The day had finally arrived.
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It's a big tent on
the outskirts of town.
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It'd been
advertising for weeks and weeks.
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The tent was filling
with people anxiously
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anticipating the
miracles that were promised
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at the great
revival coming to town.
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It was almost
time for the evangelist
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to take the stage
and begin the service,
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when an elderly gentleman
sitting down front stood up
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and began to deliver
a message in tongues.
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He sat down and everyone said,
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amen, praise the Lord.
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Another elderly gentleman
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towards the rear of
the auditorium stood up
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and he said I'm a Jew.
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And I know Hebrew and
that man spoke perfect Hebrew
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and the man stood in front
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and he said I don't know Hebrew.
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And everyone said praise
God, we've heard the miracle.
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Until the
gentleman in the back said,
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that man cursed the
name of God in Hebrew
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and the big tent went silent.
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Baptism of the Holy
Spirit and speaking in tongues.
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Tongues is the most popular
of the gifts of the spirit.
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But I believe in spite
of being the most popular
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is the least
understood of all the gifts.
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If you have ever
been asked the question,
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if you receive the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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evidenced by
speaking in tongues.
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And the implication is
that if you haven't spoken
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in tongues, then
you haven't received
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the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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You know, I always
like to ask the question,
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why do you believe that tongues
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is always the evidence for
baptism of the Holy Spirit?
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And the answer
is always the same.
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They say because
every place in the Bible
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where the baptism of the
Holy Spirit was poured out,
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they always gave
evidence by speaking in tongues.
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Well, we're gonna see
that that's not accurate.
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But we're gonna
do more than that
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because I believe
the failure to understand
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the purpose for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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results in a
misunderstanding of the gifts.
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What is the purpose for
the baptism of the spirit?
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Jesus Himself said
among His last words
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to the disciples
before He ascended to heaven.
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The last words recorded
by Luke in the Book of Acts
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because Luke
wrote the Book of Acts.
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Jesus said, "You
will receive power
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when the Holy
Spirit comes upon you,
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and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem,
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Judea, Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth."
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So Jesus
promised to His church was
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that you will receive power
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and the purpose for
this power is to enable
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God's church to be His
witnesses in Jerusalem,
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Judea, Samaria and
the ends of the earth.
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Jerusalem at home
with your neighbors,
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with your
friends, with your family.
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Judea, a wider
the area, Samaria,
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even the hated Samaritans
were to received the gospel.
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And then even
worst to the far corners
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of the earth the lowly Gentile.
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The purpose of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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is to preach the gospel
to every tribe, language,
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nation and people on the globe.
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That's why Jesus said, I
will give you the Holy Spirit.
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And if we separate
the purpose of the gifts
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from the gift themselves,
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then we're going
to have confusion
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about the use and
function of the gifts.
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And that's exactly what I
think happens in Ephesians 4,
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Paul reiterates
the same thing in 4:7,
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"But to each one of us
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grace has been given
as Christ apportions it."
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Notice, it's Christ
who makes the decisions
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as to how grace is being given.
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Jesus is the one who decides.
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He goes on to say
in verse 8 when He--
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that's Christ ascended on high,
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He let captives in His
train and He gave gifts to men.
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So Christ apportions
the outpouring of the spirit
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and the gifts who decides
which gifts men should have.
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It's Christ who
makes that decision.
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Verse 11 tell us, He
gave some to be apostles,
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just some not all.
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He gave some to be prophets,
some to be evangelists,
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some to be pastors and
teacher not all but some.
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He gave some to be
pastors and teacher
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in order to and here we ask
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why did that He
pour out 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 build up.
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Now there are two
important points here.
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The purpose of the gifts
are to prepare God's people,
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to equip us for
works of service, why?
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In order to build up the body
of Christ, that's His church.
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So Jesus decides who
should have which gift
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and the spirit
through the gifts prepares us
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for works of service in
order to build up the church
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or as Jesus had said,
spread the gospel to the world.
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Never ever lose
sight of the fact
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that the purpose of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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and the gifts of the spirit
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is to preach the
gospel to the world
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and build up the
church of Jesus Christ.
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That's the measuring
stick, that's the yardstick
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for measuring the gifts of
the spirit and how to be used.
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Various gifts to build up
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the body of
Christ, that is the church.
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How long will these
gifts function in the church?
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"Until we all
reach unity in the faith
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and in the
knowledge of the Son of God
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and become mature,
attaining to the whole measure
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of the fullness of Christ."
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Has anyone done that yet?
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Anyone, I don't
see any hands going up,
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the only one is Jesus.
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The gifts are gonna
be present in the church
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until we are mature, until
we are fully reflecting Christ.
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Folks, that's not
gonna happen until the end.
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That means that
the gifts of the spirit
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are to be working in the church
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all the way
through until the end.
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All of the gifts of the spirit,
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all the way
through until the end.
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So let's take a
look at the gifts
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and I want to
do that by focusing
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on the most popular one and
that is the gift of tongues.
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But let's see how it fits
in the process of preaching
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the gospel to world,
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because that's the purpose
and the function of the gifts,
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to build up the church
which is the body of Christ.
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On the day of
Pentecost, Acts 2:1,
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"On the day of Pentecost,
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they were all
together in one place.
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Suddenly, verse 2, a sound like
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the blowing of a
violent wind came from heaven
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and filled the whole
house where they were sitting.
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And they saw what
seemed to be tongues of fire
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that separated and came
to rest on each of them.
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And all of them were
filled with the Holy Spirit
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and began to speak in tongues."
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Now I would like to
have been there in that room
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at that time, wouldn't you?
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To be sitting there,
to hear this loud sound
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and to see tongues of
fire coming down from heaven
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and separating and
going on each one of them,
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enabling them to
speak in tongues.
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This is the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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and it definitely did give
evidence by speaking in tongues.
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No doubt about it on
the day of Pentecost.
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But there are some
things that we need to notice.
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First of all,
when the Bible says
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they began the
speak in other tongues,
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the Greek word
for tongues is lingua
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which means equally languages.
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They could have
translated this verse.
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They all began to
speak in other languages
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as the spirit enabled them.
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Now why did God enable
them to speak in other languages
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when He baptized
them with the spirit
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on the day of Pentecost?
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Why did God enable them?
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Well, I want to show you why.
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It's clear in the text.
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But I want to show
you something else first,
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kind of a side thing,
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so I'll just throw it
in for free, all right.
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Those tongues of fire,
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that was always the
curious thing to me.
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Tongues of fire came down
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and enabled and empowered them
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and they spoke in
other languages or tongues.
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So why did God enable them
to speak in other languages
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when they were
baptized by the Holy Spirit?
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The answer is found in
the next verse, Acts 2:5.
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"Now there were
staying in Jerusalem
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God-fearing Jews from
every nation under earth."
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So people from
virtually every nation
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and language were present there
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in Jerusalem for
the feast of Pentecost.
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"When they heard this sound,
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a crowd came
together in bewilderment,
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because each one heard them
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speaking in his own language."
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Did you catch that?
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God enabled them to
speak in other languages
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by the power of the spirit
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and people from
all over the world
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were assembled
together in Jerusalem
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on the day of Pentecost
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and God used this
unique opportunity
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to enable them to speak
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and those
hearing them heard them
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speaking in their own languages.
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That would be like if
some of you were Japanese
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and some of you
Chinese and some of you Italian
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and some of you Spanish
and some of you Portuguese
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and some French and
any other language on earth
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while I'm speaking you
would be hearing me in French,
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in Spanish, in Japanese,
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in Hebrew or
whatever language you know.
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That's what
happened at Pentecost.
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They asked each
other amazed in verse 7,
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All these men
Galileans, how was it
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that each one of us hears them
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speaking in his
own native language
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and he list all
the languages there.
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We hear them again
at the end of verse 11.
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We hear them declaring
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the wonders of
God in our own tongue.
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Now that was a
miracle, wasn't it?
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They were all
together, they all heard,
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they all understood
in their own language.
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And so Peter preaches a sermon.
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Everybody is understating it.
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He's empowered
by the Holy Spirit.
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And His sermon is
about Jesus Christ.
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And how He was raised
from the death in verse 32.
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That's about all
they like to preach about
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in those days about Jesus.
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He was raised from the
death, it was a gospel sermon.
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After the sermon
they came to Peter
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and the other apostles and
said, brothers what shall we do?
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I mean, they were stricken,
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they were
convicted in their hearts.
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What shall we do? We
need to do something, what?
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And Peter replied,
I love this, verse 38.
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There was nothing
timid about Peter.
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He was empowered by the spirit,
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"Repent and be
baptized, every one of you."
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Peter expected
every single person
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who heard him preached to
repent and to be baptized.
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Now that's positive
expectation, isn't it?
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"Repent and be
baptized, every one of you,
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in the name of Jesus Christ
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for the
forgiveness of your sins."
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And watch this.
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"You will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit."
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So follow me,
repent, be baptized
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and you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit,
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that's the promise, isn't it?
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Verse 41, "Those who accepted
his message were baptized,
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and about three
thousand were added
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to their number that day."
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Three thousand people were
added to the church in one day.
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Amen. Is that considered
building up the body of Christ?
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Absolutely, you see
that is the real evidence
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for the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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Three thousand were
baptized in one day.
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I would love to have
that kind of power. Amen.
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That's the evidence for
the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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Peter said, repent, be baptized
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and 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, He
promised them they would.
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Did they give evidence
by speaking in tongues?
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I don't know. It
doesn't say they did.
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They might have, may not have,
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doesn't say, so we don't know,
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therefore we cannot say
every place in the Bible
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where they received the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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They always gave
evidence by speaking in tongues.
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The disciples did at Pentecost
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but the three
thousand it doesn't say.
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So we can't say that
it's always the evidence
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for the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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Now why did God do this?
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He did it in order to
preach the gospel to those men
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who could understand in their
own language to those people
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and they could go
back to their own countries
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and share the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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So that not just three thousand
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would be added to their number
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but thousands upon thousands
to the far corners of the earth
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would be added to their number
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as a result of
the gift of tongues.
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That's the purpose of
the baptism of the spirit.
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And in 4:31, they met
together the disciples
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and "After they
prayed, the place where
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they were meeting was shaken.
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And they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit
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and they spoke the
word of God boldly."
00:17:06.80\00:17:09.95
Now it's interesting,
00:17:09.98\00:17:11.35
they were baptized by
the Holy Spirit again.
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Now I'd like to been in
that room, wouldn't you?
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I mean that would have
been like a earthquake,
00:17:18.07\00:17:19.95
the room was
shaking, the spirit was
00:17:19.98\00:17:22.81
so powerful the room shook,
00:17:22.84\00:17:24.84
they were
baptized by the spirit.
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But it doesn't say
they spoke in tongues.
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It says, they spoke
the word of God boldly.
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And I pray
everyday, God empower me
00:17:33.37\00:17:36.27
to speak Your word boldly.
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And that can only happen through
the baptism of the spirit.
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So speaking in tongues
isn't always the evidence,
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it can be the evidence though
00:17:47.18\00:17:49.58
is the building up
of the body of Christ
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to preach the word of God boldly
00:17:52.83\00:17:54.71
and certainly gonna
build up the body of Christ,
00:17:54.74\00:17:57.22
that's the evidence for
the baptism of the spirit.
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So three times now, two
on the day of Pentecost,
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one time they did give
evidence by speaking in tongues.
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One time it doesn't say
and this time they didn't,
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they spoke the
word of God boldly.
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The second point is that
the baptism of the Holy Spirit
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is not a one time thing.
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It didn't just
happen that one day
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and then go on with life.
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No, it's a
continuing ongoing experience.
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It happens more than
once, it happens continually.
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The purpose of the baptism
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is to build up
the body of Christ,
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to facilitate us, to be able
to preach and teach about Jesus.
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The more you know
about God and Jesus,
00:18:37.10\00:18:40.36
the more power God
gives us to testify about Him,
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that's the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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Never-- you get this,
00:18:48.30\00:18:52.36
never does the Bible ever
talk about the Holy Spirit,
00:18:52.39\00:18:55.97
the baptism of the Holy Spirit
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in order to build up
the individual, the person.
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It's not there to strengthen us,
00:19:02.40\00:19:04.87
it's there to empower
us to preach the gospel
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to the world and
build up the church.
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You see it's the
fruit of the spirit,
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love, joy, peace,
patience, self control.
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The fruit of the spirit
builds up the individual.
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It builds up the person.
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The baptism of the spirit
is to build up the church.
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Here's another
example in Acts 10.
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In Acts 10...
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Peter had just seen
his vision of the sheet
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full of all kind of unclean
animals and unclean things
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and the Bible tells
us that Peter understood
00:19:46.34\00:19:50.15
that vision to mean
that he should not call
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any men common or unclean.
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God was using that
vision to blab Peter
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on the side of
the head with the 2/4.
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Because Peter had a hard time
00:20:04.74\00:20:08.03
accepting
Gentiles into the church.
00:20:08.06\00:20:11.63
He was like the
rest of the Jews,
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he didn't want to do it.
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So God used that vision.
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He got Peter's attention.
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He went to visit some Gentiles
in the home of Cornelius
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who was a
centurion in the Roman Army,
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an officer in the Roman army.
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He preached the gospel
sermon while he was there.
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Again in verse 40 of Chapter 10
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talking about God raising him
from the death on the third day.
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He was filled
with the Holy Spirit.
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He preached the gospel
sermon to the Gentiles.
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In verse 44, "While Peter
was still speaking these words
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the Holy Spirit came on
all who heard the message.
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And the circumcised
believers those Jews
00:20:53.44\00:20:56.15
that had come with
Peter were astonished
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that the gift of the Holy Spirit
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had been poured out
on even the Gentiles."
00:21:00.88\00:21:06.24
So while Peter was preaching
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the Gentiles
got the Holy Spirit.
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Uncircumcised, non
Jewish men got the Holy Spirit.
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How do they know
they got the Holy Spirit?
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Verse 46 says,
because they heard them
00:21:17.64\00:21:19.60
speaking in
tongues and praising God.
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Now why did God do that?
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Why did God baptized
Gentiles with the Holy Spirit
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and give evidence
by speaking in tongues,
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because He had a lesson
00:21:34.03\00:21:35.79
that He wanted
to teach His church.
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Peter got it.
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Peter said in the next verse,
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"Can anyone keep these people
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from being baptized with water,
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they have
received the Holy Spirit
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just as we have."
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You see, Peter
understood that as God's sign
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for these unbelievers
that he was to accept them
00:22:00.95\00:22:04.77
into the church
just as he would a Jew.
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You should say amen to that.
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Amen. Okay.
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So he ordered
them to be baptized
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in the name of Jesus Christ.
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This was a remarkable thing.
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God used the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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and the gift of tongues to
move the expansion of the church
00:22:28.46\00:22:33.01
from Jews all the way out
00:22:33.04\00:22:35.09
to accepting
Gentiles in the church.
00:22:35.12\00:22:37.01
That's exactly what Jesus
said was supposed to happen.
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Go and baptized them he said
00:22:40.16\00:22:42.32
and he said that
you'll be empowered to preach
00:22:42.35\00:22:44.58
the gospel, Jerusalem, Judea,
00:22:44.61\00:22:46.44
Samaria the ends of the
earth, that's the Gentiles.
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And it was a
baptism of the spirit
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evidenced by speaking in
tongues that pave the way
00:22:51.97\00:22:55.50
for the Gentiles to
come into the church.
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That's why God used the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
00:22:58.39\00:23:01.23
and speaking in tongues.
00:23:01.26\00:23:02.72
Two times now He gave
evidence by speaking in tongues.
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Two times He did not.
00:23:06.16\00:23:10.32
We find one more example of
the baptism of the Holy Spirit
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and that's found in
Acts 19, in Acts 19,
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Paul goes to Ephesus and
there he found in verse 2
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some disciples and asked them,
00:23:23.14\00:23:24.84
"Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?"
00:23:24.87\00:23:27.96
And they answered,
"No, we haven't even heard
00:23:27.99\00:23:30.85
that there is a Holy Spirit."
00:23:30.88\00:23:32.09
So Paul asked them,
"What baptism did you receive?"
00:23:32.12\00:23:34.16
John's baptism, John's baptism,
00:23:34.19\00:23:37.34
he said, was a
baptism of repentance.
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Then he told to
people to believe
00:23:39.89\00:23:41.43
in the one coming
after him, that is Jesus."
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On hearing this,
they were baptized
00:23:44.82\00:23:46.57
into the name of the Lord Jesus.
00:23:46.60\00:23:48.55
And when Paul
placed his hands on them,
00:23:48.58\00:23:50.85
the Holy Spirit came on them,
00:23:50.88\00:23:53.11
and they spoke in
tongues and prophesied."
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So here again we discovered God
00:23:57.05\00:24:00.16
using the baptism
of the Holy Spirit
00:24:00.19\00:24:02.92
evidenced by
speaking in tongues.
00:24:02.95\00:24:06.53
Six times, three
times it doesn't say
00:24:06.56\00:24:09.97
they spoke in tongues.
00:24:10.00\00:24:12.36
Three times it says they did.
00:24:12.39\00:24:16.97
God used tongues as evidence of
the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:24:17.00\00:24:21.51
Why did God have them
speak in tongues at Ephesus?
00:24:25.05\00:24:30.01
Because Ephesus was a
city on a major trade route
00:24:30.04\00:24:35.01
at the crossroads of
two major trade routes,
00:24:35.04\00:24:39.13
and thousands of people
would pass through Ephesus.
00:24:39.16\00:24:45.08
There was a church
empowered by the Holy Spirit
00:24:45.11\00:24:50.25
to speak in
tongues, other languages
00:24:50.28\00:24:54.08
to the people coming through
00:24:54.11\00:24:56.10
so that the body of
Christ could be build up.
00:24:56.13\00:24:59.86
So you see the
purpose of the gifts
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.77
are always to build
up the body of Christ.
00:25:01.80\00:25:05.89
And that's how the
Bible always uses them.
00:25:05.92\00:25:09.20
Now I'm gonna surprise you.
00:25:09.23\00:25:11.43
We have just seen three examples
00:25:11.46\00:25:14.60
of the baptism
of the Holy Spirit
00:25:14.63\00:25:16.56
evidenced by
speaking in tongues.
00:25:16.59\00:25:18.88
There were five times
when the Bible specifically
00:25:18.91\00:25:23.53
mentioned the
baptism of the spirit.
00:25:23.56\00:25:26.13
Two times they did not give
evidence by speaking in tongues.
00:25:26.16\00:25:29.54
Three times they did.
00:25:29.57\00:25:32.86
These are the
only three examples,
00:25:32.89\00:25:37.29
just three of God
using the gift of tongues
00:25:37.32\00:25:44.18
as an evidence for
the baptism of the spirit,
00:25:44.21\00:25:47.01
just three times in the
whole New Testament, that's all.
00:25:47.04\00:25:53.84
And that's not very
many compare to the emphasis
00:25:53.87\00:25:58.58
that many give to
speaking in tongues today.
00:25:58.61\00:26:04.23
Now I know what
some of you're thinking.
00:26:04.26\00:26:06.85
Some of you're
thinking, well, pastor,
00:26:06.88\00:26:09.73
God used tongues
at another place too,
00:26:09.76\00:26:12.81
the church in Corinth.
00:26:12.84\00:26:14.96
They did a lot of
speaking in tongues.
00:26:14.99\00:26:17.30
It's true they did.
00:26:17.33\00:26:21.06
But let's take a
closer look at what happened
00:26:21.09\00:26:25.27
in the church at Corinth.
00:26:25.30\00:26:28.38
Turn to 1 Corinthians 3.
00:26:28.41\00:26:31.88
First of all we want to
take a look at what the church
00:26:31.91\00:26:36.47
in Corinth was really like.
00:26:36.50\00:26:38.55
What kind of a church was it?
00:26:38.58\00:26:40.69
Was it a model church for us?
00:26:40.72\00:26:43.41
Look at 3:1 "Brothers,
I could not address you
00:26:43.44\00:26:48.38
as spiritual but as worldly--
mere infants in Christ.
00:26:48.41\00:26:54.01
I gave you milk, not solid food,
00:26:54.04\00:26:56.69
because you were
not ready for it,
00:26:56.72\00:26:58.18
indeed you're still not ready
for it you're still worldly."
00:26:58.21\00:27:02.63
Now was that a model church?
00:27:02.66\00:27:06.81
Was Corinth a kind of church
00:27:06.84\00:27:08.44
we want to
pattern our church after?
00:27:08.47\00:27:12.01
They were worldly.
00:27:12.04\00:27:13.86
He says, I can't
address you're spiritual
00:27:13.89\00:27:16.55
but you know, it's interesting
because he's gonna show us
00:27:16.58\00:27:21.10
as we read further on
that the church in Corinth
00:27:21.13\00:27:25.03
was involved in all
kinds of spiritual activity.
00:27:25.06\00:27:29.24
Yet he says, you're not
spiritual, you're worldly.
00:27:29.27\00:27:33.50
So what's going on there?
00:27:33.53\00:27:34.91
Let me show you something else.
00:27:34.94\00:27:37.12
A secret about the
church in Corinth, verse 11,
00:27:37.15\00:27:40.68
"In the following directives
00:27:40.71\00:27:45.27
I have no praise for you,
00:27:45.30\00:27:47.89
because your meetings
do more harm than good."
00:27:47.92\00:27:53.07
Isn't that interesting?
00:27:53.10\00:27:55.50
A church whose
meetings do more harm than good.
00:27:55.53\00:27:59.51
In the first place I hear
00:27:59.54\00:28:00.76
when you come together
there are divisions among you
00:28:00.79\00:28:03.81
and I'm gonna show you
that the divisions were over
00:28:03.84\00:28:07.08
the spiritual gifts themselves
in the baptism of the spirit.
00:28:07.11\00:28:11.17
Corinth was a divided church.
00:28:11.20\00:28:13.62
It was so divided that
when they came together
00:28:13.65\00:28:17.23
for a church
meeting, their meetings
00:28:17.26\00:28:19.55
did more harm than good.
00:28:19.58\00:28:22.78
It's that the kind of church
00:28:22.81\00:28:24.12
we want to
pattern our church after.
00:28:24.15\00:28:27.46
Is this a model church?
00:28:27.49\00:28:30.02
Do you want to know what their
meetings look like, do you?
00:28:30.05\00:28:35.34
Well, I'll show you.
00:28:35.37\00:28:37.26
Chapter 14. Hold your place.
00:28:37.29\00:28:39.68
Chapter 14, what shall we say?
00:28:39.71\00:28:42.12
Verse 26, "When
you come together,
00:28:42.15\00:28:44.43
everyone has a hymn,
or a word of instruction,
00:28:44.46\00:28:46.97
a revelation, a
tongue an interpretation.
00:28:47.00\00:28:49.34
All of these must be done
00:28:49.37\00:28:50.87
for the
strengthening of the church.
00:28:50.90\00:28:54.14
If anyone is to
speak in a tongue,
00:28:54.17\00:28:56.28
two at the most three
should speak, one at a time.
00:28:56.31\00:28:59.41
So what was going on?
00:28:59.44\00:29:01.24
There were all in
there singing and teaching
00:29:01.27\00:29:04.32
and preaching and speaking
in tongues all at the same time.
00:29:04.35\00:29:10.00
And Paul says, wow,
00:29:10.03\00:29:13.30
your meetings do
more harm than good.
00:29:13.33\00:29:16.55
They divide the church.
00:29:16.58\00:29:18.83
I don't know maybe
the ones prophesying
00:29:18.86\00:29:21.54
and the ones in tongues
were kind of in a context
00:29:21.57\00:29:24.14
whoever could do it the
loudest would be the best
00:29:24.17\00:29:26.39
or something I don't
know, but whatever was going on,
00:29:26.42\00:29:29.43
they were dividing the church
00:29:29.46\00:29:32.17
and all of these was
over the spiritual gifts.
00:29:32.20\00:29:35.89
So we need to be
careful and here is the point
00:29:35.92\00:29:38.82
that I'm trying to make
and belaboring all of these.
00:29:38.85\00:29:42.44
We need to be careful
that we don't pattern ourselves
00:29:42.47\00:29:46.44
today after what was
happening in Corinth.
00:29:46.47\00:29:50.26
Are you following me?
00:29:50.29\00:29:53.18
And we need to be
careful that we understand
00:29:53.21\00:29:55.85
what Paul is saying
to the church in Corinth.
00:29:55.88\00:30:00.05
By that I mean
whenever Paul says
00:30:00.08\00:30:03.01
something to the
church in Corinth.
00:30:03.04\00:30:05.33
We should ask
ourselves an important question.
00:30:05.36\00:30:09.69
Is Paul describing a
problem that was going on there
00:30:09.72\00:30:16.48
or is he prescribing
a solution to a problem.
00:30:16.51\00:30:22.68
You follow the difference?
00:30:22.71\00:30:24.71
Whenever we read what Paul
says to Corinth, ask yourself.
00:30:24.74\00:30:28.59
Is he describing the problem
or is he prescribing a solution.
00:30:28.62\00:30:33.42
If he's describing the problem
00:30:33.45\00:30:35.79
and we say that's
what we need to do,
00:30:35.82\00:30:37.95
then we will be taking
the same problems of Corinth
00:30:37.98\00:30:40.45
and bringing them into our
own lives, in our own churches.
00:30:40.48\00:30:43.74
If he's describing the solution,
00:30:43.77\00:30:46.57
then we should say
that's what we need to do.
00:30:46.60\00:30:50.78
Are you following me?
00:30:50.81\00:30:52.31
That's important
because we need to understand
00:30:52.34\00:30:56.07
how to interpret
what Paul was saying
00:30:56.10\00:30:57.97
to the church at Corinth.
00:30:58.00\00:30:59.96
Now another thing about Paul,
when he writes to a church,
00:30:59.99\00:31:03.95
usually he gives them
the theological study,
00:31:03.98\00:31:09.68
a Bible study on the particular
topic he's talking about.
00:31:09.71\00:31:14.44
Then he applies that
Bible study in real life.
00:31:14.47\00:31:20.82
That's what he does here.
00:31:20.85\00:31:22.86
In Chapter 12, he's
gonna give us a Bible study
00:31:22.89\00:31:26.39
on the gifts of the spirit.
00:31:26.42\00:31:28.59
In Chapter 14 and 13, he
applies it to the church.
00:31:28.62\00:31:33.91
Now watch, 12:1 "About
spiritual gifts, brothers."
00:31:33.94\00:31:39.09
I don't want you to be ignorant.
00:31:39.12\00:31:40.55
So he's gonna teach them
00:31:40.58\00:31:42.20
what the
spiritual gifts really mean.
00:31:42.23\00:31:44.33
So here is his theology,
his Bible study on the gifts.
00:31:44.36\00:31:48.46
Verse 4, "There are
different kinds of gifts."
00:31:48.49\00:31:52.85
Verse 7, "Now to each person
to each one the manifestation
00:31:52.88\00:31:58.47
of the spirit is
given for the common good."
00:31:58.50\00:32:03.28
What does the common good mean?
00:32:03.31\00:32:05.68
For the good of the individual
or for the good of the church?
00:32:05.71\00:32:10.49
So to each one he says,
the manifestation of the Spirit
00:32:10.52\00:32:14.57
is given for the
good of the church.
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.90
You see, that's
purpose of the baptism,
00:32:16.93\00:32:19.16
to build up the
church, not the individual
00:32:19.19\00:32:21.61
for the common good.
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.61
Then he list the gifts.
00:32:23.64\00:32:25.23
To one there is given through
00:32:25.26\00:32:26.68
the spirit the
message of wisdom,
00:32:26.71\00:32:29.26
to another
knowledge, another faith,
00:32:29.29\00:32:32.00
another healing,
miraculous powers,
00:32:32.03\00:32:34.73
prophecy
distinguishing between spirits.
00:32:34.76\00:32:38.18
Speaking in
different kinds of tongues
00:32:38.21\00:32:40.71
and interpreting tongues.
00:32:40.74\00:32:41.86
Notice he put tongues
at the bottom of the list.
00:32:41.89\00:32:46.77
I think it's
because as we'll see
00:32:46.80\00:32:49.70
they were putting it
at the top of the list.
00:32:49.73\00:32:52.88
They were lifting it up
above all the others gifts.
00:32:52.91\00:32:56.24
Watch, these are all the gifts.
00:32:56.27\00:33:00.28
Verse 11, "All of
these are the work of one
00:33:00.31\00:33:02.64
and the same Spirit, and
he gives them to each one,
00:33:02.67\00:33:06.09
just as he determines."
00:33:06.12\00:33:09.72
So who decides which
gift you should have?
00:33:09.75\00:33:15.15
He does. Do you decide
which gift you should have?
00:33:15.18\00:33:19.56
Does a pastor decide
which gift you should have?
00:33:19.59\00:33:22.73
Who decides God does.
00:33:22.76\00:33:25.18
He decides,
that's the first time
00:33:25.21\00:33:27.19
He says that
here in this chapter.
00:33:27.22\00:33:29.26
Verse 12, "The body is made
up of a unit one body a unit
00:33:29.29\00:33:34.72
though it is
made up of many parts,
00:33:34.75\00:33:37.77
they formed one body,
00:33:37.80\00:33:39.93
all the different
parts formed one body,
00:33:39.96\00:33:42.56
so it is with Christ.
00:33:42.59\00:33:44.50
For we are all baptized
by one Spirit into one body.
00:33:44.53\00:33:49.50
So every Christian is baptized
00:33:49.53\00:33:52.27
by the Holy Spirit
into the body of Christ.
00:33:52.30\00:33:56.82
Verse 14, "Now the body
is not made up of one part."
00:33:56.85\00:34:01.70
What's he trying to
tell us here, pay attention?
00:34:01.73\00:34:05.10
"The body is not made
up of one part but of many.
00:34:05.13\00:34:08.68
If the foot should say,
"Because I am not a hand,
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.58
I don't belong to the body,"
it would not for that reason
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.69
cease to be part of the body."
00:34:14.72\00:34:17.10
So the foot can't
say since I'm not a hand,
00:34:17.13\00:34:19.28
I'm not a part of the body.
00:34:19.31\00:34:22.59
That means that you
can't say to yourself,
00:34:22.62\00:34:26.75
since I don't have tongues,
I'm not a part of the body.
00:34:26.78\00:34:30.78
Do you follow
what he's doing here?
00:34:30.81\00:34:32.36
Why not? Verse 18, "But
in fact God has arranged
00:34:35.39\00:34:39.10
the parts of the
body, every one of them,
00:34:39.13\00:34:40.96
just as He wanted them to be."
00:34:40.99\00:34:44.50
Second time God decides
what gift you should have.
00:34:44.53\00:34:49.22
I'm glad, but I'm not
very good at picking out
00:34:49.25\00:34:52.73
what's good for me.
00:34:52.76\00:34:54.74
I may think I am but He
knows a lot more than I know.
00:34:54.77\00:34:58.85
I messed up enough,
let's leave it up to Him, amen.
00:34:58.88\00:35:02.45
So we're all baptized by
the spirit into the body,
00:35:02.48\00:35:05.76
but God decides
which gift we should get.
00:35:05.79\00:35:09.37
Then verse 21,
he goes on to say,
00:35:09.40\00:35:11.91
"The eye cannot
say I don't need you.
00:35:11.94\00:35:15.59
Therefore someone
with one gift cannot say it
00:35:15.62\00:35:20.81
since you don't have my
gift, then I don't need you.
00:35:20.84\00:35:24.85
Someone with tongues cannot say,
00:35:24.88\00:35:27.79
since you don't
speak in tongues,
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.47
you're not a part of the body.
00:35:29.50\00:35:32.17
Are you following?
00:35:32.20\00:35:34.80
But the baptism of the spirit
00:35:34.83\00:35:37.55
brings us into
the body of Christ.
00:35:37.58\00:35:41.28
And we can't be a
part of the body of Christ
00:35:41.31\00:35:43.60
without the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:43.63\00:35:46.16
I think you see
where this is going.
00:35:46.19\00:35:50.62
Look again in verse 24
in middle of the verse,
00:35:50.65\00:35:52.97
"But God has combined
the members of the body
00:35:53.00\00:35:57.01
and has given greater honor
to the parts that lack it."
00:35:57.04\00:35:59.86
Verse 25, "So there would
be no division in the body."
00:35:59.89\00:36:03.58
Again third time,
who decides which gift?
00:36:03.61\00:36:06.99
God does.
00:36:07.02\00:36:08.63
He gives us all the
baptism of the spirit
00:36:08.66\00:36:11.56
and then He decides
which gift we shout have.
00:36:11.59\00:36:14.82
The baptism of the spirit
00:36:14.85\00:36:16.45
brings us into
the body of Christ
00:36:16.48\00:36:19.10
in order to use the
gift that He gives us.
00:36:19.13\00:36:23.89
And the body consists
of many different parts,
00:36:23.92\00:36:27.76
so the body of Christ consists
of many different gifts.
00:36:27.79\00:36:31.27
And you can't say to yourself,
00:36:31.30\00:36:32.91
if I don't have one gift,
I'm not a part of the body.
00:36:32.94\00:36:35.80
And no one can say to
you if I don't have one gift,
00:36:35.83\00:36:38.55
I'm not a part of the body.
00:36:38.58\00:36:40.28
Because God decides
who should have which gift
00:36:40.31\00:36:43.77
and arranges them the
way He wants them to be.
00:36:43.80\00:36:46.39
He knows best.
00:36:46.42\00:36:48.95
Sometimes we
think we know better.
00:36:48.98\00:36:52.90
If ever wish you had the
eye in back of your head.
00:36:52.93\00:36:59.35
I remember when I was little
00:36:59.38\00:37:01.06
and I would get
into scary place.
00:37:01.09\00:37:03.58
I wish I had a eye
in the back of my head.
00:37:03.61\00:37:06.49
I'd be going
that way and that way
00:37:06.52\00:37:08.46
and that way and that way.
00:37:08.49\00:37:10.00
Oh, I wish I had another eye,
00:37:10.03\00:37:11.62
but if I did you would
have felt sorry for me.
00:37:11.65\00:37:15.59
If you ever done any soldering,
00:37:15.62\00:37:17.46
I remember working on some
of my stuff I had to solder,
00:37:17.49\00:37:20.97
and anybody that's
ever soldered wish you had
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.59
more than one hand,
more than two hands, right?
00:37:23.62\00:37:26.49
I mean, you need a hand
the hold the soldering gun.
00:37:26.52\00:37:28.95
You need a hand to
hold the soldering solder.
00:37:28.98\00:37:31.55
You need a hand the hold
whatever you're soldering
00:37:31.58\00:37:33.89
and you need
another hand to hold
00:37:33.92\00:37:35.31
what you're soldering it too.
00:37:35.34\00:37:37.24
You need four hands,
but if we had four hands
00:37:37.27\00:37:40.35
everybody would
feel sorry for us.
00:37:40.38\00:37:42.71
God knows what's
best for the body
00:37:42.74\00:37:46.86
and let's leave it the
way He designed it, amen.
00:37:46.89\00:37:50.76
Now here comes the clincher.
00:37:50.79\00:37:53.81
Now verse 27, you
are the body of Christ,
00:37:53.84\00:37:56.51
and each one of
you is a part of it.
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.64
And in the church God
has appointed fourth time,
00:37:58.67\00:38:02.81
fourth time in
this short passage,
00:38:02.84\00:38:04.87
does He trying to
make a point fourth time.
00:38:04.90\00:38:07.63
God has appointed first
of all now He's ranking them.
00:38:07.66\00:38:12.31
First of all apostles,
second prophets, third teachers,
00:38:12.34\00:38:17.04
then workers of
miracles, then healing,
00:38:17.07\00:38:20.31
then helping
others, then administration,
00:38:20.34\00:38:23.47
finally tongues at
the bottom of the list.
00:38:23.50\00:38:28.03
Then He asked the question.
00:38:28.06\00:38:29.98
Are all apostles?
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.28
What's the obvious
answer to that? No.
00:38:31.31\00:38:34.40
Are all prophets? No.
00:38:34.43\00:38:36.65
Are all teachers? No.
00:38:36.68\00:38:39.93
Do all have
gifts of healing? No.
00:38:39.96\00:38:41.95
Do all work miracles? No.
00:38:41.98\00:38:44.71
Do all speak in tongues? No.
00:38:44.74\00:38:48.84
But we are all
baptized by the spirit
00:38:48.87\00:38:53.25
into the body of Christ.
00:38:53.28\00:38:55.81
So if we're all baptized
by the spirit into the body
00:38:55.84\00:38:58.89
of Christ and we
don't all speak in tongues,
00:38:58.92\00:39:01.59
then speaking in tongues
cannot be the only evidence
00:39:01.62\00:39:04.46
for the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:04.49\00:39:07.04
They're just wrong
on that. They're wrong.
00:39:07.07\00:39:09.89
In fact I want you to follow me.
00:39:09.92\00:39:12.84
If it's true that
we're all baptized
00:39:12.87\00:39:15.48
by the spirit into the body
00:39:15.51\00:39:17.29
and there is no salvation
apart from the body of Christ.
00:39:17.32\00:39:22.01
And if it's true that
baptism of the Holy Spirit
00:39:22.04\00:39:25.07
is evidenced by
speaking in tongues,
00:39:25.10\00:39:26.99
then those who have
not spoken in tongues
00:39:27.02\00:39:28.88
would not have
received the baptism
00:39:28.91\00:39:30.67
and they are bold
enough to tell you that.
00:39:30.70\00:39:33.27
But the next
step is that not only
00:39:33.30\00:39:35.41
have they not
receive the baptism
00:39:35.44\00:39:36.75
but it's a
baptism that brings us
00:39:36.78\00:39:38.06
into the body of Christ,
00:39:38.09\00:39:39.29
so we wouldn't even be a
part of the body of Christ
00:39:39.32\00:39:41.52
if we haven't spoken in tongues.
00:39:41.55\00:39:45.96
And to say that
if you haven't give
00:39:45.99\00:39:48.11
the evidence by
speaking in tongues
00:39:48.14\00:39:49.85
you haven't been baptized,
00:39:49.88\00:39:50.91
so the spirit is the same
thing as sin, you are lost.
00:39:50.94\00:39:56.26
And I've had
people tell me as much.
00:39:56.29\00:39:59.81
And that is so
unchristian and so wrong.
00:39:59.84\00:40:04.14
We're not saved by
speaking in tongues.
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.46
We're saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:40:06.49\00:40:11.49
And the baptism of the
spirit brings us all in,
00:40:11.52\00:40:15.52
no matter what your gift is,
helping people licking stamps
00:40:15.55\00:40:19.67
and putting them on envelops,
00:40:19.70\00:40:21.64
a preaching
sermons all of the gifts
00:40:21.67\00:40:25.02
are used to build up the church
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.75
which is the body of Christ.
00:40:27.78\00:40:29.97
That's Paul's
theology, that's his Bible study
00:40:30.00\00:40:33.35
on the gifts and
that's pretty clear, isn't it?
00:40:33.38\00:40:37.06
Then comes the
admonition at the end
00:40:37.09\00:40:41.17
eagerly desire the
greater gifts in verse 31.
00:40:41.20\00:40:45.73
So what is the greater--
what are the greater gifts?
00:40:45.76\00:40:48.35
Then comes Chapter 13.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.80
Do you know what Chapter 13 is?
00:40:49.83\00:40:52.63
It's the love Chapter.
00:40:52.66\00:40:54.22
In Chapter 14 he
applies the gifts of the spirit.
00:40:54.25\00:40:57.63
So in Chapter 14 he applies it,
00:40:57.66\00:41:00.56
in Chapter 12 he
teaches about it.
00:41:00.59\00:41:02.39
Why is the love Chapter
stuck in between the two?
00:41:02.42\00:41:06.88
Because what they
were doing in Corinth
00:41:06.91\00:41:09.74
was not loving
one another at all.
00:41:09.77\00:41:13.61
They were judging and
condemning and criticizing
00:41:13.64\00:41:17.63
each other over the
very gifts of the spirit
00:41:17.66\00:41:20.45
that were meant to promote
unity instead of dividing.
00:41:20.48\00:41:25.49
And so he talks about love.
00:41:25.52\00:41:28.41
I don't care if you talk in
the tongues of angels he says.
00:41:28.44\00:41:31.51
If you don't have
love you're not a--
00:41:31.54\00:41:33.20
you're just resounding
gong or a clanging cymbal.
00:41:33.23\00:41:37.31
Just love one another.
00:41:37.34\00:41:39.07
Then comes Chapter 14, 14:1,
00:41:39.10\00:41:44.59
"Follow the way of love
00:41:44.62\00:41:47.19
and eagerly
desire spiritual gifts,
00:41:47.22\00:41:50.30
especially the
gift of prophecy."
00:41:50.33\00:41:55.03
Now if he is
singling out any gift
00:41:55.06\00:41:56.77
if it isn't tongues, is what?
00:41:56.80\00:41:58.70
Prophecy.
00:41:58.73\00:42:01.08
Why does He single out prophecy?
00:42:01.11\00:42:03.82
One of the reason
is right here, verse 2,
00:42:03.85\00:42:06.40
"Anyone who speaks in a tongue
00:42:06.43\00:42:07.70
does not speak
to men but to God."
00:42:07.73\00:42:11.44
We could come to the conclusion
00:42:11.47\00:42:13.28
that tongues are
for us speaking to God.
00:42:13.31\00:42:16.56
But remember, you
have to ask a question.
00:42:16.59\00:42:20.09
Is he describing a problem
00:42:20.12\00:42:22.24
or is he prescribing a
solution to the problem.
00:42:22.27\00:42:26.82
Now it may sound like he
is prescribing a solution.
00:42:26.85\00:42:30.25
Tongues if we're speaking
to God, let's read it again.
00:42:30.28\00:42:33.26
Anyone who speaks in a tongue
00:42:33.29\00:42:36.18
does not speak
to men but to God.
00:42:36.21\00:42:39.43
Indeed no one understands Him.
00:42:39.46\00:42:43.59
He utters
mysteries with his spirit.
00:42:43.62\00:42:46.77
Verse 3, but, that's
a big word sometimes,
00:42:46.80\00:42:52.14
but anyone who
prophesies speaks to men
00:42:52.17\00:42:56.78
for their strengthening,
encouragement and comfort.
00:42:56.81\00:43:00.83
Question, is the
purpose of the gift
00:43:00.86\00:43:03.80
even tongues to
build up the individual
00:43:03.83\00:43:07.81
or to build up the church?
00:43:07.84\00:43:12.18
Speaking to God in tongues
may build up the individual
00:43:12.21\00:43:17.67
but isn't going to
build up the church.
00:43:17.70\00:43:20.80
But prophesying
when people understand
00:43:20.83\00:43:24.10
is building up the church.
00:43:24.13\00:43:26.51
So as Paul's
saying, we should use
00:43:26.54\00:43:28.39
the gift of
tongues to talk to God.
00:43:28.42\00:43:30.64
No, what he's saying
is if you just talk to God
00:43:30.67\00:43:33.14
in tongues and
nobody understands you.
00:43:33.17\00:43:35.52
If you prophecy
people understand you
00:43:35.55\00:43:38.06
and you're
building up the church
00:43:38.09\00:43:39.24
and that's the purpose
of the gifts of the spirit,
00:43:39.27\00:43:41.95
to build up the church.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.29
See the solution is not tongues
00:43:43.32\00:43:46.47
but prophecy so
they can understand.
00:43:46.50\00:43:50.31
Then we come to
the next verse 4,
00:43:50.34\00:43:52.57
"He who speaks in a
tongue edifies himself."
00:43:52.60\00:43:54.70
Okay, so we should speak
in tongues to edify ourselves.
00:43:54.73\00:43:59.30
Well, we have to
ask that question again.
00:43:59.33\00:44:02.31
Is he describing a problem
or prescribing a solution.
00:44:02.34\00:44:06.20
Is he saying we should speak
in tongue to edify ourselves
00:44:06.23\00:44:09.23
or is he describing
the problem in Corinth?
00:44:09.26\00:44:12.38
Watch this, you decide.
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.55
In verse 4, "He who speaks
in a tongue edifies himself,
00:44:14.58\00:44:17.74
but he who
prophesies edifies the church."
00:44:17.77\00:44:21.46
What's the purpose of the gifts?
00:44:21.49\00:44:23.44
To edify the church,
to build up the church,
00:44:23.47\00:44:26.49
those who speak in tongues
were building up themselves
00:44:26.52\00:44:28.92
but that's not the
purpose of the gifts.
00:44:28.95\00:44:30.94
But he who
prophecies builds up the church.
00:44:30.97\00:44:34.65
You can see where Paul is
going with this, can't you?
00:44:34.68\00:44:38.94
Verse 5, "I would
like for every one of you
00:44:38.97\00:44:40.76
to speak in tongues."
00:44:40.79\00:44:42.44
Oh, there it is, you see.
00:44:42.47\00:44:44.14
Paul wants us all
to speak in tongues.
00:44:44.17\00:44:46.35
Well, that's
interesting because earlier
00:44:46.38\00:44:48.78
he had said we are not
all to speak in tongues.
00:44:48.81\00:44:51.89
So why would be he saying now
00:44:51.92\00:44:53.72
I wish you'd all
speak in tongues.
00:44:53.75\00:44:55.99
Oh, he did say, I would like
00:44:56.02\00:44:58.73
to have all of
you speak in tongues
00:44:58.76\00:45:01.96
but, here it is again,
00:45:01.99\00:45:05.15
but I would
rather have you prophesy.
00:45:05.18\00:45:08.44
Why?
00:45:08.47\00:45:10.31
Because He who
prophesies is greater than
00:45:10.34\00:45:11.94
one who speaks in
tongues, unless he interprets,
00:45:11.97\00:45:16.06
so that the
church may be edified."
00:45:16.09\00:45:18.91
And there it is again.
00:45:18.94\00:45:21.15
Why did he say, I wish
00:45:21.18\00:45:23.12
that you could
all speak in tongues.
00:45:23.15\00:45:24.97
That's what they
really wanted to do.
00:45:25.00\00:45:28.14
That's where they were.
00:45:28.17\00:45:31.57
Paul was coming into a
church that was teaching
00:45:31.60\00:45:35.15
that we should
all speak in tongues.
00:45:35.18\00:45:36.92
We should all have this one gift
00:45:36.95\00:45:38.33
and if we didn't have it,
00:45:38.36\00:45:39.39
we weren't even
a part of the body.
00:45:39.42\00:45:42.73
And so he's trying
to meet them half way,
00:45:42.76\00:45:47.35
so he could lead them
where they need to be.
00:45:47.38\00:45:50.37
If he came in there and
said you guys are all wrong,
00:45:50.40\00:45:53.45
you shouldn't
be doing all these.
00:45:53.48\00:45:55.62
Why should they listen to him
00:45:55.65\00:45:57.38
because they
believe that they were doing
00:45:57.41\00:45:59.21
what the spirit
was telling them to do.
00:45:59.24\00:46:02.27
So he didn't--he
tried to meet them half way.
00:46:02.30\00:46:05.30
He said sure, I wish you
could all speak in tongues.
00:46:05.33\00:46:08.58
But I'd rather
have you prophesy.
00:46:08.61\00:46:11.91
It would be like me
talking to you and saying I wish
00:46:11.94\00:46:14.84
that every one of you
could sell your houses
00:46:14.87\00:46:18.89
and buy yourself an
old bus build it into an RV
00:46:18.92\00:46:23.60
and travel around the country
witnessing about Jesus Christ.
00:46:23.63\00:46:28.06
And being an evangelist I
wish you could all do that.
00:46:28.09\00:46:32.05
But I would rather have you use
the gift that God has given you.
00:46:32.08\00:46:39.86
See that's all Paul was doing.
00:46:39.89\00:46:41.79
He who
prophesies is greater than
00:46:47.84\00:46:50.53
the one who speaks in
tongue unless he interprets,
00:46:50.56\00:46:53.41
so that the
church may be built up.
00:46:53.44\00:46:55.13
You see the whole thing
is to build up the church.
00:46:55.16\00:46:57.46
So there is an
interpretive there,
00:46:57.49\00:46:59.18
the church can be built up, why?
00:46:59.21\00:47:01.09
Because they
understand what's being thought,
00:47:01.12\00:47:03.25
they understand
what's being said.
00:47:03.28\00:47:05.27
Verse 6, "Now,
brothers, if I come to you
00:47:05.30\00:47:07.32
and I speak in tongues,
what good will I be to you,
00:47:07.35\00:47:09.74
unless I bring you
some revelation or knowledge
00:47:09.77\00:47:12.03
or prophecy or
word of instruction?
00:47:12.06\00:47:13.95
Even in the case
of lifeless things
00:47:13.98\00:47:15.71
that make sounds,
such as the flute or harp,
00:47:15.74\00:47:18.00
how will anyone know
what tune is being played
00:47:18.03\00:47:20.30
unless there is a
distinction in the notes?
00:47:20.33\00:47:22.63
If a trumpet
doesn't sound a clear call,
00:47:22.66\00:47:24.65
who is gonna get
ready for battle?
00:47:24.68\00:47:27.40
So it is with you.
00:47:27.43\00:47:29.91
Unless you speak intelligible
words with your tongue,
00:47:29.94\00:47:34.11
how will anyone
know what you are saying?
00:47:34.14\00:47:36.41
You will just be
speaking into the air."
00:47:36.44\00:47:40.11
So what were they doing?
00:47:40.14\00:47:42.64
They were making a
bunch of sounds in languages
00:47:42.67\00:47:45.17
that no one understood,
00:47:45.20\00:47:47.49
that was just like
speaking into the air.
00:47:47.52\00:47:51.34
Paul says, undoubtedly
00:47:51.37\00:47:53.99
there are all sorts of
languages in the world,
00:47:54.02\00:47:55.61
but none of them
is without meaning.
00:47:55.64\00:47:58.05
You see his
emphases are on what?
00:47:58.08\00:48:00.26
Meaning, understating
what's being thought.
00:48:00.29\00:48:03.21
None of them was
on-on the day of Pentecost
00:48:03.24\00:48:05.41
they all understood
in their own language.
00:48:05.44\00:48:08.69
But that's not what
was happening at Corinth,
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.88
it was just the opposite.
00:48:10.91\00:48:12.32
They were
saying a bunch of stuff
00:48:12.35\00:48:13.58
and nobody
understood what was being said.
00:48:13.61\00:48:15.57
There is no such thing he says,
00:48:15.60\00:48:16.95
a real language without meaning.
00:48:16.98\00:48:18.86
Verse 11, "If then I
don't grasp the meaning of what
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.53
someone is saying, I am
a foreigner to the speaker,
00:48:21.56\00:48:24.21
so it is with you,
that's what you're doing,
00:48:24.24\00:48:26.30
you're speaking
nobody understand it,
00:48:26.33\00:48:28.19
they're like foreigners to you.
00:48:28.22\00:48:29.67
Since you are eager
to have spiritual gifts,
00:48:29.70\00:48:31.61
try to excel in gifts that
are building up the church.
00:48:31.64\00:48:34.13
Tongues were not building
up the church at Corinth,
00:48:34.16\00:48:37.04
they did at
Pentecost not at Corinth.
00:48:37.07\00:48:41.49
Something was wrong at Corinth.
00:48:41.52\00:48:45.05
Verse 14, "If I
pray in a tongue,
00:48:45.08\00:48:48.26
my spirit prays, but
my mind is unfruitful."
00:48:48.29\00:48:52.74
If I pray in a tongue,
oh, I can get emotional,
00:48:52.77\00:48:55.07
I can get
excited, I can say amen
00:48:55.10\00:48:56.56
and all of
these nice cool things
00:48:56.59\00:48:58.22
but I don't even
know what I'm saying.
00:48:58.25\00:49:00.20
My mind is
unfruitful. But watch.
00:49:00.23\00:49:03.55
So what would I do?
00:49:03.58\00:49:05.25
Do I quit praying in the spirit?
00:49:05.28\00:49:07.24
No, I will pray with my spirit,
00:49:07.27\00:49:09.82
but I'll also pray with my mind.
00:49:09.85\00:49:12.34
I will understand
what's being said.
00:49:12.37\00:49:16.10
You see, God made
us with understanding
00:49:16.13\00:49:21.06
and He made us with emotions
00:49:21.09\00:49:23.26
and feeling and
they are both good.
00:49:23.29\00:49:26.47
He put in there for reason.
00:49:26.50\00:49:30.00
I think sometimes
people get so over focused
00:49:30.03\00:49:34.01
on the emotional part that
they lose touch with reason.
00:49:34.04\00:49:39.19
And Paul is
trying to handle that,
00:49:39.22\00:49:42.01
but on the other
hand there are those
00:49:42.04\00:49:44.11
who are so afraid
of being too emotional.
00:49:44.14\00:49:48.05
Well, we don't want to be like
00:49:48.08\00:49:49.32
those holy-rollers
and happy-clappies.
00:49:49.35\00:49:51.29
So we become the frozen chosen.
00:49:54.33\00:49:58.24
And we got it in our
minds but no emotion,
00:49:58.27\00:50:02.14
scared to even say
amen too loud in church.
00:50:02.17\00:50:05.20
Amen.
00:50:05.23\00:50:07.90
So I think we need to
be more adventacostal.
00:50:07.93\00:50:12.44
Amen. Amen.
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.57
We need to be the
happy chosen, amen. Amen.
00:50:14.60\00:50:18.19
And excited about what we have,
00:50:18.22\00:50:20.42
that's what Paul
was telling me anyway.
00:50:20.45\00:50:23.45
Verse 16, "If
you are praising God
00:50:23.48\00:50:25.69
with your spirit, how can anyone
00:50:25.72\00:50:26.87
who finds himself among you
doesn't understand say amen".
00:50:26.90\00:50:29.67
Can amen say amen?
00:50:29.70\00:50:30.77
You could be cursing the
name of God for all I know.
00:50:30.80\00:50:35.34
So Paul is clear, he
wants people to understand.
00:50:35.37\00:50:38.45
Verse 18, "I thank God
that I speak in tongues
00:50:38.48\00:50:40.62
more than all of you."
00:50:40.65\00:50:41.71
There it is.
00:50:41.74\00:50:42.83
Paul's spoken
tongues all over the--
00:50:42.86\00:50:44.39
remember tongues
also means languages.
00:50:44.42\00:50:47.25
He could have simply mean
00:50:47.28\00:50:48.31
that I speak in more
languages than all of you.
00:50:48.34\00:50:50.77
But there it is
again, but verse 19,
00:50:50.80\00:50:54.38
"In the church I
would rather speak
00:50:54.41\00:50:55.96
five intelligible
words to instruct others than
00:50:55.99\00:50:59.34
ten thousand words in a tongue.
00:50:59.37\00:51:02.21
And I think it's
pretty clear by now,
00:51:02.24\00:51:04.90
Paul wants everyone to
understand what's being said.
00:51:04.93\00:51:09.55
So the church can be built up
not the individual the church.
00:51:09.58\00:51:13.46
Watch, verse 22, "The
tongues, then, are a sign,
00:51:13.49\00:51:17.02
not for believers
but for unbelievers."
00:51:17.05\00:51:21.12
Tongues are not a
sign for believer.
00:51:21.15\00:51:23.13
No, they are
sign for unbeliever,
00:51:23.16\00:51:24.87
that's what happened with
Peter at Cornelius' house.
00:51:24.90\00:51:28.41
When the unbelieving Gentile
starts speaking in tongues,
00:51:28.44\00:51:31.46
it was a sign for them
00:51:31.49\00:51:33.39
that they were
accepted by the Holy Spirit.
00:51:33.42\00:51:35.82
Tongues, then, are sign
for unbelievers not believers.
00:51:35.85\00:51:39.04
Watch this one, verse 23.
00:51:39.07\00:51:41.08
"So if the whole
church comes together
00:51:41.11\00:51:42.65
and everyone speaks in tongues
00:51:42.68\00:51:44.49
and some who don't understand
if some unbeliever comes in,
00:51:44.52\00:51:47.92
will they not say
you're out of your mind.
00:51:47.95\00:51:50.78
Well, you guys are
nuts man, I'm out of here.
00:51:50.81\00:51:54.84
That's what Paul said.
00:51:54.87\00:51:57.76
So what shall we say brothers,
00:51:57.79\00:51:59.90
"When you come
together, everyone has a hymn,
00:51:59.93\00:52:01.56
or a word of
structure, a revelation,
00:52:01.59\00:52:03.16
a tongue or an interpretation."
00:52:03.19\00:52:05.80
He didn't say I want
you to quit all that stuff.
00:52:05.83\00:52:09.08
Listen to this.
00:52:09.11\00:52:11.20
All of these must be done
00:52:11.23\00:52:14.80
for the strengthening
of the church, all of them.
00:52:14.83\00:52:18.98
They must be done to
strengthen the church.
00:52:19.01\00:52:23.04
Not you, but the church.
00:52:23.07\00:52:25.47
Verse 27 then, "If
anyone speaks in a tongue,
00:52:25.50\00:52:28.71
two--at the most three--
should speak, one at a time,
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.83
and someone must interpret."
00:52:30.86\00:52:34.32
If there is no
interpret the speaker
00:52:34.35\00:52:36.85
should keep quiet in the church
00:52:36.88\00:52:38.78
and speak to himself
and God because verse 33,
00:52:38.81\00:52:42.35
"God is a God of order not
of disorder but God of peace."
00:52:42.38\00:52:48.33
When you come together
everyone is blabbing in tongues.
00:52:48.36\00:52:52.71
One at a time, two at the most,
00:52:52.74\00:52:56.97
three no more and there
has to be an interpreter there.
00:52:57.00\00:53:04.36
Somebody asked me,
00:53:04.39\00:53:05.95
how am I going to know if
there's an interpreter there?
00:53:05.98\00:53:09.28
I don't know. He
doesn't say here.
00:53:09.31\00:53:13.29
He just says be
sure there's one there
00:53:13.32\00:53:15.76
and if there's not
then don't do it...
00:53:15.79\00:53:19.98
be quite.
00:53:20.01\00:53:22.61
Now can you see that
when Paul says one at--
00:53:22.64\00:53:25.89
they were all doing it at
once and he says one at a time.
00:53:25.92\00:53:30.76
Two, never more than three
00:53:30.79\00:53:33.05
and you have to
have an interpreter.
00:53:33.08\00:53:34.50
Can you see that
Paul is controlling
00:53:34.53\00:53:38.43
that manifestation of
the spirit in Corinth?
00:53:38.46\00:53:41.67
Absolutely, he is controlling.
00:53:41.70\00:53:44.30
He is squelching it.
00:53:44.33\00:53:45.90
They were all wanting to
do it and he says, no, no,
00:53:45.93\00:53:48.58
just three at the
most, one at a time.
00:53:48.61\00:53:51.52
He was squelching at
what was happening at Corinth?
00:53:51.55\00:53:55.09
Now you tell me,
would Paul squelch
00:53:55.12\00:53:58.46
a genuine manifestation
of the Holy Spirit?
00:53:58.49\00:54:02.53
Would Paul say, Holy Spirit,
00:54:02.56\00:54:04.50
you are going
too fast at Corinth,
00:54:04.53\00:54:06.00
you need to slow
down a little bit.
00:54:06.03\00:54:08.46
I don't think so.
So what was he doing?
00:54:08.49\00:54:13.28
Well, some of you
may want me to say, well,
00:54:13.31\00:54:16.01
they were all demon possessed
00:54:16.04\00:54:17.48
and he was calling
them a bunch of demon.
00:54:17.51\00:54:20.03
No, He didn't do that.
00:54:20.06\00:54:22.92
He didn't says you
were all demon possessed,
00:54:22.95\00:54:24.50
they were Christians.
00:54:24.53\00:54:25.57
He called them saints at
the beginning of the letter.
00:54:25.60\00:54:28.50
He says you are saints.
00:54:28.53\00:54:30.38
They were confused
but they were saints.
00:54:30.41\00:54:33.30
He didn't say you
are demon possessed.
00:54:33.33\00:54:36.36
Well then, what else
could have been happening there?
00:54:36.39\00:54:40.46
Notice it was all going on
at one time, exciting music,
00:54:40.49\00:54:44.03
speaking in
tongues, prophesying,
00:54:44.06\00:54:46.64
all of this stuff
going on at one time.
00:54:46.67\00:54:48.30
The church was
teaching that everybody
00:54:48.33\00:54:50.37
need to speak in tongues.
00:54:50.40\00:54:51.76
Now if you were a
member of that church
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.74
and you had not yet
started speaking in tongues,
00:54:53.77\00:54:56.64
what would you want
more than anything else?
00:54:56.67\00:54:59.54
You would want
that special gift,
00:54:59.57\00:55:01.81
that special blessing
that you have been taught
00:55:01.84\00:55:03.69
everyone should have.
00:55:03.72\00:55:04.78
In fact you are not even
00:55:04.81\00:55:05.84
a part of the body of
Christ till you get it.
00:55:05.87\00:55:07.71
So here you are in
this exciting supercharged,
00:55:07.74\00:55:10.55
emotional environment
striving to speak in tongues
00:55:10.58\00:55:14.13
and suddenly they tell
us it's possible to induce
00:55:14.16\00:55:17.97
in that environment a
translate type of existence
00:55:18.00\00:55:21.55
that causes people to come up
00:55:21.58\00:55:23.34
with something
that sounds like tongues
00:55:23.37\00:55:24.83
when it's really not,
almost like self-hypnosis.
00:55:24.86\00:55:30.65
And I've had people
tell me, you know pastor,
00:55:30.68\00:55:33.66
I've always wondered if I was--
00:55:33.69\00:55:35.73
if God was doing that,
if it was just me on my own?
00:55:35.76\00:55:39.85
That's what I think
was happening at Corinth.
00:55:39.88\00:55:41.98
One at a time,
two, at the most three,
00:55:42.01\00:55:44.10
must be an
interpreter, he is taking away
00:55:44.13\00:55:46.29
that intense
supercharged environment
00:55:46.32\00:55:51.02
and he knew that
it would just die out.
00:55:51.05\00:55:54.35
He didn't go and say, brothers,
00:55:54.38\00:55:55.94
yours is genuine and brother
over here yours is false.
00:55:55.97\00:55:59.13
No, he didn't do
that, they were Christians.
00:55:59.16\00:56:02.78
He took away that environment
00:56:02.81\00:56:05.53
and he knew that soon
it would just die out.
00:56:05.56\00:56:08.96
One at a time,
two, at the most three,
00:56:08.99\00:56:10.97
there has to be
an interpretation,
00:56:11.00\00:56:13.35
if not just be quite in church.
00:56:13.38\00:56:18.02
And I think we could
learn a lesson from Paul.
00:56:18.05\00:56:21.24
"God is not a God of
disorder but of peace."
00:56:21.27\00:56:26.74
One of the questions I always
like to ask when people ask me,
00:56:26.77\00:56:28.95
why don't we speak in tongues?
00:56:28.98\00:56:31.29
The question I like to ask
00:56:31.32\00:56:34.10
and you don't have to
say amen for this one.
00:56:34.13\00:56:37.99
I don't want you
to get embarrassed.
00:56:38.02\00:56:41.06
Question I like to ask is,
00:56:41.09\00:56:43.08
well, if the purpose of
the baptism of the spirit
00:56:43.11\00:56:47.26
and speaking in tongues
00:56:47.29\00:56:49.15
is to build up the church
throughout the whole world
00:56:49.18\00:56:54.06
and the American Bible Society
not sponsored by our church
00:56:54.09\00:56:58.57
did an independent
study and show that
00:56:58.60\00:57:01.12
the Seventh-day Adventist
church is preaching the gospel
00:57:01.15\00:57:05.58
in more countries than
00:57:05.61\00:57:07.40
all of the other Protestant
churches put together.
00:57:07.43\00:57:12.62
Now, if we are
preaching in more countries
00:57:12.65\00:57:17.99
than all the other
Protestant churches
00:57:18.02\00:57:20.44
put together including yours
00:57:20.47\00:57:23.12
and you have the baptism
of the spirit and we don't,
00:57:23.15\00:57:26.21
then what are you doing with it?
00:57:26.24\00:57:28.90
See, that's my question,
what are you doing with it?
00:57:28.93\00:57:32.77
And don't say amen if you
are a Seventh-day Adventist
00:57:32.80\00:57:36.36
because my next
question is for you.
00:57:36.39\00:57:39.41
What are you doing with it?
00:57:39.44\00:57:41.68
How many people have you
talked to about Jesus Christ?
00:57:41.71\00:57:45.95
How man people have you
lead to follow the Lamb?
00:57:45.98\00:57:49.13