1 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,040 We're going to have to take a drink today. 2 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:20,200 OK, All right, I'm prepping you because for this whole month 3 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,240 we're going to be ministering on the gifts of the Spirit or 4 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,200 supernatural gifts, and we're going to do it all month. 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,159 So I'm going to do today, set you up, get you lit. 6 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:37,640 Can I say that get you lit on fire so that you're expecting so 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,360 that you're drawing, But then next week pastor's going to come 8 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,760 in and and minister on the three power gifts. 9 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,360 Those are the gifts that do something. 10 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,120 And then the last two Sundays I'm going to minister on the 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,400 revelation gifts and the inspirational gifts. 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,800 So these gifts of the spirit, you may be like, wait, what? 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,600 What is that? What are those? 14 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,000 We're going to talk about it. We're going to talk about it a 15 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,760 little bit today and we're going to understand how we can be in a 16 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:11,000 position to move more and the gifts of the Spirit as a body, 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,720 because you know, God wants to move through you and the 18 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,800 supernatural gifts of the Spirit. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,400 And but if we're not full and we're not ready, then we're not 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,240 in a position to eagerly desire them like the Scripture says. 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,240 So we're going to start with some foundation. 22 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,880 I'm going to lay some foundation. 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,080 So whether you've been here a week or you've been here for 10 24 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,040 years, you better be expecting and you better be drawing 25 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,640 because the Holy Ghost wants to minister to us and speak to us 26 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:46,440 this morning. So our foundation, you and I 27 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,760 should be moving and operating in this and we're going to have 28 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,480 to change the course of it today. 29 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,440 I have about 20 pages, but it is font 3:30. 30 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,600 So don't worry about it, OK? Because so I'll be, I'll be 31 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,280 every two seconds I'll be flipping a page because that 32 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,080 font, I like that big old font. OK, so let's start by talking 33 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,920 about the Holy Ghost. OK, Now you know this is the 34 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:18,560 church age and you know this is the dispensation of the Spirit 35 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,000 of God. That's what this is. 36 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,800 And Jesus told us in John 16, seven, He said, nevertheless, I 37 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,040 tell you the truth, it's to your advantage that I go away. 38 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,680 He said it's way, way better, way better if I go away, for if 39 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,560 I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. 40 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,560 But if I depart, I'll send him to you. 41 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:46,880 The helper that literally is the Paraclete, the one that's called 42 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,440 alongside you to help. And that Paraclete, he is your 43 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,440 comforter. He's your comforter. 44 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,040 He's your advocate, he's your intercessor, he's your 45 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,800 counselor, he's your strengthener, and he's your 46 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,320 standby. That's what he does for us, the 47 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,480 Paraclete. And you know, the Scripture says 48 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,280 that the Holy Spirit loves, he loves you. 49 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,880 The Spirit. We know God loves you. 50 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,320 We know we we've heard it a million times, Jesus loves you. 51 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,200 But you know, the Bible says that the Holy Ghost loves you. 52 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,280 He loves you. And it says he thinks, he feels, 53 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:35,600 he speaks, he has a mind, he's also grieved, he's also quenched 54 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,200 at times, and he can be resisted. 55 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,560 He's a person, He's not a dove, he's not the wind. 56 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,680 He's not some impersonal thing that you just have whenever you 57 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,800 want him. He's not just something that, 58 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,000 oh, when I'm in a trial or when I'm, when I'm dealing with 59 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,040 something, I really need a word from God. 60 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,560 I'm now I'm going to ask him. No, he's there for you all the 61 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,720 time, every day, every minute of the day. 62 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,400 You're supposed to be with him in partnership with him. 63 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,600 He's supposed to be your closest partner, closer than your 64 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,560 spouse. So we're going to talk about it. 65 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,280 Second Corinthians chapter 13, verse 11, Second Corinthians 13 66 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:27,240 verse 11 says, finally, brethren, and you know Paul and 67 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,000 this benediction, you know, when you're leaving somebody for a 68 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,280 while, you've got some important words you want to say to them. 69 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,000 So he tells them in these, in these final scriptures, he says, 70 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,640 brethren, farewell, become complete, be of good comfort, be 71 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,320 of one mind, live in peace and the God of love and peace will 72 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,080 be with you. Greet one another with a holy 73 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,240 kiss. All the Saints greet you, the 74 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,280 grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and listen 75 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,320 the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you. 76 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:08,560 All that word communion means partnership, it means joint 77 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:15,680 participation, it means intimacy, it means intercourse 78 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,920 intercourse. It also means my partner and my 79 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,480 sharer in everything. So the scripture is saying he, 80 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,720 you're to be in constant communion, partnership, 81 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:34,200 fellowship, intercourse, participation with the Holy 82 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,600 Ghost all the time. So let's take just a minute and 83 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:43,240 explain because remember our goal is to talk about spiritual 84 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,040 gifts or the gifts of the spirit. 85 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,680 So we need to 1st understand the difference between the spirit 86 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,640 within and the spirit upon. So when you get born again, this 87 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,320 the Holy Ghost, you, you are a spirit. 88 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,520 We understand this whether you're born again or not, you 89 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,680 are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body. 90 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,320 And when you made Jesus the Lord of your life, the Holy Ghost, 91 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,640 the Holy Spirit came to live within your spirit man. 92 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,240 But your spirit is still there and you either have what the 93 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,720 Bible calls a strong spirit or a weak spirit. 94 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,320 And we need to be a church that have strong spirits. 95 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,360 The spirit of the man can, can, can cause you to overcome or 96 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,840 conquer sickness, conquer poverty, conquer, lag, conquer 97 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:40,720 anything. If you have a strong spirit now 98 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,240 you can walk around here and say, Yep, I'm spirit filled. 99 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,320 Yep, I go to a spirit filled church. 100 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,400 And you know what? Honestly that word is used way 101 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,120 too loosely. Because you're spirit filled yet 102 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,800 you're super carnal. I'd have to say I'm not saying 103 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,360 you are, I'm just giving an example. 104 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,480 You're super carnal, maybe in an area of your life. 105 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,520 Then I'd have to say you're not spirit filled. 106 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,720 You're not full. Can I say that you're not full 107 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,480 of the spirit? The Holy Ghost is in you, but 108 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,840 you're either yielded to him daily or not. 109 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,840 So we're going to make a, an effort today when we leave here, 110 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,560 that we're going to stay full, that we're not going to let our 111 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:28,640 natural thinking, our own plans, our own desires get in the way 112 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,680 of our intimacy with the Holy Ghost. 113 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,760 Amen. All right, so the 9 fruits of 114 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:40,000 the Spirit go with and are in you when you get born again. 115 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,800 That's from Galatians 5. The fruits of the spirit, love 116 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:49,600 and joy and peace and patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, 117 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,360 faithfulness and self-control. So those are all in you. 118 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Now whether you decide to yield to those or not is up to you, 119 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,360 but they are in your born again recreated spirit. 120 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,640 I can, I can walk in the love of God that's been shed abroad in 121 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,480 my heart by the Holy Ghost or not. 122 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,960 I can be patient or not. I can be kind or not. 123 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,920 You choose if you're going to yield to those fruits of the 124 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,760 spirit. So when you get born again, you 125 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:23,280 have those fruits to develop character within you. 126 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:30,200 Proverbs 2027 says the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, 127 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,559 searching all the inward parts of the belly. 128 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:40,520 So the Holy Ghost within you at, at salvation, he is searching 129 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,960 all the inward parts of you and you should let him do that. 130 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:49,120 You should allow the work of the Holy Ghost within your heart. 131 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,320 John 414 says, But whoever drinks, there's that word drink. 132 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,800 We're going to talk about it again in a minute. 133 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,920 Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never 134 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:06,040 thirst, will never thirst, but the water that I shall give him 135 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,120 will become in him. This is talking about the Holy 136 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:15,400 Ghost within you, in him, a fountain of water springing up 137 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,800 to everlasting life. Now that word springing up means 138 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,040 like to leap up. The Zoe life of God is in you. 139 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,760 It's it's the Zoe like like I'm jumping. 140 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,160 It's in you. It's big. 141 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,800 The greater 1 is in you. So you have the Holy Ghost 142 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,160 within you all the time. The Zoway life of God. 143 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,920 That's the spirit within. That's a spirit within you. 144 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,360 You are, you know, the Bible talks about you are the temple 145 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:49,000 of the Holy Ghost. You are the House of God. 146 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,320 We are corporately the house, the corporate house, but your 147 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:58,160 temple is also the House of God. You are the temple of the Holy 148 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,240 Ghost. But are we aware, You know, one 149 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,320 of the issues about the gifts of the Spirit and we'll get there 150 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,960 is that we're not even thinking about them. 151 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,240 And I won't have a show of hands, but, but I guarantee you, 152 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,640 a lot of us don't really understand the gifts of the 153 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,120 Spirit. And we're certainly not thinking 154 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,200 about them and we're definitely not desiring them. 155 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,880 We're changing that this month, OK? 156 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,480 Because when this month is over, we should have a clear 157 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,840 understanding about it and we should be open in our hearts, 158 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:38,520 open in our spirit to say, God, I'm here, I desire, I hunger for 159 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,200 spiritual gifts. Use me. 160 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,080 Use me in whatever you want to do. 161 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,600 And that's how we're going to be when this is over. 162 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:51,680 So the Spirit within is for holiness, is for character, is 163 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,280 for searching all the inward parts of you. 164 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,680 And that's that's where you start getting born again. 165 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,920 He begins to heal, He begins to mend. 166 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,560 You know, he came to heal the broken hearted and to bind up 167 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:06,320 the wounds. And that's what he does. 168 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,320 That's what the Spirit of God does. 169 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,440 He heals you. He speaks to you, He ministers 170 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,440 to you, He comforts you, He does everything that you need on the 171 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,520 inside. Now the Spirit upon the baptism 172 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:25,760 of the Holy Ghost is for service, is for power, is for 173 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,160 the thing that God's called you to do. 174 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:33,200 If we don't understand these basic things, then we, we won't 175 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,680 accurately operate in the gifts of the Spirit. 176 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,280 So the Spirit upon you is for power. 177 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,160 And you know in the Kingdom of God, you, you have a gift, you 178 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,760 have a call, everyone of you, there's a gift and a call that 179 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,000 God has called you to. That is without repentance, 180 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,160 which means He did not change his mind about it. 181 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,840 Whatever He's called you to do, that's what He's called you to 182 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,800 do. And if we'll get really, really 183 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,480 efficient in learning how to be led by the Holy Ghost, then 184 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,400 we'll walk in His perfect will for our lives. 185 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,320 You can hear Him. You know the Bible says you do 186 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:17,040 hear him, and you do know Him. You hear His voice and another 187 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,440 voice you don't ever have to follow. 188 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,800 You don't ever have to follow another voice, just His. 189 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,640 And you can be so intimate with him, so in partnership with Him 190 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,240 that there's no confusion. You know, when I sit with 191 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,200 someone and they tell me, you know, I just, I just don't think 192 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,000 I hear God. I just don't know if I'm hearing 193 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,800 God, then they're not staying built up in the Spirit. 194 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,200 They're not staying in the Word of God and in the Holy Ghost 195 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,480 building themselves up in their most holy faith. 196 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,720 And that's the key. So the Holy Ghost upon you have 197 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:57,320 to have the Holy Ghost, the baptism of the Holy Ghost before 198 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,920 you can operate in the gifts of the Spirit. 199 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,640 So the Holy Spirit within you is character is the 9 fruits. 200 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,240 The Holy Spirit upon you is the 9 gifts of the Spirit, which 201 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,920 we're going to get to make sense. 202 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,640 We understand all that. OK, Acts chapter one, verse 8 203 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:20,520 says, But you shall receive power when the Holy Ghost has 204 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:26,280 come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and 205 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,600 in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. 206 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,240 So when it says you shall be a witness, this is the Holy Spirit 207 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,880 coming upon you to to be a witness to serve. 208 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,800 And when it says Jerusalem, that's your home, that's your 209 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,040 home base. He's equipped you, He's anointed 210 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,640 you. He's giving you power to parent, 211 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,360 power to be a spouse, power. I'm talking about power, OK? 212 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:54,600 I'm not talking about I'm just I'm just got this ball and chain 213 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,440 and I'm just, you know, at home with my spouse and my kids. 214 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,240 And what a drain. And your home should not be 215 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,040 that. Your home should be full of 216 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,600 life, full of joy, full of peace. 217 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:12,400 You ought not to be somebody who has a form of godliness but 218 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:18,160 denies the power on the inside and upon you. 219 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:23,560 He's anointed you for Jerusalem, He's anointed you for your home, 220 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,480 He's anointed you for Judea. That's relatives, close friends. 221 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,720 He's anointed you to be a witness to serve Samaria, the 222 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,800 community without God. He's anointed us, all of us, for 223 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,720 this community that does not have the Lord Jesus. 224 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,560 He's anointed us for that and for the end of the earth, all 225 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,720 the nations wherever he's called us to go. 226 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,800 You like my my page, We're on like page 10 already. 227 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:59,840 John 737 through 39. This is the Holy Spirit upon 228 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,400 you. Remember John 414 was the Holy 229 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,680 Spirit within you. It said in him, in him, in him. 230 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:11,320 Now listen to 37 through 39. If anyone thirsts, let him come 231 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,800 to me and drink. He who believes in me, as a 232 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:21,760 Scripture has said, out of, out of, out of, instead of in Him, 233 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:29,000 out of His heart will flow rivers of living water. 234 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,080 Rivers of living water. But this he spoke concerning the 235 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,240 Spirit whom those believing in Him would receive. 236 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,400 For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet 237 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,960 glorified. So differing from in Him we have 238 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,640 supposed to flow out of us rivers of living water. 239 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,520 And that includes the gifts of the Holy Ghost, that includes 240 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,280 the gifts of the Spirit. What happened in the book of 241 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,400 Acts should be happening, but in an increased measure. 242 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:04,160 Now we are the, this should be the acts of the Church of Anchor 243 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,320 Faith Church, the acts of the Holy Ghost through Anchor Faith 244 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,360 Church. That's what it should. 245 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,240 We should be writing those pages today that we're operating in 246 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,480 the gifts of the Spirit. You know, he wants to confirm 247 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:21,960 his word with signs following. So you may have a lot to say and 248 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,320 you may be able to articulate the word of God to people in 249 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,360 your job, in your community, But does the Lord want to give a 250 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,360 word of wisdom through you? Does he want to give a word of 251 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,840 knowledge? Does he want for you to be able 252 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,000 to look at that person and tell them something, that they go? 253 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,560 How did you know that? Well, I didn't, but the Holy 254 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,000 Ghost did, and the Lord knew and He wants to guide you. 255 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,840 And those are the things that cause movement in people, that 256 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,400 cause them to go, wow. Not only could they speak the 257 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,680 word of God that had wisdom and had power, but then God did 258 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,760 something in my heart through them. 259 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,480 And we've got to be available and hungry and ready for these 260 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,319 things. So let's turn to 1st Corinthians 261 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:15,680 chapter 12. Let's look at them, the nine 262 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:20,920 supernatural gifts of the Spirit, verse one. 263 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:26,000 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to 264 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,840 be ignorant. You know you can be super smart 265 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:34,040 and still be ignorant, he says concerning spiritual guest. 266 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,080 Brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant. 267 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,640 You know that you were Gentiles carried away to these dumb 268 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,280 idols, however you were led. Therefore, I make known to you 269 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,960 that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus 270 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,120 accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the 271 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:55,400 Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, 272 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,200 but the same Spirit. There are diverse differences of 273 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,760 ministries, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of 274 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:07,240 activities, but it's the same God who works All in all. 275 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,560 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for 276 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,040 the profit of all. For to one is given the word of 277 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:20,200 wisdom through the spirit to another, the word of knowledge 278 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,200 through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same 279 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:29,760 Spirit, to another, gifts of healings, by the same Spirit to 280 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,320 another, the working of miracles, to another, prophecy 281 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,360 to another, discerning of spirits, to another, different 282 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:42,240 kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 283 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:47,440 But one and the same spirit works all of these things, 284 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:52,200 distributing to each one individually as he wills. 285 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:59,000 Now jump down to verse 31. It says but earnestly desire the 286 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,840 best gifts and yet I'll show you a more excellent way. 287 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,360 So there are three gifts that and you should write this down 288 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,720 because by the end of this month we should have a clear 289 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,440 understanding of these gifts of the Spirit. 290 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,280 There are three that reveal that are called the revelation gifts 291 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,680 and that's the Word of Wisdom, the word of knowledge and 292 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,680 discerning of spirits. The Word of Wisdom, the word of 293 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,800 knowledge and discerning of spirits. 294 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,320 There are three that do something which pastor will 295 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,680 cover next Sunday and they're called the power gifts. 296 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:40,720 That's the gift of faith, which is not your everyday live by 297 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,240 faith, faith and we'll talk about it. 298 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,960 Working of miracles and gifts of healings. 299 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,680 Those are the power gifts. And then there are three that 300 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,600 say something or they're in, we call them inspirational gifts or 301 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,920 gifts of utterance. And that's a gift of prophecy, 302 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,360 the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues. 303 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:09,400 Now go back to verse one. It says now concerning spiritual 304 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,160 gifts, you know that word gifts was added. 305 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,040 So what it really says is now concerning spirituals. 306 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,800 Concerning spirituals, I do not want you to be ignorant. 307 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:27,240 Another way of saying that would be concerning spiritual things. 308 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,880 Another translation says concerning the things of the 309 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,720 Spirit, I don't want you to be ignorant. 310 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,960 And then there's another translation that I like 311 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:42,120 concerning the special supernatural abilities that the 312 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:45,800 Holy Ghost gives us. I don't want you to be ignorant. 313 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,920 So this is saying concerning these spiritual things, these 314 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,800 supernatural things that the Holy Spirit wants to do through 315 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,080 you. He doesn't want us to be 316 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,920 ignorant. That word ignorant just means 317 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:09,840 uninformed, unaware, without sound teaching or to ignore, or 318 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:14,760 just simply not aware of, not aware of. 319 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:20,640 This is most of the church in all honesty, most of the church 320 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,560 we are not aware we might read the scripture and confuse faith, 321 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,960 confuse tongues with our everyday building our self up 322 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,480 tongues. We confuse those things instead 323 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,280 of understanding clearly that these gifts, these things are 324 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:41,720 supernatural and they are as the Spirit of God wills. 325 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:48,040 But you have to be in a position to say, Lord, I earnestly desire 326 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,080 these, and if you want to move through me for a supernatural 327 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,600 gift of faith or a working of a miracle, I'm ready. 328 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,120 I think the problem part of the problem is that we're not 329 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:05,480 confident enough to believe that God would do something like that 330 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,360 through us. You better get your confidence 331 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,960 up. You better understand who you 332 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,160 are through in Christ because of Him, because it's not you who 333 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,440 lives, but it's Christ that lives within you. 334 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,880 And if you'll get that revelation every single day, 335 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,760 then when you get up in the morning, it won't matter how you 336 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,880 feel. It won't matter what's happening 337 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:34,000 in your life because you can say the greater 1 lives within me. 338 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,680 I have a conqueror on the inside. 339 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,640 Thank you Lord for this day. This is a day you made and I'll 340 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,840 rejoice and I'll be glad in it. It's your choice every day, 341 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,280 every day. If you're going to choose life 342 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,040 or death every day, nobody can choose it for you. 343 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,360 And it's not impressive if you can just choose it when you're 344 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:00,880 at church. There's nothing cute about it. 345 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,360 Nobody loves it. When we see you at Walmart and 346 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:08,840 you're doing something real weird, nobody likes it. 347 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,560 Nobody thinks that's mature. It's not. 348 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,400 It's not. You need to know who you are and 349 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,600 you need to know that the greater 1 lives in you. 350 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,160 This, this should not be our church. 351 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,880 When I say this is most of the church, this is not going to be 352 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,560 our church. We're going to walk in these 353 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,520 gifts, be available for these gifts. 354 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,120 They should be operating not just here in the church, but 355 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:37,800 outside of the church because they are an example. 356 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:42,000 They are Christ confirming his word because we're we're 357 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,840 stepping out in faith and saying, God, use me. 358 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,600 I desire these spiritual gifts. So we're not going to be 359 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,680 ignorant. Amen. 360 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Verse 7 says, but the manifestation of the Spirit is 361 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,600 given to each one for the prophet of all. 362 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,520 And that word manifestation means it's something that the 363 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:06,320 Holy Ghost does, that is seen, it's obvious, it's clear, the 364 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:11,200 manifestation of the Spirit. He wants the holy, the work of 365 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,800 the Holy Ghost to be seen, to be clear, to be evident. 366 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,800 And when it says to each one, another translation says to 367 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,200 every man. That means anyone, anyone can 368 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:27,440 yield to a gift of the Spirit. A baby, new baby in Christ could 369 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,840 yield to a gift of the Spirit. That doesn't make them mature. 370 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:35,320 It just means they were yielded. It just means they were willing. 371 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,200 It just means they opened themselves up to be obedient 372 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,160 when the Holy Ghost moved upon them. 373 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:46,400 To each one or every man is given to profit with all. 374 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,240 So it means everybody would profit. 375 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,240 It brings profit to the body of Christ. 376 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,760 It brings profit to you because you gave and you served prophet 377 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,360 to the one hearing. It brings prophet to all. 378 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:07,120 Now verse 11 says, but one and the same Spirit works all these 379 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,000 things, distributing to each one as He wills. 380 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,760 These are as the Spirit of God wills. 381 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:18,280 But if He wills and we're not ready and we're not even think 382 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,760 about thinking about it, how's He going to use us? 383 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:23,320 If he. If he. 384 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,400 Moves across the congregation and and wants someone to yield 385 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,800 to a tongue or an interpretation of tongue or or gifts of 386 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:35,560 healings or or any other gift and and we we stand there we go. 387 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,080 No, he. Doesn't want to use. 388 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,720 Me, I don't know if I could do that. 389 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,120 I don't know if I can go forward. 390 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,240 Then he's going to find somebody else that's going to be willing 391 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,720 to do it. And and if nobody's willing to 392 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:54,880 do it, then you understand how selfish it is because the Spirit 393 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:59,560 of God wanted to communicate something and we chose to be 394 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,640 locked up. I speak out of experience 395 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,680 because I've been locked up more than once and and still being 396 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,560 called to the ministry. I've I've more than once, but 397 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,480 especially in years past, have gone up to pastor after the 398 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,560 service and went I had something and I didn't do it and I didn't 399 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,400 yield to it. Not no more. 400 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,720 If we have something, we've got to yield to it. 401 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,120 We and you're, you're going to miss it, maybe. 402 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:29,920 You. It may not. 403 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,200 Be for the body. It may be just for you and 404 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,920 pastors said this a million times. 405 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:40,000 Step out. How you going to learn how you 406 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,760 going to grow if you don't just step out, come down here and 407 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,080 we'll tell you, Nope, that's for you. 408 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,080 That was actually for you or Yep, that's for the body. 409 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,240 Get up there and share it. Marissa didn't want to come up 410 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,280 here and speak the scripture. And I said it's the scripture, 411 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,440 it's alive. Say only. 412 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,000 That's all you got to say. Just get up there and read it. 413 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,600 The word is alive. But yielding to those promptings 414 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,360 and those promptings are not just for this setting. 415 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,840 Those promptings are at home when the Holy Ghost says go 416 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,360 apologize to your spouse. I'm not talking about a gift. 417 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,120 Of the Spirit here. I'm just talking about yielding. 418 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:26,000 You don't need a. Gift of the Holy Ghost surely to 419 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:32,680 apologize to your spouse, you need to just be yielded to him. 420 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:38,800 You need to just listen and obey on the inside now First 421 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:45,000 Corinthians 12/31 says covet earnestly the best gifts. 422 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,480 Are we coveting, Are we earnestly desiring that word 423 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,640 covet? You know, this is a, this is a 424 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,240 good place for us to covet. We're not coveting somebody's 425 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,760 car or their house or things like that. 426 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,640 We're coveting spiritual gifts and we're not coveting spiritual 427 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,320 gifts so that we can be in the spotlight. 428 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,040 Because if you're coveting a spiritual gift so that you can 429 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,920 shine, your heart is going to be exposed anyway and you're going 430 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,840 to need to sit down. Because nobody. 431 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,880 Wants to hear from you. If your heart's not right, it's 432 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,600 just like the scripture we just read. 433 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,360 Greet each other with a holy kiss. 434 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,320 Well, I could greet you with a holy kiss, but if there's a man 435 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,360 around here that's greeting with a kiss because he wants 436 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,520 something different, then your heart ain't right. 437 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,840 And there's a difference. And the Holy Spirit knows your 438 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,560 heart. He knows what's. 439 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:40,240 Happening on the inside, and that's that internal work of the 440 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:45,280 Spirit within that we have to be yielded to. 1st, 1st. 441 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,320 So to covet, he tells us, to covet these gifts it means to 442 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,280 burn with zeal it. Means to. 443 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,240 Desire earnestly. It means to pursue. 444 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,920 I don't want to ask if anybody's been pursuing these gifts. 445 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:06,200 I'm not even going to ask to strive after to be fervently 446 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,760 boiling with zealousness for the object desired, an intense 447 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,480 desire that causes one to seek something until it's obtained. 448 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:23,440 He's telling. US covet these, desire these, 449 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:28,800 have a passion for these, have a zealousness for these gifts. 450 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,120 I want to move in your community, I want to move in 451 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,560 your church, I want to move at your job. 452 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,840 But I need you to listen. I need you to yield. 453 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,240 He wants to use you for these gifts. 454 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,960 We desire a lot of things. We covet a lot of things. 455 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,920 We pursue a lot of things. But he tells us. 456 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,040 To pursue these. To pursue. 457 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:01,240 This the first thing we got to ask ourself is are we hungry? 458 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,280 Are we desiring? Do we even think about it? 459 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,640 Do do we believe the gifts could move through US? 460 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,520 First Corinthians chapter 14, verse one. 461 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,040 It says. Pursue love and desire spiritual 462 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,440 gifts. There it is again desire 463 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,400 spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophecy that word 464 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:31,320 desires means and have an enthusiasm for have a fervor, a 465 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:37,320 passion, a devotion to an eagerness to achieve or possess. 466 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,600 So it's saying desire them, be excited about them. 467 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:46,880 Have a passion for these gifts when there's tragedy, when 468 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,520 there's things with people happening and and the hospital 469 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:56,960 or or you know, I know there's a serious thing happening often, 470 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,760 often I'll say on the my way there, Father, I earnestly 471 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,040 desire spiritual gifts. I thank you, Lord, I am 472 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,040 available. And if you want to move through 473 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,200 the gifts of the Spirit, I'm ready to do it. 474 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,520 You can't create it. You can't fabricate it. 475 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:18,200 You can't do it on your own, but you can be yielded and you can 476 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,160 be ready and you can be desiring and zealous about them. 477 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,600 And that's what we need to be. Pastor sent me. 478 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,720 A text and said get them ready. I said I will, I will. 479 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:37,280 All right, so Second Chronicles chapter 16, verse 9 says I don't 480 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,000 believe they have this one, but but I just want to read it to 481 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,080 you. For the eyes of the Lord run to 482 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:48,040 and fro throughout the whole earth looking for somebody to 483 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,480 show himself strong. And he wants to show himself 484 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,200 strong in behalf of the one whose heart is perfect towards 485 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,040 him. He wants to show himself strong, 486 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:02,040 not show you strong, but show himself strong. 487 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:07,680 And Daniel 1132 says the people who know their God shall be 488 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,120 strong and carry out great exploits. 489 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,000 Oh man, there's great exploits that we ought to be doing. 490 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:21,400 If he tells us to earnestly desire these gifts, how do we do 491 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,160 it? How do we burn? 492 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,480 How we get ourselves in a position to burn with zeal about 493 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,760 it. So spiritual hunger, we're going 494 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,240 to talk about that a little bit. The biggest hindrance to the 495 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:38,480 move of God and the Holy Ghost is apathy, complacency, a lack 496 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:43,080 of honor, and a lack of hunger. A lack of hunger. 497 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,600 We replace our spiritual hunger with natural things, 498 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:52,200 intellectual things, physical things, mental things. 499 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,880 We replace the hunger with those things. 500 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,400 And let me just take a a side note minute. 501 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:03,120 Can I just warn you about what the last days are supposed to 502 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,320 look like? And we are in those last days. 503 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:11,480 If you didn't know that we're living in the last days, and the 504 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,600 scripture says Jesus says it, Paul says it, the Scripture is 505 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:20,440 clear that in the last days people will become lovers of 506 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,320 their own selves. Lovers of. 507 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,800 Themselves. And it's an. 508 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,960 Unnatural thing which we know is going to lead to Romans chapter 509 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,880 1, which is why we see so much homosexuality and things 510 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,520 happening in the earth. But not just talking about that. 511 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:44,800 This is talking about you are so consumed with your own plans, 512 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,120 your own life, your own purposes more than his. 513 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,360 The scripture. Says that in the last days this 514 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,920 is not just going to be in the world, this is going to be in 515 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,280 the church. A. 516 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:05,440 Self centeredness, a selfishness or a generation of people who 517 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,360 are the I am. They look out for. 518 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:14,000 Themselves before anyone else preoccupied with themselves. 519 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,560 Self absorbed. Self absorbed. 520 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,400 Their own plans, their own pursuits. 521 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,080 This is the primary characteristic of the last days, 522 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,480 and there's a whole bunch of other ones that come underneath 523 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,320 that. But that's the number one way 524 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,800 and it leads to deception and we're seeing it happen. 525 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,560 We're seeing it. Happen in the church where 526 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:44,560 people take a thought they take on an offense of somebody else. 527 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,199 And next thing you. Know they're they're shrinking 528 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,920 back. They're starting to move. 529 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,719 Back just a little bit and now we don't even see them. 530 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,400 The scripture. Tells us it's going to happen. 531 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,200 So we can't be. Surprised by it or moved by it, 532 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:05,440 But we can guard our own heart. We can be in a. 533 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,120 Position to say, Lord, I hear you, the eyes of my 534 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,360 understanding are enlightened. I know you all walk in love. 535 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,240 I'm not going to be offended. I'm not going to give ear. 536 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,960 To to. Gossip to offense to anything 537 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,960 that is against the Word of God, against my pastors, against my 538 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:29,880 spouse, against anything else. You better be. 539 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:35,080 That solid in these last days that you're not giving heed to 540 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:39,640 seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. 541 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,320 It's happening. And we're in those last days and 542 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,280 we're seeing it. So if you're going to operate in 543 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,000 these gifts of the Spirit, you've got to not love yourself 544 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,320 so much. You've got to. 545 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,000 Quit getting your focus on just what you have going on. 546 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,160 You being the. Center of your little attention. 547 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:10,400 Recognize. Please be self aware or take an 548 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,880 examination. Judge yourself. 549 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,440 And go. OK, Have I been a little too 550 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,520 focused on what I want, what I need, what I think needs to 551 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,000 happen? You know, it'll help you to just 552 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:28,280 put your flesh down and serve and give and and do stuff that 553 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,840 your flesh doesn't like to do. Because the Paul tells us, I 554 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,720 beat my body daily. I don't think there's a lot of 555 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:39,240 beatings happening. But we're supposed to. 556 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,120 Be. We're supposed to be. 557 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:46,000 Beating our body daily. We're supposed to be. 558 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,960 Putting the flesh down every single day. 559 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:53,440 What could you do tomorrow that puts your flesh down? 560 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,200 You ought to just get yourself on a little 30 day challenge 561 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,320 that I'm going to every day do something that goes against my 562 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,240 flesh. That puts my. 563 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:11,560 Flesh under, because you need to be stronger here then you are on 564 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,160 the outside then you are here. Your mind will line up with your 565 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:21,200 spirit if you'll get strong and begin to meditate on the things 566 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,720 that are right. And if I'm yelling, it's OK. 567 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,800 We're going to get. This. 568 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,240 All right. Now let me say this about church 569 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,960 folk. In. 570 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:40,000 The last days church folk just have a little smoother way of of 571 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:45,920 being deceived and they just like to say, well the Lord told 572 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,080 me. Or the Lord. 573 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,040 Released me. Or the Lord. 574 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:57,080 Doesn't want me to do that. And you can look. 575 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,720 Them because the Bible says we can, we can judge each other's 576 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:05,120 fruit, we can speak the truth in love and we can say that goes 577 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:11,720 against the Scripture actually, but but church folk have a way 578 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:17,880 of making it spiritual. It's ugly, having a form of 579 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,520 godliness, but denying the power. 580 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,600 We're the church. We're the church. 581 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,480 And you know, the Bible says the gates of hell shall not prevail 582 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,800 against the church. What would happen? 583 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,720 What would happen if we all got on the same page? 584 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,440 You know one of the. Most frustrating things when 585 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,760 you're coaching a team is when they're not in unity. 586 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,800 Is when they have. Their own agendas when they're 587 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,800 not together. But once they get in unity and 588 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,080 they start meshing and loving and serving and not and being 589 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,920 unselfish, oh man, things can happen. 590 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,240 They don't even have to do with their talent. 591 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,760 How much? Different is it with us? 592 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,320 What would happen? If we all got on the same page 593 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:14,680 in our mind, in our spirit, what would happen in each of our 594 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:18,560 homes if we all woke up to tomorrow morning and said, this 595 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,240 is the day you made Lord? I'm going to be glad. 596 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,080 I'm going to rejoice in it. I'm going to walk in love. 597 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:29,400 If we all did that, the Holy Ghost would begin to move. 598 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,560 We would all come in this place. And we've been walking in love 599 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,240 all week. We've been putting our flesh 600 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:36,480 down all week. And we show up here and we're 601 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,480 hungry and we're expecting, and our spirit man's strong, and 602 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,440 we're on the same page with each other. 603 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:47,280 What would God? Do if we all got in faith? 604 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,200 Pastor Marcy has. Been teaching a phenomenal 605 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,000 teaching on faith on Wednesday nights. 606 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:58,080 If you haven't been here, get online and listen to that. 607 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:02,080 You either have strong faith, or you have weak faith, or you have 608 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:06,400 dead faith. The Holy Ghost. 609 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,360 Is with you and you may be born again, but doesn't mean you're 610 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,920 strong. It doesn't mean you're strong in 611 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,640 faith. It doesn't mean you're full of 612 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,600 the Holy Ghost. So are. 613 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,160 You hungry? Psalms. 614 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:24,880 One O 7 verse 9 says, For he satisfies the longing soul, and 615 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,480 he fills the hungry soul with goodness. 616 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:34,520 Luke 153 says He has filled the hungry with good things. 617 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,520 And Luke 621 says, Blessed are you who hunger now, for you 618 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,400 shall be filled. We've got to. 619 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,920 Get hungry. We've got to get zealous. 620 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:51,040 Hungry for the Word and hungry for the gifts of the Spirit, the 621 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:56,520 move of the Holy Ghost. First Corinthians 3 says Paul 622 00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:00,040 says I couldn't speak to you as spiritual but as carnal. 623 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,480 Let that not. Be us that we're more consumed 624 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:10,240 with our natural thinking and our natural circumstances that 625 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:12,080 we have to say, you know, I can't even talk to you as 626 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,680 spiritual. I have to talk. 627 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,000 To you as carnal, because that's where you're at. 628 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:22,880 Could there be such an maturity and such a an expectation when 629 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,480 you come into this place that God begins to move in the gifts 630 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,880 supernaturally for those who are first time guests or for someone 631 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:36,480 who needs a word of wisdom or outside of here in your job that 632 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,800 you're so full and expecting that He can move through you in 633 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,520 an instant? He knows He can. 634 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,120 Now staying. Filled is the key. 635 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,720 We're going to end with this, although it's not the end. 636 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,080 John 7. 37 We already went there, it says, If anybody 637 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:57,640 thirsts, let him come to me and drink, And John 414 We read, it 638 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,440 says, But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will 639 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,560 never thirst. Are you hungry? 640 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,360 Are you? Thirsting. 641 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,160 Are. You allowing the cares of life 642 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,160 to weigh you down. Are you? 643 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,800 Drinking. There's a right? 644 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,400 Way to drink. Staying full of the. 645 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,320 Spirit will keep you more susceptible for the move of the 646 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:31,280 Holy Ghost, for the gifts of the Spirit not being aware of them 647 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,080 will make us not in a position for them to move. 648 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:36,800 So. Acts Chapter 2. 649 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,640 Let's go there. Acts chapter 2. 650 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,920 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with 651 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:47,680 one accord. There's that Unity 1 accord in 652 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:54,080 one place, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of 653 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,440 a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where 654 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,720 they were sitting. And there appeared to them 655 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:05,000 divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 656 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,840 Verse four. And they were all filled with 657 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,080 the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the 658 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:16,160 Spirit gave them utterance. First of all, they were all 659 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,400 together on the inside. It didn't mean they were just 660 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:20,800 all together together in one place. 661 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,200 They were all together here. They're all in. 662 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:29,920 Unity here, expecting in faith for what the Lord said was going 663 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,800 to happen. An indicator that you are 664 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,680 filled, that you are full, is that you will speak. 665 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,160 You. Something will come out of you, 666 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,360 and I'm not just talking about tongues. 667 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,680 I'm talking about. Praise the Lord. 668 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:51,920 Glory to. God. 669 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:54,680 Thank you. Jesus. 670 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,760 You know I. Believe and the scripture says 671 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,800 it when when we see the Lord, when we're all together well in 672 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,680 the new heaven and new earth, that that when, when an Angel or 673 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,800 when someone says glory to God, it just ignites something in 674 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,320 everybody, but we all just like glory to God. 675 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,280 Hallelujah. Glory to God, that's how we 676 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,640 should be. If you're full, if you're full, 677 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:27,520 it won't take much and nobody's got to come slap you, although I 678 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,440 don't mind, but nobody's got to come slap you and say let's go. 679 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,280 Get full. Get excited. 680 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,120 Get full. Of the Holy Ghost on the inside 681 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,920 of you. Let your spirit man be strong. 682 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,280 You like that? That sounded kind of good, and 683 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:50,920 there was like a in it. OK Ephesians chapter 5. 684 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:57,280 Ephesians. Chapter 5, verse 15 says, See 685 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:02,000 then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but 686 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,280 as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 687 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:11,320 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the 688 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:16,840 Lord is, and do not be drunk with wine, in which is 689 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:21,080 dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit. 690 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,240 Speaking. There's that. 691 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:30,440 Speaking again, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and 692 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:34,280 spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to 693 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:39,560 the Lord, giving thanks always. Giving thanks. 694 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:45,280 Always for all things. Giving thanks always for all 695 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,120 things. Some. 696 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:53,120 Of you didn't hear me giving thanks always for all things. 697 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:55,360 All. Things. 698 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,240 Can you really do that? Can you? 699 00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:03,680 Really give him it doesn't mean that the the hard things he did 700 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,840 and he wants you to say thank you that I'm sick. 701 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,440 Not talking about that. Thank you Lord that I'm healed, 702 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,520 although there are symptoms in my body. 703 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,160 Thank you, Father, that I'm the healed of the Lord. 704 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,280 Thankful. In All Things You Know and in 705 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:26,000 Romans chapter 1 it talks about although they knew God, they 706 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,440 didn't honor him as God, nor were they thankful. 707 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:37,760 And so God gave them over to a debased mind. 708 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,240 Oh man. That should be so sobering for 709 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:44,520 us. Although they knew. 710 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,120 God. They knew God. 711 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:48,680 They. Didn't honor him as God. 712 00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,920 He's first, he's Lord, he's King. 713 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:56,360 And they weren't thankful in everything all the time 714 00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,200 Thankful. Giving. 715 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,320 Thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of 716 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,760 our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the 717 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:11,280 fear of the Lord be that word be filled with the Spirit is a is a 718 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:16,240 right now all the time present tense meaning it means be being 719 00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:18,800 filled. All the time. 720 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:24,520 Be being filled. Stay full, stay filled and if 721 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,400 you are full, if you are filled, something should be coming out 722 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,200 of your mouth. He's talking to in Ephesians 5. 723 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:34,680 He's talking to spirit filled believers and he's telling them 724 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,400 don't be drunk with wine. But instead. 725 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,120 Be filled with the Spirit. Speaking. 726 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,520 To one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and 727 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,920 making melody in your heart. To God. 728 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,840 Don't be drunk as like the world, there's no reason. 729 00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,160 There's no reason there's. No. 730 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,400 Need. And the. 731 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:03,200 Scripture is clear about it. You don't need alcohol. 732 00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,600 You don't need stuff to calm you. 733 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:10,360 You have the peace of God. You have the. 734 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,160 Joy of the Holy Ghost on the inside of you. 735 00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:18,120 And if you don't know how to drink responsibly and drink from 736 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:22,280 the Spirit, that's the only people that need an alcohol 737 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:24,560 drink. They don't know how to drink 738 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:29,200 from the Spirit. I want to tell them. 739 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:33,000 That. All right, that. 740 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,280 Term spirit filled. Sometimes we use it too loosely. 741 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,600 Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. 742 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,160 And this was when Peter and John were thrown in jail. 743 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,920 And it says. Verse 23 And being let go, they 744 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:52,640 went to their own companions. When they got out of jail, it 745 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:56,440 says they went to their own companions and reported all that 746 00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,440 the chief priests and elders had said to them. 747 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,840 And when they heard that, they raised their voice to God in one 748 00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:09,720 accord and said, Lord, you are God who made heaven and earth 749 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,480 and the sea, and all that's in them. 750 00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:18,720 Verse 29 Now Lord, look on their threats, and grant your servants 751 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:23,480 that with all boldness they may speak your word by stretching 752 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:28,040 out your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done 753 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,040 through your name of your holy servant Jesus. 754 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:35,440 Verse 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they 755 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:39,040 were assembled together was shaken and they were all filled 756 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,280 with the Holy Ghost and they spoke the word of God with 757 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:46,120 boldness. This was the the original 120 758 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:50,400 people plus more. So in Acts chapter 4 it says 759 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,840 they went back to their own company and they were filled 760 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,680 again. They were filled. 761 00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,080 Again, you know there's refillings that should be 762 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,160 happening. You should be be being filled 763 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,520 all the time. I'm telling you, if you want to 764 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,200 live in victory, you've got to live like this. 765 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:08,960 You've got to be. Being filled. 766 00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:13,440 You've got to stay. Full of the Holy Ghost, we live 767 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:19,840 drained, busy intellectual lives. 768 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,440 And we see God. Move here and there. 769 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:27,320 But oh, what would he do if we would get ourselves in a place 770 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:31,800 where we're expecting and we're we're drinking and we're full of 771 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,000 the Holy Ghost? We're supposed to be. 772 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:40,000 In communion intercourse in in joint participation with him. 773 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:46,000 Now the scripture compares being full and filled with the Holy 774 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,640 Ghost of being drunk. Now think about because some of 775 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:53,680 you I don't need to raise hands. Some of. 776 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:58,040 You have been drunk before and I'm talking about with alcohol. 777 00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,000 And what did? That do for you? 778 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,240 It made you a. Little loose. 779 00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:08,000 Made you free? To speak. 780 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,680 Made you. Full of joy, not real joy. 781 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,240 Now you understand what I'm saying. 782 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,720 Made you forget about your worries. 783 00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,920 Made you just. Kind of lay any fear you had 784 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:26,200 down. Right. 785 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:31,840 So being drunk and the natural, he's comparing to being drunk in 786 00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:35,720 the spirit now. When we're. 787 00:51:35,720 --> 00:51:38,760 Drunk in the spirit, we're going to read Being full of the spirit 788 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:40,400 doesn't mean you're always drunk. 789 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:45,280 We're going to look at. Steven real quick and and what 790 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,480 it did for him being full of the spirit. 791 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:52,240 But but you can be drunk, and you're not going to ever get 792 00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:56,840 drunk if you don't ever drink. So you you got to. 793 00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:00,000 Start drinking every day of the Spirit. 794 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,280 That means you're. Waking up and you're saying, OK, 795 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,640 first of all, you got to be baptized in the Holy Ghost. 796 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:11,360 And I really believe if there's anybody here today that is not 797 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:16,040 baptizing the Holy Ghost in today's your day, it needs to 798 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,960 happen. It needs to happen for so many 799 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:24,440 reasons, so many reasons. You need the baptism of the Holy 800 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:28,760 Ghost, but we need to drink of the Spirit and, and we're going 801 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,920 to drink a little bit every day when we get up in the morning, 802 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,280 we go to work, we're praying in the Holy Ghost, building 803 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:36,960 ourselves up in our most holy faith. 804 00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:41,000 It's not about what you see and how you feel, it's about what 805 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,280 you do. What you. 806 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:49,640 Do every day, verse 19 said, speaking to one another in 807 00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,280 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 808 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:56,840 I I often chuckle at this because I sometimes want to just 809 00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,720 go up to somebody and say glory to God. 810 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:05,480 But I won't. But but it says speaking to one 811 00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:08,840 another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 812 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,120 Really, it's having a song in your heart. 813 00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:16,640 Having. Joy on the inside, being quick 814 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:24,080 to be able to to sing or dance or run or be free or not have a 815 00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,560 care in the world, not be afraid of it. 816 00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,040 Why do you worry? The scripture says. 817 00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:35,360 Why do you worry about what you're going to eat, what you're 818 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:36,960 going to drink, what you're going to wear, what you're going 819 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,640 to, what job you're going to take, what you're going to do, 820 00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:41,120 how you're going to make ends meet? 821 00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:44,160 Why do you worry? Do you not? 822 00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:48,280 Know that your Heavenly Father. Feeds the little. 823 00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,040 Birds. Every time you see a little 824 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,840 bird, you ought to say I am not going to worry. 825 00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:57,000 I am not going to. Worry. 826 00:53:57,120 --> 00:54:02,560 I'm better than a bird. You got to quit worrying. 827 00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:08,240 Worry keeps you out of faith. Worry. 828 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:13,280 Worry squashes your faith because it's fear and it's 829 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,880 anxiety and the scripture is so clear about it. 830 00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:22,440 Be anxious for nothing. But in everything, not some 831 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,000 things. Everything with prayer and 832 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:29,080 supplication with. Thanksgiving. 833 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:36,320 Make your request known unto the Lord and then and then the peace 834 00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:43,040 of God that surpasses your, it surpasses your understanding, 835 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:48,880 will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. 836 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:52,840 Oh man, you should make a a declaration today. 837 00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:54,960 I am not going to worry about one thing. 838 00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:01,000 Not one. Not again, no more So we seem 839 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,760 like we we're a little distant from the thought of being drunk. 840 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:08,480 I want to look at a couple of examples. 841 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:12,560 First of all, First Corinthians 316 I already quoted that to 842 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:15,640 you, but we are the temple of the Holy Ghost and Second 843 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,720 Chronicles 513. This is an Old Testament 844 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:23,120 scripture about when the ark was brought into the temple. 845 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:29,160 Verse 13 it says, and indeed it came to pass when the trumpeters 846 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:33,160 and the singers were as one. Wow. 847 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,680 There seems to be a theme here about this unity. 848 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:41,520 Whereas one to make one sound to be heard and praising and 849 00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:45,040 thanking the Lord when they lifted up their voice with 850 00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,960 trumpets and symbols and instruments of music. 851 00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:52,360 And praise the Lord saying for He is good and his mercy endures 852 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,720 forever. Look at what happened that the 853 00:55:55,720 --> 00:56:01,440 house when they did this, that the house, the House of the Lord 854 00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:06,840 was filled with a cloud, so that the priest could not continue 855 00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:08,880 ministering because of the cloud. 856 00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:13,600 For the glory of the Lord filled the House of God. 857 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:22,160 They were in one accord, in one place, singing, making melody in 858 00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:26,480 their hearts, full in their trust of God, and they didn't 859 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,400 even have the Holy Ghost like we do. 860 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:31,840 Full in their. Belief. 861 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,320 What does being filled with the Spirit have to do with the gifts 862 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:39,320 of the Spirit? And will you always be drunk? 863 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:42,560 Not at all. Not at all being the full. 864 00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,600 Being full, though, as the Spirit makes you ready, makes 865 00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,680 you more susceptible, more ready for the move of the Spirit. 866 00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:50,280 Now let's look at Acts chapter 6. 867 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:53,920 Now in those days when the number of the disciples was 868 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:57,360 multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by 869 00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:00,360 the Hellenist because they're widows were neglected in the 870 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,440 daily distribution. Then the 12 summoned the 871 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:07,800 multitude of the disciples and said it is not desirable that we 872 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:10,280 should leave the word of God and serve tables. 873 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:15,680 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you 7 men of good 874 00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:17,840 reputation. Look at the qualifications here 875 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:22,200 of good reputation full. Of. 876 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:28,080 The Holy Spirit and wisdom whom we may appoint over this 877 00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:31,800 business, but we will give ourselves continually to prayer 878 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,880 and the ministry of the Word, and the same please the whole 879 00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,880 multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man 880 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:41,080 full of faith, and the Holy Spirit, and they chose several 881 00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:44,400 others whom they said before the apostles. 882 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:47,240 And when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. 883 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:52,200 Listen to verse 7. Then the word of God spread, and 884 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,800 the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem. 885 00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:59,840 And great many of the priests were obedient to the faith, And 886 00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:05,080 Stephen, full of faith and power, full of faith and power, 887 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:08,200 did great wonders and signs among the people. 888 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:11,600 And then there arose some from what is called the synagogue of 889 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:15,280 the freedom disputing with Stephen, and they were not able 890 00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:20,560 to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke. 891 00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:25,280 He was full, the Scripture says, full of the Holy Ghost, and he 892 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:30,960 operated in faith and power. You put yourself in a position 893 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:34,960 to for the supernatural gifts of the Holy Ghost to move through 894 00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:38,200 you when you're full. When you don't come. 895 00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:41,040 In here, drained, you put yourself in a position you don't 896 00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:43,640 have to it. It's weird if you walk out to 897 00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:47,720 your job and you act drunk and you act drunk in the spirit. 898 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:51,120 There is a place for that. But you. 899 00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:55,080 Can be so full of wisdom. That that they're. 900 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:59,000 Not able to even resist the wisdom by which you speak. 901 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:05,040 Like Stephen, we've got to be full of the Spirit. 902 00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:09,400 There's one initial feeling of the Holy Ghost. 903 00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:13,120 When you got baptized in the Holy Ghost, the evidence that 904 00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:16,840 you received it is that you spoke, or you would speak in 905 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,880 other tongues. But there are multiple 906 00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,760 refillings, and you need to know that. 907 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:26,080 And those refillings can happen at home. 908 00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:30,480 They can happen while you're singing, they can happen in your 909 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:36,480 car, they can happen right here. Those refillings should be 910 00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,400 happening all the time, every day. 911 00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:41,360 They should happen when you're praying in the Spirit, when 912 00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:45,600 you're reading the Word all the time, anytime. 913 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:49,000 Why? Don't we see more? 914 00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:52,320 I'm telling you why. I'm telling you. 915 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,880 Why? Number one is the lack of faith 916 00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:57,160 and Pastor Marcy's been ministering on it. 917 00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:04,160 Why don't we see more signs, wonders, miracles, gifts of the 918 01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:07,360 Holy Ghost, moving, lack of faith? 919 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:12,920 #2. A lack of being filled with the 920 01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:19,400 Spirit. And number. 3A Lack of hunger A. 921 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:23,000 Lack of. Hunger, Paul pleads with us. 922 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:27,800 Please don't be ignorant of spiritual gifts. 923 01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:32,560 Please earnestly desire them. Please covet them. 924 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:36,000 Please. Pursue them. 925 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:39,880 Please be zealous of these gifts. 926 01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:43,840 He's. Pleading with us to do this. 927 01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,080 So our job. Today is one. 928 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:53,320 Our job today is to make sure that we leave here full of the 929 01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:54,400 Holy Ghost.