WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:02.940 We've been having some wonderful heart -to -heart 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:07.780 talks regarding this thing of miracles, the gift 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:15.480 of miracles. And remember something, gifts are 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:21.019 a trust. Gifts are a trust from God, the gift 00:00:21.019 --> 00:00:25.300 of the Spirit, any gift of the Spirit. And there 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:28.660 are nine gifts of the Spirit. that are mentioned 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:33.380 in the 12th chapter of 1 Corinthians, I'm still 00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:37.479 convinced that we are not to limit the Holy Spirit 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:43.119 to just nine gifts. We limit the Holy Spirit 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:47.159 in His power. We limit Him to when it comes to 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.979 gifts. I believe that there are many, many more 00:00:49.979 --> 00:00:52.439 gifts than just these nine that are mentioned. 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:59.159 These nine just represent some of the gifts of 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:03.439 the Spirit. But in each instance when the Holy 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:09.099 Spirit gives a gift, that gift is a trust that's 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:11.439 put into the hands or into the body of an individual. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:18.200 And never forget that the Holy Spirit never gives 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:24.799 a gift to draw attention to a personality or 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.599 to a person. Neither does he give a gift to an 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:31.579 individual for that one to use that gift for 00:01:31.579 --> 00:01:39.000 selfish gain. Never, never know that. Another 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:44.040 thing to remember, that all gifts, not only this 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:49.019 gift of miracles, but all gifts are to be held 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:52.769 in subjection to the Lord. That's what that scripture 00:01:52.769 --> 00:01:55.670 means in the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians. The 00:01:55.670 --> 00:02:00.750 spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 00:02:02.450 --> 00:02:09.229 Therefore, the Lord's authority must be recognized 00:02:09.229 --> 00:02:15.289 in the use of all gifts. Well, sir, now we talk 00:02:15.289 --> 00:02:24.060 about this gift of miracles. A miracle is a sovereign 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:28.340 work of God, a manifestation of divine power, 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:35.580 and is given to substantiate a message from God. 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:43.360 And always God must get the glory. The Lord Jesus 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:48.039 Christ must receive the glory. Miracles were 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.379 never performed to be spectacular. They were 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:54.560 never performed to attract people to the individual, 00:02:54.900 --> 00:02:58.960 the one through whom the Holy Spirit was working. 00:02:59.939 --> 00:03:04.960 That's the reason people... Let me just tell 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:10.159 you something. And please, if you forget everything 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:14.659 else that I say regarding the gifts of the Spirit, 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.919 bear my soul on this one point. There are too 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:26.479 many people going around boasting of having some 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:32.219 gift of the Spirit. A woman very recently came 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:36.879 and faced me in the Shrine Auditorium and shook 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:38.560 my hand and said, Oh, Ms. Coleman, I want you 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.479 to know that I have all the gifts of the Spirit. 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:51.789 I... stood there, awed. I never said a word. 00:03:53.009 --> 00:03:59.550 But I thought, my goodness, such spiritual ignorance 00:03:59.550 --> 00:04:08.990 I have never seen. And I mean that. You know, 00:04:09.009 --> 00:04:11.349 the worst kind of ignorance is spiritual ignorance. 00:04:12.050 --> 00:04:16.579 There is No ignorance that's worse. Ignorance 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:19.300 in any form is bad enough, but spiritual ignorance 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:24.199 is the worst kind of ignorance because it brings 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.800 so much reproach on something that is the most 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:33.579 sacred thing in the world. It is my firm conviction 00:04:33.579 --> 00:04:42.149 and my own personal experience that if... The 00:04:42.149 --> 00:04:51.230 Holy Spirit has given an individual a gift. If 00:04:51.230 --> 00:04:59.310 the Holy Spirit has given this trust, has put 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:02.470 it into the hands or the body of an individual, 00:05:02.629 --> 00:05:11.870 that gift and that trust will be so sacred that 00:05:11.870 --> 00:05:17.490 they're not going to exploit it. They're not 00:05:17.490 --> 00:05:19.850 going to boast about it. They're not going to 00:05:19.850 --> 00:05:23.449 talk about it. I have had spiritual experiences 00:05:23.449 --> 00:05:28.769 that I tell you before God are so sacred to me, 00:05:28.850 --> 00:05:34.009 I have never spoken of them to any human being. 00:05:35.829 --> 00:05:41.449 They are sacred. There are things that you just 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:48.509 don't talk about. You don't exploit. You don't 00:05:48.509 --> 00:05:56.389 boast of these things. They're too sacred. And 00:05:56.389 --> 00:06:01.829 it is my firm conviction that any saint of God 00:06:01.829 --> 00:06:07.670 who has been given this trust, to whom this gift 00:06:07.670 --> 00:06:12.550 was given, any gift, whether it's the gift of 00:06:12.550 --> 00:06:15.250 the word of knowledge, or the gift of wisdom, 00:06:15.470 --> 00:06:18.129 or the gift of healing, or the gift of faith, 00:06:18.470 --> 00:06:22.910 or the gift of tongues. When somebody comes along 00:06:22.910 --> 00:06:27.370 and says, oh, I have the gift of tongues. Now 00:06:27.370 --> 00:06:30.910 you know me well enough to know that I believe 00:06:30.910 --> 00:06:34.769 that there is such a thing as speaking in an 00:06:34.769 --> 00:06:38.189 unknown tongue. I have to believe it. It's in 00:06:38.189 --> 00:06:42.170 the word. I have to believe that there is such 00:06:42.170 --> 00:06:47.689 a gift, the gift of tongues and also the gift 00:06:47.689 --> 00:06:53.990 of the interpretation. But when one has been 00:06:53.990 --> 00:06:59.329 given this sacred gift that one is not going 00:06:59.329 --> 00:07:03.949 to talk about it, capitalize on it, exploit it, 00:07:04.029 --> 00:07:10.149 use it to draw attention to himself, Too many 00:07:10.149 --> 00:07:15.610 people are using tongues to draw attention to 00:07:15.610 --> 00:07:22.889 themselves. I'm saying something. I'm giving 00:07:22.889 --> 00:07:27.149 it to you. Somebody needs to teach it. We need 00:07:27.149 --> 00:07:31.569 to come back again to the Word of God. Some of 00:07:31.569 --> 00:07:37.449 us have gone so far out that it's been many a 00:07:37.449 --> 00:07:44.060 day Since we have taken the scripture and have 00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:50.339 stood purely on thus saith the Lord. There are 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:54.920 too many people adding to. You know, we condemn 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:59.980 those who are taking from. We stand in our pulpits 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:04.819 and we condemn the man who stands in his pulpit. 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:10.480 We say he's a modernist. We say he does not preach 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.500 the atonement. We say he does not preach divine 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:18.660 healing. We say he does not preach the deity 00:08:18.660 --> 00:08:22.240 and divinity of Jesus Christ. It's easy for us 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.860 to stand and condemn the one who has taken from 00:08:26.860 --> 00:08:30.740 and is taking from the word of God. And it's 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:34.679 true. There are thousands who are. But there 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:39.629 are... also literally hundreds who today are 00:08:39.629 --> 00:08:45.889 adding to the Word. They're putting words in 00:08:45.889 --> 00:08:50.730 the mouth of Jesus that never were spoken. They're 00:08:50.730 --> 00:08:54.750 putting things in the Scripture that are not 00:08:54.750 --> 00:09:01.570 Scripture. I'll just pause a moment until you 00:09:01.570 --> 00:09:09.350 get your equilibrium. That's exactly what Paul 00:09:09.350 --> 00:09:11.990 was saying when he begins even with the gift 00:09:11.990 --> 00:09:15.529 of the Spirit. I would not have you ignorant, 00:09:15.870 --> 00:09:21.549 brethren. We have too many ignorant brethren, 00:09:21.970 --> 00:09:26.110 too many sisters who are ignorant these days 00:09:26.110 --> 00:09:31.090 regarding the use of the gifts of the Spirit, 00:09:31.230 --> 00:09:38.200 too many who are ignorant regarding... the baptism 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:42.659 with the Holy Spirit, who are misusing the power 00:09:42.659 --> 00:09:48.399 of the Holy Ghost. We need to get back again 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:56.519 to the Scripture. Now, where was I? My goodness, 00:09:56.580 --> 00:10:01.620 my life. All right, I know where I was. This 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:07.470 thing of a miracle. Back to the gift. of miracles. 00:10:07.850 --> 00:10:13.830 You want to know something? We have every right 00:10:13.830 --> 00:10:21.370 to see the gifts and the fruits of the Spirit 00:10:21.370 --> 00:10:27.509 in operation in our churches today. This wonderful 00:10:27.509 --> 00:10:33.149 gift, the working of miracles, should be in operation 00:10:33.149 --> 00:10:40.899 in the church today. No Bible student, no theologian 00:10:40.899 --> 00:10:44.399 can prove to me from the Word of God where the 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:49.500 power of God was shut off, where the power was 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:54.960 turned off when Jesus went back to the Father 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.399 to take the position of great high priest. Everything 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.740 that happened in the early church, everything 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:04.820 that happened in the ministry of Paul. Everything 00:11:04.820 --> 00:11:07.899 that happened during the lifetime of Peter, the 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:12.659 disciples, everything that happened after the 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:17.059 day of Pentecost should be in operation and should 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:22.340 be made manifest in the church today because 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:28.259 we're still living in that dispensation. That's 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:32.179 right. We are still living in the day of Pentecost. 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:38.399 Now, a miracle is a sovereign work of God, a 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:42.980 manifestation of divine power, given to substantiate 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:50.940 a message from God. Now, we go back to Moses 00:11:50.940 --> 00:11:55.159 in our last heart -to -heart talk. We took this 00:11:55.159 --> 00:12:02.070 gift of miracles that was manifested. in and 00:12:02.070 --> 00:12:06.210 through the body of Moses. And remember, the 00:12:06.210 --> 00:12:11.250 God of Moses is still our God. Moses didn't have 00:12:11.250 --> 00:12:14.649 one God, and you and I have another God. We forget 00:12:14.649 --> 00:12:18.129 that. That's what I told this wonderful group, 00:12:18.429 --> 00:12:23.029 one of the finest group of teenagers that I have 00:12:23.029 --> 00:12:27.090 ever spoken to in all my life. In a Catholic 00:12:27.090 --> 00:12:30.110 high school recently, they were teenage boys. 00:12:30.970 --> 00:12:36.730 16 and 17 years of age. And before I opened that 00:12:36.730 --> 00:12:42.309 hour for questions, I said, now, young men, you 00:12:42.309 --> 00:12:46.070 are Roman Catholic. I am Protestant. But remember 00:12:46.070 --> 00:12:54.590 something. You honor God. You have confidence 00:12:54.590 --> 00:13:01.840 in God Almighty. You're God. is the same God 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:06.159 that I have confidence in. He's just the same 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:12.639 God. Your God, my God, was also the God of Moses. 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:19.720 That God had only one son, Jesus Christ. I said, 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:23.679 you know, young men, you sit there, you're Roman 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.779 Catholic. Oh, and these were intelligent. These 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:31.399 were nice young men. They were all 16, 17 years 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:34.139 of age. This was a Roman Catholic high school. 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:41.740 I said, when you talk about Jesus, you're talking 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:46.980 about God's son, the same Jesus that I know because 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:52.059 he had only one son, the same wonderful Jesus. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.080 When you talk about the Holy Ghost, the Holy 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:59.610 Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, There 00:13:59.610 --> 00:14:06.610 is only one. The same Holy Spirit that you honor 00:14:06.610 --> 00:14:13.710 is the same Holy Spirit that I honor and whose 00:14:13.710 --> 00:14:19.110 power is manifested through our lives. Just one 00:14:19.110 --> 00:14:24.769 Father, one Son, and one Holy Ghost whom we speak. 00:14:25.289 --> 00:14:28.549 of the power of God in the life of Moses. It's 00:14:28.549 --> 00:14:33.409 the same God that you and I serve today. And 00:14:33.409 --> 00:14:38.570 his power is not limited to any one person or 00:14:38.570 --> 00:14:43.769 any one generation or any one dispensation. We 00:14:43.769 --> 00:14:48.470 need to know that. I would never have to preach 00:14:48.470 --> 00:14:52.929 a sermon on faith if I could get men and women 00:14:52.929 --> 00:14:57.570 to see that The God of Moses is our God today. 00:14:57.830 --> 00:15:02.490 That his power has never been limited to one 00:15:02.490 --> 00:15:11.909 generation or one individual. And it's just like 00:15:11.909 --> 00:15:14.789 that. God bless you.