with...
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You'll come and unite those
who are watching and listening
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to the program with those of us
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who are here studying together
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and may You receive the praise
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and the glory and the
honor, in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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We're gonna sing our theme song,
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tonight it's
called victory in Jesus.
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If you know about it...
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By the way before I go to that,
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if you like a copy
of the lesson tonight
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which is called The
Truth about the Holy Spirit,
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go to this following
website, asf.3abn.org,
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download lesson number 34.
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Now, if you have
already downloaded number 34,
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you might know by now
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if you are a regular viewer
that I added another page,
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so you should
have three total pages.
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And tonight, if you
have page one and two,
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we're going to
begin from lesson...
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from question
number 16 in just a moment.
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But you should have three pages.
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And I made some updates,
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so go to that
website and download
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the most recent information.
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Now, let's sing our
theme song together.
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Our theme song is
entitled, what together?
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"Victory in Jesus".
Let's sing this song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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Oh, victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me 'ere I knew him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing blood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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Oh, victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me 'ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen?
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Amen?
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We're not a lot
in number but hey,
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the Spirit of
God is here tonight
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to study with us.
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And thank you for joining us.
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Now the topic of
the Holy Spirit tonight,
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we're gonna take
it into another area
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because there are some
things that are taught about
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the Holy Spirit
that are not true.
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There are methods and means,
many people today say that,
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"We need the Holy Spirit,"
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or, "The Holy Spirit filled us."
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Or, "What you just heard
was from the Holy Spirit,"
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or, "The work that was
done was by the Holy Spirit."
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We want to make
it very, very clear
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as the Bible refers and
gives us the understanding,
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we want to make it very clear
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about the work of
the Spirit of God.
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And so tonight
what we're gonna do
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is we're gonna dive
into the study early
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without laying a
lot of foundation
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because we have a lot to cover.
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And if we can,
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I'd like to see if
I could possibly get
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from question 16 to 30.
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That's a marathon
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but let's go ahead
and make an attempt.
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So if you have your lessons
tonight, lesson number 34.
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Let's begin by
looking at question number 16.
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Question number
16, and here it is.
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The question is,
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in what way do we grow
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in our
understanding of God's Word?
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We'll begin with that
question, go to John 14:26.
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In what way do we grow
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in our
understanding of God's Word?
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John 14:26.
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I'm gonna turn there.
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Even though, you know,
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if you've been a regular viewer,
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you know the text
appear on the screen
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but it's good to have
it in the Word of God.
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John 14:26
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and let's look at that together.
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Since it's our first text,
let's all read it together.
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Are you ready?
Let's look at the screen.
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"But the Helper, the
Holy Spirit whom the Father
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will send in my
name, He will," what?
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"Teach you all things
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and bring to your remembrance
all things that I said to you."
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Now notice the two
things, He will first teach you,
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how many things? All things.
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And then what else He will
do? He will bring to your, what?
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Remembrance.
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If any of you have a laptop,
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computer or maybe a
cell phone or an iPad
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or whatever the case may be,
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whatever
digital device you have,
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you know that when
you put something on it,
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you can easily recall it.
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But if it's not
there, you can't recall it.
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Now the promise to bring things
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to your remembrance
is conditional, meaning,
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if it's been put there by study,
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you can recall it.
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Like a bank deposit,
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if there's
money in your account,
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you can go to the bank and say,
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"I'd like to take
out X amount of dollars,"
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and if it's there,
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the Spirit of God
will bring it back.
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But if it's not there,
he can't bring it back.
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The second thing that he will do
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is he will teach you all things.
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Now go with me to 2 Peter.
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Go with me to 2 Peter,
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this is the reason why
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it's important
to pray for guidance
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from the Holy Spirit.
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Look at 2 Peter.
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Oftentimes people say that,
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you know, the
Bible was written by men.
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Well, that's true but the Bible
wasn't written by common men
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because someone was involved
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in the process
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to make the Bible
anything but common.
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You know, people talk about,
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well, the Bible
is common, anybody,
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you know, God chose
anybody to write the Bible.
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That's not the case.
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Look at 2 Peter 1
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and we're gonna
begin with verse 19.
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We're going to
begin with verse 19.
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And it says,
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"We also have a
prophetic word made more sure
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which you do well to heed
as a light that shines in,"
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what kind of a place?
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"A dark place
until the day dawns
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and the morning star
rises in your heart."
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What that means is,
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the more you study God's Word,
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the brighter your
understanding is going to get.
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Do you experience that before?
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A lot of times people say,
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"I didn't understand it
until I studied it out."
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Or, "I heard about it
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but when I began
to study God's word,
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then all of a sudden
it became a lot clearer."
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That's the morning star rising.
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I'm a flashlight person,
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I know that when
the batteries are low,
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there's not gonna be any light.
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In the very same way,
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when the Spirit of
God is not present,
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your understanding is
not gonna be fruitful.
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You're not gonna learn very much
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because the power is down.
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The Spirit of God is the power
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that the Lord poured out
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on His disciples on
the day of Pentecost.
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Acts 1:8, "You shall
receive," what did he say?
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"Power."
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So with that power
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it also turns on
our understanding.
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But look at the reasons
why. It goes on further.
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Verse 20, "Knowing this first
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that no prophecy of
scripture is of any," what kind?
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"Private interpretation."
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Meaning, people
cannot make up things.
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Now, they do make up things
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but it has to
align with the Bible.
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And here's the major
reason why we have to pray
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for the Spirit's guidance.
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Verse 21, "For
prophecy never came
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by the will of man
but," what kind of men?
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"Holy men of God spoke
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as they were moved
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by the Holy Spirit."
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Some people say,
"Now, how did that happen?
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Well, let's use some
forces in nature for an example.
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Hurricanes move
things, tornadoes move things,
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typhoons move things
and tsunamis move things.
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Now tsunami is
the force of water.
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The Bible often uses the
water and the wind and the oil
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as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
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You may not be
able to see the wind
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but you know that things move
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because of the
force of the wind.
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Now the Holy
Spirit is not a wind,
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don't get that,
don't add that in.
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But the Bible says you don't see
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where the wind comes from
but you see the impact of it.
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We don't see the impact of
the breath that we breathe,
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if you take a breath right now,
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you don't see
where it's coming from
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but it's right here,
it's in our presence.
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But when you inhale,
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you'll know that the
benefit that your body gets
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is because ever
present is the breath
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that God has made
available for us to stay alive.
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In the very same way,
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the thing that we need
to be spiritually alive
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is the...
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is the...
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Say it again? The Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit.
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We need that to
be spiritually alive.
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He will lead us,
He will guide us.
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Not a force but He
will. So put that down.
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In what way do we grow
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in our
understanding of God's Word?
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How?
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Through the Helper,
through the Comforter.
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The word comforter has
a different connotation
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but the word helper means,
you can't do it by yourself.
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You put the word helper down,
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I think that's more appropriate
to the question and the answer.
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We need help in order to
study and understand God's Word,
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ain't that right?
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Number 17, let's go there.
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Number 17.
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Let's look at that together.
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How does the church rely
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on the Holy Spirit for ministry?
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How does the church
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rely on the Holy
Spirit for ministry?
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Go to 1 Corinthians 12.
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By the way, if
you didn't know this,
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let me to share with
you as you turn there.
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1 Corinthians 12, 13 and 14
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deal with the
work of the Spirit.
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Chapter 13, how important it is
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to have the Spirit
of God in our lives
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through the power of God's love.
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And Chapter 14 talks
about the right exercise
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and the right use of the
gifts that God makes available
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through the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Now 1 Corinthians 12.
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Let me see before I ask the guys
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to bring up the
text on the screen.
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I want to begin with verse 4
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and then we're gonna go
ahead and go to verse 7.
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Let's begin with verse 4
and then we're gonna go...
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Well, let's begin with
verse 1. Can we do that?
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Verse 1.
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Here it is.
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"Now concerning,"
what kinds of gifts?
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"Spiritual gifts brethren I
do not want you to be ignorant."
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You know, one of the ways
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I know that the
Apostle Paul wrote these books,
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he uses the word
ignorant quite a bit,
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meaning he was a
very learned man,
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but he doesn't want
the Christian to be unaware
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or uninformed about
how God's gifts work.
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Verse 2,
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"He said you know
that you were Gentiles
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carried away to
these dumb idols,
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however you were led."
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Amen to being led.
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"Therefore I make known to you
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that no one
speaking by the Spirit of God
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cause Jesus a
curse or anathema."
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And he goes on to say,
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"And no one can say
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that Jesus is the
Lord except by the," what?
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"Holy Spirit."
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Now you would think
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that that was
something in ancient times,
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but I was surprised
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I had a phone
call a few days ago
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and somebody
said, somebody told me,
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I have to be very vague here
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that they know of a Christian
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who said, "Well, there's no way
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that Jesus
could be the Messiah."
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And I thought to myself,
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a Christian would actually
say that there is no way
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that Jesus could be the Messiah?
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Now let me ask you
based on what you just read,
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what's missing in
that person's life?
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Someone tell me. Say it again.
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The Holy Spirit
because the Bible says,
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"No one can say
that Jesus is Lord
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except by the Holy Spirit."
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But it goes on, verse 4,
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"Now there are
diversities of gifts
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but the," what?
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"Same spirit."
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So the question is,
how does the church rely
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on the Holy Spirit for ministry?
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Look at verse 7 now.
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Verse 7, "But the
manifestation of the Spirit
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is given to each one of
us for the profit of all."
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Here's the
scripture on the screen,
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"For the
manifestation of the Spirit
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is given to each
one for the profit of."
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how many of us? "For
the profit of all of us."
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In other words, as
you saw verse 7 there,
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the gift that's
given by the Spirit
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is it for our personal benefit.
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Yes or no?
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How many say
yes? How many say no?
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I don't usually take surveys
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but I didn't get any hands
raised on either one of those.
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Just to kind of give you...
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Is for the benefit
of every one of us.
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It is for the benefit
or the profit of how many?
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All.
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That means the
profit of you and I,
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we all benefit from the
work of the Holy Spirit.
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Everyone benefits.
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Do you think you benefit, Bryan?
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We do benefit.
Johnny, do we benefit?
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Of course, we benefit
because the Spirit works on us,
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in us and then through us.
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But what is being said here
is the gift that you receive,
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for example the gift of
music or the gift of preaching.
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The gift, because
there are different gifts,
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you know, there are
some pastors, teachers.
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Matter of fact,
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go with me to the Book
of Ephesians 4, all right?
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Keep this in mind.
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But answer to the question,
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"But the
manifestation of the Spirit
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is given to each one
for the profit of all."
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So let's answer the question
as you go to Ephesians 4.
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How does the church rely on
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the Holy Spirit for ministry?
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How does the Holy Spirit...?
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How does the church rely
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on the Holy Spirit for ministry?
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Somebody give me the answer.
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How does the church
rely on the Holy Spirit?
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Right.
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He gives us the gift
that benefits everyone of us.
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You could put that
in your own wording,
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He equips us
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with what will be a
benefit for every one of us.
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Now let's go to
Ephesians. All right.
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I'm going there now.
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Ephesians 4,
Ephesians 4. All right.
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Let's look at some of these...
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Look at some of the
things that He gives to us.
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Look at some of the
ways that we are equipped,
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some of the
equipment the church has.
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And when you
read 1 Corinthians 12,
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you discover these
are not just skills
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but these are gifts.
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Let me give you an example.
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There are people
that sing for the world
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that could sing very well,
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but when you give
your voice to the Lord,
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the Spirit of God is
the one that's responsible
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for the impact
on someone's life.
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Somebody might
sing a secular song
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and you say, "That moves me."
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When that same
person or one another person
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sings a spiritual
song that moves you,
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conviction comes in
and that person is drawn
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into a closer
relationship with Jesus.
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That's the difference
between a gift and a skill.
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Some people have good skills
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but the Lord wants to
gift us for the benefit
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of not only the church
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but for the
benefit of His kingdom.
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Look at Ephesians 4:12...
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Well, verse 11,
verse 11, all right?
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It says, "And He Himself gave,"
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Ephesians 4:11.
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"And He Himself
gave some to be,"
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let's say them together.
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Some to be what?
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"Apostles some," what else?
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"Prophets, some evangelists
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and some pastors
and some teachers."
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In verse 12, "For the," what?
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"Equipping of the
saints for the work of ministry
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for the edifying of
the Body of Christ."
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So when the Bible
says in 1 Corinthians 12:7,
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"The manifestation
of the Spirit is given
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so that
everybody profits from it."
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The treasurer is
not the treasurer
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for the treasures sake
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but the treasurer is a steward
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for the sake of the strength
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of the financial
strength of the church.
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But everybody
gives what they give
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and somebody is an overseer
in that particular category.
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But to be a treasurer,
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to be in the gift
of administration,
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when you look at Ephesians,
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when you look at
1 Corinthians 12,
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when you look at
Romans 11 and 12,
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you discover that there
are so many types of gifts
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but everybody benefits
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from the working of those gifts.
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Let's go to the
very next question.
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The very next questions.
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The very next
question is number 18.
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So what question,
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what answer did you
put down on number 17?
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He equips us.
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He equips us,
all right? Number 18.
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Now this is important.
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We're gonna be diving
into a different area now.
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Why can't we ask the Holy Spirit
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to give us certain gifts?
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You're in 1
Corinthians 12, stay there.
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Why can't we ask?
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Let me also put it
in a different way.
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Sometimes, and some
families do it differently,
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this is not a blanket statement
because some people say,
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"What do you
want for Christmas?"
00:19:59.86\00:20:01.20
Or some people say,
00:20:01.23\00:20:02.56
"What do you want
for your birthday?"
00:20:02.60\00:20:03.93
Those that we ask,
00:20:03.97\00:20:05.53
we are asked by our parents
00:20:05.57\00:20:06.90
or sometimes we ask our friends,
00:20:06.94\00:20:08.84
"Could you give me a
laptop for my birthday?"
00:20:08.87\00:20:11.81
And you know,
that's how humans do it.
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But the reason why we don't...
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We can't ask the Spirit
for the gifts that we want,
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the answer is given right here
00:20:22.22\00:20:23.55
in verse 11 of 1 Corinthians 12.
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Why can't we ask the Holy Spirit
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to give us certain gifts?
00:20:27.42\00:20:28.99
Let's look at
this verse together.
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"But one and the
same spirit works
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all these things distributing
to each one individually,"
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what's the next three words?
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"As He wills." As He wills.
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In other words,
the Holy Spirit says,
00:20:49.61\00:20:53.11
"I'm gonna give
that person that gift.
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I'm gonna give
that person that gift.
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I'm gonna give
that person that gift.
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I'm gonna give her that gift,
him that gift, him that gift."
00:21:02.02\00:21:06.03
We don't say,
"I want this gift."
00:21:06.06\00:21:09.10
He says, "No, I
decide who gets what gift."
00:21:09.13\00:21:12.23
Can you say amen to that?
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Now this is really
important because today
00:21:13.90\00:21:16.81
you're seeing us transition now.
00:21:16.84\00:21:18.21
So write the
answer down very quickly.
00:21:18.24\00:21:20.41
Why can't we ask
00:21:20.44\00:21:22.11
the Holy Spirit to
give us certain gifts?
00:21:22.14\00:21:24.85
Put this down, He
decides, He decides as He wills.
00:21:24.88\00:21:30.32
Let me say it another way.
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When Jesus was
confronted with the cross,
00:21:31.72\00:21:34.42
He said, "Not my will
but Your will be done."
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In the very same way,
when it comes to gifts,
00:21:37.86\00:21:40.06
we say, "I know what
I'd like but Holy Spirit,
00:21:40.10\00:21:42.86
not what I want but
what you will that I have."
00:21:42.90\00:21:46.33
And you'll discover the
Holy Spirit gives us gifts
00:21:46.37\00:21:49.57
that will always be in harmony.
00:21:49.60\00:21:52.57
And here's the thing
that's amazing about it.
00:21:52.61\00:21:54.71
He knows what gift will
best be in our possession.
00:21:54.74\00:22:00.12
He knows what
gift will be best used
00:22:00.15\00:22:03.72
by the way that
God has equipped us.
00:22:03.75\00:22:06.19
We are equipped in our learning,
00:22:06.22\00:22:08.59
in our study of the Word of God
00:22:08.62\00:22:09.96
but when it comes
to choosing the gifts,
00:22:09.99\00:22:13.40
the Spirit of God decides.
00:22:13.43\00:22:14.76
Now let me ask you a question,
00:22:14.80\00:22:16.13
very carefully
ponder this for a moment.
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.83
Can we ask the Holy
Spirit what fruit to give us?
00:22:18.87\00:22:22.07
Yes or no?
00:22:22.10\00:22:23.77
How many fruits does He give us?
00:22:29.58\00:22:31.15
You said, love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness,
00:22:35.68\00:22:38.12
meekness, patience, right?
00:22:38.15\00:22:39.65
How many gifts of that?
How many fruits of that?
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.06
Love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness,
00:22:42.09\00:22:44.19
meekness,
patience, how many is that?
00:22:44.23\00:22:45.56
That's one fruit.
00:22:49.10\00:22:52.83
That's one fruit.
00:22:52.87\00:22:54.40
Now, I just threw that
in there just for a brief...
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.71
That's only one fruit.
The fruit of the Spirit.
00:22:56.74\00:23:01.08
Not the fruits of
the Spirit but the fruit.
00:23:01.11\00:23:05.11
Now, when the Bible says,
00:23:05.15\00:23:06.48
"By their fruits
you will know them,"
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.05
that's a different,
00:23:08.08\00:23:09.42
that's a different than
the fruit of the Spirit.
00:23:09.45\00:23:12.22
Because somebody doesn't say,
00:23:12.25\00:23:13.59
"Well, you know,
I'm longsuffering
00:23:13.62\00:23:15.66
but I am not gentle."
00:23:15.69\00:23:18.03
See?
00:23:18.06\00:23:19.39
You can't be a
longsuffering Christian
00:23:19.43\00:23:21.23
and not be gentle.
00:23:21.26\00:23:22.60
The fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace.
00:23:22.63\00:23:27.54
Now you can't say,
00:23:27.57\00:23:28.90
"I have joy but I
don't have peace,"
00:23:28.94\00:23:31.34
because if the
fruit is in your life,
00:23:31.37\00:23:33.74
you'll have what?
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.11
Together, love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness,
00:23:35.14\00:23:41.08
meekness, patience.
00:23:41.12\00:23:43.52
That's all in the fruit
just like vitamin A, vitamin C,
00:23:43.55\00:23:46.12
vitamin D, riboflavin.
00:23:46.15\00:23:48.32
That's all
within one single fruit.
00:23:48.36\00:23:50.93
It's all there.
00:23:50.96\00:23:52.29
Now how many fruits did
Eve eat to fall into sin?
00:23:52.33\00:23:58.10
Come on, together, one.
00:23:58.13\00:24:00.00
So it takes one to get
us in, one to get us, what?
00:24:00.04\00:24:03.07
Out.
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.44
And when you're out,
00:24:04.47\00:24:05.87
when you respond
to the voice of God,
00:24:05.91\00:24:07.78
the Spirit of God begins
to be manifested in your life.
00:24:07.81\00:24:10.48
So if you say to
somebody, somebody said,
00:24:10.51\00:24:13.15
"Well, I'm
working on that fruit."
00:24:13.18\00:24:14.68
"No, you can't work on a fruit,"
00:24:14.72\00:24:16.25
because when you
become a Christian,
00:24:16.28\00:24:17.85
the fruit, the singular
fruit with all those vitamins,
00:24:17.89\00:24:21.69
vitamin love,
vitamin joy, vitamin peace,
00:24:21.72\00:24:24.49
vitamin longsuffering,
00:24:24.53\00:24:25.89
vitamin
gentleness, meekness, patience,
00:24:25.93\00:24:27.73
all those vitamins
are in that one fruit.
00:24:27.76\00:24:30.07
Can you all amen to that?
00:24:30.10\00:24:31.97
Now we might
have to grow in grace,
00:24:32.00\00:24:34.64
that maybe what people mean,
that may mean the Lord says,
00:24:34.67\00:24:38.54
"Okay, I'm giving you
the gift of patience."
00:24:38.57\00:24:40.34
And you're saying,
00:24:40.38\00:24:41.71
"Lord, give me room to
grow to be more patient."
00:24:41.74\00:24:45.71
Or, "Give me room to
grow to be more loving."
00:24:45.75\00:24:49.02
Or, "Give me room to
grow to be more," what?
00:24:49.05\00:24:51.82
"Longsuffering."
00:24:51.85\00:24:53.25
How many of you believe
that you have a greater...
00:24:53.29\00:24:58.13
Well, let me phrase this well
because I chose longsuffering
00:24:58.16\00:25:00.60
because longsuffering
is where people often...
00:25:00.63\00:25:03.83
You hear people say,
00:25:03.87\00:25:05.23
"Man, they're
really testing my nerves.
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.27
They're really
testing my faith."
00:25:08.30\00:25:10.01
How many of you believe
that you're more patient now
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.17
than you used to be?
00:25:12.21\00:25:16.54
Dee, I don't see your hand.
00:25:16.58\00:25:18.21
Are you more patient
now than you used to be?
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.55
I'm messing with my treasurer.
00:25:20.58\00:25:24.29
More patient.
00:25:24.32\00:25:25.65
I can tell you,
I've been here 13 years
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.36
and Dee has more
patient now than she used to be.
00:25:27.39\00:25:30.83
Now she still moves
at 150 miles an hour
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.50
when she's walking through 3ABN
00:25:33.53\00:25:34.86
but she is more patient
now than she used to be.
00:25:34.90\00:25:38.43
But each one of us
grows, ain't that right?
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.37
We grow in grace but
when we get the gift,
00:25:41.40\00:25:44.21
we have to give the Lord room
to develop those gifts in us.
00:25:44.24\00:25:48.84
We give the Lord
room for that fruit
00:25:48.88\00:25:50.55
to begin to
permeate all the things
00:25:50.58\00:25:52.28
that were blocking
our growth in the past.
00:25:52.31\00:25:55.42
But the spirit is
the one that decides
00:25:55.45\00:25:57.72
who gets what.
00:25:57.75\00:25:59.19
Now let's go to
the very next question.
00:25:59.22\00:26:01.42
Number 19. Number 19.
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.73
What gift did the Holy Spirit
00:26:04.76\00:26:08.43
give to the
apostles at Pentecost?
00:26:08.46\00:26:13.67
Let's go to Acts
2. Let's go to Acts 2.
00:26:13.70\00:26:16.74
We're transitioning now
00:26:16.77\00:26:18.51
into probably one of the most...
00:26:18.54\00:26:21.94
I could use the word most,
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.31
one of the very misunderstood
operations of the Holy Spirit,
00:26:23.35\00:26:27.55
the area that we're
going into right now.
00:26:27.58\00:26:29.85
Acts 2, we'll begin with verse 1
00:26:29.88\00:26:33.99
and then we'll work
our way down to verse 4
00:26:34.02\00:26:36.26
and then you can bring
the text up on the screen.
00:26:36.29\00:26:38.76
We're talking about
00:26:38.79\00:26:40.13
the day of
Pentecost and the question is,
00:26:40.16\00:26:42.23
what gift did
the Holy Spirit give
00:26:42.26\00:26:44.60
to the apostles at Pentecost?
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.00
Here it is.
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.37
Verse 1, "Now when the day
of Pentecost had fully come,
00:26:48.40\00:26:53.31
they were all
with one accord in,"
00:26:53.34\00:26:55.81
how many places? "One place.
00:26:55.84\00:26:58.55
And suddenly there came a sound
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.68
from heaven as of
a rushing mighty,"
00:27:01.72\00:27:05.52
notice that word again, "Wind."
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.76
That's how the
Spirit comes filled.
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.33
"And it filled the whole
house where they were sitting.
00:27:10.36\00:27:15.53
Then there appeared to
them divided or cloven tongues,"
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.93
as the King James
Version says, "As a fire.
00:27:19.97\00:27:23.44
And one sat upon each of them."
00:27:23.47\00:27:26.51
Now I'll bring the text
up for our viewing audience.
00:27:26.54\00:27:29.54
"And they were all," what?
00:27:29.58\00:27:31.95
"Filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak with," what?
00:27:31.98\00:27:37.79
"Other tongues as the
Spirit gave them utterance."
00:27:37.82\00:27:42.89
So write this down
to question number 19,
00:27:42.92\00:27:45.93
what gift did
the Holy Spirit give
00:27:45.96\00:27:49.66
to the apostles at Pentecost?
00:27:49.70\00:27:51.97
And the answer is, what?
00:27:52.00\00:27:53.50
Who can tell me?
00:27:53.54\00:27:55.80
Other tongues. Other tongues.
00:27:55.84\00:28:00.78
Not just tongues
because they were Galileans,
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.75
they were already
speaking in a language.
00:28:03.78\00:28:06.51
They already
had a native tongue.
00:28:06.55\00:28:09.12
The Spirit of God
00:28:09.15\00:28:10.62
instead of
buying them the program,
00:28:10.65\00:28:13.99
what's that program
that teaches you languages?
00:28:14.02\00:28:17.73
Rosetta Stone.
00:28:17.76\00:28:20.36
It's the worst
thing on planet earth,
00:28:20.40\00:28:21.73
somebody said.
00:28:21.76\00:28:23.50
Whatever program you use
00:28:23.53\00:28:26.43
to teach you how to
speak another language,
00:28:26.47\00:28:28.40
there are lots of programs.
00:28:28.44\00:28:29.84
But in this particular
instance the Lord said,
00:28:29.87\00:28:32.41
"I need to get the
gospel to the rest of the world
00:28:32.44\00:28:35.01
and I want to
get it there quickly.
00:28:35.04\00:28:37.95
I want it to happen pronto."
00:28:37.98\00:28:40.62
So instead of
sending the disciples,
00:28:40.65\00:28:43.69
some learned, some unlearned,
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.69
instead of sending
them to a four year college
00:28:45.72\00:28:48.99
to learn to begin
with beginning group...
00:28:49.02\00:28:52.06
And you'll see in a moment,
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.60
all the
languages they had to learn
00:28:53.63\00:28:55.33
would have taken 20 years.
00:28:55.36\00:28:57.93
If the Lord
said, "Go to school,"
00:28:57.97\00:28:59.60
All these languages
they would have had to learn
00:28:59.63\00:29:01.57
would take them 20 plus
years to begin to communicate
00:29:01.60\00:29:04.54
in all these
different languages.
00:29:04.57\00:29:06.07
So let's begin
with the simple answer.
00:29:06.11\00:29:08.38
What did the Spirit
give to them on that day?
00:29:08.41\00:29:11.25
Other tongues.
00:29:11.28\00:29:12.78
Now let's go to
the very next one.
00:29:12.81\00:29:14.85
Let's go to the very next one.
00:29:14.88\00:29:16.72
The Spirit of God gave them
00:29:16.75\00:29:18.09
that instant
ability to do something
00:29:18.12\00:29:19.65
that they did not have
the natural ability to do.
00:29:19.69\00:29:24.09
The Spirit of God gave
them that instant ability
00:29:24.13\00:29:26.86
that they did not have
the natural ability to do,
00:29:26.90\00:29:29.30
all right?
00:29:29.33\00:29:30.90
Look at the question number 20.
00:29:30.93\00:29:34.04
Why did the Holy Spirit give
00:29:34.07\00:29:37.77
the gift of tongues
to the Galilean Apostles?
00:29:37.81\00:29:42.34
Why did the Holy Spirit
give the gift of tongues
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.31
to the Galilean Apostles?
00:29:44.35\00:29:48.05
We're gonna look at
verse 5, 6 and then verse 11.
00:29:48.08\00:29:52.42
Let's go, matter of fact,
00:29:52.45\00:29:53.86
what we'll do is
we'll read down to verse 11
00:29:53.89\00:29:56.79
but the screen will
bring up verse 5, 6 and 11.
00:29:56.83\00:29:59.93
Let's go to verse 5.
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.30
You can bring that up
now as we give the answer.
00:30:01.33\00:30:02.66
Here it is.
00:30:02.70\00:30:04.23
"And there were two
dwelling in Jerusalem,"
00:30:04.27\00:30:06.90
together with me,
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.27
"Jews, devout
men from," together,
00:30:08.30\00:30:12.24
"Every nation under heaven.
00:30:12.27\00:30:15.88
And when this sound occurred,
the multitude came together,
00:30:15.91\00:30:20.72
and were confused,
00:30:20.75\00:30:23.12
because everyone heard
them speaking in," what?
00:30:23.15\00:30:26.82
"His own language."
00:30:26.86\00:30:29.59
Let's go to verse 11
now and I'll come back
00:30:29.62\00:30:31.39
and fill in what languages
00:30:31.43\00:30:32.99
did these Galilean
Apostles speak in instantly
00:30:33.03\00:30:36.90
without 25 years of
languages in colleges.
00:30:36.93\00:30:39.67
What did they speak?
00:30:39.70\00:30:41.04
And look at verse 11, it
says, "Cretins and Arabs,"
00:30:41.07\00:30:45.77
bring up the text.
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.14
"Cretins and Arabs,
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.74
we hear them speaking
in our tongues the," what?
00:30:48.78\00:30:54.95
"Wonderful works of God."
00:30:54.98\00:30:57.85
So get this. What
nations were there?
00:30:57.89\00:31:00.09
Let's look at them together.
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.46
I'm gonna go down and
walk through some of them
00:31:01.49\00:31:03.63
since we did not read
verse 7, 8 and 9 and 10,
00:31:03.66\00:31:08.20
let's go and walk
through that together.
00:31:08.23\00:31:10.33
Verse 7, it says,
00:31:10.37\00:31:12.13
"Then they were all amazed
00:31:12.17\00:31:13.54
and marveled saying
one to another, look,
00:31:13.57\00:31:17.11
are not all these
who speak Galileans?
00:31:17.14\00:31:21.04
And how is it that we
hear each one in our," what?
00:31:21.08\00:31:25.51
"Own language in
which we were born..."
00:31:25.55\00:31:29.65
Let's pause for a
brief moment at verse 8.
00:31:29.68\00:31:32.32
In other words, Galileans
00:31:32.35\00:31:34.06
that spoke the
language of Galilee,
00:31:34.09\00:31:36.73
all of a sudden was
now able to communicate
00:31:36.76\00:31:41.46
so that the people from
other parts of the world
00:31:41.50\00:31:45.27
that came to Jerusalem
for the day of Pentecost,
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.34
and by the way, it was
the most attended service,
00:31:48.37\00:31:50.51
you know why?
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
Because the weather was
the best during Pentecost.
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.31
So look at the
nations that came,
00:31:54.34\00:31:56.41
they said, "When we
hear these Galilean speak,
00:31:56.44\00:32:00.62
how is it that these
guys that have one language,
00:32:00.65\00:32:05.02
we could hear
them in the language
00:32:05.05\00:32:06.45
of our place of birth."
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.76
So let's go ahead right away.
00:32:08.79\00:32:10.69
If they're hearing
them in the language
00:32:10.73\00:32:12.73
from the place
that they were born,
00:32:12.76\00:32:14.96
were these known
or unknown languages?
00:32:15.00\00:32:18.90
Talk to me.
00:32:18.93\00:32:20.27
There were known languages,
00:32:20.30\00:32:21.70
but now were
these languages known
00:32:21.74\00:32:24.67
to the Galileans?
00:32:24.71\00:32:26.04
Yes or no?
00:32:26.07\00:32:27.41
No, they were
unknown to the Galileans
00:32:27.44\00:32:30.11
but known to the people
of these following countries.
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.95
Look at the
countries in verse 9,
00:32:32.98\00:32:35.08
"Parthians and
Medes and Elamites,
00:32:35.12\00:32:39.75
those dwelling in Mesopotamia,
Judea and Cappadocia,
00:32:39.79\00:32:44.33
Pontus and Asia,
Phrygia and Pamphylia,
00:32:44.36\00:32:48.30
Egypt and parts of
Libya, joining Cyrene,
00:32:48.33\00:32:52.93
visitors from Rome, both
the Jews and proselytes,"
00:32:52.97\00:32:57.47
and verse 11
again, "Cretins and Arabs,
00:32:57.51\00:33:01.84
we hear them speaking
in our own tongues together
00:33:01.88\00:33:05.31
the wonderful works of God."
00:33:05.35\00:33:08.45
So now just pause
for a brief moment
00:33:08.48\00:33:09.82
before we go...
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.19
Before we run past
these very powerful verses.
00:33:11.22\00:33:13.52
This is the first time
in the work of the apostles
00:33:13.56\00:33:18.43
that tongues was ever used.
00:33:18.46\00:33:21.76
Now to show you that
this was not the first time,
00:33:21.80\00:33:24.10
earlier in the
ministry of Jesus,
00:33:24.13\00:33:26.27
before the cross,
00:33:26.30\00:33:28.07
He breathed on the
disciples and He said to them,
00:33:28.10\00:33:30.71
"Receive thee the Holy Spirit."
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.11
By the way you
cannot do the work of God
00:33:33.14\00:33:34.74
without the Holy Spirit
leading you and guiding you.
00:33:34.78\00:33:37.85
But He did not yet
give them the gifts,
00:33:37.88\00:33:41.18
these other
languages, these other abilities
00:33:41.22\00:33:43.79
because they
were just ministering
00:33:43.82\00:33:46.05
in the regions of Galilee.
00:33:46.09\00:33:47.79
And everybody there
had the same language.
00:33:47.82\00:33:49.99
They did not need
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.83
to be able to talk
in languages of people
00:33:51.86\00:33:54.40
in different regions
00:33:54.43\00:33:55.80
because the gospel
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.17
had not yet been
commissioned to go
00:33:57.20\00:33:58.73
to the rest of the world.
00:33:58.77\00:34:00.67
Now go with me to Matthew
28. Go with me to Matthew 28.
00:34:00.70\00:34:06.41
Let's look at this. Matthew 28.
00:34:06.44\00:34:10.38
I think you
know where I'm going,
00:34:10.41\00:34:12.38
but I'm going
anyway. Matthew 28.
00:34:12.41\00:34:17.12
What I want to
make very clear tonight
00:34:17.15\00:34:18.49
because we live
in a society today
00:34:18.52\00:34:20.62
that many people are told,
00:34:20.66\00:34:21.99
many sincere Christians are told
00:34:22.02\00:34:24.06
and I think by
some sincere clergy
00:34:24.09\00:34:26.09
because they
were also taught that,
00:34:26.13\00:34:28.33
some people are told
00:34:28.36\00:34:29.70
that unless you speak in tongues
00:34:29.73\00:34:31.93
you don't have the Holy
Spirit but that's not the case,
00:34:31.97\00:34:35.54
because the
disciples had the Spirit of God
00:34:35.57\00:34:38.11
working in their lives
before the day of Pentecost.
00:34:38.14\00:34:40.94
But what happened on
the day of Pentecost?
00:34:40.98\00:34:42.44
Now follow me carefully,
00:34:42.48\00:34:43.81
there's a reason I
talked about fruit and gifts.
00:34:43.85\00:34:47.65
Fruit and gifts are separate
00:34:47.68\00:34:50.29
but you get the fruit
first then the gifts after.
00:34:50.32\00:34:54.96
When Jesus
breathed on His disciples
00:34:54.99\00:34:58.43
and said
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:34:58.46\00:35:00.46
the fruit began to
show up in their lives.
00:35:00.50\00:35:03.10
But when He began to equip them
00:35:03.13\00:35:04.83
to go beyond their
local place of work,
00:35:04.87\00:35:08.37
they needed something more than
what they naturally possessed
00:35:08.40\00:35:11.71
and that's the ability
to speak in the languages.
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.34
Now we have different
languages in our room here.
00:35:14.38\00:35:16.44
But let's just say for
example, I think of our church.
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.51
We have people that speak
in Tagalog, Russian, Spanish,
00:35:18.55\00:35:25.12
Romanian...
00:35:25.15\00:35:26.49
French.
00:35:29.59\00:35:30.93
We have a number
of languages here
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.29
in our church.
00:35:32.33\00:35:33.66
Now this is Southern Illinois,
00:35:33.70\00:35:35.03
this is not New York
where there's so many more.
00:35:35.06\00:35:36.43
But we have a good
number of languages here.
00:35:36.46\00:35:38.60
And when Sabbath comes,
00:35:38.63\00:35:40.34
when I'm speaking
usually the person
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.27
that's gonna be
translating into Spanish says,
00:35:42.30\00:35:44.94
"Pastor, can I get
a copy of your sermon
00:35:44.97\00:35:47.58
because I want to be able...
00:35:47.61\00:35:48.94
I don't want the Spanish people
to hear ten thousand words
00:35:48.98\00:35:52.41
that they don't understand.
00:35:52.45\00:35:54.12
It's better that you
said just a few words
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.75
like feliz
sabado which is, what?
00:35:55.78\00:35:58.59
Happy Sabbath.
00:35:58.62\00:35:59.95
If you say that, they
could understand that.
00:35:59.99\00:36:01.82
But if you try to preach
a whole sermon in English
00:36:01.86\00:36:05.36
and they're Spanish and
there's nobody to make sure
00:36:05.39\00:36:07.66
that they understand,
00:36:07.70\00:36:09.03
either one of two
things have to happen.
00:36:09.06\00:36:11.57
They either have to have
the gift of interpretation
00:36:11.60\00:36:14.90
or you have to have
the gift of tongues."
00:36:14.94\00:36:18.34
Did you get that?
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.71
I would either have to
speak in their language
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.91
or they would have to understand
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.41
in my language.
00:36:23.45\00:36:24.81
And so what happened
on the day of Pentecost
00:36:24.85\00:36:26.61
is when the Spirit
of God was poured out,
00:36:26.65\00:36:29.75
they were two gifts given,
00:36:29.78\00:36:31.55
the gift to
communicate the language
00:36:31.59\00:36:34.16
and the gift to hear
it in their language.
00:36:34.19\00:36:37.56
Because we hear
this in our language,
00:36:37.59\00:36:39.79
the gift of interpretation
as well as the gift of tongues.
00:36:39.83\00:36:42.36
But now, notice
why they needed this.
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.77
Matthew 28.
00:36:44.80\00:36:46.30
Look at the
commission that Jesus gave
00:36:46.33\00:36:49.94
which was which was
enacted upon the resurrection.
00:36:49.97\00:36:55.18
Matthew 28:18, Jesus said...
00:36:55.21\00:37:00.08
Matter of fact, verse 16.
00:37:00.12\00:37:01.45
Let's go to verse 16
because we often leave
00:37:01.48\00:37:03.12
that wonderful verse out.
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.09
"Then the 11
disciples went away into Galilee
00:37:06.12\00:37:09.32
to the mountain
00:37:09.36\00:37:10.69
which Jesus had
appointed for them.
00:37:10.73\00:37:13.80
And when they saw Him
00:37:13.83\00:37:15.26
they worshiped
Him but some doubted."
00:37:15.30\00:37:19.10
Can you tell me
which one doubted?
00:37:19.13\00:37:22.17
Thomas.
00:37:22.20\00:37:24.41
But look at verse 18,
00:37:24.44\00:37:26.17
"Then Jesus came
and spoke to them
00:37:26.21\00:37:28.11
saying all authority,
00:37:28.14\00:37:30.45
all power has been given
to me in heaven and on earth.
00:37:30.48\00:37:35.45
Go therefore and make disciples,
00:37:35.48\00:37:37.82
or teach all
nations," how many nations?
00:37:37.85\00:37:41.62
"All nations."
00:37:41.66\00:37:42.99
And so for these Galilean
men some of them fishermen,
00:37:43.02\00:37:46.39
some of them very unlearned,
00:37:46.43\00:37:48.10
some of them very learned
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.46
but still not the ability
00:37:49.50\00:37:50.83
to speak in all these languages,
00:37:50.87\00:37:52.20
the Lord says,
00:37:52.23\00:37:53.57
"You need something
you don't right now have.
00:37:53.60\00:37:56.44
I'm gonna teach you,
I'm gonna empower you,"
00:37:56.47\00:38:00.31
Let me think of it this way.
00:38:00.34\00:38:01.88
When I installed Rosetta Stone,
the master disk in my computer,
00:38:01.91\00:38:06.68
you know, you
have the master disk
00:38:06.72\00:38:08.05
and you have all the other DVDs,
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.62
you have to
install the master disk
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.59
one into your computer
00:38:11.62\00:38:12.95
so that when you
bring the other ones in,
00:38:12.99\00:38:15.12
they instantly
recognize the language.
00:38:15.16\00:38:18.99
But if you don't
have the master disk,
00:38:19.03\00:38:20.56
those languages
are unrecognized.
00:38:20.60\00:38:22.66
The Lord inserted
into the disciples
00:38:22.70\00:38:25.07
through the Holy
Spirit the Master's will
00:38:25.10\00:38:28.10
and the Holy Spirit says, "Okay,
00:38:28.14\00:38:30.07
now here are all the languages
you guys are gonna speak,
00:38:30.11\00:38:33.44
Parthians and
Medes and Elamites,
00:38:33.48\00:38:34.94
the Cretes and
Arabs, from Pamphylia,
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.01
from all over
the then known world
00:38:37.05\00:38:39.51
that came to the
day of Pentecost."
00:38:39.55\00:38:41.82
These men came and they heard
the gospel for the first time,
00:38:41.85\00:38:46.82
the resurrected gospel.
00:38:46.86\00:38:48.62
But look at why,
00:38:48.66\00:38:49.99
"Go to all
nations baptizing them
00:38:50.03\00:38:54.00
in the name of the Father
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.36
and of the Son and
of the," what else?
00:38:55.40\00:38:57.37
"Holy Spirit.
00:38:57.40\00:38:58.73
Teaching them," verse 22,
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.10
"Observe all
things that I command you
00:39:00.14\00:39:01.67
and lo I am with you always
00:39:01.70\00:39:03.81
even to the end of the age
or to the end of the world,"
00:39:03.84\00:39:07.64
depending on the translation.
00:39:07.68\00:39:09.18
So now let's go back to
this before we go further
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.21
because some people
00:39:11.25\00:39:12.58
that have been taught
about the gift of tongues
00:39:12.61\00:39:15.58
have inevitably been taught
00:39:15.62\00:39:19.22
that unless you can do this,
00:39:19.25\00:39:23.09
you don't have the Holy Spirit.
00:39:23.12\00:39:24.93
If you can't speak in tongues,
then some of been taught that,
00:39:24.96\00:39:28.46
well, this is a language
the devil doesn't understand
00:39:28.50\00:39:32.17
or this is your prayer language.
00:39:32.20\00:39:34.54
You've been exalted
to a higher place now
00:39:34.57\00:39:36.54
that you can make this
sound that is not understood.
00:39:36.57\00:39:40.34
But if you follow carefully now,
00:39:40.38\00:39:42.48
we just read the first
account, the what account?
00:39:42.51\00:39:46.11
The first account on
the day of Pentecost,
00:39:46.15\00:39:48.72
that's where you
get the whole idea
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.09
of the Pentecostal movement
00:39:50.12\00:39:51.92
is based on the
outpouring of the Spirit of God.
00:39:51.95\00:39:54.52
But what is happening
00:39:54.56\00:39:55.89
in the Pentecostal
movement today largely
00:39:55.92\00:39:58.99
is not languages but jibberish,
00:39:59.03\00:40:03.90
exactly what happened
at the Tower of Babel.
00:40:03.93\00:40:06.00
And I'm saying this clearly
00:40:06.03\00:40:07.37
but I would have to
be open and respectful.
00:40:07.40\00:40:09.50
At the Tower of
Babel Jesus came down
00:40:09.54\00:40:12.07
and He confused the languages.
00:40:12.11\00:40:15.41
So somebody said,
"Give me a break,"
00:40:15.44\00:40:18.15
they gave him a shovel.
00:40:18.18\00:40:19.61
Somebody said, "Give me
straw," they gave him a broom.
00:40:19.65\00:40:22.65
They could not communicate.
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.62
Babylon, that's
what happens in Babylon.
00:40:24.65\00:40:27.56
It's confusion.
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.49
But when the
Spirit of God comes in,
00:40:29.52\00:40:31.29
what does He removed?
00:40:31.33\00:40:33.23
He removes the, what?
00:40:33.26\00:40:35.43
Confusion.
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.00
He brings in clarity.
00:40:37.03\00:40:38.53
And here's the point,
00:40:38.57\00:40:40.10
if you've been told that
you have to speak in tongues
00:40:40.14\00:40:42.07
and you don't even
know what you're saying,
00:40:42.10\00:40:44.44
you're more
connected to what happened
00:40:44.47\00:40:45.84
in the Tower of Babel
00:40:45.87\00:40:47.34
than the work of the Holy Spirit
00:40:47.38\00:40:49.51
because the Holy Spirit
doesn't bring in confusion,
00:40:49.54\00:40:51.85
he brings in clarity.
00:40:51.88\00:40:53.78
Amen someone?
00:40:53.82\00:40:55.38
So let's look at
the answer to number 19.
00:40:55.42\00:40:58.42
What gift did the Spirit give
to the apostles at Pentecost?
00:40:58.45\00:41:02.89
Other tongues. And number 20.
00:41:02.92\00:41:05.13
What did the Holy Spirit
give the gifts of tongues
00:41:05.16\00:41:08.10
to the Galileans
for, why did He give it?
00:41:08.13\00:41:10.73
Why did He give it?
00:41:10.77\00:41:12.70
To spread the gospel to everyone
00:41:12.73\00:41:15.20
that did not
speak their language,
00:41:15.24\00:41:17.27
to spread the
gospel to all nations.
00:41:17.31\00:41:20.51
And when you read Acts 2,
00:41:20.54\00:41:22.11
they gathered out of
every nation under heaven,
00:41:22.14\00:41:25.41
the Bible says,
gathered there that day.
00:41:25.45\00:41:29.12
Now we know...
00:41:29.15\00:41:30.49
It didn't say Russia
but the gospel gradually,
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.36
it started from the
epicenter in Jerusalem
00:41:33.39\00:41:35.82
and it began to filter out,
00:41:35.86\00:41:37.49
like a pebble
that's dropped in a pond.
00:41:37.53\00:41:39.76
You drop the pebble
there and the ripples go out.
00:41:39.79\00:41:43.53
When they receive the...
00:41:43.57\00:41:44.90
When they receive the outpouring
00:41:44.93\00:41:46.27
on the day of
Pentecost, the Lord said,
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.04
"Begin at Jerusalem,
then Judea, then Samaria,
00:41:48.07\00:41:52.57
then the uttermost
parts of the earth."
00:41:52.61\00:41:56.41
So now let's go to
question number 21.
00:41:56.44\00:41:59.38
Question number
21. We got to get this.
00:41:59.41\00:42:01.35
I think I gave you
the answer just now
00:42:01.38\00:42:02.72
but let's go ahead
and go to Acts anyway.
00:42:02.75\00:42:04.52
Question number 21.
00:42:04.55\00:42:06.89
What territory did Jesus
intend for the gospel to cover?
00:42:06.92\00:42:12.93
What territory did Jesus
intend for the gospel to cover?
00:42:12.96\00:42:17.90
I just gave you the answer.
00:42:17.93\00:42:19.27
So let me go and
bring it up on the screen.
00:42:19.30\00:42:21.00
Acts 1:8, let's
look at this together.
00:42:21.04\00:42:23.84
And the Bible says, "But
you shall receive," what?
00:42:23.87\00:42:27.08
"Power," that's
Holy Spirit's power.
00:42:27.11\00:42:29.91
"When the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,"
00:42:29.94\00:42:33.05
that means, fills
you, empowers your life.
00:42:33.08\00:42:36.25
"And you shall be,"
what's the next word?
00:42:36.28\00:42:38.62
"Witnesses to me in," together,
00:42:38.65\00:42:41.56
"Jerusalem and
in all Judea and,"
00:42:41.59\00:42:44.23
what else?
00:42:44.26\00:42:45.59
"Samaria and to
the end of the earth."
00:42:45.63\00:42:49.36
That mean, is there any
place that the gospel won't go?
00:42:49.40\00:42:53.60
Yes or no? No.
00:42:53.64\00:42:56.07
The gospel, by the
power of the Spirit of God,
00:42:56.10\00:42:59.41
the gospel went to
the then known world
00:42:59.44\00:43:01.51
according to
historians in only 34 years.
00:43:01.54\00:43:05.15
The entire world
was knowledgeable
00:43:05.18\00:43:06.98
of the gospel in only 34 years,
00:43:07.02\00:43:09.78
and Jesus said
that would happen.
00:43:09.82\00:43:11.72
So let's go put the answer now.
00:43:11.75\00:43:13.86
What territory did Jesus
intend for the gospel to cover?
00:43:13.89\00:43:18.06
The whole earth, to
the end of the earth.
00:43:18.09\00:43:21.96
Wherever they began
00:43:22.00\00:43:23.33
it will continue
as a rippling effect
00:43:23.37\00:43:25.43
until that
covers the entire world,
00:43:25.47\00:43:28.87
until that covers the
entire world, all right?
00:43:28.90\00:43:34.58
Now I kind of went ahead
of myself here a little bit
00:43:34.61\00:43:38.11
but we're gonna go ahead
and fill some answers in.
00:43:38.15\00:43:40.82
All right?
00:43:40.85\00:43:42.18
The entire world. Let's
go to question number 22.
00:43:42.22\00:43:45.59
I'm excited about the
pace I'm moving at tonight,
00:43:45.62\00:43:47.69
I might possibly get to 30.
00:43:47.72\00:43:51.19
Just follow
along. I might get there.
00:43:51.23\00:43:54.96
You just keep following me.
00:43:55.00\00:43:56.67
Question number 22, here it is.
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.83
Question number 22, all right?
00:43:58.87\00:44:02.60
What ability
would the disciples need
00:44:02.64\00:44:05.51
in order to
minister to the world?
00:44:05.54\00:44:09.14
What ability
would the disciples need
00:44:09.18\00:44:11.31
in order to
minister to the world?
00:44:11.35\00:44:13.95
What would they need?
00:44:13.98\00:44:15.38
I gave you the answer here
00:44:15.42\00:44:16.75
so we could fill
this in very quickly.
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.45
I think many of you
already know the answer.
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.32
But for the
benefit of our viewers,
00:44:20.36\00:44:21.92
we're gonna bring
this up on the screen.
00:44:21.96\00:44:23.73
What ability
would the disciples need
00:44:23.76\00:44:25.49
in order to
minister to the world?
00:44:25.53\00:44:26.96
Let's look at
the answer together.
00:44:27.00\00:44:30.83
"There appeared on
them divided tongues as of,"
00:44:30.87\00:44:36.00
what, "Fire and one
sat upon each of them
00:44:36.04\00:44:41.71
and they were all together
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:44:41.74\00:44:47.35
and began to speak with," what?
00:44:47.38\00:44:50.09
"Other tongues as the
Spirit gave them utterance."
00:44:50.12\00:44:53.69
Now I want to make
this very, very clear.
00:44:53.72\00:44:57.56
It was not just the
spirit giving them the ability
00:44:57.59\00:45:02.66
but it was the
Spirit working through them.
00:45:02.70\00:45:07.00
Get this.
00:45:07.04\00:45:08.37
It was not just the
Spirit installing batteries
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.04
because it had power,
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.54
but the Spirit
of God was working
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.11
through them to do
00:45:13.14\00:45:14.48
what they could
not naturally do.
00:45:14.51\00:45:16.61
Think about that for a moment.
00:45:16.64\00:45:19.01
It was the Spirit
working through them to do
00:45:19.05\00:45:21.65
what they could
not naturally do.
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.49
Let me give you an illustration,
00:45:23.52\00:45:24.85
if I remembered
00:45:24.89\00:45:26.22
I would have
brought one with me.
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.92
You might own a glove.
00:45:27.96\00:45:30.36
There are expensive gloves,
there are inexpensive gloves.
00:45:30.39\00:45:33.50
No matter how much you pay
for gloves, they can't move.
00:45:33.53\00:45:37.50
Have you seen a
glove move before?
00:45:37.53\00:45:39.73
Help me out.
00:45:39.77\00:45:41.10
Have you seen a
glove move before?
00:45:41.14\00:45:43.51
No, no, somebody said
yes. What makes the glove move?
00:45:43.54\00:45:49.01
Something on the
inside of it makes it move.
00:45:49.04\00:45:51.51
You could buy a $5,000
pair of lambskin leather gloves
00:45:51.55\00:45:55.88
made by some
strange unusual designer
00:45:55.92\00:45:58.49
is just as immobile as
a $2 pair from Wal-Mart.
00:45:58.52\00:46:02.76
Am I right?
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.19
So it's not the
value of the exterior
00:46:04.23\00:46:06.09
but the power on the inside.
00:46:06.13\00:46:08.20
The Spirit of God
didn't say to the disciples,
00:46:08.23\00:46:10.37
"Here, you've
got the Holy Spirit,
00:46:10.40\00:46:11.73
go work now."
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.10
No.
00:46:13.13\00:46:14.47
The Bible says, "For it is
God who works in us both to will
00:46:14.50\00:46:18.27
and to do of His good pleasure."
00:46:18.31\00:46:20.88
He gave them the gift
but He was still working.
00:46:20.91\00:46:23.28
He didn't say, "I'm gone." No.
00:46:23.31\00:46:26.11
The Bible says,
"The Spirit of God
00:46:26.15\00:46:27.62
who will abide with you always,
00:46:27.65\00:46:30.12
I will never leave
you nor forsake you."
00:46:30.15\00:46:32.85
So the Spirit
was abiding in them,
00:46:32.89\00:46:35.26
working on them and
working through them
00:46:35.29\00:46:37.59
because some of them
00:46:37.63\00:46:38.96
were gonna yet grow
in their spiritual walk.
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.30
They had conflicts
00:46:41.33\00:46:42.66
that still
needed to be ironed out.
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.13
But the Spirit of God
came and said to them,
00:46:44.17\00:46:46.27
"You could do
something and I'm giving you
00:46:46.30\00:46:48.90
the power to do it
00:46:48.94\00:46:50.27
but I'm gonna be your
tutor from this day on."
00:46:50.31\00:46:52.61
And every time this
gift is exercise don't think
00:46:52.64\00:46:55.51
you're doing it
00:46:55.54\00:46:56.88
because it is God
00:46:56.91\00:46:58.25
who works in us both to will
and to do of His good pleasure.
00:46:58.28\00:47:02.18
You know how I know?
00:47:02.22\00:47:05.12
Have you heard of the phrase,
00:47:05.15\00:47:07.19
"If you don't
use it, you," what?
00:47:07.22\00:47:09.69
"Lose it." Okay. That's true.
00:47:09.72\00:47:11.63
If the Lord gives you a
gift and you don't use it,
00:47:11.66\00:47:14.03
what happens?
00:47:14.06\00:47:15.50
You're gonna lose it.
00:47:15.53\00:47:16.87
The man that was
given the talents...
00:47:16.90\00:47:20.17
There are those
that have talents
00:47:20.20\00:47:21.57
that they hide and
the Spirit of God says,
00:47:21.60\00:47:24.67
"I can't bless that talent
because you're hiding it."
00:47:24.71\00:47:30.35
Some people have
natural abilities
00:47:30.38\00:47:32.31
that the Lord wants to empower
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.25
and make it a
powerful spiritual gift
00:47:34.28\00:47:35.65
in their lives.
00:47:35.68\00:47:37.02
But some people take that gift
00:47:37.05\00:47:38.49
and that talent
and then they hide it.
00:47:38.52\00:47:41.59
But if you don't hide
it, the Lord can increase it.
00:47:41.62\00:47:44.19
He can double
it, He can triple it.
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.79
He can benefit
so many by the gift
00:47:45.83\00:47:47.90
that He has given to you
00:47:47.93\00:47:49.26
if you allow that
talent to be used by the Lord.
00:47:49.30\00:47:51.70
So write the answer down.
00:47:51.73\00:47:53.23
What ability were
the disciples need
00:47:53.27\00:47:54.90
in order to
minister to the world?
00:47:54.94\00:47:57.07
They would need, what?
00:47:57.11\00:47:59.27
And they would
need something else.
00:47:59.31\00:48:02.58
That's right.
00:48:02.61\00:48:03.95
They would need the Holy Spirit,
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.31
they would need that power.
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.02
They would need to
speak with other languages
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.58
and they would need that power.
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.45
Now question number 23 takes us
00:48:12.49\00:48:15.32
to another place
00:48:15.36\00:48:16.73
in the
understanding of this study.
00:48:16.76\00:48:18.23
Let's go to 1 Corinthians.
00:48:18.26\00:48:20.33
1 Corinthians 12.
00:48:20.36\00:48:22.13
We're toggling back and forth.
00:48:22.16\00:48:23.60
You know we're gonna be
in a lot of 1 Corinthians
00:48:23.63\00:48:26.07
and I think almost all
the questions from here
00:48:26.10\00:48:28.70
on out are 1 Corinthians
00:48:28.74\00:48:31.21
because 1 Corinthians is a
book that deals with the gifts
00:48:31.24\00:48:34.04
more than the Book of Acts does.
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.75
All right, let's go to
the very next question.
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.55
The next question is
number 23. Now look at this.
00:48:38.58\00:48:43.08
I want to see if you
have your helmets on.
00:48:43.12\00:48:46.86
Is speaking in
tongues a mandatory gift?
00:48:46.89\00:48:51.99
Question number 23.
00:48:52.03\00:48:53.70
Is speaking in
tongues a mandatory gift
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from the Holy Spirit?
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All right.
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Now, how many say yes?
00:49:02.57\00:49:06.01
How many say no? Okay.
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We've got more nos than yeses.
00:49:08.14\00:49:10.11
Let's go to 1 Corinthians
12. Let's look at this.
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And the word mandatory means,
you get it no matter what,
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.82
that's what mandatory means.
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.82
Let's look at 1 Corinthians 12
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and we're gonna look
together at verse 29 and 30.
00:49:20.02\00:49:22.89
Now the reason I'm
dealing with this topic
00:49:22.92\00:49:24.86
is because the program
00:49:24.89\00:49:26.93
that you're watching
is called A Sharper Focus.
00:49:26.96\00:49:29.60
I want this understanding
00:49:29.63\00:49:32.43
that's out of
focus to be cleared up
00:49:32.47\00:49:35.10
because it's so,
00:49:35.14\00:49:36.60
you know, you have
people that are talking...
00:49:36.64\00:49:37.97
I've seen so
many sermons sometimes
00:49:38.01\00:49:39.84
and in the midst of
the sermon somebody go...
00:49:39.87\00:49:41.64
And you wonder,
what? What happened?
00:49:45.88\00:49:48.08
And they say, "The Holy
Spirit just came upon me."
00:49:48.12\00:49:50.62
You say, "Oh, he must be
filled with the Holy Spirit."
00:49:50.65\00:49:53.56
And they get this kind of idea
00:49:53.59\00:49:54.92
that, wow, they're in a realm,
now that you're not in yet.
00:49:54.96\00:49:58.19
And they go...
00:49:58.23\00:50:00.36
I'm trying to
be, I'm not laughing.
00:50:00.40\00:50:02.60
I'm not belittling this
00:50:02.63\00:50:03.97
but that's the
exercise in so many places.
00:50:04.00\00:50:05.67
Look at the television programs,
00:50:05.70\00:50:07.04
look at some of these
sermons it's gone on YouTube,
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.17
and look at what people term
00:50:09.20\00:50:10.91
the work of the Holy
Spirit and you tell me
00:50:10.94\00:50:12.67
whether it's in order
or it's more confusion.
00:50:12.71\00:50:16.04
God is not the
author of confusion.
00:50:16.08\00:50:18.38
There's
something that happens here
00:50:18.41\00:50:20.22
that when you are told
00:50:20.25\00:50:21.58
that you have to
have this particular gift
00:50:21.62\00:50:24.69
in order for proof that
you have the Holy Spirit,
00:50:24.72\00:50:27.46
that's not scriptural.
00:50:27.49\00:50:28.86
Look at the answer.
00:50:28.89\00:50:30.59
Is speaking in
tongues a mandatory gift
00:50:30.63\00:50:32.99
from the Holy Spirit?
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.36
Look at verse 29 and 30.
00:50:34.40\00:50:36.80
It'll appear on the screen
and it starts with questions.
00:50:36.83\00:50:39.63
Are all apostles?
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.34
What's the
answer together, what?
00:50:41.37\00:50:42.90
No. Are all prophets, what?
00:50:42.94\00:50:45.07
No. Are all
teachers together? No.
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.74
Are all workers of
miracles? The answer, no.
00:50:47.78\00:50:51.55
Do all have the
gift of healings?
00:50:51.58\00:50:54.45
No.
00:50:54.48\00:50:55.82
Do all speak with tongues, what?
00:50:55.85\00:50:57.59
No.
00:50:57.62\00:50:58.95
Do all interpret?
What's the answer?
00:50:58.99\00:51:01.12
No.
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.49
So what's the answer, yes or no?
00:51:02.52\00:51:03.86
No.
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.23
The answer is no
because not all are apostles,
00:51:05.26\00:51:08.20
not all are
prophets, not all are teachers,
00:51:08.23\00:51:10.80
not everyone can work a miracle.
00:51:10.83\00:51:13.47
Do all have the
gift of healings?
00:51:13.50\00:51:14.97
No.
00:51:15.00\00:51:16.37
Do all have the...
00:51:16.40\00:51:17.81
Do all speak with tongues? No.
00:51:17.84\00:51:20.61
Now, you might say,
00:51:20.64\00:51:22.71
well, so then there are those
who need the gift of tongues.
00:51:22.74\00:51:27.82
Yes, there are those
who need a gift of tongues.
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But does an English person...
00:51:31.09\00:51:32.79
Well, I'll answer
the question coming up.
00:51:32.82\00:51:35.42
Let's write it down for,
00:51:35.46\00:51:36.79
is speaking in
terms a mandatory gift
00:51:36.83\00:51:38.33
of the Holy Spirit,
00:51:38.36\00:51:39.69
from the Holy Spirit, yes or no?
00:51:39.73\00:51:41.06
Okay, no, great.
00:51:41.10\00:51:42.43
Now look at this
on your next question,
00:51:42.46\00:51:44.37
we're going to go
00:51:44.40\00:51:45.73
through a number of screens here
00:51:45.77\00:51:47.10
and I want the
guys to keep up with me,
00:51:47.14\00:51:48.60
if it's a young lady I apologize
00:51:48.64\00:51:50.51
who ever is on the
graphics keep up with me
00:51:50.54\00:51:51.87
because we're going to go
00:51:51.91\00:51:53.24
from one to the
next very, very quickly.
00:51:53.27\00:51:54.91
On your paper
that you downloaded
00:51:54.94\00:51:56.85
you'll know on question 24
there's A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
00:51:56.88\00:52:02.58
You see that?
00:52:02.62\00:52:03.95
Let's walk
through that together.
00:52:03.99\00:52:05.35
Okay, here we go.
Let's begin the exercise.
00:52:05.39\00:52:07.59
It says, "Answer the
following six questions.
00:52:07.62\00:52:11.76
Question number one,
let's bring it together.
00:52:11.79\00:52:13.80
Question A, do it,
00:52:13.83\00:52:15.76
does an Italian need
to speak in another tongue
00:52:15.80\00:52:19.50
to witness to an Italian?
00:52:19.53\00:52:20.90
Check one, yes or no?
No. Okay, got that one.
00:52:20.94\00:52:24.97
Let's go to B. Let's go to B.
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Does a German need to
speak in another tongue
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.88
to witness to a German?
00:52:30.91\00:52:32.98
Check, yes or no? No.
00:52:33.01\00:52:35.05
Okay, we're going pretty good.
00:52:35.08\00:52:36.48
Let's go to
numbers, the C, letter C.
00:52:36.52\00:52:39.29
Does a Nigerian need
to speak in another tongue
00:52:39.32\00:52:42.96
to witness to a Nigerian?
00:52:42.99\00:52:44.39
What do we say?
00:52:44.43\00:52:45.76
No, because a
Nigerian understands Nigerian.
00:52:45.79\00:52:49.30
Let's go to D now.
00:52:49.33\00:52:52.43
Does an Italian need
to speak in another tongue
00:52:52.47\00:52:55.30
to witness to a Nigerian?
00:52:55.34\00:52:56.71
Yes or no?
00:52:56.74\00:52:58.17
Yes, what language does
the Italian need to speak in
00:52:58.21\00:53:01.64
to witness to a Nigerian?
00:53:01.68\00:53:03.01
What is that?
00:53:03.04\00:53:04.38
Nigerian, and if he doesn't have
00:53:04.41\00:53:06.28
that ability in class,
00:53:06.31\00:53:07.68
if an Italian
missionary is in Nigeria,
00:53:07.72\00:53:13.29
and the Lord
wants him to communicate
00:53:13.32\00:53:15.12
to this Nigerian,
God's prerogative will be,
00:53:15.16\00:53:19.19
he needs the gift of that tongue
00:53:19.23\00:53:21.66
right at this moment.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.33
God decides that.
Let's look to the next one.
00:53:23.37\00:53:25.87
Point E, let's go to that one.
00:53:25.90\00:53:28.44
Does a Nigerian need to speak
in another tongue to witness
00:53:28.47\00:53:32.04
to a German?
00:53:32.07\00:53:33.41
Yes or no?
00:53:33.44\00:53:34.78
Yes, the Nigerian needs
00:53:34.81\00:53:36.71
to be able to speak in German.
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.71
So if he is a
missionary in Germany
00:53:38.75\00:53:41.12
and there is no
one around to help them
00:53:41.15\00:53:43.55
to communicate,
00:53:43.59\00:53:44.92
God says you are in a position
00:53:44.95\00:53:46.49
where you need
the gift of tongues
00:53:46.52\00:53:49.26
to communicate to a German.
00:53:49.29\00:53:50.63
Am I making that point clear?
00:53:50.66\00:53:52.19
Let's go to the next one,
F. Let's go to the next one.
00:53:52.23\00:53:55.70
Does a German need to speak
00:53:55.73\00:53:59.20
in another tongue to
witness to an Italian?
00:53:59.23\00:54:01.10
Yes or no.
00:54:01.14\00:54:02.47
Yes, the German needs to be able
00:54:02.50\00:54:04.54
to speak Italian to
witness to the Italian.
00:54:04.57\00:54:08.28
And if the German is confronted
in a very isolated place
00:54:08.31\00:54:13.38
and there's no one
around to be their interpreter,
00:54:13.42\00:54:16.02
God says you need
the gift of tongues.
00:54:16.05\00:54:19.12
That's why when
we read a moment ago
00:54:19.15\00:54:21.82
in 1 Corinthians 12.
00:54:21.86\00:54:25.39
Do all have the gift of tongues?
00:54:25.43\00:54:26.76
The answer is no
00:54:26.80\00:54:28.13
because you're
not in the position
00:54:28.16\00:54:29.50
that you necessarily need it.
00:54:29.53\00:54:30.87
Now bring up the last one,
G. Bring up the last one, G.
00:54:30.90\00:54:35.37
Do English speaking
people need another tongue
00:54:35.40\00:54:39.91
for English speaking people?
00:54:39.94\00:54:41.81
Together, no. So why?
00:54:41.84\00:54:46.01
So why in America
are we telling people,
00:54:46.05\00:54:50.39
you can take the graphic away.
00:54:50.42\00:54:51.79
So why in America
are we telling Christians
00:54:51.82\00:54:55.02
that are in
English congregations
00:54:55.06\00:54:58.13
that they need
the gift of tongues
00:54:58.16\00:55:00.00
to communicate
with English people?
00:55:00.03\00:55:04.07
Help me out.
00:55:04.10\00:55:06.90
That is not in
harmony with scripture.
00:55:06.94\00:55:09.80
There's no
special hidden language
00:55:09.84\00:55:13.17
that you now have that
exalts you to a higher place
00:55:13.21\00:55:16.54
because nobody is
higher than anybody else.
00:55:16.58\00:55:19.08
The Bible says,
not of works lest
00:55:19.11\00:55:20.82
any man should boast.
00:55:20.85\00:55:23.12
You don't have anything
00:55:23.15\00:55:24.49
that your brother
or sister doesn't have.
00:55:24.52\00:55:26.72
Nobody rises to a
higher plane of communication
00:55:26.76\00:55:31.03
than anybody else
00:55:31.06\00:55:32.69
because the Spirit of God
is the one working in all of us
00:55:32.73\00:55:35.56
so that everybody around us
will benefit from that gift.
00:55:35.60\00:55:41.64
I hope that's clear.
00:55:41.67\00:55:43.30
If you're in an
English congregation,
00:55:43.34\00:55:45.14
you don't need
the gift of tongues
00:55:45.17\00:55:47.68
to speak to English people,
00:55:47.71\00:55:50.18
but it's going to get
even deeper than that.
00:55:50.21\00:55:52.58
Let's try to get one
more before our time is up,
00:55:52.61\00:55:55.52
before our time is up.
00:55:55.55\00:55:57.69
Did the Apostle Paul
00:55:57.72\00:55:59.52
have the ability
to speak with tongues?
00:55:59.55\00:56:01.62
Question number 25.
00:56:01.66\00:56:02.99
Did the Apostle Paul
00:56:03.02\00:56:04.36
have the ability
to speak with tongues?
00:56:04.39\00:56:07.46
Let's go to 1 Corinthians 14:18.
00:56:07.50\00:56:10.57
1 Corinthians 14:18.
00:56:10.60\00:56:13.30
I know somebody right now
might be in the spin cycle.
00:56:13.34\00:56:16.27
Might be saying, did he just say
00:56:16.30\00:56:17.64
I don't need the gift of tongues
00:56:17.67\00:56:19.37
in an English church.
00:56:19.41\00:56:20.74
I did say that.
00:56:20.78\00:56:22.11
If you speak English
00:56:22.14\00:56:23.48
and the people
around you are English,
00:56:23.51\00:56:24.91
you don't need
the gift of tongues
00:56:24.95\00:56:26.45
because they understand you,
00:56:26.48\00:56:28.45
so there is no,
Lord come into my life
00:56:28.48\00:56:30.95
or now all of a sudden
he comes in and you just,
00:56:30.99\00:56:33.46
and all of sudden
you starting to do stuff
00:56:33.49\00:56:35.12
and rolling on the floor
00:56:35.16\00:56:36.52
and speaking in
an unknown language
00:56:36.56\00:56:38.69
and doing things
that nobody understands
00:56:38.73\00:56:40.63
and then they termed
that the Holy Spirit.
00:56:40.66\00:56:42.76
Friends, we have been duped.
00:56:42.80\00:56:44.43
So many people have been
00:56:44.47\00:56:45.87
put in the position
00:56:45.90\00:56:47.67
and I'll tell you
where it comes from
00:56:47.70\00:56:49.17
on the next program,
00:56:49.20\00:56:50.54
I'm going to hold
the cliffhanger up.
00:56:50.57\00:56:51.91
On the next
program I'll tell you
00:56:51.94\00:56:53.38
where that came from,
00:56:53.41\00:56:55.24
but it's not the
work of the Spirit of God.
00:56:55.28\00:56:57.18
Let's answer the question
00:56:57.21\00:56:58.55
to number 14 to
number 25 right here.
00:56:58.58\00:57:00.35
1 Corinthians 14:18,
let's look at it together.
00:57:00.38\00:57:03.49
Here it is, bring
up the last scripture.
00:57:03.52\00:57:05.29
Paul says, "I think my
God I speak with tongues
00:57:05.32\00:57:09.66
more than you all."
00:57:09.69\00:57:11.39
In other words, Paul
says, Paul was highly educated.
00:57:11.43\00:57:16.26
Paul was a very well learned man
00:57:16.30\00:57:18.53
and he says, I could speak
in so many different languages.
00:57:18.57\00:57:22.30
I could speak in
so many more languages
00:57:22.34\00:57:24.41
than you people at Corinth.
00:57:24.44\00:57:27.11
I've got the ability to talk
in all these other languages.
00:57:27.14\00:57:32.61
But you have no
record in the Bible of Paul
00:57:32.65\00:57:35.15
having to speak
another language to anybody.
00:57:35.18\00:57:38.75
You have no record of
that but he had that ability,
00:57:38.79\00:57:41.39
because he was
very well learned.
00:57:41.42\00:57:42.89
You see the point is clear.
00:57:42.92\00:57:44.39
We want the Word
of God to be clear.
00:57:44.43\00:57:45.93
Can we all say amen to that?
00:57:45.96\00:57:47.63
And so, friends, right
now you might be in a place
00:57:47.66\00:57:49.66
where you're
trying to figure this out.
00:57:49.70\00:57:51.03
We'll continue in the next topic
00:57:51.07\00:57:52.73
to make it even
clearer, but here's my point.
00:57:52.77\00:57:55.77
Whenever
something in the Word of God
00:57:55.80\00:57:57.14
doesn't make sense, we
want you to keep studying,
00:57:57.17\00:57:59.24
keep studying
because one day we know
00:57:59.27\00:58:01.64
it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:01.68\00:58:04.21
God bless you.
00:58:04.25\00:58:05.58