WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.660 You guessed it. Today is another old -fashioned 00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:11.179 heart -to -heart talk. You knew it. You were 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:15.080 so sure that you promised your husband that you 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:20.379 would take down a few little notes so you could 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:22.320 tell him tonight when he got home from work just 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:27.690 what I said. All right. Here we are in the 14th 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:34.429 chapter of 1 Corinthians. And this is the chapter 00:00:34.429 --> 00:00:41.909 that is really the basic chapter on tongues. 00:00:42.810 --> 00:00:46.789 More is said about tongues in this one chapter 00:00:46.789 --> 00:00:51.729 than any other place in the entire Word of God. 00:00:52.250 --> 00:00:54.270 I want you to sit there with an open heart and 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:58.649 open mind today. Whether you believe in speaking 00:00:58.649 --> 00:01:02.570 in an unknown tongue or not, regardless of what 00:01:02.570 --> 00:01:06.069 your theology may be along this line, and I'm 00:01:06.069 --> 00:01:09.849 well aware of the fact that we have many ministers 00:01:09.849 --> 00:01:13.909 who will be listening in, I ask you to just sit 00:01:13.909 --> 00:01:19.549 there with an open heart and open mind and let 00:01:19.549 --> 00:01:26.609 the Holy Spirit Be our teacher. It's just that 00:01:26.609 --> 00:01:29.530 simple. Regardless of what you were taught in 00:01:29.530 --> 00:01:34.829 seminary, regardless of what your church as an 00:01:34.829 --> 00:01:40.150 organization or as an institution may teach, 00:01:40.329 --> 00:01:44.049 may believe, remember, if the Bible says one 00:01:44.049 --> 00:01:47.969 thing, the Bible teaches one thing, and you have 00:01:47.969 --> 00:01:51.319 been taught something contrary, To what the Bible 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:56.439 says, the Bible is right because it is the very 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:01.239 word of God. Now when it comes to this thing 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:06.680 of speaking in an unknown tongue, it isn't what 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:14.039 I think. It's what the Bible teaches. And I have 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:19.129 got to believe that there is such a thing. Because 00:02:19.129 --> 00:02:22.870 I believe the word of God. Not because somebody 00:02:22.870 --> 00:02:33.310 else says so. If I had never heard a single person 00:02:33.310 --> 00:02:36.689 in my whole life speak in an unknown tongue, 00:02:36.830 --> 00:02:40.610 I would still have to accept the fact that there 00:02:40.610 --> 00:02:43.689 is such an experience because the Bible says 00:02:43.689 --> 00:02:48.949 so. And it's just like that. Now, before we go 00:02:48.949 --> 00:02:53.310 into the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians, somebody 00:02:53.310 --> 00:02:56.509 will say, where in the New Testament do we read 00:02:56.509 --> 00:03:00.069 about the gift of tongues? And, of course, the 00:03:00.069 --> 00:03:04.169 mind goes properly to the first reference in 00:03:04.169 --> 00:03:08.550 the Acts of the Apostles. And we read that on 00:03:08.550 --> 00:03:13.969 the day of Pentecost, the Spirit appeared, even 00:03:13.969 --> 00:03:21.039 as Jesus said that he would. He came exactly 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:26.599 as Jesus said he would come. Jesus told them 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:29.520 that the Holy Spirit would come, that he would 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:35.780 send the Holy Spirit. He said, it is expedient 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:40.699 for you that I go away. It isn't optional, even 00:03:40.699 --> 00:03:46.099 though I might like to stay. Jesus said, it is 00:03:46.099 --> 00:03:53.289 necessary that I go away. Because after I have 00:03:53.289 --> 00:03:57.830 reached glory and am in position of great high 00:03:57.830 --> 00:04:03.810 priest, I will send the Holy Spirit unto you. 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:08.270 And he told them to tarry. He told them to wait 00:04:08.270 --> 00:04:11.229 for the coming of the Holy Spirit. And they believed 00:04:11.229 --> 00:04:17.829 his word. And they were doing exactly that. And 00:04:17.829 --> 00:04:21.009 when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they 00:04:21.009 --> 00:04:26.009 were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly, 00:04:26.069 --> 00:04:32.410 there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty 00:04:32.410 --> 00:04:37.970 wind. And it filled all the house where they 00:04:37.970 --> 00:04:44.790 were sitting. I like that part. Where they were 00:04:44.790 --> 00:04:48.500 sitting. They were waiting. They believed what 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:51.720 Jesus had promised. They believed what Jesus 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:57.740 had told them. And they didn't leave. They were 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:06.660 right there sitting and waiting. Oh, you can 00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:10.899 depend on his word. He'll keep it. When he tells 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:17.879 you to wait, wait. He'll keep his word. you can 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:21.660 stake your very life on it and there appeared 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:26.339 unto them cloven tongues like as a fire and it 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:29.540 sat upon each of them they had never seen anything 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:34.500 like it in their life before imagine what they 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:38.459 experienced i do not believe that it was one 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:44.230 of fright i believe it was an experience of They 00:05:44.230 --> 00:05:47.110 knew something glorious was going to happen. 00:05:48.129 --> 00:05:50.949 They were sure of it. They were waiting for it. 00:05:51.850 --> 00:05:55.850 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost 00:05:55.850 --> 00:06:00.829 and began to speak with other tongues as the 00:06:00.829 --> 00:06:07.709 Spirit gave them utterance. And they were dwelling 00:06:07.709 --> 00:06:12.220 at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men. out of every 00:06:12.220 --> 00:06:16.620 nation under heaven now when this was noised 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:20.680 abroad the multitude came together and were confounded 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:27.920 because that every man heard them speak in his 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:35.220 own language and they were all amazed and marbled 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:40.939 saying one to another behold Are not all these 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:48.399 which speak Galileans? How hear we every man 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:57.040 in our own tongue wherein we were born? All right. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:03.459 That's the first time that we have any knowledge 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:08.839 that anyone ever spoke. In an unknown tongue. 00:07:09.459 --> 00:07:13.180 Now go on in the history. In the Acts of the 00:07:13.180 --> 00:07:16.879 Apostles once more. To the 10th chapter. Where 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.399 we find the wonderful story of Peter in the house 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:25.160 of Cornelius. When the spirit fell. It is said 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:30.060 that they received the gift of tongues. Now go 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:34.379 a little further. In the 19th chapter. The account 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:38.110 of Paul's coming to Ephesus. And when he came 00:07:38.110 --> 00:07:42.810 to Ephesus, he found there a group of the disciples. 00:07:44.129 --> 00:07:47.810 And he knew immediately that they were lacking 00:07:47.810 --> 00:07:51.509 something. He said to them, Had ye received the 00:07:51.509 --> 00:07:54.350 Holy Ghost since you believed? And you know, 00:07:54.370 --> 00:07:57.990 there's something about a spirit -filled person 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:02.209 and a Christian who is not spirit -filled. There's 00:08:02.209 --> 00:08:06.779 just something about it. Now, I'm talking about 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:11.199 born again men and women. I'm talking about those 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.740 who have received experience, the new birth experience. 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:25.420 And yet, there is something different about a 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:29.800 Christian who has been filled with the Spirit 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:34.259 and a Christian who has not. had this wonderful 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:39.519 experience. And evidently, when Paul got to Ephesus 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:45.440 and he found this group of disciples, he sensed 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.360 that there was something lacking in their lives. 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:53.179 And he said to them, Have ye received the Holy 00:08:53.179 --> 00:08:57.080 Ghost since you believed? It's a very natural 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:03.289 question. And they said, Nay. We did not so much 00:09:03.289 --> 00:09:07.110 as hear whether the Holy Ghost was given. Oh, 00:09:07.110 --> 00:09:10.549 sure, they'd been baptized into John's baptism. 00:09:11.450 --> 00:09:16.889 They'd been baptized in water. They knew what 00:09:16.889 --> 00:09:19.629 that baptism was, but when it came to the baptism 00:09:19.629 --> 00:09:21.009 of the Holy Ghost, they didn't know what he was 00:09:21.009 --> 00:09:24.129 talking about. They had never heard of the experience. 00:09:25.549 --> 00:09:28.049 They said, we did not so much as hear whether 00:09:28.049 --> 00:09:33.970 the Holy Ghost was given. And then when Paul 00:09:33.970 --> 00:09:39.570 expounded the truth and led them beyond the preaching 00:09:39.570 --> 00:09:43.029 of Apollos, who had led them to a certain stage, 00:09:44.009 --> 00:09:47.529 then we're told the spirit fell upon them and 00:09:47.529 --> 00:09:53.970 they received the gift of tongues. It was so 00:09:53.970 --> 00:10:01.000 simple. Now, there can be no question. that whatever 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.620 it was and whatever it meant, it was a positive 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:15.740 gift. It was a positive experience. The new birth 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:18.720 experience and the baptism of the Holy Spirit 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:25.200 is not one and the same. The new birth experience, 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:28.500 the experience of regeneration, is separate and 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:31.629 apart. from the experience of being filled with 00:10:31.629 --> 00:10:36.210 the Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is 00:10:36.210 --> 00:10:42.870 given for one purpose. And that one purpose is 00:10:42.870 --> 00:10:48.669 power for service. And the baptism of the Holy 00:10:48.669 --> 00:10:50.570 Spirit, the fullness of the Holy Spirit, has 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:54.090 nothing to do whatsoever with your experience 00:10:54.090 --> 00:10:58.929 of regeneration. The Holy Spirit has a part. 00:11:00.110 --> 00:11:03.029 in your experience of regeneration, the new birth 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:06.889 experience, because he is the mighty convicting 00:11:06.889 --> 00:11:12.669 power of the Trinity. He will guide you into 00:11:12.669 --> 00:11:19.529 all truth, the word said. No man cometh unto 00:11:19.529 --> 00:11:26.509 Jesus of himself. Oh, the Holy Spirit is so important 00:11:26.509 --> 00:11:34.580 in the life of every man. and every woman. This 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:41.100 experience was something that was definite. It 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:46.700 was a positive, a definite experience. And the 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:49.720 speaking in an unknown tongue was a positive 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:57.720 gift. The gift of tongues was bestowed upon certain. 00:11:59.540 --> 00:12:03.159 Members in the early church? I'm not quite sure 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:06.759 that everyone in the early church was filled 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:08.799 with the Holy Spirit. The Bible doesn't say so. 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.899 I do know that in the upper room, they were all 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:21.759 filled with the Holy Spirit. But now watch. Somebody 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:28.289 says, all right. The Bible clearly teaches they 00:12:28.289 --> 00:12:32.370 were all filled on the day of Pentecost. And 00:12:32.370 --> 00:12:36.029 it's true, the scripture that you give, that 00:12:36.029 --> 00:12:45.250 they were filled in Ephesus when Paul came. Everything 00:12:45.250 --> 00:12:49.690 that you have given in the scripture, that wonderful 00:12:49.690 --> 00:12:53.129 story of Peter in the house of Cornelius, that's 00:12:53.129 --> 00:13:01.659 all acceptable. But what about today? Now, somehow 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:07.980 I have a feeling that the Holy Spirit knew that 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:11.220 there would be those who'd be skeptical today. 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:15.779 I just started to have a feeling that he knows 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:21.759 human nature better than we do. That is the reason 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:29.100 he made it so positive. so clear. As the Holy 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:33.059 Spirit spoke through Peter, and I read from the 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:37.659 second chapter of Peter, the 38th verse, then 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:46.080 Peter said unto them, repent, that's the new 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:50.669 birth experience, and be baptized. baptized every 00:13:50.669 --> 00:13:54.509 one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the 00:13:54.509 --> 00:13:59.970 remission of sins, here comes your water baptism. 00:14:00.769 --> 00:14:08.169 But don't stop there. And ye shall receive the 00:14:08.169 --> 00:14:13.409 gift of the Holy Ghost. Don't stop there. For 00:14:13.409 --> 00:14:18.610 the promise is unto you and to your children. 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:25.659 And to all that are of far off. And he looked 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:29.879 through the telescope of time to this very generation 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:36.340 in which you and I are living. To all that are 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:44.759 of far off. Don't stop there. Even as many as 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:52.500 the Lord our God. God shall call. And if you 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:56.919 have been called to be a Christian, then this 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:02.139 promise is unto you. If you are a member of the 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:07.019 body of Christ, if you are a member of his church, 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:13.960 then this promise is unto you. And just think 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:20.019 what you've been missing. All of the years. Because 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:26.320 your eyesight was so dim. Because you just didn't 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:35.100 understand. Now. We come back. To the 14th chapter 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:39.779 of 1 Corinthians. Notice what the apostle teaches 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:46.259 here. In verse 2 we read and. You remember I 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:50.399 left your home, our last little heart -to -heart 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.600 talk, with that first verse. We made it very 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:59.340 clear that we're to follow after love before 00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:02.960 anything else. He made that very clear before 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.620 he went into this discussion of the speaking 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:09.480 in an unknown tongue. Before he said one thing 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:15.289 about tongues, he said follow after love. desire 00:16:15.289 --> 00:16:21.730 spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 00:16:22.509 --> 00:16:24.970 And from this that we see that the most important 00:16:24.970 --> 00:16:31.049 gift is the gift of prophecy. Now continue. Are 00:16:31.049 --> 00:16:34.029 you still with me? Oh, you wouldn't leave for 00:16:34.029 --> 00:16:35.669 anything right now, right in the middle of this. 00:16:36.889 --> 00:16:38.929 Oh, I just pray the Holy Spirit will make this 00:16:38.929 --> 00:16:44.110 real to your heart. It's so simple. And the experience 00:16:44.110 --> 00:16:52.929 is so wonderful. It's not a struggle. It's a 00:16:52.929 --> 00:17:01.610 gift. It is something that's yours. And you just 00:17:01.610 --> 00:17:09.230 haven't reached out and take that which he wants 00:17:09.230 --> 00:17:15.150 you to have. Now in verse 2 of the 14th chapter 00:17:15.150 --> 00:17:20.029 of 1 Corinthians, we read this. For he that speaketh 00:17:20.029 --> 00:17:26.369 in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God. 00:17:29.150 --> 00:17:35.230 Verse 28, we read this. But if there be no interpreter, 00:17:35.589 --> 00:17:40.789 let him keep silence in the church. And let him 00:17:40.789 --> 00:17:47.410 speak to himself and to God. Why? Because unless 00:17:47.410 --> 00:17:53.190 there was an interpreter, no one could understand 00:17:53.190 --> 00:17:58.289 what he was saying. For instance, when I went 00:17:58.289 --> 00:18:02.470 to Sweden, think what it would have been like. 00:18:02.589 --> 00:18:05.490 Think how useless my preaching would have been. 00:18:07.430 --> 00:18:10.640 If... when the great arena was filled with 10 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:16.000 ,000 people, I would have come in. I would have 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:20.839 stood before the packed arena. I could have preached 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:26.039 my heart out. I could have lifted Jesus up in 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:32.319 all of his beauty and loveliness. And yet, those 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:37.380 precious Scandinavians not being able to understand 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:42.319 one thing that I was saying, my preaching would 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.920 not have meant a thing to them. They would have 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:49.099 left the greater arena and would have said, what 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:52.319 did she say? Did you understand what she said? 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:58.240 And another would have said, no, because I don't 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:05.630 understand English. And she's from America. I 00:19:05.630 --> 00:19:08.930 didn't understand because I can't understand 00:19:08.930 --> 00:19:11.789 one word of English. You see, beloved, that was 00:19:11.789 --> 00:19:15.609 the reason I had to have an interpreter. That's 00:19:15.609 --> 00:19:20.730 the reason Mattson Bosé stood by my side. And 00:19:20.730 --> 00:19:24.789 as I would preach, then he would give the interpretation. 00:19:25.970 --> 00:19:30.490 And as he gave the interpretation, then those 00:19:30.490 --> 00:19:32.650 folks sitting in the great arena could understand 00:19:32.650 --> 00:19:35.369 what I was saying. And then when I gave an altar 00:19:35.369 --> 00:19:41.730 call, here they would come. That's exactly what 00:19:41.730 --> 00:19:46.730 the scripture means. For he that speaketh in 00:19:46.730 --> 00:19:50.670 a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God. 00:19:52.049 --> 00:19:57.829 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:02.630 silence in the church and let him speak to himself. 00:20:04.430 --> 00:20:08.910 and to God. This is the first great truth to 00:20:08.910 --> 00:20:13.230 be remembered, that the gift of tongues was for 00:20:13.230 --> 00:20:17.589 addressing God. It was not for addressing man. 00:20:18.329 --> 00:20:22.170 It was never given in order that men might preach. 00:20:23.309 --> 00:20:27.049 To put it quite simply, in our everyday language, 00:20:27.349 --> 00:20:34.230 it was given to men that they might praise. All 00:20:34.230 --> 00:20:38.470 these voices, these tongues, were utterances 00:20:38.470 --> 00:20:48.549 of glorious gladness. Adoration, praise, tongues 00:20:48.549 --> 00:20:55.930 were given, and they are given today to be used 00:20:55.930 --> 00:21:01.410 in addressing God, in worshiping, in adoring 00:21:01.410 --> 00:21:08.059 Jesus. He that speaketh in a tongue speaketh 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:16.180 not unto men, but unto God, for no man understandeth. 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:22.700 I would have you all speak with tongues, Paul 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:27.059 says, but rather that ye should prophesy. And 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:31.240 greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:41.150 with tongues, except. Get this, except he interpret. 00:21:43.089 --> 00:21:49.289 The tongues need interpretation in order to be 00:21:49.289 --> 00:21:55.970 understood. I have given you the word of God. 00:21:57.829 --> 00:22:02.069 Thus saith the Lord.