In Mark chapter 16,
verse 15, he said to them
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this is Jesus speaking, he said,
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"Go into all the world,
and preach the good news to
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all creation whoever
believes and is baptized will be
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saved, but whoever does
not believe will be condemned
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and these signs will
accompany those who believe.
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Now those, these signs will
accompany those who believe,
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in my name, they
will drive out demons.
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They will speak in new tongues.
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They will pick up
snakes with their hands
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and when they drink deadly
poison it won't hurt them.
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And then they will place
their hands on sick people
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and they will get
well, the gift of healing.
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What a precious
gift that God has given!
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They will get well.
And over and over again
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throughout the New
Testament there are promises,
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over and over saying
if you ask for anything
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in my name I will answer you.
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Is it God's will for everyone
to be healed, absolutely?
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Does God want anyone to be sick,
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never, it's not God's will?
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In fact, in James, look with me,
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in James the fifth chapter,
in verse 14, James writes,
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if any one of you is
sick, then he should call the
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elders of Church to
pray over him and anoint him
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with oil in the name
of the Lord and the prayer
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offered in faith will
make, notice, the prayer offered
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in faith will make
the sick person well
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and the Lord will raise him up.
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If he has sinned
he'll be forgiven,
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therefore confess
your sins to each other
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and pray for each other
so that you may be healed,
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the prayer of a
righteous man is powerful
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and effective and
I'll never forget the day
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we sat in the
doctor's office and that doctor
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told me that my wife had cancer.
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The first thing I
thought of was James.
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And so we called the
elders of the Church.
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They came together, had a big
group of people in our house.
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All of my friends,
people that had served
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together with me
through the years and we prayed.
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We anointed her with
oil. We prayed and I knew
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that God was
going to heal my wife.
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After all it wasn't a
selfish thing; it was like
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I need her. I need her
to do God's work and so
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I knew He was going
to answer that prayer
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and two days after we
anointed her with oil,
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we went back to the
doctor to get the final test
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of all the different
testing that they had done
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and I went in
there really believing
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that those tests
were going to show zero.
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The cancer was gone.
There was no doubt because
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my God is powerful enough
to do that and we sat there,
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the doctor came in
and he shook his head.
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He said, you know it's worse
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than we thought,
it's even in her bones.
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We can't do
radiation it's too wide spread.
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Chemo doesn't work on this
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kind of cancer
and there is no cure.
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Why didn't God answer?
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I believed; why
didn't He answer?
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And you know what it
brought me back to a passage
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in Second Corinthians,
chapter 12, in verse 7,
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Paul wrote; 'to keep
me from becoming conceded
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because of these surpassingly
great revelations there was
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given to me a
thorn in my flesh,'
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so Paul was afflicted, why?
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To keep him from
becoming conceded.
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A messenger from
Satan to torment me,
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three times I pleaded
with God, take this away
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from me, but he said to
me, "my grace is sufficient
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for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness,
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therefore I will
boast all the more gladly
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about my weakness,
so that Christ power
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may be rest on
me, may rest on me."
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So, here was Paul with an
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affliction, a
thorn in the flesh.
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We don't know what it
was, it doesn't matter.
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Whatever it was, he
wanted it out of there.
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He wanted it off. He prayed.
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I don't know any one
more spiritual in the Bible
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than Paul was,
except Jesus, Amen.
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He prayed, he said God
take it away three times.
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And God did not take it away.
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He said it's better for
you to live with it because
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if not you might
get puffed up and proud.
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And if case that's not
enough, our Savior prayed.
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"Father, let
this cup pass for me.
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Nevertheless not my
will, let thy will be done."
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Jesus did not want to
go up the hill to Calvary.
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He did not want
to die on the cross.
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He was saying
father, let it pass.
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I don't want to go.
Take it away from me,
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but you're will,
not my will be done.
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God did not answer that prayer
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the way Jesus
wanted Him to answer it.
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He didn't want to go and
God said, no, you need to go.
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So, what about James?
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Is it always God's
will to heal, absolutely?
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Is it always God's will to heal
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and answer our
prayers right now, no.
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Because remember God had to give
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the devil a
little room to operate.
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He had to give him room
to show what sin is really
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like and if he every
time a Christian or believer
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was sick and
afflicted then if he healed them
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then everybody wanted
to be a Christian because
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they could get
healed and by the way every
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Christian in the New
Testament is dead today.
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Why did they die?
They didn't want to die.
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But, the Bible says if
any one of you is sick,
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God will hear the prayer and
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He will raise him up
and the word "raise him up"
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is the same word used
for the resurrection day.
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And so when we
pray, we pray like Jesus,
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father, not will, my will,
let thy will be done, Amen.
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Okay. The day
finally arrived the town
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had been looking forward
to with eager anticipation
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for weeks
because they promised God
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was going to do
something special.
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God was going to work miracles.
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The big tent was set.
The time for the meeting
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to begin packed with
people from over town,
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the Evangelists came
out and just as he was about
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to deliver his opening
words a gentleman in the
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front row stood up and
began to speak in tongues.
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The Church was quite. He sat
down and everyone said, Amen.
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A gentleman, elderly
gentleman in the rear of
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the tent stood and said,
I am a Hebrew, I am Jewish.
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I speak Hebrew and that
man spoke perfect Hebrew.
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The man in the front row
stood and said I don't know
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a word of Hebrew
and everyone said
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praise God
we've heard a miracle.
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The gentleman in the
back said that man cursed
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the name of God in Hebrew
and the big tent went silent.
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For every good gift that God has
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Satan counterfeits and deceives.
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And we need to learn how to tell
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the difference between
the genuine and the false.
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The Baptism of the Holy
Spirit and speaking in tongues,
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tongue is by far the most
popular of the gifts of the
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Spirit and it's also the
most, the least understood.
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Sooner or later
you're going to hear
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someone ask the
question, have you ever received
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the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
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evidenced by
speaking in tongues.
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I hear it all the time.
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And the implication
is that if you have not
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spoken in
tongues then you have not
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received the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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That comes from the
failure to recognize the
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purpose of the
gifts of the Spirit.
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What is the
purpose of the gifts?
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The very last words
that Luke recorded in the
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Book of Acts before
Jesus ascended to heaven.
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The last words of Jesus
in Acts, chapter 1, verse 8,
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he said, you will receive power
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when the Holy
Spirit comes on you.
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Now, why does God want us
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to receive power
from the Holy Spirit?
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He tells us and you will
be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
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Judea, Samaria and
to all of the Earth.
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The purpose of the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit,
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the purpose of the
power of God's Holy Spirit
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is to empower us,
enable us to be his witnesses,
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to share the
Gospel to the world.
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That's Jesus yardstick
for measuring the gifts.
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Does it enable us,
empower us to preach the Gospel?
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Paul said the same
thing, Paul said the same thing
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in little book of Ethesians,
his letter to the Church at
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Ephesus, fourth chapter,
seventh verse, to each one
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of us grace has been
given as Christ apportioned,
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notice Christ is the
one who makes the decision
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as to what each
one of us receives.
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This is why he said
when he ascended on high,
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he led captives in his
train and he gave gifts to men.
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What were the
gifts that Jesus gave?
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Verse 11, he gave
some to be apostles, some
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prophets, some evangelists,
some pastors and teachers.
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Why did he give these gifts?
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In order to prepare God's
people for works of service
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so that the body of
Christ may be built up.
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The purpose of the
gifts of the Spirit,
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the purpose of the
Baptism of the Spirit
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are one and the
same, to build up, empower
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the body of Christ, so
that the Church can be built up.
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Jesus said it again
in Mark at the end of the
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Gospel of Mark, 16th
chapter, in verse 15; he said,
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"Go into all the world
and preach the good news,
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that's the Gospel to all
creation, whoever believes
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and is Baptized will be
saved, but whoever does not
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believe will be condemned
and all of these signs will,
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and these signs
will accompany them.
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In my name they
will drive out demons,
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they'll speak in new tongues,
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they'll pick up
snakes with their hands,
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when they drink poison it
will not hurt them at all.
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They will place their hands on
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sick people and
they will get well."
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Now this is an
interesting passage.
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He has just finished
saying, go to all the world with
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the Gospel and then
talks about the manifestation
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of the Holy Spirit,
never is the manifestation
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of the Holy Spirit apparent
without the proclamation
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of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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They always go together.
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But, he did say you
will speak in new tongues.
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Now what does new tongues mean?
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The word tongues
in Greek is Glossa,
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which actually means languages,
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you will speak in new languages.
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What does the word new mean?
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You see there are two Greek
words for new Kainos and Neos.
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The Bible here Jesus
used the Greek word Neos.
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Kainos, means something he
used the Greek word Kainos.
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Kainos means something new
only to the person, new to me.
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For me to start
speaking to you in Swahili
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would be Kainos
that's a new language to me.
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Neos, means new and
that it never existed before,
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but Swahili existed
before so it's not new
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in the Neos sense that
it never existed before,
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it's new because it's
new to the one speaking it.
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And that's the word
the Jesus used. They will
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speak in languages that
they had never learned before.
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Now some would
point to this as proof
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that everyone who
receives the Holy Spirit will
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speak in new
tongues or new languages.
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But the text also goes on to say
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they will pick up
snakes with their hands.
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And I have never
heard anyone say,
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everyone should
pick up deadly snakes
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with their
hands or drink poison.
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In fact, there was a
time when down in the South,
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in the Bible Belt,
there were some evangelists
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who were preaching that
we can with the power of
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the Holy Spirit pick up
deadly snakes and they won't
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hurt us and they used to
have snake worship services
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where they'd stick their
hands in the basket and pull
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out a deadly snake and it
went on for a little while
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until they started getting
bit and dying and that stopped.
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The point is, he is not saying
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that everyone will
do all of these things.
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He is just describing
some of the miraculous
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gifts that will be
given to the Church as she
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proclaims the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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We find the
fulfillment of this prophecy
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in the book of Acts
of the second chapter.
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In Acts chapter 2,
verse 1, the day of Pentecost
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had come and they were
all together in one place
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and suddenly like a sound
like, and suddenly a sound
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like the blowing of a
violent wind came from heaven
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and filled the whole
house where they were seating.
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So, here were the
disciples about a 120 in number
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and they were all
together in one place and
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the Holy Spirit came like
the rush of a mighty wind.
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In verse 3, they
saw what seemed to be
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tongues of fire coming
down separating and resting
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on each one of them
and all of them were filled
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with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak
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in other tongues as
the Spirit enabled them.
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Now, notice it's
always the Spirit enabling one
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to speak in other
tongues or languages.
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Wouldn't you love to
have been in that room
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on the day of
Pentecost and to feel the Spirit
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coming in like a
mighty wind and to see the
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tongues of fire and
experience everyone there
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speaking in
tongues, wouldn't you like to
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have been there on the
day of Pentecost, Amen.
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Get excited this morning folks.
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We are talking
about the Holy Spirit and
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that's something to
get excited about, Amen.
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Alright. Good. Now why did the
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Holy Spirit give
them other languages?
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Why did He able them to
speak in other languages?
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He tells us in the
next verse. In verse 5,
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now they were
staying in Jerusalem.
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God-fearing Jews
from every nation
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under heaven and when
they heard this sound,
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a crowd came
together in bewilderment.
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Now, notice here they
are for the day of Pentecost
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representing every
nation on earth, every tongue,
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every languages there
and they heard this sound.
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They came together
and they were amazed.
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They were bewildered
because each one heard
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them speaking in
his own language.
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Can you see what's
happening at Pentecost?
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They spoke in the
language of the people that were
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hearing them speaking in
their language from all the
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different countries on
the earth and he list all the
00:16:47.55\00:16:49.99
different nations that were
present there and they said,
00:16:50.02\00:16:52.87
again declaring the wonders
of God in our own tongues,
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so they were
declaring the wonders of God
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in the languages of
all of the people that were
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present and everyone
there understood what was being
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said in their own
language. What a miracle!
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All of the people from
all nations gathering together
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to hear the Gospel
in their own language,
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so they could go back
to their own countries
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and spread the
Gospel to the world
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just like Jesus
said it would happen
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and it would build
up the body of Christ.
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And then Peter stood and
preached the Gospel sermon.
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And after he talked
about Jesus being crucified,
00:17:40.11\00:17:42.79
buried and raised
up again from the dead,
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the men came to
him and said brothers
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what shall we do in verse 37,
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that must have
been a powerful sermon,
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filled with Holy
Spirit, preaching the Gospel
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what shall we do he
said; they said, Peter replied,
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repent and be
baptized everyone of you.
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In the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your
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sins and you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Repent and be Baptized and
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you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Verse 41, says
those who accepted
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his message were
baptized and about
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3000 were added to
their number that day.
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Now, that is the evidence,
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of the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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Three thousand
people added to their number
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and the Church
was being built up.
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You see the purpose of
the gifts of the Spirit are
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always and forever to
build up the body of Christ.
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I want you to
notice something else.
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It says that they did repent,
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they were
baptized and Peter said,
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if you repent and are baptized
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you will
receive the Holy Spirit.
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They did repent.
They were baptized.
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Did they
receive the Holy Spirit?
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Absolutely; but it does not say
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that any of them
ever spoke in tongues.
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Now, they may
have, but the point is
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we just don't know
whether they did or not.
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Therefore, it is not
correct to say that every place
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in the Bible that
mentions the Baptism
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of the Holy Spirit
they always gave evidence
00:19:40.64\00:19:43.80
by speaking in tongues
because it just isn't true.
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Let's look at
some other examples
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of the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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In fact, I want to look at
all of them in the Book of Acts.
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The next one is found in
the fourth chapter, verse 31.
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After they
prayed, the place where
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they were meeting was shaken and
00:20:02.68\00:20:04.01
they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and
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spoke the word of God boldly.
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Two points; number one,
the same people that were
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filled with the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost
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prayed and were filled
with the Holy Spirit again.
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This means that the
Baptism of the Spirit
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is not a one time thing.
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.87
It's not just
some miraculous thing
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that happens once and goes on.
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It's a
continuing ongoing process.
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The more you know about God,
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the more you can
you tell about God
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and the more God
enables you to tell about God.
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So, we can be
baptized more than once.
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We should be
baptized more than once.
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We should be baptized with
the Spirit every day. Amen.
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Notice something else. They
were baptized with the Spirit.
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It does not say they
spoke in tongues, it says they
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spoke the word of God
boldly and I pray everyday.
00:20:54.46\00:20:59.25
I pray God fill me
with your spirit, enable me,
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empower me to
speak your word boldly.
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And that's just as
much a manifestation
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of the gifts as
speaking in tongues.
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So, here are two examples;
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one, 3000 baptized
on the day of Pentecost
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and here the
disciples filled with the Spirit
00:21:17.90\00:21:20.49
and preaching the
word of God boldly.
00:21:20.52\00:21:22.66
It does not
mention that they spoke
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in tongues after the
Baptism of the Spirit.
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Here is another
example, this time we find it
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in Book of Acts
chapter 10, verse 40;
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again in chapter 10,
Peter this time is preaching a
00:21:36.44\00:21:40.23
Gospel sermon to the
Gentiles at Cornelius' house.
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He spoke to them the Gospel and
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then in verse 44,
while Peter was still
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speaking these
words that is the Gospel,
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notice the Gospel is
always together with the Spirit.
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While Peter was
speaking these words,
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the Holy Spirit
came on all who heard
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the message and the
circumcised believers
00:21:59.92\00:22:02.83
who had come with
Peter were astonished
00:22:02.86\00:22:05.54
that the gift of
the Holy Spirit had been
00:22:05.57\00:22:08.36
poured out even on the Gentiles.
00:22:08.39\00:22:10.69
Now, how did they know it
was poured out on the Gentiles?
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.42
Because they heard them speaking
00:22:15.95\00:22:17.64
in tongues and praising God.
00:22:17.67\00:22:20.47
And so Peter said,
can anyone keep these
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people from being
baptized with water?
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They have received the
Holy Spirit just as we have.
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Now, why did God pour
out the Holy Spirit on those
00:22:32.08\00:22:36.45
Gentile believers at Caesarea
Philippi in Cornelius' house?
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Why did God do
that? For two reasons,
00:22:41.12\00:22:44.18
number one, Peter,
if you read through the
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New Testament had a very
difficult time acknowledging
00:22:48.67\00:22:53.89
and accepting the fact
that you do not have to be
00:22:53.92\00:22:57.07
a circumcised Jew
in order to be saved.
00:22:57.10\00:23:00.32
Peter had problems with that.
00:23:01.09\00:23:03.01
He even discriminated
at the Church of Galatia
00:23:03.29\00:23:06.21
against those
who were circumcised,
00:23:06.52\00:23:08.62
against those who
were not circumcised yet.
00:23:08.65\00:23:11.24
And Paul had to call him down.
00:23:11.27\00:23:12.97
Peter had trouble with it.
00:23:13.43\00:23:15.13
So, God is kind of like
taken a 2/4 and blapping
00:23:15.55\00:23:20.77
him over the side of the
head to get his attention
00:23:20.80\00:23:23.86
saying, Peter I want you
to know that the Gentiles are
00:23:23.89\00:23:27.53
equally, have equal access
to the Church as the Jews do.
00:23:27.56\00:23:31.25
So, he really got
his attention with the
00:23:31.28\00:23:33.98
vision of the sheep
and saying do not call
00:23:34.01\00:23:37.18
any man common or
unclean and then pouring
00:23:37.21\00:23:40.24
out the Holy
Spirit on the Gentiles,
00:23:40.27\00:23:41.64
they began to speak
in tongues the same way
00:23:41.67\00:23:44.48
the disciples did on
the day of Pentecost.
00:23:44.51\00:23:47.08
That means that
everyone understood in their own
00:23:48.01\00:23:51.34
language because that's the
way it happened at Pentecost.
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The second reason
God poured out the gift
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.38
of tongues not just
to get through Peter,
00:23:58.41\00:24:00.30
to break through the
barriers and build up
00:24:00.33\00:24:02.45
the Church by
letting Gentiles come in.
00:24:02.48\00:24:04.57
The second reason was
that Caesarea Philippi
00:24:04.60\00:24:06.91
was a major, on a major route,
00:24:06.94\00:24:09.22
a major cross
roads where people from
00:24:09.25\00:24:11.36
various different countries
and dialects and tongues
00:24:11.39\00:24:14.15
came through and now
they had the gift of tongues.
00:24:14.18\00:24:16.85
They were enabled to
speak in the languages
00:24:16.88\00:24:19.23
of the people that came through,
00:24:19.26\00:24:20.66
thus facilitating the
preaching of the Gospel to
00:24:20.69\00:24:23.31
the world and building up
the Church of Jesus Christ.
00:24:23.34\00:24:26.79
But, they did
receive the Spirit and it was
00:24:28.92\00:24:31.73
evidenced by
speaking in tongues.
00:24:31.76\00:24:33.99
So far, two times on
Pentecost and at Caesarea
00:24:34.02\00:24:37.41
the gifts of the Spirit
was evidenced by speaking
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.85
in tongues and we have
seen two times when it was not.
00:24:39.88\00:24:42.53
There's a third
example and that's this time
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.84
in the Book of
Acts, the 19th chapter,
00:24:45.87\00:24:49.30
Paul went to Ephesus
and he found some disciples
00:24:49.33\00:24:53.94
there, in verse
2, he asked them,
00:24:53.97\00:24:55.37
did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?
00:24:55.40\00:24:58.22
And they said, no. We don't
know even know what that is.
00:24:59.05\00:25:02.69
And so Paul taught them and then
00:25:03.41\00:25:08.11
he taught them
and told the people
00:25:08.14\00:25:10.90
in verse number
4, he taught them
00:25:10.93\00:25:12.95
to believe in the
one coming after him
00:25:12.98\00:25:15.19
that is Jesus and on
hearing this they were
00:25:15.22\00:25:17.51
baptized into the
name of the Lord Jesus
00:25:17.54\00:25:20.59
and Paul placed his
hands on them the Holy Spirit
00:25:20.62\00:25:23.39
came on them and they
spoke in tongues and prophesied.
00:25:23.42\00:25:27.29
So, here again, is an
example of them receiving
00:25:28.42\00:25:32.09
the Holy Spirit and
then speaking in tongues
00:25:32.12\00:25:35.24
as evidence but they
also prophesied as evidence.
00:25:35.27\00:25:39.63
So, they did speak in tongues.
00:25:40.82\00:25:43.00
Why did God enable
them to speak in tongues at
00:25:43.03\00:25:46.04
Ephesus, because Ephesus
was another major trade route.
00:25:46.07\00:25:50.03
It was at an intersection,
a crossroad where people
00:25:50.94\00:25:54.29
from all various
different countries came through
00:25:54.32\00:25:57.19
trading and this speaking
in the languages of the people
00:25:57.22\00:26:01.13
would enable the Church to
proclaim the Gospel of Jesus
00:26:01.16\00:26:04.37
and again the
Church would be built up.
00:26:04.81\00:26:07.21
The gift of the
Spirit speaking in tongues
00:26:08.42\00:26:11.31
or any gift is always
manifest in along side
00:26:11.34\00:26:15.46
with the proclamation of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:26:15.49\00:26:18.52
So, we have seen on
the day of Pentecost,
00:26:20.17\00:26:22.65
they did receive the Spirit,
00:26:22.68\00:26:24.58
they did speak in other tongues.
00:26:24.61\00:26:26.76
We have also seen that at
00:26:27.34\00:26:30.02
Cornelius house
in Caesarea Philippi,
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.46
they received Holy Spirit
and they spoke in tongues.
00:26:32.49\00:26:35.09
And now at Ephesus they received
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.37
the Holy Spirit
they spoke in tongues.
00:26:37.40\00:26:39.15
Five times, the
Bible, the Book of Acts
00:26:39.40\00:26:42.43
mentions the
Baptism of the Spirit.
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.14
Three times they
spoke in tongues those
00:26:44.17\00:26:46.54
other two times
it just doesn't say.
00:26:46.57\00:26:49.48
Now folks, these are
the only three places
00:26:50.16\00:26:53.59
in the entire New
Testament that describes God
00:26:53.62\00:26:58.74
using the gift of
tongues, just three, that's all.
00:26:58.77\00:27:04.94
Now, there is
another place where he deals,
00:27:06.82\00:27:10.19
Paul deals extensively
with speaking in tongues.
00:27:10.22\00:27:14.22
And we are going to
take a look at that now
00:27:14.88\00:27:16.82
because it's at the
Church of Corinth in Corinth,
00:27:17.44\00:27:22.45
but before we look at
Paul dealing with tongues
00:27:22.80\00:27:26.58
in Corinth, we have to
ask ourselves a question.
00:27:26.61\00:27:30.00
What was going on in
the Church at Corinth
00:27:30.57\00:27:35.72
at the time Paul
wrote this letter?
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.42
What was going on
there, a surprise?
00:27:39.00\00:27:41.95
In First
Corinthians chapter 3, verse 1,
00:27:42.31\00:27:45.39
Paul said,
brothers I could not address
00:27:45.77\00:27:49.02
you as spiritual, but worldly.
00:27:49.05\00:27:52.33
Mere infants in Christ.
00:27:54.21\00:27:56.63
You were not yet
ready, mere infants in Christ.
00:27:57.14\00:28:01.23
I gave you milk, not solid food
00:28:01.26\00:28:04.18
because you are
not yet ready for it,
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.63
indeed you are still not ready.
00:28:06.66\00:28:09.15
You are still worldly.
00:28:09.18\00:28:10.95
Now here is a Church
and there were believers
00:28:13.08\00:28:16.73
in Jesus, but yet
Paul calls them unspiritual
00:28:16.76\00:28:20.96
and worldly,
hardly a model Church.
00:28:20.99\00:28:25.56
Are you with me?
Corinth was not a model Church.
00:28:26.11\00:28:29.78
They had serious problems.
00:28:29.81\00:28:31.51
In fact, the
problems were so serious
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.49
that Paul wrote in
chapter 11, verse 17,
00:28:34.52\00:28:38.41
in the following directives
I have no praise for you
00:28:38.44\00:28:43.17
because your meetings
do more harm than good.
00:28:43.20\00:28:46.99
So, here is a Church
that had such serious
00:28:47.91\00:28:50.49
problems that when
they came together for
00:28:50.52\00:28:52.90
Church meetings,
their meetings did more harm
00:28:52.93\00:28:56.05
than good,
hardly a model Church.
00:28:56.08\00:29:01.59
Should we pattern
our worship services and
00:29:02.93\00:29:07.12
our Church worship meetings
after the Church of Corinth?
00:29:07.15\00:29:10.92
Their meetings did
more harm than good.
00:29:12.81\00:29:15.71
I hear when you come together
00:29:16.35\00:29:17.98
as a Church there
are divisions among you.
00:29:18.01\00:29:20.66
Now, we have to
ask ourselves why were
00:29:21.31\00:29:25.09
there divisions
among them in Corinth?
00:29:25.12\00:29:27.79
What was dividing
the Church of Corinth?
00:29:27.82\00:29:30.70
And we are going to discover
00:29:30.73\00:29:32.06
as we go through
the next two chapters.
00:29:32.09\00:29:34.26
That they were divided
over the gifts of the Spirit
00:29:34.29\00:29:37.60
specifically
the gift of tongues.
00:29:37.63\00:29:40.29
Now what does this mean?
00:29:43.41\00:29:44.60
This means that
whatever Paul writes to Corinth
00:29:45.59\00:29:51.91
we have to be very
careful that we don't take it
00:29:54.05\00:29:59.55
as a model for what we
are supposed to do today,
00:29:59.58\00:30:04.14
because Paul is dealing
with a problem in Corinth.
00:30:04.86\00:30:09.34
So, when we study
the next two chapters,
00:30:10.29\00:30:12.68
we've to always ask
ourselves with every piece
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.39
and every verse and every word
00:30:15.42\00:30:17.10
we've to ask ourselves,
is this the true way to
00:30:17.13\00:30:20.99
worship God or is
this a part of the problem.
00:30:21.02\00:30:24.92
We cannot take everything
that was going on in Corinth
00:30:25.56\00:30:29.81
and say that's what God
wants us to do today because
00:30:29.84\00:30:33.78
if we do our meetings
will do more harm than good.
00:30:33.81\00:30:37.37
So, we have to ask ourselves,
00:30:38.71\00:30:40.59
is this the problem
or is this the truth?
00:30:40.62\00:30:44.29
You follow me? That's
the most important thing,
00:30:45.11\00:30:47.67
is it a problem
or is it the truth?
00:30:47.70\00:30:49.41
So, what was
going on in Corinth,
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.49
first of all in chapter 12,
00:30:51.52\00:30:52.80
he gives us a background
to the gifts of the Spirit.
00:30:52.83\00:30:55.26
Chapter 12, verse 1,
now about spiritual gifts
00:30:55.29\00:30:58.22
brothers, I don't
want you to be ignorant,
00:30:58.25\00:30:59.87
I want you to understand this.
00:30:59.90\00:31:01.77
In verse 4, there are
different kinds of gifts,
00:31:02.44\00:31:04.63
but the same Spirit,
the unity is in the Spirit
00:31:04.66\00:31:07.98
with different kinds of gifts.
00:31:08.01\00:31:09.49
Verse 7, now to each
one the manifestation of the
00:31:09.52\00:31:12.21
Spirit is given for
the common good, that is
00:31:12.24\00:31:15.61
for the good of the
church, to build up the church.
00:31:15.64\00:31:18.93
To one there is
given through the Spirit
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.10
the message of
wisdom, another knowledge,
00:31:21.13\00:31:23.56
another faith, another healing,
00:31:23.59\00:31:25.48
another miraculous
powers, another to the ability
00:31:25.51\00:31:28.95
to distinguish between Spirits,
00:31:28.98\00:31:31.08
so another prophecy, and
another speaking in tongues,
00:31:31.11\00:31:34.44
and to still another
interpretation of tongues.
00:31:36.34\00:31:39.25
Now watch all of
these are the work
00:31:39.81\00:31:43.65
of the one and the same Spirit.
00:31:43.68\00:31:46.84
And, He gives them to
each one just as He determines.
00:31:48.24\00:31:58.46
Who decides which
gift of the Spirit
00:31:58.92\00:32:02.06
you should
receive, God decides that.
00:32:02.09\00:32:06.01
Remember that, verse
12, the body is a unit
00:32:06.40\00:32:11.49
though it is
made up of many parts
00:32:11.91\00:32:13.62
and though all of
its parts are many,
00:32:13.65\00:32:15.49
they form one
holy, they form one body
00:32:15.52\00:32:20.13
and so it is with
Christ, for we were all baptized
00:32:20.47\00:32:25.61
by one spirit into one body.
00:32:25.64\00:32:29.64
Note that, we are all baptized
00:32:30.73\00:32:33.53
by one spirit into the one body.
00:32:33.56\00:32:36.61
So, anyone who is a
part of the body of Christ
00:32:36.64\00:32:40.55
has been baptized
by the Holy Spirit,
00:32:40.58\00:32:44.44
because that's how we
become a part of the body.
00:32:45.46\00:32:48.18
We're baptized by the Spirit
into the one body of Christ.
00:32:48.21\00:32:52.86
So, everyone that's a
part of the body of Christ
00:32:52.89\00:32:56.32
has been baptized
by the Holy Spirit.
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.51
Therefore, if one is not
a part of the body of Christ
00:33:00.03\00:33:03.98
then they're not
baptized by the Holy Spirit.
00:33:04.01\00:33:07.19
Remember that,
we're gonna come back
00:33:08.26\00:33:10.32
to that important
point in a few moments.
00:33:10.35\00:33:12.78
Verse 14, and this one
gets to be a little fun,
00:33:13.66\00:33:17.19
he says now the body is
00:33:17.22\00:33:18.80
not made up of
one part, but of many.
00:33:18.83\00:33:22.09
If the foot should
say because I'm not a hand
00:33:23.02\00:33:25.75
I don't belong to the body,
it wouldn't for that reason
00:33:25.78\00:33:29.05
seize to be a part of the body.
00:33:29.08\00:33:30.83
The body is not a big foot,
00:33:30.86\00:33:33.35
nor the body is not a big hand,
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.28
the body is not a big ear,
00:33:35.31\00:33:37.26
and it's not a big tongue,
00:33:38.58\00:33:39.95
but it's made up of all
of the parts put together.
00:33:41.42\00:33:44.94
The body is not
made of one part,
00:33:45.54\00:33:47.70
but of many and
then in verse 15,
00:33:47.73\00:33:50.06
if the whole body
was an ear where would
00:33:50.68\00:33:53.18
the sense of
smell be, but in fact
00:33:53.21\00:33:56.66
God arranged the
parts of the body everyone
00:33:56.69\00:33:59.55
of them just as
He wanted them to be.
00:33:59.58\00:34:04.67
You see God is
the one who decides
00:34:05.42\00:34:08.30
which gifts should
be present in the body.
00:34:08.43\00:34:12.13
That's the second time
that he said that, verse 21,
00:34:12.75\00:34:17.81
the eye cannot say to
the hand I don't need you.
00:34:17.84\00:34:20.13
Do you see what he is
saying the foot can't say since
00:34:21.42\00:34:24.47
I'm not a hand, I must
not be a part of the body.
00:34:24.50\00:34:26.75
You can't tell
yourself since I don't have one
00:34:26.78\00:34:29.73
particular gift, I'm
not a part of the body.
00:34:29.76\00:34:32.18
Why not? Because God
arranges the parts the way
00:34:32.67\00:34:35.20
He wants them and
therefore the eye cannot
00:34:35.23\00:34:38.98
say to the ear you're
not a part of the body.
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.28
No one can tell you because
you do not a particular gift,
00:34:41.31\00:34:44.47
you're not a part
of the body. Why not?
00:34:44.50\00:34:46.17
Because God arranges
the gifts and the parts
00:34:46.20\00:34:49.37
the way he wants them to be.
00:34:49.40\00:34:52.93
So, no one can tell you, if
you've not spoken in tongues,
00:34:53.97\00:34:58.24
you're not a part of the body
00:34:58.27\00:34:59.65
because the body
is not one big tongue.
00:35:01.32\00:35:04.49
Now, for some people
it may seem like that.
00:35:06.18\00:35:08.50
Sometimes, we wish we could
improve on what God has done
00:35:09.85\00:35:14.44
there were times when I
wish I had an extra eye on the
00:35:14.47\00:35:17.45
back of my head, but if I did
00:35:17.48\00:35:20.47
you would feel
sorry for me. Why?
00:35:20.50\00:35:22.92
Because God made us
in a way to function
00:35:22.95\00:35:25.78
absolutely the
best way that we can.
00:35:25.81\00:35:28.07
We can't change
what God wants to do,
00:35:28.68\00:35:31.46
we should be
satisfied what he wants.
00:35:31.49\00:35:33.55
Now, what God has
combined the members
00:35:33.58\00:35:37.49
of the body and He
has given greater honor
00:35:37.52\00:35:39.04
to the parts that
lacked it, in verse 25,
00:35:39.07\00:35:41.19
so that there would be
no division in the body.
00:35:41.22\00:35:44.18
Now, that's
interesting because in Corinth
00:35:45.89\00:35:49.02
they were divided Paul said, and
00:35:49.05\00:35:51.81
the division came over
the gifts of the Spirit.
00:35:51.84\00:35:55.17
Now, verse 27, you
are the body of Christ
00:35:56.24\00:35:59.61
and each one of
you is a part of it.
00:35:59.64\00:36:02.17
And, in the
church God has appointed
00:36:02.97\00:36:06.17
first of all
Apostles, second Prophets,
00:36:06.20\00:36:10.57
third teachers,
then workers of miracles,
00:36:11.04\00:36:14.56
also those
having gifts of healing,
00:36:14.59\00:36:16.65
those able to help
others, those with gifts of
00:36:16.68\00:36:19.72
administration,
those and finally
00:36:19.75\00:36:22.21
those speaking in
different kinds of tongues.
00:36:22.24\00:36:25.35
And, in significant
that he said first Apostles
00:36:25.92\00:36:29.64
and finally those
speaking in tongues,
00:36:29.67\00:36:31.78
he was kind of
ranking them to make sure
00:36:31.81\00:36:34.64
that nobody put
tongues over any of the others,
00:36:34.67\00:36:37.98
because that's exactly
what they were doing at Corinth.
00:36:38.42\00:36:41.82
Then, he asked a
series of questions
00:36:45.12\00:36:47.46
in verse 28 and
verse 29, are all Apostles?
00:36:47.49\00:36:51.16
What's the obvious
answer to that? No.
00:36:51.72\00:36:54.73
Are all prophets?
No. Are all teachers? No.
00:36:54.76\00:36:59.35
Do all work miracles? No. Do
all have gift of healing? No.
00:36:59.38\00:37:03.81
Do all speak in tongues?
No. Do all interpret? No.
00:37:03.84\00:37:13.08
But, eagerly
desire the greater gifts.
00:37:14.30\00:37:15.99
Now he did say we're all
baptized by the Holy Spirit
00:37:16.02\00:37:21.14
into the body of
Christ, but he makes it clear
00:37:21.17\00:37:25.37
that we're not all
to speak in tongues.
00:37:25.40\00:37:28.00
Therefore, speaking
in tongues cannot be
00:37:28.47\00:37:32.95
the only evidence for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
00:37:32.98\00:37:36.15
because we're all
baptized but we don't all speak
00:37:36.18\00:37:39.11
in tongues, it can be an
evidence that's clear the
00:37:39.14\00:37:42.26
Bible is clear, but it
is not always the evidence.
00:37:42.29\00:37:44.97
Therefore, since someone
has not spoken in tongues, it
00:37:45.00\00:37:48.75
does not mean they would
not been baptized by the Spirit.
00:37:48.78\00:37:51.72
In fact, to say so is the
most unchristian thing to say
00:37:52.22\00:37:58.82
because it's
basically saying that
00:37:58.85\00:38:00.56
you haven't even been
baptized, you're not even a
00:38:00.59\00:38:03.91
part of the body of
Christ, you're not even saved.
00:38:03.94\00:38:05.83
And I've had people tell me
that, if you've been baptized
00:38:05.86\00:38:08.70
by the Spirit, its evidenced
by speaking in tongues.
00:38:08.73\00:38:10.97
Then, I say well, I've
been baptized by the Spirit.
00:38:11.00\00:38:13.08
Yeah, but if you
spoken in tongues.
00:38:13.11\00:38:14.43
No, well then you're
not baptized by the Spirit,
00:38:14.46\00:38:16.77
you say you mean I'm not a
part of the body of Christ,
00:38:16.80\00:38:18.78
that's right, you
mean I'm not saved,
00:38:18.81\00:38:20.09
that's right, why not?
00:38:20.12\00:38:21.09
Because you haven't spoken
in tongues, folks we're not
00:38:21.10\00:38:23.56
saved by speaking in
tongues we're saved by
00:38:23.59\00:38:26.43
grace through faith in
Jesus Christ alone, Amen.
00:38:26.46\00:38:30.98
So, we are beginning to get
00:38:34.16\00:38:36.20
a glimpse of the
problem in Corinth.
00:38:36.23\00:38:38.36
They were divided over
the gifts and they were
00:38:39.69\00:38:42.41
emphasizing one
gift over all the others.
00:38:42.44\00:38:45.04
Now, let's see
if we can figure out
00:38:45.07\00:38:47.31
what gift they were
over-emphasizing and
00:38:47.34\00:38:50.91
how did Paul deal with
it in the 14th chapter,
00:38:50.94\00:38:53.91
in the 14th
chapter First Corinthians,
00:38:54.31\00:38:56.74
follow the way of love and
eagerly desire spiritual gifts,
00:38:57.71\00:39:04.67
especially the gift of prophecy.
00:39:04.75\00:39:08.14
Is Paul emphasizing
especially that we should
00:39:09.63\00:39:14.64
all speak in
tongues, if he's singling out
00:39:14.67\00:39:18.36
any gift at all,
we would have to say
00:39:18.39\00:39:20.80
he is singling out
the gift of prophecy.
00:39:20.83\00:39:24.32
Now, why would he do that?
00:39:25.16\00:39:27.21
Why would he single
out the gift of prophecy?
00:39:28.48\00:39:31.58
Do you want to know the
answer to that question?
00:39:32.15\00:39:34.27
Be back here
tonight at 7 O' Clock
00:39:34.79\00:39:37.51
and we'll answer
it for you tonight.
00:39:37.54\00:39:40.07
Follow the way of love
eagerly desire spiritual gifts,
00:39:41.03\00:39:44.23
especially the gift of prophecy.
00:39:44.26\00:39:46.93
Now, watch this.
For anyone who speaks
00:39:46.96\00:39:49.83
in a tongue does not
speak to men, but to God.
00:39:49.86\00:39:53.98
Now, let's
remember our principle
00:39:55.63\00:39:59.35
that we
established at the beginning.
00:39:59.38\00:40:01.10
Something was
going on in Corinth
00:40:01.61\00:40:04.46
that was dividing
the church so badly
00:40:04.49\00:40:08.84
that their meetings
were harmful and not good.
00:40:08.87\00:40:13.58
So, we have to
ask ourselves anytime
00:40:15.19\00:40:17.31
we see him describing
what was happening in Corinth,
00:40:17.34\00:40:20.44
was this a part of the problem
00:40:20.47\00:40:22.31
or was this what
God wants us to do?
00:40:22.34\00:40:24.22
Anyone who speaks
in a tongue does not
00:40:26.95\00:40:29.43
speak to men, but to God.
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.65
We could say that
here Paul is telling us
00:40:31.68\00:40:35.52
that we should
speak in tongues to God,
00:40:35.86\00:40:38.85
but the question we
have to ask first is,
00:40:40.14\00:40:43.40
was that a part of
the problem at Corinth?
00:40:43.43\00:40:46.64
If it was then he is not
telling us to do that today.
00:40:46.67\00:40:50.75
If it was not a
problem or a part to a problem
00:40:51.33\00:40:54.24
then may be he is
telling us to do it today,
00:40:54.27\00:40:57.08
you understand,
the test has to be,
00:40:57.11\00:40:59.30
was it a part of the problem?
00:40:59.33\00:41:01.12
So, anyone who
speaks in a tongue
00:41:01.66\00:41:03.77
does not speak
to men, but to God,
00:41:03.80\00:41:05.53
but there is a little
bit of a question here
00:41:05.56\00:41:07.67
because the purpose
of speaking in tongues
00:41:07.70\00:41:10.23
was to build up the
church and preach the Gospel.
00:41:10.26\00:41:14.89
Here he says,
those who are speaking
00:41:15.86\00:41:17.30
in tongues in
Corinth are not speaking
00:41:17.33\00:41:18.71
to men, they
are speaking to God.
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.37
There is something a
little different here
00:41:20.40\00:41:22.05
then what happened at Pentecost,
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.64
indeed no one understands him,
00:41:23.67\00:41:26.94
but he utters
mysteries with his Spirit.
00:41:26.97\00:41:29.79
Oh! He's got
Spirit, he is pumped up,
00:41:29.82\00:41:32.19
he is excited
about what's happening,
00:41:32.22\00:41:34.34
but nobody
understands what he is saying
00:41:34.37\00:41:36.32
that did not
happened at Pentecost.
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.22
Pentecost everyone
understood what was being said.
00:41:40.67\00:41:44.86
Now watch this, but
everyone who prophesied
00:41:45.19\00:41:48.56
speaks to men for
their strengthening,
00:41:48.59\00:41:50.87
encouragement and
comfort. So, is he
00:41:50.90\00:41:53.25
saying that we should all
speaking in tongues to God?
00:41:53.28\00:41:55.93
He is saying, he who
speaks in a tongue especially
00:41:56.41\00:41:59.00
at Corinth, they
were speaking only to God,
00:41:59.03\00:42:00.67
the purpose of the
gifts are to speak to man,
00:42:00.70\00:42:02.43
he who prophesies
is speaking to man,
00:42:02.46\00:42:05.05
he says for the
building up of the church.
00:42:05.08\00:42:07.48
Can you see how it
all fits together now?
00:42:07.51\00:42:09.59
Verse 4, he speak, he who speaks
00:42:12.11\00:42:14.19
in a tongue edifies himself.
00:42:14.22\00:42:16.23
So, is Paul telling us to speak
00:42:16.72\00:42:19.77
in tongues in
order to edify ourselves?
00:42:19.80\00:42:23.38
The purpose of
speaking in tongue
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.27
is not to edify ourselves;
00:42:25.30\00:42:27.60
it's to edify the
church to build up the church.
00:42:27.63\00:42:32.44
Is it possible that
speaking in tongues to edify
00:42:32.47\00:42:35.98
oneself was the part
of the problem at Corinth?
00:42:36.01\00:42:39.04
We've to ask that question
00:42:39.07\00:42:40.71
about every piece of
what's happening here.
00:42:40.74\00:42:43.83
He who speaks in a
tongue edifies himself but,
00:42:44.22\00:42:47.41
'but' can be a
mighty big word, can't it?
00:42:48.04\00:42:51.07
He who speaks in a
tongue edifies himself
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.15
Oh! Good I'll edify
myself, but, oops, but he who
00:42:53.18\00:43:00.65
prophesies, edifies the
church because prophesying
00:43:00.68\00:43:07.63
builds up the church,
tongues was building up self,
00:43:07.66\00:43:11.93
the purpose of the
gifts of the Spirit are not
00:43:11.96\00:43:14.40
to build up self, but
to build up the church.
00:43:14.43\00:43:18.14
Can you see how things were
getting confused at Corinth?
00:43:18.43\00:43:22.24
So, is Paul telling
us to speak in tongues
00:43:23.19\00:43:25.47
to build up
ourselves or is that a part
00:43:25.50\00:43:28.78
of the problem in
the church at Corinth.
00:43:28.81\00:43:31.63
Then, in verse 5, I would like
00:43:32.04\00:43:33.98
for everyone of you
to speak in tongues.
00:43:34.01\00:43:35.67
Ah ha! There it
is, you see he wants us
00:43:35.70\00:43:38.64
all to speak in tongues,
but he has already said,
00:43:38.67\00:43:41.32
we're not all to
speak in tongues.
00:43:41.35\00:43:43.10
So, what is he saying?
00:43:43.49\00:43:44.68
It's followed by
the word 'but' again.
00:43:45.69\00:43:50.36
I would like all of
you to speak in tongues,
00:43:50.71\00:43:52.90
but I would
rather have you prophesy,
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.96
because he who
prophesies is greater
00:43:55.99\00:43:57.58
than the one who
speaks in tongues.
00:43:57.61\00:43:59.13
Unless he interpret
it, so that the church
00:43:59.16\00:44:01.88
may be edified and built up.
00:44:01.91\00:44:04.03
You see how it
all fits together,
00:44:04.06\00:44:05.90
sure I would like
for you all to speak in,
00:44:05.93\00:44:08.18
because remember
they were teaching
00:44:08.21\00:44:09.53
that everybody had
to speak in tongues.
00:44:09.56\00:44:11.74
Oh! Yes, I wished you all would,
00:44:11.77\00:44:13.75
but I'd rather
have you prophesy,
00:44:14.53\00:44:16.13
does it mean
that he wants them all
00:44:16.16\00:44:17.66
to speak in tongues, no.
00:44:17.69\00:44:18.82
Because he has
already said not to.
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.46
He says it's better to prophesy,
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.44
it would be
like me saying I wish
00:44:22.47\00:44:24.21
that you could
all be evangelists,
00:44:24.24\00:44:26.21
I wish that you
could all quit your jobs,
00:44:26.24\00:44:30.39
buy yourself a
trailer, sell your house and go
00:44:30.87\00:44:33.27
traveling around preaching
the Gospel, but if everybody
00:44:33.30\00:44:35.35
did that there
wouldn't anybody to preach to.
00:44:35.38\00:44:37.48
Sure, I wished you
all could, but it's better
00:44:40.04\00:44:42.45
for you to use the
gift that God has given you.
00:44:42.48\00:44:46.05
And, that's not all
that Paul is saying here.
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.79
Now brothers, now
listen, now brothers,
00:44:50.12\00:44:53.30
if I come to you and speak
in tongues what good will I
00:44:53.33\00:44:55.26
be to you unless I
bring you some revelation
00:44:55.29\00:45:00.64
or knowledge or prophecy
or a word of instruction.
00:45:00.67\00:45:04.43
It's not going to do any
good unless you can understand
00:45:05.14\00:45:06.98
what I'm saying and
you're built up in fact he says,
00:45:07.01\00:45:09.54
he says in verse
9, so with you unless
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.96
you speak intelligible
words with your tongue
00:45:12.99\00:45:16.06
how will anybody
know what you're saying,
00:45:16.09\00:45:18.36
you'll just be
speaking into the air.
00:45:18.39\00:45:20.59
Undoubtedly, there
are all sorts of languages
00:45:22.00\00:45:24.31
in the world, yet none
of them is without meaning.
00:45:24.34\00:45:27.25
So, what is he emphasizing
here that whatever you say in
00:45:28.83\00:45:31.80
church should be with meaning
so that people can understand
00:45:31.83\00:45:35.28
what you're saying and
the church can be built up.
00:45:35.31\00:45:38.17
There are all kinds
of languages, but none
00:45:38.46\00:45:40.07
of them is without
meaning, if I then do not grasp
00:45:40.10\00:45:43.49
the meaning of what
someone who is saying
00:45:43.88\00:45:46.57
I am a foreigner to
the speaker and he is a
00:45:46.60\00:45:49.30
foreigner to me,
so it is with you.
00:45:49.33\00:45:52.57
What was going on in Corinth?
00:45:54.20\00:45:56.09
They were speaking in tongues,
00:45:57.52\00:45:59.42
but no one
understood what they were saying
00:45:59.45\00:46:02.08
because they had no meaning
to what they were saying.
00:46:02.11\00:46:05.07
Then he goes on to say,
since you're eager to have
00:46:05.43\00:46:09.19
spiritual gifts, try to excel
in the gifts that build up the
00:46:09.22\00:46:12.57
church, tongues were
not building up the church
00:46:12.60\00:46:16.40
in Corinth, it was
dividing the church.
00:46:16.43\00:46:18.62
Then, for this reason
anyone who speaks in a tongue
00:46:19.92\00:46:23.09
should pray that he may
interpret what he says and
00:46:23.12\00:46:26.47
then you have meaning again for,
00:46:26.50\00:46:29.03
if I pray in a
tongue, my spirit praise
00:46:29.06\00:46:32.46
Oh! Yes, I'm
excited, I'm in enthused,
00:46:32.49\00:46:35.32
I'm speaking in
tongues, I'm praying in tongues.
00:46:35.35\00:46:37.59
Wow! It's powerful,
but my mind is unfruitful,
00:46:37.62\00:46:42.46
I don't know what I'm saying.
00:46:42.49\00:46:43.59
So, what do I do, do I quit
praying in the Spirit? Nope.
00:46:45.71\00:46:49.26
So, what shall I do? I
will pray with my spirit,
00:46:50.17\00:46:53.13
but I'll also pray with my mind.
00:46:54.29\00:46:56.59
See sometimes we
can get so spiritual
00:46:57.76\00:47:02.05
and so emotional
and so powerful that
00:47:02.08\00:47:05.63
nobody even
knows what's going on.
00:47:05.66\00:47:07.21
Oh! They're excited
and they're rejoicing
00:47:09.99\00:47:12.15
and they walkout,
I remember one time
00:47:12.18\00:47:14.11
I went to a worship
service and they had a big band
00:47:14.14\00:47:16.94
and it was loud and people
were dancing in the aisles
00:47:16.97\00:47:17.94
and singing and they
were tongues and nobody even
00:47:20.06\00:47:22.31
knew what was being
said, but boy on the way out,
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.99
one fellow said,
whew! Man we worshipped.
00:47:25.02\00:47:28.48
Is that worship, when nobody
00:47:31.89\00:47:34.76
understands what's going on?
00:47:34.79\00:47:36.68
We're only in the Spirit,
but not the mind, you know,
00:47:37.03\00:47:41.60
what does he say?
I'll worship in the Spirit.
00:47:42.03\00:47:44.34
I mean God made us
with feelings, folks.
00:47:44.37\00:47:47.11
Sometimes people
come up to me and say
00:47:47.51\00:47:49.53
Pastor you get
too excited up there,
00:47:49.56\00:47:50.99
I can't help it,
God put feelings in me
00:47:51.02\00:47:55.41
and he put them in you,
00:47:55.44\00:47:56.46
sometimes you
suppress Him so much that
00:47:56.49\00:47:58.50
you sit there
like the frozen chosen.
00:47:58.53\00:48:00.80
Because we're so
scared of the happy clappies.
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.64
We need to be the
happy chosen. Amen.
00:48:05.90\00:48:09.35
I'll pray with my mind,
but I'll pray with my Spirit.
00:48:10.49\00:48:13.36
So, they understand
what's going on. Verse 18,
00:48:13.76\00:48:17.98
I thank God that I speak in
tongues more than all of you.
00:48:18.01\00:48:23.36
Now, there it is
Paul speaks in tongues
00:48:23.39\00:48:25.73
more than all of them, but,
there's that little word again,
00:48:25.76\00:48:29.40
but in the church I would
rather speak five intelligible
00:48:29.43\00:48:33.91
words to instruct others
than 10,000 words in a tongue.
00:48:33.94\00:48:37.49
Was he really
saying that we need to
00:48:38.25\00:48:39.98
be speaking in
tongues all the time? No.
00:48:40.01\00:48:41.58
what is he really
saying? We need to understand
00:48:41.61\00:48:44.17
what's being said in
church, that comes clear
00:48:44.20\00:48:47.85
and it's obvious that
the manifestation of tongues
00:48:47.88\00:48:50.82
in Corinth was done
in such a way that no one
00:48:50.85\00:48:54.10
understood what was going on,
00:48:54.13\00:48:55.85
in fact he concludes
in verse 22, tongues then
00:48:55.88\00:48:58.87
are assigned for believers,
tongues then are assigned
00:48:58.90\00:49:03.18
not for believers,
but for unbelievers.
00:49:03.21\00:49:07.21
Remember that's what
happened at Pentecost,
00:49:07.34\00:49:08.95
it wasn't a sign
for the believers,
00:49:08.98\00:49:10.70
it was for the unbelievers,
00:49:10.73\00:49:11.70
they heard it and then
they became believers, why?
00:49:11.71\00:49:14.69
Because they
understood what was being said,
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.90
tongues are
assigned not for believers,
00:49:16.93\00:49:19.34
but for
unbelievers, prophecy however
00:49:19.37\00:49:21.37
is for believers
not for unbelievers.
00:49:21.40\00:49:23.09
So, if the whole
church comes together and
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.27
everyone speaks in tongues
and some who do not understand
00:49:25.30\00:49:28.99
or some unbelievers come
in, they will, will they not say
00:49:29.02\00:49:32.76
you guys are out to
your mind, I'm out of here.
00:49:32.79\00:49:35.20
I don't know what's going on,
00:49:36.40\00:49:37.60
everybody just babbling away,
00:49:37.63\00:49:38.84
I can't understand
this, I'm out of here.
00:49:38.87\00:49:41.50
That's what was
happening in Corinth. Verse 24,
00:49:41.99\00:49:45.77
but if an unbeliever
or someone who does not
00:49:45.80\00:49:47.49
understand comes in
while everybody is prophesying
00:49:47.52\00:49:50.17
you will be convinced by
all and that he is sinner
00:49:50.20\00:49:52.91
and he will be judged by
all and his soul will be saved
00:49:52.94\00:49:56.16
and the church
is being built up.
00:49:56.51\00:49:59.43
You see the same
message comes through over and
00:49:59.84\00:50:02.30
over, loud and clear,
the purpose for the gifts
00:50:02.33\00:50:05.22
of the Spirit are to
build up the body of Christ.
00:50:05.25\00:50:09.42
Wasn't doing that in Corinth?
00:50:11.10\00:50:12.91
In Corinth their meetings
did more harm than good,
00:50:13.29\00:50:16.24
but what were their
meetings, have you wondered?
00:50:17.03\00:50:19.25
What were their meetings
like, have you wondered?
00:50:19.38\00:50:22.13
Not yet, raise your
hand, say Amen or something,
00:50:23.93\00:50:25.58
so I'll know
you're awake out there.
00:50:25.61\00:50:27.03
Have you wondered what
their meetings were like?
00:50:28.45\00:50:30.64
Yeah, well let me show
you there's a peek right here.
00:50:30.67\00:50:33.42
Verse 26, what shall we
say then brothers when you
00:50:33.45\00:50:38.26
come together
everyone has a hymn or a word
00:50:38.29\00:50:41.56
of instruction or revelation,
a tongue or an interpretation
00:50:41.59\00:50:44.20
and they were doing
all of this together,
00:50:44.83\00:50:46.57
all at one time, it is
like a big three ring circus
00:50:46.60\00:50:49.33
going on in Corinth
for their worship services.
00:50:49.36\00:50:52.33
So, what does he do, he said
00:50:53.06\00:50:54.26
I want you to stop all of that.
00:50:54.29\00:50:55.72
Nope, that isn't what he does.
00:50:55.95\00:50:57.50
He says all of these must
be done for the strengthening
00:50:57.86\00:51:01.22
of the church, all of it
must be done, if anyone speaks
00:51:01.25\00:51:06.18
in a tongue or two at
the most, three should
00:51:06.21\00:51:07.73
speak one at a time
and someone must interpret.
00:51:07.76\00:51:11.14
If there is no interpreter
the speaker should keep quiet
00:51:11.17\00:51:13.44
in the church and
speak to himself and God.
00:51:13.47\00:51:15.82
You see what's
happening here, there were some
00:51:17.56\00:51:20.26
people speaking in tongues
in Corinth that should not
00:51:20.29\00:51:22.58
have been speaking in
tongues. Isn't that obvious?
00:51:22.61\00:51:25.42
One at a time, two, at
the most three no more,
00:51:26.17\00:51:28.71
but there
everybody was doing it.
00:51:28.74\00:51:30.69
So, some people were
speaking in tongues in
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.23
Corinth that should not
have been speaking in tongues.
00:51:33.26\00:51:35.86
Now, you can't speak
00:51:37.49\00:51:38.46
in tongues unless
the Spirit enables you.
00:51:38.47\00:51:40.10
So, follow me, was
Paul when he said two at the
00:51:41.74\00:51:48.39
most three and one at
a time, was Paul saying
00:51:48.42\00:51:51.78
Holy Spirit, you're
moving too fast in Corinth.
00:51:51.81\00:51:56.42
Holy Spirit you're
enabling too many people
00:51:56.97\00:51:59.47
speak in
tongues at the same time
00:51:59.50\00:52:00.62
in Corinth, Holy
Spirit slow down.
00:52:00.65\00:52:02.84
Would Paul do
that? I don't think so.
00:52:03.64\00:52:06.68
Something else must have
been happening in Corinth.
00:52:07.47\00:52:10.62
I know, they're
probably some here
00:52:11.32\00:52:12.85
they want me to say
they were all possessed
00:52:12.88\00:52:14.11
by demons and it
was just the devils.
00:52:14.14\00:52:16.70
It is true that there are
Pagan cults in their worship
00:52:17.32\00:52:23.08
services who speak in
tongues and it sounds just
00:52:23.11\00:52:26.28
exactly like what we hear
in some Christians services.
00:52:26.31\00:52:28.81
But, Paul did not say you're
all possessed by the devil,
00:52:30.41\00:52:33.88
he didn't say that
because they were Christians.
00:52:34.34\00:52:36.62
They were believers,
they had a problem in church,
00:52:37.71\00:52:39.79
but they were still believers,
00:52:39.82\00:52:41.62
he didn't say
brother your gift is genuine
00:52:42.83\00:52:44.70
and sister yours is
false, he didn't even do that.
00:52:44.73\00:52:47.14
He gave them instructions,
one at time, two, at the most
00:52:49.11\00:52:54.34
three and there better
be an interpreter there.
00:52:54.37\00:52:57.67
I think there is
another option the Holy Spirit
00:52:58.16\00:53:01.92
does enable people
to speak in tongues and
00:53:01.95\00:53:04.96
it's true that being possessed
by devils can enable speak,
00:53:04.99\00:53:08.83
people to speak in
tongues and counterfeit
00:53:08.86\00:53:10.85
the true gift of
tongues, but I think there
00:53:10.88\00:53:13.25
was a third option at
Corinth, think about it.
00:53:13.28\00:53:16.65
If you were a
member of a congregation
00:53:16.74\00:53:18.58
in Corinth where
they were emphasizing that
00:53:18.61\00:53:19.90
everybody need to
have this one super gift
00:53:19.93\00:53:21.90
that is speaking in tongues
and if you haven't done it
00:53:21.93\00:53:24.62
yet, you're not
even a part of the body.
00:53:24.65\00:53:28.60
How would you feel?
What would you want more
00:53:29.58\00:53:33.82
than anything else? Wouldn't
you want that super gift,
00:53:33.85\00:53:38.16
so that you too could
become a part of the body.
00:53:38.19\00:53:41.77
Of course you would and that's
00:53:42.13\00:53:43.88
what was happening in Corinth.
00:53:43.91\00:53:45.21
When you combine that
intense desire for something
00:53:45.24\00:53:49.57
that you don't have,
couple it with an emotional
00:53:49.60\00:53:53.17
worship service
where people are singing
00:53:53.20\00:53:55.53
in the Spirit shouting
and making noise and speaking
00:53:55.56\00:53:59.06
in tongues, going on all
around you and you have a
00:53:59.09\00:54:02.36
desire to speak in
tongues more than anything else,
00:54:02.39\00:54:06.16
it's possible to get caught
up in a trans like state and
00:54:06.19\00:54:10.04
come up with something
that sounds like tongues.
00:54:10.07\00:54:12.42
Now, I've had people
tell me so many times
00:54:13.18\00:54:15.21
you know, Pastor
I've always wondered
00:54:15.24\00:54:16.83
if that was God
speaking through me,
00:54:16.86\00:54:18.83
if I was just
doing it on my own.
00:54:18.86\00:54:20.57
And when they follow the
instructions one at a time,
00:54:21.78\00:54:25.34
two, at the most three and
there must be an interpreter.
00:54:25.37\00:54:28.28
He is taking away that
exciting extra emotional
00:54:28.31\00:54:31.80
environment, so that the
whole thing can just die out
00:54:31.83\00:54:35.77
and God can
exercise the gifts the way
00:54:36.81\00:54:39.20
He wants them to be exercised.
00:54:39.23\00:54:41.10
Pray for it, seek for it,
00:54:42.78\00:54:44.43
but seek the Baptism
of the Spirit and like God
00:54:44.46\00:54:46.86
decide which
gift we should have.
00:54:46.89\00:54:49.54
The purpose of the
gifts of the Spirit
00:54:50.55\00:54:52.02
are to build up
the body of Christ.
00:54:52.05\00:54:54.71
Why don't you speak in
tongues in your church?
00:54:54.74\00:54:56.82
I hear this question many times,
00:54:57.15\00:54:59.34
the answer is we do, we do.
00:54:59.37\00:55:04.55
I know, some people that
have been to other countries
00:55:05.37\00:55:07.78
and when they've spoken
after the message was over,
00:55:08.09\00:55:10.60
people came to him
and said we do know you
00:55:10.63\00:55:12.15
understood our
language, I don't.
00:55:12.18\00:55:13.95
You spoke to us
in perfect Swahili or
00:55:14.17\00:55:17.03
whatever language it was,
I don't know that language,
00:55:17.06\00:55:20.00
that's the miracle
gift of tongues. Amen.
00:55:20.33\00:55:23.70
It doesn't happen a lot,
it doesn't happen often, but
00:55:23.73\00:55:28.78
it only happened three times
in the whole New Testament.
00:55:28.81\00:55:31.75
God uses the gifts when
He needs to for the purpose
00:55:32.74\00:55:36.62
of building up the
body of Christ. Amen.
00:55:36.65\00:55:40.97
And I always liked to
ask my friends if the purpose
00:55:41.00\00:55:43.81
of speaking in tongues or
any other gifts is to build
00:55:43.84\00:55:47.23
up the body of Christ to
win men and women to Jesus,
00:55:47.26\00:55:50.81
then how many people
have you won to Christ?
00:55:50.84\00:55:53.42
Oh! But, I can speak in
tongues, well that's okay,
00:55:54.24\00:55:57.68
but how many have
you won to Christ?
00:55:57.71\00:55:59.66
You see that's the
point, let's pray together.
00:56:00.39\00:56:03.14
Lord, we just thank you
and we praise you for Jesus,
00:56:08.33\00:56:13.80
having the foresight
to establish a church,
00:56:15.21\00:56:20.16
consisting of all of
those who believe in him
00:56:20.70\00:56:23.65
and empowering us
through the Holy Spirit
00:56:24.48\00:56:28.01
to use the gifts of the
Spirit in order to reach out
00:56:29.51\00:56:32.98
to men and women
for Jesus Christ, and so
00:56:33.01\00:56:37.13
this morning as we sit
here in this comfortable church
00:56:37.16\00:56:40.59
auditorium, my prayer is that
God will pour out His Spirit
00:56:40.62\00:56:46.13
upon each one and that He
will bless us and anoint us
00:56:46.16\00:56:50.12
with gifts to be used by
him in any way that he sees fit.
00:56:50.15\00:56:55.53
And, so if the desire
of your heart this morning
00:56:55.90\00:56:59.00
is to receive a
baptism of God's Holy Spirit
00:56:59.03\00:57:02.74
to fill your heart
with his love and his power.
00:57:03.23\00:57:07.25
So, that you can
reach out with the good news
00:57:07.28\00:57:09.20
about Jesus and lead men
and women to follow the lamb,
00:57:09.23\00:57:13.30
won't you just raise your
hand with me this morning,
00:57:13.76\00:57:16.04
and so doing you're
saying Lord, send me, use me,
00:57:16.52\00:57:21.13
empower me, I ask
in Jesus name. Amen.
00:57:21.16\00:57:27.29