1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,800 You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,840 cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,120 Do you believe you have the authority that Jesus has given 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,120 you? What a wonderful song we should 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:26,640 be singing that undefeated. He's given me the authority. 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,400 I speak and miracles start breaking out. 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:37,400 Man, if we really got a hold of that, we'd be speaking a whole 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,720 lot more, wouldn't we, brother? We'd be shouting. 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,800 We're sitting in the heavenly place undefeated. 12 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,080 And we may say, well, I feel like I'm a little defeated, but 13 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,000 you're not. You're not defeated. 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,040 The enemy wants you to think you're defeated, but you are not 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:04,400 defeated, Miss Jennifer. You're not defeated. 16 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,080 You're not. You're a child of the Most High 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,480 God. He's given you authority from 18 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,680 God to speak the word over situations. 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,080 That's right. Open your mouth, speak it out. 20 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,960 And this has nothing to do with what I'm going to be telling 21 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,400 talking to you all about. It's just, that's such a 22 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,320 wonderful song, man. I love it. 23 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:34,280 He's our champion and he gives. That's why we're called More 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,800 than conquerors, because he's fought the battle and he just 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,720 gives us a prize. It's so good. 26 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,560 It's so good. It's so good that God just gives 27 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,320 us authority and He's our champion. 28 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:52,200 Praise God. Wow, everybody all right? 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,720 Loving this cold weather. It's almost Thanksgiving, right? 30 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,320 It's felt like I was driving here and I thought, what? 31 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,520 It's kind of chilly. It might be time to light the 32 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,040 fireplace. I just turned it off. 33 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,639 So anyway, so much for all of that. 34 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:16,440 God is good all the time. Yes, He is. 35 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:21,880 And He never fails us. Never fails us. 36 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,480 And I'm going to be talking tonight about, I hope this 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,200 doesn't put you all to sleep. In fact, I hope you get your 38 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,400 knife and fork out and chew a little tonight. 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:33,920 So what we're going to do is chew a little. 40 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,960 So we're going to talk about a holiday that's coming up and 41 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,040 it's not Mother's Day. Who knows? 42 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,040 It's not a holiday really, but who knows what's coming up after 43 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,040 Mother's Day. Stop. 44 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,440 Nope. Pentecost Sunday. 45 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,280 Pentecost Sunday on the 24th. This. 46 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,760 Don't go. Oh, don't you do that. 47 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,760 Pentecost Sunday. We were really should celebrate 48 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,120 Pentecost Sunday a whole lot more than what? 49 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,720 I mean, we don't even give it a a a mention usually. 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,480 Yeah, I don't even give it a thought. 51 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,360 Nothing. It's just in fact, I had to look 52 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,880 on my calendar and thought, well, when is it, You know, I 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,760 added it up, looked on Google, Google told me, OK, I got it. 54 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,640 Now just to make sure, we want to talk about Pentecost Sunday 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,240 and a little bit about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Holy 56 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,960 Ghost. So I will say both Holy Ghost 57 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,960 and Holy Spirit. That's just 'cause I can, I'm 58 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,280 old, I can say those things, but I'm going to, I'm going to do a 59 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,480 little trivia real quick and get this out of the way. 60 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,560 Because usually this is a big question, which is an 61 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,560 aggravating question, but it's a big question that a lot of 62 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,040 people talk about when you start talking about Pentecost and the 63 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,720 Upper Room and everything. Do you know what the question is 64 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,760 that everybody ask? How long were they in the Upper 65 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,160 Room? Do y'all know? 66 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,600 No, you don't know. I'm going to make this real 67 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,560 easy. OK, here we go. 68 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,840 Jesus showed himself. He was in the grave. 69 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,440 What, 3 days? He showed himself. 70 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,240 How many days after that? 40 days. 71 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,640 So that's 43 days Pentecost, which is the feast of harvest. 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,360 It's the feast of weeks, it's the feast of the first fruits, 73 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,080 and it's Pentecost, feast of Pentecost. 74 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,080 That happens 50 days after Passover. 75 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:40,560 When was Jesus crucified? Passover, 3 days, 40 days. 76 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,680 That's 43 days. Passover happens on the 50th 77 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,360 day. How many days were they in the 78 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,840 upper room? The seven days? 79 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:54,320 Exactly 7 days. What does 7 mean? 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,480 Complete. Perfect. 81 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,040 That's God's number. You think that's a coincidence? 82 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,520 Do you think they just happen to be in there for seven complete 83 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,560 days? Not at not, not, not at all. 84 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,760 God does not do anything by chance. 85 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,760 It's not a mystery. The Holy Ghost is not a mystery. 86 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,080 Pentecost is not a mystery. He explains it to us in the 87 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,440 Scripture if we take time to dig a little, get your knife and 88 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,640 fork out and dig a little. But the Holy Ghost is not a 89 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,240 mystery. None of that is. 90 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,920 God didn't intend it to be a mystery for us to not to be able 91 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,200 to figure it out. But we have to dig a little. 92 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,800 So I want to give you lots of scripture and you can take this 93 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,120 for what it's worth. But we discovered they were in 94 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,360 enough room. How many days? 95 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,200 Perfect number means complete number. 96 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,720 So we're going to look at that in just a minute. 97 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,160 But Luke 1113 and I've got all my scripture written down. 98 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,800 So I'll if you want to turn to it or write it down, I'll give 99 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,360 you a second. It says, if then though you are 100 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,800 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much 101 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,680 more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those 102 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:19,200 who ask Him? So the holy our, our heavenly 103 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,080 Father is going to give us a gift. 104 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,960 Wow. What gift is he going to give 105 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,720 his children? The Holy Spirit? 106 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,240 Are you one of his children? Amen, everybody. 107 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,120 Yes. Is he just going to give it to 108 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,600 certain children? He don't play favorites, right? 109 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:45,800 So he does not play favorites. So acts of 1 and 13 if you will. 110 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,080 Now this is when they after the ascension, Jesus says y'all go 111 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,400 to the upper room and he says when they had entered they went 112 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,880 up into the upper room where they were staying. 113 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,560 Peter James, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, 114 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,200 Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and 115 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:14,880 Judas the son of James. How many is that 11 math class? 116 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:25,360 That's 11. So why is there 11 Judas 117 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:31,200 Iscariot killed himself right OK so these all I know the Lord was 118 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,000 from or Paul must have been somebody was from Texas. 119 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,520 These all continued in one accord in prayer and 120 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:45,440 supplication with do you see that with the women, Mary, the 121 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,360 mother of Jesus and his brothers, brothers, brothers. 122 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:55,440 Acts chapter 2 verse one says when the day of Pentecost was 123 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:01,040 fully come, seven, they were in one accord in one place and 124 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:09,160 suddenly, suddenly the day of Pentecost, the first fruits, the 125 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,200 feast of the harvest, the feast of weeks, whatever they wanted 126 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,680 to call it, that's what it was. Pentecost celebrated 50 days 127 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:22,040 after the Passover. Actually, that is 7 weeks are 7 128 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,920 Sabbaths and one day, OK, their Sabbath is on a Saturday, so 129 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,680 that's 7 Sabbaths and one day. That is why, in case anybody 130 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,960 ever asks you and people do, why do you worship on Sunday? 131 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,400 It's because that's the day when Jesus rose from the grave and 132 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,840 that's the day that Pentecost fell. 133 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,320 So the Lord does these things for us. 134 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,840 He shows us these things. Nothing is a secret. 135 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,560 Now why do they call it the Feast of Weeks? 136 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:57,040 Turn with me to Deuteronomy 16, verse 9, and we're going to read 137 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,760 through verse 11. Now this might take an extra 138 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,600 sharp knife to get through, but here we go. 139 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,840 It says you shall count 7 weeks for yourself. 140 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,480 Begin to count the seven weeks from the time you began to put 141 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,400 the sickle to the to the grain. Now that's important. 142 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,640 Underline that when you begin to put the sickle to the grain, 143 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,400 then you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with 144 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,360 tribute to a of a free will offering from your hand, which 145 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,120 you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. 146 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,040 You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons 147 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,920 and your daughters and your male servants and your female 148 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,720 servants and the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger 149 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,560 and the fatherless and the widow who are among you. 150 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:52,480 Underline this at the place where the Lord your God chooses 151 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:59,360 to make his abide. That means his name abide. 152 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:05,680 It says his temple. OK, it's good. 153 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,760 Pentecost is not only the celebration of the new harvest, 154 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:16,360 it's also associated later on with the giving of the Torah at 155 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,800 Mount Sinai or giving of the Word of God. 156 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,520 These pieces all fit together. Why is that important? 157 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:35,400 It's because Jesus is the Word. We are all filled with the Word, 158 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,840 OK? Pentecost celebration was all 159 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,720 inclusive. You just, we just read. 160 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,080 Everyone was invited to take part of all of this. 161 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,040 This feasting. The Jews, the adopted people, 162 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,440 their servants, their slaves, the bond, the free. 163 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,840 Everybody was invited. Everybody brought their first 164 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:59,240 fruits of their harvest. OK, who's the first fruit of the 165 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,440 resurrection? Jesus. 166 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,120 He's the first fruit, the day of Pentecost was the first fruit of 167 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,840 the harvest of God. Now the last part of Deuteronomy 168 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,920 16, I told you to underline it says the place where the Lord 169 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,920 your God chooses to make his name live. 170 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:25,400 OK, abide. So what happened on Pentecost, 171 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,840 Not just the Speaking of tongues. 172 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,400 I don't want anybody to say, oh, they all spoke in tongues. 173 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:32,960 I don't want. That's not what we're going to 174 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,400 go for. God sent the Holy Spirit to not 175 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,440 just be with us, as Jesus said, but to be in US. 176 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:47,000 God makes his abode, his name, live in us. 177 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,280 That's why we be called Christians. 178 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,240 We are Jesus followers. We are known by his name. 179 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:59,000 OK, so on the day of Pentecost that that all took place just 180 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,800 bam like that, you know, God just puts it all there. 181 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,520 So not only did the people speak in tongues in the different 182 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:11,440 languages, different languages, but God sent his Spirit to be in 183 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,240 us, not to just be long side of us, but although he is. 184 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,520 But to appreciate the baptism of the Holy Ghost, we need to 185 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,160 understand what Luke was talking about in 11 Luke 1113. 186 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,280 And most people think of a gift as material. 187 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,040 When you say I want to give a gift, they all think it's 188 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,960 material. Well, God's going to give you a 189 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,320 gift. Well, oh, I'm going to get a new 190 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,360 mansion or I'm going to get a new car. 191 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Not that's not what he's talking about Jesus teaching about the 192 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,720 Holy Ghost. He refers to the Holy Ghost as a 193 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:46,280 gift from God. He asked if any man, any one of 194 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,000 them, would give their child something bad if their child was 195 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,560 asking for food. Would you give your child 196 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:54,240 something that was harmful to them? 197 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,200 No, you wouldn't. So what makes you think the 198 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,160 Father would? He wouldn't. 199 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,920 The point is that if a natural father could would never 200 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,920 consider doing this, how much more would our heavenly Father 201 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,040 give what is good to his children? 202 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,320 Referring to the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost. 203 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:20,240 The Holy Spirit is the most important gift you can receive 204 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:25,160 after salvation. That's the most important gift 205 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,600 that you'll ever get after you've received your salvation. 206 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,640 And the Holy Spirit plays a part and active part in that also. 207 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,840 So what does the Holy Ghost do? Well, everybody speaks in 208 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,760 tongues. No, He's your helper. 209 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,880 He's he. He keeps us straight. 210 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,520 He's a fact. He helps us to be effective in 211 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:53,360 our witnessing. He helps us to give boldness in 212 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,280 our witnessing. He helps us in our prayers. 213 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,800 You know, he, He provides our guidance when we don't know what 214 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,400 to do. Lord, I don't know what to do. 215 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,560 I don't know where to go. What is going on. 216 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,400 Lord, He'll guide you. He will direct you. 217 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,040 And if you start to go through the wrong door, He will slam 218 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,880 that door in your face sometimes. 219 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,880 And then if you decide to open that door anyway, then that's on 220 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,680 you. But the Holy Spirit will guide 221 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:20,200 us. He draws us to Jesus. 222 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:26,080 Jesus said nobody comes to me except the Spirit draws him. 223 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,720 Those are the words of Jesus. I've I've got it written down 224 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,840 here somewhere and I'm always getting out of my notes. 225 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:35,440 But he lives in us. He is not limited to time or 226 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,240 space, just like God is not limited to time or space. 227 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,560 That's just like when we, you know, the Lord says 1000 years 228 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,240 is a day and a day is 1000 years. 229 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,880 It's nothing to God. Time or space makes no 230 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,600 difference to God, makes no difference to Jesus, makes no 231 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,640 difference to the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Ghost is not a the 232 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,720 it's not an it, it's a he, God the Father, God the Son, God the 233 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,880 Holy Ghost, our Holy Spirit, whichever you prefer to call 234 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:06,480 him. He is also the last 235 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,920 manifestation of God on this earth. 236 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,960 That's important to understand. The Holy Ghost is the last 237 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,560 manifestation of God on this earth. 238 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:25,600 Now when Scripture says that to blasphemy the Holy Ghost is an 239 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,800 unpardonable sin, right, it doesn't mean that the Holy Ghost 240 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,160 is higher than God. That's not saying, oh, though 241 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,440 you can talk bad about God, but you can't talk bad about the 242 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,560 Holy Ghost. Not come on folks. 243 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,760 The Holy Spirit is the last manifestation of God on this 244 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,760 earth. God the Creator created 245 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,000 everything, all of this great stuff for us. 246 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,400 God his Son came and died for us so that we can have a way to 247 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,560 heaven. God sent the Holy Spirit. 248 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,640 He sent him to live in US and to lead us and guide us. 249 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:01,200 And so the Holy Spirit is the last, so, so that blasphemy, and 250 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,960 I've had a lot of people worry about this is not just speaking 251 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,240 against something, it is an intentional rejection of the 252 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,120 Holy Spirit. Thereby, it's an intentional 253 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,000 rejection of God. So if the Holy Spirit is the 254 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,640 last manifestation of God on this earth, the thing that draws 255 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:31,600 you to Jesus for your salvation, then you reject it. 256 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,640 I don't want it. No, I'm do my own thing. 257 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,480 I'm going to do my own thing. And the Holy Ghost is wooing you 258 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,080 and drawing you and blocking you every way. 259 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,920 And you keep jumping over those roadblocks and you keep just 260 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:49,440 ignoring Him. That's the last opportunity you 261 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,640 will have to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. 262 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,080 Is that making any sense? So He is the last manifestation 263 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,440 of God on this earth. So when you blasphemy or you 264 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,680 rebel, or you defy or you reject the Holy Spirit's drawing, 265 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,760 you're rejecting God Himself. And if you die in your sin, then 266 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:19,720 that's on you, not on God. Because God so loved us. 267 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,920 He didn't just love us, He loved us so much that He gave his Son 268 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,800 to die for us. He loved us that He knows our 269 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,160 very parts before we're even born, even in the secret places. 270 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,440 He knows us that intimately. He knows what I'm thinking 271 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,640 before I think it. That's how intimate God is with 272 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,120 us. So you know, when, when we 273 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,880 reject Him and you die in your sin, then you die in your sin, 274 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:54,400 not God's fault, not at all. The Holy Ghost shows us, brings 275 00:17:54,400 --> 00:18:00,640 us to salvation by persuading us, enabling us to respond to to 276 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,760 God's grace. And I said John 6 and 44 is the 277 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,360 Scripture. I was going to say no one comes 278 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:10,200 to Jesus unless the Father draws him. 279 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,800 How does the Father draw him? Through the Holy Ghost? 280 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,640 OK, That's how we're drawn to Jesus. 281 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,000 Anybody come to Jesus? Because you decided one day 282 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,320 you're just going to change your life. 283 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:24,880 Make up your mind. I'm just going to. 284 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,960 I'm going to do it. I'm going to try out what these 285 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,760 people have got going on. I don't think so. 286 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,200 I think that sitting in a service somewhere or listening 287 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,520 to a song somewhere or hearing somebody give their testimony 288 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,280 somewhere and the Spirit of God was drawing you and you thought 289 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:49,360 I got to have some of that. I want that what that's about. 290 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,840 And the Spirit of God is wooing you and drawing you and loving 291 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,000 you and drawing you. That's when you come down to the 292 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,880 altar and you cry out to God and say, God, I'm a Sinner. 293 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,280 Not because you think you're a Sinner, but because the Holy 294 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,520 Ghost shows you you're a Sinner. OK, I, I, I want this to sink 295 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,160 in. I want y'all to see this, the 296 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,920 importance of the Holy Spirit of God. 297 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,280 It makes believers new creatures in Christ. 298 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,320 He also seals us unto the he's sealing us for salvation. 299 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,680 Let me, Ephesians 4 and 30, I want y'all to look at this. 300 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:35,800 Let me get a drink. And do not grieve the Holy 301 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:41,400 Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed for the day of 302 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,360 redemption. What's that day? 303 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:49,840 What's the day of redemption? It's the day that we may not be 304 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,280 around anymore. He has sealed us. 305 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,800 We have a seal of the Holy Spirit on your head. 306 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,680 If you're a child of the most high God and you've been saved 307 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:04,520 and you filled with the Holy Spirit of God, you have a seal 308 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,000 on your forehead. God can see it, His angels can 309 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,400 see it. Remember, if we're going to go 310 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,640 way back to the revelation part of it, God says tells the angels 311 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:19,440 to you can hurt the everything except the grass, the trees and 312 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,600 those who have my seal upon their forehead. 313 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,440 That's the seal of the Holy Spirit of God, sealed until the 314 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:35,640 day of redemption. Now, one hindrance, or as I call 315 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,440 it, an excuse for people who do not receive the baptism of the 316 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,160 Holy Ghost, it's because they've mistaken it that the experience 317 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:50,280 is not for everybody. Do you think that the Holy Ghost 318 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,480 came on the day of Pentecost was a coincidence? 319 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,240 No, God doesn't do anything coincidental. 320 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,160 It was right in line with God's plan. 321 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,240 Why? Because on that day all nations, 322 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,640 men and women, children, boys and girls, bond and free, were 323 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:17,160 gathered together. That was not a coincidence, OK? 324 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,400 The city was full of visitors, all from all different lands, 325 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,920 all different nations. The city was there. 326 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:29,640 Everyone was invited to the Feast of Pentecost or the Feast 327 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,720 of the Harvest or the Feast of the Week. 328 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,640 So whatever they wanted to call that, it was all four of those 329 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:35,960 names. It's got four names. 330 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,600 Actually, we know it as Pentecost and the Feast of the 331 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,680 First Fruits, you know. So everybody was invited. 332 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,320 They were bringing their offering. 333 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,480 It was a big deal. Everybody was there. 334 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,920 So in the upper Room there was more than just 11 people. 335 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,360 How many know who, how many people was in the Upper room? 336 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:05,920 Oh guys, a 120, a 120 were in the upper Room. 337 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:13,880 Out of 500 there was 500 people that Jesus said 500 Jesus 338 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,680 talking to him. He says y'all go to the upper 339 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:21,880 room and wait for the promise. Out of 500 a 120 went and they 340 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,680 were in the upper room and they were, they didn't know. 341 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,560 Do you think they knew what they were waiting on? 342 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,200 They just knew they were waiting on the promise of from God, the 343 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,800 the gift from God. They knew that they were waiting 344 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,000 on that. And so the Holy Spirit was 345 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,920 poured out on everybody who was gathered to their waiting on the 346 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,040 gift of God. They didn't know what to expect. 347 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:50,280 All they knew there was that suddenly a fire and a wind came 348 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,080 and they were all covered with a tongue of fire. 349 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,320 Acts 2, one through 12. We're going to read that whole 350 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:09,400 thing. Ready when the day of Pentecost 351 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,840 had fully come, they were all with 1 accord in one place. 352 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,560 They were all there together, just like we're here together 353 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,000 right now, worshipping God. Our minds should be upon the 354 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,840 Lord. That's what their minds were 355 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,400 upon their minds was what is God going to do? 356 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,320 How is going to God? You know Jesus and Can you 357 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,440 imagine all the thoughts they could have been having? 358 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,840 Think about it. And the Lord said, Go, wait. 359 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,280 So we're going to go, wait. And suddenly when the time was 360 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,440 fully come, there came a sound of heaven as a rushing mighty 361 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,200 wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 362 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,040 Then there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire, and 363 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:50,520 one set upon each of them, and they were filled with the Holy 364 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,080 Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as a spirit gave 365 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,520 them utterance. And there were dwelling in 366 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,520 Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 367 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:08,000 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and 368 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:14,040 we're confused because everyone heard them speak in his own 369 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,840 language. They weren't just speaking 370 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:23,000 Hebrew, they were speaking in everyone's language that they 371 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,720 and when they were all amazed and marvel saying to one 372 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,920 another, look, are not all of these speak Galileans unlearned? 373 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,680 They're just unlearned people. They don't know my language. 374 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,440 And how is it that we hear each in our own tongue in which we 375 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,400 were born? Parisians and Medes and the 376 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:46,520 Lemolites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judah, Cappadocia, 377 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,800 Pontus, Asia, I don't know. And all these other places, 378 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,720 Egypt and parts of Libya and adjoining serene visitors from 379 00:24:54,720 --> 00:25:00,080 Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Christians and Arabs, We hear 380 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,120 them speaking in our own language the wonderful works of 381 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:09,680 God. OK, they knew what they were 382 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,600 saying, so they were all amazed and perplexed in saying one 383 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,560 another. What could this mean next? 384 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,760 Scripture just says that they were thinking they were drunk. 385 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,520 Then Peter stands up in verse 14. 386 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:30,960 Peter, the one who denied Jesus three times, the one who wanted 387 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,520 to cut somebody's ear off, the one who was ready to fight at 388 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,840 the drop of the one who won. Well, I'm just going to go back 389 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,520 to fishing. You know when Jesus, I'm just 390 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:44,200 going to go back and fish. Peter that Peter stood up and 391 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,000 preached. He preached from Joel chapter 2 392 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,360 what was going to happen and what happened next. 393 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,280 Glad you asked. Verse 37 of chapter 2. 394 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:01,480 Now when they heard this, they, the people who were outside of 395 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,080 the upper room, not in the upper room, but outside of the upper 396 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,240 room, they didn't have doors and windows and air conditioning, 397 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,240 OK? So it was all open. 398 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,120 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to 399 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:17,360 Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what 400 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:21,400 shall we do? Then Peter said to them, Repent 401 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,200 and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Jesus 402 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,200 Christ for the remissions of sin, and you shall receive the 403 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,440 gift of the Holy Spirit, for the promise is to you. 404 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,760 Underline this. If you don't have this 405 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,960 underline, underline it anyway, for it is to you and your 406 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,640 children and all to those that are far off, as many as the Lord 407 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,240 our God will call. With which many words he 408 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,280 testified and exhorted them, saying, be saved from this 409 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,840 perverse generation. Then those who gladly received 410 00:26:52,800 --> 00:27:01,640 His word were baptized that day. About 3000 souls were added in 411 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:09,680 one day in just a few hours from 120 people to 3120 people with 412 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,440 just one person preaching. What what happened if that all 413 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,480 got up and started preaching to these people and telling them 414 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,240 about God and what all of this meant. 415 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,600 And this is his gift from God, and he's going to change us and 416 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,880 he's going to, you know, do all of this stuff that I've just 417 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,680 already told you that the Holy Spirit's going to do for us. 418 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,360 Now, who is the gift of the Holy Ghost? 419 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,960 Who is this Holy Ghost? Joel 2 and 28. 420 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,120 You all know this. I know you do. 421 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,400 It shall come to pass afterward that I want you to listen to 422 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,840 this and underline it if you can, that I will pour out my 423 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:53,160 spirit on all flesh. Who's speaking here of God 424 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,000 through his prophet. He's saying I will pour out my 425 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,880 spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters 426 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,680 shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young 427 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,680 men shall see visions. And also my manservants and my 428 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,080 maidservants, I will pour out my spirit. 429 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:21,320 In those days, who's the gift for God's people? 430 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,640 You call yourself a child of God. 431 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,720 It's for you. It's not a mystery. 432 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:33,280 It's not something spooky like so many have made it into. 433 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,680 Man has really messed up a lot of stuff about the Bible 434 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:42,680 sometimes. That revival spread to Samaria 435 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,920 and including the House of Cornelius and Joppa. 436 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:47,920 Gentile's house. He was a gentile. 437 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,320 He wasn't even Jew Gentile. Thank God for that. 438 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,640 Then they went to Ephesus, and the physical evidence of 439 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,880 receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost is speaking in 440 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,600 tongues. While speaking in tongues is 441 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:07,880 symbolic of you yielding yourself to God, here I am Lord 442 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,120 and God. A sign of receiving the Holy 443 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:17,280 Ghost is speaking in tongues. Is that the only purpose for 444 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,160 receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost is that I can speak 445 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,760 in tongues? No, not at all. 446 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,920 There's much, much more. Because the speaking in tongues 447 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,760 did what? It got their attention. 448 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,840 It got the attention of all those people that were in that 449 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,800 town on that day celebrating, probably party in a little bit. 450 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,680 It got their attention. How do we hear this? 451 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,400 What do it's like when you're sitting in the service and the 452 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,120 preachers preaching right in your face? 453 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,600 He's got your number. That's the Holy Spirit, not the 454 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,840 preacher. That's the Holy Spirit of God 455 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,600 saying, you say this, you say this, you say this, and that. 456 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,080 God has put you in a right spot to hear what He wants his man or 457 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,160 woman to say, right? So that's what's going on here. 458 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,960 The fruit of the Spirit is speaking in tongues. 459 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,880 No, it's love and it's joy and it's peace and it's 460 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,920 long-suffering and it's kindness and it's goodness. 461 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,560 It's faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. 462 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:31,000 Against such there is no law. You can't be criticized for 463 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,240 that. And those who are in Christ have 464 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,000 crucified the flesh with his passions and desires. 465 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,520 The Holy Ghost will help you crucify your flesh. 466 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,280 He will. If we live in the Spirit, let us 467 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,560 also walk in the Spirit. Let us the verse 26. 468 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:55,640 Let us not become conceited. I'll say it again. 469 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,680 This is, I'm sorry, this is Galatians 5 and 26. 470 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,320 I skipped that part, didn't I? Galatians 5 and 26 right here 471 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,360 says let us not become conceited. 472 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,360 Provoking one another to envying one another. 473 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:14,160 What do you mean conceited? I can speak in tongues and I've 474 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:19,160 never heard you speak a word. I go to this church because we 475 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,760 speak in tongues and you don't go to a church that speaks in 476 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,280 tongues. Let us not, God told us. 477 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,480 Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, you know 478 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:36,320 to envy. Man, I wish I could do this like 479 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,160 Brother Lance could do it. I don't. 480 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,040 Yep. And Yep, not me. 481 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:51,280 God knows me. It goes on in verse Galatians 6. 482 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,080 It goes on to tell us that we're supposed to restore those who 483 00:31:54,080 --> 00:32:00,960 have fallen. Oh man, only through the Holy 484 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,080 Ghost can we love somebody who has done us wrong. 485 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,160 You cannot love somebody in your own flesh that has done you 486 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,120 wrong 'cause our flesh wants to just get up and punch somebody 487 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,400 that oh, I'm sorry, that's just my flesh, right? 488 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:19,520 Y'alls don't want to do that. Sisters on Sunday night know who 489 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,840 I am. But it's only through the Holy 490 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,640 Spirit that we can love somebody that has done us wrong or 491 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,160 somebody who doesn't like us. You know, we can believe. 492 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,320 As believers, we walk in the Spirit. 493 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:38,360 As we walk in the Spirit, same Holy Ghost, as we walk in the 494 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,600 Spirit, we step by step, our life, our actions, our attitude 495 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:48,160 will be transformed by the Holy Ghost, by the Holy Spirit. 496 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:56,000 You cannot do it on your own. The Holy Spirit, he can be seen 497 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,280 in our lives by the way we relate to other people and by 498 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:07,320 the way we relate to God. Oh, he can be seen in our lives 499 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,880 by the way we relate to God. We're not supposed to take God 500 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:16,320 casual, Not at all. And the Holy Spirit of God will 501 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,080 tell you that. Now you can brush it off and you 502 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,000 can quit hear it, that kind of thing. 503 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,440 But God is not to be taken casual. 504 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,200 Yeah. Most Christians have learned 505 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,320 it's not easy to keep the old nature under control. 506 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:41,640 Has everybody learned that? That's why the Holy Ghost helps 507 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,600 us, helps believers to live a life that does not give into the 508 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,320 sinful nature 'cause our spirit wants to go and do stuff that 509 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,400 the Lord says don't go do. Everybody has a battle. 510 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,560 The Holy Spirit of God, that's why. 511 00:33:58,560 --> 00:33:59,840 Who? That's the one that's saying 512 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:05,280 don't do that, don't go there. That's the Holy Spirit of God 513 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,760 living inside of you. You can reject him, you can push 514 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,560 him away and you can do your own thing because he's a gentleman. 515 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,360 He is not going to interfere, you know. 516 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:23,320 But a spirit filled life is marked by boldness to tell 517 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:28,000 others about God, about Jesus. It's marked by unity. 518 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,840 This church has great unity. I love it. 519 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,520 And compassion, great compassion that means you, you feel when 520 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,560 others hurt, you feel it. You're there for them. 521 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:45,320 You have compassion upon them. Living in the Spirit is also 522 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,080 characterized by a powerful ministry. 523 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:52,560 And as I wrote that down, I've written this three days, you 524 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,960 know, I read it, write it, rewrote it, make notes in the 525 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,040 pair. I do that all the time. 526 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,640 After I've written it, I rewrite it and then I make notes in the 527 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,760 sidebars. So I just did this today, the 528 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,600 notes and the sidebars that you're going to get here in a 529 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,120 minute. But living in the Spirit is 530 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,240 characterized by power. And when I say powerful 531 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:16,040 ministry, I'm not talking about preaching, singing, playing an 532 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,640 instrument. I'm talk about the boldness to 533 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:24,400 talk to your family, to talk to somebody else, the boldness to 534 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,120 say, where do you go to church? Do you? 535 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,360 I don't have a church. Well, let me tell you about our 536 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,120 church. Well, I don't want to offend 537 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,520 anybody. The Holy Spirit will give you 538 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,680 the boldness and once you step out and do it once and twice, 539 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,360 the next time it's not a big deal. 540 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,800 You just ask. You just start talking to him 541 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,800 and the Spirit of God will give you the right words to say. 542 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,200 He really will. You know, so when we talk about 543 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,600 a ministry, we're not just talking about the the three or 544 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,360 whatever it is, you know, I'm talking about the boldness to 545 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,600 talk to our families and to other people and someone you 546 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,880 really don't know. You know, we can't keep all of 547 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:07,360 this to ourselves because we will be held accountable, OK? 548 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,520 We cannot keep God's word to ourselves and the Spirit of God 549 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,000 will unction you anything. I want you to go talk to that 550 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,200 person. No, God, I'm busy. 551 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,920 I got, I got to go. I want you to go. 552 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,040 I want you to go here. I, I don't have no business 553 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,240 going over there. Lord, I don't want you know I'm 554 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,080 go there. He will unction you. 555 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:36,120 That's a ministry, people talking to people and you will 556 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:42,160 be held accountable when you stand before God could be 557 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,360 somebody's blood on your hands. And I hate to say that folks, 558 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,960 but it's the word. Is it not the word. 559 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,880 You be held accountable. Somebody's blood could be on 560 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,000 your hands. You could have told that person, 561 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:57,360 don't go there, come with me. They may be going out. 562 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,280 I'm going to go get drunk. I'm going to go do this and I'm 563 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,000 going to go do that. No, come, come with me. 564 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,360 Just come to my house and let's let's talk. 565 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,360 Let's you don't have to say come to church right away. 566 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,320 Just come. Let's be friends and the Holy 567 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,240 Spirit will unction you and He will talk to you. 568 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,200 That's a ministry to be able to talk to people. 569 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,920 And when the Lord tells you to do it, you better do it. 570 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:27,120 He works in us, in our attitudes, in our actions. 571 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,200 He's a comforter, He's a counsellor. 572 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:33,160 He comes alongside of us. I heard Jerry say that a minute 573 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,720 ago. He comes alongside of us. 574 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,480 He guides us through unfamiliar territory. 575 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:45,360 He helps us find secure footing. And I love this, even though I 576 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,800 wrote it down. He helps us to find secure 577 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,560 footing, and then he reaches back and helps us come along. 578 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,600 Can you get that picture? He's in here. 579 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,640 Take that step. Go there. 580 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,880 Go there and you're back here and you're going. 581 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:02,680 I'm scared. I'm scared. 582 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,200 And he says, here, come on, come on. 583 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,600 That's what the Holy Spirit of God does for us. 584 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,200 I love that. Isn't that a beautiful picture 585 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,040 of how he, he grabs, he reaches back to encourage us that you 586 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,400 can make this, you can do this. That's what he does. 587 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:24,840 Ephesians 5 and 15. I'm getting warmed up here 588 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:37,120 y'all. It says, see that you walk 589 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:42,560 cautiously, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, 590 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:51,720 because the days are evil. Wow, wherefore be ye not unwise, 591 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,280 but understanding what the will of God is? 592 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,560 Or how can I understand what the will of God is? 593 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:04,000 The Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit will give you 594 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,760 understanding in his Word. And the next time you're asking, 595 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,720 you want to know how many people were in the upper room? 596 00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:13,920 120 You want to know how many days they were in the upper 597 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,560 room? 7 Don't you look at somebody and 598 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:26,200 go so you know he will give you understanding of the Word and he 599 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:31,600 will help you. Now I'm almost done. 600 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,160 I just got a page and a half and it's all scripture. 601 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:43,320 So first Corinthians 14. What about tongues? 602 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,680 What's all that? Tongues. 603 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,320 You know, I'm not against tongues. 604 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,080 I speak in tongues, OK? I pray in tongues. 605 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,840 I'm not saying don't. I'm not saying that. 606 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,080 I'm just saying when you seek God, don't seek tongues. 607 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:05,360 Does that make sense? Seek God, seek God, seek the 608 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,600 Holy Spirit and he'll give you what you need. 609 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,400 Some of y'all are quiet and it scares me. 610 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:18,720 It's 14 and one it says pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, 611 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:24,000 but especially that you may prophecy prophecy. 612 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:31,920 Oh hear you people. Thus saith the Lord, prophecy 613 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,360 means to speak forth the message of God. 614 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:44,480 Speak forth, deliver God's word to people, to comfort them, to 615 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,400 strengthen them, to encourage them. 616 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,800 OK, prophecy means to speak God's words to somebody. 617 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,640 Doesn't mean you have to wear sackcloth and stand on the 618 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:01,720 streets and speak God's word. Prophecy speaking forth God's 619 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,360 word. For he who speaks in tongues 620 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:09,480 does not speak to men, but to God, for no one understands him. 621 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:15,480 However, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries, but he who prophecies 622 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:21,000 speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 623 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,680 Now I thought edification. What's that going? 624 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,880 What edification? It is the same thing. 625 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:33,640 It means to instruct somebody, to improve somebody, to 626 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:39,120 strengthen somebody. Same thing as I just said, to 627 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,040 edify them, give them understanding, give them 628 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:47,120 instructions, he says, and come. He who speaks in a tongue 629 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,320 edifies himself. But he who prophecies edifies 630 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,200 the Church. I wish you all spoke with 631 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,440 tongues, but even more than that you prophesied. 632 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:01,200 For he who prophesizes greater than he who speaks with tongues, 633 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,480 unless indeed he interprets that the Church may receive 634 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,280 edification. But now, brethren, if I come to 635 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:12,280 you speaking with tongues that I shall profit you, what shall I 636 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:16,360 profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by 637 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,520 knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? 638 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:23,120 In other words, Paul is saying, I can come here and I can speak 639 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,160 in tongues, but you're not going to know what I'm saying. 640 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,040 You're not going to understand. So I'm not edifying you. 641 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,400 I'm not instructing you, I'm not building you up. 642 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,800 I'm just look, you're looking at me like a calf at a new gate. 643 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,480 What's this? You know, that's what he's he. 644 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,680 Like I said, he's from Texas. Verse 13. 645 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,280 Skip down to verse 13. Therefore, let him who speaks in 646 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:54,640 tongues pray that he may interpret, For if I pray in a 647 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:59,200 tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 648 00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:02,720 What is the conclusion then? This is Paul. 649 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,200 I will pray with the Spirit, and I will also pray with 650 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:11,760 understanding. When you don't know how to pray, 651 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,400 the Spirit will pray through you. 652 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:19,320 He will pray for you and there's been a many a time, Lord, I 653 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,920 don't know what to say. And the next thing I know, the 654 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,240 Spirit of the Lord takes over and He's praying through me for 655 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:28,080 the situation. I know what the situation is and 656 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,040 it's just me and God and He's praying 'cause I don't know even 657 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,200 know how I mean. All I can think is kill him. 658 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:41,440 Lord no. So you know, that's, that's, 659 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,920 that's what he prays through US and that's scripture, guys, 660 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,720 that's scripture. I just didn't print it out for 661 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,720 you. But the Spirit of God, when you 662 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:52,560 don't know how to pray, the Spirit will pray for you with 663 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:57,240 groanings and murmurings. Sometimes all I can do and I 664 00:43:57,240 --> 00:44:04,520 have done it before, it's just moan and groan and weep and cry 665 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,720 and go God, I don't know how to say I don't know what you're 666 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:09,240 doing. I don't know what's happening 667 00:44:09,240 --> 00:44:14,240 now but he does and he's listening to my heart through 668 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:16,960 the Holy Ghost. OK that's what's happening. 669 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:22,080 It says where was I otherwise if you bless if you bless with the 670 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,480 Spirit and how will he is verse 16. 671 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:30,880 He who occupies the place of the uninformed, say Amen at your 672 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,280 giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you're 673 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:40,480 saying. 17 for you indeed give thanks well, but the other is 674 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:44,120 not edified. You may be having a good high on 675 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,240 time, but nobody's understanding a word. 676 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,840 And I got a story about that. I guess I'll stop right here at 677 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,320 verse 18 and I'm going to pick it back up. 678 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:57,600 Before I was born, which was a long time ago, my grandpa was a 679 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,480 preacher. And back in those days they did 680 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,600 little churches. They had no screens, they had no 681 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,280 windows, They might have even been in a brush Arbor, I don't 682 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:06,960 know. But they were in Oklahoma and 683 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,120 grandpa was preaching in the spirit of God came upon him and 684 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:14,720 he preached a whole message in tongues, which to the people 685 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:20,080 that was there they go. However, there was a car parked 686 00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:23,960 out alongside the road and after the service was over, the people 687 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,120 in the car came up and said, how did you know how to speak our 688 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:31,320 language? And he said I didn't. 689 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,360 And he said I'm full blood Cherokee and you were speaking 690 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:39,520 perfect Cherokee. God can do that. 691 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,280 God can do that. The Holy Spirit can do that. 692 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:50,440 Hallelujah, he can do that. So verse 17 is where I left off 693 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,120 right for you indeed give thanks well, but the others is not 694 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,680 edified. 18I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you 695 00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,800 also. So Paul was a little bragging 696 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,360 here. Yet in the church I would rather 697 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,760 speak 5 words with my understanding that I may teach 698 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,040 others also than 10,000 in a tongue. 699 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:14,000 Brethren, do not be children in understanding, however, in 700 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:19,120 malice be babies, but in understanding be mature. 701 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,920 In other words, if you're hating on somebody, you're being a 702 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:27,200 baby. So let's be mature with our 703 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,600 understanding from God and the law. 704 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,640 It is written when men of other tongues and other lips. 705 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,280 I will speak to these people, and yet for all that they will 706 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:40,000 not hear me. They don't hear, says the Lord. 707 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,200 Therefore tongues are a sign. Oh, listen to this. 708 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:50,440 Therefore, tongues are assigned not to those who believe, but to 709 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,680 the unbelievers. Those people in that car sitting 710 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,040 on the side of the road got saved that night. 711 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,360 Now, I don't know the other people in the church, They 712 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,400 probably saw that, saw what was happening, so they were edified, 713 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:08,320 glorified Hallelujah too. But prophesying is not for 714 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,640 unbelievers, but for those who believe. 715 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,480 So when we're speaking forth the word of God and I'm doing 716 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:18,000 teaching like I'm doing now and speaking the word of God to 717 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,520 people, unbeliever could be sitting here in the service. 718 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:26,400 And unless the Holy Spirit is drawing them to us, not going to 719 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,960 get it. But the Holy Spirit can move in 720 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:36,480 such a way and he can He can touch that unbeliever person and 721 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,800 he can draw that unbeliever. The I know when I got saved, I 722 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,000 have no clue what the message was about. 723 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:47,400 I don't know if y'all do it. My experience when I got saved, 724 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,280 I don't know what the preacher said. 725 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,840 I couldn't tell you. All I know is that. 726 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,360 And then the music started playing and I'm going, I don't 727 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:02,960 know what song they sang. All I knew is I had to get up on 728 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:07,080 my feet and I raised my hands and the next thing I knew I was 729 00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:10,120 talking in tongues. Just that quick. 730 00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:16,720 He took a bad girl, drug addict, alcoholic and whatever, and 731 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:21,000 later something different, just like that, just like that. 732 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,560 So the Holy Spirit can do that. If he did it for me, he can 733 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:26,240 certainly do it for anybody else. 734 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,400 He can do that. That's what he wants to do. 735 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,400 So what happened on the day of Pentecost? 736 00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:36,160 Unbelievers from all over the nation's heard unlearned people 737 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:42,000 praising God in their language. They were drawn by the Spirit 738 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:46,080 because they weren't just saying ABC and alphabet and somebody 739 00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:48,440 else's language. They were worshipping God. 740 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,840 It says they were glorifying God, giving God glory and 741 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,920 speaking wonders of God. And they heard that in their 742 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,240 language. And they go, what? 743 00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:57,720 What? These people don't know my 744 00:48:57,720 --> 00:49:01,120 language, so they, well, let's go check this out. 745 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,440 And they did. And then Peter stood up and then 746 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:08,640 he prophesied. He spoke, spoke forth the word 747 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:12,960 of God and they said, what do we need to do to be saved, Repent 748 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:16,840 and be baptized? 3000 people were baptized that 749 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:21,320 day. Day one, the harvest had begun. 750 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:26,520 That's why I wanted you to mark all of that stuff is the harvest 751 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,400 began on that day. The word of God started 752 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:33,200 spreading like never before on the day of Pentecost. 753 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,680 Was it a coincidence? No, it was not a coincidence. 754 00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:40,720 God had a plan. God did it, and he is moving on 755 00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:43,400 us today. Oh, that we would just start. 756 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:45,120 Lord, what do you want me to say? 757 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:46,600 Lord, where do you want me to go? 758 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:51,160 God, how do you want me to pray? Holy Spirit direct my path, but 759 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:52,880 we don't do that do we got our own agenda. 760 00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:57,760 I'm going to Walmart and I'm not talking to anybody and I'm going 761 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:03,320 home unless God puts somebody in your path and you go hey, how 762 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,960 you doing? I'm good. 763 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:08,160 You guys says go back and talk to him. 764 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:17,640 No, go back and talk to him. OK, how you doing and you talk 765 00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,400 and you pick up A and you have to start a conversation and you 766 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:25,160 don't know what that person, God may say pray for them, but God, 767 00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:29,240 I'm in Walmart, people will be seeing me. 768 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,720 Pray for them. That's what I was. 769 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:35,240 If I was God, I would sound like that. 770 00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:39,400 Pray for them. That's what the Holy Spirit does 771 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,880 for us. That's what he does for us. 772 00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:49,560 And like I said, it is the last manifestation on this earth that 773 00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:55,440 God is going to have after this. There is no other manifestation 774 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,400 of God until Jesus comes in the clouds. 775 00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,280 So if you reject the Holy Spirit of God and you've thought, well, 776 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,800 I don't want the Holy Ghost. I don't want the Holy Ghost 777 00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:09,080 because I see some weird people. And honey, I have seen some 778 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,760 weird people too, but that's not necessarily the Holy Ghost. 779 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:16,840 I'll just say that right there, not necessarily the Holy Spirit. 780 00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,880 When you can walk into a whole church and everybody's jumping 781 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:23,200 and hopping and nobody's, you don't know what's going on, and 782 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,920 then you leave just as lost as you were when you came. 783 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:32,800 That is not of God. I'll say that there they were 784 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:39,280 drawn by the Spirit. Two more verses, verse 23. 785 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,720 Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place and 786 00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:46,680 I'll speak with tongues, and there's none in those who are 787 00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:50,640 uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of 788 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,280 your mind? What did I just say? 789 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:58,600 These people crazy, but if all prophecy and an unbeliever 790 00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:03,000 uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by everybody, he is 791 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,480 convinced by all and thus the secrets of his heart are 792 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:10,520 revealed and so falling down on his face, he will worship God 793 00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:13,320 and report that God is truly among us. 794 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:19,920 I hope this helps. I hope you are not offended by. 795 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:24,040 I worry about that Lord, I struggle. 796 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,120 I don't want to give this message. 797 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,480 There might be somebody in there that, you know, thinks I'm 798 00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:34,880 against the Holy Ghost. No, I'm not, but I'm not just 799 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:38,200 for tongues either. I believe in speaking in 800 00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:39,040 tongues. I do. 801 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,320 I do myself. I pray for people I don't know 802 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:44,560 what to pray for and I lay hands on and the next thing you know, 803 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,960 I'm praying in tongues. If there's a message given out, 804 00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,960 do y'all remember? And I'll, I'll quit here in a 805 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:55,160 minute. Do y'all remember back in the 806 00:52:55,160 --> 00:53:00,200 day when the church was going on and it was a song playing and 807 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,080 all of a sudden there was a holy hush fall over? 808 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,040 Everybody got quite just everybody. 809 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,560 Nobody told them to. And the next thing you knew, a 810 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:14,440 message in tongues came out. And then the next thing you 811 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:20,120 knew, somebody interpreted that tongue, but they knew that that 812 00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,600 was from God. A holy hush. 813 00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:26,160 When are we going to get hungry for more of that? 814 00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:29,080 Pastor and I was talking Sunday morning about it. 815 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,320 We used to sit in the service. You couldn't sit in the service 816 00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,880 if you were lost and undone without God. 817 00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:40,720 You couldn't sit in the service where you just this is over. 818 00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:44,280 You had one or two choices. You either went to the altar and 819 00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:52,560 got saved or you left a Sinner. There was a drawing even for 820 00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:56,200 children. There was a drawing for little 821 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:59,960 children. Maybe we need to start praying 822 00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:03,160 and saying, God, send your Spirit to us again. 823 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:08,880 Send us your Holy Spirit, Lord. Help us, Lord, so that your 824 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:13,160 spirit will draw those who are longing for you. 825 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:19,200 Draw those that don't know you like we know Him, and next thing 826 00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:22,520 you know, we're going to have a church full of people who are 827 00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:25,960 saying I need Jesus and they're going to be getting saved. 828 00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:30,440 Wouldn't that be awesome? Last time we, you know, you, 829 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,440 you, your church. Church is usually grown these 830 00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:35,720 days by somebody leaving another church. 831 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:38,400 I'm going to leave this church and we'll come to that church 832 00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,920 'cause I don't like that church. And then we come to this church 833 00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:43,640 and I don't like this church. So they go to the next church. 834 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:48,080 But there's no drawing for this Sinner. 835 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:54,360 I long to see a Sinner saved. Thanks for listening to the 836 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:57,720 Cross Power Church podcast. May you know that true hope, 837 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,840 peace, and salvation can only be found in Jesus. 838 00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:04,960 If you're near Campbell, TX, we would love for you to join us in 839 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,440 person. You can find service times at 840 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,040 crosspowerchurch.com.