Hi, Dave here from the podcast. Hope you're doing
good. Listen, we've been going through in the
podcast, we've been going through 1 Corinthians
13 and into 1 Corinthians 14, which are four
consecutive radio shows that came out in 1981.
And the reason I'm putting this note on is because
The one that's going up today is actually a duplicate
that we put up last summer. And it's on the gift
of tongues and it's top notch. Excellent. And
that's why I put it in the mountaintop talks.
series, that playlist that we have. It's really
good. But it is a duplicate. We put it up last
summer and it's so good. And because we have
new people in the podcast, I want to put it up
again. It originally, if you go back and look
last summer, it was a one -off where we put in
one teaching, not in a series. that was broadcast
in 1978. And I'm going, when I put it up last
summer, I'm saying, we don't have the rest of
the series. And as I kept posting parts of the
collection, 1981 came up. And then this little
four -part series on 1 Corinthians 13 into 1
Corinthians 14 was published in 1981. So the
one that went up last summer was 1978. And it
was an orphan. It was all by itself. That's not
a good way to put it, but it was a one -off teaching.
And now I found the series where the Captain
Kuhlman Foundation posted it in 1981 as part
of this little series that we're in. So I'm going
to go ahead and put it up again. And for you
regulars who have already heard this teaching.
There's a I put up a rare I got a rare DVD and
it's a rare teaching on film. Twenty two minute
film of Catherine Coleman teaching on healing
and the Holy Spirit. Eventually, there'll be
three of these little films up. There's two more
that is left to put up. But for the regulars
who've already heard this teaching. caught it
last summer, then you might want to go over and
look at the 22 -minute teaching film that went
up yesterday, last night. So there you go. God
bless you. Oh, in the podcast, there's going
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say you're supposed to pump these things up.
I'm not trying to do that. But what it's going
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among the Dalits there. And it's really, really
an excellent work and an excellent opportunity.
So me and my pastor are going to talk. And then
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lookalike that's in Russia. And they've gotten
over 300 podcasts up there. So you go ahead and
there's a guy named All Ahead Flank. If you search
for his stuff on YouTube, he's doing really good
work, really better work than I do on the videos
with the sermons. And it looks really good. But
those are just examples of how you can share
this stuff. Oh, okay. Well, God bless you. And
if you haven't heard this talk, it's really,
I think it's superb. So God bless you. Take care.
You guessed it. Today is another old fashioned
heart to heart talk. You knew it. You were so
sure that you promised your husband that you
would take down. A few little notes so you could
tell him tonight when he got home from work just
what I said. All right. Here we are in the 14th
chapter of 1 Corinthians. And this is the chapter
that is really the basic chapter on tongues.
More is said about tongues in this one chapter.
been any other place in the entire Word of God.
I want you to sit there with an open heart and
open mind today. Whether you believe in speaking
in an unknown tongue or not, regardless of what
your theology may be along this line, and I'm
well aware of the fact that we have many ministers
who will be listening in, I ask you to just sit
there with an open heart. and open mind, and
let the Holy Spirit be our teacher. It's just
that simple. Regardless of what you were taught
in seminary, regardless of what your church as
an organization or as an institution may teach,
may believe, Remember, if the Bible says one
thing, the Bible teaches one thing, and you have
been taught something contrary to what the Bible
says, the Bible is right because it is the very
Word of God. Now, when it comes to this thing
of speaking in an unknown tongue, it isn't what
I think. It's what the Bible teaches. And I have
got to believe that there is such a thing. Because
I believe the word of God. Not because somebody
else says so. If I had never heard a single person
in my whole life speak in an unknown tongue,
I would... They'll have to accept the fact that
there is such an experience because the Bible
says so. And it's just like that. Now, before
we go into the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians,
somebody will say, where in the New Testament
do we read about the gift of tongues? And, of
course, the mind goes properly to the first reference
in the Acts of the Apostles. And we read that
on the day of Pentecost, the Spirit appeared
even as Jesus said that he would. He came exactly
as Jesus said he would come. Jesus told them
that the Holy Spirit would come, that he would
send the Holy Spirit. He said it is... obedient
for you that I go away. It isn't optional, even
though I might like to stay. Jesus said, it is
necessary that I go away because after I have
reached glory and am in position of great high
priest, I will send the Holy Spirit unto you.
And he told them to tarry. He told them to wait
for the coming of the Holy Spirit. And they believed
his word. And they were doing exactly that. And
when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they
were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly,
there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty
wind. And it filled all the house where they
were sitting. I like that part. Where they were
sitting. They were waiting. They believed what
Jesus had promised. They believed what Jesus
had told them. And they didn't leave. They were
right there sitting and waiting. Oh, you can
depend on his word. He'll keep it. When he tells
you to wait, wait. He'll keep his word. You can
stick your very life on it. And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like as a fire, and
it sat upon each of them. They had never seen
anything like it in their life before. Imagine
what they experienced. I do not believe that
it was one of fright. I believe it was an experience
of ecstasy. They knew something glorious was
going to happen. They were sure of it. They were
waiting for it. And they were all filled with
the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other
tongues as the... gave them utterance. And they
were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven. Now when this
was noised abroad, the multitude came together
and were confounded because that every man heard
them speak in his own language. And they were
all amazed and marbled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
How hear we every man in our own town wherein
we were born? All right. That's the first. time
that we have any knowledge that anyone ever spoke
in an unknown tongue. Now go on in the history
in the Acts of the Apostles once more to that
10th chapter where we find the wonderful story
of Peter in the house of Cornelius. When the
spirit fell, it is said that they received the
gift of tongues. Now go a little further. In
the 19th chapter, the account of Paul's coming
to Ephesus. And when he came to Ephesus, he found
there a group of the disciples. And he knew immediately
that they were lacking something. He said to
them, Have you received the Holy Ghost since
you believed? And you know there's something
about a spirit -filled person. and a Christian
who is not spirit -filled. There's just something
about it. Now, I'm talking about born -again
men and women. I'm talking about those who have
received experience, the new birth experience.
And yet, there is something different about a
Christian. who has been filled with the Spirit,
and a Christian who has not had this wonderful
experience. And evidently, when Paul got to Ephesus,
and he found this group of disciples, he sensed
that there was something lacking in their lives.
And he said to them, Have ye received the Holy
Ghost since you believed? It's a very natural
question. And they said, nay, we did not so much
as hear what the Holy Ghost was given. Oh, sure,
they'd been baptized into John's baptism. They'd
been baptized in water. They knew what that baptism
was, but when it came to the baptism of the Holy
Ghost, they didn't know what he was talking about.
They had never heard of the experience. They
said, we did not so much as hear what the Holy
Ghost was giving. And then when Paul expounded
the truth and led them beyond the preaching of
Apollos, who had led them to a certain stage,
then we're told the Spirit fell upon them and
they received the gift of tongues. It was so
simple. Now, there can be no question that whatever
it was and whatever it meant, it was a positive
gift. It was a positive experience. The new birth
experience and the baptism of the Holy Spirit
is not one and the same. The new birth experience,
The experience of regeneration is separate and
apart from the experience of being filled with
the Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is
given for one purpose. And that one purpose is
power for service. And the baptism of the Holy
Spirit, the fullness of the Holy Spirit, has
nothing to do... whatsoever with your experience
of regeneration. The Holy Spirit has a part in
your experience of regeneration, the new birth
experience, because he is the mighty convicting
power of the Trinity. He will guide you into
all truth, the word said. No man cometh unto
Jesus of himself. Oh, the Holy Spirit is so important
in the life of every man and every woman. This
experience was something that was definite. It
was a positive, a definite experience. And the
speaking in an unknown tongue was a positive
gift. The gift of tongues was bestowed upon certain
members in the early church. I'm not quite sure
that everyone in the early church was filled
with the Holy Spirit. The Bible doesn't say so.
I do know that in the upper room, they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit. But now watch. Somebody
says, all right. The Bible clearly teaches they
were all filled on the day of Pentecost. And
it's true, the scripture that you give, that
they were filled in Ephesus when Paul came. Everything
that you have given is scripture. That wonderful
story of Peter in the house of Cornelius, that's
all acceptable. But what about today? Now, somehow
I have a feeling that the Holy Spirit knew that
there would be those who'd be skeptical today.
I just started to have a feeling that he knows
human nature better than... We do. That is the
reason he made it so positive, so clear. As the
Holy Spirit spoke through Peter, and I read from
the second chapter of Peter, the 38th verse,
Then Peter said unto them, Repent. That's the
new birth experience. And be baptized, every
one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins. Here comes your water baptism.
But don't stop there. And ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost. Don't stop there. For
the promise is unto you. and to your children,
and to all that are afar off. And he looked through
the telescope of time to this very generation
in which you and I are living. To all that are
afar off. Don't stop there. Even as many as the
Lord. Our God shall call. And if you have been
called to be a Christian, then this promise is
unto you. If you are a member of the body of
Christ, if you are a member of his church, then
this promise is unto you. And just think what
you've been missing. All of the years. Because
your eyesight was so dim. Because you just didn't
understand. Now. We come back. To the 14th chapter
of 1 Corinthians. Notice what the apostle teaches
here. In verse 2 we read and. You remember I
left your home, our last little heart -to -heart
talk, with that first verse. We made it very
clear that we're to follow after love before
anything else. He made that very clear before
he went into this discussion of the speaking
in an unknown tongue. Before he said one thing
about tongues, he said follow after love. desire
spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
And from this that we see that the most important
gift is the gift of prophecy. Now continue. Are
you still with me? Oh, you wouldn't leave for
anything right now, right in the middle of this.
Oh, I just pray the Holy Spirit will make this
real to your heart. It's so simple. And the experience
is so wonderful. It's not a struggle. It's a
gift. It is something that's yours. And you just
haven't reached out and take that which he wants
you to have. Now in verse 2 of the 14th chapter
of 1 Corinthians, we read this. For he that speaketh
in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God.
Verse 28, we read this. But if there be no interpreter,
let him keep silence in the church. And let him
speak to himself and to God. Why? Because unless
there was an interpreter, no one could understand
what he was saying. For instance, when I went
to Sweden, think what it would have been like.
Think how useless my preaching would have been.
If... When the great arena was filled with 10
,000 people, I would have come in. I would have
stood before the packed arena. I could have preached
my heart out. I could have lifted Jesus up in
all of his beauty and loveliness. And yet, those
precious Scandinavians not being able to... understand
one thing that I was saying, my preaching would
not have meant a thing to them. They would have
left the Great Arena and would have said, What
did she say? Did you understand what she said?
And another would have said, No, because I don't
understand English. And she's from America. And...
I didn't understand because I can't understand
one word of English. You see, beloved, that was
the reason I had to have an interpreter. That's
the reason Mattson Bosé stood by my side. And
as I would preach, then he would give the interpretation.
And as he gave the interpretation, then those
folks sitting in the great arena could understand
what I was saying. And then when I gave an altar
call, here they would come. That's exactly what
the scripture means. For he that speaketh in
a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep
silence in the church and let him speak to himself.
and to God. This is the first great truth to
be remembered, that the gift of tongues was for
addressing God. It was not for addressing man.
It was never given in order that men might preach.
To put it quite simply, in our everyday language,
it was given to men that they might praise. All
these voices, these tongues, were utterances
of glorious gladness. Adoration, praise, tongues
were given, and they are given today to be used
in addressing God, in worshiping, in adoring
Jesus. He that speaketh in a tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God, for no man understandeth.
I would have you all speak with tongues, Paul
says, but rather that ye should prophesy. And
greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh
with tongues, except. Get this, except he interpret.
The tongues need interpretation in order to be
understood. I have given you the word of God.
Thus saith the Lord.