1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,580 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:09,680 It's a great day to be here at Springhouse 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,300 because God is on the throne. 4 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:16,920 He's on the throne and we can trust Him 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,040 and we can trust Him. 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,960 Welcome, welcome this morning. 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,100 We are continuing today, part two of a two-part series 8 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:28,360 on the Holy Spirit and I'm excited about 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,480 what the Holy Spirit wants to do. 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,020 But before we do that, could everyone take your head 11 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:35,600 and just turn it back to the corner that way 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,440 and say hello, Alice Taber. 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,300 - Hello, Alice Taber. 14 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:44,360 - We are so glad Alice Taber is in the house this morning. 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,240 We sure do love you, Alice. 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,840 Alice is so beautiful and we are just, 17 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,380 it's such an encouragement to see you here this morning 18 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:52,220 in the house. 19 00:00:52,220 --> 00:00:55,880 Let's start by reading scripture. 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,580 That seems like a good place to start. 21 00:00:57,580 --> 00:01:00,640 Would you guys stand with me this morning? 22 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,440 I'm gonna read this like your favorite football team 23 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,020 just won the Super Bowl, okay, here we go. 24 00:01:08,020 --> 00:01:13,020 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, 25 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:16,320 I do not want you to be uninformed. 26 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:20,480 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other, 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,880 you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,180 Therefore, I want you to know that no one who is speaking 29 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:32,860 by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," 30 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:37,860 and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Spirit. 31 00:01:37,860 --> 00:01:41,040 There are different kinds of gifts, 32 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,140 but the Spirit distributes them. 33 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:48,300 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 34 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:52,220 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them 35 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:56,540 and in everyone, it is the same God at work. 36 00:01:56,540 --> 00:02:00,380 Now to each one, the manifestation of the Spirit 37 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:02,800 is given for the common good. 38 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,280 To one, there is given through the Spirit 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,120 a message of wisdom. 40 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,420 To another, a message of knowledge by the means 41 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:12,000 of the same Spirit. 42 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,060 To another, faith by the same Spirit. 43 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:18,960 To another, gifts of healing by that one Spirit. 44 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,500 To another, miraculous powers. 45 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:23,220 To another, prophecy. 46 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:26,440 To another, distinguishing between spirits. 47 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,680 To another, speaking in different kinds of tongues, 48 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,940 and to still another, the interpretation of tongues. 49 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:37,860 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, 50 00:02:37,860 --> 00:02:42,320 and He distributes them to each one just as He determines. 51 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,700 Father, I thank you for your word that it brings life. 52 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:47,560 I pray that it would be live and active in our hearts today. 53 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,900 In Jesus' name, and everyone said? 54 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:50,740 Amen. 55 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:52,400 You may be seated. 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:59,820 I had the privilege to go to several of the gatherings 57 00:02:59,820 --> 00:03:02,960 this past week at the camp that the youth went to, 58 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,060 where 160 teens received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 59 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:09,580 (congregation applauding) 60 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:13,160 And some of those teens are sitting here this morning, 61 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,800 and I'm excited because I believe that the Lord 62 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,860 is gonna use them this morning to pray over some of you. 63 00:03:18,860 --> 00:03:23,600 And I cannot wait to see what the Lord does in that. 64 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,860 Let's just get this out of the way, 65 00:03:25,860 --> 00:03:28,580 because I don't know another way to say this. 66 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:29,780 And I've been, I asked the Lord, 67 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:34,780 what's a more better, cleaner, packaged way to say this? 68 00:03:34,780 --> 00:03:36,500 And I don't know, so I'm just gonna say it. 69 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:38,240 This doesn't have to be weird. 70 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,480 Okay? 71 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:41,360 Can we just get that out of the way? 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,740 This doesn't have to be weird. 73 00:03:43,740 --> 00:03:48,740 It is mysterious in some ways, because it's supernatural. 74 00:03:48,820 --> 00:03:51,060 And as we disclosed several weeks ago, 75 00:03:51,060 --> 00:03:53,660 anybody who claims to have the authority and knowledge 76 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:56,060 of God Almighty, they are a liar. 77 00:03:56,060 --> 00:03:58,200 Nobody has all of the knowledge, okay? 78 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,220 But we do have a precious gift in the Word of God 79 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:04,900 where there are truths that have been given to us. 80 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:06,740 There are things made available to us. 81 00:04:06,740 --> 00:04:08,420 And guys, we at Springhouse believe 82 00:04:08,420 --> 00:04:11,800 in the entire Word of God, not just parts of it, 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,940 not the parts we just like, but all of the Word of God. 84 00:04:14,940 --> 00:04:17,280 And there are some precious gifts available to us 85 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:19,340 that we don't wanna just skirt over, 86 00:04:19,340 --> 00:04:21,860 because guys, I want the fullness of God in my life. 87 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:24,460 I want all of what God has to offer me, 88 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:26,860 and I want you to also be able to lean 89 00:04:26,860 --> 00:04:28,560 into everything God has for you. 90 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,320 So picking up from last week, 91 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,880 this is a part two of a two-week series. 92 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,940 So if you weren't here last week, 93 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:37,420 I do encourage you to go back and watch and listen to that. 94 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:39,640 But let's just review for just a moment. 95 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,420 The gifts of the Spirit edify the body of Christ. 96 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:47,060 What is the purpose of the gifts of the Spirit? 97 00:04:47,060 --> 00:04:50,040 It is to edify the body of Christ. 98 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,860 Guys, as the body of Christ, you are the body of Christ. 99 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:55,740 The body is supposed to edify the body. 100 00:04:55,740 --> 00:04:58,060 The body is supposed to edify the body, okay? 101 00:04:58,060 --> 00:05:02,780 So the demand, hallelujah, what a weight relief to me, Barbie, 102 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:04,460 and you, and the pastoral stuff. 103 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:06,980 But the weight and the demand is not on me alone 104 00:05:06,980 --> 00:05:09,220 to come in here and encourage you. 105 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:12,540 You are to be encouraging and lifting one another up, 106 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:13,700 and not just Sunday. 107 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:16,540 Man, what would it be if you talked to your spouse 108 00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:18,420 just an hour on Sunday, 109 00:05:18,420 --> 00:05:20,420 and didn't say anything to them the rest of the week? 110 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:22,860 That relationship probably wouldn't go very well, 111 00:05:22,860 --> 00:05:24,300 I don't suppose, right? 112 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,960 Guys, it's not just about the hour 113 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,060 that we're here on Sunday. 114 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:30,900 In fact, I'll tell you the reason we gather here on Sunday 115 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,180 is actually for communion, 116 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:33,980 and remember Jesus Christ and what he did, 117 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:37,780 and to enthrone God on our praises together. 118 00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:40,280 But throughout the week, on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 119 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:41,920 we should be lifting one another up, 120 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,220 we should be calling one another, 121 00:05:43,220 --> 00:05:45,660 we should be asking the Lord for words of knowledge 122 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:48,820 for people, and sending out messages to people, 123 00:05:48,820 --> 00:05:52,340 and asking the Lord to use us to build each other up, 124 00:05:52,340 --> 00:05:54,900 let alone maybe at the grocery store, 125 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,400 the Lord using you supernaturally to lead somebody to him. 126 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,660 But I know you're too busy for that. 127 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:03,680 Okay, so the gifts are important, 128 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,340 but they are never as important as the one who gives them. 129 00:06:07,340 --> 00:06:12,580 We want to make sure that we are centered in on the Lord. 130 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:15,100 He has given so many precious gifts. 131 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,820 If I were to come and give you a gift, Jonathan, 132 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:20,580 I'm sure the gift would be great, it'd be wonderful, 133 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,820 but I'm more important than the gift. 134 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:24,620 You're more important than the gift. 135 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:29,700 And so as we lean in and we explore the gifts of the Spirit, 136 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:34,220 let us not forget the one who has given us the gifts. 137 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:36,620 He is the one that's the most important. 138 00:06:36,620 --> 00:06:39,100 So we're gonna go through these gifts that Paul lists 139 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:41,600 one by one, and I'm just gonna kind of give 140 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,940 a brief explanation. 141 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:46,380 Some of them are somewhat self-explanatory, 142 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:49,260 but some of them you may be, I have no idea, okay? 143 00:06:49,260 --> 00:06:51,420 And so I'm gonna attempt to somehow bring 144 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:52,860 a little bit of clarity, but we'll see. 145 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:55,980 First one is this, wisdom and knowledge, 146 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:57,460 wisdom and knowledge. 147 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:01,860 I love that in the list of gifts, wisdom is the first one. 148 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:04,220 And let me tell you why, this is why. 149 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:06,580 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 150 00:07:06,580 --> 00:07:10,460 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 151 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:12,580 Now, the fear of the Lord it's talking about here 152 00:07:12,580 --> 00:07:14,420 isn't a fear of the Lord like you run away, 153 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:16,620 like you're scared of God. 154 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:19,080 The fear of the Lord is likened to my child 155 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,320 coming into my presence at my house 156 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,980 and wanting to do the right thing. 157 00:07:23,980 --> 00:07:28,100 There's a sobering mindset when it comes to the Lord 158 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:32,500 that he is God Almighty, at the same time he is Abba Father. 159 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:33,340 Right? 160 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:34,700 He is the fear of the Lord, 161 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:36,820 it is a reverent fear of the Lord. 162 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:40,980 And guys, as we look at these gifts that he's given to us, 163 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:43,820 we need to approach them with a sober mindset 164 00:07:43,820 --> 00:07:46,860 that he is God Almighty on the throne. 165 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:50,180 It is a wonderful, excellent, incredible thing 166 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:53,940 that he has entrusted us with these incredible gifts. 167 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:57,380 But he's the one entrusting us with these incredible gifts. 168 00:07:57,380 --> 00:08:00,540 And so what we do with them is very important. 169 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:03,000 The beginning of, the fear of the Lord 170 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,420 is the beginning of wisdom 171 00:08:04,420 --> 00:08:07,060 and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 172 00:08:07,060 --> 00:08:09,100 So what's the difference between wisdom and knowledge? 173 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:13,340 So wisdom gives us a certain sense of direction 174 00:08:13,340 --> 00:08:14,860 and the path that we should go. 175 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:18,120 When you're seeking wisdom, you want to see things 176 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,540 with eyes outside of the current situation. 177 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:21,880 You ever had tunnel vision? 178 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,380 You ever look just at your situation just like this? 179 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:27,180 We wanna look at it from God's perspective. 180 00:08:27,180 --> 00:08:28,900 We wanna look at it from God's perspective. 181 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:30,980 We wanna see it from all angles and all sides 182 00:08:30,980 --> 00:08:34,860 and we want to walk in the path that is the most fruitful 183 00:08:34,860 --> 00:08:36,580 and we need wisdom to do that. 184 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:38,460 This is a supernatural gift from the Lord 185 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:40,940 that we can ask for and it's available to us. 186 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:43,500 Knowledge, a word of knowledge on the other hand 187 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:46,140 is the Lord giving you a piece of knowledge 188 00:08:46,140 --> 00:08:49,740 about someone else in order to edify them 189 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:53,940 or to concrete that the Lord is involved in the conversation 190 00:08:53,940 --> 00:08:57,000 so that then you can lead them to Jesus Christ. 191 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,100 Okay, I've had people come and I've seen people say, 192 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:01,600 "I've got a word of knowledge for you, Cornelius. 193 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,100 "You're dealing with X, Y, and Z." 194 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:04,580 And Cornelius is like, "What?" 195 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:06,860 You ever heard the thing, you've read my mail? 196 00:09:07,860 --> 00:09:09,180 He's like, "You've read my mail." 197 00:09:09,180 --> 00:09:10,900 And I'm like, "No, I haven't read your mail." 198 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:12,900 The Lord Almighty is wanting you to pay attention 199 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:15,320 to what's about to come out of my mouth. 200 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,620 What's about to come out of my mouth 201 00:09:16,620 --> 00:09:19,220 is he wants to do something mighty and powerful in your life 202 00:09:19,220 --> 00:09:21,140 he wants to liberate you from X, Y, and Z, 203 00:09:21,140 --> 00:09:22,080 he wants to do these things. 204 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,180 God will give you a word of knowledge about someone 205 00:09:25,180 --> 00:09:27,660 that you speak over them and that's something 206 00:09:27,660 --> 00:09:28,820 that they're currently going through 207 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:30,320 or something that they know about that they're like, 208 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,220 "How in the world did you know about that?" 209 00:09:33,220 --> 00:09:34,260 Because I'm so good. 210 00:09:34,260 --> 00:09:35,100 No. 211 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:37,660 It's the Holy Spirit of God. 212 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:42,340 So when somebody says, "You've read my mail," 213 00:09:42,340 --> 00:09:44,040 you have been given a shoe in to say, 214 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,380 "No, it's the Holy Spirit." 215 00:09:46,380 --> 00:09:47,980 Take advantage of that. 216 00:09:47,980 --> 00:09:49,380 Make sure you're putting the credit 217 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:51,660 where the credit is supposed to go, yes? 218 00:09:51,660 --> 00:09:55,620 Over faith, faith, okay, let's talk about faith. 219 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:57,620 What is faith? 220 00:09:57,620 --> 00:10:00,260 Faith is the confidence in what we hope for 221 00:10:00,260 --> 00:10:03,900 and the assurance about what we do not see. 222 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:06,940 Faith is a supernatural gift from the Holy Spirit. 223 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,820 Have you ever been around someone 224 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:10,380 who had supernatural faith? 225 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:12,500 Like you had given up all hope, 226 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:15,900 but they were just plowing in as if it is gonna happen. 227 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:17,980 Anybody been around somebody like that? 228 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:22,060 It takes supernatural ability to be able to lean in 229 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:24,100 and have faith for things that you don't, 230 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,940 in your in-right mind mentally, don't want to believe. 231 00:10:27,940 --> 00:10:31,500 Some of you need faith to believe for someone 232 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:33,940 who is a prodigal that needs to come home. 233 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:38,900 Some of you are believing for reconciliation 234 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:41,800 in destroyed relationships. 235 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,740 Some of you were on the precipice of a destroyed relationship 236 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:48,220 and God got involved and healed your relationship 237 00:10:48,220 --> 00:10:50,740 and now other people need your testimony, your story, 238 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:52,940 so that they can have their faith bolstered. 239 00:10:52,940 --> 00:10:56,660 That's why it's important for us to share our testimonies 240 00:10:56,660 --> 00:10:57,560 with one another. 241 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,180 The Word says this also, faith comes from hearing 242 00:11:01,180 --> 00:11:04,180 and hearing from the Word of Christ. 243 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:06,820 I am believing God for this. 244 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:10,200 I'm believing God for that I'm gonna be a multimillionaire 245 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,180 with a Corvette, yada, yada, yada, all these things. 246 00:11:13,180 --> 00:11:14,980 I'm just believing by faith. 247 00:11:14,980 --> 00:11:15,820 Let me tell you something. 248 00:11:15,820 --> 00:11:17,820 The things that we are to believe by faith 249 00:11:17,820 --> 00:11:20,440 are the things that we find in the Word of God. 250 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,340 And they are rarely about us. 251 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:26,080 They are rarely about us. 252 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,740 Some of you are believing God for things 253 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:32,460 that He has not told you to believe Him for. 254 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:34,400 And that's why He's not answering them. 255 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:39,240 But there are also things that He's saying, come on, 256 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,460 mustard seed faith is all it takes, come on, come on. 257 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:46,620 Faith is acting and living our lives 258 00:11:46,620 --> 00:11:48,300 as if that thing has happened 259 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:50,160 even though it hasn't happened. 260 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,020 He gives us supernatural faith. 261 00:11:53,020 --> 00:11:56,400 Healing, we understand what healing is. 262 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,500 There are people in this room who have had experiences 263 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:03,020 with God in the area of supernatural healing in their life. 264 00:12:03,020 --> 00:12:04,820 If you have experienced God's touch 265 00:12:04,820 --> 00:12:06,460 in the area of healing at some point in your life, 266 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:08,380 would you raise your hand? 267 00:12:08,380 --> 00:12:10,480 Stick, keep 'em up, look around the room. 268 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,560 Put your hand down. 269 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,320 God will move supernaturally in healing. 270 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:23,080 He loves to move in His people in this way. 271 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:29,340 But when the answer is no, He is still sovereign 272 00:12:29,340 --> 00:12:31,220 and He's still good. 273 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:33,880 He's still sovereign and He's still good. 274 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,400 But it doesn't mean that He doesn't like to move in this way. 275 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Some of you today need a supernatural healing 276 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,220 and I believe you're gonna walk out of here healed. 277 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:45,320 And some of you today need to understand 278 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,340 that you have the gift of laying on hands to others 279 00:12:49,340 --> 00:12:52,100 and praying for healing over their life. 280 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:57,100 And God wants to bestow upon you that supernatural gift. 281 00:12:57,180 --> 00:12:59,700 Miracles, what is a miracle? 282 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,460 A miracle is anything supernatural that can't be explained 283 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:07,620 in the law of, is it physics, the law, our law? 284 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,440 It can't be explained, right? 285 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,620 The natural law, that's what I'm looking for. 286 00:13:11,620 --> 00:13:13,100 Yeah, natural law. 287 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:14,920 And so guys, I don't know. 288 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,180 I don't know what miracles would be. 289 00:13:16,180 --> 00:13:19,260 Miracle is something wasn't and now it is. 290 00:13:19,260 --> 00:13:22,660 Right? 291 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:23,940 Miracle of miracles. 292 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:27,420 A miracle is I should have died in January 293 00:13:27,420 --> 00:13:28,780 in my accident with my car, 294 00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:30,820 but I'm standing here talking to you today. 295 00:13:30,820 --> 00:13:31,820 That's a miracle. 296 00:13:31,820 --> 00:13:33,000 I can't explain it. 297 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,780 So miracles do happen. 298 00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:40,020 And when miracles happen, 299 00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:43,940 they happen so that you can point people to Jesus Christ. 300 00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:45,580 I can't explain why this happened. 301 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:47,580 It must have been some mysterious entity. 302 00:13:47,580 --> 00:13:49,020 No, it was God Almighty. 303 00:13:49,020 --> 00:13:50,940 It was God Almighty. 304 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,940 Prophecy, now I know you guys wanna talk about this. 305 00:13:55,940 --> 00:13:56,780 Prophecy. 306 00:13:56,780 --> 00:14:01,460 Prophecy in Scripture, 307 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:06,760 a lot of times will have elements of it 308 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,000 that talk about the future. 309 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,920 But prophecy in Scripture, 310 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,980 and what Paul specifically is talking about 311 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:15,240 in 1 Corinthians is not fortune telling. 312 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,020 It's not about going to somebody and saying 313 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:21,500 in the year 2032, you're gonna have a red house 314 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,620 with yellow shutters. 315 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:25,860 Red house with yellow shutters, where'd that come from? 316 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:28,320 (congregation laughing) 317 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,260 Fortune telling. 318 00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:33,780 It's not about fortune telling. 319 00:14:33,780 --> 00:14:38,700 Prophecy is about edification and an encouragement 320 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:41,100 of pulling out something that you see 321 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:43,740 that the Lord has identified that you see in somebody 322 00:14:43,740 --> 00:14:45,820 and saying, hey, you might not see this, 323 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:47,180 but I see this inside you 324 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:50,280 and God wants to do this thing in your life. 325 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,700 Let's look at what the Scripture says about prophecy. 326 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:54,400 And it's also gonna talk a little bit about tongues, 327 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,420 which we're gonna talk about as well today, okay? 328 00:14:56,420 --> 00:14:59,460 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire 329 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:00,560 the gifts of the Spirit. 330 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:01,780 Can we say this? 331 00:15:01,780 --> 00:15:04,480 Eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit. 332 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Let's say it again. 333 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,900 Eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit. 334 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:11,660 Guys, you should be here eagerly desiring these gifts. 335 00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:13,660 It says in the Word, that's not from me. 336 00:15:13,660 --> 00:15:17,040 Especially prophecy. 337 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,240 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people 338 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,000 but to God. 339 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,580 Indeed, no one understands them. 340 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:26,340 They utter mysteries by the Spirit. 341 00:15:26,340 --> 00:15:29,180 But the one who prophesies speaks to people 342 00:15:29,180 --> 00:15:33,140 for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 343 00:15:33,140 --> 00:15:34,540 Encouragement and comfort. 344 00:15:34,540 --> 00:15:37,700 Strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 345 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:40,140 Those are the results of prophecy 346 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:43,460 as it is written in terms of the gifts of the Spirit. 347 00:15:43,460 --> 00:15:45,860 Strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 348 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:48,340 Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, 349 00:15:48,340 --> 00:15:50,720 but I would rather have you prophesy. 350 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,340 The one who prophesies is greater 351 00:15:52,340 --> 00:15:53,420 than the one who speaks in tongues 352 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:56,340 unless someone interprets so that the church may be edified. 353 00:15:56,340 --> 00:16:00,480 You see a common theme here, that prophecy and tongues 354 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,920 and the other gifts are about edification of the body. 355 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:05,720 Edification of the body. 356 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,820 Prophecy does not mean fortune telling. 357 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:09,440 Now, this is real important. 358 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,340 I want you to lean into this, okay? 359 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:15,420 There's scripture in Deuteronomy that talks about prophets. 360 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:18,260 And it says, in Deuteronomy, it says, 361 00:16:18,260 --> 00:16:22,340 if somebody prophesies and it does not come to pass, 362 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:23,180 kill them. 363 00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:26,360 That's what it says, kill them. 364 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,860 So we have lined up, no, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. 365 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:30,060 (congregation laughing) 366 00:16:30,060 --> 00:16:30,900 No. 367 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:37,080 Be careful when you say, thus saith the Lord. 368 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,220 He is a sovereign God. 369 00:16:40,220 --> 00:16:43,040 And you don't wanna be at a place 370 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,860 where you are saying something that he did not say, 371 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:48,060 but you are walking around as if he said it. 372 00:16:48,060 --> 00:16:52,440 God is real serious about his name being taken in vain. 373 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:59,060 But at the same time, he has given some of you words, 374 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:02,960 encouragement, prophetic things to say to other people 375 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,720 that are meant for their encouragement 376 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,220 and building up that you need to lean into 377 00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:10,600 because God has given you those words. 378 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,960 God has given you those words. 379 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,620 So don't be afraid to lean into the prophetic 380 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:21,180 when it comes to the people that you're sitting by, 381 00:17:21,180 --> 00:17:24,060 the people in your life, to lean into saying 382 00:17:24,060 --> 00:17:27,600 and calling out those things that are inside people. 383 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:32,660 'Cause it builds them up, helps them see Christ. 384 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:36,180 The distinguishing between spirits. 385 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:38,340 This is discernment. 386 00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:40,720 This is when someone comes to you and they say, 387 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,040 thus saith the Lord, but you know that what they're saying 388 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,620 doesn't line anything up with the word, 389 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:47,340 and you can say, that doesn't bear witness with me. 390 00:17:47,340 --> 00:17:49,880 Or how about this? 391 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,800 Somebody comes and they gossip to me about James, 392 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,140 and I can say, no, I don't bear witness with this 393 00:17:56,140 --> 00:17:58,640 because I know James, and I love James, 394 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,340 and I know that James is not the person 395 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:02,080 you're describing to me. 396 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,760 The Lord has given me supernatural discernment to say, 397 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:05,840 this is not right. 398 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,560 The distinguishing of spirit between spirits is important. 399 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,100 It's important so that you realize that what you're hearing 400 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:19,400 and what is continuing to be said is really of the Lord. 401 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,660 So anytime somebody comes and gives me a prophetic word, 402 00:18:22,660 --> 00:18:27,660 I say, Lord, give me the gift of discernment in this. 403 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:31,120 Going back to prophecy for a second, 404 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:32,860 'cause I forgot to say this. 405 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:35,700 I've had people come and prophesy over me. 406 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:37,280 I'm not gonna tell you. 407 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,820 I'm supposed to do a lot of things that I'm not doing. 408 00:18:39,820 --> 00:18:42,660 No. 409 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:45,920 There have been people who've come and prophesied over me, 410 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,440 and it did not hit the mark. 411 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,280 And then there are people that have prophesied over me, 412 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,720 and it very much hit the mark. 413 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,440 When somebody comes and gives you a prophetic word, 414 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:02,060 all you have to do is say, Lord, I give you back this word 415 00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:04,080 that's been spoken over me, 416 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,120 and then shelve it in the back of your mind. 417 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,640 You can be encouraged by it, 418 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,960 but you don't need to do anything with it. 419 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,260 Do you understand what I'm saying? 420 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:15,880 You don't have to necessarily do anything with it 421 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,000 unless the Holy Spirit starts to tell you 422 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:18,960 to do something with it. 423 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,160 Sometimes it is just for you to be encouraged 424 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,700 and wait and see what the Lord does. 425 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:28,800 The Lord does not need you to make something happen. 426 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,880 Does that make sense? 427 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:35,920 Somebody told me that I would be leading a congregation, 428 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,360 pastoring a congregation back when I was 18, literally. 429 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:41,780 I laughed in their face. 430 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:45,180 I could never see myself doing this, 431 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:46,360 and here I am doing it. 432 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,100 God knows what he's doing. 433 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:52,480 God knows what he's doing. 434 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,380 Shelve it, allow him. 435 00:19:55,380 --> 00:19:56,840 I could tell you a story, but I don't have time 436 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,800 about how I really try to make something happen. 437 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,800 I'll tell that another time. 438 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,160 Okay, it did not work out. 439 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,440 Tongues and interpretation of tongues. 440 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,200 I know y'all are excited about this. 441 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,840 Okay, tongues is just a fancy word for prayer language. 442 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,600 Prayer language. 443 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,200 Okay, when you speak in tongues, when tongues are uttered, 444 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,980 it's vocabulary, syllables, it's a language 445 00:20:25,980 --> 00:20:29,760 that is not understood by the mass majority in the room. 446 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:30,960 Okay? 447 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,640 Now, I have a prayer language, and about 98% of you 448 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,280 have never heard me use my prayer language, 449 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,180 because I use my prayer language mostly in private. 450 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:44,120 I use my prayer language in private. 451 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,480 The word gives us very specific instruction 452 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,560 about how prayer language is supposed to be used 453 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,160 in the context of the congregation. 454 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,160 We just read a verse that talked about 455 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,480 if it's gonna be between tongues and prophecy, 456 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,820 Paul says, "I'd rather you prophesy, 457 00:20:56,820 --> 00:20:59,440 "because tongues is an edification for yourself." 458 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,280 What is tongues? 459 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,360 Prayer language is the Holy Spirit interceding 460 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:05,720 to God the Father on your behalf 461 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,320 about things that you need 462 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,040 and that you don't really realize that you need. 463 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,320 Prayers that you don't really know that you need to pray. 464 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,320 You literally, when you're praying the Spirit, 465 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,360 you could be praying for something that's gonna happen 466 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,580 a week from now that you have no idea, 467 00:21:19,580 --> 00:21:20,960 because the Holy Spirit of God 468 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,860 is interceding on your behalf. 469 00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:27,280 So it is a prayer, it's a prayer language 470 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,920 that comes out in these utterances. 471 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,640 The word tells us that he groans before the Lord. 472 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,720 He comes to the throne with these utterances 473 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,960 and groans on our behalf. 474 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,560 So he intercedes on our behalf. 475 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,800 I believe that when you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, 476 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,680 I believe that you are given a prayer language. 477 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,880 Sometimes it's years before you receive the prayer language, 478 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,580 but you do receive a prayer language. 479 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:55,540 Let's look at what 1 Corinthians says about this. 480 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:57,120 "If anyone speaks in a tongue," 481 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,940 this is talking about the congregation. 482 00:21:59,940 --> 00:22:01,160 "If anyone speaks in a tongue, 483 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,460 "two or three at the most should speak one at a time, 484 00:22:04,460 --> 00:22:06,980 "and someone must interpret." 485 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:09,680 Okay, so what that tells me, black and white, 486 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,000 that tells me if somebody gets up 487 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,600 and starts shouting out in tongues, 488 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,000 and there's not somebody here to interpret that message, 489 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,040 they are out of line. 490 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,600 Okay? 491 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:19,560 "If there is no interpreter, 492 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,220 "the speaker should keep quiet in the church 493 00:22:21,220 --> 00:22:23,320 "and speak to himself in God." 494 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,800 So it doesn't dismiss that there's a place for tongues, 495 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,320 it just means that it's not for everybody else. 496 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,820 It's between you and the Lord. 497 00:22:29,820 --> 00:22:33,220 "The spirits of the prophet are subject 498 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:35,680 "to the control of the prophets. 499 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:40,060 "For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, 500 00:22:40,060 --> 00:22:43,040 "as in all the congregations of the Lord's people. 501 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,360 "The spirit of the prophet is subject 502 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:46,900 "to the control of the prophet." 503 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:50,680 Guys, every one of us in this room have emotions. 504 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,920 And for somebody to tell you that your emotions 505 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,420 are not tied into your worship, 506 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:57,040 that would be false. 507 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:57,940 That would be false. 508 00:22:57,940 --> 00:23:00,760 When I sing that song at communion about Jesus Christ 509 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,680 and what he did for my life, I begin to weep. 510 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,680 Your emotions are a part of who you are. 511 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,580 They're connected to your worship. 512 00:23:08,580 --> 00:23:12,800 But I want you to understand that you are in control 513 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,700 and you have the ability to steward your emotions. 514 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:20,800 So if you decide to wail out loud, 515 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,460 to scream and shout, to throw a chair, to jump up, 516 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:27,240 to run around the congregation, 517 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,080 the Holy Spirit is not a possessor. 518 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,900 You are in control of what you are doing. 519 00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:35,820 Do you understand what I'm saying to you? 520 00:23:35,820 --> 00:23:39,540 And it is the responsibility of the elders 521 00:23:39,540 --> 00:23:42,460 and the pastors in the house to call out 522 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:45,280 when things are happening that are distractions 523 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:46,640 and that are of God. 524 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:52,580 And so, unfortunately that's me, you know, 525 00:23:52,580 --> 00:23:54,740 and it's other people in this house too. 526 00:23:54,740 --> 00:23:57,620 But it is the charge of the leadership 527 00:23:57,620 --> 00:24:01,740 to ensure that our focus is maintained vertically. 528 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:06,660 Now, remember when Jesus heals that blind man in Scripture? 529 00:24:06,660 --> 00:24:10,340 I guarantee you when that blind man saw for the first time, 530 00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:12,860 he didn't care one bit about what anybody thought 531 00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:14,420 about his emotional response. 532 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:18,980 So there are moments when an emotional response 533 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:21,180 is appropriate. 534 00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:23,900 It's in keeping with what the Lord's doing. 535 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:28,720 But let none of us be in a place where we are pulling away 536 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,540 from the focus of the Holy Spirit. 537 00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:34,620 The word says that God is not a God of disorder 538 00:24:34,620 --> 00:24:36,540 and we're talking about tongues. 539 00:24:36,540 --> 00:24:41,200 So this is how, some would say we don't allow the releasing 540 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,720 of the public speaking in tongues 541 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,100 and the interpretation of tongues. 542 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:46,660 That's not true. 543 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:47,820 That's not true. 544 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,100 There is a protocol for how to do it. 545 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,820 I'm about to let you know what it is. 546 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:54,540 If you feel like you have a word for the congregation, 547 00:24:54,540 --> 00:24:56,540 if you feel like the Lord has given you something 548 00:24:56,540 --> 00:24:59,880 for the congregation, then in the middle of the service, 549 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,020 you come find me, I sit right here every week, 550 00:25:02,020 --> 00:25:04,540 or you come find Pastor Barbie or one of the elders, 551 00:25:04,540 --> 00:25:06,460 and you share with them what you feel like 552 00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:08,500 the Lord's put on your heart for the congregation. 553 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:12,240 And the word tells us to judge the word, to judge the word. 554 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,060 If we judge the word that it's in keeping 555 00:25:14,060 --> 00:25:15,260 with the flow of the Spirit, 556 00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:17,380 then we're gonna let you get on stage or get down here 557 00:25:17,380 --> 00:25:19,420 and share the word because it's for the edification 558 00:25:19,420 --> 00:25:20,260 of the body. 559 00:25:20,260 --> 00:25:23,500 But the protocol is to go to a leader 560 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,340 and share what it is that the Lord's given you 561 00:25:25,340 --> 00:25:28,180 so that you can have somebody in agreement with you, 562 00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:30,340 and then we can release that word, okay? 563 00:25:30,340 --> 00:25:32,140 That's how that works. 564 00:25:32,140 --> 00:25:34,940 For you to just stand up and start shouting that word 565 00:25:34,940 --> 00:25:37,860 without that process is out of order. 566 00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:40,120 And we won't be a church that's gonna run out of order. 567 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:40,960 Yes? 568 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,860 Because God desires order in his congregations, yes? 569 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:44,860 Does that sound good? 570 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:45,680 Okay? 571 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:50,320 I do not believe that the initial evidence 572 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,380 of the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues. 573 00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:55,200 I believe that the initial evidence 574 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,900 of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is power. 575 00:25:57,900 --> 00:26:01,480 Acts tells us you will receive power 576 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,300 when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 577 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:06,980 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 578 00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:09,540 And in that power, it's to do what? 579 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:11,520 To be witnesses. 580 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,860 To be witnesses for Christ Jesus. 581 00:26:13,860 --> 00:26:16,160 The prayer language comes down the pike. 582 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,740 Wisdom can come down the pike. 583 00:26:17,740 --> 00:26:19,840 Faith might happen immediately or down the pike. 584 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,280 Miraculous, all of these gifts are available to you 585 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,560 when you decide I wanna be filled up 586 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,140 and baptized with the Holy Spirit. 587 00:26:28,140 --> 00:26:32,360 Let us not forget though, 588 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,840 though these gifts are rich and powerful and wonderful, 589 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,360 that the gifts of the Spirit are temporary. 590 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,520 The fruit of the Spirit is everlasting. 591 00:26:41,380 --> 00:26:44,620 The fruit of the Spirit is everlasting. 592 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:47,380 And we want, I don't wanna be a church, 593 00:26:47,380 --> 00:26:49,880 listen to me church, I'm saying this as your pastor. 594 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,500 I don't want to be known as a church 595 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,940 that operates in the gifts of the Spirit. 596 00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:56,740 I wanna be known as a church that operates 597 00:26:56,740 --> 00:27:00,580 in the fruit of the Spirit with the gifts in operation. 598 00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:01,880 Does that make sense? 599 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,300 I want us to be a church, 600 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:06,100 if somebody looks at Springhouse and our people, 601 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:09,200 I want them to say, man, those people know how to love. 602 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,800 Those people are some of the most joyful Christians. 603 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,680 Those people walk in abundant peace. 604 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,440 Boy, the faithfulness of those people 605 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:16,920 when they say they're gonna do something, 606 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,680 they actually do it. 607 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,100 I mean, that's who I want us, 608 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:23,940 that's the marking of walking by the Spirit. 609 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:28,060 Let us be a people who walk by the fruit of the Spirit. 610 00:27:28,060 --> 00:27:33,980 Okay, we believe everything this word says. 611 00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:37,320 We believe everything that the Word of God says. 612 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,600 And so today, is today July 21st? 613 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,060 Today's July 21st, 614 00:27:44,060 --> 00:27:46,480 and this would be Margaret's 70th birthday. 615 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:53,160 July 21st, this is the door. 616 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,540 See the door right here? 617 00:27:55,540 --> 00:28:00,540 Okay, I'm opening the door, okay? 618 00:28:00,540 --> 00:28:03,940 I'm opening the door from this point forward 619 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:06,940 in our gatherings for the gifts of the Spirit 620 00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:08,040 to be in operation. 621 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:13,460 I'm opening the door, I am releasing you as your pastor 622 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:18,040 to say, if the Lord has given you an encouragement, 623 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,600 a word of knowledge, if he's given you the ability 624 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,360 to go and lay hands on somebody and pray for healing, 625 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,140 you are free in the context of our service 626 00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:28,640 to go and do those things. 627 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,680 Now, I appreciate that you have come this morning 628 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,720 and you have sat in your assigned seats. 629 00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:38,280 Because it really helps me when I'm standing over here, 630 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,000 some of you wonder what I'm looking at 631 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,960 when I'm like turned around, I'm taking attendance. 632 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,120 Like, oh, they're not in their seat, you know? 633 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,400 Landon threw me off, where's Landon Jones, is he in here? 634 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,600 He threw me off, he's supposed to be sitting over there, 635 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,060 you know, my brothers moved over and my mom's moved over, 636 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:57,700 I'm like, y'all are trying to throw me off today 637 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,920 and I'll mark you absent, 638 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,260 so you better get back to your seat. 639 00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:01,100 No, I... 640 00:29:01,180 --> 00:29:04,520 (congregation laughing) 641 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:11,200 One of the things that makes me cringe in church 642 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,960 is when I feel like I am being manipulated. 643 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:18,460 I never want to be someone who manipulates you 644 00:29:18,460 --> 00:29:20,060 into doing anything. 645 00:29:20,060 --> 00:29:22,460 You are a free agent. 646 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:24,760 You are a free agent. 647 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,820 So, we're about to do some things 648 00:29:27,820 --> 00:29:31,060 and I want you to consider it an invitation. 649 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:35,300 Not a source of manipulation, but an invitation. 650 00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,300 I want you to know, I'm gonna, 651 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:40,180 I'm saying this right on the heels 652 00:29:40,180 --> 00:29:41,940 of what I just said on purpose, 653 00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:43,360 'cause I never wanted to say this 654 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,900 so that it happened in a manipulative form. 655 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,860 But part of my desire for Springhouse 656 00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:53,860 when I walk into this place is to see you all come in 657 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:57,760 and when worship starts, we storm the altar space 658 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,720 and we worship in the altar space with hands raised 659 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,560 and reckless abandon. 660 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:05,260 Now, I understand that it's nice to come 661 00:30:05,260 --> 00:30:07,100 and get your assigned seat with your latte 662 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,320 and get comfortable and watch everything that's going on, 663 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,980 but guys, at Springhouse, we are not spectators, 664 00:30:11,980 --> 00:30:13,060 we are players. 665 00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:14,220 We are in the game. 666 00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:18,080 We need to be participants in what's going on. 667 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,460 And so, while it's nice to sit back 668 00:30:20,460 --> 00:30:23,540 and watch what you would call the show if you're watching, 669 00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:25,480 it's not a show, this is real life. 670 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,980 What's happening is the reality of the kingdom 671 00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:30,420 and you're missing out on huge things 672 00:30:30,420 --> 00:30:32,860 when you come in to get comfortable. 673 00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:34,660 Guys, this should be a place 674 00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:37,380 where we get comfortably uncomfortable, okay? 675 00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:39,380 And we move and ebb and flow. 676 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:41,020 I would love, when I went to that person, 677 00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:43,180 why is it that when I go to the camp 678 00:30:43,180 --> 00:30:47,700 with seven churches of youth, 400 kids, 679 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:51,100 on the very first sermon, the very first strum of the guitar 680 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:52,820 these kids don't even really know each other, 681 00:30:52,820 --> 00:30:54,100 they all, I can't even, 682 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,480 James and I are in the front row pushing our chairs back 683 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,080 because they're storming us about to fall back. 684 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,480 There's not enough room in the altar space for all the teens. 685 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:09,520 What is holding you back from running full face here 686 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,580 into the, I'm not saying God can't minister to you 687 00:31:11,580 --> 00:31:13,740 from your seat, but I'm saying your heart posture. 688 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:15,080 What is stopping you? 689 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,740 Do you know, we have, Jonathan told, 690 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:18,820 Pastor Jonathan told me this week, I didn't realize this, 691 00:31:18,820 --> 00:31:22,440 he said over the last five or six services, 692 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,540 we have had two altar calls in the service. 693 00:31:24,540 --> 00:31:26,840 We'd had one in the first part of the gathering 694 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,040 and one at the end. 695 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,640 When we make that call at the first in the gathering, 696 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,580 last week, we had to eliminate a row this week 697 00:31:32,580 --> 00:31:34,280 because we didn't have enough room up here last week 698 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,020 when you all came up here for believing Jesus 699 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:38,080 for your family. 700 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,000 What would it look like if you didn't have to 701 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,480 have an invitation? 702 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,060 What if we knew that the door is open 703 00:31:45,060 --> 00:31:47,300 and the invitation was there already? 704 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:49,020 What would it look like if we came in 705 00:31:49,020 --> 00:31:53,400 and actually took this space and really just went after 706 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,000 the things of God? 707 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,100 Well, it would mean that I'd have to get uncomfortable. 708 00:31:57,100 --> 00:31:59,480 Yep, yep, it sure would. 709 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,160 Okay, you done with me preaching that too? 710 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,900 Okay, okay. 711 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:07,520 If you join us on live stream, 712 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,040 thank you for joining us today. 713 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,400 We will see you next week.