Hello, I'm
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and I'd like to welcome
you to Heaven's Point of View.
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Our topic for this new series
is the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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We'll be answering many of your
questions about the Holy Spirit
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and His gifts, such as,
Do you know what the gifts
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of the Holy Spirit are? Do
you know the proper operation
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of the gifts
according to the Word of God?
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Do you understand the
necessity and value of receiving
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the Holy Spirit? And are you
familiar with the main purpose
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of God's Holy Spirit as
first given to the church?
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And are any of the gifts
of the Holy Spirit still valid
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for this present-age church?
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So, don't go away, because
we are going to answer all these
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questions and many more
from Heaven's Point of View.
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As many of you know, I was a
charismatic Pentecostal minister
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for almost 20 years. I was
involved in and associated with
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the gifts and the workings
of the Holy Spirit in almost
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every service where I
officiated or attended.
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I demonstrated and observed
what I then believed to be the
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true manifestation of all
nine gifts of the Holy Spirit
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as listed in I Corinthians
12. However, I now realize that
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many of those manifestations
were merely demonstrations
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of the flesh that produced
no fruit for the kingdom of God.
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Several people have asked me how
I could possibly stand before
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the entire world and admit
that I was in error concerning
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the correct
interpretation of God's Word.
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I can do this because
the Word of God is true and
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anything
contrary to it is a lie.
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One brother told me that it
was impossible to change horses
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in the middle of the stream.
I responded that I didn't
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change horses, I just got
off the one I was on because
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it was the wrong horse
going the wrong direction.
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I then made it to the
shore of the truth of God's Word
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and got on the same horse
that Jesus will be riding.
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For the first time
in my Christian life,
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I am at peace with
myself. I don't have to perform
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for God's children, and I
now know that God's love for me
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is not based on performance.
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I have been set free from the
pressure of every church service
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having to be more
powerful than the previous one.
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I no longer have to try and
come up with some new, heavy
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revelation to
stimulate the congregation.
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I do not have to preach the
same thing that the big shot
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preachers are preaching in
order to be in tune with God.
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I now rely on the power of
God's Word and the demonstration
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of the Holy Spirit. The
series that we are beginning
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here today will reveal the truth
and the necessity of the gifts
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of the Holy Spirit.
Please keep me in your prayers
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as I counteract the counterfeit
with the truth of God's Word.
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Have you ever wondered
how Ellen White did it?
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How did she go so deep
into the truth of God's Word?
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How did she leave such a legacy
of end-time interpretation
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of Scriptures for our
church so we could move forward
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in the faith? I'm sure that
you'll say, Oh, that's easy.
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She had the gift of the spirit
of prophecy. That's correct -
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but at the same time,
there had to be more to it.
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She had the same Bible that
we use today yet there is little
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current enlightenment
in our present-day church.
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I believe Ellen White used
the Word of God as her map.
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This map included the Old
Testament, the New Testament
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that we use to study to
show ourselves approved unto God
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a workman that need not be
ashamed but rightly dividing
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the word of truth.
Christian Education states:
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Now this is from Christian
Education page 86, paragraph 2.
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The map, the Word of God,
she used was explored, charted
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and penned by the Lewis and
Clark patriarchs of old such as
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Isaiah, Daniel, the
Pauls, the Johns, the Peters
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and all the
writers of the Gospels.
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They detailed
every river of life
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and every tributary
of truth so we wouldn't
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wander around in the wilderness
of want for the truth.
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Their charting of the truth
has kept us from stumbling over
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man's misconceptions and
misinterpretation of God.
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Because we have the map of God's
Word, we know where we've been
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we know where we are, and
we know where we're going.
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But are we sure we know how
to chart that final destination
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to our Lord? The
Christopher Columbuses
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and the Lewis and
Clarks used a remarkable device
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to boldly go where most
men have never gone before.
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That device was a compass.
Something so simple and yet
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without it they would
have ended up going in circles
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accomplishing
absolutely nothing.
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Something as simple as a compass
kept them on the right track
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and going in the
right direction. The compass
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the early explorers
used was the common kind
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we are all familiar
with in our society.
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It is a magnetic north compass.
It can be purchased at almost
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any Wal-Mart store. It's
an amazing little instrument
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that tell us what
direction we are headed in
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by a needle always
pointing to magnetic north.
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However, it's incapable of
showing us what's over the next
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mountain range or what's
within a mysterious myth.
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It cannot comfort our
fears of exploring the unknown
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that lies ahead. It
cannot speak and assure us
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that it is with us and tells us
it will never leave us and never
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forsake us. However,
Ellen White used a compass
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that can do all of
that and much, much more.
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Her compass was the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit that God's
Word says will be our guide
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and will lead us into all truth.
The Holy Spirit knows what's
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over the next hill of hope
and what's in the deepest valley
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of despair. The Holy Spirit
is the compass who understands
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our expectations and
hears our heart's cry to pursue
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the proper path to our
Lord. Jesus Himself used
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this instrument as
He was led by the Spirit
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into the wilderness and then
returned from the wilderness
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under the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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This compass is the
one Paul writes about in:
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The Holy Spirit is not only
our compass but He is also our
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map legend. My father
was a safety design engineer
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for the Alabama
State Highway Department.
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I laugh when I say that because
I got an in-depth lesson on maps
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and map legends from him up and
down every highway we traveled.
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Because of his unceasing
road lessons, I am now amazed
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when I encounter people
who can't read road maps
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or they don't understand
the symbols explained in the
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map legend. They have in
their hand a detailed map
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of their city, their state,
their nation - but they can't
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understand it because they don't
know how to use the legend.
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The same thing may be said
about the Holy Spirit if we
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refuse to allow Him to
be our guide as we study the
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Word of God. Jesus plainly
told us that the Holy Spirit
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will not just be our
guide through the Word of God
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but He will also
show us things to come.
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He will be our spiritual compass
to direct us into the future
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purpose of God.
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I believe Ellen White embraced
the Holy Spirit and said
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"Lead me, guide me, take
me, so you can make me whatever
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you want me to be. " She may
have said something like this:
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"Yes, Lord, I have the map of
Your Word - but your Holy Spirit
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is the legend and the compass,
and I need Him to discern
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your Word correctly. "
Christopher Columbus set sail
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with all the current knowledge
available to him at the time
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but he also sailed under the
influence of ignorance and the
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fear of the unknown. Throughout
history one of the most
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stagnating fears has
been the fear of the unknown.
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This fear has not only kept
a bit in the mouth of natural
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progression and exportation
but also caused the spiritual
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development of God's church
to move at a snail's pace.
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The people of Columbus' day
thought you would be destroyed
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if you sailed out far enough
from land because the world
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was flat, you know, and
you would fall off the edge.
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Some Christians still
believe the same thing about
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the Holy Spirit. They
fear that going too far
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with the Holy Spirit will be
catastrophic because He's flat,
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you know, and we'll fall off
the edge and perish in error.
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This irrational reasoning has
come about by those we observed
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go over the edge of spiritual
error while declaring they were
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led by the Spirit. When the
Holy Spirit, our compass and our
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guide, leads you by using God's
Word - His mouth - there will
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never be an end to His leading
or a bottom to His depth.
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Because we have encountered
some counterfeits of the Spirit,
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we have become a people fearful
of falling off the edge of God.
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We say we mustn't go too
far. We proclaim we have the map
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of God's Word and this is all we
need. This is where the vision
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dies and the
spiritual progression ceases.
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I want the vision
along with the happiness.
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When you become happy having
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only the Word
without the vision,
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the ongoing truth,
the redemptive revelation,
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your spiritual growth will stop
and you will cease developing.
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If we are to progress
to the center of God's Word
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and to the center of His will,
we must not be fearful of using
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the compass of the Holy Spirit.
The expression to use the
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Holy Spirit does not mean
that we are commanding Him or
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directing Him. God forbid.
But it is allowing Him to use us
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and direct us. Ellen
White states it this way:
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If the Holy Spirit is leading as
our guide, we will become aware
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that He is not flat, He
is not flat and we will not
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fall off or over the
edge as long as we use the map
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and the compass together.
We must never try to use the
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compass of the Holy Spirit
without aligning everything up
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with the map of God's
Word. The natural compass always
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points to true north, and
the compass of the Holy Spirit
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always points to spiritual
north and it's scriptural - the
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city of our God.
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Based on my years as
a charismatic minister,
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I observed many objections
to what was considered apparent
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error in many charismatic
and Pentecostal churches
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and many who declared everything
done in those churches
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was counterfeit. We should
take a closer look at what
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counterfeit means.
Random House dictionary defines
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counterfeit as an imitation
intended to be passed off
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as real, as real. If
something is not real,
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then there
cannot be a counterfeit.
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Did you hear that? If
something is not real,
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there can't be a counterfeit.
Several years ago, a man
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gave a young worker at a Dairy
Queen in Kentucky a $200 bill.
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$200 bill. Not knowing
what it was, she gave him back
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his change - and he took it!
He was found by the authorities
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but all they could do was
charge him with a misdemeanor.
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They could not charge him
with passing counterfeit money
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because there never
was a real $200 bill made.
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The bill he gave this cashier
was not counterfeit because
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there never was
a real $200 bill.
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The reason the Holy Spirit
can be counterfeit is because
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He is real and He is
our compass, He is our guide
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through the map of God's
Word. He is our map legend,
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and without Him we are unable
to figure out how far it is from
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where we are to where we are
going. Without the Holy Spirit
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we are not able to read
or understand the signposts
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along our journey
through God's Word.
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Our federal government has a
special agency that deals with
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recognizing and
apprehending counterfeits
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and counterfeit money. The
way they learn to recognize
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the counterfeit money is not
by studying counterfeit money,
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it is by studying REAL
money. They are so familiar
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with the real that they
can immediately spot the phony.
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This is what the Word of
God should be and do for us.
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It should make us so aware
of truth that we do not try
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to prove what's counterfeit.
And this is what most people do.
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They get on and tell
you everything that's error,
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everything that's wrong. We
should look at what's right!
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We should just
naturally recognize what is real
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and what is not real. This
is what happened in my life.
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As I began to see the truth
of God's Word, my errors were
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immediately exposed.
I had to do something.
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And the something I did
was to continue my quest
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for the truth of God
and the truth of God's Word.
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There were several reasons why
I departed from the charismatic
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tongues movement. However,
some of those reasons concern
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me now more than
ever. Could it be that the
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charismatic movement will be
the vehicle that Satan uses to
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establish this end-time,
world-wide ecumenical church?
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Please, please, hear
what I am saying here.
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I am not saying that the people
within this movement, involved
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in this movement, are Satanic.
That's not what I'm saying.
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I am saying that Satan may
use this movement because it is
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established on the common bond
of their experience of tongues
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and not on Biblical doctrine.
I was amazed in the 1970's
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as hundreds of thousands
of Christians left their
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denominational churches and
flooded into the charismatic
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arena. I watched
it. I was witness to it.
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I can see great dangers
ahead for many denominations
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including the
Seventh-day Adventists. Hear me!
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All of the signs present
indicate that this movement
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may be the critical mass for
establishing the soon-to-come
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ecumenical church.
You can attend almost any
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of these churches and
find people from almost every
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denomination sitting
together in the same row.
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This movement has
become the common denominator
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for organizing a world-wide
ecumenical body of unbelieving,
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let me make sure I say this
right, UNBELIEVING believers.
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They have laid aside doctrine
to embrace what they refer to
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as the unity of believers.
The unity of believers.
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This is unscriptural.
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Now let's look at the
word unity in the scripture.
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This word is connected
with both faith and knowledge.
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Now hear this. Unity is
connected with both faith and
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knowledge: that is unity of
faith in Christ and the unity
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of knowledge of Christ.
Faith is always associated with
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knowledge. The reason
so many people of different
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denominations, backgrounds,
beliefs, and doctrines can
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can worship and fellowship
together in the charismatic
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circles is not
because they agree on doctrine
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but because they agree on a
common religious experience.
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Tongues. This is a very
dangerous thing, very dangerous
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setting. To set truth aside
in order to have unity will
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ultimately put the one
who is the truth - the Lord
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Jesus Christ -
outside of the movement.
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That's just what we see
predicted in Revelation:
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Is this going to be a picture
of the state of the church
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in the last days? We
see the Lord Jesus standing
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outside the church
knocking, trying to get in.
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However, there is no room for
Him - for the Word - because it
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contradicts their experience.
So doctrine and truth have been
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neglected - set aside.
Experience has become the
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important thing,
and the only requirement
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for church membership or
fellowship is that experience.
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No longer is it faith in
the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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that makes someone
an accepted Christian.
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Jesus - who IS the truth - is no
longer wanted, no longer welcome
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in the church but is left
standing outside. How pitiful.
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Can it be possible that
this charismatic movement
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established on the misuse and
misinterpretation of the gift of
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tongues, will be the instrument
that will usher in the great
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world church of
Revelation chapter 17?
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Here is a powerful statement
from the Review and Herald
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about the true
gifts of the Holy Spirit:
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It is possible if they
continue on the course of unity
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and in the interest of
unity that they will succeed
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in putting experience ahead of
the doctrine of the Word of God.
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Anything can happen to
the church that moves away
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from the solid foundations
of the truth of God's Word.
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Now let me explain this the way
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that it comes across in the
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simplicity of this old
Alabama country boy's mind.
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I don't smoke and I don't drink
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and thank God that God
has delivered me from that.
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But if I am moving in a
spirit of unity and I want to be
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in unity with people that
are out there in the world,
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serving the purpose of the
world, serving Satan and serving
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the lust of their own flesh then
this is what I've got to do.
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I've got to set aside the fact
that I've been delivered from
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drinking, I've been delivered
from smoking, because I want to
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set up a spirit of unity.
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What do I have to do to do that?
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Now stop and think about this.
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What I have to do, even
though I do not do that,
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is I would have to go to the
bars. I would have to sit down
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there on that bar stool. I
would have to associate with
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them even if I
didn't drink with them,
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even if I
didn't smoke with them,
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in order to create unity.
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God wants unity of the doctrine.
God wants unity of the faith
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and this faith is the
doctrine of Jesus Christ.
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And it's not just a
matter of unity of believers,
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let's just all get
together no matter what
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Somebody said that Christianity
and salvation is a mountain.
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As long as you get to
the top, you're all right.
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It doesn't matter how you
get there. But let me tell you
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something right here, from
my heart. The Word of God says
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that Jesus says "I am the Way,
I am the Truth, I am the Life. "
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He is the only way. He
is the only way up that
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mountain. He is the only way
which is through the Word of God
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led by the Spirit of God,
according to what God has said.
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Hey, welcome back! You
know in these times of great
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calamity, our world is in
desperate need of all that God
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provided for humanity through
the gifts of His Holy Spirit.
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As a charismatic pastor
for nearly 20 years, I had
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first-hand experience
in numerous church services
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conferences, seminars, teaching
on how the gifts of the Spirit
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were supposed to function
on behalf of believers today.
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You know, there are a countless
number of books written
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on the subject of
the gifts of the Spirit,
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and no two seem to agree.
I found these books to have
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their foundation based on either
someone's personal experience
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with the gifts or their personal
observations of the gift.
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Confusion will always follow
when our foundational basis
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is anything
other than God's Word.
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The most important
thing is what the Word of God
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says about the gifts.
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Now, I've endeavored to explore
the Biblical use of the gifts
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of the Holy Spirit using the
Word of God as our foundational
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source in this series.
I hope to dispel confusion
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associated with the gifts
that God has so graciously given
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to His church. My background
as senior pastor of one of the
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largest and fastest
growing charismatic churches in
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southern Illinois as well as
my experiences from evangelizing
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in charismatic services both
nationally and internationally
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lends itself to a
store of information.
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I formed many close
relationships with godly men
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and women of faith
during those 20 years.
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So it is with prayerful
consideration that I endeavor
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to inform and not offend anyone
by the teaching of this series.
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It is my desire to approach
the subject of the gifts of the
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Holy Spirit from
Heaven's Point of View
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which is God's Word. It
was from this point of view
00:25:49.38\00:25:53.47
that my hunger for the truth
of God's Word exposed apparent
00:25:53.57\00:25:57.68
errors in my interpretation
of the scripture about the
00:25:57.78\00:26:01.88
spiritual gifts. This revelation
demanded an ultimatum.
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I could accept or reject
God's truth about my error.
00:26:06.43\00:26:09.28
My acceptance of
that truth meant giving up
00:26:09.38\00:26:11.45
all opportunities to minister
in circles where I had formerly
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been welcome. I
chose to embrace the truth
00:26:14.53\00:26:17.28
based solely on scripture. I
discovered the truth about the
00:26:17.38\00:26:20.81
gifts of the Holy
Spirit, especially tongues,
00:26:20.91\00:26:22.98
in God's Word and
immediately had to make several
00:26:23.08\00:26:24.88
life-changing decisions to
continue as a priest to God.
00:26:24.92\00:26:28.99
We often quote the first part
of Hosea 4:6 but seldom look
00:26:29.09\00:26:32.67
at the second part:
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I don't want that! It's
terrible when God's people
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are ignorant of His Word.
But it is far worse for people
00:26:53.87\00:26:57.38
to acquire Biblical
truth and then reject it.
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They give God no
alternative but to reject them
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and their children. Not
because He wants to but because
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He has been
given no other choice.
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I believe that this series
on the gifts of the Spirit
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will not only expose the errors
of the gifts of the Spirit's
00:27:11.22\00:27:15.08
misuse but will bring to
reality the gifts of the Spirit
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into present-day truth.
00:27:19.99\00:27:22.70
One of the most debated
questions of Christianity
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.91
doctrine in the last 100 years
has been the gifts of the Spirit
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speaking in
tongues, and so forth.
00:27:29.47\00:27:31.49
I have seen several churches,
homes, families divided
00:27:31.59\00:27:34.15
and even destroyed
because of the misinterpretation
00:27:34.25\00:27:37.44
of the gifts. I now believe that
the gifts of the Holy Spirit
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are God-given - but only
like they were given on the
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Day of Pentecost. Now
this is what we are going
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to be looking at in this
series that we are going to do.
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I want to share my heart, I
want to share the experience
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- the good, the bad, and
the ugly - along with the truth.
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So I encourage you,
check your 3ABN World
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for the dates and for the times
and get your Bibles and join us
00:27:59.56\00:28:03.48
as we look at the nine
gifts of the Holy Spirit
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and how they impact
the church of today.
00:28:06.21\00:28:09.51
On our next Heaven's Point
of View program, we'll take
00:28:30.08\00:28:32.38
a closer look at the main
purpose of the Holy Spirit
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as the major player in the
remnant church and also in the
00:28:35.03\00:28:37.96
Lord's return, so check
your 3ABN World for the dates
00:28:38.07\00:28:41.12
and the times, and I
hope to see you then.
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