Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
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[00:00:00] And we want to welcome everyone this morning, the Fire and Grace Church, those of you here,
[00:00:07] those of you watching and listening, praise be to God.
[00:00:11] I'm going to tackle a subject this morning that's really misunderstood, I think, in
[00:00:17] the body of Christ.
[00:00:18] It has to be, and I've heard so many different things about this topic over the years.
[00:00:23] But, you know, this is really kind of a continuation of last week, talking about, you know,
[00:00:30] the storms of fear and doubt and talking about stepping out of the boat, you know, stepping
[00:00:36] out of the boat into the miraculous of God.
[00:00:39] And how much of the church just absolutely refuses to step out of the boat.
[00:00:44] They're quite satisfied to sit in the safety and security or relative safety and security
[00:00:50] of the boat and not step out there on the storming waters with Jesus to see the miraculous,
[00:00:58] to see the powerful things that God wants to do.
[00:01:02] And so I want to talk to you today a little bit about, I've entitled this, the blaspheming
[00:01:07] of the Holy Spirit, but I could also call this communing with the Holy Spirit.
[00:01:13] You kind of have this wide spectrum, I mean, what I'm kind of giving you is what we should
[00:01:20] be doing, communing, cooperating, partnering with the Holy Spirit, versus blaspheming
[00:01:28] resisting, quenching, grieving the Holy Spirit.
[00:01:31] We're going to look at all of this today, and we're going to look at the Bible.
[00:01:35] So we can start with the PowerPoint here.
[00:01:39] We're going to go first to John chapter 16.
[00:01:45] Again, we've entitled this today, Blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
[00:01:50] There's an artist illustration of the day of Pentecost when the Bible says the Holy
[00:01:55] Spirit came.
[00:01:57] The promise of Jesus, I will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
[00:02:02] And on the day of Pentecost, 120 disciples were in the upper room, not just the 12 apostles,
[00:02:09] but 120 were in the upper room.
[00:02:13] And the Bible says the Holy Spirit came, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
[00:02:17] It said he came like a rushing mighty wind.
[00:02:19] He filled all the house where they were sitting, cloven tongues like as a fire set upon each
[00:02:24] of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues
[00:02:29] as the Spirit gave them other tongues.
[00:02:30] Now this is the Bible, yet we've got people who call themselves Christians that fight this,
[00:02:38] resist this, and blaspheme this operation of the Holy Spirit.
[00:02:44] We're going to talk about that today, because frankly, I'm going to be honest.
[00:02:48] I think I've been far too nice.
[00:02:51] I've been far too nice with the so-called Christians who blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
[00:02:58] So we're going to look at what Jesus called, not what Pastor Dean called, but we're going
[00:03:02] to look at what Jesus called, blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
[00:03:06] Now I want you to turn.
[00:03:07] I know I said, John, hold your spot there.
[00:03:10] We can go ahead and...
[00:03:11] Well, we can go to 2 Corinthians chapter 13 first, and let's just look at this word first,
[00:03:18] communion.
[00:03:20] Everything when you say communion, you're talking about taking the elements, the bread and the
[00:03:25] wine and having the Lord suffer, but it's much more than that, much more than just the bread
[00:03:32] and the wine.
[00:03:33] Now let's read this here.
[00:03:35] This is 2 Corinthians chapter 13, 10 through 14.
[00:03:38] Here's what it says, therefore, Paul said, I write these things being absent, lest being
[00:03:43] present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me to
[00:03:48] edification and not to destruction.
[00:03:51] Finally, brethren, farewell, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace,
[00:03:59] and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
[00:04:01] Greet one another with a holy kiss, all the saints salute you.
[00:04:05] Now look at the verse 14 here, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
[00:04:10] God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
[00:04:16] How many of you have read that and just skip right over that?
[00:04:19] How many of you have ever stopped and looked at this word?
[00:04:22] What does it mean?
[00:04:23] I mean, we will talk about the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and we talk about the love
[00:04:27] of God, but do we talk about the communion with the Holy Spirit?
[00:04:32] Now as I'm going to talk about the Holy Spirit today, I want you to understand that
[00:04:38] I do believe in the Trinity.
[00:04:39] I've been accused lately that I'm a heretic concerning the Trinity.
[00:04:43] Now, I just don't take the unscriptural definition that's used that God's three
[00:04:49] persons are three different people.
[00:04:52] He is one God and has three very distinct parts of Him.
[00:04:57] And those very distinct parts are very important.
[00:05:00] It's very clear that we make a distinction that there are three very distinct aspects
[00:05:05] to God. He is a triune God.
[00:05:08] That is just fact.
[00:05:10] But, you know, again, this same individual I'm going to be discussing today called me
[00:05:16] a heretic because I don't give the traditional fourth century church doctrine
[00:05:24] statement of person.
[00:05:25] And you know that this issue anyway was hotly debated within the church.
[00:05:29] Many good Christian brothers and sisters who accept the deity of Jesus Christ
[00:05:34] that Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead bodily debated hotly.
[00:05:38] This issue of the nature of God is a triune being and how that works and what
[00:05:42] that means and all of this.
[00:05:45] But I think you're clearly within orthodoxy and biblical to say God is one.
[00:05:53] Does it not say in Deuteronomy, Here O Israel, the Lord thy God is one.
[00:05:58] There is no other. Isaiah said the Lord Yahweh is one.
[00:06:03] There is no other God beside Him.
[00:06:06] Right? There is no other Savior beside Him.
[00:06:09] So you have to deal with one God.
[00:06:11] Galatians says He is the fullness, Jesus Christ, the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
[00:06:17] Fullness, not the right hand as been said, not just the Son.
[00:06:24] That's one title.
[00:06:27] But He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
[00:06:29] Very distinct, different parts, but one God, not three different people.
[00:06:37] And by the way, in describing the triune nature of God, let's just go ahead and get this out here.
[00:06:43] In describing the triune nature of God, the word persons, three persons, is not used in the Scripture.
[00:06:50] I dare anybody to show me that one.
[00:06:52] It's kind of like the word rapture is not used either.
[00:06:55] There's a lot of words that aren't used.
[00:06:58] Oh, but anyway, and then it's funny, I got accused too.
[00:07:01] I actually happened to see yesterday that I got accused of the video where I was
[00:07:06] teaching this for two hours and going through the Scriptures on it from taking the video down.
[00:07:10] I said, oh, he took the video down.
[00:07:13] He knows he's in there.
[00:07:14] The video is still there.
[00:07:15] These people will just lie.
[00:07:17] I mean, they will just lie to you.
[00:07:20] And you know what?
[00:07:20] If you got a lie, you're the one with the agenda, not me.
[00:07:25] Liars have their part in the lake of fire anyway, so you better stop the line.
[00:07:31] Well, let's look at this word communion of the Holy Spirit.
[00:07:34] It's a simple word here, kononia.
[00:07:37] We've all heard it.
[00:07:38] I hope you can see this.
[00:07:39] We're going to read down.
[00:07:40] This is the Strong's Greek dictionary.
[00:07:43] Here it talks about partnership, participation, social intercourse,
[00:07:49] benefaction, communicate or communication, fellowship.
[00:07:55] I mean, you see this word.
[00:07:56] It's pretty awesome.
[00:07:57] Fellowship, association, community.
[00:08:00] I love the fact that it says communicate, partnership, participation.
[00:08:06] I mean, here Paul is saying to the Corinthians,
[00:08:09] I pray that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
[00:08:14] That's good.
[00:08:16] I pray that the love of God be with you.
[00:08:18] That's good.
[00:08:19] But I also pray that the communion, the partnership,
[00:08:24] the communication that you can have with the Holy Spirit,
[00:08:28] that that's in your life as well.
[00:08:31] Communication.
[00:08:32] Folks, what does communication mean?
[00:08:36] If me and you, Marlene, are communicating,
[00:08:39] is it just me talking or are we talking together?
[00:08:43] That's right.
[00:08:44] If we're communicating, I am talking and listening, right?
[00:08:50] I'm listening to you talk to me and you're listening to me talk to you.
[00:08:54] That's communication.
[00:08:56] It's never, ever God wanted this relationship with him
[00:09:00] to be one way where he's silent,
[00:09:03] where he only speaks through the Scriptures.
[00:09:05] He doesn't have any interaction with us.
[00:09:10] I can't even tell you the truth.
[00:09:12] Fathom Christians who would believe that nonsense.
[00:09:15] That somehow the Holy Spirit is going to be in you.
[00:09:19] You're going to be filled with the Holy Spirit
[00:09:21] and there's going to be no communication, interaction,
[00:09:24] or supernatural things going on in your life.
[00:09:28] Except you got saved.
[00:09:29] You were born again.
[00:09:30] That's it.
[00:09:31] It all ends there.
[00:09:33] He's supernatural enough to regenerate you,
[00:09:36] wash your sins away, make your dead spirit alive to God,
[00:09:40] but nothing else can happen.
[00:09:45] That's modern Christianity for you.
[00:09:48] That's the Baptist and the Methodist
[00:09:51] and the Presbyterians and the Lutheran.
[00:09:53] Pretty much stops in salvation.
[00:09:55] Your communion, fellowship, participation,
[00:10:00] communication with the Holy Spirit.
[00:10:03] Let's look at the word communion.
[00:10:04] This is just the definition here in the,
[00:10:08] just Google the definition.
[00:10:10] And it's interesting.
[00:10:11] The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings,
[00:10:16] especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
[00:10:22] Isn't that interesting?
[00:10:24] And of course, it talks about the service of Christian worship
[00:10:28] which the bread and the wine are consecrated and shared
[00:10:30] and the Lord's Supper.
[00:10:32] But that's not what we're talking about today.
[00:10:34] He's talking about the communion of the Holy Spirit,
[00:10:37] not the communion of bread and wine.
[00:10:38] He's talking about the communion with the Holy Spirit.
[00:10:41] So he talks about, again, let's read that.
[00:10:43] The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings,
[00:10:48] especially when the exchange is on a mental and spiritual level.
[00:10:53] We should have an exchange of thoughts and feelings
[00:11:00] with the Holy Spirit when we spend time with Him.
[00:11:04] When we spend time in prayer,
[00:11:07] when we spend time fasting and seeking His face,
[00:11:09] when we spend time in worship, singing and worshiping God,
[00:11:13] when we get in our private time, reading the Scriptures,
[00:11:16] talking to Him about what we're reading,
[00:11:19] there should be an exchange of thought and feelings.
[00:11:26] Intimacy with the Lord is what I'm talking about.
[00:11:29] Now, do you think that you can have that
[00:11:34] with the Holy Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jesus Christ?
[00:11:38] Do you think you can have that kind of relationship,
[00:11:40] that kind of communion and partnership and relationship
[00:11:45] if you're at the same time resisting, quenching, opposing, grieving,
[00:11:52] and even blaspheming?
[00:11:55] No, that can't happen, right?
[00:12:01] Let's keep going.
[00:12:04] Now turn to John 16.
[00:12:06] If you held your place, you ought to be there.
[00:12:08] John 16.
[00:12:13] And I know I've taught this before,
[00:12:15] though I'm approaching it a little different this morning,
[00:12:18] but how important it is.
[00:12:22] You know, I love the story, and while you're turning there,
[00:12:24] I'm just going to share this.
[00:12:25] You know, I love the story of Samuel and the prophet
[00:12:28] when he was young, you know,
[00:12:30] and how his mother so wanted a child,
[00:12:34] and she couldn't have a child,
[00:12:36] and she cried out and cried out and sought God.
[00:12:38] And finally, God granted her her prayer,
[00:12:41] and she had promised to dedicate that child fully to the Lord.
[00:12:44] And she finally, she raises Samuel till about 12 years old
[00:12:48] and then takes him to the temple
[00:12:50] and says to the high priest,
[00:12:51] here, he's for the service of the Lord.
[00:12:54] And what's beautiful,
[00:12:55] we know that Samuel was called to be a prophet by God.
[00:12:57] A prophet in the Old Testament,
[00:12:59] a prophet was pretty much,
[00:13:02] they were the ones that had this fellowship
[00:13:05] with the Holy Spirit.
[00:13:06] They're the ones that would hear his voice
[00:13:10] and understand what he was saying and showing them.
[00:13:13] They would hear the word of the Lord.
[00:13:14] They would see the visions and dreams.
[00:13:16] They would have that interaction with God,
[00:13:19] and then they would tell other people.
[00:13:22] And what's beautiful in that story of Samuel,
[00:13:23] Samuel was dedicated to the Lord from birth,
[00:13:26] and then he's in the temple serving.
[00:13:29] And it says that, you know,
[00:13:31] it said he did not yet know the Lord though.
[00:13:34] What was he talking about?
[00:13:35] He did not yet know the voice of the Lord.
[00:13:37] And so, one night, Samuel's going to bed
[00:13:40] and he hears the Lord, Samuel.
[00:13:43] He thinks he lies, the high priest,
[00:13:45] he runs to Eli.
[00:13:46] You called me, no, I didn't.
[00:13:48] This happened several times,
[00:13:49] and finally, the backslidden old priest
[00:13:53] finally figures out,
[00:13:54] you know what?
[00:13:54] God's talking to this young man.
[00:13:59] And he says, go back,
[00:14:01] and this time say,
[00:14:02] speak, Lord, my servant here.
[00:14:06] Now, you think about that.
[00:14:07] That began one of the most beautiful
[00:14:11] relationships you see between God and a man.
[00:14:17] Samuel, it said, in fact,
[00:14:18] he had such a relationship with God
[00:14:21] that it said none of his words
[00:14:22] ever fell to the ground.
[00:14:25] He walked with God.
[00:14:27] He heard God.
[00:14:28] He listened to God.
[00:14:29] He talked to God.
[00:14:30] He interceded for the nation,
[00:14:32] for the King.
[00:14:34] He did what God told him to do.
[00:14:36] Even at times, you know,
[00:14:37] I remember when he goes to anoint David.
[00:14:39] He goes to anoint David.
[00:14:41] He sees all his brothers
[00:14:42] and he sees Eliab, the eldest,
[00:14:45] you know, the firstborn,
[00:14:46] the tallest, the strongest,
[00:14:48] the most handsome.
[00:14:48] He says, surely that's the Lord's anointed.
[00:14:50] The Lord said no.
[00:14:53] I mean, even old Samuel,
[00:14:54] the prophet said,
[00:14:55] was thinking in the natural.
[00:14:57] But again, he's listening
[00:14:58] to the Holy Spirit.
[00:14:59] He has this interaction.
[00:15:01] He's listening.
[00:15:02] He's sensitive.
[00:15:03] He has this.
[00:15:05] No, he can hear the Lord saying,
[00:15:06] no, no, no, no, son.
[00:15:08] That's not it.
[00:15:10] Oh, how we need that.
[00:15:12] You think if Samuel had that
[00:15:14] in the Old Testament,
[00:15:16] the Bible says we have in
[00:15:18] the New Testament,
[00:15:19] we have a better covenant
[00:15:20] with better promises.
[00:15:23] They had to go through the blood
[00:15:24] of bulls and goats and lambs.
[00:15:26] We go through the blood
[00:15:28] of God Himself in the flesh,
[00:15:30] the blood of Jesus Christ.
[00:15:34] Don't tell me we can't all.
[00:15:36] And in fact,
[00:15:37] God says in Hebrews 10
[00:15:38] that it is through the blood of Jesus
[00:15:40] that we can all enter into
[00:15:42] the Holy of Holies,
[00:15:45] experience the very manifest presence of God,
[00:15:48] see His glory,
[00:15:49] feel His glory,
[00:15:50] experience Him,
[00:15:52] and have a communion with Him.
[00:15:55] That's what, to me,
[00:15:56] what's so beautiful
[00:15:56] about the New Covenant.
[00:15:58] Jesus just opened the door
[00:16:00] for everybody.
[00:16:02] Whosoever will.
[00:16:04] Come on in.
[00:16:06] Commune with the Lord.
[00:16:08] Fellowship.
[00:16:10] Converse.
[00:16:11] Communicate.
[00:16:12] Let me tell you,
[00:16:17] there's nothing better.
[00:16:18] Nothing better in this life.
[00:16:21] Nothing.
[00:16:21] And there will be nothing better
[00:16:23] in the next life
[00:16:24] than to sit down with the Lord,
[00:16:26] the Creator of heaven and earth,
[00:16:28] Yahweh, Elohim,
[00:16:30] the Lord Jesus Christ,
[00:16:31] to sit down with Him
[00:16:33] and let Him talk to you
[00:16:35] and you feel His presence
[00:16:36] and His peace
[00:16:37] and His love
[00:16:38] and His joy
[00:16:39] and you hear what He's saying.
[00:16:42] Well, what's so beautiful?
[00:16:43] We can have that now.
[00:16:46] And we've been robbed
[00:16:48] by churches
[00:16:49] and doctrines of men
[00:16:50] and traditions of men.
[00:17:00] See, I thank God years ago
[00:17:02] when I came back to the Lord at 19.
[00:17:05] I did not let any man,
[00:17:09] any teacher,
[00:17:11] any pastor,
[00:17:12] any rabbi,
[00:17:14] or anybody else
[00:17:16] rob from what I was simply reading
[00:17:23] of what this book was telling me
[00:17:29] you can have.
[00:17:31] See, this book right here,
[00:17:32] this is what we're saying,
[00:17:34] here's what you can have, son.
[00:17:38] Here's what you can...
[00:17:39] Let's read it.
[00:17:40] John 16.
[00:17:42] Of course, you know,
[00:17:44] the doctrines of men,
[00:17:46] the dead teachers,
[00:17:48] the ones who are all talk
[00:17:51] but no do.
[00:17:53] Right?
[00:17:54] They'll tell you,
[00:17:55] oh, this was only for the 12 apostles.
[00:17:59] Of course, it's ridiculous.
[00:18:02] Because remember,
[00:18:03] it was just for the 12.
[00:18:05] Why did God bother
[00:18:06] with those 120 in the upper room?
[00:18:11] Why did God bother
[00:18:13] years later after Pentecost
[00:18:15] with those 12 disciples in Ephesus?
[00:18:16] Why did He bother
[00:18:18] baptizing them in the Holy Spirit
[00:18:20] and giving them the gift of tongues
[00:18:22] and the gift of prophecy?
[00:18:23] Why did He bother?
[00:18:24] Why did He say in Acts 2,
[00:18:26] in the last days,
[00:18:28] I will pour out My Spirit
[00:18:30] and your sons and your daughters
[00:18:32] will prophesy,
[00:18:33] your young men will see visions
[00:18:34] and dream dreams.
[00:18:35] He's talking about the gifts
[00:18:37] of the Holy Spirit,
[00:18:38] the interaction,
[00:18:39] the communion of the Holy Spirit.
[00:18:41] I believe we've only begun to see
[00:18:44] what's going to be poured out on us
[00:18:46] as the days get darker
[00:18:48] in the days ahead.
[00:18:49] And He's going to pour His Spirit
[00:18:51] in and upon people
[00:18:54] who are hungry
[00:18:55] and thirsty
[00:18:56] and want Him.
[00:18:57] Not on people resisting.
[00:19:01] Not on people doubting.
[00:19:03] Not on people speaking again.
[00:19:10] I'm telling you,
[00:19:12] they're just empty shells out there.
[00:19:15] Empty shell.
[00:19:19] You know, it's funny.
[00:19:21] You take a big old seashell,
[00:19:23] it's empty.
[00:19:23] There's nothing in there.
[00:19:25] As you put it up to here,
[00:19:26] it does make a sound.
[00:19:29] You hear a sound,
[00:19:29] but there's nothing there.
[00:19:31] That's most of these Christians.
[00:19:33] They hear a sound,
[00:19:33] but there's nothing.
[00:19:35] They're empty.
[00:19:37] They really hate the things of God,
[00:19:39] the true things.
[00:19:44] Oh, no, I love Jesus,
[00:19:45] but I don't want anything
[00:19:47] about the Holy Spirit.
[00:19:49] You say, well, yes, what?
[00:19:50] Who you sound like?
[00:19:52] Out of the Pharisees,
[00:19:54] we want the Messiah,
[00:19:55] but this guy running around,
[00:19:56] healing on the Sabbath,
[00:19:58] and casting out demons.
[00:19:59] He's doing that like it was about.
[00:20:02] We want the Messiah,
[00:20:03] but we don't want the supernatural.
[00:20:07] Oh, no.
[00:20:10] Back to Sadducees.
[00:20:11] He didn't even believe in it.
[00:20:13] The Pharisees believed in it,
[00:20:14] but had none of it.
[00:20:16] Isn't that interesting?
[00:20:19] John 16, verse 7.
[00:20:22] Jesus said this.
[00:20:23] Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.
[00:20:25] It is expedient for you
[00:20:27] that I go away,
[00:20:28] for if I go not away,
[00:20:29] the Comforter will not come unto you.
[00:20:31] But if I depart,
[00:20:32] I will send him unto you.
[00:20:34] And when he has come,
[00:20:34] he will reprove the world of sin,
[00:20:36] of righteousness, of judgment,
[00:20:39] of sin because they believe not on me,
[00:20:41] of righteousness,
[00:20:41] because I go to my Father,
[00:20:43] and you see me no more,
[00:20:45] of judgment,
[00:20:45] because the Prince of this world is judged.
[00:20:48] And then Jesus says,
[00:20:49] I have many things to say unto you,
[00:20:52] but you cannot bear them now.
[00:20:54] Now, think about this.
[00:20:54] Jesus, this is the end.
[00:20:56] This is the end.
[00:20:57] This is right before the crucifixion.
[00:20:58] And Jesus, I have many things to say to you,
[00:21:00] but you can't bear them.
[00:21:02] You can't receive it right now.
[00:21:04] When is he going to say them?
[00:21:07] Once he dies and ascends,
[00:21:09] say, well, oh,
[00:21:10] maybe he said it all in that 40 days.
[00:21:13] Well, then,
[00:21:13] what is he talking about right here?
[00:21:16] When he says,
[00:21:16] how be it?
[00:21:18] When he,
[00:21:19] the Holy Spirit,
[00:21:21] the Spirit of truth has come,
[00:21:23] he will guide you into all truth.
[00:21:26] For he shall not speak of himself,
[00:21:27] but whatsoever he shall hear,
[00:21:30] that shall he speak,
[00:21:31] and he will show you things to come.
[00:21:35] He shall glorify me,
[00:21:37] for he shall receive of mine,
[00:21:39] and shall show it unto you.
[00:21:40] All things that the Father hath are mine.
[00:21:42] Therefore said I,
[00:21:44] that he shall take of mine,
[00:21:45] and shall it unto you.
[00:21:48] So here, Jesus is not talking about,
[00:21:49] when he says,
[00:21:50] I have many things to say to you,
[00:21:51] but you cannot bear them now.
[00:21:53] The context is,
[00:21:55] when I send the Comforter,
[00:21:57] when I send the Spirit of truth,
[00:21:58] when I send the Holy Spirit,
[00:22:00] when did the Holy Spirit come
[00:22:02] to the church
[00:22:04] on the day of Pentecost?
[00:22:07] So that's what Jesus is talking about.
[00:22:08] I have many things to say to you,
[00:22:12] but he's going to say,
[00:22:15] will you be listed?
[00:22:17] You say, oh, that was just for the 12th,
[00:22:19] so they could write the Scriptures.
[00:22:22] No, last time I checked Acts 2,
[00:22:25] right after the day of Pentecost,
[00:22:28] Peter stands up
[00:22:29] and he preaches and he says,
[00:22:30] this is that,
[00:22:32] which was promised, prophesied
[00:22:34] by the prophet Joel, right?
[00:22:37] Talking about this outpouring
[00:22:39] of the Holy Spirit,
[00:22:40] this, the gift of tongues,
[00:22:41] the gift of prophecy,
[00:22:42] the gifts of healing
[00:22:43] and working in miracles,
[00:22:46] this baptism of fire.
[00:22:49] He says this,
[00:22:51] he goes on down in the chapter
[00:22:52] after he says,
[00:22:53] men and brother,
[00:22:53] when he preaches to the crowd of 3,000
[00:22:55] and they say,
[00:22:55] men and brother,
[00:22:56] what shall we do?
[00:22:57] And Peter says what?
[00:22:58] Repent and be baptized
[00:23:00] every one of you
[00:23:01] in the name of Jesus Christ
[00:23:03] for the remission of sins
[00:23:04] and ye shall receive the gift
[00:23:06] of the Holy Ghost
[00:23:08] for this promise is unto you
[00:23:10] and to your children
[00:23:11] and to all them
[00:23:12] that are afar off,
[00:23:13] even as many as our Lord shall call.
[00:23:18] That's pretty clear to me,
[00:23:19] but then we have men come along,
[00:23:21] teachers, preachers, pastors,
[00:23:24] seminary professors.
[00:23:26] Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[00:23:28] This gift of the Holy Ghost stuff
[00:23:31] is not for you.
[00:23:33] Once the Bible was completed,
[00:23:36] that was it.
[00:23:41] Once the New Testament canon,
[00:23:43] that's, that's, that's it.
[00:23:50] As I've said so many times,
[00:23:53] where, where, where in the Bible
[00:23:56] can I find a scripture
[00:23:59] that gives me direction
[00:24:01] to leave Washington, D.C.
[00:24:04] and come to Auburn, Alabama,
[00:24:05] Opelike, Alabama
[00:24:06] and start a church
[00:24:09] being led by the Holy Spirit.
[00:24:10] Where, give me the scripture,
[00:24:12] somebody, Dean Odell,
[00:24:14] go to your hometown
[00:24:16] and start a church in 2009.
[00:24:21] So how did, I asked one guy,
[00:24:23] I had a preacher down in Florida,
[00:24:25] you know what I'm talking about,
[00:24:27] preacher down in Florida
[00:24:28] arguing this with me.
[00:24:32] And he was talking about,
[00:24:34] you know, he had just taken,
[00:24:36] at that time,
[00:24:36] he had just taken
[00:24:37] the pastorate of this church.
[00:24:39] I think he'd been a youth pastor
[00:24:40] or something like that.
[00:24:41] And he had just taken the pastor.
[00:24:42] So he said,
[00:24:43] God doesn't speak anymore.
[00:24:45] The Holy Spirit gives no,
[00:24:47] there's no more.
[00:24:48] The scripture was finished.
[00:24:49] I'm gonna deal with that in a second.
[00:24:51] But once the New Testament was done,
[00:24:53] that was it.
[00:24:55] Then I asked him, I said,
[00:24:56] well, then how do you know
[00:24:57] that you're in the will of God
[00:25:01] to take the pastorate position
[00:25:02] of this church?
[00:25:03] How do you know?
[00:25:05] Guess what?
[00:25:06] That means you just decided
[00:25:07] on your own.
[00:25:10] How do you know the Holy Spirit,
[00:25:14] it was the will of God
[00:25:16] for you to be the pastor
[00:25:18] of such and such church in Miami?
[00:25:22] How do you know?
[00:25:27] You know, he looked a bit befuddled
[00:25:30] for a few minutes.
[00:25:31] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[00:25:37] oh, oh, oh, oh,
[00:25:41] exactly, exactly.
[00:25:47] See, if Christians
[00:25:50] were led by the Holy Spirit,
[00:25:54] things would be a lot better.
[00:25:57] A lot more things would get done.
[00:25:59] God's will would get done.
[00:26:01] More off.
[00:26:04] More powerful.
[00:26:08] I love it here though.
[00:26:09] It says he shall speak.
[00:26:11] He shall speak.
[00:26:15] Let's keep going here.
[00:26:19] Now, here's the first thing he says.
[00:26:22] We're gonna look at the word
[00:26:23] where it says resisting
[00:26:24] the Holy Spirit.
[00:26:25] Just gonna look at a few phrases
[00:26:27] this morning that's used in the Bible.
[00:26:29] You know, the Calvinists will say
[00:26:31] you can't resist the Holy Spirit.
[00:26:33] Irresistible grave.
[00:26:34] You can't resist God.
[00:26:36] Yeah, what does the Bible say?
[00:26:40] You know, the anointed Holy Ghost
[00:26:43] filled Deacon by the name of Stephen
[00:26:46] who was doing great miracles
[00:26:47] among the people.
[00:26:48] Huh, wait a minute.
[00:26:49] He wasn't one of the apostles, was he?
[00:26:50] No, he wasn't.
[00:26:53] He says he's a man of faith,
[00:26:55] man of power, doing great miracles.
[00:26:57] And finally,
[00:26:59] they trump up some charges on him
[00:27:00] and pull him before the Sanhedrin.
[00:27:06] And what does he preach is a great message.
[00:27:08] Acts chapter seven is a great sermon
[00:27:11] that we get most of all of it.
[00:27:15] But what does he say right now?
[00:27:17] He tells these Pharisees.
[00:27:19] Now remember, this is the same group of guys
[00:27:22] that saw Jesus raise the dead,
[00:27:24] heal the sick, cast out demons,
[00:27:28] die on the cross.
[00:27:30] They pushed Pilate to crucify him.
[00:27:33] This is the same bunch of guys
[00:27:35] that thought they knew the scriptures
[00:27:37] and they knew the Bible
[00:27:38] better than everybody else.
[00:27:39] And he says to him, Stephen,
[00:27:42] anointed, filled Holy Ghost,
[00:27:44] tongue-talking, miracle-working believer
[00:27:48] says, you stiffen it.
[00:27:51] And uncircumcised in heart and ears,
[00:27:53] you do always resist the Holy Ghost
[00:27:57] as your fathers did.
[00:27:59] So do you.
[00:28:02] You see that?
[00:28:04] Resist.
[00:28:05] Of course, this ended bad for him.
[00:28:09] What I love, they begin to stone him
[00:28:13] and he just, the man who had communion
[00:28:17] with the Holy Spirit and not religion,
[00:28:21] said, I see heaven open
[00:28:23] and the Son of God standing
[00:28:25] at the right hand of the majesty, William.
[00:28:30] Oh, heaven open, I see heaven.
[00:28:31] You know, that's what the prophets would say.
[00:28:34] Ezekiel opens this book,
[00:28:35] I saw heaven open.
[00:28:40] And as they're stoning him to death,
[00:28:43] he said, Lord, don't let this sin
[00:28:46] be laid to the top.
[00:28:52] That's someone in communion
[00:28:56] with the Holy Spirit like that.
[00:28:58] But he didn't, he didn't hold back.
[00:28:59] He said, you stiffen that.
[00:29:03] Can you imagine saying to a Jew,
[00:29:08] a Jewish religious leader,
[00:29:10] you're uncircumcised in heart and ears.
[00:29:15] You know what I'm saying?
[00:29:15] You're not even in covenant
[00:29:17] with God at all,
[00:29:19] but you think you are.
[00:29:23] See, true preachers
[00:29:24] sometimes sound a little rough.
[00:29:28] They said, you resist.
[00:29:29] Now, let's look at the word resist here.
[00:29:32] You resist the Holy Spirit.
[00:29:35] What does this mean here?
[00:29:37] The word resists.
[00:29:38] And say, pepo, pepto, whatever.
[00:29:42] I don't even know.
[00:29:43] It says to fall upon, run against,
[00:29:46] be adverse, oppose, strive again.
[00:29:49] Down here, including its alternates,
[00:29:51] says to oppose or to resist.
[00:29:53] The word oppose means to disapprove of,
[00:29:55] attempt to prevent,
[00:29:56] especially by argument, actively resist,
[00:29:59] refuse to comply, resist.
[00:30:05] Think about it.
[00:30:07] The whole time, these guys,
[00:30:10] Jesus, can you imagine the crowd
[00:30:17] and them see him test demons
[00:30:20] out of a child
[00:30:21] and they get, the child gets healed.
[00:30:24] And they even acknowledged
[00:30:26] that he truly raised Lazarus
[00:30:27] from the dead and said,
[00:30:29] we got to get rid of him and Lazarus.
[00:30:38] But so stiffly,
[00:30:41] so self-governed by their own pride
[00:30:46] and their own agenda,
[00:30:50] they just refused.
[00:30:52] No, he's not the Messiah.
[00:30:54] All of his miracles,
[00:30:56] all of his power,
[00:30:57] all of his work.
[00:31:00] He's doing it.
[00:31:01] Demon.
[00:31:02] He's a magician.
[00:31:03] He's a sorcerer.
[00:31:13] Crucify.
[00:31:14] Give us Barabbin.
[00:31:20] Church is no different.
[00:31:22] Like this little twit,
[00:31:23] Noel Hadley.
[00:31:25] Noel J. Hadley.
[00:31:29] He's just written his third article,
[00:31:32] second and third article,
[00:31:35] now attacking, saying that,
[00:31:38] the Pentecostal outpouring
[00:31:40] of the early late 19,
[00:31:44] I mean late 1800s, early 1900s,
[00:31:46] saying that that was demonic
[00:31:49] of the mystery school.
[00:31:56] He doesn't even know what he's talking about.
[00:32:00] And then he wants to bring up,
[00:32:01] he wants to bring up some scandal
[00:32:03] that happened between
[00:32:04] Charles Parham and Seymour.
[00:32:08] I mean, do you really want me
[00:32:09] to start bringing up
[00:32:10] the Baptist scandal going on?
[00:32:12] There's never been a scandal
[00:32:14] in the Baptist church.
[00:32:16] No, the heads of the
[00:32:17] Southern Baptist Convention
[00:32:18] just had to resign over
[00:32:20] an inappropriate relationship.
[00:32:25] Shall we?
[00:32:28] I mean, goodness,
[00:32:29] we can find scandals
[00:32:30] in every realm,
[00:32:32] every facet of the church
[00:32:34] as we know it.
[00:32:36] That doesn't mean you attribute
[00:32:37] the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[00:32:39] to being demonic,
[00:32:44] yet he takes that leap,
[00:32:48] blasting, he's blasting.
[00:32:52] I'll prove it to you in a second.
[00:32:54] Just using him as an illustration.
[00:32:56] He's just one of many, really.
[00:32:59] John MacArthur is another one.
[00:33:03] I mean, these guys
[00:33:05] get hateful and angry
[00:33:08] as you talk about
[00:33:10] the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
[00:33:12] the gift of tongues.
[00:33:13] Oh boy.
[00:33:15] I put it on Facebook yesterday
[00:33:17] because it's true.
[00:33:19] Aside from salvation,
[00:33:21] being born again
[00:33:21] through the blood of Jesus,
[00:33:23] the devil hates,
[00:33:25] in second, to that,
[00:33:27] the devil absolutely hates
[00:33:29] any talk, preaching, or faith
[00:33:32] in the power and gifts
[00:33:34] of the Holy Spirit
[00:33:35] and especially the gift of tongues.
[00:33:38] Because guess what?
[00:33:39] You know what?
[00:33:39] He hates the gift of tongues so bad
[00:33:42] because that actually is the gift
[00:33:44] that helps you in prayer.
[00:33:49] It helps you in prayer,
[00:33:51] strengthens your spirit, man.
[00:33:54] And through tongues and interpretation
[00:33:56] actually begins to teach you
[00:33:57] how to listen and hear
[00:33:58] the voice of God,
[00:34:00] be led by the Spirit.
[00:34:01] The devil hates the gift
[00:34:04] of the Holy Spirit,
[00:34:05] especially the gifts of tongues.
[00:34:10] And this hatred you see,
[00:34:12] and let me tell you what,
[00:34:13] anyone who goes out of their way
[00:34:16] to resist, oppose,
[00:34:19] fight against, prevent,
[00:34:22] argue again,
[00:34:24] the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
[00:34:26] the communion of the Holy Spirit
[00:34:27] between believers,
[00:34:28] between God and His believers,
[00:34:31] His sons and daughters,
[00:34:32] anybody that goes out of their way
[00:34:33] to do that is under the influence of Satan.
[00:34:40] Just like the Pharisees.
[00:34:42] The Pharisees.
[00:34:43] Jesus told them,
[00:34:45] your scriptures you think,
[00:34:46] search those scriptures, Pharisees,
[00:34:49] in them you think you have eternal life.
[00:34:56] These people,
[00:34:58] these little scholars out there,
[00:35:01] these little self-made scholars,
[00:35:04] I don't care how many degrees
[00:35:06] they have beside their name.
[00:35:09] And I'm talking about theological degrees.
[00:35:11] If they resist, oppose,
[00:35:14] argue, deny, reject,
[00:35:20] diminish in anyone
[00:35:22] the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[00:35:24] manifesting and operating
[00:35:26] within true believers in Jesus Christ.
[00:35:29] They are under
[00:35:30] the panic influence.
[00:35:33] They are a tool of the devil.
[00:35:40] Now, of course,
[00:35:42] are there counterfeit
[00:35:43] supernatural manifestations?
[00:35:45] Absolutely.
[00:35:48] There's always been.
[00:35:51] Always.
[00:35:52] Go all the way back to Egypt.
[00:35:55] Moses had his rod.
[00:35:56] The Egyptian magicians had their rod.
[00:35:59] Moses throws his down.
[00:36:01] It turns into a serpent.
[00:36:02] The Egyptian magicians
[00:36:03] throw their rods down.
[00:36:05] They turn into a serpent.
[00:36:06] This battle has always been going on.
[00:36:12] I'm not afraid of the
[00:36:14] counterfeit out there.
[00:36:15] I want to take the real power of God,
[00:36:18] gifts of the Holy Spirit.
[00:36:21] I'm going to take the real
[00:36:23] and just like Moses' serpent
[00:36:25] devoured there.
[00:36:28] That's the power we have.
[00:36:34] But you can't have that power
[00:36:36] if you deny it,
[00:36:37] don't believe it,
[00:36:38] resist it,
[00:36:39] speak against it,
[00:36:40] argue against it,
[00:36:41] make stupid theological arguments
[00:36:43] like,
[00:36:44] done away with.
[00:36:48] Where do you get that stuff?
[00:36:51] Oh, I know where you got it from.
[00:36:53] Other resistive.
[00:36:56] I'll show you that
[00:36:57] all their arguments are
[00:36:58] are just terrible.
[00:37:00] They're just ludicrous.
[00:37:01] They are not biblical.
[00:37:03] But let's go on here.
[00:37:05] Let's go to the next thing.
[00:37:06] First Thessalonians.
[00:37:08] Chapter 5.
[00:37:11] Verse 16.
[00:37:13] Then we saw in Acts 7
[00:37:15] about resisting the Holy Spirit,
[00:37:17] opposing,
[00:37:19] fighting again, arguing again.
[00:37:21] How can a Christian do that?
[00:37:24] You know what I'm saying?
[00:37:25] We sing that song a minute ago.
[00:37:26] Those of you that
[00:37:27] that came in watching us,
[00:37:28] you didn't get to hear that song,
[00:37:29] but we were singing that song.
[00:37:31] More.
[00:37:31] We want more of your spirit,
[00:37:32] more of your power.
[00:37:33] How could you say no?
[00:37:35] No, thanks, God.
[00:37:36] I got I'm good.
[00:37:38] I'm good.
[00:37:42] I got my dead church
[00:37:43] and my Bible.
[00:37:43] It's all a need.
[00:37:47] Or I've got my,
[00:37:48] you know,
[00:37:50] I've got my RV
[00:37:56] and a keyboard.
[00:37:57] That's all I got.
[00:37:59] No fruit, Mike.
[00:38:02] Let's look at this.
[00:38:02] First Thessalonians 5,
[00:38:03] 16 through 25.
[00:38:04] Rejoice evermore.
[00:38:07] Pray without ceasing.
[00:38:09] In everything give thanks,
[00:38:11] for this is the will of God
[00:38:12] in Christ Jesus concerning you.
[00:38:14] Quench not the spirit.
[00:38:16] Despise not prophesying.
[00:38:19] Prove all things.
[00:38:20] Hold fast to that which is good.
[00:38:22] Abstain from all appearance of evil
[00:38:24] and the very God of peace.
[00:38:25] Sanctify you wholly or completely.
[00:38:26] And I pray God your whole spirit,
[00:38:28] soul and body be preserved blameless
[00:38:30] under the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:38:32] Faithful is he that calleth you
[00:38:34] who will also do it.
[00:38:35] Brother and pray for us.
[00:38:37] Let's go back up.
[00:38:37] Let's look at this.
[00:38:38] Quench not the spirit.
[00:38:39] Despise not prophesied.
[00:38:41] Quench not the spirit.
[00:38:44] So let's look at what
[00:38:45] quench means here.
[00:38:46] This is the Greek definition
[00:38:49] for quench and the Google definition.
[00:38:51] Let's just look at it.
[00:38:53] This sebeneumae or however
[00:38:55] you say this word means
[00:38:57] to extinguish quench of fire
[00:39:00] or things on fire to be quench
[00:39:02] to go out to quench to suppress
[00:39:04] stifle of the divine influence.
[00:39:07] The Strong's definition
[00:39:08] simply says to extinguish
[00:39:10] to go out to quit.
[00:39:12] The word quench here
[00:39:14] really is the what we're looking at
[00:39:15] is the second definition of this word
[00:39:17] to extinguish a fire.
[00:39:19] All right.
[00:39:20] So Paul tells us here
[00:39:23] very clearly
[00:39:25] by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
[00:39:27] not to extinguish
[00:39:30] the fire of the Holy Spirit.
[00:39:32] Now think about the term
[00:39:34] he uses here.
[00:39:36] Remember on the day of Pentecost
[00:39:38] and before that really in Acts 1
[00:39:39] Jesus said you know and John
[00:39:42] we could go back to the Gospels
[00:39:44] and you see John the Baptist say
[00:39:45] there's one coming after me
[00:39:47] he's going to baptize you
[00:39:48] in the Holy Ghost and fire.
[00:39:49] I baptize you in water
[00:39:50] but there's one coming
[00:39:51] he's going to baptize you
[00:39:52] in the Holy Ghost and fire.
[00:39:54] And so on the day of Pentecost
[00:39:56] God let it be seen
[00:39:57] just kind of like the burning bush
[00:39:58] he let that Moses see it.
[00:40:01] But on the day of Pentecost
[00:40:02] when the gift of tongues
[00:40:04] supernatural tongue came into the church
[00:40:07] and the gift of prophecy
[00:40:08] when the infilling, the fullness,
[00:40:10] the total immersion and overflow
[00:40:13] of the Holy Spirit came to the church
[00:40:15] it came with the sign or a fire.
[00:40:20] It is distinct.
[00:40:21] He says quench not
[00:40:23] don't extinguish the fire
[00:40:27] of the Holy Spirit.
[00:40:29] Tongues of fire.
[00:40:30] Oh, isn't that interesting?
[00:40:33] In fact, you go to 1 Corinthians 14
[00:40:36] and what does he say?
[00:40:37] Forbid not.
[00:40:38] He ends the chapter with
[00:40:40] forbid not to speak with tongues
[00:40:43] mean don't tell anyone
[00:40:46] that this is not for today
[00:40:47] or try to dissuade them
[00:40:49] or hinder them in any way.
[00:40:56] So I think he's saying
[00:40:57] the same thing here.
[00:40:58] And then he he goes on
[00:40:59] and he says despise not prophesying.
[00:41:04] Well, if you look this up here
[00:41:05] I hear the word despise.
[00:41:08] Here it is again
[00:41:10] to make no of no account
[00:41:12] to despise utterly
[00:41:14] to be seen to be contemptible to you
[00:41:18] least esteem to set it
[00:41:19] not as if it is nothing.
[00:41:22] And of course, the word despise
[00:41:23] here in Google field contempt
[00:41:25] or deep repugnant for
[00:41:27] I know so-called Christian believers
[00:41:29] like Noel Hadley
[00:41:31] who cannot stand the idea
[00:41:35] that the gift of prophecy
[00:41:37] is really real and work.
[00:41:39] He's mocked me
[00:41:41] because I operate in the gift
[00:41:44] of prophecy sometimes.
[00:41:51] So he's a mocker, a scoffer
[00:41:54] and a blast.
[00:41:56] And yet people still
[00:42:00] know you're so wise.
[00:42:05] But they do this
[00:42:06] to these Bible school professors.
[00:42:09] And John MacArthur.
[00:42:10] Oh, John, I got to have your study Bible.
[00:42:13] I got to have your book
[00:42:14] Charismatic Chaos.
[00:42:16] So I know that all of these things
[00:42:18] that's happening
[00:42:19] all of these Pentecostals
[00:42:20] and Charismatic
[00:42:21] they're all a bunch of coop.
[00:42:24] But yet you believe what Calvin.
[00:42:31] Oh, one day.
[00:42:31] One day soon.
[00:42:33] We're going to tell the whole truth
[00:42:35] about Don Calvin.
[00:42:36] The whole ugly, miserable truth
[00:42:39] about all of his demonic doctrines
[00:42:42] that came from Gnosticism
[00:42:43] and Augustine and everything else.
[00:42:45] Man has no free will.
[00:42:47] Man cannot resist God.
[00:42:48] All this stupid nonsense.
[00:42:51] His entire denominations
[00:42:52] and seminaries
[00:42:53] they believe all this stuff.
[00:42:57] They believe all this stuff
[00:42:58] that's just totally unscriptural.
[00:43:00] And then they
[00:43:03] don't talk about
[00:43:06] hearing the voice of God.
[00:43:08] Don't talk about communion
[00:43:09] with the Holy Spirit.
[00:43:10] Don't talk about communication.
[00:43:13] Two-way communication.
[00:43:15] See, we just heard that demon speak up.
[00:43:16] Was that woman on the view?
[00:43:18] Joy, whatever her name is.
[00:43:20] You know, Mike Pence
[00:43:21] or somebody was talking about
[00:43:23] or somebody saw my Christians
[00:43:24] hearing Jesus speaking.
[00:43:26] Go, you know, it's one thing
[00:43:27] to talk to Jesus, she said.
[00:43:29] It's another thing
[00:43:29] if Jesus is talking to you.
[00:43:31] Basically, if you think
[00:43:32] you're hearing Jesus talk to you,
[00:43:33] you're insane.
[00:43:36] Now, of course, she had to come back
[00:43:37] and apologize because she talked.
[00:43:38] But black for that one.
[00:43:44] It's funny.
[00:43:44] She probably goes to fortune tellers
[00:43:48] and New Age gurus
[00:43:49] and listens to them
[00:43:52] channel their spirits.
[00:43:58] But you Christians,
[00:43:59] if you dare believe
[00:44:01] the Lord can speak to you
[00:44:02] by his Holy Spirit,
[00:44:04] you're crazy.
[00:44:13] Now, let's look at the blasphemy
[00:44:15] of the Holy Spirit.
[00:44:16] We're going to go by what Jesus said.
[00:44:18] Matthew chapter 12.
[00:44:19] I'm not going to go by
[00:44:19] what Pastor Dean says.
[00:44:20] We're not going to go by
[00:44:21] what any commentary says.
[00:44:23] We're going to go by
[00:44:24] what how Jesus defined it
[00:44:26] and what the word means itself.
[00:44:29] Okay, so let's go to Matthew 12.
[00:44:32] Let's see.
[00:44:32] Yep, actually,
[00:44:35] I'm going to actually turn there myself.
[00:44:38] See, it's a very dangerous thing.
[00:44:47] Very dangerous.
[00:44:49] It's one thing to resist
[00:44:51] the Holy Spirit.
[00:44:55] How to ignore it.
[00:44:56] Maybe we can make the argument
[00:44:58] the Pharisees were ignorant, right?
[00:45:01] Okay, they were not born again.
[00:45:03] So we can say
[00:45:04] the poor Pharisees
[00:45:05] that Stephen was talking to,
[00:45:07] they were just ignorant.
[00:45:08] They weren't born again.
[00:45:09] So, you know,
[00:45:11] of course, they're going to resist
[00:45:12] the Holy Spirit
[00:45:13] because they weren't saved.
[00:45:14] Okay.
[00:45:15] But then Paul writing to Christian,
[00:45:19] the Church of Thessalonica,
[00:45:21] don't quench the Holy Spirit,
[00:45:23] Christian.
[00:45:25] Don't put out the Holy Spirit fire.
[00:45:29] How would you do that?
[00:45:31] Sin, unbelief.
[00:45:34] How about saying,
[00:45:35] not for us?
[00:45:37] I think that would qualify.
[00:45:39] All right.
[00:45:42] And of course,
[00:45:43] in Ephesians 4,
[00:45:44] he says,
[00:45:45] in the midst of talking about,
[00:45:48] actually, Ephesians 4,
[00:45:49] he talks about the ministry gifts,
[00:45:51] apostles, prophets,
[00:45:52] evangelists, pastors, teachers.
[00:45:54] And then he goes on down
[00:45:55] and he talks about,
[00:45:55] you know,
[00:45:56] stop living in sin.
[00:45:59] And he says,
[00:45:59] grieve not the Holy Spirit.
[00:46:02] He's talking to Christians there.
[00:46:04] I mean,
[00:46:04] you can grieve the Holy Spirit.
[00:46:05] If you want to keep sinning,
[00:46:07] you want to live in sin.
[00:46:07] You want to be a liar.
[00:46:08] You want to be a thief.
[00:46:09] You want to be a fornicator.
[00:46:11] You want to be a hypocrite.
[00:46:11] You want to be an adult.
[00:46:13] You're going to grieve,
[00:46:14] cause him sorrow and pain.
[00:46:18] What that word means.
[00:46:21] But here,
[00:46:21] Jesus said something far more serious.
[00:46:24] And I'm going to tell you,
[00:46:27] Paul made this statement
[00:46:28] before we talk about blasphemy.
[00:46:30] If you read 1st Timothy,
[00:46:31] Chapter 1,
[00:46:32] Paul said this about himself.
[00:46:35] He said,
[00:46:35] I was a blasphemer.
[00:46:39] He said,
[00:46:39] but I obtained mercy
[00:46:42] because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
[00:46:46] Meaning Paul was saying,
[00:46:47] I blasphemed God
[00:46:49] before I was saved.
[00:46:51] I blasphemed Jesus.
[00:46:53] I blasphemed the Messiah.
[00:46:54] I blasphemed the whole Christian thing.
[00:46:56] I blasphemed,
[00:46:58] but I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
[00:47:00] I didn't know what I was talking about.
[00:47:03] But when I,
[00:47:03] you know,
[00:47:04] but I obtained mercy
[00:47:05] because of that,
[00:47:06] but then Jesus,
[00:47:07] so Jesus is talking about something else.
[00:47:08] He's not talking about unbelievers here
[00:47:10] when he's talking about
[00:47:11] the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
[00:47:15] Can I just tell you?
[00:47:18] The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,
[00:47:19] only someone with knowledge can.
[00:47:24] Only someone who's experienced
[00:47:28] salvation can do.
[00:47:30] Let me show you.
[00:47:31] Now he warns them.
[00:47:33] You better watch it out.
[00:47:36] Well, let's read.
[00:47:38] We're going to start from verse 22 here.
[00:47:41] Then was brought unto him,
[00:47:43] Jesus, one brought unto Jesus,
[00:47:45] rather, brought unto him,
[00:47:47] one possessed with the devil,
[00:47:48] blind and dumb,
[00:47:49] and he healed him in so much
[00:47:51] that the blind and dumb
[00:47:52] both spake and saw.
[00:47:53] And all the people were amazed
[00:47:55] and said,
[00:47:55] He's not this,
[00:47:56] the Son of David.
[00:47:57] But when the Pharisees heard it,
[00:47:59] they said,
[00:47:59] This fellow doth not cast out devils,
[00:48:01] but by Beals above,
[00:48:02] the Prince of the Devil.
[00:48:04] And Jesus knew their thoughts
[00:48:05] and said unto them,
[00:48:06] Every kingdom divided against itself
[00:48:07] is brought to desolation,
[00:48:08] and every city or house
[00:48:09] divided against itself
[00:48:11] shall not stand.
[00:48:12] And if Satan cast out Satan,
[00:48:13] he is divided against himself.
[00:48:15] How shall then his kingdom stand?
[00:48:17] And if I by Beals above cast out devils,
[00:48:20] by whom do your children cast them out?
[00:48:21] Therefore, they shall be your judges.
[00:48:23] But if I cast out devils
[00:48:25] by the Spirit of God,
[00:48:26] then the kingdom of God
[00:48:27] is coming to you.
[00:48:28] Or else how could one enter
[00:48:29] into a strong man's house
[00:48:31] and spoil his goods,
[00:48:32] except he first bind the strong man
[00:48:34] and then he will spoil his house.
[00:48:36] He that is not with me
[00:48:37] is against me.
[00:48:39] And he that gathers not with me
[00:48:40] scattereth abroad.
[00:48:41] Now listen to verse 31 and 32.
[00:48:45] Wherefore I say unto you,
[00:48:47] all manner of sin and blasphemy
[00:48:49] shall be forgiven unto men.
[00:48:50] But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
[00:48:53] shall not be forgiven unto men.
[00:48:55] And whosoever speaketh the word
[00:48:56] against the Son of man,
[00:48:57] that is Jesus,
[00:48:58] it shall be forgiven him.
[00:48:59] But whosoever speaketh against
[00:49:01] the Holy Ghost,
[00:49:03] it shall not be forgiven him
[00:49:04] neither in this world,
[00:49:06] neither in the world to come.
[00:49:10] Speaketh again!
[00:49:13] Oh my!
[00:49:16] Now Jesus was talking about
[00:49:19] he that speaks against
[00:49:21] the Holy Ghost.
[00:49:26] And then he gives you a clue.
[00:49:28] How were they speaking
[00:49:29] against the Holy Ghost?
[00:49:30] Jesus cast the demons
[00:49:32] out of a boy
[00:49:33] and he was healed.
[00:49:36] And they said he's doing it
[00:49:38] by the power of Satan,
[00:49:39] by Beelzebub.
[00:49:43] In the Old Testament
[00:49:44] it was Beelzebub.
[00:49:48] Beel.
[00:49:50] The Lord of the Flies.
[00:49:52] The Lord of the evil spirit.
[00:49:56] That's how Jesus is doing it.
[00:49:57] Jesus said, you know what?
[00:49:59] People are going to speak
[00:50:00] against me
[00:50:01] and they're going to find forgiveness.
[00:50:05] People are going to do
[00:50:09] all kinds of things toward me.
[00:50:12] But if they do it
[00:50:13] toward the Holy Spirit,
[00:50:15] it will not be forgiven
[00:50:19] not in this world
[00:50:22] or in the world now.
[00:50:25] Can I ask you a question?
[00:50:27] How are you in heaven
[00:50:28] with unforgiven hands?
[00:50:39] Speak again.
[00:50:41] Let's look at the word blast them.
[00:50:43] Just look at the definition of it.
[00:50:46] Blasphemy, slander,
[00:50:49] detraction, speech,
[00:50:51] injurious to another's good name,
[00:50:54] impious, reproachful speech,
[00:50:56] injurious to divine majesty,
[00:50:58] vilification against God,
[00:51:00] blasphemy, evil speaking,
[00:51:01] railing.
[00:51:02] Google says,
[00:51:03] abusively despairing speech
[00:51:05] or writing.
[00:51:07] Oh my.
[00:51:09] Speaking against the Holy Spirit.
[00:51:13] Now, you know, here's
[00:51:14] what's amazing.
[00:51:16] I'm going to turn to this
[00:51:17] in a minute.
[00:51:18] But here's a book.
[00:51:19] I don't know if everybody
[00:51:20] can see this or not.
[00:51:23] Maybe I'll walk a little closer.
[00:51:25] This is a book called
[00:51:26] The Holy Spirit and Power.
[00:51:30] It includes 10 timeless messages
[00:51:34] from the founder of
[00:51:36] the Methodist Church,
[00:51:38] John Wesley.
[00:51:39] Can you see it?
[00:51:40] There you go.
[00:51:41] Great book.
[00:51:42] It's just 10 of his transcribed
[00:51:45] sermon in the 1700s.
[00:51:48] What I found amazing
[00:51:49] about the great Methodist preacher,
[00:51:51] John Wesley,
[00:51:54] on page 111
[00:52:00] in Chapter 7
[00:52:01] of this book,
[00:52:03] he asked the question.
[00:52:06] He's talking about the gifts
[00:52:07] of all of these.
[00:52:08] Did the spiritual gifts
[00:52:09] cease after the apostolic age?
[00:52:12] Now, think about
[00:52:14] the ministry of
[00:52:16] John Wesley began after
[00:52:18] somewhere right after
[00:52:19] around 1735.
[00:52:21] All right.
[00:52:22] When he actually,
[00:52:23] you know,
[00:52:24] a lot of people don't know this,
[00:52:25] you know,
[00:52:25] he was more holy
[00:52:26] than most Christians
[00:52:27] are now before he was saved.
[00:52:29] And he and his brother
[00:52:30] and Whitfield
[00:52:32] created the Holy Club at Oxford.
[00:52:34] They were trying to be holy
[00:52:35] in their own strength,
[00:52:37] and that didn't save them.
[00:52:39] And then he thinks he's a Christian
[00:52:41] and he comes,
[00:52:42] he travels all the way from England.
[00:52:43] Think about back then in 1735,
[00:52:46] all the way from England,
[00:52:46] he comes to the territory
[00:52:49] now called Georgia,
[00:52:49] the state of Georgia,
[00:52:51] to be a missionary
[00:52:53] to the American Indians here.
[00:52:56] He fails so miserably
[00:52:59] to win anybody to Jesus
[00:53:01] and to do anything good as a missionary.
[00:53:04] He goes back home
[00:53:05] as a miserable failure.
[00:53:07] And then he visits
[00:53:08] the Alders Gate prayer meeting
[00:53:10] and history is made
[00:53:11] once he understands
[00:53:13] that he must be born again,
[00:53:14] that he must trust
[00:53:16] Jesus Christ justification by faith.
[00:53:19] He hears that.
[00:53:20] He's there reading,
[00:53:21] I think, Luther commentary on Romans.
[00:53:26] But anyway, he says he believes
[00:53:27] and he understands
[00:53:29] even though he was trying to be good,
[00:53:30] he had not truly fully just trusted
[00:53:34] the blood of Jesus
[00:53:35] and the resurrection of Jesus
[00:53:36] for his righteousness
[00:53:37] and for his salvation.
[00:53:38] And at that moment he said
[00:53:39] he felt his heart strangely warm,
[00:53:41] he was born again.
[00:53:43] And then this man
[00:53:45] got full of the Holy Spirit.
[00:53:48] And this man blazed the trail
[00:53:51] of truth and revival
[00:53:55] in England
[00:53:57] and in the American colony.
[00:54:00] All right,
[00:54:01] and this is what he said.
[00:54:03] He said claims that
[00:54:04] the miraculous powers
[00:54:06] and gifts of the Holy Spirit
[00:54:07] ended with the apostles
[00:54:08] is canceled by the testimonies
[00:54:12] of the early church fathers.
[00:54:14] Where is the proof
[00:54:15] that they were wrong?
[00:54:16] Who is to say that
[00:54:17] they were either fools
[00:54:18] or scoundrels?
[00:54:20] Without proof, no one can.
[00:54:22] He said proceed
[00:54:23] to the testimony
[00:54:24] of Justin Martyr.
[00:54:26] Now let me pull this up right here.
[00:54:29] Let me, before I read that,
[00:54:30] let me show you this little,
[00:54:32] I'm reading a great book.
[00:54:33] This is going to be
[00:54:33] in our school here.
[00:54:35] This is called
[00:54:35] The Ancient Church Fathers.
[00:54:38] Wonderful book.
[00:54:39] This is going to be
[00:54:39] one of our textbooks here
[00:54:41] when we get to church history.
[00:54:43] But he has a diagram here.
[00:54:45] I don't know if you can see it.
[00:54:45] He has a little diagram
[00:54:48] of kind of how the faith was passed on.
[00:54:52] You get a little idea.
[00:54:53] But he shows us here
[00:54:55] like who discipled who?
[00:54:56] Like Peter, Paul, and John
[00:55:00] discipled Clement of Rome.
[00:55:03] John had two main disciples though,
[00:55:06] Polycarp and Ignatius.
[00:55:08] And Polycarp discipled Justin Martyr.
[00:55:13] Okay.
[00:55:15] And you can see,
[00:55:15] and you can go down.
[00:55:16] I mean, this is all church history
[00:55:17] confirmed by the writing
[00:55:19] that we have
[00:55:21] of these early church fathers.
[00:55:22] Some of them say,
[00:55:22] well, what about,
[00:55:23] what if some of the early
[00:55:24] church fathers were counterfeited?
[00:55:25] Well, when the early
[00:55:26] church fathers were fighting
[00:55:28] against Gnosticism
[00:55:30] and Roman Catholic stuff
[00:55:32] and all that,
[00:55:34] you can pretty well trust it.
[00:55:35] And again, again,
[00:55:38] we'll get into how we know
[00:55:40] it's all documented.
[00:55:41] But anyway,
[00:55:42] Polycarp, John, direct disciple.
[00:55:45] Polycarp took over at Ephesus
[00:55:46] after John died.
[00:55:48] And then Polycarp
[00:55:50] discipled Justin Martyr.
[00:55:51] We're talking about
[00:55:53] how Christianity continues, right?
[00:55:56] So, John Wesley,
[00:55:59] quoting church history,
[00:56:00] in which he was a scholar,
[00:56:04] says, you want to say
[00:56:06] that the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[00:56:08] stopped after the Apostle.
[00:56:10] He said, wrong,
[00:56:11] according to church history.
[00:56:14] Wrong.
[00:56:14] And might I say,
[00:56:17] the Catholic Church
[00:56:17] didn't come in until 313 A.D.
[00:56:19] under Constantine.
[00:56:22] So you can't say,
[00:56:22] oh, no, no, this is just
[00:56:24] Catholic Church corruption.
[00:56:25] No, no, no.
[00:56:26] They're not even in existence here.
[00:56:28] So, Justin Martyr,
[00:56:30] he said, proceed to the testimony
[00:56:32] of Justin Martyr,
[00:56:33] who wrote about 50 years
[00:56:34] after the Apostles.
[00:56:35] He wrote,
[00:56:37] there are prophetic gifts
[00:56:39] among us even until now.
[00:56:41] You may see with us
[00:56:43] both women and men
[00:56:44] having gifts
[00:56:46] from the Spirit of God.
[00:56:47] He particularly insisted
[00:56:49] upon casting out devils
[00:56:51] as the gift that everyone
[00:56:52] might see with his own eye.
[00:56:56] Irenaeus,
[00:56:57] you look at this little chart,
[00:56:58] you see, Polycarp,
[00:57:01] Justin Martyr,
[00:57:03] then he discipled Irenaeus.
[00:57:06] Irenaeus wrote a volume,
[00:57:08] massive volume,
[00:57:09] called Against Heresy.
[00:57:11] And he was fighting against
[00:57:13] the heretics,
[00:57:14] the Gnostic heretic.
[00:57:16] All right.
[00:57:17] He said, Irenaeus,
[00:57:19] who wrote somewhat later,
[00:57:20] affirms that all
[00:57:21] who were truly disciples of Jesus
[00:57:24] wrought miracles in his name.
[00:57:26] Some cast out devils,
[00:57:27] others had visions,
[00:57:29] or the knowledge of the future events,
[00:57:31] others healed the sick.
[00:57:33] And as to the raising the dead,
[00:57:34] he declares it to have been
[00:57:36] frequently performed
[00:57:38] on necessary occasions
[00:57:39] by great fasting
[00:57:41] and the joint supplication
[00:57:42] of the church.
[00:57:43] And then he said this,
[00:57:44] we quote,
[00:57:45] this is Irenaeus,
[00:57:47] one of the great fathers
[00:57:49] and just apostles of the church.
[00:57:52] He said,
[00:57:53] we hear many,
[00:57:54] says he,
[00:57:54] speaking with all kinds of tongues
[00:57:56] and expounding
[00:57:57] the mysteries of God.
[00:58:03] Oh, you want to talk about
[00:58:07] the racist Charles Parham
[00:58:10] in 1906 and seven
[00:58:13] and say,
[00:58:15] tongues is of the devil.
[00:58:18] It's from the mystery school.
[00:58:21] What about Justin Martyr?
[00:58:23] An Irenaeus.
[00:58:27] Oh, and it goes on.
[00:58:30] And this is a sermon
[00:58:32] John Wesley preached.
[00:58:39] Let's see.
[00:58:39] He says,
[00:58:43] they talked about casting out demons
[00:58:45] all the time.
[00:58:47] The resurrection of the dead.
[00:58:49] Let me let me just jump.
[00:58:56] We jump over here.
[00:58:57] There's just I mean,
[00:58:57] there's so much good stuff.
[00:58:58] I could really just about healing
[00:58:59] of the sick.
[00:59:02] Where were we here?
[00:59:10] Oh, he just he talks about them
[00:59:12] talking about them having,
[00:59:13] you know, prophecies.
[00:59:18] Curtullian talking about it
[00:59:19] continuing into the 200s
[00:59:22] and 300.
[00:59:23] So what I'm getting at
[00:59:24] the gifts of healing
[00:59:25] and he and he lists them here.
[00:59:26] John Wesley list.
[00:59:28] He said,
[00:59:28] these are the things
[00:59:29] that continued in the church
[00:59:31] after the apostles
[00:59:32] and he's talking about
[00:59:33] in the late 1st century,
[00:59:35] 2nd century, 3rd century.
[00:59:37] He says, casting out devils
[00:59:39] speaking with new tongues,
[00:59:40] escaping dangers
[00:59:41] in which otherwise
[00:59:42] they might have perished.
[00:59:44] Healing the sick prophecy
[00:59:45] foretelling things to come.
[00:59:47] Visions divine dreams
[00:59:48] and discerning of spirit.
[00:59:51] John Wesley.
[00:59:56] And I mean, and let me
[00:59:58] let me just go to something else
[01:00:00] because I quoted this.
[01:00:02] Let's everybody turn
[01:00:04] because I'm going to quote
[01:00:04] John Wesley here again.
[01:00:06] Everybody turn to 1 Corinthians 13.
[01:00:08] Let's just deal with this
[01:00:09] once and for all right here.
[01:00:16] 1 Corinthians 13.
[01:00:22] Don't shout me down
[01:00:23] when I'm preaching good.
[01:00:24] I'm Pentecostal and unashamed.
[01:00:28] I speak in tongues
[01:00:29] and cast out devils
[01:00:32] in Jesus name.
[01:00:34] That'd be a good song.
[01:00:35] Hey, I'm on to something here.
[01:00:40] I prophesy.
[01:00:47] You know, I'll give you one
[01:00:48] while you're turning there.
[01:00:49] Everybody turn in there.
[01:00:51] Here's what's cool.
[01:00:53] Well, I'm not going to say it.
[01:00:55] Can't because it might
[01:00:55] it'll give away
[01:00:56] because I know somebody's listening
[01:00:57] and it'll give away their gift.
[01:01:02] I'll tell you about it later.
[01:01:03] Just we have to wait
[01:01:05] till after Father's Day.
[01:01:06] Come.
[01:01:07] My Father's Day gift.
[01:01:08] I know what it is,
[01:01:08] but we can't let your dad keep walking.
[01:01:12] So he might figure it out.
[01:01:15] He's a smart guy.
[01:01:17] All right.
[01:01:19] Let's read this.
[01:01:21] I tend to know
[01:01:21] what my father's day
[01:01:23] is going to figure out
[01:01:24] my anniversary gift
[01:01:25] because that's what I want, babe.
[01:01:26] All right.
[01:01:29] This one's really cool, though,
[01:01:30] because it's the fulfillment
[01:01:32] of a prophecy.
[01:01:34] It's just amazing.
[01:01:35] Bible prophecy stuff, man.
[01:01:37] All right.
[01:01:38] All right.
[01:01:39] Here we go.
[01:01:42] Here we go.
[01:01:44] All right.
[01:01:44] 1 Corinthians 13.
[01:01:45] Let's just read it.
[01:01:46] Though I speak with the tongues
[01:01:47] of men and of angels.
[01:01:48] It says it's two kinds.
[01:01:51] The known tongues
[01:01:52] and languages of men.
[01:01:53] The unknown languages of heaven.
[01:01:55] He said, though I speak
[01:01:56] with the tongues of men
[01:01:57] and of angels
[01:01:58] and have not charity.
[01:01:59] I am become a sounding brass
[01:02:01] or a tinkling cymbal.
[01:02:02] And though I have the gift
[01:02:03] of prophecy
[01:02:04] and understand all mysteries
[01:02:06] and all knowledge
[01:02:06] and though I have all faith
[01:02:07] so that I could remove mountains
[01:02:09] and have not charity
[01:02:10] or love in action.
[01:02:11] I am nothing.
[01:02:12] Though I bestow all my goods
[01:02:14] to feed the poor.
[01:02:14] Though I give my body
[01:02:15] to be burned
[01:02:16] and have not charity.
[01:02:17] It profiteth me nothing.
[01:02:18] Charity suffers long
[01:02:19] and is a kind.
[01:02:20] Charity envieth not.
[01:02:22] So on and so forth.
[01:02:22] Now let's jump on down.
[01:02:24] Verse 8.
[01:02:25] He says, charity or love
[01:02:26] never fails.
[01:02:27] But whether there be prophecies,
[01:02:29] they shall fail.
[01:02:30] Whether there be tongues,
[01:02:31] they shall cease.
[01:02:32] Whether there be knowledge,
[01:02:33] it shall vanish away.
[01:02:34] Now all those have
[01:02:35] semicolons there.
[01:02:37] Things of thought continue.
[01:02:38] He says, whether they be prophecies,
[01:02:40] eventually they fail.
[01:02:41] Whether they be tongues,
[01:02:42] they shall cease.
[01:02:43] Whether there be knowledge,
[01:02:44] it shall vanish away.
[01:02:46] He says, for we know in part
[01:02:48] and we prophesy in part.
[01:02:50] But when that which is perfect
[01:02:52] is come,
[01:02:52] then that which is in part
[01:02:54] shall be done away.
[01:02:56] When I was a child,
[01:02:56] I spoke as a child
[01:02:57] and I stood as a child
[01:02:58] and thought as a child.
[01:02:59] But when I became a man,
[01:03:01] I put away childish things.
[01:03:02] For now,
[01:03:03] we see through a glass darkly,
[01:03:05] but then face to face.
[01:03:07] Now I know in part,
[01:03:08] but then when?
[01:03:10] What is he talking about?
[01:03:11] Face to face.
[01:03:13] Now I know in part.
[01:03:15] Then when I see Jesus face to face.
[01:03:19] What he's talking about.
[01:03:21] So I'm going to show you this,
[01:03:21] the context of this.
[01:03:23] He says, but then shall I know
[01:03:24] even as I am known.
[01:03:26] So let's look at this.
[01:03:27] The detractors,
[01:03:29] the cessationists,
[01:03:30] the ones who say the gift sees.
[01:03:33] Use this verse.
[01:03:33] This is their passage they use.
[01:03:35] This is the only one they got.
[01:03:37] That's it, right?
[01:03:41] But what they say is that when it says
[01:03:43] when that which is perfect has come.
[01:03:45] Let me put that verse up there.
[01:03:47] But when that which is perfect has come,
[01:03:48] then that which is in part
[01:03:49] shall be done away.
[01:03:50] So they what they say.
[01:03:51] Now they just make this up, right?
[01:03:53] I had that pastor in Florida
[01:03:55] tell me exactly this right here.
[01:03:57] And I've seen this over and over
[01:03:59] and over again.
[01:03:59] John MacArthur study Bible.
[01:04:02] It's in fact,
[01:04:03] in my Hebrew Greek study Bible,
[01:04:04] that's the commentaries
[01:04:05] by some Baptist do, okay?
[01:04:09] But here's what the Bible said.
[01:04:11] Now, what they say is
[01:04:12] that which is perfect come
[01:04:14] when the Scriptures,
[01:04:15] the New Testament was canonized,
[01:04:17] you know,
[01:04:18] Matthew to Revelation.
[01:04:19] When that was put together,
[01:04:20] that is perfect.
[01:04:22] And that was that
[01:04:22] which is perfect has come.
[01:04:24] Now, I'm not arguing.
[01:04:25] I believe the Scriptures are inspired.
[01:04:27] The New Testament is clearly
[01:04:28] inspired by God,
[01:04:29] infallible, inerrant.
[01:04:32] It is God's perfect revelation to us.
[01:04:36] But is that what this is talking about?
[01:04:39] Because we have to take the word
[01:04:40] by how it's defined,
[01:04:42] how it's used,
[01:04:46] and the context in which it is.
[01:04:49] Or else we're not being
[01:04:52] intellectually honest.
[01:04:55] We're not being
[01:04:56] hermeneutically correct.
[01:05:00] My Baptist brethren,
[01:05:03] because the word
[01:05:06] perfect here
[01:05:09] is clearly
[01:05:10] referring to Jesus
[01:05:15] and not the Scripture.
[01:05:17] Nowhere does this passage say
[01:05:18] this is that it's the Scriptures.
[01:05:19] There's no hint.
[01:05:21] There's no illusion to it.
[01:05:23] There's nothing.
[01:05:24] It's not alluded to.
[01:05:25] It's not hinted at.
[01:05:27] But what in the past where it says,
[01:05:29] but that when we see him face to face,
[01:05:34] when Jesus comes,
[01:05:35] there'll be no more need
[01:05:36] for tongue or prophecy
[01:05:39] or vision or dream.
[01:05:44] You won't have to be
[01:05:46] led by the Spirit
[01:05:48] because you will be with Him.
[01:05:53] Amen?
[01:05:55] See, I don't need.
[01:05:56] Let's just say the gifts of the Spirit
[01:05:57] are like a telephone.
[01:05:58] My wife's at home.
[01:05:59] I'm at church.
[01:06:00] And we can communicate
[01:06:01] through the telephone.
[01:06:02] But when we're face to face,
[01:06:05] do I need the telephone?
[01:06:09] Simple, isn't it?
[01:06:11] Well, get this.
[01:06:12] John Wesley in the 1700s,
[01:06:18] a Bible scholar,
[01:06:19] a great man of God,
[01:06:22] said this,
[01:06:23] in a letter to Dr. Conyers Middleton,
[01:06:27] January 4th, 1749,
[01:06:32] he says this,
[01:06:33] it was a response to a published criticism
[01:06:37] of the gifts of the Spirit by Middleton.
[01:06:40] And Wesley wrote in his journal,
[01:06:42] I soon saw what occasion
[01:06:44] that good man had given
[01:06:45] to the enemies of God to blaspheme
[01:06:48] and that Dr. Middleton,
[01:06:49] in particular,
[01:06:50] had largely used that work
[01:06:51] in order to overthrow
[01:06:52] the Christian system.
[01:06:54] While Wesley's letter
[01:06:56] was directly an answer
[01:06:57] to Middleton's criticism,
[01:06:59] it provides the modern Christian
[01:07:00] with adequate answers
[01:07:02] to the criticism of the gifts today.
[01:07:04] One such theory argues,
[01:07:06] tongues, prophecy, and knowledge
[01:07:08] have passed away
[01:07:08] because the perfect has come.
[01:07:11] That perfect is said to be
[01:07:12] the New Testament.
[01:07:14] All of Wesley's ancient authority
[01:07:16] cited in this letter
[01:07:17] wrote after the books
[01:07:19] of the New Testament written,
[01:07:20] Justin, Irenaeus,
[01:07:22] Fertullian, Cyprian,
[01:07:23] Origen, all gave lists
[01:07:26] of the New Testament books
[01:07:27] in their writings.
[01:07:32] From this, it is evident
[01:07:33] that the gifts continued
[01:07:34] in the church
[01:07:35] after the New Testament books
[01:07:37] were written
[01:07:37] and used in the church.
[01:07:39] Additionally, it is currently taught
[01:07:41] that demonology,
[01:07:42] concepts of the devil and demons
[01:07:44] came into Judaism
[01:07:45] after the Babylonian exile
[01:07:46] from contact with Persian religion.
[01:07:49] The use of such terms
[01:07:50] and concepts is excused
[01:07:53] as the way Jesus
[01:07:54] and his contemporaries
[01:07:55] described mental and emotional problems
[01:07:57] in a pre-scientific era.
[01:07:59] Wesley quickly saw
[01:08:01] through this argument,
[01:08:02] if there were no demons
[01:08:03] and no devil,
[01:08:04] Jesus would either be a fool
[01:08:05] or a fraud.
[01:08:07] So, Wesley contended
[01:08:11] and showed by church history,
[01:08:14] by the writings
[01:08:15] of the church fathers
[01:08:16] into the first century,
[01:08:18] into the second century,
[01:08:19] into the third century,
[01:08:21] that the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[01:08:22] continued.
[01:08:23] And this, this theologian here,
[01:08:26] Dr. Ken Johnson,
[01:08:28] concurred with that.
[01:08:31] And then I checked,
[01:08:31] I spent hours up here yesterday
[01:08:34] checking their sources,
[01:08:35] checking the actual sources,
[01:08:36] the actual writing.
[01:08:38] So, the gifts continued.
[01:08:40] So, let me give you
[01:08:42] a little idea here
[01:08:43] and I'm just going to throw this up
[01:08:44] because I wrote a book
[01:08:46] called Tongues of Fire,
[01:08:49] talking about the baptism
[01:08:50] of the Holy Spirit,
[01:08:50] a little booklet
[01:08:51] that's on our website.
[01:08:54] And I wrote this
[01:08:54] in 2007.
[01:08:59] My wife did a great job editing it
[01:09:01] and we just decided
[01:09:02] to put it in a PDF
[01:09:03] and make it free
[01:09:04] to anybody it wanted.
[01:09:06] Well, in this,
[01:09:07] of course,
[01:09:07] I looked up this word perfect
[01:09:11] and the Greek word
[01:09:12] for perfect
[01:09:13] in this passage
[01:09:16] is the Greek word
[01:09:17] telios,
[01:09:18] which means the perfect state
[01:09:21] of all things
[01:09:22] to be ushered in
[01:09:23] by the return of Christ
[01:09:24] from heaven.
[01:09:27] That's what this word means.
[01:09:28] And that is the definition,
[01:09:29] the exact word for word definition
[01:09:31] in the Thayer's lexicon.
[01:09:34] So, I get this,
[01:09:36] how these guys,
[01:09:38] these Bible school professors,
[01:09:41] educated pastors,
[01:09:43] how do they look this word
[01:09:47] perfect up in the Greek lexicons
[01:09:52] that says this word
[01:09:53] is talking about
[01:09:54] the perfect state of all things
[01:09:56] when Christ returns,
[01:09:57] when Jesus Christ returns
[01:09:59] and makes all things new,
[01:10:01] when we see Him face to face,
[01:10:05] how can they use that
[01:10:06] to say it's the Scriptures
[01:10:08] when the New Testament is complete?
[01:10:10] And then how do you say
[01:10:12] that knowledge has passed away?
[01:10:14] Knowledge?
[01:10:15] I think knowledge has passed away
[01:10:16] for some of them.
[01:10:22] This is not complicated,
[01:10:25] but you know what it is?
[01:10:28] True New Testament Christianity,
[01:10:30] where you step out of the boat
[01:10:33] into the miraculous realm
[01:10:34] is not easy
[01:10:37] because the devil opposes that
[01:10:39] with all of his might.
[01:10:40] He hates the power of God
[01:10:43] being demonstrated in the earth,
[01:10:45] in the church,
[01:10:46] in your life.
[01:10:49] He's fine with you
[01:10:50] accepting a dead,
[01:10:51] empty shell of Christianity,
[01:10:56] but He cannot stand the thought
[01:10:59] of you having actual power
[01:11:01] in your prayer life.
[01:11:04] You actually hearing
[01:11:06] and discerning the voice
[01:11:07] and leading of God,
[01:11:10] healing the sick,
[01:11:11] casting out demons,
[01:11:13] raising the dead,
[01:11:14] doing something supernatural.
[01:11:16] He cannot stand the thought of that.
[01:11:19] So He fights it
[01:11:21] and He raises up people
[01:11:22] like the little hippie
[01:11:25] from the West Coast.
[01:11:29] He's scared of it.
[01:11:42] And I could go through
[01:11:43] over and over.
[01:11:46] They talked about it.
[01:11:47] People were healed.
[01:11:48] People were speaking
[01:11:51] for centuries.
[01:11:53] Wesley talks about it
[01:11:54] in that same chapter.
[01:11:55] I couldn't read the whole chapter.
[01:11:56] He talks about
[01:11:57] an outpouring of the Holy Spirit
[01:11:58] and the gifts of the Spirit
[01:11:59] in the French Huguenot.
[01:12:05] It didn't start.
[01:12:07] No, let me inform you.
[01:12:08] Since you think you're so smart,
[01:12:13] the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
[01:12:14] the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[01:12:16] didn't start with
[01:12:18] the troublesome character
[01:12:22] named Charles Poth.
[01:12:26] No, it started on the day of Pentecost
[01:12:30] and asked after two.
[01:12:31] It continued when Peter went
[01:12:34] to the household of Cornelius.
[01:12:37] And everybody that heard
[01:12:38] the Gospel and belief
[01:12:39] were baptized in the Holy Spirit,
[01:12:41] spoke in tongues, and prophesied.
[01:12:43] Oh, and it continued
[01:12:44] when Paul went to Ephesus
[01:12:46] and found certain disciples and said,
[01:12:48] have you received the Holy Ghost,
[01:12:49] since you believe?
[01:12:52] And he said he laid hands on them
[01:12:53] and the Holy Spirit came on them
[01:12:54] and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
[01:12:58] Oh, oh, oh.
[01:12:58] And it continued
[01:13:02] in the Corinthians and the Church of Ephesus.
[01:13:08] In fact, some of the Church Fathers
[01:13:10] in here, Ignatius, Parley-Carp,
[01:13:13] Irenaeus talked about how
[01:13:14] there were churches in their day
[01:13:17] in the second century.
[01:13:19] Said they came behind in no gift.
[01:13:21] They had all the gifts operating.
[01:13:24] The gift of tongues.
[01:13:25] And they talked about the gift of tongues
[01:13:27] were not just known languages
[01:13:28] that they were languages
[01:13:30] as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 4
[01:13:32] that no man knows.
[01:13:35] That we speak mysteries to God.
[01:13:38] You want to call that of the devil,
[01:13:41] demonic, Bible?
[01:13:43] Let me tell you something, son.
[01:13:44] Been preaching this Gospel,
[01:13:46] Holy Ghost-filled, tongue-talking
[01:13:48] for many years.
[01:13:49] And I've seen many people saved
[01:13:50] through the anointing and power
[01:13:52] of the Spirit upon this meeting.
[01:13:53] I'm talking about truly born again saved
[01:13:57] because of the power of the Holy Ghost
[01:14:00] through messages that I didn't know
[01:14:02] what to preach until I prayed in tongues
[01:14:04] and the Holy Spirit gave me
[01:14:05] the interpretation of those tongues
[01:14:07] and told me exactly what to preach.
[01:14:09] And then people got saved.
[01:14:12] Don't tell me it's of the devil,
[01:14:14] you devil.
[01:14:17] Get behind me, Satan.
[01:14:23] You oppose the Holy Spirit.
[01:14:26] You blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
[01:14:30] You better be careful out there,
[01:14:32] you YouTube-blogging people.
[01:14:37] You don't get to talk against
[01:14:39] what's in God's Word
[01:14:41] and what some people in the church
[01:14:43] understand to be absolutely true
[01:14:45] from God's Word
[01:14:46] and have experience.
[01:14:47] Don't talk about things you don't know
[01:14:49] and don't teach about things
[01:14:51] and try to leave places.
[01:14:53] You won't go.
[01:14:57] Never spoken tongues
[01:14:58] and you're going to tell me
[01:14:59] how it's supposed to work or not work.
[01:15:01] What are you talking about?
[01:15:08] Ridiculous.
[01:15:11] I'm going to tell you what,
[01:15:13] one of the most powerful,
[01:15:16] blessed things you can do
[01:15:19] when you're at your wits end
[01:15:21] and you don't know what to do
[01:15:22] and you don't know what the will of God is,
[01:15:24] one of the most powerful things you can do
[01:15:27] is pray in tongues.
[01:15:32] Pray in the Spirit, Paul called.
[01:15:34] Pray in the Spirit.
[01:15:36] I don't know.
[01:15:37] Pray in it.
[01:15:37] Sometimes I prayed in the Spirit
[01:15:39] for an hour until the peace of God came
[01:15:42] and the presence of God came
[01:15:43] and I had just a download
[01:15:46] from the Lord of His wisdom
[01:15:48] what to do in this situation.
[01:15:52] It shows me,
[01:15:53] I think it's a tool God's given us
[01:15:56] to not lean on our own strength.
[01:15:58] I'm going to tell you how many times
[01:15:59] I don't know what to preach,
[01:16:00] I don't know what to teach,
[01:16:01] I don't know what to counsel somebody,
[01:16:03] I don't know what to say.
[01:16:05] I ask Him and then I've had Him tell me,
[01:16:16] Son, have you forgotten to pray
[01:16:20] in the Spirit to build up
[01:16:22] your faith?
[01:16:24] That's what Jude's had.
[01:16:32] I mean, you guys know,
[01:16:35] y'all got some bad disfriends,
[01:16:36] call it babbling.
[01:16:38] Demonic babbling.
[01:16:41] Oh, geez.
[01:16:44] Better tread carefully.
[01:16:49] See, the problem is,
[01:16:53] when you resist the Holy Spirit
[01:16:55] and you quench the Holy Spirit,
[01:16:57] you'll eventually blast Him.
[01:17:03] Better stop.
[01:17:05] Better stop while you can.
[01:17:11] Well, I don't know about it.
[01:17:13] It keeps you massive.
[01:17:20] What do you call blasphemy in the Holy Spirit?
[01:17:22] Speaking again.
[01:17:31] Careful, careful.
[01:17:32] Oh, no, no, no.
[01:17:36] Holy Spirit doesn't heal people anymore.
[01:17:39] Holy Spirit doesn't give people
[01:17:40] gift of tongues anymore.
[01:17:41] Holy Spirit doesn't give people discernment anymore.
[01:17:43] Holy Spirit doesn't give people prophecies anymore.
[01:17:46] Oh, you're speaking again.
[01:17:50] I hope you're not saved.
[01:17:51] You might find mercy.
[01:17:54] You're a Christian.
[01:18:01] You're in dangerous territory.
[01:18:05] Y'all learn anything?
[01:18:09] I want to say this to those out there watching.
[01:18:11] This is our church, y'all know.
[01:18:17] If you've never been baptized,
[01:18:20] filled with the Holy Spirit,
[01:18:22] with the evidence of speaking another tongue,
[01:18:25] that's not just for some.
[01:18:27] People always want to throw out the verse
[01:18:28] in first Corinthians.
[01:18:29] Do all speak with tongues?
[01:18:30] Does it say they can't?
[01:18:33] No, it's just making a statement
[01:18:35] and asking questions.
[01:18:35] Do all Christians do it?
[01:18:37] No, absolutely.
[01:18:37] And they never will.
[01:18:39] Does that mean it's not for all?
[01:18:42] No, that's not what it says.
[01:18:42] See, we can't add to it and take from it.
[01:18:45] Paul said, I wish you all spoke with tongues.
[01:18:47] Jesus said, these signs shall follow them
[01:18:49] to believe in my name.
[01:18:50] They shall cast out devils
[01:18:51] and they shall speak with new tongues.
[01:18:54] Word, new, interesting word.
[01:18:56] Things never known before.
[01:18:59] Not just known languages,
[01:19:00] but new ones.
[01:19:01] Never known.
[01:19:01] Never experienced.
[01:19:06] So this gift,
[01:19:09] this is something you've got to...
[01:19:11] Before you...
[01:19:12] I have people all the time say,
[01:19:13] well, I pray.
[01:19:16] And I didn't get it,
[01:19:17] so I just moved on.
[01:19:21] You know, the old Pentecostal.
[01:19:23] And I'm talking about
[01:19:23] before they were Pentecost.
[01:19:26] When they heard this truth,
[01:19:30] they would lay hold of God.
[01:19:31] They would get with God about it
[01:19:33] until they were filmed.
[01:19:34] They didn't give up
[01:19:36] when it didn't happen in a day.
[01:19:38] In fact, they used to have
[01:19:39] entire services
[01:19:40] where they had called people
[01:19:42] to the altar for them to tarry.
[01:19:44] You know what tarry means?
[01:19:45] Wait.
[01:19:46] Because what did Jesus say?
[01:19:48] You guys go to Jerusalem
[01:19:49] and wait for the promise of the Father.
[01:19:52] I mean, don't do anything.
[01:19:54] Think about it.
[01:19:54] He trained these apostles
[01:19:55] for three years.
[01:19:57] He trained them.
[01:19:57] And then, you know,
[01:19:59] he's given them the anointing.
[01:20:01] He's given them the command.
[01:20:02] He's given them the authority.
[01:20:04] You go preach the gospel to the world,
[01:20:05] but then he says,
[01:20:06] but wait.
[01:20:07] Before you go do everything
[01:20:08] I told you to do
[01:20:10] about preaching the gospel
[01:20:11] to the entire world,
[01:20:12] go to Jerusalem
[01:20:14] and wait for the baptism
[01:20:17] of the Holy Ghost.
[01:20:18] Now, he didn't tell them
[01:20:19] it'd be 10 days.
[01:20:23] They didn't know
[01:20:23] it was going to be 10 days.
[01:20:26] But think about it.
[01:20:27] How many Christians
[01:20:28] could go to a prayer meeting
[01:20:29] for 10 days and wait?
[01:20:32] Most people can't go to prayer
[01:20:33] meeting for one hour,
[01:20:36] but they went to a prayer meeting
[01:20:37] for 10 days and waited until
[01:20:42] they were filled.
[01:20:43] That shows hunger.
[01:20:45] That shows patience.
[01:20:47] That shows determination.
[01:20:48] That shows I'm not leaving
[01:20:50] until I get something from God.
[01:20:54] You got to be.
[01:20:55] You got to want this thing.
[01:20:57] You got to want more.
[01:20:59] You got to be willing to wait.
[01:21:00] You got to be willing to see.
[01:21:02] You got to be willing to fast.
[01:21:03] Do you spend any time?
[01:21:06] I mean, we know this brother
[01:21:07] who wrote this book
[01:21:08] about the power
[01:21:10] and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
[01:21:11] He didn't know what else to do.
[01:21:13] God called him
[01:21:13] to the full-time ministry,
[01:21:15] told him to leave his job.
[01:21:16] He didn't know what to do.
[01:21:17] You know what he started doing?
[01:21:19] Praying in tongues
[01:21:20] eight hours a day.
[01:21:23] Do you know what happened?
[01:21:24] He did this for days on end.
[01:21:28] And finally,
[01:21:28] he went to a church meeting
[01:21:31] and guess what?
[01:21:33] Holy Spirit gifts started working in him.
[01:21:35] Pray for that one.
[01:21:36] Pray for that one.
[01:21:37] This one right here.
[01:21:38] People started getting healed
[01:21:40] in the church
[01:21:40] where they didn't teach healing.
[01:21:41] Uh oh.
[01:21:44] Uh oh.
[01:21:46] Troublemaker in the house.
[01:21:50] That's because the man prayed
[01:21:51] in tongues eight hours a day
[01:21:52] until the Holy Spirit
[01:21:54] filled him and strengthened him
[01:21:55] and built his faith.
[01:21:58] How many of us would do something like?
[01:21:59] How many of us
[01:22:00] would get in our prayer time
[01:22:01] and say, you know what, Lord?
[01:22:03] I prayed to be filled
[01:22:04] with the Holy Spirit.
[01:22:05] I prayed for the gifts of tongues
[01:22:07] so I can have this ability
[01:22:09] to pray in the Spirit
[01:22:10] and worship in the Spirit.
[01:22:13] I prayed for but I hadn't received it.
[01:22:15] Are you giving up?
[01:22:16] Are you quitting?
[01:22:17] How many of you are going to say,
[01:22:18] you know what,
[01:22:19] Pastor Dean,
[01:22:19] I hear what you're saying.
[01:22:20] I don't care what it takes.
[01:22:22] I'm going to seek this
[01:22:25] infilling, empowering from heaven
[01:22:28] until I get it.
[01:22:33] I will not take no for an answer
[01:22:35] because God's not saying no.
[01:22:36] But he wants to see.
[01:22:37] Are you hungry?
[01:22:40] Are you willing?
[01:22:43] I have a feeling
[01:22:46] that had it been 30 days,
[01:22:49] had it been two months.
[01:22:51] Oh yeah,
[01:22:52] I'm sure they would have still,
[01:22:54] you know,
[01:22:55] ate food once in a while
[01:22:56] and gone to the bathroom.
[01:22:56] I'm not saying that.
[01:23:00] But they were not going to go
[01:23:01] try to do the work of the ministry
[01:23:07] or do anything
[01:23:09] until they had been baptized
[01:23:10] with the Holy Spirit.
[01:23:12] Oh, but I got that at salvation, really.
[01:23:17] They were already saved
[01:23:18] and yet they were waiting
[01:23:19] for something more.
[01:23:24] I mean, I'm going to tell you something.
[01:23:28] I can't see anything
[01:23:31] more New Testament
[01:23:35] and more needful.
[01:23:38] Two things I see
[01:23:39] absolutely critical and needful
[01:23:41] in the church.
[01:23:41] The church to understand
[01:23:43] repentance and faith
[01:23:46] and the gospel of Jesus Christ,
[01:23:51] redemption, the blood at home,
[01:23:53] and then to understand the need
[01:23:56] for the power of the Holy Spirit.
[01:24:00] And they go hand in hand.
[01:24:03] Oh, I love the gospel, brother.
[01:24:06] I'm a gospel man of God.
[01:24:10] That Holy Spirit stuff.
[01:24:12] I don't, don't think.
[01:24:16] Wow.
[01:24:16] Okay, buddy.
[01:24:19] You got something I've never,
[01:24:25] I'm telling you, 31 years,
[01:24:26] 31 years, 31 years.
[01:24:29] And I'm still cannot fathom.
[01:24:35] I'm going to tell you, man,
[01:24:36] they're dropping like flies out there.
[01:24:38] The pastor,
[01:24:41] Kevin sent me an article.
[01:24:42] Albert, was it Albert Mohler?
[01:24:44] Wasn't he the president
[01:24:45] of the Southern Baptist convention
[01:24:46] at one point or something like that?
[01:24:48] One of the big Baptist leave.
[01:24:48] He wrote an article,
[01:24:49] the wrath of God
[01:24:50] falling on the Southern Baptist church.
[01:24:53] He said there is an avalanche.
[01:24:55] That's his work.
[01:24:56] An avalanche of pastors
[01:25:01] being exposed for sexual misconduct.
[01:25:10] Say, hmm, oh yeah,
[01:25:12] it's happened to Pentecostals.
[01:25:13] It's happened.
[01:25:14] But usually, let me tell you
[01:25:16] where this usually happens to people
[01:25:18] when they get away from
[01:25:21] the word of God in something.
[01:25:25] When Pentecostals get off on prosperity,
[01:25:29] money, fame,
[01:25:33] they're going down the tube.
[01:25:37] When these Baptist preachers
[01:25:38] fight against the Holy Spirit
[01:25:40] and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
[01:25:42] for years,
[01:25:43] is it any wonder they end up falling?
[01:25:48] I'm going to tell you right now,
[01:25:49] I need the power of the Holy Spirit
[01:25:52] so I don't fall.
[01:26:00] I could just keep preaching.
[01:26:01] I got to quit.
[01:26:02] I've already preached too long.
[01:26:04] Y'all should have said that.
[01:26:08] Let's think.
[01:26:12] Let's do that song.
[01:26:14] That morse.
[01:26:16] If it'll work.
[01:26:21] I think we need to make this our prayer
[01:26:25] before we leave today.
[01:26:29] And for those watching,
[01:26:33] quit letting megachurches
[01:26:36] and pastors
[01:26:39] and Bible school teachers
[01:26:43] and commentaries
[01:26:47] talk you out of what God has for you.
[01:26:53] Just read the New Testament.
[01:26:56] If you read the New Testament,
[01:26:58] you shut out the Baptist theology,
[01:26:59] the Presbyterian theology,
[01:27:01] the Lutheran theology.
[01:27:02] You just shut all that out.
[01:27:04] You just read the New Testament.
[01:27:06] Let me tell you the conclusion
[01:27:07] you're going to come up with.
[01:27:11] The baptism of the Holy Spirit,
[01:27:12] the gift of tongues,
[01:27:13] healing, miracles,
[01:27:15] casting out demons.
[01:27:17] It's for everybody that wants it.
[01:27:19] That'll believe it.
[01:27:20] That'll step out of the boat.
[01:27:23] Not just for Pastor Dean,
[01:27:27] not just for the apostles.
[01:27:34] Let's sing this.
[01:27:36] Father, we make that our prayer today
[01:27:39] now that we want more.
[01:27:41] Lord, even if we're baptized
[01:27:43] in the Holy Spirit,
[01:27:45] even if we have the gift of tongues,
[01:27:47] the health of prayer, worship,
[01:27:49] in your session,
[01:27:52] Lord, I ask you, Lord,
[01:27:54] to give us more.
[01:27:55] We need your Lord.
[01:27:57] We need you to fill us.
[01:27:58] Lord, we see the book of Acts.
[01:28:00] They will constantly pray for more
[01:28:03] to be received
[01:28:06] and to be filled and overflowed.
[01:28:10] If all of anybody here today
[01:28:12] or those watching this
[01:28:13] haven't been baptized
[01:28:16] in the Holy Spirit according to the biblical one,
[01:28:19] Acts 2, Acts 10.
[01:28:21] I'm praying that that will take place
[01:28:24] in their life
[01:28:25] and that they will lay hold upon
[01:28:28] and they will pursue you
[01:28:30] until they receive.
[01:28:35] So they're operating,
[01:28:36] flowing,
[01:28:37] the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
[01:28:39] They will not settle.
[01:28:41] They will not just say,
[01:28:47] okay, I'm good.
[01:28:50] So I pray this today
[01:28:51] for everyone here
[01:28:52] those watching Jesus.