WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:07.889 Well, today again, we're back on answering questions. 00:00:08.529 --> 00:00:13.230 And if you have missed a part of the questions 00:00:13.230 --> 00:00:16.809 that I've been answering, I want to tell you 00:00:16.809 --> 00:00:26.109 the why of these questions. And I want you to 00:00:26.109 --> 00:00:31.199 know that I'm enjoying it. answering them, probably 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.219 more than anyone who's sitting there listening 00:00:33.219 --> 00:00:36.240 to them. And yet while you're listening to these 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:39.299 questions, perhaps they're questions you've been 00:00:39.299 --> 00:00:42.380 wanting answered for a long, long time and you've 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:46.759 just never had the nerve to ask them. Or maybe 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.460 you felt that I wouldn't answer them even if 00:00:50.460 --> 00:00:54.060 you did ask them. And so I want to personally 00:00:54.060 --> 00:01:01.859 thank the... reporter who represents one of the 00:01:01.859 --> 00:01:05.680 finest, one of the most evangelical religious 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:11.659 magazines in the nation today, for having written 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:17.340 42 questions, sent them to me, and asked me to 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.359 answer them for their magazine. One of these 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.459 days, you may see all of these questions and 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:27.469 answered in print. But you heard them first right 00:01:27.469 --> 00:01:33.689 from me. We now come to the twelfth question. 00:01:35.349 --> 00:01:39.870 How do you regard your relationship to the institutional 00:01:39.870 --> 00:01:45.489 church? And what role and importance do you personally 00:01:45.489 --> 00:01:51.069 assign to the institutional church? Perhaps I 00:01:51.069 --> 00:01:53.959 can best answer the... first to this question 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:59.200 as to my relation to the institutional church 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:05.019 today by saying that I have a service in the 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:07.540 First Presbyterian Church here in Pittsburgh, 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:13.159 Pennsylvania. Perhaps one of the finest numbered 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:20.219 among one of the most influential Presbyterian 00:02:20.219 --> 00:02:27.009 churches in the nation today. And they come, 00:02:27.310 --> 00:02:34.150 Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Lutherans, every 00:02:34.150 --> 00:02:39.870 denomination, people from around the world, come 00:02:39.870 --> 00:02:43.949 and gather in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian 00:02:43.949 --> 00:02:49.990 Church. Everybody forgets their denominational 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:57.520 ties. We worship together on the common ground 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.879 of Calvary. It's thrilling. And this should be 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:05.960 happening in every church in the United States. 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.120 This will soon be happening around the world. 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:17.039 I have a very close tie when it comes to the 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:22.340 institutional church. As long as I can remember, 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.120 Mama was Methodist. And I've always had a high 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:33.400 regard for the Methodist church. Papa was Baptist. 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:39.759 I am still a member of the Baptist church. I 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:44.560 have a very high regard for the church as an 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:52.560 institution. But what I... want to say is that 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:59.439 if our institutional churches are to remain influential, 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:06.439 if they are to carry out the work, the purpose 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:14.229 of the institutional church, they must open their 00:04:14.229 --> 00:04:18.910 eyes and realize the day and the hour in which 00:04:18.910 --> 00:04:24.009 we are living. We've come to the place where 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:27.709 literally the world is challenging the church. 00:04:29.850 --> 00:04:33.689 The young people, the youth of this generation, 00:04:33.930 --> 00:04:38.110 have every right to challenge the institutional 00:04:38.110 --> 00:04:51.000 church. beg of you to please understand the great 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:55.839 opportunities that are yours this hour. This 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:00.360 could well be the finest hour of the institutional 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:06.339 church if they would only see it. If the institutional 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:11.379 church could only realize it, it could well be 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:22.680 its finest hour. But the church must do something 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:29.040 about the Holy Spirit. The mighty power of the 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:34.060 Trinity. The institutional church must realize 00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:38.100 that we are still living in the day of Pentecost. 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.019 The institutional church cannot close its eyes 00:05:44.019 --> 00:05:48.819 and say, we will accept only a portion of God's 00:05:48.819 --> 00:05:58.920 word and forget the rest. Before Jesus went away, 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:02.680 and remember this comes from the highest authority 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:09.259 in heaven and earth, This glorious body of believers 00:06:09.259 --> 00:06:16.439 that we call the church. Whether it's Catholic 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:25.139 or Protestant. Remember the church was the great 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:27.879 gift. This wonderful body of believers was the 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:33.110 gift that God the Father gave to his son. For 00:06:33.110 --> 00:06:37.209 Jesus himself, in talking to the Father, referring 00:06:37.209 --> 00:06:43.949 to this body of believers, said these that thou 00:06:43.949 --> 00:06:52.850 hast given unto me. Before Jesus went away, he 00:06:52.850 --> 00:06:55.069 gave to the church the greatest gift that was 00:06:55.069 --> 00:06:57.670 possible for him to give. Love is something that 00:06:57.670 --> 00:07:00.750 you do. That's the reason the Father gave to 00:07:00.750 --> 00:07:07.060 the Son. The Son, in turn, gave to his own the 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:10.060 greatest gift that was possible for him to give. 00:07:12.019 --> 00:07:16.220 For long before God gave his only begotten Son, 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:21.459 before Jesus came the form of flesh to carry 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:26.480 out redemption's plan, salvation's plan for man's 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.540 soul, the Word of God says he first offered himself 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:36.439 through the Holy Spirit to be given. He knew 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.959 the Holy Spirit better than you, better than 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.199 I will ever know the Holy Spirit. He knew his 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:47.279 power. He knew that he could not go in his own 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.439 strength for in coming to earth in the form of 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.879 flesh, he would be as much man as though he were 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:57.329 not God. In perfect knowledge and perfect wisdom, 00:07:57.370 --> 00:07:59.449 he knew that the hour would come when he would 00:07:59.449 --> 00:08:04.649 have to stand face to face with Satan. Had it 00:08:04.649 --> 00:08:07.110 not been possible for him to have yielded to 00:08:07.110 --> 00:08:10.290 the flesh, have yielded to temptation, then his 00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:12.550 temptations in the wilderness would have been 00:08:12.550 --> 00:08:19.290 a farce. The glorious power and the secret in 00:08:19.290 --> 00:08:21.449 the ministry of Jesus as he walked this earth 00:08:21.449 --> 00:08:25.769 was in the person of the Holy Spirit. He knew 00:08:25.769 --> 00:08:29.810 it. He recognized it. And that's the reason I 00:08:29.810 --> 00:08:33.389 say to every minister who stands behind the sacred 00:08:33.389 --> 00:08:38.250 desk, if Jesus, the very Son of the Living God, 00:08:38.350 --> 00:08:43.590 could trust the Holy Spirit, surely you and I 00:08:43.590 --> 00:08:50.450 can trust the Holy Ghost. Don't be afraid of 00:08:50.450 --> 00:08:55.679 the Holy Spirit. Don't be afraid of the power 00:08:55.679 --> 00:09:03.399 of the Holy Ghost. In your ministry, Jesus trusted 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:09.820 him. Jesus had confidence in him. And he did 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:15.059 not fail Jesus. That is the reason before Jesus 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:17.519 went away, the very last thing that he did was 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.860 to give a gift to whom? To his church, this great 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:25.639 body of believers. And he said, and ye shall 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:30.399 receive power. To whom was he speaking? Not the 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:38.700 unbeliever, but to his own. And ye shall receive 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:43.220 power. After that, the Holy Ghost has come upon 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:47.720 you. What power? The same power that was manifested 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:54.100 in his ministry. There was no greater gift ever 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:58.480 given to the church than the gift that Jesus 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:04.460 gave. The Holy Spirit, this mighty third person, 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:10.799 the Trinity. And the hour has now come when every 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:16.659 minister is coming face to face with the Holy 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:23.440 Spirit. This great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:27.919 I still say this could well be the finest hour 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.600 of the institutional church, but if the institutional 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:36.220 church will not accept the Holy Ghost, will not 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:40.960 accept the manifestations of the Spirit, then, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:46.360 my friend, the Holy Spirit will continue His 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:53.320 work in spite. of the institutional church and 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:58.600 will carry out God's plan outside of the institutional 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:08.419 church. But it should not be. The institutional 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:14.700 church should still be so powerful that the world 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:19.159 can challenge it. and the unregenerated man or 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:28.000 woman should still be able to challenge it. God 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:37.320 grant that as a minister of the gospel, you'll 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:45.600 seek God's best and give to members of your church 00:11:46.429 --> 00:11:51.990 the deep truths of the Spirit. For we're living 00:11:51.990 --> 00:11:56.330 in a great hour when literally He is pouring 00:11:56.330 --> 00:12:01.809 out of His Spirit upon all flesh. We're on the 00:12:01.809 --> 00:12:04.529 threshold of the greatest spiritual awakening, 00:12:04.710 --> 00:12:07.710 the greatest revival. If you're still praying 00:12:07.710 --> 00:12:11.690 a revival in your church, if you're still having 00:12:11.690 --> 00:12:15.029 members of your congregation praying for a revival, 00:12:15.049 --> 00:12:18.379 my friend, You're missing it all. The revival 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:26.779 is here now. Let him that hath an ear, let him 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:32.600 hear what the Spirit saith. May eyes be open 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:40.399 to the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:45.879 look up and say, I do not want to be left behind. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:56.759 If there's more for me, I want it. Question 13. 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.259 What do you think of the Jesus movement? The 00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:06.419 strengths and the weaknesses? Well, I think by 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:08.860 now everybody knows what I think of the Jesus 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:13.080 movement. Don't underestimate the youth of today. 00:13:15.210 --> 00:13:21.610 I know. I've gone out to sea for myself. Of course 00:13:21.610 --> 00:13:26.950 there are weaknesses. Have you ever found a perfect 00:13:26.950 --> 00:13:32.269 church? Have you ever found a perfect organization? 00:13:33.450 --> 00:13:37.549 Have you ever found a perfect family? We'll only 00:13:37.549 --> 00:13:41.210 have perfection when we get home to glory. And 00:13:41.210 --> 00:13:44.820 so... If here and there, there are a few bad 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:54.000 apples in the orchard, don't keep your eyes on 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.539 the bad apples. That's what's wrong with the 00:13:56.539 --> 00:14:03.279 news media today. They'll always take a youth 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:12.289 who is doing the worst things. Of course there 00:14:12.289 --> 00:14:16.450 are dope addicts. I would not close my eyes to 00:14:16.450 --> 00:14:20.049 these facts, and neither should you. But remember, 00:14:20.370 --> 00:14:25.970 wherever there is a bad boy, there are hundreds 00:14:25.970 --> 00:14:31.110 and hundreds of good boys that are never talked 00:14:31.110 --> 00:14:34.309 about, that are never brought out by the news 00:14:34.309 --> 00:14:42.100 media. Wherever you find a bad girl, are bad 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:48.080 girls. But instead of giving them so much prominence, 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:54.639 why not talk about the lovely young lady who's 00:14:54.639 --> 00:15:00.539 living a moral life, a clean life? And that's 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:03.779 just the way I feel about it. And when it comes 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:06.899 to this Jesus movement, I believe that we're 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:09.559 so near the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:16.379 I believe this is the last generation before 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:20.720 the second coming. And when the scripture says 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.299 in the last days he would pour out the spirit 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:28.299 upon all flesh, he spoke of the young men and 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:33.200 the young women. You will not be able to stop 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:37.379 this great spiritual wave among the youth today 00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:41.980 because it's of God. But remember something. 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:47.759 In accepting Jesus, and we call it the Jesus 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:53.799 Movement, never accept Jesus just as a great 00:15:53.799 --> 00:16:02.440 superstar. He's more than a superstar. He's more 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:07.679 than just an example. He will mean nothing to 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:13.980 you except... in the light of the Savior, a Redeemer, 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:20.700 one who will forgive your sins, one who will 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:25.360 blot out your every transgression. And he and 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.360 he alone can give you that glorious experience 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:32.299 when old things pass away and behold, all things 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:36.460 become new and you become a new creature in Christ 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:44.370 Jesus. The fourteenth question. How have you 00:16:44.370 --> 00:16:49.289 overcome the disreputable cloud regarding faith 00:16:49.289 --> 00:16:58.210 healers? And then it continues. Has a self -confessed 00:16:58.210 --> 00:17:05.069 hypocrisy of Marjo affected you or your ministry 00:17:05.069 --> 00:17:12.009 in any way? That question is so loaded. It's 00:17:12.009 --> 00:17:17.490 the 14th question. I look up at the clock. I 00:17:17.490 --> 00:17:22.609 had just two minutes left. I couldn't begin to 00:17:22.609 --> 00:17:29.029 answer that question in two minutes. And so when 00:17:29.029 --> 00:17:33.529 I answer questions again, it'll be the 14th question. 00:17:34.750 --> 00:17:39.470 How have you overcome? the disreputable cloud 00:17:39.470 --> 00:17:46.109 regarding faith healers. Has the self -confessed 00:17:46.109 --> 00:17:51.869 hypocrisy of Marjo affected you or your ministry 00:17:51.869 --> 00:17:58.170 in any way? You would miss our next questions 00:17:58.170 --> 00:18:03.549 for anything in the world, and I would want you 00:18:03.549 --> 00:18:09.349 to miss the answering. of this question. Father 00:18:09.349 --> 00:18:14.769 God, make your word real. It's more than just 00:18:14.769 --> 00:18:18.069 answering questions. Open our understanding to 00:18:18.069 --> 00:18:20.369 the deep truths of the word for Jesus' sake. 00:18:20.730 --> 00:18:21.329 Amen.