It may be at morn
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When the day
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is awaking
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When sunlight through darkness
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And shadow is breaking
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That Jesus will come
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In the fullness of glory
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To receive from the world
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His own
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O Lord Jesus
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How long, how long
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Ere we shout the glad song
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Christ returneth!
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Amen
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Hallelujah!
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Amen
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It may be
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At midday
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It may be at twilight
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It may be per chance
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That the blackness
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Of midnight
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Will burst into light
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In the blaze of His glory
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When Jesus receives
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His own
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O Lord Jesus
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How long, how long
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Ere we shout the glad song
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Christ returneth!
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Amen
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Hallelujah!
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Amen
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Father in heaven,
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tonight, we look
forward to that day,
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the day in which
You're coming back.
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We pray that each one of us here
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may be prepared
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that we might be
waiting and watching
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that You will give to us
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Your Holy Spirit and
it may fill our lives.
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Each one of us may
be faithful witnesses
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in all that we do.
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Bless us in our study tonight.
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Give us the
understanding we need.
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May our hearts be opened.
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This we pray in
Christ name, amen.
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Every individual that is
born into the kingdom of God
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is born into the
kingdom of God as a missionary.
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There are no exceptions.
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When you take
the name Christian,
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you become a witness.
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And from that day forward,
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the moment that you
accept Jesus Christ,
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from that day forward,
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you are a witness
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to those about you
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and to those you
come in contact with
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of the power of God.
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The scripture says
this to us, Isaiah 43:10.
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"'You are My
witnesses,' says the Lord,
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'And My servant
whom I have chosen.'"
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So the scripture says,
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"You are my
witness, every one of you."
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The moment that you
make a decision and say,
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"I will give my
heart to Jesus Christ,"
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from that moment
on, you are a witness,
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a witness of the
power of God in your life
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and what the Lord
Jesus Christ can do.
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"I, even I, am the Lord,
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and besides Me
there is no savior."
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So God says that He is God
and that we are His witnesses.
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Matthew 28:19,
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"Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations."
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Now when it says,
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"Go ye therefore and make
disciples of all nations,"
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you know who that's talking to?
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That's talking to you.
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Amen.
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Talking to every one of you
because you become His witness,
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all right?
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"And all nations, baptizing them
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in the name of the
Father and of the Son
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and of the Holy Spirit,"
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that's what
we've been doing here
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is preaching the gospel.
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And as the gospel is preached,
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it says that men and
women are to accept Christ.
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They are to
follow Him in baptism,
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teaching them to observe what?
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All things.
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That's what
we've tried to do here,
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is to teach you
what God's Word says.
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Amen.
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And I can honestly say
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that I stand in
before the God of heaven
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that I have shared
with you the gospel
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and the teachings of scripture.
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Amen.
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Some of it may
have not been too easy,
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but God didn't ask
me to make that choice.
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God asked me to teach what?
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All things.
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And that is what
we have simply done
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in the word, in prophecy.
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We have told you
what the Word of God says.
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"Teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have
commanded you, and lo,
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I am with you even
unto the end of the age."
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So God just says
that's our responsibility
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is to preach the Word of God."
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Matthew 24:14.
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"And this gospel of the kingdom
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will be
preached in all the world
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as a witness to all nations,
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and then the end will come."
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So God says the
word is to be preached
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is to be preached as a
witness to all nations.
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And, dear
friends, it is preached
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many, many different ways.
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You see, you are a witness,
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you preach
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'cause the moment
you tell somebody,
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"I'm a Christian,"
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your life immediately begins
to witness to that effect.
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So God says that
He's called all of us
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to be witnesses.
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"Behold, I send
you out as sheep..."
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What?
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"In the midst of wolves."
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You see, I run on the people
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that don't quite
understand what's involved here.
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Have you ever
read the description
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of Christ in the Bible?
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In the Book of Revelation?
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Huh?
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You ever read
that where it talks
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about Jesus Christ and
it says that He is a lion?
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Huh?
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The Lion of the tribe of Judah?
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A Lion is known for what?
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Hmm?
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Stealing sheep.
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Well, it's known
for stealing sheep,
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it's known as being victorious.
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It's known for being strong.
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It's known for a fight.
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It's what it's known
for a lion is, and it says,
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"He is the Lion of
the tribe of Judah."
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But you read it here, folks.
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You can read all
about that in Revelation 5,
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but when it
comes to picturing Him,
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do you know how it pictures Him?
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As a lamb.
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Strange.
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You ever seen people
that are afraid of a lamb?
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Hmm?
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Revelation says they are.
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It says, "When He comes back,
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they will cry for the rocks
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and the
mountains to fall on them."
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But what I'm trying
to get across to you
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is it pictures
Jesus as a victory.
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It pictures Him as victorious.
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It pictures Him as a conqueror,
but it says that He is a Lamb.
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You see what I'm
trying to get across
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and what the scripture
is trying to get across
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is the weapons that He use,
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that He uses are gentleness,
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humility, kindness.
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Those are the
weapons that He uses,
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and you and I as witnesses
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are to be humble, kind, gentle.
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This is what God
expects you and I to be,
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and that's our witness
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is to all the
people that we meet
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of what the
power of Jesus Christ
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can do in your life,
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how He can
change you and make us,
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and thus He
sends us out as sheep
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in the midst of wolves.
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"Therefore be wise as
serpents and harmless as doves."
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Be wise as
serpents, harmless as doves.
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Now watch,
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'cause the Lord doesn't
send you out here, folks,
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as to be witnesses
without giving you something.
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John 20:21.
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"So Jesus said to
them again, 'Peace to you!
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As the Father has
sent Me, I also send you.'
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" He said, "As
the Father sent Me,
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so I sent you."
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All right?
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"And when He had said
this, He breathed on them,
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and said to them,
'Receive the Holy Spirit.'
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" You see what I'm
trying to get across to you
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is God called
you to be a witness.
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But He said,
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"If you're going
to be My witness,
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I'm going to give you My spirit.
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I'm gonna give
you the Holy Spirit."
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And so He gives to you
and to me the Holy Spirit.
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What does the Holy
Spirit do for you and for me?
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That's the
question you need to ask.
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What does the Holy Spirit...
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Now we've talked
about the Holy Spirit
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the other night.
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And in our
study the other night,
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we found out
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that you cannot
use the Holy Spirit,
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the Holy Spirit must use you.
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But what does it do for us?
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Well, these are the
things that it does for us.
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It gives us the power
to be an effective witness.
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You cannot be an
effective witness
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for Jesus Christ
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unless you have the Holy Spirit
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because the Holy Spirit
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gives you the
fruits of the Spirit.
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And the fruits of the Spirit,
we found out the other night,
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changes character.
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It's what gives you
love, and joy, and peace,
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and long suffering.
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The Holy Spirit comes in
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and it begins
to work in our life
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and it changes us,
and as it changes us,
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it gives us the power
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to be an effective
witness for Jesus Christ.
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And without it,
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you can never be an
effective witness for Jesus.
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Acts 1:8,
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"But you shall receive power,"
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okay, "you shall receive power
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after or when the Holy
Spirit comes upon you,"
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for what reason?
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Okay.
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"You shall be witnesses to Me."
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You see, He gives us
power to be witnesses.
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He doesn't give you
power to go do your own thing.
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He doesn't give you power
to do all these other things.
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He gives you power
to be a witness for Him.
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"Judea, Samaria, to
the ends of the earth,
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He gives you power to
be a witness for Him."
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That's what the
Holy Spirit does.
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And so if you find
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that your Christian
life is ineffective,
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if you find that your
witness seems to lack,
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well, then you need
the Holy Spirit, friend.
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Amen.
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The Holy Spirit will
bring that power there.
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Listen, this has what happened
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when the Holy Spirit
fell on the day of Pentecost,
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and those people received
the baptism of Holy Spirit,
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this has what took place.
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Acts 4:33,
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"And with great power,
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the apostles gave witness
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to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
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And great grace was upon them."
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With great power,
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they gave
witness of Jesus Christ.
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You see, it's the
power of the Holy Spirit
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that speaks to
the individual heart.
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Without it,
nothing's going to happen.
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But with the
baptism, the Holy Spirit,
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power's given there,
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and men and
women were converted.
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They gave their lives
to the Lord Jesus Christ
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by great, great numbers.
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"How shall we escape
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if we neglect so
great a salvation,
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which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord,
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and was confirmed to us
by those who heard Him."
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This is out of Hebrews 2.
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"God also bearing witness
both with signs and wonders,
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and with various miracles..."
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You see, that
attended their witness.
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But I have said in
several nights now, folks.
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I have found that God
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only gives the Holy Spirit
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to those that are
humble and have contrite heart.
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Amen.
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Only one He gives it
to is those who are humble
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and have a contrite heart.
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And when He gives
the Holy Spirit power,
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we'll attend our witness,
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and we will
become witnesses for God.
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And there will be miracles
and gifts of the Holy Spirit,
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according to...
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Now there are several
things in that last part, folks.
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It says that
when the Holy Spirit
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is given to you and to me
that He will give us, what?
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Gifts.
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All right, according to...
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His will. His will.
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Get it clear.
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It is not your decision,
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it's not mine
what gift we receive,
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it is up to the Holy Spirit
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to give us what
gift He wants us to have.
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I run onto people
00:17:04.12\00:17:05.45
that are praying
for certain gifts.
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No, God does not tell you and I
00:17:08.12\00:17:11.46
that we're to
pray for certain gifts.
00:17:11.49\00:17:13.43
It tells us that we
are to pray for the baptism
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of the Holy Spirit,
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and the Holy Spirit will give us
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what gift He wants us to have.
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Amen.
00:17:21.44\00:17:22.77
He gives it
according to His will.
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So what does the
Holy Spirit do for us,
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"Gives us power to
be effective witnesses,
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gives us gifts for witnessing."
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That's what the
Holy Spirit does.
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Those gifts are what
makes our witness effective,
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and without those
gifts, they're not.
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Therefore, Ephesians 4:8,
00:17:43.93\00:17:46.80
"Therefore He says,
00:17:46.83\00:17:48.23
'When He ascended on
high, He led captivity captive,
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and He gave gifts to men.'
00:17:52.17\00:17:55.00
" So it says that when
Jesus went back to heaven,
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He gave gifts.
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The Holy Spirit was poured out.
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And with the Holy
Spirit being poured out,
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certain gifts were
given to men and women, okay?
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Luke 11:13.
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"If you then, being evil,
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know how to give good
gifts to your children..."
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All right,
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do you know how to do that?
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Do you know how
to ask for gifts?
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Huh?
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Do you know how to ask?
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I have three boys.
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When I went through school,
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I had the privilege of working
in a hospital emergency room.
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And I worked in that
for a couple of years.
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And after spending two years
in the hospital emergency room,
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I made a decision
that when I got married,
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and I had children
that they could not,
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as long as they
were in my household,
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ride a motorcycle.
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I just said, "No way."
00:19:09.18\00:19:11.25
'Cause I saw too many
come in emergency room,
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and I said,
"That's it, no motorcycle."
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Well, you get three boys
00:19:17.42\00:19:19.25
and, you know,
what happens, don't you?
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Yes.
00:19:20.89\00:19:22.22
"I want a motorcycle, you know?"
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And I'd say, "No, you
can't have a motorcycle."
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Well, we went through
that over and over and over
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as they grew up.
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But I want to give you a
scenario about asking, okay?
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Let's say that my boy,
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Jim, says, "Where
are you going, Dad?"
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And I say, "Oh, I got
to be going this weekend."
00:19:45.81\00:19:48.15
I have speaking
appointments and all.
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And he says,
"Well, can I go with you?"
00:19:51.02\00:19:55.39
And I say, "Well,
sure you can go with me,
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but it's not going to be
a very good time for you.
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You know, I have to
speak four or five times,
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.80
and I'll be in
meetings all day long.
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It's going to be
kind of boring for you."
00:20:07.07\00:20:09.20
And he'd say, "No,
I'd like to go with you."
00:20:09.24\00:20:11.47
And I'd say, "You
know, you're welcome.
00:20:11.51\00:20:14.48
I'd love to have you go.
00:20:14.51\00:20:15.84
I like to have your company,
00:20:15.88\00:20:17.21
but you got to understand
00:20:17.25\00:20:18.58
that I'm tied up all that time."
00:20:18.61\00:20:20.25
He said, "No, I'd
like to go with you."
00:20:20.28\00:20:21.88
And I said, "Great."
00:20:21.92\00:20:23.32
So we get in the car,
and we start down the road,
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and we drive along,
we visit a little bit.
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And pretty soon he says to me,
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.29
he says, "Dad, I'd sure
like to have a motorcycle."
00:20:29.32\00:20:31.96
And I say, "Is that
why you came with me,
00:20:35.03\00:20:39.30
so you could ask
me for a motorcycle?"
00:20:39.33\00:20:43.91
And our
conversation ends right there,
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you know, that's the end of it.
00:20:45.81\00:20:47.54
And so we just sat there
and there's not much said,
00:20:47.58\00:20:50.45
and the weekend doesn't
go very great, you know?
00:20:50.48\00:20:53.05
Because I said, "No, you
can't have a motorcycle."
00:20:53.08\00:20:56.69
Well, let's replay that.
00:20:56.72\00:20:59.42
He comes to me and says,
"Where you going this weekend?"
00:20:59.45\00:21:03.46
I say, "Oh, I got to
speak at several places
00:21:03.49\00:21:05.43
this weekend and all."
00:21:05.46\00:21:07.70
And he said,
"Well, can I go with you?"
00:21:07.73\00:21:09.20
And I'd say,
"Sure, you can go with me,
00:21:09.23\00:21:10.90
but you're not going
to have very good time
00:21:10.93\00:21:13.07
'cause I'm going to
be at meeting all day.
00:21:13.10\00:21:15.34
And you're just
going to have to sit there,
00:21:15.37\00:21:17.24
and it won't be
a very good time."
00:21:17.27\00:21:19.07
And he'd say, "No,
I'd like to go with you."
00:21:19.11\00:21:21.24
And I say, "You
sure?" And he said, "Yeah."
00:21:21.28\00:21:23.61
And I say, "Well,
great. I'd love to have you.
00:21:23.65\00:21:25.51
I could use the company."
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.08
And so we get in the
car, and we drive along,
00:21:27.12\00:21:29.22
and we visit, and
we have a great time
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and go all the
way to the meeting,
00:21:31.89\00:21:34.06
and we just talk
and enjoy one another.
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And while we're at the meeting,
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.36
he does little things
to help me all day long
00:21:38.39\00:21:41.46
and everything
00:21:41.50\00:21:42.83
and just really enjoy
the fellowship together,
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you know.
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And we drive back home,
00:21:47.37\00:21:49.90
we have a nice
visit all the way home,
00:21:49.94\00:21:51.47
and I think,
"Man, this is wonderful.
00:21:51.51\00:21:53.17
I really appreciate
him being here with me
00:21:53.21\00:21:55.68
and going with me."
00:21:55.71\00:21:57.05
And we get home that night,
00:21:57.08\00:21:58.41
and I'm talking
to wife, and I say,
00:21:58.45\00:22:00.72
"Do you think Jim would
like to have a motorcycle?"
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.58
You understand the difference?
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.12
Yes.
00:22:07.16\00:22:08.49
Great, great difference
on how you approach it.
00:22:08.52\00:22:11.96
And the same thing
is true with the Lord.
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Amen.
00:22:14.46\00:22:15.80
You see?
00:22:15.83\00:22:17.53
It's the condition of a heart.
00:22:17.57\00:22:20.37
And if a person
is humble, contrite
00:22:20.40\00:22:24.57
and is seeking
the Lord to know Him,
00:22:24.61\00:22:28.28
God is more willing to
give us the Holy Spirit
00:22:28.31\00:22:31.45
than we are to give
good gifts to our children.
00:22:31.48\00:22:33.82
Amen.
00:22:33.85\00:22:35.18
That's what He
wants to do for you.
00:22:35.22\00:22:36.55
If you and I
would just come to Him
00:22:36.58\00:22:38.19
and open up our heart,
00:22:38.22\00:22:40.82
let Him come in,
accept what He has for us.
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He'll give us those gifts.
00:22:46.09\00:22:47.53
"How much more
00:22:51.07\00:22:52.77
will your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.27
to those who ask Him!"
00:22:55.30\00:22:59.14
Marvelous what He wants
to do for you and for me.
00:22:59.17\00:23:03.31
So, dear
friend, the Holy Spirit,
00:23:03.35\00:23:05.65
the gifts of the Holy Spirit
are given to you and to me,
00:23:05.68\00:23:10.25
to make us effective witnesses.
00:23:10.29\00:23:12.99
1 Corinthians 14:1,
"Pursue love, and desire..."
00:23:13.02\00:23:18.13
Spiritual gifts.
00:23:18.16\00:23:19.49
What do you desire?
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.16
Spiritual gifts,
that's the scripture.
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.13
Scripture says, "Pursue
love, desire spiritual gifts,
00:23:23.16\00:23:27.24
but especially
that you may prophesy."
00:23:27.27\00:23:32.64
"There are diversities of
gifts, but the same Spirit."
00:23:32.67\00:23:37.35
So when it says, there
are diversity of gifts,
00:23:37.38\00:23:40.08
that means there are
different kinds of gifts.
00:23:40.12\00:23:43.45
Okay?
00:23:43.49\00:23:44.82
But it's the same
spirit, all right?
00:23:44.85\00:23:48.39
Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:48.42\00:23:50.73
What are they
00:23:50.76\00:23:52.19
when He speaks about
gifts that He's going to give?
00:23:52.23\00:23:54.36
Well, let's look and
see what those gifts are.
00:23:54.40\00:23:58.50
Ephesians 4:11,
00:23:58.53\00:23:59.87
"And He Himself
gave some to be apostles,
00:23:59.90\00:24:03.67
some prophets, some evangelists,
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.54
some pastors and teachers,
00:24:07.58\00:24:11.68
for the equipping of the..."
00:24:11.71\00:24:14.15
Saints. Who is that?
00:24:14.18\00:24:15.78
Us.
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.15
Yeah, that's you.
00:24:17.19\00:24:18.72
"For the
equipping of the saints..."
00:24:18.75\00:24:22.52
Dear friend, when
they read that list,
00:24:22.56\00:24:24.69
don't say, "Well,
that's preachers."
00:24:24.73\00:24:26.29
No, that's you.
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.80
"He gave some to be
apostles, and some prophets,
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.70
and some
evangelists, and some teachers
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.97
for the equipping of the
saints for the work of ministry,
00:24:34.00\00:24:38.31
for the edifying of
the body of Christ."
00:24:38.34\00:24:41.31
That's the reason
He gave those gifts
00:24:41.34\00:24:44.81
till we all come to, what?
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.02
Unity.
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.38
Unity of the faith.
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.29
How do you come to
the unity of faith?
00:24:50.32\00:24:53.05
Right here.
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.42
Amen.
00:24:54.46\00:24:55.79
This is how you
come to unity of faith
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.76
is by spending
time in the Word of God.
00:24:57.79\00:25:02.00
Opening up your heart,
listen to what God's Word says,
00:25:02.03\00:25:07.50
"Till we come to
the unity of faith
00:25:07.54\00:25:09.94
and the knowledge
of the Son of God,
00:25:09.97\00:25:11.87
to a perfect man,
00:25:11.91\00:25:14.68
to the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ."
00:25:14.71\00:25:18.01
This is the gifts that He
wants to give to you and to me.
00:25:18.05\00:25:22.88
So let's take just a moment
to decide what we've learned.
00:25:22.92\00:25:29.32
What have we learned so far?
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.46
Well, these are some
things about the Holy Spirit
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.80
that you should have
picked up as we study together.
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.60
One, "Gifts are
given by the Holy Spirit."
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.97
Hebrews 4:8.
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.97
Gifts are given
by, what? Holy Spirit.
00:25:43.00\00:25:45.14
Holy Spirit. All right?
00:25:45.17\00:25:46.98
Secondly,
00:25:47.01\00:25:48.38
"These gifts
are given unto men."
00:25:48.41\00:25:51.95
Ephesians 4:8.
00:25:51.98\00:25:53.31
They're given to
people like you and me.
00:25:53.35\00:25:55.38
That's who those
gifts are given to.
00:25:55.42\00:25:57.62
Thirdly, "The gifts are
given as the Holy Spirit wills."
00:25:57.65\00:26:03.36
It is not my
responsibility to pray and say,
00:26:03.39\00:26:07.13
"Lord, give me this gift."
00:26:07.16\00:26:09.40
I'm going to talk a little
more about that in a moment.
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.07
It's my responsibility
to pray for the Holy Spirit.
00:26:12.10\00:26:15.27
Amen.
00:26:15.30\00:26:16.64
The Holy Spirit will give me
what gift He wants me to have.
00:26:16.67\00:26:21.58
The scripture makes very clear.
00:26:21.61\00:26:23.85
Four, there's
more than one gift.
00:26:23.88\00:26:26.78
Ephesians 4:12.
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.88
It's not just one gift.
00:26:28.92\00:26:32.02
How many gifts are there?
00:26:32.05\00:26:34.72
Nine of them, okay?
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.03
So there's more than one gift.
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.76
Five, "Will be in the
church until Jesus comes."
00:26:38.79\00:26:44.23
It's what it says
here in Ephesians 4:13
00:26:44.27\00:26:46.37
that the gifts of the Spirit
will be in the church clear
00:26:46.40\00:26:49.90
until Jesus comes back.
00:26:49.94\00:26:51.91
Amen.
00:26:51.94\00:26:53.27
'Cause that's what
gives the church power,
00:26:53.31\00:26:55.48
that's what makes them
00:26:55.51\00:26:56.85
effective
witnesses for Jesus Christ.
00:26:56.88\00:26:59.21
They are "For the
equipping of the saints."
00:26:59.25\00:27:03.28
Ephesians 4:12.
00:27:03.32\00:27:05.25
That's what they're there for.
00:27:05.29\00:27:06.65
They are to make you and I,
00:27:06.69\00:27:09.29
the type of witness
that God would want us to be.
00:27:09.32\00:27:13.53
You see, I get some people...
00:27:13.56\00:27:17.30
And don't
misunderstand me, folks,
00:27:17.33\00:27:20.04
I very much
believe in education.
00:27:20.07\00:27:24.14
If you don't think I
believe in education,
00:27:24.17\00:27:27.38
my four children, one's a nurse,
00:27:27.41\00:27:29.61
the oldest one, girl's a nurse.
00:27:29.64\00:27:32.58
One's an architect,
00:27:32.61\00:27:35.18
one's an attorney,
00:27:35.22\00:27:36.75
and one's a doctor.
00:27:36.79\00:27:38.39
So don't tell me I
don't believe in education,
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.06
all right?
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.42
But let me tell you something.
00:27:42.46\00:27:44.96
I would much, much
rather have ignorance on fire
00:27:44.99\00:27:51.43
than to have intellect on ice,
00:27:51.47\00:27:54.50
any day, any day,
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.81
because the Holy Spirit
can take that and use it.
00:27:56.84\00:28:01.38
If that person will
just simply surrender
00:28:01.41\00:28:03.51
their heart to the Lord,
00:28:03.55\00:28:04.88
Jesus Christ, the Holy
Spirit can fill that person
00:28:04.91\00:28:08.18
and do in that person's life
what education never could do.
00:28:08.22\00:28:12.82
Amen.
00:28:12.85\00:28:14.19
And so, come to the
Lord, open up your heart,
00:28:14.22\00:28:17.93
let the Holy
Spirit fill your life.
00:28:17.96\00:28:20.06
It's the Holy Spirit
00:28:20.10\00:28:21.43
that equips the
saints understand.
00:28:21.46\00:28:25.33
Seven, "To give
power for witnessing."
00:28:25.37\00:28:28.64
It's the Holy Spirit that
gives the power for witnessing.
00:28:28.67\00:28:33.71
All right, nine gifts.
00:28:33.74\00:28:36.41
Nine gifts that
the Holy Spirit gives.
00:28:36.44\00:28:38.51
Let's look at them.
00:28:38.55\00:28:39.88
See what those nine gifts are
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.68
'cause He has a
wonderful gift for you.
00:28:41.72\00:28:46.05
You see, the Holy Spirit
has a wonderful gift for you.
00:28:46.09\00:28:49.22
What are some of those gifts?
00:28:49.26\00:28:52.49
1 Corinthians 12:7,
00:28:52.53\00:28:55.13
"But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to each one
00:28:55.16\00:28:58.97
for the profit of all,
00:28:59.00\00:29:02.04
for to one is given the word
of wisdom through the Spirit,"
00:29:02.07\00:29:06.47
that's a gift,
00:29:06.51\00:29:08.04
"to another the
word of knowledge,"
00:29:08.08\00:29:11.55
that's another gift,
"through the same spirit,
00:29:11.58\00:29:14.45
to another faith
by the same Spirit,
00:29:14.48\00:29:18.12
to another the gift of
healings by the same Spirit,
00:29:18.15\00:29:22.82
to another the
working of miracles,
00:29:22.86\00:29:26.29
to another prophecy,
00:29:26.33\00:29:28.13
to another
discerning of spirits,
00:29:28.16\00:29:30.90
to another
diverse kinds of tongues,
00:29:30.93\00:29:33.77
to another the
interpretation of tongues."
00:29:33.80\00:29:36.20
Watch now,
00:29:36.24\00:29:38.41
"But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
00:29:38.44\00:29:42.98
distributing to each one
individually as He wills."
00:29:43.01\00:29:47.75
Amen.
00:29:47.78\00:29:49.12
The Holy Spirit is the one
00:29:49.15\00:29:50.49
that does that
and works in the life
00:29:50.52\00:29:52.62
and those nine gifts
00:29:52.65\00:29:54.19
He gives to you and
I as He sees our need.
00:29:54.22\00:30:00.53
What is the best?
00:30:00.56\00:30:02.53
You don't understand
what's the best for you?
00:30:02.56\00:30:05.77
But the Holy Spirit does,
00:30:05.80\00:30:07.87
and He will give you that gift.
00:30:07.90\00:30:11.07
If you and I will
just humbly, meekly
00:30:11.11\00:30:15.01
come to the Lord
and open our heart
00:30:15.04\00:30:17.18
and soul to Him,
00:30:17.21\00:30:18.58
the Holy Spirit will
come in and fill our life,
00:30:18.61\00:30:21.78
will make us
completely different.
00:30:21.82\00:30:25.19
Nine gifts,
00:30:25.22\00:30:26.79
to one is given
the gift of wisdom.
00:30:26.82\00:30:31.43
I believe that's a
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:34.73\00:30:38.37
Now,
00:30:38.40\00:30:40.50
I believe that wisdom
00:30:40.54\00:30:42.80
is a gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:42.84\00:30:45.91
'Cause I know a lot of
people who have gone to school
00:30:45.94\00:30:49.91
and got great educations,
00:30:49.94\00:30:51.85
but they don't have any wisdom.
00:30:51.88\00:30:54.88
And I know people
00:30:54.92\00:30:56.25
who haven't gone
to school at all,
00:30:56.28\00:30:58.12
that have great wisdom.
00:30:58.15\00:30:59.49
Amen.
00:30:59.52\00:31:00.86
And I look for these people...
00:31:00.89\00:31:03.02
When I need counsel,
00:31:03.06\00:31:04.56
I look for people that
have been given that gift.
00:31:04.59\00:31:09.06
See, that's what I'm looking for
00:31:09.10\00:31:10.93
is one that the Holy Spirit
00:31:10.97\00:31:12.40
is given that
gift of wisdom too.
00:31:12.43\00:31:15.24
To others is given
the gift of knowledge.
00:31:15.27\00:31:20.08
I went to school with a boy
00:31:20.11\00:31:22.54
that I believe was
given the gift of knowledge.
00:31:22.58\00:31:24.78
In fact, we roomed together.
00:31:24.81\00:31:27.25
I can still remember,
00:31:27.28\00:31:29.18
I would be sitting at the
desk poring over the Greek,
00:31:29.22\00:31:32.65
studying Greek,
00:31:32.69\00:31:34.02
and he would sit over
on his bed with his guitar
00:31:34.06\00:31:37.66
and strum his guitar
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.63
and page through the Greek book.
00:31:39.66\00:31:41.86
And when we took test
he'd make As and I'd make Bs.
00:31:41.90\00:31:46.43
I mean, he just has
the gift of knowledge.
00:31:46.47\00:31:49.70
To this day, I can call him up
00:31:49.74\00:31:53.48
and ask him dates
and places and stuff.
00:31:53.51\00:31:55.98
And he can just spiel
that off like an encyclopedia,
00:31:56.01\00:31:59.51
has the gift of knowledge.
00:31:59.55\00:32:01.58
But if I need counsel,
00:32:01.62\00:32:03.99
I don't call him
00:32:04.02\00:32:05.35
'cause he
doesn't have horse sense.
00:32:05.39\00:32:10.29
Given the gift of knowledge,
00:32:10.33\00:32:12.63
but not the gift of wisdom,
00:32:12.66\00:32:15.23
okay?
00:32:15.26\00:32:16.60
To others is
given the gift of faith,
00:32:16.63\00:32:18.87
and I'm sure you've known people
00:32:18.90\00:32:20.37
that's been given that gift.
00:32:20.40\00:32:21.80
They just have a great faith.
00:32:21.84\00:32:23.44
It's bigger than normal.
00:32:23.47\00:32:25.87
That's a gift
of the Holy Spirit.
00:32:25.91\00:32:27.78
They're given faith.
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.68
To others is given
the gift of healing.
00:32:29.71\00:32:33.05
And I want to tell you tonight,
00:32:33.08\00:32:35.62
I believe in divine healing.
00:32:35.65\00:32:38.55
Now, folks,
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.22
that doesn't mean
00:32:40.26\00:32:41.59
that I don't
believe in doctors, I do.
00:32:41.62\00:32:45.63
I don't care whether the
Lord heals supernaturally
00:32:45.66\00:32:48.76
or rather uses doctors,
00:32:48.80\00:32:50.13
as far as I'm concerned
it's all the Lord that does it.
00:32:50.17\00:32:53.84
But I do believe
in divine healing.
00:32:53.87\00:32:56.04
I have seen it.
00:32:56.07\00:32:58.54
I have experienced it.
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.24
In fact,
00:33:01.28\00:33:04.01
I can remember a
young girl 10 years old,
00:33:04.05\00:33:07.55
coming to me and telling
00:33:07.58\00:33:09.98
about how she had a
serious kidney problem.
00:33:10.02\00:33:16.52
Their parents were taking her
00:33:16.56\00:33:18.93
to Rochester, New York
00:33:18.96\00:33:24.10
to a clinic that
the doctor told her
00:33:24.13\00:33:27.80
that she didn't
have long to live.
00:33:27.84\00:33:30.64
And she asked that if I would do
00:33:30.67\00:33:32.61
what the scripture
says in the Book of James,
00:33:32.64\00:33:34.64
if I would anoint
her and pray for her.
00:33:34.68\00:33:38.25
And I told her I'd be happy
to call some of the ministers
00:33:38.28\00:33:41.08
and we would anoint
her and pray for her.
00:33:41.12\00:33:43.32
And we did.
00:33:43.35\00:33:45.42
And God healed her.
00:33:45.45\00:33:46.86
Amen.
00:33:46.89\00:33:48.22
Parents took her to
Rochester, New York.
00:33:48.26\00:33:52.29
They ran her through the clinic.
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.43
Doctors called in the parents
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.40
and said, "Why did
you bring her here?"
00:33:56.43\00:33:59.20
And they said, "Because of
the kidney problem we got,"
00:33:59.23\00:34:01.60
and the doctor said, "Well,
00:34:01.64\00:34:03.14
if we can't find any
signs of any kidney problem,"
00:34:03.17\00:34:06.98
they said, "we would
have doubts about this
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.18
if you hadn't
brought the doctors records,"
00:34:09.21\00:34:12.25
but said, "We can't find."
00:34:12.28\00:34:13.85
They never could find anything.
00:34:13.88\00:34:15.32
Took her back home,
she's a grown woman today,
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.89
has children.
00:34:17.92\00:34:19.25
God blessed her in
a very special way.
00:34:19.29\00:34:21.26
Praise the Lord. I
believe in divine healing.
00:34:21.29\00:34:26.23
But I believe in it
00:34:26.26\00:34:28.16
just exactly like
the scripture teaches it.
00:34:28.20\00:34:32.97
I do not believe in it,
00:34:33.00\00:34:35.04
as some ways that I
see it being practiced.
00:34:35.07\00:34:39.24
I believe in it as
the scripture teaches.
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.11
Amen.
00:34:42.14\00:34:44.08
Miracles.
00:34:44.11\00:34:46.15
Some people are given the gift.
00:34:46.18\00:34:48.62
I have a friend that I believe
has the gift of miracles.
00:34:48.65\00:34:52.39
'Cause every
time I go visit him,
00:34:52.42\00:34:54.26
I kind of walk sideways,
00:34:54.29\00:34:56.39
'cause something unusual
is gonna happen with him.
00:34:56.42\00:34:58.99
I mean, that's just part of it,
00:34:59.03\00:35:01.43
seems to have that
gift that takes place.
00:35:01.46\00:35:05.40
Others are given
the gift of prophecy.
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.14
That simply means
00:35:08.17\00:35:09.70
that they have the ability,
00:35:09.74\00:35:11.44
or God gives them I should say,
00:35:11.47\00:35:13.78
the ability to see
things that are gonna happen,
00:35:13.81\00:35:18.81
before they ever happen,
00:35:18.85\00:35:20.98
that's a gift
that's given by God.
00:35:21.02\00:35:24.02
To others is given
the discerning of spirits.
00:35:24.05\00:35:27.06
They have the
ability to discern,
00:35:27.09\00:35:29.29
rather the
Spirit of God is present
00:35:29.32\00:35:31.26
or rather the
spirit of Satan is present.
00:35:31.29\00:35:33.46
They can discern spirits
00:35:33.50\00:35:35.80
of what's there.
00:35:35.83\00:35:37.17
To others, is given
the gift of tongues.
00:35:37.20\00:35:41.90
That simply means
00:35:41.94\00:35:44.34
that God gives them the ability
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.84
to speak in another tongue.
00:35:47.88\00:35:51.71
That's simply what
it's talking about.
00:35:51.75\00:35:54.05
That term tongues is
used 14 times in scripture.
00:35:54.08\00:35:59.29
And if you look at all 14 times,
00:35:59.32\00:36:02.56
all 13 of those 14 times
00:36:02.59\00:36:06.39
is absolutely clear
00:36:06.43\00:36:07.80
that it's talking
about another language.
00:36:07.83\00:36:10.73
Only once is it not clear,
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.57
and dear friend, you
do not study the scripture
00:36:13.60\00:36:16.97
and base your
belief on one text.
00:36:17.01\00:36:20.64
If you do, you're
gonna be deceived.
00:36:20.68\00:36:24.18
You look at that in the
light of all the scripture,
00:36:24.21\00:36:27.52
not just one.
00:36:27.55\00:36:29.38
Okay, I'll say more here
about tongues in just a moment.
00:36:29.42\00:36:32.99
And to others is given
the interpretation of tongues.
00:36:33.02\00:36:36.56
Those are nine gifts
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.13
that are given
by the Holy Spirit
00:36:38.16\00:36:40.76
to make your witness effective.
00:36:40.80\00:36:44.63
And dear friend, I
wanna get something clear,
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.27
I run on the people that pray
00:36:46.30\00:36:49.14
for the gift of tongues.
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.41
I do not find that in
accordance with scripture.
00:36:51.44\00:36:55.04
I am to pray
for the Holy Spirit.
00:36:55.08\00:36:58.45
If the Holy Spirit wants to
give me the gift of tongues,
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.48
that is his decision, not mine.
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.59
Amen.
00:37:03.62\00:37:04.95
But I wanna tell you
any one of those nine gifts
00:37:04.99\00:37:08.06
is manifestation of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit,
00:37:08.09\00:37:11.79
not just tongues.
00:37:11.83\00:37:14.06
Anyone of them is. Amen.
00:37:14.10\00:37:16.00
I believe in tongues.
00:37:16.03\00:37:19.13
I believe in
it, law of my heart.
00:37:19.17\00:37:22.24
But it is absolutely necessary
00:37:22.27\00:37:25.44
that you and I follow
the spiritual instruction
00:37:25.47\00:37:29.14
concerning spiritual gifts.
00:37:29.18\00:37:32.08
I cannot take those nine gifts
00:37:32.11\00:37:34.55
and practice them outside
of what scripture teaches.
00:37:34.58\00:37:39.62
So let's look and see
what the scripture says.
00:37:39.65\00:37:44.13
1 Corinthians 14:5,
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.16
Paul speaking,
00:37:46.19\00:37:48.06
"I wish you all
spoke with tongues,
00:37:48.10\00:37:52.50
but even more
that you prophesied,"
00:37:52.53\00:37:56.81
Paul said it'd be nice
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.64
that you spoke with tongues
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.01
but better yet
that you prophesied,
00:38:00.04\00:38:03.21
"For he who prophesies
00:38:03.24\00:38:05.61
is greater than he
who speaks with tongues."
00:38:05.65\00:38:10.32
Are you listening?
00:38:10.35\00:38:12.39
"He who prophesies
00:38:12.42\00:38:14.62
is greater than he
who speaks with tongues,"
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.79
now listen carefully,
00:38:17.83\00:38:19.39
"unless indeed he interprets,
00:38:19.43\00:38:24.90
for the church may
receive edification."
00:38:24.93\00:38:28.10
What's Paul saying?
00:38:28.14\00:38:29.47
If I stand up here tonight,
00:38:29.50\00:38:31.57
and I speak to you in Swahili,
00:38:31.61\00:38:34.04
won't do most of you any good.
00:38:34.08\00:38:38.41
He said, "For me
to speak in a tongue,
00:38:38.45\00:38:41.08
a language and
you can't understand
00:38:41.12\00:38:43.08
it is not going to help you
unless somebody can interpret."
00:38:43.12\00:38:48.96
You with me? Yes.
00:38:48.99\00:38:50.63
Now, I as soon as...
00:38:50.66\00:38:51.99
This is what the
scripture is telling you, folks.
00:38:52.03\00:38:55.30
1 Corinthians 14:6.
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.57
"But now brethren,
00:38:57.60\00:38:58.93
if I come to you
speaking with tongues,
00:38:58.97\00:39:02.54
what shall I profit you
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.67
unless I speak to
you either by revelation,
00:39:04.71\00:39:09.24
by knowledge, by
prophecy, or by teaching?"
00:39:09.28\00:39:13.88
"Yet in the church
00:39:17.75\00:39:19.35
I would rather speak five words
00:39:19.39\00:39:22.56
with my understanding,
00:39:22.59\00:39:24.19
that I may teach others also,
00:39:24.23\00:39:26.73
than ten thousand
words in a tongue."
00:39:26.76\00:39:30.93
So Paul said, "If I can't
speak to you in a language
00:39:30.97\00:39:34.80
that you can understand,
I am not helping you."
00:39:34.84\00:39:40.31
Understand, folks.
00:39:40.34\00:39:42.64
These gifts are
given for what purpose?
00:39:42.68\00:39:46.92
They're given to
help you witness.
00:39:46.95\00:39:51.49
If a person
can't understand you,
00:39:51.52\00:39:54.16
what kind of a
witness are you being?
00:39:54.19\00:39:57.56
No, it's got to be something
that you can understand,
00:39:57.59\00:40:00.86
the scripture is
very clear on that.
00:40:00.90\00:40:05.87
Now here it makes it
very, very clear, folks.
00:40:05.90\00:40:10.01
So follow me carefully.
00:40:10.04\00:40:11.37
1 Corinthians 14:27,
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.81
"If anyone speaks in a tongue,"
00:40:13.84\00:40:18.55
somebody speaks in the tongue,
00:40:18.58\00:40:20.65
"let there be two
00:40:20.68\00:40:24.09
or at the most three,
00:40:24.12\00:40:27.02
each in turn."
00:40:27.06\00:40:29.89
What does that mean?
00:40:29.92\00:40:32.33
When it says each in
turn, what does that mean?
00:40:32.36\00:40:35.63
That means one at a time.
00:40:35.66\00:40:39.70
So what Paul's saying,
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.07
if somebody is
gonna speak in a tongue,
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.07
let it be one, two,
00:40:43.10\00:40:46.27
or at the very most three,
00:40:46.31\00:40:49.71
one at a time,
00:40:49.74\00:40:53.58
okay?
00:40:53.62\00:40:55.45
Now listen,
00:40:55.48\00:40:56.85
and none of this
00:40:56.89\00:40:58.85
that scripture does not support,
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.19
15 people all on their feet
00:41:01.22\00:41:03.43
at the same time
speaking in tongue,
00:41:03.46\00:41:06.59
scripture does not support that,
00:41:06.63\00:41:09.03
okay?
00:41:09.06\00:41:10.50
Let one interpret.
00:41:10.53\00:41:14.14
Now listen carefully.
00:41:14.17\00:41:17.67
"But if there is no interpreter,
00:41:17.71\00:41:21.21
let him keep
silent in the church
00:41:21.24\00:41:24.38
and let him speak
to himself and to God."
00:41:24.41\00:41:28.02
Now what's that saying?
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.19
That text is saying
00:41:30.22\00:41:31.95
that if somebody is
gonna speak in a tongue
00:41:31.99\00:41:35.62
before they stand up
to speak in that tongue,
00:41:35.66\00:41:39.33
they are to know
that there's somebody
00:41:39.36\00:41:41.63
there that can interpret it.
00:41:41.66\00:41:44.27
And if there's nobody
there to interpret it,
00:41:44.30\00:41:47.14
they are to be quiet.
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.94
That's what the
Scripture teaches.
00:41:49.97\00:41:53.38
Now, dear friends,
don't misunderstand me.
00:41:53.41\00:41:56.08
I believe in
speaking in tongues.
00:41:56.11\00:42:00.12
But I believe in it
00:42:00.15\00:42:01.52
exactly as the scripture
tells us is to be practiced.
00:42:01.55\00:42:06.96
Amen.
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.66
And I'm sorry today
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.69
that that
particular gift is abused,
00:42:10.73\00:42:15.00
and many things done to it,
00:42:15.03\00:42:16.90
that God never
intended for it to be
00:42:16.93\00:42:19.77
the gift of tongues,
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.50
interpretation of tongues,
00:42:21.54\00:42:24.11
the gift of faith,
the gift of healing,
00:42:24.14\00:42:26.88
the gift of prophecy,
the gift of knowledge,
00:42:26.91\00:42:28.74
the gift of wisdom,
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.11
all those gifts are
given to you and to me
00:42:30.15\00:42:34.32
for the purpose of witnessing,
00:42:34.35\00:42:37.12
and the Holy Spirit will give us
00:42:37.15\00:42:38.79
what gifts he wants us to have.
00:42:38.82\00:42:41.06
And, dear friend, any one,
00:42:41.09\00:42:43.63
any one of those nine gifts
00:42:43.66\00:42:46.16
is manifestation of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:46.19\00:42:50.80
Amen.
00:42:50.83\00:42:52.33
Scripture is very, very clear.
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.30
God's promise
00:42:55.34\00:42:57.37
to the church in the last days.
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.71
What does He
promised is going to happen?
00:43:00.74\00:43:03.41
This is what you,
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.31
this is what you are to expect.
00:43:05.35\00:43:08.88
This is what you are to
know is going to happen.
00:43:08.92\00:43:14.49
Acts 2:17,
00:43:14.52\00:43:16.36
"It shall come to pass in the,"
00:43:16.39\00:43:20.06
all right "in the
last days, says God,
00:43:20.10\00:43:22.93
I will pour out My
Spirit on all flesh."
00:43:22.96\00:43:28.10
Let's see what's gonna happen,
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.84
when God pours out
His Spirit on all flesh.
00:43:29.87\00:43:33.34
"Your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
00:43:33.38\00:43:37.95
your young men
shall see visions,
00:43:37.98\00:43:39.91
your old men shall dream dreams,
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.52
on my menservant
and on my maidservant
00:43:42.55\00:43:45.82
I will pour out My
Spirit in those days,
00:43:45.85\00:43:48.59
and they shall prophesy."
00:43:48.62\00:43:51.59
God says,
00:43:51.63\00:43:52.96
He will pour out His Holy Spirit
00:43:52.99\00:43:54.63
and one of the gifts
that will be manifested
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.47
in the church in the last days
00:43:57.50\00:43:59.53
will be that of prophecy.
00:43:59.57\00:44:03.04
Promises it.
00:44:03.07\00:44:04.57
And you and I can understand
00:44:04.61\00:44:06.81
that that is one of the gifts
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.34
that we are to expect
00:44:08.38\00:44:11.48
on your sons and your daughters.
00:44:11.51\00:44:13.08
He said, "I'll pour it out."
00:44:13.11\00:44:15.88
Gives a promise of it.
00:44:15.92\00:44:18.32
Concerning the church
right down at the end,
00:44:18.35\00:44:21.62
the dragon, who is that?
00:44:21.66\00:44:24.99
The devil, all right?
00:44:25.03\00:44:26.59
"Was enraged with
the woman," who's that?
00:44:26.63\00:44:30.97
Church, all right?
00:44:31.00\00:44:32.53
Devil was mad at the church,
00:44:32.57\00:44:34.37
went to make war
with the rest of her seed.
00:44:34.40\00:44:39.24
All right, here we go,
00:44:39.27\00:44:41.11
"Who keep the
commandments of God,"
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.28
we understand
that tonight, don't we?
00:44:43.31\00:44:45.65
No problem there.
00:44:45.68\00:44:47.02
"Keep the commandments of God
00:44:47.05\00:44:48.42
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:44:48.45\00:44:51.45
So He said,
00:44:51.49\00:44:52.82
"Marks of the remnant church
00:44:52.85\00:44:54.92
is that they will keep
the commandments of God,
00:44:54.96\00:44:58.29
have the testimony of Jesus.
00:44:58.33\00:45:01.00
What is the testimony of Jesus?
00:45:01.03\00:45:03.77
Revelation 19:10,
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.80
"I fell at his
feet to worship Him
00:45:05.83\00:45:08.17
and He said to me, 'See
that you do not do that!
00:45:08.20\00:45:11.57
I am your fellow servant,
00:45:11.61\00:45:13.51
and of your brethren
00:45:13.54\00:45:15.21
who have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:45:15.24\00:45:19.01
There's that phrase,
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.38
"Worship God! For
the testimony of Jesus
00:45:20.42\00:45:23.12
is the Spirit of Prophecy."
00:45:23.15\00:45:26.35
So it says that the
church in the last days
00:45:26.39\00:45:29.16
will be a church that will
keep the commandments of God
00:45:29.19\00:45:32.16
and that they will
have the gift of prophecy.
00:45:32.19\00:45:36.87
Bible is very clear on that.
00:45:36.90\00:45:39.93
I personally believe
00:45:39.97\00:45:42.27
that that gift of
prophecy was manifested
00:45:42.30\00:45:45.94
in a very special way
in the writings of a woman
00:45:45.97\00:45:50.75
by the name of Ellen G.
00:45:50.78\00:45:53.42
White.
00:45:53.45\00:45:56.32
Let me tell you a
little bit about her.
00:45:56.35\00:45:59.62
As a girl,
00:45:59.65\00:46:03.09
living in state of Maine
00:46:03.12\00:46:06.63
back in the 1800s,
00:46:06.66\00:46:09.46
her and another little girl
00:46:09.50\00:46:12.07
had an argument.
00:46:12.10\00:46:15.34
And when school was out,
00:46:15.37\00:46:17.24
and they were going home
they had exchanged words.
00:46:17.27\00:46:21.88
And Ellen and her
sisters were walking ahead
00:46:21.91\00:46:25.91
and this little girl
00:46:25.95\00:46:27.75
that she had had the
argument with was behind her
00:46:27.78\00:46:30.85
and this girl
shouted something at her,
00:46:30.89\00:46:33.89
and she turned to look back
00:46:33.92\00:46:35.72
and this little girl
had thrown a large stone.
00:46:35.76\00:46:39.03
And just as she
turned around to look back,
00:46:39.06\00:46:41.33
this stone struck her
on the bridge of the nose.
00:46:41.36\00:46:45.57
It was thrown with enough force
00:46:45.60\00:46:47.37
that it knocked
her to the ground,
00:46:47.40\00:46:48.74
knocked her unconscious.
00:46:48.77\00:46:52.44
Her sisters
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.84
and the man that
ran a store close by
00:46:54.88\00:46:58.31
took care of her until she
regained her consciousness.
00:46:58.35\00:47:02.05
They helped her on home
but medical science being
00:47:02.08\00:47:04.82
what it was back then,
00:47:04.85\00:47:06.82
she wound up in bed for weeks.
00:47:06.86\00:47:10.43
In fact,
00:47:10.46\00:47:12.76
that blow was so severe,
00:47:12.79\00:47:14.36
she was never able
to go back to school.
00:47:14.40\00:47:17.67
So all she ever received
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.04
was a third grade education.
00:47:20.07\00:47:24.17
At the age of 12,
00:47:24.21\00:47:27.14
in attendance at
a Methodist Church,
00:47:27.18\00:47:30.11
she gave her
heart to Jesus Christ.
00:47:30.15\00:47:33.31
Accepted Him as
her personal Savior
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.82
and from that day she
begin to walk with the Lord
00:47:35.85\00:47:38.95
as best she understood.
00:47:38.99\00:47:41.92
At the age of 17,
00:47:41.96\00:47:44.93
her and some other young ladies
00:47:44.96\00:47:46.59
were meeting
together, praying together.
00:47:46.63\00:47:49.83
And while they
were praying together,
00:47:49.86\00:47:52.23
she had a vision.
00:47:52.27\00:47:54.50
In the vision,
00:47:54.54\00:47:55.97
she saw some people
walking in a very narrow path.
00:47:56.00\00:48:02.28
As she looked at it,
00:48:02.31\00:48:04.31
she could see
that there was a light
00:48:04.35\00:48:06.01
shown on that path.
00:48:06.05\00:48:08.25
But as she
observed it carefully,
00:48:08.28\00:48:10.19
she noticed
that that light moved
00:48:10.22\00:48:13.59
and that as long as
they walked in the light,
00:48:13.62\00:48:16.69
they had no trouble
seeing the path whatsoever.
00:48:16.73\00:48:20.50
But if they stopped
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.46
and refused to
walk in the light,
00:48:22.50\00:48:24.77
the light went on
00:48:24.80\00:48:26.84
and if they didn't walk with it,
00:48:26.87\00:48:28.27
they would be left in darkness
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.47
and they lost their
way and fell off the path.
00:48:30.51\00:48:34.01
Now you and I have no trouble
in understanding that vision.
00:48:34.04\00:48:38.88
Because the Bible tells us,
00:48:38.91\00:48:40.92
"Thy word is a
light unto my path."
00:48:40.95\00:48:46.89
And you and I must walk,
00:48:46.92\00:48:50.39
we must, listen to me,
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.69
we must walk in the
light as we receive it.
00:48:52.73\00:48:58.40
If we refuse to walk in
the light as we receive it,
00:48:58.43\00:49:03.41
then we're gonna
be left in darkness.
00:49:03.44\00:49:06.47
That's what it's talking about.
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.34
I must walk in the
light as I receive it.
00:49:08.38\00:49:12.18
When she came
out of that vision,
00:49:12.21\00:49:15.35
she told the young
ladies what she had seen.
00:49:15.38\00:49:19.12
After that time,
throughout her life,
00:49:19.15\00:49:22.09
she received many, many visions.
00:49:22.12\00:49:26.46
Sometimes when
she was envisioned,
00:49:26.49\00:49:30.13
she demonstrated
extraordinary ability.
00:49:30.17\00:49:35.77
Sometimes when
she was envisioned,
00:49:35.80\00:49:38.34
she didn't breathe.
00:49:38.37\00:49:41.31
She would be envisioned for 30,
00:49:41.34\00:49:44.08
45 minutes and not breathe.
00:49:44.11\00:49:47.75
They have put
00:49:47.78\00:49:49.62
as she spoke envision,
00:49:49.65\00:49:51.99
they've put a
candle right at her mouth
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.59
and it would not even flicker.
00:49:54.62\00:49:57.43
They've put a mirror there
00:49:57.46\00:49:58.79
and there would be
no moisture at all.
00:49:58.83\00:50:02.66
Sometimes when
she was envisioned,
00:50:02.70\00:50:05.13
she had extraordinary strength.
00:50:05.17\00:50:09.07
One time when
she was envisioned,
00:50:09.10\00:50:10.61
she held a large family Bible
00:50:10.64\00:50:13.51
at arm's length
for some 30 minutes,
00:50:13.54\00:50:16.88
as she quoted the scripture
00:50:16.91\00:50:18.35
that she was being
shown in that Bible.
00:50:18.38\00:50:20.72
I've had that Bible in my hand.
00:50:20.75\00:50:23.49
I can't hold it
out at arm's length
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.15
for five minutes,
00:50:25.19\00:50:26.52
let alone 30.
00:50:26.55\00:50:29.96
So she demonstrated many things,
00:50:29.99\00:50:33.06
when she was
envisioned that God gave her.
00:50:33.09\00:50:36.30
Out of those visions,
folks, she wrote many books,
00:50:36.33\00:50:42.34
she wrote some
55 different books.
00:50:42.37\00:50:47.74
I think as best I can tell,
00:50:47.78\00:50:50.88
I have read everything
that she's ever written.
00:50:50.91\00:50:55.12
She wrote books on
the life of Christ,
00:50:55.15\00:50:58.39
called Desire of
Ages, marvelous book.
00:50:58.42\00:51:02.62
She wrote books about our
time that you and I are living,
00:51:02.66\00:51:06.36
called the Great
Controversy, fantastic book.
00:51:06.39\00:51:10.67
She wrote books on health,
she wrote books on education.
00:51:10.70\00:51:17.61
Stop and think,
00:51:17.64\00:51:19.97
a woman with a
third grade education
00:51:20.01\00:51:26.31
wrote books such
as Christian education
00:51:26.35\00:51:31.02
and based on
what this woman wrote,
00:51:31.05\00:51:35.26
there are
educational institutions
00:51:35.29\00:51:37.63
all around the world,
00:51:37.66\00:51:39.96
like this one.
00:51:40.00\00:51:42.26
All the way from grade school,
clear through university,
00:51:42.30\00:51:49.10
based on what a woman
00:51:49.14\00:51:50.67
with a third
grade education wrote.
00:51:50.71\00:51:54.84
She wrote books on health
such as Ministry of Healing
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.78
and Counsels of Health.
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.45
And on the basis
of what she wrote,
00:52:00.48\00:52:03.72
there are hospitals,
clinics all over the earth.
00:52:03.75\00:52:10.59
Hospitals like this one,
at Loma Linda University,
00:52:10.63\00:52:15.86
based on what she wrote.
00:52:15.90\00:52:18.53
All I'm trying to get
across to you tonight,
00:52:18.57\00:52:20.94
dear friends, is
that God is still leaning,
00:52:20.97\00:52:24.31
God is still
directing, God is still guiding.
00:52:24.34\00:52:27.81
Amen.
00:52:27.84\00:52:29.18
Now I can't ask you
00:52:29.21\00:52:31.21
to believe that
she was inspired.
00:52:31.25\00:52:35.95
What I can ask you to do
is to read what she wrote.
00:52:35.98\00:52:41.96
And if you will
read what she wrote,
00:52:41.99\00:52:44.73
you'll have no
question that she was inspired.
00:52:44.76\00:52:48.23
I would highly recommend to
you that you read such books
00:52:48.26\00:52:51.40
as Steps to Christ
00:52:51.43\00:52:55.20
that has been circulated
by the millions of copies.
00:52:55.24\00:53:00.44
Or you read Desire of Ages.
00:53:00.48\00:53:04.58
I have read those
books over and over and over
00:53:04.61\00:53:09.65
and they have been a
great inspiration to me.
00:53:09.68\00:53:12.45
I can say this honestly, folks.
00:53:12.49\00:53:15.26
When I read what she wrote,
00:53:15.29\00:53:18.19
like Desire of
Ages or Steps to Christ,
00:53:18.23\00:53:21.36
the same sweet, gentle spirit
00:53:21.40\00:53:26.97
that I see in Jesus
Christ in the gospels,
00:53:27.00\00:53:30.57
I see in her writings.
00:53:30.61\00:53:32.91
And I think you will find
00:53:32.94\00:53:34.61
that you'll be drawn much,
much closer to your Savior,
00:53:34.64\00:53:38.61
if you'll take
some time to read it.
00:53:38.65\00:53:40.65
It'll be a blessing to you,
00:53:40.68\00:53:42.05
so I hope it will
bless you in a special way.
00:53:42.08\00:53:45.35
This is what she says, I
want to make something clear
00:53:45.39\00:53:47.66
because I don't
want you to think...
00:53:47.69\00:53:52.53
I've preached to you
here now for five weeks,
00:53:52.56\00:53:55.60
I don't want you to
go out of here thinking
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.73
that I build my
belief on what she wrote.
00:53:57.77\00:54:01.30
I want you to
listen to what she says.
00:54:01.34\00:54:04.57
"True Christianity
receives the Word of God
00:54:04.61\00:54:08.71
as the great treasure
house of inspired truth,
00:54:08.74\00:54:13.82
and test of all inspiration."
00:54:13.85\00:54:18.49
What is the test
of all inspiration?
00:54:18.52\00:54:22.29
Huh?
00:54:22.32\00:54:23.66
The Word of God,
that's what she says.
00:54:23.69\00:54:26.09
This is the test
of all inspiration.
00:54:26.13\00:54:30.03
So she just simply saying,
"Test it by the Word of God.
00:54:30.07\00:54:34.60
I build my belief
on the Word of God,
00:54:34.64\00:54:39.44
that's where I stand,
that's what I believe."
00:54:39.47\00:54:43.31
Oh, I've enjoyed her writings
00:54:43.35\00:54:46.01
because they help me
understand the Word of God
00:54:46.05\00:54:50.09
but I build my belief
on what the scripture says.
00:54:50.12\00:54:54.02
She says this,
00:54:54.06\00:54:56.93
"Do not place my
writings on a par with scripture
00:54:56.96\00:55:02.20
they are a lesser light
00:55:02.23\00:55:04.27
to lead to the
greater light of God's Word."
00:55:04.30\00:55:08.37
She says they simply
are to help you and I
00:55:08.40\00:55:11.91
come to a better
understanding of God's Word.
00:55:11.94\00:55:15.24
That's what they're given for.
00:55:15.28\00:55:17.71
I believe that her
writings are an indication
00:55:17.75\00:55:23.85
of the
outpouring of God's Spirit.
00:55:23.89\00:55:26.62
I believe that
we'll even see it more
00:55:26.65\00:55:30.03
as we move more
into the last days.
00:55:30.06\00:55:33.93
And as the scripture says,
00:55:33.96\00:55:35.30
your sons and
daughters will prophesy,
00:55:35.33\00:55:37.83
but let me tell
you something tonight,
00:55:37.87\00:55:39.83
never, never,
never 10,000 years never
00:55:39.87\00:55:45.37
will whatever is
prophesied conflict
00:55:45.41\00:55:50.01
with the Word of
God, if it's of God.
00:55:50.05\00:55:53.85
I must use this as the test
00:55:53.88\00:55:57.02
and I must bring
everything to the Word of God
00:55:57.05\00:56:00.69
and stand on the Word of God
00:56:00.72\00:56:03.06
and the Word of God alone.
00:56:03.09\00:56:05.69
That's where I must stand.
00:56:05.73\00:56:07.06
She told many,
many things, folks.
00:56:10.23\00:56:15.44
I don't have time
tonight to go in all the things
00:56:15.47\00:56:18.11
that she wrote and told.
00:56:18.14\00:56:20.38
I have traveled,
00:56:20.41\00:56:21.91
I've traveled
places in the world
00:56:21.94\00:56:23.75
where she had never been,
00:56:23.78\00:56:25.48
where she described in
details those very valleys.
00:56:25.51\00:56:30.99
I have read where she has told
00:56:31.02\00:56:34.56
how the things
were to take place,
00:56:34.59\00:56:38.23
how that she wrote letters
00:56:38.26\00:56:41.43
months before the
event was to happen
00:56:41.46\00:56:43.90
that got there on the
very day that it took place,
00:56:43.93\00:56:48.20
as God lead, guided in her
life in a very definite way.
00:56:48.24\00:56:54.21
How are you, how am
I to relate to this?
00:56:54.24\00:57:00.18
2 Chronicles 20:20,
00:57:00.22\00:57:02.48
"So they rose
early in the morning
00:57:02.52\00:57:04.15
and went out into
the wilderness of Tekoa,
00:57:04.19\00:57:06.35
and as they went out,
Jehoshaphat stood and said,
00:57:06.39\00:57:10.23
'Hear me, O Judah
00:57:10.26\00:57:11.66
and you
inhabitants of Jerusalem:
00:57:11.69\00:57:15.06
Believe in the Lord your God
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.80
and you shall be established,
believe His prophets,
00:57:16.83\00:57:22.14
and you shall prosper.'"
00:57:22.17\00:57:25.54
It's a promise
that God gives you,
00:57:25.57\00:57:26.98
believe in His
prophets, and you will prosper.
00:57:27.01\00:57:31.91
But how am I to relate
to the gifts of the Spirit,
00:57:31.95\00:57:36.89
simply like this,
00:57:36.92\00:57:38.29
1 Corinthians 12:31,
00:57:38.32\00:57:40.52
"But earnestly
desire the best gifts.
00:57:40.56\00:57:45.46
And yet I show you
a more excellent way.
00:57:45.49\00:57:52.33
And now abide faith, hope, love,
00:57:52.37\00:57:58.21
these three,
00:57:58.24\00:58:00.08
but the greatest
of these is love."
00:58:00.11\00:58:04.01