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\nthe Holy Spirit which assisted
\nhim in his 3 1\/2 year ministry. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as he preached the Gospel of
\nthe Kingdom, there were signs <\/p>\n
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\nand miracles that attested as a
\nwitness to the power of the <\/p>\n
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\nGospel message itself.
\nAnd as we’ve seen, there were <\/p>\n
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\nparticular periods in history
\nwhere there were spectacular <\/p>\n
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\noutpourings of the Holy Spirit.
\nAnd one of these was the 1st <\/p>\n
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\ncentury ecclesia when the Lord
\nJesus Christ preached the <\/p>\n
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\ngospel.
\nAnd after that, it’s a time when<\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit power of God was
\nmanifested in a very dramatic <\/p>\n
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\nway.
\nThe Mosaic system was about to <\/p>\n
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\nbe removed.
\nThe Jewish people would be <\/p>\n
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\ndispersed from their land for
\nnearly two millennia. <\/p>\n
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\nThe gospel had to be taken to
\nthe Gentiles and and worshiped, <\/p>\n
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\nestablished in all these little
\ncommunities of believers <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout the then known world.
\nAnd so on that basis, the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit power of God was
\nremarkably demonstrated in <\/p>\n
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\nmiraculous ways, not just by the
\nLord Jesus Christ, but then <\/p>\n
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\nsubsequently by the apostles and
\nthen on to further others in <\/p>\n
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\necclesial life.
\nNow once again, it’s helpful to <\/p>\n
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\nreiterate that the manifestation
\nof the Holy Spirit of God was <\/p>\n
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\noperating in two very different
\nspheres, and it’s important for <\/p>\n
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\nus to understand the difference
\nbetween them. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is the Spirit, which is
\nthe spirit power of God, the <\/p>\n
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\nability to do things that men
\nand women could otherwise not <\/p>\n
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\nnormally do.
\nIt’s a physical thing. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Roberts describes it as
\nbeing a thing of substance. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the power and energy out of
\nwhich all things were created. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then secondly, distinct from
\nthat, we have the word spirit <\/p>\n
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\nbeing used in relation to the
\ncharacter of God. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s easy to think of a
\nspiritual way of thinking, but <\/p>\n
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\nit’s the mind, the values and
\nthe character of God, and that’s<\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit of God that we must
\nhave develop within us and be <\/p>\n
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\nled by.
\nNow it’s vital that we <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand the distinction
\nbetween those two things. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Holy Spirit power of God,
\nthe ability to do supernatural <\/p>\n
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\nthings, as opposed to the Spirit
\nof God, which is a spiritual way<\/p>\n
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\nof thinking.
\nGod’s moral values, his <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter and his mind, a mental
\nand moral outlook. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, of course, in the 1st
\ncentury, the work of the Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nencompassed both of those
\nelements in their day and age. <\/p>\n
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\nNow our objective from this
\nparticular study this morning is<\/p>\n
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\nto understand the unique
\ncircumstances that applied in <\/p>\n
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\nthe 1st century ecclesia and to
\nshow that the Holy Spirit power <\/p>\n
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\nwhich they were given for
\nparticular reasons is quite <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent from the Holy Spirit
\nin our life today. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in our last study we asked
\nthe question, well, why was this<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit power necessary?
\nAnd we mentioned the fact that <\/p>\n
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\nunbeknownst to the disciples,
\nthe Lord was about to be removed<\/p>\n
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\nand the work of preaching the
\ngospel was going to fall <\/p>\n
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\nsquarely upon their shoulders.
\nAnd the task in front of them <\/p>\n
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\nwas quite extraordinary.
\nA summary of the things that we <\/p>\n
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\nlooked at the other day.
\nThey were going to have to go <\/p>\n
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\nout and preach the gospel of a
\nrisen Christ throughout the <\/p>\n
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\nentire world.
\nThey then had to steer the <\/p>\n
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\nbrotherhood through the end of
\nthe Mosaic system, the Jewish <\/p>\n
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\nand Mosaic world, and that was
\nincredibly destabilizing even <\/p>\n
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\nfor Gentile ecclesias who always
\nwere able to look back to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem as the mother
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nSuddenly it was no longer there.
\nThey were obviously now to take <\/p>\n
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\nthe gospel to the Gentiles, and
\nI’ve looked it up there <\/p>\n
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\nseparately from preaching
\nthrough all the world. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a concept here, and that
\nis that the truth was going to <\/p>\n
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\ngo not just to Jews but to the
\nGentiles, with all the <\/p>\n
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\ncomplexities that that entail.
\nThey then had to establish the <\/p>\n
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\noperation and structure of
\necclesias, distributed ecclesia <\/p>\n
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\nlife, little ecclesias, little
\ngroups of believers operating <\/p>\n
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\nand worshiping in a
\nfundamentally different way from<\/p>\n
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\nworship under the Mosaic system.
\nAnd then I also had to complete <\/p>\n
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\nthe Canon of Scripture for use
\nfor the next two millennia. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how could the Lord assist
\nthem in that work after He was <\/p>\n
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\ngone?
\nWhen He says in Matthew 28, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 20, I am with you always,
\neven unto the end of the world, <\/p>\n
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\nthe end of the Aon, how did He
\nactually do that? <\/p>\n
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\nIn what way was the Lord working
\nwith them, even to the end of <\/p>\n
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\nthe world?
\nAnd the answer is by giving to <\/p>\n
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\nthem from His Father the gift of
\nthe power of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we won’t turn these up, but
\nactually one of the very first <\/p>\n
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\ndescriptions that the Lord gave
\nto the disciples was in the <\/p>\n
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\nsecond year of His ministry.
\nIt’s the passage we looked at <\/p>\n
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\nthe other day in Matthew 10 when
\nHe called the 12 disciples and <\/p>\n
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\nHe sent them out with the Spirit
\npower. <\/p>\n
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\nIn verse 19 and 20 of Matthew
\n10, He told them to take no <\/p>\n
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\nthought.
\nWhat you shall speak, it shall <\/p>\n
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\nbe given you, because it’s not
\nyou that speak, but the Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nof your Father which speaketh in
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\nAnd that was the first
\nindication that they were going <\/p>\n
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\nto have this extra power which
\nwould enable them to speak with <\/p>\n
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\nwords of inspiration from God.
\nAnd they didn’t even need to <\/p>\n
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\nworry about what they were going
\nto say. <\/p>\n
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\nThe words would be just there
\nthrough the work of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThat message was repeated to
\nthem on another occasion in Luke<\/p>\n
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\n12, verses 11:50, when the Lord
\nforewarned them that they would <\/p>\n
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\nbe put on trial by the Jewish
\nleaders and the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nwould teach them what’s to say.
\nThat’s just before the parade <\/p>\n
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\nministry.
\nThen on the 3rd occasion, the <\/p>\n
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\nOlivet prophecy is our Lord
\nsitting on the Mount of Olives <\/p>\n
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\njust before His in that last
\nweek of His life, just before <\/p>\n
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\nHis death, and he’s explaining
\nthe words of the Olivet prophecy<\/p>\n
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\nto His disciples.
\nWhat’s going to happen to the <\/p>\n
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\ncity and to them?
\nIn Mark 13, verse 9, He repeats <\/p>\n
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\nthe message from earlier, but
\nthis time he adds one extra <\/p>\n
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\nelement, and that is that this
\nwas going to be an international<\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nThe gospel would go out before <\/p>\n
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\nall nations and be preached and
\nthat they would be brought <\/p>\n
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\nbefore rulers and kings.
\nSo he’s now broadening out the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of the Holy Spirit.
\nThen later after his death and <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection, we know that in
\nthe time that he spent with them<\/p>\n
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\njust before his departure, he
\nexplained to them in more detail<\/p>\n
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\nwhat the Holy Spirit would
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\nAnd we find that recorded in
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\nconversation.
\nIt’s recorded in Mark 16 verse <\/p>\n
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\n15, in Luke 24, verse 47, and
\nagain in Acts chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here’s a summary of the
\nthings they had been told about <\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit gifts that they
\nwere to be given. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was to going to come upon
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s described as them being
\nbaptized with the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s in Acts chapter 1.
\nNow just keep that one in memory<\/p>\n
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\nbecause we’re going to look at
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\nBeing baptized with the Holy
\nSpirit a bit later. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was a promise from the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
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\nThey would be endured or clothed
\nwith power from on high. <\/p>\n
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\nIt would be accompanied by signs
\nthat would follow with them <\/p>\n
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\nconfirming the word.
\nThe ability to cast out devils, <\/p>\n
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\nheal people, speak with tongues,
\nnot be hurt by venomous or <\/p>\n
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\npoisonous things, and the
\nability to heal with sick. <\/p>\n
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\nThat they would have a mouth and
\nwisdom which their adversaries <\/p>\n
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\nwould not be able to gainsay.
\nThat the Holy Spirit would speak<\/p>\n
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\nthrough them in an hour when
\nit’s needed, when they’re on <\/p>\n
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\ntrial without premeditation or
\nthought. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look at that list and it’s
\nself-evident that that is not a <\/p>\n
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\npower that we have today.
\nThat’s the power of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit that was going to be
\ngiven to them. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when people say we have to
\nhave the power of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit like the disciples do,
\nunderstand that it was a <\/p>\n
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\nspecific thing given to them for
\na specific purpose at a <\/p>\n
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\nparticular point in time.
\nThe Holy Spirit was also to be a<\/p>\n
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\nwitness.
\nIn fact, the apostles themselves<\/p>\n
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\ngo on to say that so in Acts 5
\nverse 32, we are His witnesses <\/p>\n
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\nof these things, and so also is
\nthe Holy Spirit whom God hath <\/p>\n
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\ngiven to them that obey Him.
\nBut the clearest information, <\/p>\n
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\nand we saw this yesterday that
\nwas given to them about the role<\/p>\n
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\nof the Holy Spirit was in the
\ndescription of the Comforter. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is what we looked at
\nyesterday in terms of what the <\/p>\n
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\nComforter would actually do.
\nIt would strengthen them in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist’s absence.
\nIt would be sent by Christ at <\/p>\n
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\nthe request of God.
\nIt would abide with them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the phrase in the original
\nis forever, but it literally <\/p>\n
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\nmeans for the aeon or the
\nperiod. <\/p>\n
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\nNow just keep that on the back
\nof your mind because we are <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to look at that phrase a
\nlittle bit later. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was the Spirit of truth.
\nIt was the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nIt would dwell with them.
\nIt would be in them. <\/p>\n
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\nIt would teach them all things.
\nIt would bring to their <\/p>\n
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\nremembrance everything that
\nChrist had taught them in the <\/p>\n
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\npreceding 3 1\/2 years.
\nIt would be a witness to Christ.<\/p>\n
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\nIt would guide them to all
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it was also involved in
\nreproving the world, sin, <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness, and judgments to
\ncome. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, well, let’s turn now
\nto Acts chapter 2, the day of <\/p>\n
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\nPentecost, when the Holy Spirit
\nactually is received by them. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause in Acts chapter 1,
\nChrist had told them they were <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be baptized by the Holy
\nSpirit, that they were to go <\/p>\n
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\nback into the city of Jerusalem,
\nand they would wait there until <\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit was received by
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so they’re all with 1 accord
\nin the upper room as it’s <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed in chapter 1.
\nIn chapter 2, verse one, when <\/p>\n
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\nthe day of Pentecost was fully
\ncome, they were all with 1 <\/p>\n
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\naccord in one place.
\nAnd suddenly there came a sound <\/p>\n
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\nfrom heaven as of a rushing
\nmighty wind. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we’re quite familiar with
\nthe concept of pneuma. <\/p>\n
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\nNow what is it?
\nThe movement of air. <\/p>\n
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\nSo isn’t it appropriate as the
\nsound of a mighty rushing wind <\/p>\n
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\nis this enormous outpouring of
\nthe Holy Spirit is physically <\/p>\n
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\ndemonstrated before they’re sent
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\nSo it’s so appropriate that
\nthere’s a rushing mighty wind. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it says in verse three,
\nthere appeared unto them cloven <\/p>\n
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\ntongues of fire, like as of
\nfire, and it sat upon each of <\/p>\n
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\nthem and they were all filled
\nwith the Holy Spirit and began <\/p>\n
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\nto speak with other tongues.
\nJust a few things I want to note<\/p>\n
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\nfrom this particular record.
\nFirst of all, on chapter one, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 5, what was described as
\nbeing a baptism of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit, You should be baptized
\nwith the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says John truly baptized
\nwith water, but ye shall be <\/p>\n
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\nbaptized with the Holy Spirit.
\nNot many days hints. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s Acts 1 and verse 5.
\nSo this is one of a very few <\/p>\n
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\noccasions where there is a
\ndirect outpouring from heaven of<\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit.
\nThat’s what’s covered in this <\/p>\n
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\nphrase, baptized of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are only two other
\noccasions that I can find. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you think of any of them?
\nBy the way, when the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n
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\ncame direct from heaven, two
\nother occasions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnybody, Brother Daniel, Jesus
\nbaptism. <\/p>\n
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\nSorry, the baptism of, of Jesus,
\nYes. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Lord’s baptism, the
\nSpirit descends like a dove upon<\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nSo that’s another occasion where<\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit comes down
\ndirectly and there’s a third <\/p>\n
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\noccasion.
\nAnybody think what it is? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s sometimes called the Little
\nPentecost X11X10 and X11, which <\/p>\n
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\nis the baptism of Cornelius.
\nWe’ll have a look at that <\/p>\n
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\nshortly actually.
\nBut in X11 verse 16, the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit coming down on them,
\nPeter says, I remembered the <\/p>\n
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\nword of the Lord, how he said
\nJohn indeed baptized with water,<\/p>\n
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\nthat ye should be baptized with
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the events in Acts chapter 10
\nand 11 are actually another <\/p>\n
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\nbaptizing directly of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that phrase, baptism of the
\nSpirit is a it’s a specific <\/p>\n
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\nreference to a time when the
\nHoly Spirit descends directly <\/p>\n
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\nupon people.
\nOK, the second thing to note <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Acts chapter 2 is this
\ndescription of cloven tongues of<\/p>\n
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\nfire sitting on their heads.
\nIn fact, John the Baptist had <\/p>\n
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\nactually told them that would
\nhappen. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was told himself, he was told
\nin Matthew 3, Sorry, He said to <\/p>\n
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\nthe others, I indeed baptize you
\nwith water unto repentance, but <\/p>\n
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\nhe that cometh after me is
\nmightier than I, whose shoes I’m<\/p>\n
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\nnot worthy to bear.
\nHe shall baptize you with the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit and with fire.
\nSo that’s in Matthew 3, verse <\/p>\n
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\n11.
\nSo John the Baptist had told <\/p>\n
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\nthem they would be baptized with
\nthe Holy Spirit and with fire. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, white tongues.
\nWhy cloven and why fire? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it’s appropriate that it’s
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\nIt’s the word glosser, because
\nthey’re immediately filled with <\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit and they speak in
\ntongues. <\/p>\n
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\nSame word glosser.
\nSo that’s appropriate. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s something else
\nappropriate of the shape of a <\/p>\n
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\ntongue.
\nThese are men who were sent to <\/p>\n
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\npreach the gospel throughout the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so it’s so appropriate that
\nit’s a shape of a tongue upon <\/p>\n
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\npeople that are actually sent
\nout to preach the gospel to <\/p>\n
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\nothers.
\nAnd when it says tongues of <\/p>\n
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\nfire, it reminds us, doesn’t it,
\nof seven laps of fire burning <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the throne in Revelation
\n4, verse 5, which are the seven <\/p>\n
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\nspirits of God, which Revelation
\n4 goes on to say, which are sent<\/p>\n
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\nforth into all the earth.
\nSo the seven lengths of fire, <\/p>\n
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\nthe symbol of God’s divine
\nagents that He sends forth to <\/p>\n
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\npreach throughout all the world
\nand to do His work through all <\/p>\n
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\nthe world.
\nWell, there are little tongues <\/p>\n
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\nof fire upon the head of these
\nparticular men. <\/p>\n
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\nThe question comes up, well, why
\ncloven? <\/p>\n
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\nIt simply means separated.
\nWhat’s the point being made by <\/p>\n
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\nseparated tongues of fire?
\nAnd the suggestion is that <\/p>\n
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\nactually the fire appeared in
\none unit and then separated onto<\/p>\n
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\nall their individual heads.
\nJust imagine how dramatic that <\/p>\n
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\nwould be.
\nIn comes this roaring flame into<\/p>\n
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\nthe room, and then it just
\nshatters out, shatters. <\/p>\n
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\nIt divides out into tons of fire
\nthat sit upon individual <\/p>\n
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\npeople’s heads.
\nAnd I think that’s a very <\/p>\n
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\nappropriate suggestion that the
\nidea of it being divided makes <\/p>\n
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\nthe point that there was one
\nstream of fire which was being <\/p>\n
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\nseparated out into these
\nindividual tongues. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the point that’s made by
\nthat? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in first of Corinthians 12
\nverse 4, Paul says there are <\/p>\n
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\ndiversities of gifts, but the
\nsame Spirit or in verse 13 of <\/p>\n
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\nthat chapter, for by 1 Spirit we
\nare all baptized into one fire. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we have the spirit coming
\nand then it gets separated out <\/p>\n
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\ninto these individual tongues or
\ndiversities. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s really helpful to note
\nthat with the Holy Spirit power <\/p>\n
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\nbeing poured out here, the
\neffect of it was very visible <\/p>\n
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\nand demonstrated.
\nAnd the Holy Spirit gifts in <\/p>\n
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\nacts are always demonstrably
\naccompanied by these. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m going to use the phrase
\nsupernatural abilities. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when I say supernatural,
\nagain, all I’m meaning is <\/p>\n
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\nsomething which is not naturally
\npossible for a human being. <\/p>\n
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\nNow there were real pragmatic
\neffects and benefits from them <\/p>\n
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\nbeing able to suddenly speak out
\nloud in tongues. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know the word tongues as the
\nidea of languages. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not gibberish like we often
\nfind in Pentecostal churches <\/p>\n
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\ntoday.
\nIt was the ability to go forth <\/p>\n
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\nand speak in different languages
\nbecause they were sent to preach<\/p>\n
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\nthroughout all the world.
\nAnother interesting thing here <\/p>\n
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\nis it would appear that the Holy
\nSpirit gifts here were called <\/p>\n
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\nout not just upon the 12, but
\nupon the whole group, including <\/p>\n
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\nthe sisters.
\nThat’s quite a fool. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, what in the record would
\nmake us think that? <\/p>\n
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\nHave a look at Acts chapter 2
\nand see if there’s anything on <\/p>\n
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\nthe record which would indicate
\nthat the sisters actually have <\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit gift here poured
\nout on them as well. <\/p>\n
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\nAny thoughts?
\nAnd verse 17, excellent. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when Peter’s, when they’re
\nall speaking in tongues and the <\/p>\n
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\nJews come along and think, hey,
\nwhat’s this? <\/p>\n
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\nAre these people drunk?
\nAnd fetus says no, no, no. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a fulfillment of that
\nwhich is spoken by Joel the <\/p>\n
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\nprophet.
\nNow let’s read it, verse 16. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is that which was spoken by
\nthe prophet Joel. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’ll come to pass in the last
\ndays, saith God. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll pour out my spirit upon all
\nflesh, and your sons and your <\/p>\n
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\ndaughters shall prophecy.
\nYour young men will see visions,<\/p>\n
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\nyour old men will dream dreams.
\nAnd on my servants and on my <\/p>\n
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\nhandmaidens I will pour out in
\nthose days of my spirit, and <\/p>\n
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\nthey shall prophecy.
\nAnd there are indications also <\/p>\n
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\nin Corinthians that there were
\nsisters who had certain spirit <\/p>\n
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\ngifts, though they weren’t the
\ngifts that gave them the roles <\/p>\n
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\nof leadership, of being apostles
\nor prophets who were to lead and<\/p>\n
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\nexpound.
\nAnd it was actually in that <\/p>\n
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\ncontext that the apostle Paul in
\nCorinthians talks about sisters <\/p>\n
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\nkeeping silence in the ecclesia
\nbecause the gifts that they had <\/p>\n
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\nwere specific gifts and they
\nwere to be used in keeping with <\/p>\n
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\nthe principles of the roles of
\nmale and female as set out in <\/p>\n
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\nScripture.
\nBut it is interesting that <\/p>\n
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\nwere given to some of the <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nAnd that of course, is <\/p>\n
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\nconsistent with the Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have Holder the prophetess or
\nor Deborah in the days of <\/p>\n
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\nDeborah and Baywith.
\nOK. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as I mentioned before, the
\nonly other occasion where the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit comes down directly
\nis in Acts chapter 10 with the <\/p>\n
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\ncalling of Cornelius.
\nAnd that it was, it was an <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s turn over to it. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was an event which caused
\nvery great astonishment, bearing<\/p>\n
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\nin mind, of course, that the
\nJews had a very deeply ingrained<\/p>\n
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\ndistrust of the Gentiles, who
\nare described in Scripture as <\/p>\n
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\nbeing dogs and unclean.
\nAnd if you’re not allowed to go <\/p>\n
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\nin and eat a meal with them,
\nthey’re that unclean, why would <\/p>\n
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\nyou share the gospel with them
\nof all people? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the events of Acts chapter
\n10 were astounding in terms of <\/p>\n
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\nthe message it gave to the
\nbelievers. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what it was showing them was
\njust as the as the call of the <\/p>\n
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\ngospel was going to the Jews, so
\nit would also go forth to the <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles.
\nAnd so in Acts chapter 2, the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit descends on the
\nJews. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Acts chapter 10, it actually
\ndescends on the Gentiles. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as we’re there, have a look
\ntowards the end of the chapter, <\/p>\n
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\nlook at the way it’s described
\nin verse 44. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says the Holy Spirit fell on
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nIn verse 45 on the Gentiles also
\nwas poured out the gift of the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit.
\nVerse 47, they received the Holy<\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nIn Chapter 11, verse 15, which <\/p>\n
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\nis now Peter recounting it back
\nin Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nfell on them.
\nIn a Chapter 11, verse 16, they <\/p>\n
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\nwere baptized with the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s quite a spectacular
\nevent and Peter makes a <\/p>\n
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\nparticular point and we see this
\ncoming up in his narrative as he<\/p>\n
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\nexplains to the others what
\nactually happened. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in 10 verse 47, he says, can
\nany man forbid water that these <\/p>\n
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\nshould not be baptized which
\nhave received the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nand not these words as well as
\nwe Chapter 11 verse 15. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Holy Spirit fell on them as
\non us at the beginning, Chapter <\/p>\n
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\n11 verse 17.
\nGod gave them the light gift as <\/p>\n
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\nhe did unto us.
\nAnd he’s making the point that <\/p>\n
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\nthe same thing happened to them
\nas happened to us back in Acts <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 2.
\nAnd therefore they were baptized<\/p>\n
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\nwith the Holy Spirit.
\nNow this is recognized by those <\/p>\n
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\nwho hear it’s recognized by
\nthose who with Peter and <\/p>\n
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\nobserved it and they were
\nastounded and they got the point<\/p>\n
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\n00:21:36,360 –> 00:21:39,200
\nbecause there was a particular
\npurpose of this visible <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:39,200 –> 00:21:42,800
\ndemonstration.
\nSo in chapter 10, verse 45, they<\/p>\n
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\nof the circumcision of the
\ncircumcision were astonished <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:46,800 –> 00:21:50,960
\nbecause that on the Gentiles
\nalso was poured out the gift. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:52,200 –> 00:21:56,000
\nOn Chapter 11, verse 18, they
\nglorified God, saying then God <\/p>\n
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\nhas also to the Gentiles granted
\nrepentance unto life. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:00,440 –> 00:22:03,760
\nSo the point that was being made
\nwas that the gospel was going to<\/p>\n
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\n00:22:03,760 –> 00:22:07,400
\nbe extended to the Gentiles and
\nthat’s why there is this unique <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:07,480 –> 00:22:10,360
\nactual outpouring.
\nAll right, come back with me to <\/p>\n
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\nActs chapter 8 because the work
\nof the Holy Spirit got underway <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:15,640 –> 00:22:19,720
\nand is actually extended out to
\nthe Samaritans in Acts chapter <\/p>\n
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\n8.
\nWe won’t go through the record <\/p>\n
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\nin detail, but we know that that
\nPhilip went out preaching and he<\/p>\n
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\n00:22:24,960 –> 00:22:29,360
\nwas doing miracles in verse 6.
\nAnd there is great joy in that <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:29,360 –> 00:22:31,920
\ncity.
\nAnd in verse 12 they believe <\/p>\n
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\nPhilip and so they are baptized,
\nboth men and women. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:38,720 –> 00:22:43,040
\nSo then they sent and told those
\nin Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:43,040 –> 00:22:47,520
\nIn verse 14, when the apostles
\nheard that Samaria had received <\/p>\n
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\nthe word of God, they sent Peter
\nand John. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:50,600 –> 00:22:54,000
\nAnd when they come in verse 15,
\nthey prayed for them so that <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:54,000 –> 00:22:55,720
\nthey might receive the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:56,400 –> 00:23:00,680
\nAnd in verse 17, then Peter and
\nJohn laid their hands on them <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:01,040 –> 00:23:03,920
\nand they received the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:05,400 –> 00:23:09,360
\nNow this little incident
\nestablishes a very important <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:09,360 –> 00:23:13,640
\nprinciples or concepts in terms
\nof how the Holy Spirit operated <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:13,960 –> 00:23:19,560
\nin the 1st century ecclesia.
\nThe first thing to note was that<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:19,560 –> 00:23:25,920
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts were given
\nhere after they had believed and<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:25,920 –> 00:23:29,920
\nbeen baptized.
\nNow that tells us that the <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:29,920 –> 00:23:35,280
\nimparting of the Holy Spirit
\npower is a gift on people was <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:35,280 –> 00:23:37,400
\nnot designed to let them
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:38,480 –> 00:23:41,360
\nIt was not designed to make them
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:42,280 –> 00:23:47,840
\nThey had heard, believed and
\nbeen baptized, and after that <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:48,080 –> 00:23:51,360
\nthey received the gift of the
\nHoly Spirit power. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:51,360 –> 00:23:54,880
\nNow that same principle is
\nillustrated again in Acts <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:54,880 –> 00:23:57,920
\nchapter 19.
\nYou may remember the record when<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:57,920 –> 00:24:02,560
\nthere were 7 disciples in
\nEphesus who when Paul spoke to <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:02,560 –> 00:24:05,880
\nthem, they explained they had
\nnot so much as even heard about <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:05,880 –> 00:24:08,440
\nthe Holy Spirit.
\nAnd it turned out that they’ve <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:08,440 –> 00:24:10,560
\nbeen baptized by John the
\nBaptist. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:10,960 –> 00:24:14,160
\nAnd Paul explains to them the
\ntruth in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:17,520
\nAnd it says when they heard
\nthis, they were baptized in the <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:17,520 –> 00:24:19,600
\nname of the Lord Jesus in verse
\n5. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:20,120 –> 00:24:25,000
\nAnd then after that in verse 6,
\nPaul lays his hands on them and <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:25,000 –> 00:24:28,320
\nthe Holy Spirit comes upon.
\nLeave a marker here in Acts 8. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:28,320 –> 00:24:30,320
\nWe’re going to come back to it
\nagain, but just come over with <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:30,320 –> 00:24:33,720
\nme to Ephesians chapter 1.
\nThere’s this quite a useful <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:33,720 –> 00:24:38,480
\npassage here in Ephesians which
\nmakes the order of events <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:38,720 –> 00:24:44,120
\nreally, really clear.
\nYou hear, you believe, you get <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:44,120 –> 00:24:48,200
\nbaptized, and after that they
\nreceive the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:49,320 –> 00:24:56,000
\nEphesians one verse 13, verse
\n12, he speaks about those who <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:56,000 –> 00:25:02,040
\ntrust in Christ, verse 13, in
\nwhom ye also trusted. <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:02,960 –> 00:25:06,560
\nAfter that you heard the word of
\ntruth, the gospel of your <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:06,560 –> 00:25:13,120
\nsalvation, in whom also after
\nyou believed, you were sealed <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:13,120 –> 00:25:15,600
\nwith that Holy Spirit of
\npromise, which is the earnest of<\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:15,600 –> 00:25:18,120
\nour inheritance.
\nAnd so it makes the point here <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:18,120 –> 00:25:20,960
\nthat the Holy Spirit was not
\ngiven to enable them to <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:21,000 –> 00:25:23,000
\nunderstand or to enable them to
\nhave faith. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:23,320 –> 00:25:29,280
\nIt was after that that they were
\nsealed with the Holy Spirit of <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:29,280 –> 00:25:31,440
\npromise.
\nIt’s quite a useful passage in <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:31,440 –> 00:25:36,080
\nterms of of confirming that.
\nOK. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:36,080 –> 00:25:39,880
\nThe second feature that comes up
\nin Acts chapter 8 is that the <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:40,440 –> 00:25:45,080
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts were given
\nto those in Samaria by the the <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:45,080 –> 00:25:48,320
\nlaying on of hands of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:49,000 –> 00:25:52,400
\nNow, as we’ve mentioned, there
\nare very few examples in the New<\/p>\n
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\n00:25:52,400 –> 00:25:57,080
\nTestament of the Holy Spirit
\nbeing given to anybody other <\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:57,080 –> 00:25:58,840
\nthan through the laying on of
\nhands. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:59,120 –> 00:26:02,240
\nThere’s the baptism of Christ,
\nthere’s the day of Pentecost, <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:02,520 –> 00:26:06,200
\nand there’s the baptism of
\nSpirit of Cornelius and his <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:06,200 –> 00:26:08,680
\nhousehold.
\nAnd basically in every other <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:08,680 –> 00:26:13,240
\noccasion it requires the laying
\non of hands, particularly by the<\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:13,240 –> 00:26:15,400
\napostles.
\nSo we got this statement in <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:15,400 –> 00:26:19,000
\nchapter 8, verse 14 that it was
\nactually through the laying on <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:21,880
\nof hands of the apostles that
\nthe gift was given. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:22,680 –> 00:26:26,760
\nIt’s also illustrated Acts 6
\nverse 7 when the holy when the <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:26,760 –> 00:26:31,240
\napostles laid their hands on the
\non the seven chosen brethren so <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:31,240 –> 00:26:33,080
\nthat they were then full of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:33,800 –> 00:26:38,440
\nActs 19 verse 6 Paul lays his
\nhands on the 12 disciples at <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:38,440 –> 00:26:41,040
\nEphesus and they received the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:41,760 –> 00:26:46,000
\nSecond of Timothy one verse 6
\nPaul speaks about him passing on<\/p>\n
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\n00:26:46,000 –> 00:26:50,560
\nthe Holy Spirit to Timothy by
\nthe laying on of his hands. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:51,680 –> 00:26:57,560
\nIn fact, it would appear that it
\nwas the apostles hands <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:57,560 –> 00:27:02,800
\nspecifically that had to be laid
\non them for the passing on of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:06,960
\nthe Holy Spirit.
\nNow there are a few possible <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:06,960 –> 00:27:10,840
\nexceptions to this, three only
\nactually that I could find. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:11,280 –> 00:27:13,800
\nAnd I think that every one of
\nthose is actually capable of a <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:13,800 –> 00:27:19,360
\nvery good robust explanation as
\nwell. 1 is when Ananias lays his<\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:19,360 –> 00:27:24,720
\nhands on the Apostle Paul,
\nanother on the other two are <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:24,720 –> 00:27:28,240
\nreferences in Timothy, one where
\nit talks about the laying on of <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:28,240 –> 00:27:31,720
\nhands and it talks about the
\nprophecies that were made before<\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:31,720 –> 00:27:35,200
\nthe presbytery or the elders.
\nAnd the other is when Paul <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:35,200 –> 00:27:38,160
\nwrites to Timothy, he says lay
\nhands suddenly on no man. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:38,920 –> 00:27:41,640
\nI actually think if we read
\nthose 3 passages very, very <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:41,640 –> 00:27:45,360
\ncarefully, they don’t they’re
\nnot actually exceptions to the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:45,360 –> 00:27:48,280
\nprinciple of it being the
\napostles hands. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:48,800 –> 00:27:51,600
\nTimothy himself says the Holy
\nSpirit was in Timothy by the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:51,600 –> 00:27:53,960
\nlaying on of his hands,
\nactually. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:54,240 –> 00:27:56,640
\nAnd so the minute it’s possible
\nto go through with those <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:56,640 –> 00:28:00,240
\nexceptions, but but even
\nassuming those exceptions were <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:00,480 –> 00:28:05,760
\ntwo or three exceptions, even if
\nthat was correct, then it still <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:05,760 –> 00:28:08,000
\ninvolves the laying on of hands
\nof people who have the Holy <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:08,000 –> 00:28:11,360
\nSpirit.
\nWhat’s important about that? <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:12,080 –> 00:28:15,760
\nWell, it’s making the point that
\nreceiving the Holy Spirit coming<\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:15,760 –> 00:28:19,400
\ndown dwelling in US was not
\nsomething that was happening in <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:19,400 –> 00:28:23,640
\ntheir day, let alone ours.
\nAnd so the concept of the Holy <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:23,640 –> 00:28:26,480
\nSpirit coming into us and
\nindwelling in US, it’s, it’s <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:26,520 –> 00:28:30,800
\nutterly foreign to the record of
\nwhat took place with the Holy <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:30,800 –> 00:28:33,840
\nSpirit in the 1st century
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:34,920 –> 00:28:40,200
\nOK, good.
\nThe next key point, and this is <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:40,200 –> 00:28:43,880
\na really important one for us to
\nremember, is that the giving of <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:43,880 –> 00:28:49,760
\nthe Holy Spirit was not for the
\npersonal benefit of the <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:49,760 –> 00:28:52,720
\nreceiver.
\nI’m going to say that again, the<\/p>\n
456
\n00:28:52,720 –> 00:28:56,760
\ngiving of the Holy Spirit was
\nnot for the personal benefit of <\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:56,760 –> 00:28:59,760
\nthe one receiving it.
\nThat might seem like a strange <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:59,760 –> 00:29:04,560
\npoint, but it’s actually quite
\nimportant because when people <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:04,560 –> 00:29:08,160
\nclaim that we have to have the
\nHoly Spirit in us to help us <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:08,160 –> 00:29:13,720
\nbelieve or to help us understand
\nor to help us resist sin, it’s <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:13,720 –> 00:29:16,800
\nalways an application in their
\nmind of the Holy Spirit coming <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:16,800 –> 00:29:19,640
\nin to help me do things as far
\nas I’m concerned. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:19,960 –> 00:29:23,320
\nBut the focus of the New
\nTestament is always that the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:23,320 –> 00:29:26,720
\nHoly Spirit gifts were given to
\npeople for the furtherance of <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:26,720 –> 00:29:30,440
\nthe work that they could do in
\nthe spreading of the work of the<\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:30,440 –> 00:29:34,040
\ngospel.
\nSo let’s have a look at this <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:34,320 –> 00:29:36,120
\nfirst of Corinthians 12, verse
\n7. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:37,080 –> 00:29:40,720
\nBut the manifestation of the
\nSpirit is given to every man to <\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:40,720 –> 00:29:46,280
\nprofit with all.
\nNow at first blush when you read<\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:46,280 –> 00:29:48,520
\nthat, you’d think, well, isn’t
\nthat something that actually the<\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:48,520 –> 00:29:51,120
\nSpirit’s given so that people
\ncan benefit from it themselves? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:29:51,800 –> 00:29:53,920
\nWell, it’s not a very helpful
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:29:53,920 –> 00:29:58,680
\nThe phrase to prophet with all
\nproto symphorum means literally <\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:58,680 –> 00:30:02,440
\nfor the collective good.
\nSo the Holy Spirit is given to <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:02,480 –> 00:30:06,560
\npeople for the collective good.
\nSo the ESP translates that to <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:06,600 –> 00:30:11,080
\neach is given the manifestation
\nof the Spirit for the common <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:11,080 –> 00:30:13,120
\ngood.
\nAnd that’s actually the whole <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:13,120 –> 00:30:14,800
\npoint that Paul’s making in that
\nchapter. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:15,160 –> 00:30:18,960
\nThe whole context of it is that
\nthe Spirit gifts needed to be <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:18,960 –> 00:30:22,920
\ngiven and used for the benefit
\nof other people, not for the <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:22,920 –> 00:30:26,400
\nindividual.
\nSo in verse 25, he speaks about <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:26,400 –> 00:30:29,880
\nthe the members needing to have
\nthe same care one for another. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:30,040 –> 00:30:33,560
\nHe talks about the fact that the
\ngifts were not to cause a schism<\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:33,720 –> 00:30:39,280
\nor a division in the ecclesia,
\nas Brother Graham Pierce wrote <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:39,280 –> 00:30:41,960
\nin his book, The Holy Spirit and
\nthe Holy Spirit Gifts. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:42,400 –> 00:30:47,240
\nIt is abundantly clear the
\ndisparate activity was limited <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:47,240 –> 00:30:51,200
\nto certain people who used it
\nnot primarily for themselves, <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:51,640 –> 00:30:55,080
\nbut for the good of others.
\nThis is quite different from the<\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:55,080 –> 00:30:59,280
\nidea of every believer receiving
\nthe divine effluence for their <\/p>\n
490
\n00:30:59,400 –> 00:31:05,840
\nown use in their own lives.
\nOf course, people benefited from<\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:05,840 –> 00:31:08,240
\nhaving the Holy Spirit in the
\nsame way that we’d benefit from <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:08,240 –> 00:31:11,840
\nhaving the Scriptures that
\nhelped them understand and learn<\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:11,840 –> 00:31:15,000
\nmore about the purpose of God.
\nBut the Holy Spirit gifts were <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:15,000 –> 00:31:17,720
\nnot given to people for their
\nown advancement. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:18,120 –> 00:31:20,800
\nAnd that’s the very point that
\nthe apostle Paul makes in <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:20,800 –> 00:31:24,720
\nchapter 12.
\nIt would actually seem from the <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:24,960 –> 00:31:28,280
\nfrom the Record Acts that
\ninitially after this first <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:28,320 –> 00:31:32,120
\nmanifestation with the speaking
\nin tongues that the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:32,120 –> 00:31:35,360
\nmiracles were done first by the
\napostles and the earlier <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:35,360 –> 00:31:39,280
\nreferences indicate that.
\nSo Acts chapter 5 verse 12, why <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:39,320 –> 00:31:44,000
\nthe hands of the apostles were
\nmany signs in wonders, war among<\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:44,000 –> 00:31:46,800
\nthe people.
\nAnd then that work starts to <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:46,840 –> 00:31:49,600
\nexpand out, including the
\nworking of miracles. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:50,360 –> 00:31:56,320
\nSo Acts 6 verse 8 Stephen, full
\nof faith and power, did great <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:56,320 –> 00:32:00,960
\nwonders and miracles among the
\npeople by chapter 8. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:01,120 –> 00:32:05,000
\nIn verse 6 and verse 13, Philip
\nis doing miracles, including <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:05,000 –> 00:32:07,760
\nhealing and miracles and
\nscience. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:09,080 –> 00:32:13,240
\nBut then as the Spirit gifts
\nstarted to spread out amongst <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:13,240 –> 00:32:16,920
\nthe Gentiles and the cliches
\nwere starting to be set out in <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:16,920 –> 00:32:20,160
\ndifferent regions of the world,
\nthe role of the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:20,160 –> 00:32:24,440
\ngifts actually broadens and a
\nwider distribution of the Holy <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:24,440 –> 00:32:28,560
\nSpirit gifts becomes apparent.
\nAnd the diversity of the Holy <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:28,560 –> 00:32:31,080
\nSpirit gifts starts to become
\nvery broad. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:31,240 –> 00:32:34,160
\nWasn’t just miracles and
\nspeaking in tongues. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:34,400 –> 00:32:37,600
\nAnd so now it’s not just the
\nspreading of the gospel, but the<\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:37,600 –> 00:32:40,160
\nestablishment of these new
\ncolleges. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:41,080 –> 00:32:44,640
\nAnd it’s worth stopping again to
\nconsider why this might be. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:45,760 –> 00:32:48,440
\nAnd I’d like you to put yourself
\nin a city where the Apostle Paul<\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:48,440 –> 00:32:53,160
\nhas come and he’s converted you
\nand, and maybe, I don’t know, 20<\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:53,400 –> 00:32:57,680
\nor 50 other people in your city.
\nThere’s been a substantial <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:57,680 –> 00:33:00,600
\nresponse.
\nThere’s been many new baptisms. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:01,160 –> 00:33:03,640
\nAnd then after five weeks, the
\nApostle Paul says, like, I’m <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:03,640 –> 00:33:05,280
\nsorry, I’ve actually got to go
\non. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:05,280 –> 00:33:07,800
\nThere’s, there’s more work to be
\ndone in other cities. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:07,800 –> 00:33:12,040
\nAnd he may or may not leave
\nbehind one of his supporters, <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:12,240 –> 00:33:15,560
\nbut then he’s gone.
\nSo how’s your ecclesia going to <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:15,560 –> 00:33:18,600
\nfunction now?
\nHow are you going to operate? <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:19,640 –> 00:33:22,680
\nYou’re a Gentile.
\nYou don’t have any background in<\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:22,680 –> 00:33:25,840
\nthe Old Testament law.
\nWho’s going to explain to you <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:25,840 –> 00:33:28,720
\nhow to read the Jewish
\nscriptures and what they they <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:28,720 –> 00:33:30,880
\nsay about the work of the Lord
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:31,280 –> 00:33:34,400
\nYou have no gospels to read yet.
\nThere are no epistles. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:34,800 –> 00:33:37,000
\nSo you know there has to be a
\nbreaking of bread. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:37,000 –> 00:33:39,480
\nBut then what?
\nHow are you going to operate as <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:39,480 –> 00:33:41,800
\nan ecclesia?
\nAnd you can see why the Holy <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:45,840
\nSpirit gifts were given for a
\nsuccession of different roles in<\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:45,840 –> 00:33:50,160
\nthe ecclesias to enable them to
\nlearn how to actually function. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:51,120 –> 00:33:53,720
\nSo that’s where the Holy Spirit
\ngifts come in. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:33:54,320 –> 00:33:58,680
\nAnd so new roles actually start
\nto be invented, as it were, and <\/p>\n
540
\n00:33:58,680 –> 00:34:01,720
\nappointed for the work of
\nrunning these new Ecleses. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:03,040 –> 00:34:05,560
\nLook, I’d like you to come with
\nme to 1st of Corinthians chapter<\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:05,560 –> 00:34:11,000
\n12, where quite shockfully, the
\napostle Paul lists in order some<\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:11,040 –> 00:34:15,040
\nof these roles, in fact, most of
\nthe roles, First of Corinthians <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:15,040 –> 00:34:19,000
\nchapter 12.
\nContext, of course, in chapter <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:19,000 –> 00:34:22,760
\n12, now concerning first one,
\nnow concerning spiritual gifts, <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:22,760 –> 00:34:24,360
\nbrethren, I would not have you
\nignorant. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:24,600 –> 00:34:27,480
\nIt appears that they roached to
\nhim with a series of questions <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:27,679 –> 00:34:31,400
\nabout the Spirit gifts.
\nSo through chapter 12 and 13 and<\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:31,400 –> 00:34:34,679
\nonwards, there’s some very
\nhelpful explanations of the role<\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:34,679 –> 00:34:39,120
\nof the Spirit gifts.
\nAnd in verse 28, he lists these <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:39,120 –> 00:34:43,320
\ngifts God have set some in the
\necclesia, first apostles, <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:43,320 –> 00:34:46,360
\nsecondarily prophets, thirdly,
\nteachers, after that miracles, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:46,360 –> 00:34:49,239
\ngifts of healing, helps
\ngovernment’s diversities of <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:49,239 –> 00:34:51,520
\ntongues.
\nHe then talks about those roles <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:51,520 –> 00:34:54,239
\nand he also talks about
\ninterpretation in verse 30. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:34:54,520 –> 00:34:56,920
\nSo it would appear, and I’ve put
\nthem on the screen, that there <\/p>\n
557
\n00:34:56,920 –> 00:35:01,560
\nwere some nine different roles
\nin ecclesial life that the <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:01,560 –> 00:35:05,560
\napostle mentions.
\nIf we add in a few that are <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:05,560 –> 00:35:08,800
\nmentioned in Ephesians chapter
\n4, we also can add in <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:09,080 –> 00:35:14,080
\nevangelists and shepherds.
\nSo there are different roles for<\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:14,080 –> 00:35:18,040
\nwhich people were appointed in
\necclesial life, and you can see <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:18,040 –> 00:35:21,760
\nhow those roles would have
\nplayed quite a critical role in <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:21,760 –> 00:35:23,360
\nestablishing these new
\necclesias. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:24,640 –> 00:35:28,840
\nNow, armed with that, it helps
\nus start to see a little bit <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:28,880 –> 00:35:31,800
\nmore about as we read through
\nthe New Testament epistles. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:31,800 –> 00:35:35,720
\nIt helps us appreciate a little
\nmore some of the things that we <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:35,720 –> 00:35:40,120
\nactually read, because of course
\nwe read the epistles and we take<\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:40,120 –> 00:35:43,760
\nspiritual lessons from them, and
\nthat’s great and that’s <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:43,760 –> 00:35:46,880
\nappropriate.
\nSo we should but never forget <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:46,880 –> 00:35:49,840
\nthat these were letters written
\nin a particular context to <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:49,840 –> 00:35:52,760
\npeople who are facing particular
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:53,160 –> 00:35:55,920
\nAnd as we start to think about
\nthe work of the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
573
\n00:35:55,920 –> 00:36:00,440
\nsetting up these eccleses, we
\nstart to see why specific things<\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:00,440 –> 00:36:02,880
\nare actually said by the
\napostles. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:04,200 –> 00:36:07,680
\nTake the second role on that
\nlist, prophets. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:09,400 –> 00:36:11,480
\nNow it would appear that the
\nrole of being a prophet was <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:11,480 –> 00:36:15,240
\nreally important.
\nAs he said, God set forth first <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:15,360 –> 00:36:20,840
\napostles, secondarily prophets,
\nthirdly teachers, and then it <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:20,840 –> 00:36:24,000
\ncarries on down the list.
\nSo the role of prophet was <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:24,040 –> 00:36:27,520
\nobviously quite an important one
\nin the 1st century ecclesia. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:28,440 –> 00:36:31,720
\nOf course, we know the role of a
\nprophet is not just foretelling <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:31,720 –> 00:36:34,960
\nthe future.
\nThey were people who taught us <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:34,960 –> 00:36:37,160
\nhow to behave, teach people how
\nto behave. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:37,400 –> 00:36:41,240
\nThey expound and expand things
\nto the listeners. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:41,760 –> 00:36:45,920
\nAnd so the role of prophecy
\nbecame very important in this <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:45,920 –> 00:36:48,640
\ntime when the eccleses were in
\ntheir infancy. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:49,400 –> 00:36:53,360
\nNow, once we understand that, it
\ngives us a different insight <\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:53,400 –> 00:36:55,120
\ninto certain passages of
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:55,400 –> 00:37:00,040
\nCome with me to Ephesians
\nchapter 2 and have a look at <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:00,040 –> 00:37:01,840
\nthis little phrase in Ephesians
\n2. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:07,800
\nIt’s one we’ll be familiar with,
\nEphesians chapter 2. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:11,200 –> 00:37:14,600
\nIt speaks about us all having
\naccess in Christ. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:14,600 –> 00:37:17,520
\nWe’re no more verse 19,
\nstrangers and foreigners, but <\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:17,520 –> 00:37:19,640
\nfellow citizens.
\nWe’re really familiar with. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:19,640 –> 00:37:23,880
\nThese concepts, verse 20, were
\nbuilt upon the foundation of the<\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:23,880 –> 00:37:28,000
\napostles and the prophets, Jesus
\nChrist himself being the first <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:28,000 –> 00:37:31,280
\ncornerstone, the chief
\ncornerstone. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:32,360 –> 00:37:37,160
\nSo who are those prophets?
\nHave you ashamed, as I always <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:37,160 –> 00:37:40,000
\nhad, that that was a reference
\nto the Old Testament prophets <\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:40,520 –> 00:37:42,280
\nbecause we’re very familiar with
\nthat concept. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:42,280 –> 00:37:46,680
\nThe Old Testament prophets, Bear
\nin mind, prophets was a specific<\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:46,680 –> 00:37:51,240
\nrole, a spirit guided role in
\nthe New Testament eccleses. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:52,600 –> 00:37:55,240
\nAnd actually I believe what’s
\nbeing referred to here was the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:55,240 –> 00:37:57,400
\nrole of those prophets.
\nNow, why did we say that? <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:58,080 –> 00:38:08,880
\nWe’ll just look on a few verses
\nin chapter chapter 4 and verse <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:10,280 –> 00:38:12,640
\n5.
\nNow verse four, he talks about <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:12,640 –> 00:38:16,760
\nthe mystery of Christ, which in
\nother ages was not not made <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:16,760 –> 00:38:24,680
\nknown to the sons of men as it
\nis now revealed unto his holy <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:24,680 –> 00:38:27,720
\napostles and prophets by the
\nSpirit that the Gentiles will be<\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:27,720 –> 00:38:30,600
\nfellow eats.
\nSo he’s talking about a <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:30,600 –> 00:38:35,000
\nrevelation that was happening in
\ntheir day to the apostles and <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:35,000 –> 00:38:38,400
\nthe prophets.
\nNow he says it’s an explanation <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:38,400 –> 00:38:43,200
\nof this previous secret that the
\nGentiles would actually become <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:43,280 –> 00:38:46,440
\nheirs.
\nAnd so we say, OK, what that <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:46,440 –> 00:38:50,160
\nsuggests to us is the role of
\nprophets is actually a much more<\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:50,160 –> 00:38:53,920
\ncentral concept in the 1st
\ncentury ecclesia than perhaps <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:53,920 –> 00:38:59,000
\nwe’ve given credit to before.
\nAll right, well, what about the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:00,160 –> 00:39:06,480
\nlet’s move on to the gifts.
\nSo these roles were spirit <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:06,480 –> 00:39:10,480
\nappointed and they were given
\nspecific spirit gifts. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:11,680 –> 00:39:16,040
\nAnd there are 9 manifestations
\nof the spirit gifts described in<\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:16,040 –> 00:39:20,360
\nfirst of Corinthians chapter 12,
\nand those are recorded for us in<\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:20,360 –> 00:39:25,040
\nverses 7 through 10.
\nThe Word of Wisdom, the Word of <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:25,040 –> 00:39:28,160
\nknowledge, faith, the gifts of
\nhealing, the in working of <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:28,160 –> 00:39:31,280
\npowers, prophecy, discerning of
\nspirits, kinds of tongues, the <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:31,280 –> 00:39:34,760
\ninterpretations of tongues.
\nNow some of these, by the way, <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:34,760 –> 00:39:38,000
\nwe’re actually not familiar with
\nand we, we struggle a little to <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:38,000 –> 00:39:42,480
\nwork out what they might be.
\nBut this is a list of the spirit<\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:42,480 –> 00:39:46,680
\ngifts which were given to the
\n1st century ecclesias. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:47,560 –> 00:39:52,160
\nLook at the first two, wisdom
\nand knowledge, a gift of wisdom.<\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:52,160 –> 00:39:54,520
\nWouldn’t you think that wisdom
\nand knowledge is something that <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:54,880 –> 00:39:56,480
\nthat all of us have to attain
\nto? <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:58,120 –> 00:40:03,600
\nBut notice how it’s described.
\nIt’s the Word of Wisdom and it’s<\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:03,600 –> 00:40:07,920
\nthe Word of knowledge.
\nSo this was Spirit, gifted <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:07,920 –> 00:40:13,480
\nability to share and preach
\nwisdom and knowledge to the 1st <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:13,480 –> 00:40:14,400
\ncentury.
\nClear. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:14,400 –> 00:40:20,120
\nIt’s inspired teaching.
\nOK, what about #3 honest, the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:24,320
\ngift of faith.
\nBecause people who like to <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:24,320 –> 00:40:28,120
\nsuggest we have to possess the
\nHoly Spirit power like they did <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:28,480 –> 00:40:35,280
\ngrab hold of #3 on the list and
\nthey say, ah, without faith, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:35,680 –> 00:40:41,880
\nit’s impossible to please God.
\nAnd faith is a gift of the Holy <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:41,880 –> 00:40:45,200
\nSpirit.
\nIt says so in First Corinthians <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:45,200 –> 00:40:48,360
\nchapter 12.
\nSo we have to have the Holy <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:48,360 –> 00:40:49,920
\nSpirit or us, we can’t have
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:51,720 –> 00:40:54,080
\nSo how would we actually answer
\nthat? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:56,880 –> 00:40:59,880
\nWe say, well, first of all, the
\napostle Paul tells us in Romans <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:59,920 –> 00:41:04,840
\nthat faith comes by hearing and
\nhearing by the word of God. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:05,320 –> 00:41:08,000
\nSo actually it’s not something
\nthat’s injected into us as a <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:08,000 –> 00:41:10,240
\nsupernatural ability.
\nIt’s something that comes from <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:10,240 –> 00:41:12,960
\nlistening to God’s word.
\nThen when we think about it, <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:12,960 –> 00:41:15,600
\nwhen we say actually faith’s not
\nsomething that’s put into you. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:16,160 –> 00:41:19,960
\nFaith is a response.
\nFaith is actually God said <\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:19,960 –> 00:41:25,720
\nsomething and we believe it.
\nSo faith is a response of belief<\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:26,040 –> 00:41:28,800
\nto what God has actually told
\nus. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:29,560 –> 00:41:32,520
\nBut there’s actually a very
\ncompelling answer. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:32,840 –> 00:41:34,960
\nHave a look at First Corinthians
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:34,960 –> 00:41:39,520
\nOf course, I hadn’t gone here.
\nLet’s go back first of <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:39,520 –> 00:41:42,560
\nCorinthians chapter 12 just to
\nhave a look at the phrase that’s<\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:42,600 –> 00:41:45,480
\nactually used because this is
\nthis actually makes it very <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:45,480 –> 00:41:48,640
\nclear.
\nFirst Corinthians chapter 12 he <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:48,640 –> 00:41:52,200
\nsays in verse 7 the
\nmanifestation of the Spirit is <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:52,200 –> 00:41:54,400
\ngiven to every man for the
\ncommon good. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:55,240 –> 00:42:01,160
\nTo 1 is given by the Spirit, the
\nword of wisdom to another, the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:01,160 –> 00:42:06,080
\nword of knowledge by the same
\nspirit to another faith by the <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:06,080 –> 00:42:08,920
\nsame Spirit.
\nSo the point that’s being made <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:09,080 –> 00:42:11,520
\nis different gifts were given to
\ndifferent people. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:11,760 –> 00:42:14,840
\nIf this is a description of the
\ngeneral faith which all people <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:14,840 –> 00:42:19,640
\nhave to have to be saved, it’s a
\nbit unfair that only only some <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:19,640 –> 00:42:22,480
\npeople had that gift given to
\nthem, whereas other people <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:22,680 –> 00:42:24,680
\ndidn’t get faith, they only had
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:24,680 –> 00:42:26,240
\nSo it’s impossible for them to
\nplease God. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:27,200 –> 00:42:30,600
\nSo this is actually talking
\nabout a specific gift of faith. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:30,920 –> 00:42:32,800
\nThere’s a reference in the next
\nchapter though. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:32,800 –> 00:42:36,520
\nYou have faith to move
\nmountains, which is a reference <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:36,520 –> 00:42:38,680
\nto those words of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:39,120 –> 00:42:42,560
\nMatthew 21 verse 21.
\nHe says, verily, I say to you, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:42,560 –> 00:42:46,040
\nif you have faith and doubt not,
\nyou shall not only do this which<\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:46,040 –> 00:42:49,000
\nis done to the fig tree, but
\nalso if he shall say to this <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:49,000 –> 00:42:53,360
\nmountain, be thou removed and be
\nthou cast into the city, it <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:53,360 –> 00:42:56,160
\nshall be done.
\nSo whatever it was, it was an <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:56,160 –> 00:43:00,320
\nextraordinary gift of faith.
\nIt’s not a reference to the the <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:00,320 –> 00:43:04,080
\nbelief without which it’s
\nimpossible to please God. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:06,160 –> 00:43:09,320
\nOK, these Holy Spirit gifts were
\nso extraordinary, they’re <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:09,320 –> 00:43:14,080
\ndescribed as being an earnest or
\na down payment of a future <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:14,080 –> 00:43:18,120
\ninheritance of glory.
\nAnd Ephesians 1, verses 13 to <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:18,120 –> 00:43:23,800
\n14, and they’re described in
\nHebrews 6 verse 4 as being a <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:23,840 –> 00:43:28,880
\nforetaste of the heavenly gift
\nand the powers of the world to <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:28,880 –> 00:43:32,040
\ncome.
\nSo the apostles were making the <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:32,040 –> 00:43:36,600
\npoint there to them that this
\nwas an extraordinary thing which<\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:36,600 –> 00:43:39,800
\nthey had been given.
\nIt’s like a little piece of <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:39,840 –> 00:43:43,400
\nevidence of these extraordinary
\nthings that await us all in the <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:43,400 –> 00:43:47,320
\nKingdom, a little full taste, he
\nsaid, of the powers of the world<\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:47,320 –> 00:43:49,000
\nto come.
\nIn fact, there’s a hint in the <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:49,000 –> 00:43:54,240
\nrecord there in Hebrews 6 that
\nthe privilege of being granted <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:54,240 –> 00:43:58,000
\nsome of these Holy Spirit powers
\nand the ability to to witness <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:58,000 –> 00:44:01,240
\nwith them actually gave some
\nadded accountability. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:03,120 –> 00:44:07,880
\nBecause if you had a Holy Spirit
\ngift as a witness of the truth <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:07,880 –> 00:44:13,840
\nof the gospel and then turned
\nyour back on it, you really are <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:13,840 –> 00:44:17,640
\nto be held accountable after
\nyou, after you’re seeing those <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:17,640 –> 00:44:19,800
\ndemonstrable extraordinary
\nthings. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:20,680 –> 00:44:22,480
\nBecause.
\nAnd what this shows us actually <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:22,480 –> 00:44:25,680
\nis that actually the Holy Spirit
\ngifts didn’t make people <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:25,680 –> 00:44:29,120
\nrighteous.
\nThe Holy Spirit gifts didn’t <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:29,120 –> 00:44:33,800
\nmake people perfect.
\nThe miracle we talked before <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:33,800 –> 00:44:36,800
\nabout these two very different
\napplications of the concept of <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:36,800 –> 00:44:40,160
\nthe Holy Spirit.
\nWe have the Holy Spirit power <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:40,600 –> 00:44:44,360
\nversus the Holy Spirit character
\nor the mind of God. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:44,360 –> 00:44:48,720
\nNow the 1st century ecclesia was
\none where both of those were <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:50,680
\ngiven.
\nSo the Holy Spirit power was <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:50,680 –> 00:44:52,480
\ngiven.
\nBut the giving of the Holy <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:52,480 –> 00:44:57,640
\nSpirit power as a gift did not
\nmake people more righteous in <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:57,640 –> 00:45:00,600
\nthemselves.
\nIt was a material thing which <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:00,600 –> 00:45:04,760
\nenabled them to do tasks they
\notherwise could not, and it was <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:04,760 –> 00:45:08,440
\nnot a guarantee that they would
\ndevelop a spiritual way of <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:08,440 –> 00:45:11,480
\nthinking.
\nIt didn’t make that automatic. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:11,480 –> 00:45:15,200
\nNow that’s quite helpful when it
\nhelps us when it comes to <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:15,240 –> 00:45:18,320
\nunderstanding the nature of the
\ngift of the Holy Spirit power of<\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:18,320 –> 00:45:21,120
\nGod that was visible in the 1st
\ncentury. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:23,040 –> 00:45:25,960
\nNow let’s have a look, step back
\nand look at Scripture and think,<\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:25,960 –> 00:45:27,440
\nwell, actually that’s pretty
\nobvious. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:28,280 –> 00:45:31,560
\nThe granting of special power
\nfrom God to do things <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:31,560 –> 00:45:36,280
\nmiraculously through history was
\nno guarantee of them being <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:36,480 –> 00:45:39,320
\nspiritually appropriate in the
\nway they actually thought. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:39,480 –> 00:45:43,640
\nI mean, think for example of the
\n70 elders, the Spirit was taken <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:43,640 –> 00:45:47,240
\nfrom Moses, given to the 70
\nelders, and they will prophesied<\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:47,480 –> 00:45:49,040
\nand it says that they’re
\ncarcasses. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:49,040 –> 00:45:51,920
\nAlso, they were part of the
\ngeneration whose carcasses <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:51,920 –> 00:45:54,520
\nperished in the wilderness
\nbecause of a lack of faith. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:55,720 –> 00:45:58,920
\nWhat about Samson?
\nDid Samson have the Holy Spirit?<\/p>\n
729
\n00:45:59,840 –> 00:46:02,600
\nAbsolutely.
\nDid it make him a really <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:02,600 –> 00:46:07,520
\nrighteous person all his life?
\nI asked the young people for <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:07,520 –> 00:46:10,040
\nexamples this morning and they
\ncame up with some and others. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:10,120 –> 00:46:12,880
\nKing Saul.
\nSaul prophesied, says God <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:12,880 –> 00:46:16,320
\nremoved the Spirit from But one
\nof the young girls in the class <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:16,320 –> 00:46:21,720
\ncame up with a cracker example,
\nJudas Iscariot. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:23,680 –> 00:46:28,720
\nJudas was one of the 12 who was
\ngiven the Holy Spirit and sent <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:28,760 –> 00:46:30,440
\nout earlier in the book of
\nMatthew. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:31,520 –> 00:46:35,360
\nAnd yet he betrayed us all.
\nAnd that’s a really stark <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:35,360 –> 00:46:39,000
\nexample I hadn’t thought of that
\nshows that actually the granting<\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:39,000 –> 00:46:43,320
\nof the Holy Spirit power did not
\nmake people righteous in <\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:43,320 –> 00:46:47,000
\nthemselves.
\nCome with me to Galatians <\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:47,000 –> 00:46:50,720
\nchapter 3 and we’ll see this
\nrather powerfully demonstrated <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:51,080 –> 00:46:54,800
\nin these New Testament writings.
\nGalatians, chapter 3. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:03,000 –> 00:47:08,720
\nSo I’m too far.
\nLet me go back a bit, Galatians <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:08,720 –> 00:47:10,960
\nChapter 3 and we’ll pick up the
\nrecords. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:10,960 –> 00:47:18,360
\nFirst of all, in verse 5, He
\ntherefore that ministreth to you<\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:18,360 –> 00:47:21,920
\nthe Spirit and works miracles
\namong you, doeth He yet? <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:21,920 –> 00:47:24,360
\nBy the works of the law or by
\nthe hearing of faith. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:24,680 –> 00:47:27,920
\nSo it’s very clear in context.
\nWe’re talking here about those <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:27,920 –> 00:47:32,200
\nthat have the Holy Spirit gifts
\nand the ability to work miracles<\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:32,200 –> 00:47:34,720
\nbecause God administered the
\nHoly Spirit to them. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:34,880 –> 00:47:38,360
\nAnd he starts off in verse one.
\nO foolish Galatians, who’s <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:38,360 –> 00:47:40,600
\nbewitched you, but you should
\nnot obey the truth. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:41,960 –> 00:47:44,120
\nWell, that’s an interesting
\ncombination of things. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:44,720 –> 00:47:46,920
\nThese are people who have
\nreceived the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:47,200 –> 00:47:49,320
\nearlier, he says in the epistle
\nthey’ve gone and followed <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:49,320 –> 00:47:54,080
\nanother gospel, which is an
\naccursed perversion of the <\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:54,080 –> 00:47:58,080
\ngospel of Christ.
\nOr what about the Corinthians? <\/p>\n
758
\n00:47:59,000 –> 00:48:01,800
\nWell, the Corinthians were a
\nvery sad illustration of the <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:01,800 –> 00:48:04,560
\nsame thing.
\nIt’s very obvious that they have<\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:04,560 –> 00:48:07,520
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts because
\nPaul writes about them at some <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:07,520 –> 00:48:11,080
\nlength.
\nBut he also says there was open <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:11,080 –> 00:48:15,160
\nfornication among them.
\nWe also find they were suing one<\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:15,160 –> 00:48:18,440
\nanother before unbelievers, Paul
\nsays. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:18,440 –> 00:48:23,760
\nI speak this to your shame.
\nAnd extraordinarily, even the <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:23,760 –> 00:48:29,400
\nSpirit gifts themselves had
\nbecome in themselves a point of <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:29,400 –> 00:48:33,440
\ncontention for them in the
\necclesia through the selfish use<\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:33,440 –> 00:48:37,560
\nand indeed misuse of the Holy
\nSpirit gifts, particularly <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:37,560 –> 00:48:40,000
\naround the dramatic gift of the
\ntongue. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:40,720 –> 00:48:43,840
\nBecause in that block through
\nfrom chapter 12, chapter 13 and <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:43,840 –> 00:48:48,600
\nchapter 14, the apostle Paul
\nactually rebukes their obsession<\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:48,600 –> 00:48:52,040
\nwith tongues.
\nAnd he encourages them rather to<\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:52,040 –> 00:48:54,960
\nthe gift of prophecy, which
\nedifies or builds up. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:56,200 –> 00:49:01,440
\nHe said if there’s not another
\ninterpreter there in chapter 14,<\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:01,440 –> 00:49:07,360
\nverse 28, then keep silence.
\nAnd he also says in chapter 14, <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:07,360 –> 00:49:12,440
\nverse 32, that they need to
\nexercise responsible care over <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:12,440 –> 00:49:16,600
\nhow they use the gifts.
\nWhen he says the spirits of the <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:16,600 –> 00:49:20,840
\nprophets are subject to the
\nprophets, what he’s actually <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:20,840 –> 00:49:25,840
\ntelling them is to exercise
\nresponsibility and control over <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:25,840 –> 00:49:28,920
\nhow they actually used these
\nparticular gifts. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:29,640 –> 00:49:33,560
\nSo it’s very clear that these
\ngifts were given for particular <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:33,560 –> 00:49:37,600
\npurposes to be able to extend
\nthe work of the truth, but it <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:37,600 –> 00:49:41,760
\nwasn’t something which made the
\npossessor thereof actually a <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:41,760 –> 00:49:44,640
\nrighteous particular person.
\nThey were given for specific <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:44,640 –> 00:49:49,760
\nobjectives for a specific
\nperiod, and then when those <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:49,760 –> 00:49:55,120
\nobjectives were fulfilled, the
\nHoly Spirit gifts were actually <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:55,160 –> 00:49:57,960
\nwithdrawn.
\nNow let’s spend a few minutes <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:57,960 –> 00:50:00,680
\nlooking at this because it’s a
\nvery critical element of <\/p>\n
788
\n00:50:00,680 –> 00:50:03,360
\nunderstanding the Holy Spirit
\ngifts in the New Testament. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:50:03,800 –> 00:50:07,240
\nFirst of all, it’s logical if
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts required <\/p>\n
790
\n00:50:07,240 –> 00:50:10,840
\nthe laying on of the apostles
\nhands, take the apostles out of <\/p>\n
791
\n00:50:10,840 –> 00:50:14,400
\nit and what’s going to happen?
\nWell, it’s logical the passing <\/p>\n
792
\n00:50:14,400 –> 00:50:17,360
\non of the Holy Spirit gifts
\nitself would dry out. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:50:18,320 –> 00:50:22,000
\nSecondly, the gifts were given
\ninitially for the preaching <\/p>\n
794
\n00:50:22,000 –> 00:50:25,240
\ncampaigns to help this initial
\npreaching campaign. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:50:25,640 –> 00:50:29,400
\nAnd note this, that preaching
\ncampaign was for a defined <\/p>\n
796
\n00:50:29,440 –> 00:50:33,160
\nperiod of time.
\nSo Christ sees them going into <\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:33,160 –> 00:50:35,640
\nall the world, preach the gospel
\nto every creature. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:35,800 –> 00:50:39,760
\nThese signs will follow them
\ncasting out devils, speaking <\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:39,760 –> 00:50:41,880
\nwith new tongues, so it says
\nthey went forth, they preached <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:41,880 –> 00:50:46,520
\neverywhere and note these words,
\nthe Lord working with them and <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:46,520 –> 00:50:49,520
\nconfirming the word with signs
\nfollow. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:50,080 –> 00:50:53,880
\nSo the Lord said I will work
\nwith you, I’ll be there on the <\/p>\n
803
\n00:50:53,880 –> 00:50:57,640
\njourney with you and I’ll
\nconfirm this with the signs, the<\/p>\n
804
\n00:50:57,640 –> 00:51:02,200
\nworking of the Holy Spirit.
\nThat’s fine, But then he puts a <\/p>\n
805
\n00:51:02,200 –> 00:51:05,600
\ntime period on it.
\nMatthew 28, verse 20. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:51:05,600 –> 00:51:07,000
\nHe said that he’s going to be
\nwith them. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:51:07,160 –> 00:51:10,800
\nHe said, no, I am with you
\nalways, even to the end of the <\/p>\n
808
\n00:51:10,800 –> 00:51:16,360
\nworld to the end of the pay on
\ninteresting phrase Matthew 24, <\/p>\n
809
\n00:51:16,360 –> 00:51:18,720
\nverse 14.
\nThis gospel of the Kingdom will <\/p>\n
810
\n00:51:18,720 –> 00:51:22,680
\nbe preached in all the world for
\na witness unto all nations, and <\/p>\n
811
\n00:51:22,680 –> 00:51:28,440
\nthen shall the end come.
\nAnd we’re finding this quite an <\/p>\n
812
\n00:51:28,440 –> 00:51:31,200
\nemphasis here on the fact that
\nactually was going to be this <\/p>\n
813
\n00:51:31,200 –> 00:51:35,720
\nparticular period of preaching
\nwhen this work would actually be<\/p>\n
814
\n00:51:35,880 –> 00:51:38,160
\nextended.
\nThis phrase, the end of the <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:38,160 –> 00:51:41,600
\nworld, Sontelia aeon, means
\nliterally the end or the <\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:41,600 –> 00:51:46,280
\nconsummation of the age.
\nAnd that phrase is used in <\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:46,280 –> 00:51:50,120
\nScripture of the end of the
\nMosaic era of things. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:51:50,240 –> 00:51:54,840
\nSo Christ has appeared at the
\nend of the world, says Paul in <\/p>\n
819
\n00:51:54,840 –> 00:51:58,640
\nHebrews 9 verse 26, exactly the
\nsame expression. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:51:58,800 –> 00:52:01,120
\nSo it’s talking about this
\nperiod of time, which is the <\/p>\n
821
\n00:52:01,120 –> 00:52:05,000
\ndrawing to close of the Mosaic
\nend of things. <\/p>\n
822
\n00:52:05,960 –> 00:52:10,800
\nAnd so in verse 14 he says once
\nthe gospel is preached, then the<\/p>\n
823
\n00:52:10,920 –> 00:52:13,960
\nend of that age is actually
\ngoing to come. <\/p>\n
824
\n00:52:14,240 –> 00:52:17,760
\nAnd so it did.
\nAnd by that stage the gospel had<\/p>\n
825
\n00:52:17,760 –> 00:52:19,240
\nbeen preached through all the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:52:19,840 –> 00:52:22,000
\nRomans 10\/17 I say, have they
\nnot heard? <\/p>\n
827
\n00:52:22,000 –> 00:52:25,480
\nYes, verily, their sound went
\ninto all the earth and their <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:25,480 –> 00:52:30,000
\nwords unto the end of the world.
\nCareful, the word world there is<\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:30,000 –> 00:52:32,800
\nlike many, not Aon.
\nBut you get the impression here <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:32,800 –> 00:52:38,120
\nthat actually this preaching has
\nhappened by Acts 17 verse 6. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:38,120 –> 00:52:42,040
\nThey’ve turned the world upside
\ndown by Colossians. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:42,040 –> 00:52:45,880
\nOne verse 13, he talks about the
\ngospel which was preached to <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:45,920 –> 00:52:49,840
\nevery creature under heaven,
\nwhich is exactly what Christ <\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:49,840 –> 00:52:53,480
\nsaid he would work with them to
\ndo in Mark chapter 16 and verse <\/p>\n
835
\n00:52:53,480 –> 00:52:57,080
\n5, that they would go and preach
\nto every creature and he would <\/p>\n
836
\n00:52:57,080 –> 00:53:00,520
\nwork with them for that to be
\nactually accomplished. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:53:01,040 –> 00:53:05,760
\nAnd so it’s clear that these
\nsigns and these gifts were given<\/p>\n
838
\n00:53:05,760 –> 00:53:08,960
\nto enable that work of preaching
\nfor a particular time. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:53:10,120 –> 00:53:12,760
\nBut the statements in Scripture
\nabout the withdrawing of the <\/p>\n
840
\n00:53:12,760 –> 00:53:15,720
\ngifts were actually even more
\nexplicit than that. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:53:17,880 –> 00:53:20,440
\nAnd I’m just conscious of time.
\nSo I’m going to try and <\/p>\n
842
\n00:53:20,440 –> 00:53:23,720
\nparaphrase here.
\nWe’re going to look at First of <\/p>\n
843
\n00:53:23,720 –> 00:53:27,000
\nCorinthians 1312 and 13 when
\nthey were told the gifts would <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:27,000 –> 00:53:29,200
\nbe withdrawn.
\nBut before we go there, I just <\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:29,200 –> 00:53:33,280
\nwant to talk about the analogy
\nof the body because the <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:33,280 –> 00:53:38,040
\npreaching of the Gospel and the
\nbuilding of the of the worldwide<\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:38,040 –> 00:53:43,240
\necclesial body is described as
\nbeing the body of Christ. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:43,240 –> 00:53:46,760
\nWe know that it’s often used in
\nrelation to the establishment of<\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:46,760 –> 00:53:50,080
\nthe 1st century brotherhood.
\nThere’s a process of birth, then<\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:50,080 –> 00:53:52,920
\nthere’s a development and
\nthere’s a maturing until a <\/p>\n
851
\n00:53:52,920 –> 00:53:57,280
\nprocess of adulthood.
\nAnd that process took just out <\/p>\n
852
\n00:53:57,280 –> 00:53:59,840
\nof interest 3 score years and
\n10. <\/p>\n
853
\n00:54:01,000 –> 00:54:04,200
\nThere was actually a 70 year
\nperiod from the beginning of the<\/p>\n
854
\n00:54:04,200 –> 00:54:06,400
\ngospels right through until the
\nApocalypse. <\/p>\n
855
\n00:54:06,840 –> 00:54:10,880
\nAnd in that time period the
\nestablishment of this new gospel<\/p>\n
856
\n00:54:11,080 –> 00:54:16,120
\nwas actually completed. 3 score
\nusing 10 Psalm 90 verse 10 is <\/p>\n
857
\n00:54:16,120 –> 00:54:21,160
\nthe lifespan of a man.
\nNow this same analogy of the <\/p>\n
858
\n00:54:21,160 –> 00:54:26,720
\ndevelopment of the body is used
\nby by the apostle Paul in the <\/p>\n
859
\n00:54:26,720 –> 00:54:31,400
\nepistles, in Corinthians and in
\nEphesians in relation to the <\/p>\n
860
\n00:54:31,400 –> 00:54:35,440
\nSpirit gifts.
\nAnd once the ecclesial body had <\/p>\n
861
\n00:54:35,440 –> 00:54:39,800
\nreached a stage of maturity,
\nthen the Spirit gifts were to be<\/p>\n
862
\n00:54:39,800 –> 00:54:41,680
\nwithdrawn.
\nSo let’s look at a couple of <\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:41,680 –> 00:54:45,160
\nthese quite carefully.
\nFirst of Corinthians chapter 12.<\/p>\n
864
\n00:54:45,920 –> 00:54:49,280
\nYou know how in first of
\nCorinthians chapter 12. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:54:49,720 –> 00:54:52,120
\nWell in first of Corinthians
\ngenerally we have the apostles <\/p>\n
866
\n00:54:52,120 –> 00:54:55,480
\nspeaking about the different
\nparts of the body. <\/p>\n
867
\n00:54:57,160 –> 00:55:01,160
\nFirst Corinthians 12, he speaks
\nin verse 18 about the different <\/p>\n
868
\n00:55:01,160 –> 00:55:04,480
\nmembers of the body.
\nAnd we go on and we use these <\/p>\n
869
\n00:55:04,480 –> 00:55:07,320
\npassages to talk about how
\neverybody’s really important in <\/p>\n
870
\n00:55:07,320 –> 00:55:09,720
\necclesia life.
\nYou can’t say because I’m not <\/p>\n
871
\n00:55:09,720 –> 00:55:12,160
\nthe hand, I’m not part of the
\nbody, because I’m not the eye, <\/p>\n
872
\n00:55:12,160 –> 00:55:15,040
\nI’m not part of the body.
\nSo every member of the ecclesia <\/p>\n
873
\n00:55:15,040 –> 00:55:17,720
\nis really important.
\nWell, that’s a great principle <\/p>\n
874
\n00:55:17,960 –> 00:55:20,200
\nand no doubt we can derive that
\nlesson from it. <\/p>\n
875
\n00:55:20,200 –> 00:55:22,560
\nBut you know what he’s actually
\ntalking about in context. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:55:23,320 –> 00:55:25,640
\nHe’s talking about the diversity
\nof spirit gifts. <\/p>\n
877
\n00:55:26,560 –> 00:55:29,960
\nThis person has that gift.
\nThis person has this gift, this <\/p>\n
878
\n00:55:29,960 –> 00:55:33,360
\nperson has these gifts, and you
\nactually need the composite of <\/p>\n
879
\n00:55:33,360 –> 00:55:36,440
\nall the parts for the body to
\nwork together as a whole. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:55:36,560 –> 00:55:39,760
\nThat’s actually in context what
\nhe’s talking about when he talks<\/p>\n
881
\n00:55:39,760 –> 00:55:44,560
\nabout the individual body.
\nSo he’s encouraging them to <\/p>\n
882
\n00:55:44,560 –> 00:55:48,640
\nunderstand that the purpose of
\nthe gifts was to build up and to<\/p>\n
883
\n00:55:48,680 –> 00:55:53,840
\nedify the body as a whole.
\nSo he says there are diversities<\/p>\n
884
\n00:55:53,840 –> 00:55:57,200
\nof gifts, but it’s the same
\nspirit in verse 4. <\/p>\n
885
\n00:55:58,360 –> 00:56:02,760
\nSo he then speaks about this
\nbody in verses 13 through to 27,<\/p>\n
886
\n00:56:03,320 –> 00:56:05,760
\nand he’s talking about the
\ndifferent roles in ecclesial <\/p>\n
887
\n00:56:05,760 –> 00:56:08,040
\nlife for which the Spirit had
\nbeen given. <\/p>\n
888
\n00:56:08,880 –> 00:56:13,320
\nAnd then he elevates the
\ndiscussion away from them, <\/p>\n
889
\n00:56:13,320 –> 00:56:16,400
\nsquabbling about which gifts
\nwere most important. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:56:16,720 –> 00:56:20,200
\nAnd he tells them two
\nextraordinary and astonishing <\/p>\n
891
\n00:56:20,200 –> 00:56:23,800
\nthings.
\nThe first is actually the gifts <\/p>\n
892
\n00:56:23,840 –> 00:56:25,880
\naren’t the most important thing
\nin ecclesial life. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:56:26,520 –> 00:56:30,760
\nThere’s something which is much
\nmore important, and that is <\/p>\n
894
\n00:56:30,920 –> 00:56:36,120
\nfaith, hope and love.
\nAnd so he says in verse 31, <\/p>\n
895
\n00:56:36,280 –> 00:56:39,240
\nlook, desire the best gifts,
\nthose are those that build up <\/p>\n
896
\n00:56:39,240 –> 00:56:40,880
\nthe ecclesia.
\nBut actually I’m going to show <\/p>\n
897
\n00:56:40,880 –> 00:56:44,080
\nyou something better.
\nThere is a more excellent way. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:56:44,080 –> 00:56:47,760
\nAnd in chapter 13, he says that
\nactually all of these other <\/p>\n
899
\n00:56:47,760 –> 00:56:52,200
\ngifts, if you don’t have love,
\nthen they’re a complete waste of<\/p>\n
900
\n00:56:52,200 –> 00:56:54,640
\ntime.
\nAnd he completes it in verse 13 <\/p>\n
901
\n00:56:54,640 –> 00:56:57,760
\nby saying now by its faith, hope
\nand love, these three. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:56:58,000 –> 00:57:00,000
\nBut the greatest of these is
\nlove. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:57:00,240 –> 00:57:03,120
\nAnd so the apostles telling them
\nthat the gifts are not actually <\/p>\n
904
\n00:57:03,120 –> 00:57:07,280
\nwhat it’s all about.
\nAnd then the 2nd and truly <\/p>\n
905
\n00:57:07,280 –> 00:57:10,960
\nastounding thing that he tells
\nthem is that actually the gifts <\/p>\n
906
\n00:57:10,960 –> 00:57:12,440
\nare going to be taken away
\nanyway. <\/p>\n
907
\n00:57:13,240 –> 00:57:15,680
\nDon’t get too hung up on
\nspeaking in tongues. <\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:15,920 –> 00:57:18,680
\nThey’re all actually going to be
\nremoved. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:57:19,320 –> 00:57:24,200
\nSo in 13, verse 8, he says very
\nexplicitly that they are going <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:24,200 –> 00:57:29,640
\nto be removed.
\nHe speaks of of prophecies of <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:29,640 –> 00:57:31,840
\ntongues and the gift of
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:32,120 –> 00:57:35,600
\nHe says they’re going to fail,
\nthey’re going to cease, they’re <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:35,600 –> 00:57:41,800
\ngoing to vanish away.
\nAnd then he says in verse 10 or <\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:41,800 –> 00:57:44,880
\nverse 9, we know in part, we
\nprophecy in part. <\/p>\n
915
\n00:57:45,080 –> 00:57:47,600
\nHere’s the idea of of
\nindividuals. <\/p>\n
916
\n00:57:47,720 –> 00:57:49,240
\nWe’ve got little individuals
\nwith this. <\/p>\n
917
\n00:57:49,240 –> 00:57:51,200
\nWe’ve got little individuals
\nwith that gift we’ve got. <\/p>\n
918
\n00:57:51,360 –> 00:57:53,280
\nWe’ve got all these different
\nlittle parts, he said. <\/p>\n
919
\n00:57:53,280 –> 00:57:56,280
\nBut that’s all, all part of
\nbuilding up the one body. <\/p>\n
920
\n00:57:56,920 –> 00:57:59,040
\nVerse 10.
\nWhen that which is perfect, <\/p>\n
921
\n00:57:59,320 –> 00:58:04,240
\nmature or complete has come,
\nthen that which is in part will <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:04,440 –> 00:58:07,960
\nbe done away.
\nHe then uses the analogy of a <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:07,960 –> 00:58:13,160
\nchild in verse 11 through and
\nspeaks about when he was a <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:13,160 –> 00:58:14,720
\nchild.
\nHe spakers and thought as a <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:14,720 –> 00:58:17,200
\nchild.
\nWhen I become a man, I put away <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:17,200 –> 00:58:19,680
\nchildish things and you see what
\nhe’s doing. <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:20,120 –> 00:58:24,760
\nHe’s talking about the growth of
\na body from its infancy as it <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:24,840 –> 00:58:28,600
\nmatures and when it gets to
\nmaturity the childish things are<\/p>\n
929
\n00:58:28,600 –> 00:58:31,120
\nno longer needed.
\nAnd so he says you needed the <\/p>\n
930
\n00:58:31,120 –> 00:58:32,640
\nspirit gifts when you were
\nyoung. <\/p>\n
931
\n00:58:32,880 –> 00:58:35,960
\nBut now that the occlusional
\nbody is established and that <\/p>\n
932
\n00:58:35,960 –> 00:58:39,720
\nwhich is perfect or mature as it
\nliterally means complete or <\/p>\n
933
\n00:58:39,720 –> 00:58:43,560
\nmature has come, then those
\nother parts will be left behind <\/p>\n
934
\n00:58:43,760 –> 00:58:46,040
\nbecause they are not the most
\nimportant. <\/p>\n
935
\n00:58:48,200 –> 00:58:51,880
\nThen people say, oh, but hang on
\na moment, that can’t be the case<\/p>\n
936
\n00:58:52,760 –> 00:58:56,520
\nbecause that which is perfect
\nhas not yet come and won’t be to<\/p>\n
937
\n00:58:56,560 –> 00:58:58,840
\nthe Kingdom, and therefore we
\nmust keep them. <\/p>\n
938
\n00:58:58,840 –> 00:59:01,200
\nSo you’re sure they’ll be
\nremoved, but that which is <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:01,200 –> 00:59:03,920
\nperfect hasn’t come yet, so we
\nmust still have the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:03,920 –> 00:59:06,000
\ngifts.
\nWell, there’s a couple of <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:06,000 –> 00:59:10,360
\nfundamental problems with that.
\nNumber one, that would mean that<\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:10,360 –> 00:59:14,840
\nspeaking in tongues and miracles
\nmust still be here, and I <\/p>\n
943
\n00:59:14,840 –> 00:59:17,240
\nhaven’t seen them recently.
\nI don’t know if you have. <\/p>\n
944
\n00:59:18,640 –> 00:59:22,760
\nAnd secondly, it would be saying
\nthat all of those miracles will <\/p>\n
945
\n00:59:22,760 –> 00:59:24,560
\nbe there until the Kingdom, and
\nthen they’ll all stop. <\/p>\n
946
\n00:59:25,680 –> 00:59:27,640
\nWell, that’s, that’s just not
\nlogical. <\/p>\n
947
\n00:59:28,160 –> 00:59:30,840
\nIn the Kingdom age, the spirit
\ngifts will be poured out in a <\/p>\n
948
\n00:59:30,840 –> 00:59:33,200
\nway that we’ve never
\ncomprehended before. <\/p>\n
949
\n00:59:33,880 –> 00:59:37,320
\nSo in context here, he’s
\nactually saying that when the <\/p>\n
950
\n00:59:37,360 –> 00:59:41,480
\necclesial body was established,
\nthose things would actually be <\/p>\n
951
\n00:59:41,480 –> 00:59:43,800
\nwithdrawn.
\nNow, I’d just like to pop up a <\/p>\n
952
\n00:59:43,840 –> 00:59:47,840
\nslide there that has on it a
\nnumber of features that he’s <\/p>\n
953
\n00:59:47,840 –> 00:59:50,200
\ntalking about in First
\nCorinthians 12. <\/p>\n
954
\n00:59:50,520 –> 00:59:53,640
\nNow there’s another place in the
\nepistles where he speaks at <\/p>\n
955
\n00:59:53,640 –> 00:59:57,800
\nlength about the growing
\ntogether of a body into a mature<\/p>\n
956
\n00:59:57,800 –> 00:59:59,040
\nman.
\nWhere is it? <\/p>\n
957
\n00:59:59,800 –> 01:00:03,280
\nAnyone know?
\nEphesians? <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:03,760 –> 01:00:06,040
\nNow we look at that and we say
\nthat’s the building of the body <\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:06,040 –> 01:00:09,480
\nof Christ, in fact, down through
\nthe ages until we all come <\/p>\n
960
\n01:00:09,480 –> 01:00:12,240
\ntogether in the fullness of the
\none man in Christ. <\/p>\n
961
\n01:00:12,560 –> 01:00:16,680
\nAnd that’s not incorrect.
\nBut the focus of Ephesians <\/p>\n
962
\n01:00:16,680 –> 01:00:20,920
\nchapter 4 is on the Holy Spirit
\ngifts explicitly. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:00:21,440 –> 01:00:24,000
\nIt talks about the gifts that
\nthey’re given, the roles of <\/p>\n
964
\n01:00:24,000 –> 01:00:27,680
\napostles and prophets.
\nIt speaks about Christ ascending<\/p>\n
965
\n01:00:27,680 –> 01:00:30,400
\nand receiving gifts for it to be
\ngiven out to men. <\/p>\n
966
\n01:00:30,640 –> 01:00:34,680
\nAnd so actually, the context of
\nEphesians 4 is actually the <\/p>\n
967
\n01:00:34,680 –> 01:00:37,360
\nbuilding of the body of Christ
\nin their day. <\/p>\n
968
\n01:00:38,400 –> 01:00:41,960
\nWhoops.
\nAnd what we find is Ephesians 4 <\/p>\n
969
\n01:00:42,160 –> 01:00:46,400
\nand 1st Corinthians 12 match
\nwith all those same elements of <\/p>\n
970
\n01:00:46,400 –> 01:00:51,560
\nthe maturing of this body.
\nSo what that shows us is that in<\/p>\n
971
\n01:00:51,560 –> 01:00:54,520
\ncontext, what’s being talked
\nabout here is the giving of the <\/p>\n
972
\n01:00:54,560 –> 01:00:58,680
\nHoly Spirit gifts for a
\nparticular purpose, and they <\/p>\n
973
\n01:00:58,680 –> 01:01:03,600
\nwere removed when the completion
\nof that process was actually <\/p>\n
974
\n01:01:03,600 –> 01:01:07,240
\nbrought about, the completion of
\nthe perfect man. <\/p>\n
975
\n01:01:08,280 –> 01:01:11,000
\nBut least you think, well, hey,
\nhang on a moment. <\/p>\n
976
\n01:01:11,000 –> 01:01:14,280
\nYou’ve just shattered all the
\nvalue of Ephesians 4. <\/p>\n
977
\n01:01:15,200 –> 01:01:19,520
\nNo, actually what happens is
\nthey work on two different <\/p>\n
978
\n01:01:19,520 –> 01:01:24,320
\napplications and two different
\nlevels because there will be <\/p>\n
979
\n01:01:24,920 –> 01:01:28,960
\nanother outpouring of the Holy
\nSpirit in the future. <\/p>\n
980
\n01:01:29,680 –> 01:01:33,360
\nAnd actually what we’ve got is
\nthese themes of the building of <\/p>\n
981
\n01:01:33,360 –> 01:01:37,520
\nthe body of Christ works both in
\nits context in the 1st century <\/p>\n
982
\n01:01:37,520 –> 01:01:42,040
\necclesia, but also in its
\ncontext of the body of Christ <\/p>\n
983
\n01:01:42,080 –> 01:01:44,800
\nover the ages.
\nSo we have the building of the <\/p>\n
984
\n01:01:44,800 –> 01:01:47,520
\ntemple as another analogy
\nanalogy that’s used, the <\/p>\n
985
\n01:01:47,520 –> 01:01:51,200
\nbuilding of a temple.
\nWell, ultimately the temple will<\/p>\n
986
\n01:01:51,200 –> 01:01:54,960
\nbe complete when Christ returns,
\nwhen the way into the most holy <\/p>\n
987
\n01:01:54,960 –> 01:01:58,280
\nis made available for all of the
\nSaints of all ages. <\/p>\n
988
\n01:01:58,520 –> 01:02:01,720
\nAnd so we find that these are
\noperating on two different <\/p>\n
989
\n01:02:01,720 –> 01:02:05,440
\napplications or levels.
\nAnd of course, not surprisingly,<\/p>\n
990
\n01:02:05,800 –> 01:02:09,680
\nBrother Thomas in Faith in the
\nLast Days has a beautiful and <\/p>\n
991
\n01:02:09,680 –> 01:02:13,200
\nsuccinct little summary.
\nThe body of Christ, whether <\/p>\n
992
\n01:02:13,200 –> 01:02:15,920
\nconsidered to be under the
\nfigure of a man or a house, <\/p>\n
993
\n01:02:15,920 –> 01:02:18,840
\nbelongs to two states.
\nThere’s that before the <\/p>\n
994
\n01:02:18,840 –> 01:02:22,880
\nresurrection.
\nThat’s the resurrection which we<\/p>\n
995
\n01:02:22,880 –> 01:02:26,200
\nall participate in, and to that
\nafter the resurrection. <\/p>\n
996
\n01:02:27,120 –> 01:02:30,120
\nIn the former state, the
\necclesia world had its infancy <\/p>\n
997
\n01:02:30,480 –> 01:02:33,000
\nand its manhood.
\nIn the days of the apostles. <\/p>\n
998
\n01:02:33,000 –> 01:02:35,960
\nThe institution was in its
\ninfancy, childhood, In the days <\/p>\n
999
\n01:02:35,960 –> 01:02:39,920
\nof John’s old age and exile
\nmanhood being 70 years old. <\/p>\n
1000
\n01:02:40,960 –> 01:02:44,000
\nThere was a manhood when the
\nbaptismal gifts ceased. <\/p>\n
1001
\n01:02:44,880 –> 01:02:48,360
\nThere shall be a manhood when we
\nwill know experimentally, even <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:02:48,360 –> 01:02:52,200
\nas we know theoretically.
\nThat’s the post resurrectional <\/p>\n
1003
\n01:02:52,200 –> 01:02:55,640
\nmaturity of the perfect man or
\nthe body of Christ. <\/p>\n
1004
\n01:02:55,840 –> 01:03:00,440
\nThen every member will see face
\nto face that which is perfect <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:03:00,760 –> 01:03:03,080
\nwill have come in the full
\nsense. <\/p>\n
1006
\n01:03:04,000 –> 01:03:06,600
\nSo it’s actually when we see
\nthat suddenly these passages <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:03:06,600 –> 01:03:10,280
\njust open up and we can see the
\nway in which the divine mind <\/p>\n
1008
\n01:03:10,520 –> 01:03:16,840
\nactually works.
\nAnd so the work of the setting <\/p>\n
1009
\n01:03:16,840 –> 01:03:22,360
\nup of the Eccleses was complete.
\nThe Gospel’s been breached, the <\/p>\n
1010
\n01:03:22,360 –> 01:03:25,320
\nnew paradigm of ecclesial life’s
\nbeen established, the whole <\/p>\n
1011
\n01:03:25,320 –> 01:03:27,160
\nCanon of Scripture has been
\nwritten. <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:03:28,000 –> 01:03:31,960
\nAnd so the work of the apostles
\nceased and they were laid in the<\/p>\n
1013
\n01:03:31,960 –> 01:03:35,200
\ngrave.
\nThe tongue of divine guidance <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:03:35,200 –> 01:03:40,520
\nwas still and fell silent.
\nThe pen of inspiration was laid <\/p>\n
1015
\n01:03:40,520 –> 01:03:44,360
\ndown, and then one of the most
\nextraordinary eras in the <\/p>\n
1016
\n01:03:44,360 –> 01:03:46,720
\nhistory of the world came to a
\nclose. <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:03:48,520 –> 01:03:51,880
\nAnd from that time till now,
\nthrough the rest of the times of<\/p>\n
1018
\n01:03:51,880 –> 01:03:55,640
\nthe Gentiles, as God’s called
\nout a people for His name, the <\/p>\n
1019
\n01:03:55,640 –> 01:03:59,880
\nwork of the Holy Spirit has
\ncontinued on, embedded in the <\/p>\n
1020
\n01:03:59,880 –> 01:04:03,120
\nword, which they actually
\ncompleted in the development of <\/p>\n
1021
\n01:04:03,120 –> 01:04:06,080
\nthe Spirit of God in the hearts
\nand minds of the believers. <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:04:06,360 –> 01:04:08,080
\nThat’s God willing, We’ll look
\nat tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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