Can you believe it?
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Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure.
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They do not fail.
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This Book has
stood the test of time.
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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...
that we might be waiting,
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watching. That
You will give to us
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Your Holy Spirit.
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That it may fill our lives.
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That 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 that we need.
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May our hearts be open.
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This we pray in
Christ's 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
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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 - the moment that you
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accept Jesus Christ
- from that day forward
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you are a witness
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 say this to us:
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So the scripture says: "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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witness to the
power of God in your life
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and what the Lord
Jesus Christ can do.
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So God says that He is God
and that we are His witnesses.
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Now when it says: "Go ye
therefore and make disciples
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of all nations" do you
know who that's talking to?
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That's talking to you.
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Talking to every one of you
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because you become His witness.
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All right.
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That's what we've been doing
here is preaching the gospel.
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And as the gospel is preached
it says that men and women
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are to accept Christ.
They are to follow Him
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in baptism, teaching
them to observe what?
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All things. 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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And I can honestly say
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that as standing
before the God of heaven
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that I have shared with you
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the gospel and the
teachings of scripture. 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. " And that
is what we have simply done.
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In the Word, in
prophecy, we have told you
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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.
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And lo, 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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So God says the
Word is to be preached.
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It's to be preached as
a witness to all nations.
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And dear friends, it is preached
many, many different ways.
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You see, you are a witness.
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You preach... '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 fact.
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So God says that He's called
all of us to be witnesses.
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You see, I run onto people
that don't quite understand
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what's involved here.
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Have you ever read
the description of Christ
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in the Bible? In the
book of Revelation? Huh?
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Have you ever read there where
it talks about Jesus Christ
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and it says that He is a lion?
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Huh? The lion of
the tribe of Judah.
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A lion is known for what?
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Hmmm?
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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 fights.
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That's what it's
known for... a lion is.
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And it says He is: "The
lion of the tribe of Judah. "
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But you read it here, folks...
You can read all about that
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in the 5th chapter of Revelation
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but when it comes to
picturing Him, do you know
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how it pictures Him? As a Lamb.
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Strange.
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Have you ever seen people
that are afraid of a lamb?
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Hmmm?
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Revelation says they are.
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Says when He comes back
they'll 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's a Lamb.
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You see, what I'm trying to get
across and what the scripture's
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trying to get across is
the weapons that He used -
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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 thus our witness is to
all the people that we meet
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of what the power of Jesus
Christ 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 in the midst of wolves.
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To be wise as serpents...
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harmless as doves.
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Now watch, 'cause the
Lord doesn't send you out here,
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folks, to be witnesses
without giving you something.
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Said: "As the Father sent Me,
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so I send you. " All right?
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You see, what I'm
trying to get across to you is
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God calls you to be
a witness but He said:
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"If you're going to be My
witness I'm going to give you
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My Spirit... I'm going to
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: what does the Holy Spirit?
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Now we talked about the
Holy Spirit the other night.
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And in our study the
other night 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
things that it does for us.
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You cannot be an effective
witness for Jesus Christ
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unless you have the Holy Spirit
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because the Holy Spirit 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 and longsuffering.
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The Holy Spirit comes in and
it begins to work in our lives
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and it changes us.
And as it changes us
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it gives us the power
to be an effective witness
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for Jesus Christ. And
without it, you can never
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be an effective
witness for Jesus.
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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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in 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. And so if you find that
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your Christian
life is ineffective,
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if you find that your
witness seems to lack, well then
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you need the
Holy Spirit, friends.
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The Holy Spirit will
bring that power there.
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Listen... this is 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 the Holy Spirit
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this is what took
place. Acts 4 verse 33:
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With great power 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 is going to happen.
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But with the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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power is given there 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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This is out of Hebrews 2.
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You see, that
attended their witness.
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But I have said it
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 of contrite heart.
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It's the only ones He gives
it to is those who are humble
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and of a contrite heart.
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And when He
gives the Holy Spirit
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power will 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's several
things in that last part, folks.
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It says that when the Holy
Spirit is given to you and to me
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that He will give us
what? Gifts. All right.
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"According to His
will. " Get it clear.
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It is not your
decision, it's not mine
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what gift we receive.
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've run onto people that
are praying for certain gifts.
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No! God does not tell you and I
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that we're to
pray for certain gifts.
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It tells us that we are to
pray for the baptism of the
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Holy Spirit, and the Holy
Spirit will give us what gifts
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He wants us to have.
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Gives it according to His will.
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So what does the
Holy Spirit do for us?
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That's what the
Holy Spirit does.
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Those gifts is what
makes our witness effective...
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and without those
gifts they're not.
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And so it says that when
Jesus went back to heaven
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He gave gifts. 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.
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OK?
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All right. Do you
know how to do that?
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Do you know how
to ask for gifts?
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Huh? 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 years.
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And after spending two years
in a hospital emergency room
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I made a decision:
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that when I got
married and I had children
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that they could not - as long
as they were in my household -
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ride a motorcycle.
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No way.
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'Cause I saw too many
come in the emergency room
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and I said: "That's
it... no motorcycle. "
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Well, you get three boys
and you know what happens
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don't you? "I
want a motorcycle. "
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You know? 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.
But I want to give you
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a scenario about asking, OK?
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Let's say that my boy
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Jim says: "Where
you going, Dad? "
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And I say: "Oh, I've
got to be gone this weekend.
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I have speaking
appointments and all. "
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And he says: "Well,
can I go with you? "
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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
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and I'll be in
meetings all day long
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and it's going to be
kind of boring for you. "
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And he'd say: "No,
I'd like to go with you. "
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And I say: "You're welcome...
I'd love to have you go.
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I'd like to have your company
but you've got to understand
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that I'm tied
up all that time. "
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He said: "No, I'd
like to go with you. "
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I said: Great! "
So we get in the car
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and we start down the road
and we drive along and we visit
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a little bit. And pretty
soon he says to me... he says:
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"Dad, I'd sure like
to have a motorcycle. "
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And I say: "Is that
why you came with me?
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So you could ask
me for a motorcycle? "
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And our conversation
ends right there you know.
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That's the end of it.
And so we just sit there
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and there's not much said
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and the weekend
doesn't go very great,
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you know, because I said "No,
you can't have a motorcycle. "
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Well let's replay that.
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He comes to me and says:
"Where you going this weekend? "
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I say: "Oh, I've got to speak
at several places this weekend
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and all. " He said:
"Well can I go with you? "
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I say: "Sure you can go with
me but you're not going to have
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a very good time 'cause I'm
going to be in meetings all day
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and you're just
going to have to sit there
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and it won't be
a very good time. "
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He said: "No, I'd
like to go with you. "
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And I say: "Are you
sure? " And he said: "Yeah. "
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I say: "Well great!
I'd love to have you.
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I could use the company. "
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And so we get in the
car and we drive along
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and we visit and
we have a great time
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and go all the way to
the meeting. And we just talk
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and enjoy one another.
And while we're at the meeting
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he does little things
to help me all day long
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and everything and just really
enjoyed the fellowship together.
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And we drive back home.
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We have a nice visit
all the way home and I think
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"Man this is wonderful. I really
appreciate him going with me. "
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And we get home that night
and I'm talking to the wife
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and I say: "Do you
think Jim would like to have
00:18:27.69\00:18:29.80
a motorcycle? "
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You understand the difference?
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Great great difference
on how you approach it.
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And the same thing
is true with the Lord.
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You see, it's the
condition of the heart.
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And if a person
is humble, contrite
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and is seeking
the Lord to know Him
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God is more willing to
give us the Holy Spirit
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than we are to give good
gifts to our children. Amen!
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That's what He
wants to do for you
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if you and I will just come
to Him and open up our heart...
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let Him come in...
00:19:07.88\00:19:10.60
accept what He has for us.
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He'll give us those gifts.
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Marvelous what He wants
to do for you and for me.
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So dear friend, the
Holy Spirit - the gifts
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of the Holy Spirit -
are given to you and to me
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to make us effective witnesses.
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So when it says there
are diversities of gifts
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that means there are
different kinds of gifts -
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OK? - but it's the same Spirit.
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All right. Gifts of the
Holy Spirit... what are they
00:20:15.04\00:20:19.24
when He speaks about
gifts that He's going to give?
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Well let's look and
see what those gifts are.
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Who's that? Yeah, that's you!
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Dear friend,
don't... when I read that list
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don't say: "Well that's
preachers. " No, that's you!
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He gave some to be
apostles and some prophets
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and some
evangelists and some teachers.
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That's the reason
He gave those gifts.
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"Till we all come to... " What?
Unity! "Unity of the faith. "
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How do you come to
the unity of faith?
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Right here. This is how
you come to unity of faith
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is by spending
time in the Word of God.
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Opening up your heart.
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Listening to
what God's Word says.
00:21:31.89\00:21:35.06
"Till we come to unity of faith
and knowledge of the Son of God
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to a perfect man... "
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This is the gifts that He
wants to give to you and to me.
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So let's take just a moment
to decide what we've learned.
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What have we learned so far?
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Well, these are some things
about the Holy Spirit that you
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should have picked up
as we studied together.
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Gifts are given by
what? The Holy Spirit.
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They're given to
people like you and me.
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That's who those
gifts are given to.
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It is not my responsibility
00:22:31.10\00:22:33.42
to pray and say: "Lord
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.43
give me this gift. "
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I'm going to talk a little
more about that in a moment.
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It's my responsibility
to pray for the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit will give me
what gifts He wants me to have.
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That the
scripture makes very clear.
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Not just one gift.
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How many gifts are there?
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Nine of them.
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OK? So there's
more than one gift.
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That's what it says here in
Ephesians 4:13: that the gifts
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of the Spirit
will be in the church
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clear until Jesus comes back
00:23:17.28\00:23:20.27
'cause that's what
gives the church power,
00:23:20.57\00:23:23.16
that's what makes them effective
witnesses for Jesus Christ.
00:23:23.36\00:23:26.72
That's what they're there for.
00:23:32.52\00:23:34.36
They are to make you and I
00:23:34.66\00:23:37.01
the type of witness
that God would want us to be.
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See, I get some people...
and don't misunderstand me
00:23:40.79\00:23:46.28
folks... I very much
believe in education.
00:23:46.58\00:23:50.17
If you don't think I
believe in education,
00:23:51.55\00:23:54.10
my four children: one's a nurse,
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.22
the oldest one -
a girl - is a nurse.
00:23:57.42\00:23:59.33
One's an architect.
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.41
One's an attorney
and one's a doctor...
00:24:02.71\00:24:05.69
so don't tell me I
don't believe in education.
00:24:06.03\00:24:08.43
All right. But let
me tell you something:
00:24:08.73\00:24:11.43
I would much much
rather have ignorance
00:24:12.89\00:24:17.71
on fire than to have
intellect on ice... any day.
00:24:17.91\00:24:23.38
Any day. Because the Holy
Spirit can take that and use it.
00:24:23.56\00:24:28.70
If that person will just
simply surrender their heart
00:24:29.00\00:24:31.94
to the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Holy Spirit can fill that person
00:24:32.04\00:24:35.88
and do in that person's life
what education never could do.
00:24:36.08\00:24:40.02
And so, come to the
Lord. Open up your heart.
00:24:41.42\00:24:45.79
Let the Holy
Spirit fill your life.
00:24:45.99\00:24:47.78
It's the Holy Spirit
that equips the saints.
00:24:47.98\00:24:51.06
Understand.
00:24:51.36\00:24:53.04
It's the Holy Spirit that
gives the power for witnessing.
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Nine gifts that
the Holy Spirit gives.
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Let's look at them...
see what those 9 gifts are
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'cause He has a
wonderful gift for you.
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.80
See, the Holy Spirit has
a wonderful gift for you.
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What are some of those gifts?
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Watch now:
00:26:04.13\00:26:05.59
The Holy Spirit is the
one that does that and works
00:26:16.15\00:26:19.87
in the life of those nine gifts.
00:26:20.07\00:26:21.85
He gives to you and
I as He sees our need.
00:26:22.05\00:26:26.96
What is the best?
00:26:28.35\00:26:29.72
You don't understand
what's the best for you
00:26:29.93\00:26:33.00
but the Holy Spirit does
and He will give you that gift.
00:26:33.03\00:26:38.51
If you and I will
just humbly, meekly
00:26:38.81\00:26:42.59
come to the Lord and open
our heart and soul to Him,
00:26:42.80\00:26:46.22
the Holy Spirit will
come in and fill our life...
00:26:46.42\00:26:49.24
will make us
completely different.
00:26:49.54\00:26:52.72
Nine gifts. To one is
given the gift of wisdom.
00:26:53.02\00:26:58.54
I believe that's a
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:02.54\00:27:05.01
Now I believe that wisdom
is a gift of the Holy Spirit
00:27:06.30\00:27:12.26
'cause I know a lot of
people who have gone to school
00:27:13.75\00:27:16.68
and got great educations
but they don't have any wisdom.
00:27:16.88\00:27:21.34
And I know people who
haven't gone to school at all
00:27:22.33\00:27:25.68
that have great wisdom.
00:27:25.88\00:27:27.59
And I look for these people...
00:27:27.99\00:27:30.79
When I need counsel
I look for people that
00:27:30.99\00:27:34.07
have been given that gift.
00:27:34.27\00:27:36.72
See, that's what I'm looking for
00:27:37.02\00:27:38.65
is one that the Holy Spirit has
given that gift of wisdom to.
00:27:38.85\00:27:42.43
To others is given
the gift of knowledge.
00:27:42.74\00:27:45.30
I went to school with a boy that
00:27:47.74\00:27:50.55
I believe was given
the gift of knowledge.
00:27:50.75\00:27:52.45
In fact, we roomed together.
00:27:52.55\00:27:54.20
I can still remember I
would be sitting at the desk
00:27:54.60\00:27:58.61
pouring over the
Greek - studying Greek -
00:27:58.81\00:28:01.81
and he would sit over
on his bed with his guitar
00:28:02.01\00:28:05.06
and strum his guitar and
page through the Greek book,
00:28:05.26\00:28:09.23
And when we took tests,
he'd make A's and I'd make B's.
00:28:09.43\00:28:12.83
I mean, he just has
the gift of knowledge.
00:28:14.27\00:28:16.94
To this day I can call him up
00:28:17.34\00:28:21.04
and ask him dates
and places and stuff
00:28:21.24\00:28:23.77
and he can just spiel
that off like an encyclopedia.
00:28:23.97\00:28:26.94
Has the gift of knowledge.
00:28:27.34\00:28:28.83
But if I need counsel
I don't call him 'cause
00:28:29.13\00:28:33.38
he doesn't have horse sense.
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.45
Given the gift of knowledge
but not the gift of wisdom.
00:28:37.67\00:28:42.82
OK. To others is
given the gift of faith.
00:28:43.06\00:28:46.52
And I'm sure you've know people
that's been given that gift.
00:28:46.82\00:28:49.48
They just have a great faith...
it's bigger than normal.
00:28:49.78\00:28:53.26
That's a gift of the Holy
Spirit: they're given faith.
00:28:53.46\00:28:57.24
To others is given
the gift of healing.
00:28:57.57\00:29:00.08
And I want to tell you tonight
00:29:00.48\00:29:02.62
I believe in divine healing.
00:29:02.92\00:29:05.45
Now folks, that doesn't mean
that I don't believe in doctors.
00:29:05.76\00:29:10.71
I do. I don't care whether
the Lord heals supernaturally
00:29:11.01\00:29:16.32
or whether He uses a
doctor. As far as I'm concerned
00:29:16.52\00:29:18.98
it's all the Lord that does it.
00:29:19.08\00:29:21.42
But I do believe
in divine healing.
00:29:21.62\00:29:23.49
I have seen it...
I've experienced it.
00:29:23.79\00:29:28.12
In fact, I can remember
a young girl 10 years old
00:29:29.33\00:29:34.60
coming to me and
telling about how
00:29:34.90\00:29:38.68
she had a
serious kidney problem.
00:29:38.88\00:29:43.39
Her parents were taking
her to Rochester, New York,
00:29:44.38\00:29:50.01
to a clinic.
00:29:50.31\00:29:54.12
That the doctor told her that
she didn't have long to live.
00:29:54.43\00:29:57.20
And she asked that if I
would do what the scripture says
00:29:58.49\00:30:01.54
in the book of
James... if I would anoint her
00:30:01.65\00:30:03.78
and pray for her.
00:30:04.08\00:30:05.59
And I told her I'd be happy
to call some of the ministers
00:30:05.89\00:30:08.59
and we would anoint
her and pray for her.
00:30:08.79\00:30:10.83
And we did.
00:30:11.13\00:30:12.60
And God healed her.
00:30:12.90\00:30:14.81
The parents took her
to Rochester, New York.
00:30:15.94\00:30:18.81
They ran her through the clinic.
00:30:19.11\00:30:22.07
Doctors called in the parents
00:30:22.27\00:30:24.30
and said: "Why did
you bring her here? "
00:30:24.50\00:30:26.08
And they said:
"Because of kidney problems. "
00:30:26.48\00:30:29.24
And the doctor said:
"Well if we can't find any signs
00:30:29.44\00:30:33.02
of any kidney problem, "
they said, "we would have
00:30:33.22\00:30:35.98
doubts about this if you hadn't
brought the doctor's records. "
00:30:36.18\00:30:39.17
But said: "We can't find... "
They never could find anything.
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.84
They took her back home.
She's a grown woman today.
00:30:43.04\00:30:45.57
Has children. God blessed
her in a very special way.
00:30:45.71\00:30:49.41
I believe in divine healing,
00:30:49.71\00:30:53.34
but I believe in it just exactly
like the scripture teaches it.
00:30:53.54\00:30:59.48
I do not believe in it
as some ways that I see
00:31:00.87\00:31:04.81
it being practiced.
00:31:04.91\00:31:06.51
I believe in it as
the scripture teaches.
00:31:06.91\00:31:09.97
Some people are given the gift.
00:31:14.16\00:31:16.11
I have a friend that I
believe has the gift of miracles
00:31:16.41\00:31:19.39
'cause every time I go visit
him I kind of walk sideways
00:31:19.70\00:31:23.81
'cause something unusual's
going to happen with him.
00:31:24.01\00:31:26.91
I mean, that's just part of it.
00:31:27.11\00:31:29.10
Seems to have that
gift that takes place.
00:31:29.40\00:31:32.82
Others are given
the gift of prophecy.
00:31:33.12\00:31:35.59
That simply means that
they have the ability -
00:31:35.89\00:31:39.11
or God gives them I
should say - the ability to see
00:31:39.31\00:31:43.60
things that are going to
happen before they ever happen.
00:31:44.00\00:31:48.14
That's a gift
that's given by God.
00:31:48.47\00:31:51.45
To others is given
the discerning of spirits.
00:31:51.75\00:31:54.94
They have the ability to
discern whether the Spirit
00:31:55.04\00:31:58.08
of God is present or whether
the spirit of Satan is present.
00:31:58.18\00:32:01.19
They can discern
spirits of what's there.
00:32:01.39\00:32:04.70
To others is given
the gift of tongues.
00:32:05.03\00:32:08.12
That simply means that
God gives them the ability
00:32:09.68\00:32:15.00
to speak in another tongue.
00:32:15.30\00:32:19.10
That's simply what
it's talking about.
00:32:19.40\00:32:21.62
That term tongues is used
fourteen times in scripture.
00:32:21.92\00:32:26.69
And if you'll look
at all fourteen times
00:32:26.99\00:32:30.28
all thirteen of those fourteen
times it is absolutely clear
00:32:30.48\00:32:35.75
that it's talking
about another language.
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.94
Only once is it not clear.
00:32:38.24\00:32:41.27
And dear friend, you
do not study the scripture
00:32:41.57\00:32:44.67
and base your
belief on one text.
00:32:44.87\00:32:47.77
If you do, you're
going to be deceived.
00:32:48.17\00:32:51.48
You look at that in the
light of ALL the scripture
00:32:51.78\00:32:55.43
not just one.
00:32:55.53\00:32:57.22
OK, I'll say more here
about tongues in just a moment.
00:32:57.52\00:33:00.11
And to others is given
the interpretation of tongues.
00:33:00.51\00:33:03.81
Those are nine gifts
00:33:04.11\00:33:06.00
that are given
by the Holy Spirit
00:33:06.10\00:33:08.39
to make your witness effective.
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.98
And dear friend, I
want to get something clear.
00:33:12.18\00:33:14.30
I run onto people that
pray for the gift of tongues.
00:33:14.40\00:33:18.69
I do not find that in
accordance with scripture.
00:33:18.99\00:33:22.25
I am to pray
for the Holy Spirit.
00:33:22.55\00:33:26.17
If the Holy Spirit wants to
give me the gift of tongues,
00:33:26.47\00:33:29.28
that is His
decision not mine. Amen!
00:33:29.48\00:33:32.04
But I want to tell you:
any one of those nine gifts
00:33:32.24\00:33:35.66
is manifestation of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit...
00:33:35.86\00:33:39.19
not just tongues.
00:33:39.49\00:33:41.74
Any one of them is.
00:33:42.04\00:33:43.41
I believe in tongues.
00:33:43.71\00:33:45.55
I believe in it
with all my heart.
00:33:46.70\00:33:49.28
But it is absolutely necessary
00:33:49.68\00:33:53.05
that you and I follow
the spiritual instruction
00:33:53.25\00:33:57.09
concerning spiritual gifts.
00:33:57.29\00:33:58.99
I cannot take those
nine gifts and practice them
00:33:59.99\00:34:03.70
outside of what
scripture teaches.
00:34:03.90\00:34:06.49
So let's look and see
what the scripture says.
00:34:07.60\00:34:09.96
Paul said it'd be nice
that you spoke with tongues
00:34:24.61\00:34:27.94
but better yet
that your prophesied.
00:34:28.14\00:34:30.15
What's Paul saying?
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.36
If I stand up here tonight
and I speak to you in Swahili
00:34:57.53\00:35:01.73
won't do most of you any good.
00:35:01.93\00:35:04.13
He said for me to
speak in a tongue -
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.95
a language - and
you can't understand it
00:35:09.15\00:35:11.25
is not going to help you
unless somebody can interpret.
00:35:11.45\00:35:15.47
With me? Yes.
00:35:16.61\00:35:18.65
Now listen. This is what the
scripture is telling you, folks.
00:35:18.85\00:35:22.07
So Paul said: "If
I can't speak to you
00:35:57.69\00:36:01.73
in a language
that you can understand
00:36:01.93\00:36:04.44
I am not helping you. "
00:36:04.64\00:36:06.65
Understand folks: these gifts
are given for what purpose?
00:36:08.01\00:36:13.19
They're given to
help you witness.
00:36:14.67\00:36:18.37
If a person can't understand you
00:36:18.67\00:36:21.58
what kind of a
witness are you being?
00:36:21.88\00:36:24.08
No, it's gotta be something
that you can understand.
00:36:25.24\00:36:28.84
The scripture is
very clear on that.
00:36:29.05\00:36:31.00
Now here it makes it
very, very clear, folks,
00:36:33.78\00:36:37.74
so follow me
carefully. I Corinthians 14:27:
00:36:38.04\00:36:41.20
What does that mean?
00:36:57.49\00:36:58.94
When it says "each in
turn" what does that mean?
00:36:59.24\00:37:02.53
That means one at a time.
00:37:02.84\00:37:07.29
So what Paul's saying:
"If somebody's going to speak
00:37:07.59\00:37:10.02
in a tongue, let it be
one, two, or at the very
00:37:10.12\00:37:15.62
most three... one at a time. "
00:37:15.82\00:37:20.59
OK? Now listen.
00:37:21.69\00:37:24.32
And none of this... none of
this... the scripture does not
00:37:24.52\00:37:27.85
support 15 people all on
their feet at the same time
00:37:28.05\00:37:32.31
speaking in tongues.
00:37:32.51\00:37:34.08
Scripture does not support that.
00:37:34.38\00:37:36.40
OK. "Let one interpret. "
00:37:36.80\00:37:41.94
Now listen carefully.
00:37:42.24\00:37:43.88
Now what's that saying?
00:37:55.92\00:37:57.42
That text is saying that
if somebody is going to speak
00:37:57.72\00:38:02.08
in a tongue, before they
stand up to speak in that tongue
00:38:02.29\00:38:07.04
they are to know that
there's somebody there that can
00:38:07.25\00:38:10.33
interpret it. And if there's
nobody there to interpret it
00:38:10.43\00:38:14.73
they are to be quiet. That's
what the scripture teaches.
00:38:15.04\00:38:20.19
Now dear friends,
don't misunderstand me.
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.43
I believe in
speaking in tongues,
00:38:23.73\00:38:26.64
but I believe in it
exactly as the scripture
00:38:27.82\00:38:31.89
tells us it's to
be practiced. Amen!
00:38:32.19\00:38:35.34
And I'm sorry today that
that particular gift is abused.
00:38:36.22\00:38:41.07
There's many things done
to it that God never intended
00:38:42.54\00:38:46.89
for it to be. The gift
of tongues, interpretation
00:38:47.09\00:38:50.31
of tongues, the gift of
faith, the gift of healing,
00:38:50.51\00:38:53.93
the gift of prophecy, the gift
of knowledge, the gift of wisdom
00:38:54.23\00:38:57.54
all those gifts are
given to you and to me
00:38:57.74\00:39:01.70
for the purpose of witnessing.
00:39:01.90\00:39:04.47
And the Holy Spirit
will give us what gift
00:39:04.67\00:39:07.40
He wants us to have.
And dear friend, any one -
00:39:07.60\00:39:11.20
any one of those nine gifts -
00:39:11.40\00:39:13.84
is manifestation of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:14.04\00:39:18.53
Scripture is very, very clear.
00:39:19.80\00:39:23.19
God's promise to the
church in the last days...
00:39:23.49\00:39:27.45
what does He
promise is going to happen?
00:39:27.65\00:39:30.58
This is what you... This
is what you are to expect.
00:39:30.88\00:39:36.06
This is what you are to
know is going to happen.
00:39:36.37\00:39:39.49
Let's see what's going to happen
00:39:56.04\00:39:57.60
when God pours out
His Spirit on all flesh:
00:39:57.80\00:40:00.29
God says He'll pour
out His Holy Spirit,
00:40:19.58\00:40:22.36
and one of the gifts that
will be manifested in the church
00:40:22.56\00:40:26.09
in the last days
will be that of prophecy.
00:40:26.29\00:40:29.82
Promises. And you
and I can understand
00:40:30.12\00:40:34.56
that that is one of the
gifts that we are to expect.
00:40:34.59\00:40:38.51
"On your sons and
your daughters, " He said,
00:40:39.36\00:40:41.27
"I'll pour it out. "
00:40:41.38\00:40:42.94
Gives the promise of it
00:40:43.34\00:40:45.36
concerning the church
right down at the end.
00:40:45.66\00:40:49.24
"The dragon... " Who's that?
00:40:49.54\00:40:52.10
The devil. All right.
00:40:52.40\00:40:54.40
"was enraged with
the woman. " Who's that?
00:40:54.70\00:40:58.15
The church. All right.
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.19
The devil is mad at the church.
00:41:00.39\00:41:02.24
All right, here we go:
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.44
We understand
that tonight, don't we?
00:41:11.07\00:41:13.10
No problem there.
00:41:13.30\00:41:14.72
So it says marks
of the remnant church
00:41:19.29\00:41:22.17
are that they will keep
the commandments of God,
00:41:22.38\00:41:25.91
have the testimony of Jesus.
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.47
What is the testimony of Jesus?
00:41:28.78\00:41:30.91
So it says that the
church in the last days
00:41:54.06\00:41:56.93
will be a church that will
keep the commandments of God
00:41:57.13\00:41:59.83
and that they will
have the gift of prophecy.
00:42:00.03\00:42:03.45
The Bible is very clear on that.
00:42:04.58\00:42:06.69
I personally believe
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.65
that that gift of
prophecy was manifested
00:42:09.95\00:42:13.30
in a very special way
in the writings of a woman
00:42:13.50\00:42:18.25
by the name of Ellen G. White.
00:42:18.45\00:42:22.14
Let me tell you a
little bit about her.
00:42:24.36\00:42:25.91
As a girl living
in the state of Maine
00:42:27.55\00:42:33.55
back in the 1800's
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.12
she and another
little girl had an argument.
00:42:36.52\00:42:41.85
When school was out
and they were going home
00:42:43.18\00:42:46.22
they had exchanged words.
00:42:46.42\00:42:48.51
And Ellen and her
sisters were walking ahead.
00:42:49.82\00:42:52.84
And this little girl that
she had had the argument with
00:42:53.14\00:42:57.13
was behind her. And this
girl shouted something at her
00:42:57.33\00:43:01.20
and she turned to look
back. And this little girl had
00:43:01.50\00:43:04.55
thrown a large stone.
00:43:04.75\00:43:06.59
And just as she
turned around to look back
00:43:06.89\00:43:09.22
this stone struck her
on the bridge of the nose.
00:43:09.42\00:43:12.56
It was thrown with
enough force that it knocked her
00:43:12.86\00:43:16.08
to the ground,
knocked her unconscious.
00:43:16.18\00:43:18.12
Her sisters and the man
that ran a store close by
00:43:20.09\00:43:25.40
took care of her until she
regained her consciousness.
00:43:25.70\00:43:29.16
They helped her on
home, but medical science
00:43:29.46\00:43:32.38
being what it was back then,
00:43:32.58\00:43:34.51
she wound up in bed for weeks.
00:43:34.71\00:43:37.54
In fact, that blow was
so severe she was never able
00:43:37.94\00:43:43.22
to go back to school.
00:43:43.42\00:43:44.93
So all she ever received
was a third grade education.
00:43:45.23\00:43:49.97
At the age of twelve
00:43:51.41\00:43:53.99
in attendance at
a Methodist church
00:43:54.39\00:43:57.40
she gave her
heart to Jesus Christ.
00:43:57.70\00:43:59.92
Accepted Him as
her personal Savior.
00:44:01.31\00:44:03.17
And from that day she
began to walk with the Lord
00:44:03.47\00:44:06.78
as best she understood.
00:44:06.98\00:44:08.69
At the age of seventeen,
she and some other young ladies
00:44:09.82\00:44:14.42
were meeting
together praying together.
00:44:14.62\00:44:16.68
And while they were praying
together she had a vision.
00:44:17.08\00:44:21.50
In the vision she saw
some people walking a very
00:44:21.84\00:44:26.61
narrow path.
00:44:26.81\00:44:29.39
As she looked at it,
she could see that there was
00:44:29.69\00:44:33.36
a light that shone on that path.
00:44:33.46\00:44:35.48
But as she observed it carefully
00:44:35.79\00:44:38.19
she noticed
that that light moved
00:44:38.29\00:44:40.58
and that as long as
they walked in the light
00:44:40.98\00:44:44.13
they had no trouble
seeing the path whatsoever.
00:44:44.33\00:44:47.34
But if they stopped and
refused to walk in the light
00:44:47.54\00:44:52.41
the light went on.
And if they didn't walk
00:44:52.61\00:44:55.94
with it they would
be left in darkness
00:44:56.14\00:44:57.87
and they lost their
way and fell off the path.
00:44:58.17\00:45:00.94
Now you and I have no trouble
in understanding that vision
00:45:01.24\00:45:05.76
'cause the Bible
tells us: "Thy Word
00:45:06.16\00:45:09.84
is a light unto my path. "
00:45:10.14\00:45:13.71
And you and I must walk...
00:45:14.11\00:45:17.57
we MUST - listen to me -
00:45:17.77\00:45:20.43
we must walk in the
light as we receive it.
00:45:20.63\00:45:25.33
If we refuse to walk in
the light as we receive it,
00:45:26.34\00:45:29.88
then we're going to
be left in darkness.
00:45:31.28\00:45:33.13
That's what it's talking about.
00:45:34.34\00:45:35.92
I must walk in the
light as I receive it.
00:45:36.22\00:45:39.11
When she came out of that vision
00:45:39.51\00:45:41.94
she told the young
ladies what she had seen.
00:45:42.34\00:45:45.78
After that time
throughout her life
00:45:47.00\00:45:50.06
she received many, many visions.
00:45:50.26\00:45:53.20
Sometimes when she was in vision
00:45:54.46\00:45:56.97
she demonstrated
extraordinary ability.
00:45:57.37\00:46:03.03
Sometimes when she was in
vision she didn't breathe.
00:46:03.33\00:46:07.80
She would be in
vision for 30, 45 minutes
00:46:08.20\00:46:13.10
and not breathe.
00:46:13.30\00:46:14.96
They have put - as
she spoke in vision -
00:46:15.27\00:46:19.38
they put a candle
right at her mouth
00:46:19.58\00:46:22.16
and it would not even flicker.
00:46:22.36\00:46:24.18
They put a mirror there; there
would be no moisture at all.
00:46:24.58\00:46:28.51
Sometimes when she was in vision
00:46:30.52\00:46:32.63
she had extraordinary strength.
00:46:32.84\00:46:35.60
One time when she was
in vision, she held a large
00:46:36.96\00:46:39.67
family Bible at arm's
length for some thirty minutes
00:46:39.88\00:46:44.48
as she quoted the scripture
that she was being shown
00:46:44.68\00:46:47.77
in that Bible. I've
had that Bible in my hand.
00:46:48.07\00:46:50.61
I can't hold it out at
arm's length for five minutes
00:46:51.01\00:46:54.08
let alone thirty.
00:46:54.28\00:46:55.76
So she demonstrated many things
00:46:57.29\00:47:00.69
when she was in
vision that God gave her.
00:47:00.99\00:47:04.25
Out of those visions,
folks, she wrote many books.
00:47:04.45\00:47:09.71
She wrote some
fifty-five different books.
00:47:10.01\00:47:14.16
I think as best I can tell
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.28
I have read everything
that she's ever written.
00:47:18.49\00:47:21.34
She wrote a book
on the life of Christ
00:47:22.71\00:47:25.88
called the Desire of
Ages. Marvelous book.
00:47:25.98\00:47:29.99
She wrote a book about our
time that you and I are living
00:47:30.29\00:47:34.25
called The Great Controversy.
00:47:34.55\00:47:36.03
Fantastic book.
00:47:36.23\00:47:38.01
She wrote books on health.
00:47:38.32\00:47:40.64
She wrote books on education.
00:47:40.95\00:47:43.87
Stop and think: a woman
00:47:45.50\00:47:48.69
with a third-grade education
00:47:49.09\00:47:53.21
wrote books such as
00:47:53.62\00:47:56.23
Christian Education.
00:47:56.43\00:47:58.87
And based on what this
00:47:59.08\00:48:00.45
woman wrote,
00:48:00.49\00:48:02.40
there are educational insti-
tutions all around the world
00:48:02.55\00:48:07.60
like this one. All
the way from grade school
00:48:07.70\00:48:12.59
clear through university
00:48:12.79\00:48:16.01
based on what a woman with
a third-grade education wrote.
00:48:16.31\00:48:21.11
She wrote books on health
such as Ministry of Healing
00:48:22.40\00:48:25.69
and Counsels on Health.
00:48:25.99\00:48:27.36
And on the basis of what
she wrote, there are hospitals,
00:48:27.39\00:48:33.01
clinics, all over the earth.
00:48:33.31\00:48:38.10
Hospitals like this one
at Loma Linda University
00:48:38.30\00:48:42.68
based on what she wrote.
00:48:42.98\00:48:45.32
All I'm trying to get across
to you tonight, dear friends,
00:48:45.72\00:48:49.61
is that God is still leading,
00:48:49.81\00:48:52.32
God is still directing,
and God is still guiding.
00:48:52.62\00:48:56.16
Now I can't ask you to
believe that she was inspired.
00:48:56.39\00:49:00.96
What I can ask you to do
00:49:03.43\00:49:05.51
is to read what she wrote.
00:49:05.81\00:49:09.05
And if you will
read what she wrote,
00:49:09.35\00:49:12.30
you'll have no
question that she was inspired.
00:49:12.50\00:49:15.06
I would highly recommend to
you that you reach such books as
00:49:15.36\00:49:19.83
Steps to Christ
00:49:20.13\00:49:21.70
that has been circulated
by the millions of copies.
00:49:23.06\00:49:27.34
Or you read Desire of Ages.
00:49:27.54\00:49:31.35
I have read those
books over and over and over
00:49:32.23\00:49:37.13
and they have been a
great inspiration to me.
00:49:37.33\00:49:40.36
I can say this honestly, folks:
00:49:40.66\00:49:42.56
when I read what she wrote
00:49:42.86\00:49:45.01
like Desire of
Ages or Steps to Christ
00:49:45.41\00:49:48.75
the same sweet, gentle spirit
00:49:48.95\00:49:53.50
that I see in Jesus
Christ in the gospels
00:49:53.80\00:49:58.08
I see in her writings.
00:49:58.28\00:50:00.10
And I think you will
find that you'll be drawn much
00:50:00.41\00:50:04.55
much closer to your Savior
00:50:04.65\00:50:06.24
if you'll take
some time to read it.
00:50:06.56\00:50:08.11
It'll be a blessing to you.
00:50:08.41\00:50:10.08
So I hope it will
bless you in a special way.
00:50:10.28\00:50:12.08
This is what she says. I
want to make something clear
00:50:13.26\00:50:15.65
because I don't
want you to think...
00:50:15.85\00:50:19.46
I've preached to you
here now for five weeks...
00:50:19.76\00:50:22.61
I don't want you to
go out of here thinking
00:50:23.01\00:50:25.67
that I build my
belief on what she wrote.
00:50:25.87\00:50:28.02
I want you to
listen to what she says:
00:50:29.17\00:50:31.10
What is the test
of all inspiration?
00:50:46.51\00:50:48.91
Huh? The Word of God!
00:50:49.21\00:50:52.51
That's what she says. This
is the test of ALL inspiration.
00:50:52.81\00:50:56.86
So she's just simply saying
00:50:57.36\00:50:59.62
"test it by the Word of God. "
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.04
I build my belief
on the Word of God.
00:51:02.35\00:51:06.75
That's where I stand;
that's what I believe.
00:51:07.05\00:51:10.78
Oh, I've enjoyed her writings
00:51:11.08\00:51:13.05
because they help me understand
the Word of God. Amen!
00:51:13.35\00:51:17.72
But I build my belief
on what the scripture says.
00:51:17.92\00:51:21.62
She says this:
00:51:21.92\00:51:23.75
She says they simply
are to help you and I
00:51:35.62\00:51:39.10
come to a better
understanding of God's Word.
00:51:39.40\00:51:43.20
That's what they're given for.
00:51:43.50\00:51:44.93
I believe that her writings
00:51:45.13\00:51:49.13
are an indication of the
outpouring of God's Spirit.
00:51:50.35\00:51:53.84
I believe that
we'll even see it more
00:51:53.94\00:51:57.16
as we move more
into the last days.
00:51:57.36\00:52:01.23
And as the scripture
says: "Your sons and daughters
00:52:01.53\00:52:04.29
will prophesy. " But let
me tell you something tonight:
00:52:04.49\00:52:07.20
never, never,
never... 10,000 years never...
00:52:07.40\00:52:12.81
will whatever is prophesied
conflict with the Word of God
00:52:13.01\00:52:18.77
if it's of God.
00:52:19.07\00:52:21.57
I must use this as the test,
00:52:21.87\00:52:24.68
and I must bring
everything to the Word of God
00:52:24.98\00:52:28.00
and stand on the Word of
God and the Word of God alone.
00:52:28.20\00:52:32.93
Amen. Where I'm to stand.
00:52:33.23\00:52:35.29
She told many,
many things, folks.
00:52:38.14\00:52:43.07
I don't have time tonight
to go into all the things
00:52:43.37\00:52:45.93
that she wrote and told.
00:52:46.13\00:52:48.41
I have traveled... I have
traveled places in the world
00:52:48.51\00:52:51.56
where she had never been
where she described in detail
00:52:51.76\00:52:55.18
those very valleys. I have read
00:52:55.21\00:53:00.54
where she has told how
that things were to take place.
00:53:00.84\00:53:04.34
How that she wrote
letters months before the event
00:53:05.83\00:53:10.65
was to happen that
got there on the very day
00:53:10.85\00:53:13.67
that it took place
00:53:13.87\00:53:15.24
'cause God led and guided in
her life in a very definite way.
00:53:16.25\00:53:21.24
How are you... how am I...
00:53:21.64\00:53:26.01
to relate to this?
00:53:26.21\00:53:27.69
Promise that God gives
you: believe in His prophets
00:53:53.21\00:53:56.03
and you will prosper.
00:53:56.23\00:53:58.98
But how am I to relate
to the gifts of the Spirit?
00:53:59.28\00:54:04.24
Simply like this...
I Corinthians 12:31:
00:54:04.54\00:54:07.93
It says that if you
and I don't have love
00:54:32.24\00:54:35.76
we are simply a sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal.
00:54:36.06\00:54:41.00
You see, you and I must
come and let the Holy Spirit
00:54:41.30\00:54:46.40
do its work in our lives.
00:54:46.60\00:54:48.24
As it works in our lives
it'll come in and change us.
00:54:48.54\00:54:53.67
It will do the work that needs
to be done in your life and mine
00:54:53.87\00:54:57.90
to make us effective witnesses
for Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:54:58.20\00:55:03.27
Listen as Maddy
sings: Come, Holy Spirit.
00:55:03.60\00:55:08.10
Come, Holy Spirit,
00:55:09.47\00:55:14.30
I need you.
00:55:14.71\00:55:19.88
Come, sweet Spirit,
00:55:20.53\00:55:25.36
I pray.
00:55:25.66\00:55:30.59
Come in your strength
00:55:31.29\00:55:35.54
and your power.
00:55:36.04\00:55:41.98
Come
00:55:42.73\00:55:44.54
in your own gentle
00:55:44.84\00:55:50.59
way.
00:55:50.79\00:55:54.98
Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
00:55:55.38\00:55:57.65
Heavenly Father, we thank you
00:55:57.95\00:56:01.54
that You're willing to give us
00:56:03.27\00:56:05.59
all that we need... and more...
00:56:05.99\00:56:09.20
to be effective
witnesses for Jesus Christ.
00:56:09.50\00:56:11.94
We come today
surrendering our hearts
00:56:12.44\00:56:16.39
asking that the Holy Spirit
00:56:16.70\00:56:19.62
will be poured out upon us.
00:56:19.82\00:56:21.95
That it may fill our lives.
00:56:22.35\00:56:24.59
Give to us those gifts
that You want us to have
00:56:24.89\00:56:27.74
that we might
witness to those about us
00:56:28.04\00:56:30.86
of the love and the majesty
and the power of Jesus Christ.
00:56:31.16\00:56:34.65
Bless each one here tonight.
00:56:34.95\00:56:36.93
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:56:37.24\00:56:40.63