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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.
Hope we've been able to have some time to rest.
You know, a time is coming where we will have
it on a calm ground. No going home. You'll come
with your back and your things. You know, that's
where everybody will be. You just go home and
rest two minutes and come back. We'll not be
closing 5 p .m. We'll be closing like 9 p .m.
or 10 p .m. You know, so that all of us will
enjoy what God is doing. Praise God. Yes. So
we appreciate God for the opportunity to be here
and then to continue. Amen. Yes, so I believe
revelational knowledge has come to us. Praise
God. Hallelujah. We walk in revelational knowledge
because it's our reality. Amen. Praise God. The
eyes of our understanding has been flooded and
it will continue to be flooded with light. Praise
God. And we know who we are in Christ Jesus more.
And we know the hope of our calling in Christ
Jesus. Praise God. Hallelujah. We know what to
do regarding the work of faith. Amen. When I
say work of faith, I mean W -O -R -K. The work
of ministry. Praise God. We know how we ought
to conduct ourselves in the things of the supernatural.
Praise God. One of the words I received this
morning for every one of us is that let's desire
to operate more in the supernatural. Let's desire
more, desire more, desire more, desire more,
desire more, desire more. Let me just put it
with an example, just like an example in a way,
you know, in the natural, you know, it's not
everybody that has desire to be wealthy. You
know, some people don't desire to be wealthy.
Some people just desire to just be just normal.
They don't desire to be on the top list, right?
But I tell you, nobody desires to be poor. Nobody,
nobody desires. Even Satan mimics wealth, right?
Nobody desires to be poor, right? Yes, so everybody
desires to have a normal life where you eat,
you drink, you live, you move around, and then
your needs are met. So that's constant desire
to ensure that your account has some small currency
inside, right? Always put us on the move to work.
So you're either into entrepreneurship or you're
working for someone and you're being paid. Right?
Yeah, so that desire is there to just leave your
bed even when you don't feel like it. And then
you're up there in the lecture room 7 a .m. You
know, when you're supposed to be resting, you
wake up 2 a .m. Till 2 a .m. you're preparing
notes. Just so that someone's life can be balanced.
Likewise, when it comes to the things of the
spirit, desire. Amen. Praise God. Desire, desire,
desire. Your desire should never grow cold. Your
desire should always be hot on fire. Praise God.
Your desire should always be what? Hot on fire.
Amen. Praise God. Yes. So yesterday we stopped
at the definition of tongues. Praise God. So,
we've been discussing about utterance gifts.
And we say utterance gifts are gifts that do
what? That say something in or by the Spirit.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Yes. So, and then in
utterance gifts, we have three. What and what?
We have tongues. Interpretation of tongues and
what? Prophecy. Amen. Hallelujah. Yes. So, we
laid some foundation. Even though it's not a
foundation, but we build on what others have
already laid. Amen? Yeah, so we'll continue from
where we stopped. Praise God. Yeah, so we stopped
at a definition, right, of tongues. And we say,
if you check your notes, we use the word, the
Greek word for tongue is the word what? Glosa
or lalia, right? Yeah, so here in my notes, I
wrote glosa lalia. Just like the word. Amen?
Yeah, so glossa or lalia, which refers to a dialect.
Even though when you check language, right, in
the Greek word is dialectos. Right? You see dialectos.
So in speaking, you see a dialect slash language
in speaking, talking or uttering words. Amen?
Yeah, so tongue in itself is glossa. Right? Tongue
in itself is what? Glossa. Lalia, the art of
speaking. Dialectos is language, intelligent
communication, so that people can understand
what you're saying. So what you're hearing me,
why you're hearing me and you're understanding
what I'm saying, right, is because I'm speaking
with an intelligent words that your mind and
your hearing, your perception can relate to,
right? Yeah, so I'm speaking English language.
That's what dialectos is. D -I -A -K -L -E -T
-O -S. Right? Yeah, so that is why you're understanding
what I'm saying. Praise God. Yeah, so we say
tongues, right? Hence, it's a primary supernatural
ability in the spirit of the believer. Praise
God. Yeah, so tongues is where? In the spirit
of the believer. We've learned that Tongues is
a diversity of the spirit in the believer. Amen.
Hallelujah. So what we mean yesterday, we said
diuresis, right? We have a singular thing and
then from it, we have separations, right? We
have divisions. And then we now taught yesterday
contextually from 1 Corinthians, you know, 12
verse 7, right? And what did we learn there?
We learned that the unveiling of the spirit in
the believer, right? When the spirit is made
bare, this and much more are the things we see
that are made manifest through the believer.
Praise God. So we said in verse 8, 9, and 10,
to one is giving this and that. To another is
giving this, this, this. And we're able to now,
you know, discuss it and then check the matter.
And we came to a conclusion. Right? That when
the scripture said to one, it does not mean he's
talking about divisions to individuals. Praise
God. So how did we know that from the scriptures?
How did we come by that conclusion? All of us,
we saw it in the scripture. Praise God. Hallelujah.
So, verse 8, 9, and 10. was a demonstrative pronoun,
right? To be able to emphasize more about verse
7. Hallelujah. Praise God. So, the actor in verse
7 is the Holy Ghost. Amen? The main subject in
verse 7 is what? Is the Holy Ghost. So, out of
the Holy Ghost, now we see givings to the believer.
Praise God. So the Holy Spirit is the gift himself.
Amen. And so when that gift is open, then we
begin to see word of wisdom. Then we begin to
see word of knowledge. Then we begin to see the
prophetic. Then we begin to see tongues and interpretation
of tongues. We see healings. We see walking of
miracles and much more. Praise God. Was that
clear yesterday? Was it clear yesterday? So,
you know. that will actually align with all that
we've been learning that the believer has received
everything within him. Praise God. So because
if we say that it's in portions, then that will
contradict all that we've been learning. So big
question will be, when will I have my own other
portion? Do I need to fast and pray for me to
now have the prophetic? Do I need to, you know,
some people are still waiting for that day where
one atmosphere will just come upon them and then
they will begin to pray in tongues. You know,
some people are waiting for, he said, why is
it that you have not prayed in tongues so far?
He said, I'm waiting for that day. Because I
know it's not yet my day. Oh, for the believer,
it's always your day. Hallelujah. Yes, it's always
our day. It's always our day. Always, always,
always. We don't wait upon another day to come.
Amen? Praise God. Why? Because we have a knowing
that we have received of the Spirit of God all
things. Praise God. And those things are not
in the air. They are within our spirit man. Amen?
And out of them, we now see their manifestation.
We see their operation. Praise God. So now, having
said that, right? Let's read Mark chapter 16
again, verse 17. Mark chapter 16, verse 17. Please,
don't show this. Thank you. I love you. Thank
you. Everybody open your Bible. Mark chapter
16. Verse 17, everybody. Verse 17. He said, and
these signs will do what? Shall follow them that
believe. Hallelujah. And we say, who are the
day? The believers, right? Yes. So the believers
and Pastor Fred said, even the one that got saved
now, praise God, not the one that will get saved.
And then we now say, let her on. Your spirit
will come. Let her on. Your gifts will, you know,
when you come into Christ, you know, you have
to take some time. You know how many years I've
been in this faith? I've been here for 25 years.
And my own king, when I clock 20. My heavens
opened. In fact, they used the word breakthrough.
My breakthrough opened when I was at 20. That
was when I began to speak in new tongues. That
was when I began to cast out devils. That was
when I took up serpents. That was when I drank
deadly things that never hurt me. That was when
I laid hands on the sick and they got recovered.
At 20 years exactly, not one day extra or one
day lesser. You see, the way of God is mysterious.
If mine took 20, yours might be 35. No. Praise
God. The day you got saved, that day, let me
say it strongly, the day you got saved, that
day, you have the ability in you to lay hands
on the sick and the sick gets healed. Hallelujah.
The day you get saved, that day in you, you have
the ability to speak with new tongues. Praise
God. The day you got saved, that day you can
cast out devils. That day, on the spur of the
moment. Let me not use the word day so that you
not think it is morning you got saved and then
night, then the thing is happening. Let me put
it this way so that it will be a current reality.
At the position where you got saved, as you are
standing there or you are seated there, you can
cast out the devil. Praise God. Because the spirit
of God. It's within you. Amen. So now, he said
they cast out devils. They shall speak with what?
With new what? With new tongues. Amen. So let's
look at Genesis 11 .1. Genesis 11 .1, very first,
where it was first mentioned, where tongues was
first mentioned. Genesis 11 .1. And we'll see
that we understand how it's related to what we
are discussing this morning. Genesis 11 verse
1. And the whole earth was of one what? One language.
Amen. The whole earth was of what? One language.
Right? And one speech. And it came to pass as
they journeyed from the east that they found
a plain in what? In the land of Shinar and they
dwelled there three. And they said to another,
go let us make brick. and burned them thoroughly,
and they had brick for stone, and slime had they
for mortar. And they said, Go, let us build us
a city and a tower, whose top may reach up unto
heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the
tower, with the children of men built it. Six.
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one,
and they all have what? What's your Bible say?
And they all have what? One language. So Bible
underline the word language, right? And this
they begin to do and now nothing will be restrained
from them which they have what? Imagine. So out
of their imagination, they came out with this
because they have one what? Language. Seven.
Go let us go down and there confound their what?
Language that they may not what? Understand.
So the first time we are seeing language is being
spoken here is relating to understanding. Amen?
Yes, so please write it somewhere. Everywhere
I see language, language equals to understanding.
Language equals to understanding. You can add
another equals to again. Edification. Language
equals to understanding. You can add another
equal today as what? Edification. You know why
I asked us to do that. Amen. So the word language
in that place, the Hebrew word for that word
language is Sapa. It's not Sapa. S -A -P -A.
You know, I was going through it. I said, some
people say Sapa. No, no, no. It's not Sapa. Amen.
S -A what? P -A. Language. The Hebrew word for
language from the first time it's mentioned here
is what? Sapa. S -A what? P -A. Praise God. And
the word speech. You see it says, verse 1 says,
and the whole ad was of one language. And of
one what? Speech. So you see, in language, there
is what? There is speech. There is speaking.
Amen. Because once there is no speaking, understanding
will not be there. Praise God. So that word speech
there. Amen. Is Daba. Daba, which means a mode
of communication. Daba is D -A -B -A -R. So we
have the word language as supper, right? And
then we have what? Speech, daba, which implies
what? A mode of communication. Praise God. So
we saw the whole earth had a mode of what? Communication.
Praise God. They had a mode of what? Communication.
There was a manner in which words were uttered.
So the key issue about language always is understanding.
Amen? Yeah, so every time I come into this place,
the only way, if I come here now, I start to
speak my dialect, right, from my state. Ah, how
many people can understand now? Okay. Maybe he
knows one or two things from the past. I don't
know whether he can really, you know. When I
come here, for example, I say, who can say what
I just said now? Oh, I say, what am I saying?
You sense of me. Oh, you sense of it. How about
unedo dot? Uh -uh. Uh -uh. Uh -huh. So you see,
a mode of what? Communication. No understanding.
But you see, when people start communicating,
right, a mode of communication that is unique
to them, what do you expect that will prevail
in this understanding? Praise God. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. So now, let's see 2 Kings 18, 26.
And then let's see again another word language.
You realize that everywhere you see language,
you'll see what? Understanding. Amen. Everywhere
you see language, you'll see what? Understanding.
2 Kings 18, 26. Then said Eliakim, the son of
Hilkiah and Shepna and Joah and Rapshaka, speak,
I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian, in
the Syrian language, for we understand it and
talk not with us in what? In the Jews language,
in the ears of the people that are what? That
are on the wall. They want to enter a secret
mood. Amen. Speak to us in Syrian language that
we may what? Understand. We may understand. Esther
1 .22. Esther 1 .22. Somebody should read for
us very fast. Can you see? He sent the script
to what? To every empire in what? In their own
language. And what? And scripts. So if there
was anybody that was speaking a different language,
right? The scripts was translated in their language,
right? So that they could do what? They could
understand. Praise God. Amen? So one more and
then we move on. Psalms 114 verse 1. Psalms 114
verse 1. Psalms 114 verse 1. Are we all here?
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob,
a what? From a people of what? Of strange what?
Language. A strange language. When Israel went
out of Egypt, the house of what? Jacob. A people
of what? Strange language. They had a unique
language that is different from the societal
language. Amen. Praise God. Then add this as
extra Isaiah 36, 13, and then you can be able
to now put it as an extra reference. I believe
people online, they are following us carefully
as we go through the scripture. Yes, so the main
discourse at the moment is that what? Language
connects what? Understanding. Praise God. Hallelujah.
So now, we're going to look at very fast what
happened because We see in Mark chapter 16. Let's
go to Mark chapter 16 again. Don't get tired
of going back there because we're going to stay
there. Mark chapter 16, 17, it says, in my name,
they shall cast out devils and they shall speak
with what? New tongues because now tongues have
never been experienced on the earth. Amen. Yes,
that's never been experienced. So Christ will
say upon my resurrection, there will be a new
sign that will follow us many that will believe.
And one of the signs is that what? In my name,
they shall speak what? New tongues. In what I've
done in my resurrection, right? The benefit of
my resurrection, the significance of my resurrection
to them that believe. One of the signs, you remember
yesterday we talked about sign, right? Simeon,
you remember, right? Yes, we say, what is sign?
What is sign? Yes, an indication, right? Yes,
an evidence. Amen? Yes, so in my name, one of
the evidence that will follow them that believe,
right, is that they will speak with what? With
other tongues, with new tongues. Praise God.
And we see he was telling the disciples now at
the moment, right? And then let's go to now Luke
now. Luke 24. Let me just jump ahead of myself.
Luke 24. Luke 24. Verse 48. And here are witnesses
of these things. 49. And behold, I sent the promise
of my father upon you, but tarry ye in the city
of what? Jerusalem, until ye be endued with what?
Power on high. Praise God. That soon. Sorry.
The promise is going to be fulfilled upon you.
Praise God. And then shortly, we see that happening
in Acts chapter 2. We see that happening in Acts
chapter 2. He said, them that believe, they shall
speak with what? With new tongues. Acts chapter
2. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in what? In one
place. Praise God. And suddenly, there came a
what? A sound from heaven as of air. as of a
rushing mighty wind and it filled the whole house
where they were what? Sitting. Praise God. And
there appeared unto them cloven tongues like
as of fire and it sat upon each of them. I don't
know how they saw it. And they were all filled
with what? With the Holy Ghost. And they began
to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave
them what? Utterance. And these signs shall follow
them that what? That belief. In my name, they
shall speak with what? With new tongues. And
the first time we have seen such an experience
happening, right? It's in Acts chapter 2. And
in his name, they were all together in one accord,
right? And the Holy Ghost gave them utterance
as they speak with what? With new tongues. You
will never see anywhere, anybody, that experience
happen. This is the first time on the earth.
That is happening. Praise God. First time. And
this happens shortly upon Jesus' resurrection
and ascension. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
So we want to understand what is the event. What
really happened in Acts chapter 2 because it's
important. Amen. That will really help us to
build what we are building now. Because whatever
we see happening with them in Acts of the Apostles
is happening with us now. Praise God. Because
the Holy Ghost that is in them is the Holy Ghost
that is in us now. Praise God. So now let's start
from this way in a way of starting. Right? That
they began to speak in other tongues as the Holy
Ghost gave them what? Authorance. Because they
had the Holy Ghost in them. Amen? Amen? So now
we can say conclusively that if they spoke in
other tongues as the Holy Ghost gave them utterance,
then we also ought to speak in other tongues
because the Holy Ghost is giving us what? Utterance.
Are we all together on this? Is that an established
truth? Is it an established truth? It's established
on this understanding because we all believed.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Because we all believed.
You know, the other lady that came out and then
we're saying that we're prayed for now here and
then they spoke in tongues. She said, when I'm
saying it, it's like I don't understand what
I'm saying. I said, that's it. Because we're
coming to this place, how does tongue sound?
We're going to come to it here. I said, that
is it. He said, it's only one, one or two things
I'm saying. I said, yes, that's it. You have
gotten it. I said, he pointed at Pastor Victor.
He said, my own is not like his own. I said,
your own will not be like his own because when
he started out too, he didn't start out this
way. But I told her, I said, you see, in this
whole... Nobody started out the way you're seeing
them. In the house, I don't spend like 30 minutes.
Maybe I'll just say, and then switch to English.
I'll just say, I said, that is it. You have gotten
it. I said, so what will happen is, be bold about
it. As you continue to say, as you continue to
pray it out, as you continue to pray it out,
you get better at it. You get better at it. You
get better at it. You get better at it. You get
better. I told her, I cannot remember when I
started speaking in tongues. What I uttered,
I cannot remember. Let me say something now that
happened. So when I was praying with her, We're
praying. She now started speaking. She was speaking.
I said, yes, be bold. She was taking it. She
was taking it. She was taking it. Let me say
it now, this way now, right? Her syllables began
to change. She was saying it. She was saying
it. I said, the way it's happening, that's how,
now you're saying, maybe it's two minutes. It's
three minutes. Continue. Continue. Continue.
It's going to be five minutes. It's going to
be 10 minutes. It's going to be 30 minutes. It's
going to be one hour. It's going to be, you know,
some time ago. We prayed in tongues, right? We
prayed, prayed, prayed, prayed, prayed. One hour,
two hours, three hours, four hours, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten hours. Eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen hours. How does the song,
the sound or the tongue sound? You get it here.
Some of you want the tongue to be sweet. You
want it to be sounding sweet in your head. You
say, you know, I'm in the spirit now. That is
when I say, you know, so I think I'm in the spirit
now because the things I'm saying is making sense
to me. Hallelujah. Praise God. You know, so when
I was praying, she said, when I was praying for
her, you know, I not got a word, right? One of
the things I saw is that I had in my heart. That
her mom, right, is into entrepreneurship. And
then the dad is a civil servant. I heard it.
How? I don't know. By the Spirit. Praise God.
And I asked her and she confirmed it. And we
prayed regarding the direction, regarding that
information that we received. Hallelujah. Praise
God. And you know, she's here. And she's willing
to pray more in tongues. Hallelujah. Yeah, the
other lady too is here. And they are willing
today. They are going to pray more in tongues.
You know, you're not going to only pray in tongues.
You're going to interpret your tongues. Hallelujah.
You're going to give us a word of prophecy. The
two of you. By the Spirit. Don't be doing like
this with your eyes. She's doing like this with
her eyes. The same way you spoke in tongues.
The ability to prophesy is inside you. Praise
God. Let's hear Pastor Kosti. Yesterday you said
you'll be serious. And now, this is what you
are doing to us. So the first time we see tongues
was ever experienced in Acts chapter 2. Amen?
Yeah, I'm back to my serious face. Yeah, so the
first time we see tongues was ever experienced
in what? Acts chapter 2. And what we see, what
we see, first that we are seeing, is that the
Holy Spirit didn't come to hold. You see, when
Christ said that, in my name, They that believe
shall speak in new tongues. He didn't say that
in my name, I have a system that I will come
and take hold of their tongue and begin to pray.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. He didn't say that.
And if you see, Jesus was careful with his words.
He said, they are the ones that shall speak.
However, within them, there will be an ability.
Amen. And that's my spirit at work in them. But
they are the ones that will do what? That will
speak. And we see, because they had Jesus' instructions
in detail and carefully. So they knew that they
were filled with the spirit of God. And they
knew that all trans has been given to them. So
what was the next thing that they did? They began
to speak. Hallelujah. Praise God. Today you know
that the Spirit of God is in you. Hallelujah.
And today you know that all trans is given to
you. Hallelujah. And what you're supposed to
be doing is that you should be participating.
Praise God. You should begin to speak. You should
begin to prophesy. You should begin to lay house
on the sick. You should begin to give word of
wisdom. Begin to give word of knowledge. Because
you know that the Spirit of God is within you.
Hallelujah. So now, verse 4. And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak
with other tongues as the Spirit gave them what?
As the Spirit gave them utterance. Praise God.
Hallelujah. Now, let's just read a little bit
down. Five. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem
Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven.
Praise God. Now, when this was noised abroad,
the multitude came together and were confounded,
confused at what they were saying. Right? The
first time they came to that atmosphere, they
saw them. That was what was happening. They were
first confused. They were confounded. They were
confounded. Amen. But now see what happened now.
See the next statement. Because that every man
had them what? Speak in his own what? Language.
The first thing they saw from that atmosphere.
You see, in fact, that statement say. It was
noise abroad. The people there didn't give us
the exact thing that was happening. And information
went abroad. But what was the first thing they
saw? They had them, they spoke in what? In tongues.
Hallelujah. But the next thing that now they
began to hear was not tongues again. Praise God.
What they had was now they are what? Their language.
From what we have discussed over when these statements
say they had them speak in their own language,
what comes to your mind? So which means what?
They understood what they were saying. Praise
God. So there was a time where they didn't understand
what they were saying. But now later on, they
now understand what they were what? They were
saying. Praise God. And what were they saying?
And they were all amazed and marveled, saying
one to another, behold, are all these what? Are
not all these words which speak Galileans? And
how hear we every man in our own words, language
wherein we were born? Praise God. Parthians,
right? Medes, Elamites, and dwellers of Mesopotamia,
and in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
Phrygia, Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in parts of
Libya, Abbas, Syrian. And strangers of Rome,
Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we
do hear them speak in our tongues. The what?
The wonderful works of who? Of God. So what did
they hear them speak in their own language? The
wonderful works of who? Of God. This is important
to what is happening here today. Pay attention.
Praise God. Pay attention. So we see a fulfillment
of that which Christ has spoken. In Mark chapter
16, where we've read in Luke chapter 24, 49,
even in Acts chapter 1, verse 8, we see a fulfillment
of what Christ instructed them, told them. From
Mark chapter 16, in Luke chapter 24, we read
it, right? And then in Acts chapter 1 verse 8,
you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost
has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses.
Amen. We see a fulfillment of that scripture
upon them in Acts chapter 2. Praise God. So now
when we go back to Acts chapter 2, one of the
things we started seeing first, he said, and
suddenly there came a sound from where? From
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind. Amen. That
filled the house where they were sitting. And
there appeared upon them cloven tongues like
as of a what? Fire. Praise God. So we see that.
Let's go to Ezekiel chapter 1. We now realize
why Luke had to give us this rendition. Ezekiel
chapter 1. Ezekiel chapter 1, everybody. Ezekiel
chapter 1, verse 3 to 4. The word of the Lord
came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son
of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar. And the hand of the Lord was what?
Was there upon him. This discourse will be explained
much more later, right? But the hand of the Lord,
just talking about the presence of the Lord,
was upon him. Amen? Right? And I looked and behold,
a wild wind came out of what? Out of the north.
Now, that's verse four. Rendition is to be able
to say what is happening as the hand of the Lord
came. Amen? A wild wind came out of the north,
a great cloud and a fire enfolding itself and
a brightness was about it and out of the mist
thereof, as of the color of amber, out of the
mist of what? Out of the midst of fire. And also,
out of the midst thereof came the likeness of
what? Of four living what? Creatures. What he
saw. What he saw as the hand of the Lord did
what? Came upon him. Praise God. Then we now
see Exodus 19, 16. You see, you now clearly understand
why Luke had to be able to paint. Almost similar
picture for us here. Exodus 19 verse 16. Thank
you, Holy Spirit. And it came to pass on that
third day in the morning that there were what?
Thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon
the mount and the voice of the trumpet exceeding
loud so that all the people were what? That was
in the calm, they were what? They were trembled.
Hallelujah. This was at Mount Sinai when the
Lord came down. Praise God. Amen. So also what?
Saying and depicting the picture of events, supernatural
events. Amen. So now this will give us an idea
why Luke will have to write or report such a
similar event as such. Because Luke was not there
when this event happened. Amen. He received a
report about that, which we know now in this
church about that. Amen? So now, he will now
write it. Right? He now went down to write it
as such also. He said, let's go back to Acts
chapter 2 so that you will now see how now Luke
also wrote that. That Acts that we've been reading,
don't get tired of because we are going to stay
here all day. See now. And he said, and suddenly
there came a sound from what? From heaven as
a what? As a mighty rushing wind. Does it sound
like where we are coming from? Does it look like
where we are coming from? Does it look like it?
Good now. See now. And it all filled the house
where they were what? They were seated. And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues as of what?
Fire. Does it look like where we are coming from
now? Yes. Praise God. So we see that speaking
about light and fire, right? That he was writing
about was to signify God's presence. He was signifying
what? God's presence. An event that is supernatural.
Hallelujah. An event that is what? Supernatural.
An event that is supernatural. So now Luke will
now use figures of speech to be able to now write
such a communication. A sound from heaven as
of a mighty what? Rushing wind. As of a mighty
rushing wind. That word as of implies it wasn't
literal. You know, we handle that in the cell
meeting teaching. You know, when we say something
is literal, what do we mean? Help me out. Allah,
Allah. Taking, yes, no hidden meaning. Yes, same
way. Praise God. Hallelujah. So, it was not literal
from the word as of. It's a figurative statement
that implies it wasn't what? Literal. In other
words, there was no actual rushing mighty wind.
Do you know, actual rushing, it will take the
roof off. Amen. That word as of, a mighty rushing
wind is a figurative statement. Amen. Because
Luke was writing, he was writing. The event that
happened. And he had to capture that event within
the context of the whole scripture. Praise God.
So he could not go and write it out of the scripture.
Amen? So we see events like as we've read in
Exodus and Ezekiel. And then we see Luke also
writing in such a communication. That we see
God's presence come into the room. We see these
people filled with the spirit of God. And these
are... And this and this happening to them. So
it happened as a mighty what? Rushing wind. We
see thunders. We saw lightnings. We saw earthquakes.
Right? And then the voice of God came. Did they
actually see earthquake? Amen. So it's like meeting
somebody in this room. Right? In the next hours
that we're going to be praying. And then the
presence of God, feel here the glory of God revealed
everywhere. There is so much strength inside
us. And we are praying. Then somebody just walks
in up here. He said, you know, when I got into
this place, you know, there is so much power
I saw. I saw lightnings everywhere. I saw fire
everywhere. You know, the people will use fire
because the energy they saw. Yesterday the man
here came. He saw us were praying. He stood by
the door and he was doing like this. And I woke
up to him. He said, what is this happening? I
said, we are praying. And I look, he smiled.
He said, where are we? Because they understand
more Orthodox and Protestant. He said, where
are we? What he meant is that we, what kind are
we? Are we Orthodox? We are protesting because
they are used to that around here. I told him
we're in the middle. He said, oh, he's carrying
shit. He's a mix of this. I said, yes. That's
the one that his mind can carry. If I begin to
explain the Holy Ghost to him, I begin to, you
say it's a mighty rushing wind. Someone that
will now see that will what? Will pen that event.
But you know what they saw? They never saw mighty
rushing wind as of. Amen. The next line now,
they never saw, they said there appeared unto
them cloven tongue as of what? Fire. Never literal.
What they saw in that room was just tongues.
Praise God. It's just what? Tongues. Hallelujah.
Praise God. What they saw is what? Tongues. So
we see Luke will now pen that in his writings
for us. One amazing, powerful thing is that no
one in that room was exempted from that experience.
Hallelujah. Everybody in that room spoke in other
tongues to validate Jesus' statement that upon
whom That believe, whosoever believe in my name,
they shall speak with what? With new tongues.
Everyone that was in that room spoke in what?
In tongues. Tongues is for everyone that believes.
Praise God. Everyone that believes. They were
all filled with the Holy Ghost and they speak
and they began to speak with what? With other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them what? Utterance.
So, verse 2 and 3. Amen. Are you all with me?
Verse 2 and 3 just describes their experience
of being filled with the Spirit of God. And that
experience is speaking in tongues. Verse 2 and
3. Right? Mighty rushing winds, as of a fire.
Right? Describes their what? Their experience.
And what is the experience? What is the experience?
They were all speaking with what? With other
tongues as the Spirit gave them what? Authorance.
Probably one of these meetings, one of these
days you have had an experience. Let me say it
now as I'm just passing by as an example. Maybe
you just... You're praying, you're praying, you're
praying. Suddenly, like something changed inside
you. Like gears have changed. And then there
was this energy that just surged inside you.
There was this strength that surged inside your
inner man. From nowhere, you increased the tempo.
You increased the tempo. It's increasing. It's
increasing. Someone saw that. You knelt down.
And you kept praying. You kept praying fervently.
Somebody will come in there and see that experience.
And say, you know when I saw praise? Prince was
just shaking. There was this shaking all around
him. Let him say, I saw him praying in tongues,
straight. He said, there was this shaking, shaking,
shaking. You know, he knelt down. He was just
shaking. He was shouting, to all the gods. He
was shaking, you know. And he stood up and began
to prophesy to everybody in the room. You see,
all these things were all to describe what? The
posture of his prayers. The experience. So verse
2 and 3. Right? Was to describe what? The experience.
In verse what? In verse 4. Amen? And that experience
is that what? They were speaking in what? In
tongues. And all of them were speaking in tongues.
All of them. All of them. I keep saying it. All
of them spoke in what? In tongues. All of them.
This is why I'm saying that. All of them spoke
in tongues because all of them believed. So everyone
that believes. These signs also what? Follow
them. Are we all here? Are we all here? So the
spirit gave them utterance as all of them what?
Speak. Praise God. That word gave in verse 4.
That word gave means didomai. That word gave.
D -I -D -O -M -I. Didomai. Or didomi. I don't
know. It's not my language. Didomai. Gave. That
word gave. Didomai. You know, you understand
why. Everything that we are doing here, please
pay attention to it. Didomai. That word gave.
And it means to offer unconditionally. To give
unconditional supply for one's advantage. Didomai
is to what? To give unconditionally, right? For
one's advantage. To supply to one unconditionally
for his what? For his advantage. Praise God.
So the Holy Ghost gave them utterance for their
what? Advantage. The believer has utterance from
the Holy Ghost as his what? Advantage. Unconditional.
When we say something is unconditional, it means
that you never worked for it. You never worked
for it. There is nothing you have done to earn
it. Praise God. So the Holy Spirit supplied utterance
unconditionally. And they understood that there
is a supply. What is the next thing they began
to do? They began to speak. Praise God. So we
have received from the Father His Spirit unconditionally
that we may know all the things that have been
freely what? Given to us. So what we are going
to do? We are going to jump at it and participate
and enjoy it. Hallelujah. Because it's for our
advantage. Praise God. So that word didomai,
it means what? Unconditional. An unconditional
supply for one's advantage. So in other words,
we say the spirit received within the believer
gave them unconditional supply of utterance.
He gave them unconditional supply of what? Of
utterance. Praise God. And then we see, that
is why we see Luke will refer to this experience
as that it is given and what? And received. Praise
God. So when you give something, what happens?
On the other side, it has to be what? Received.
Praise God. So these men were filled with the
Holy Ghost. They know the Holy Ghost has given
them what? Utterance. And they have already what?
Received it. So what will they do? They operate
in it. Praise God. Let me say something now because
so that, you know, your mind can relate with
it. Don't laugh. Imagine you just woke up to
this conference now. Unconditionally. You are
a student. And then just by the downstairs, You
met me, right? And I say, oh, Samantha, you're
looking good. How are you? Fine. I say, you see
that Range Rover Vela? This morning, I just came
with it and the key is yours. Ha! He said, sir,
eh? I said, no, no, no, I'm serious. He said,
Papi, see, I've come again. This is your joke.
And then I take the papers. I show you. You see
your name. You see your surname. You see all
the documents of the car. It's yours. Now you
see, her mind can relate. Even though you don't
have a driver's license, you now rush up, pray
as what's going on, you didn't care. Whether
prayers was going on or not, you didn't care.
You look for Kolade because you know he has driver's
license. He said, come and drive me. Let me test
this car. And then now, instead of testing the
car, you ask him to go and park it in your house.
And you carry the key. You ask a taxi to drop
you. I'm taking it extreme now so that you understand
something. To take you to Kyrenia, you go to
the beach and throw the key into the ocean. And
you come back home. And then you go about saying,
Sir, do you know that I have a Range Rover? And
when you were saying this, both of you are inside
school bus. Nobody will believe you. So the only
way we will believe you that you received an
unconditional gift of a Range Rover, right? Is
that when we see you, even though you don't have
the license, right? but there's somebody driving
you. And then, you know, in Africa, I don't know
who told us that sitting at the back, it means
it's owner's corner. I don't know. I don't know
who told us that. You know, it has caused so
much problem. I don't know who told us that it's
when you sit close on the right side, it means
that the car is yours. Okay, let's assume she's
from Africa. She sat on the right side. You know,
so when she comes and says, sir, you know, You
know, last week I got a gift. I never, in fact,
you say, where is this? I say, yeah. In fact,
you know, she will not even, she will come and
drag Pastor Victor. She will drag everybody to
come and see it. Why did I make this? I say this.
She believed that what has been given, she has
already what? Received and is hers. You know,
if it's somebody, somebody like me can do it.
I can go to this, I will walk with the car papers
in my pocket. I've received it. It's mine. Hallelujah.
It's what? It's mine. I'm not keeping it anywhere.
I'm using it around the city. So it is. What
Luke wrote is that something was given to them
and they did what? And they received it. They
didn't hide it. They showed it. They manifested
it. They acted upon it. Praise God. Everything
you have received from the Holy Ghost, everything
you have received from Jesus is not to be hidden.
It's not to be kept. It's to be what? It's to
be shown. The scripture just came to my head
now. 1st Peter chapter 2 verse 9. But yea, a
chosen generation, royal priesthood, and a holy
nation. 2 verse 9. A peculiar people that yea
shall show forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his what? Into
his marvelous light. Show forth to display so
that he can meet the eyes. Oh, let me say it
as it's coming to my spirit. Now, the things
of the spirit ought to be displayed. They are
a sign and signs are not hidden. Have you ever
located a place and then that place, they say,
I'm going to Kyrenia and in Kyrenia, I'm looking
for so -and -so place. Do you have the, what
and what can I use? He said, no, just walk on
the road. When you arrive there, you will know.
Never. So tongues ought to be displayed. Interpretation
of tongues ought to be what? Displayed. Prophecy
ought to be what? Displayed. Laying on of hands
ought to be what? Displayed. Word of wisdom ought
to be what? Displayed. Do you see what I mentioned
here? She never cared whether we were praying
or not. All that she's concerned is that she
has received something. Hallelujah. When it comes
to the supernatural, don't care. Don't care.
Don't care. Don't care. Don't care. All that
matters is that show it forth. Show it forth.
Show it forth. Don't keep it inside. Hallelujah.
Don't do what? Because you have received it and
it's yours. Say it's mine. Say it's mine. The
Holy Ghost dwells in me and all his gifts is
mine. Hallelujah. So we saw him recorded that.
Amen. Hallelujah. Praise God. We have an advantage,
right? So that word utterance. He said he gave
them what? Utterance. So something unconditional
was given, right? And then what was given that
was unconditional? Utterance. So what is utterance
now? Let's look at that word. We are still in
Acts chapter 2. Utterance. That word utterance
is from the Greek word aptegomai. A -P -P -H
A -P -P -H T -H -E Don't worry, I'm going to
say it a couple of times. A -P -P -H -T -H -E
-G -G -O -M -I. A -P -P -H -T -H -E -G -G -O
-M -I. And this word implies a kind of speaking.
A kind of speaking. A kind of speaking. That
refers to an elevated discussion. A kind of speaking,
which is what? An elevated discussion. A kind
of speaking, which is an elevated what? Discussion.
It's contrasting our everyday discussion, you
know, the way we are speaking English language
now. This kind of speaking is not our everyday
what? Discussion. It's an elevated kind of discussion.
People that are doing computer language, you
know, we have programming languages, right? Right?
Is it not? So we have codes. Yeah, you heard.
Right? So when we do the codes and codes, only
people that have been trained in the codes can
understand it, right? It's a kind, it's an elevated
kind of discussion. Praise God. It's an elevated
what? Kind of what? Not a normal day discussion.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So these
people received that from the Holy Ghost. He
gave them what? Alterance unconditionally. He
gave them an elevated kind of discussion. We're
going to look at that in 1 Corinthians 14. You
understand why it has to be an elevated discussion.
A discussion that the mind, the normal mind cannot
be able to watch. I gave us an example, just
a lower version of the example with my tribe
or with my dialect. However, some of you sense
on me. Right? But when I now move higher, you
cannot catch up. Right? So the believer has received
from the Holy Ghost. Let me put it this way,
the way it's coming to my spirit. A God kind
of language. A God kind of language that permits
him to have an elevated discussion with the Father.
You have an ability that is God's kind. A kind
of speaking that is only common to you and the
Father. Praise God. Hallelujah. So, where we
have read, are we all here, everybody? Are we
all here? Yes. So, are we all here together?
Praise God. So, Acts chapter 2 now. Where we've
read, there were a couple of people that were
there. One of the things we see in verse 6, Acts
chapter 2, verse 6. Now, when this was noise,
I brought the multitude, came together, and they
were confounded, because that every man had them
speak in his own, what? Language. Verse 7 now.
And they were all amazed, and marveled, saying
one to another, Behold, are not all these we
speak, what? Galileans, and then the communication
continues. Amen? But the first thing that we
saw here is that they were all what? Confounded.
Praise God. All the people that were there that
heard them were confused because they heard them
speak, right? In tongues. Amen? Amen? But let's
turn. They now heard them speak again in their
own what? In their own language. And they were
all amazed. What did they hear? They were speaking
the wonderful works of who? The wonderful works
of who? Of God in verse 11. Amen. Yeah, so that
is what we see happening in Acts chapter 2. Praise
God. So these people will not have just come
there and see them speaking in tongues and they
imagine that these people are speaking our language.
So, for example, when I come, Please, in this
room, this language is for who? It's from whose
tribe? Whose tribe? Whose tribe? Who understood
what I just did now? That is your tribe. So,
you see? That's the spirit. So, imagine now,
they say, everybody around the world. came. And
then they came and then it was noise abroad.
Rekapalada, Jabalagada, Irabalada, everybody.
Elevated discussion. High -end discussion. Ayakapalada.
And then everybody, hey, he's speaking Galilean.
Hey, he's Jew. Hey, this is Medes. And they were
just 120. So how could 120 speak all the languages
around? Praise God. Something must have happened
by the Spirit in that atmosphere. For them to
be able to decipher and hear and understand that
these people are speaking our own words, language.
And what they are saying is what they are declaring
the wonderful works of who? Of God. Praise God.
Are we all here? Are we all here? Are we using
our brain? Is it getting clearer? Praise God.
Perfect. Now. What we see, 1 Corinthians 14 verse
2. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 2. 1 Corinthians 14.
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh
not unto what? Not unto man. Hallelujah. But
unto who? But unto God. This same tongue Jesus
said in my name, if you believe you shall speak
in new what? In new tongues. Acts chapter 2,
we are seeing the first experience, right? And
then now we are seeing Paul writing here in 1
Corinthians 14 verse 2. He's saying that when
you speak this kind of speaking, you are not
speaking unto men. You are speaking unto who?
Unto God. He said, for no man will what? Understand.
How be it in the spirit. Pastor Victor said spirit.
How be it in the spirit he speaketh what? Mysteries.
Praise God. Why? Because tongues are unintelligent
communication to the human mind. They are what?
Unintelligent what? Communication to the human
mind. Praise God. Unintelligent communication.
So, What will Paul write? Since they are unintelligent
communication to the human mind. 1 Corinthians
14, 14. He said, for if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit, what? Prayed. But my understanding
is what? Fruitful. How be it no man understand
what? It. So my understanding. You remember we
are coming from language, right? And we say everywhere
there is language, the next thing we should see
is what? Is understanding. But we can see Paul's
writing. He said that when I speak in tongues,
I speak unto God. So when we say I speak unto
God, so what does he mean? So which means what?
God understands. How be it? No man will do what?
Understand what I'm saying. For in the spirit,
I pray. And what I'm praying is mysteries. You
understand why we say it's mysteries. Hallelujah.
So what is happening in Acts chapter 2? As the
Holy Ghost gave them utterance, when people come
there, they will not what? Understand them. But
later on, they understood them, speaking in their
own language. And they say, hey, these people
are speaking in our own language. And what they
are declaring is the wonderful works of who?
Of God. So something must have happened for their
mind to understand that communication. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Are we all here?
So the only way the human mind can understand
tongues when it is uttered is when it is interpreted.
The only way the human mind can understand praying
in tongues is when it is what? Interpreted. Hallelujah.
That is when understanding comes. That is when
understanding comes. That is when understanding
comes. The only way the human mind can understand
such an elevated discussion is when it is what?
When it is interpreted. So, you can put it this
way. Autorants or tongues, put it this way, tongues
plus interpretation is equal to prophecy. Tongues,
Plus interpretation is equal to what? Prophecy.
Put it this way. You know why I said that. So
at this point now, which means the human mind
what? Understands. So the human mind can receive
and understand what has been uttered. Are we
all here? So you know Jesus said in Mark chapter
16 verse 17. Let's go there. Mark chapter 16
verse 17. Let's go back there. All this while
we've been talking about tongues. Amen. About
what? About tongues. Mark chapter 16 verse 17.
And these signs shall follow them that believe
in my name. Shall they cast out what? Devils.
They shall speak with what? New tongues. If it's
your Bible, underline the word new. The word
new is from the Greek word kainos. Kainos. K
-A -I -N -O -S. Kainos. Which means novel, uncommon,
unheard of. Kainos. Something novel. Something
novel. Uncommon. Unheard of. And it means that
prior to this time, such a language had never
been heard. Kainos, novel, uncommon, unheard
of, which implies that prior to this time, such
a language had never been what? Heard or spoken.
Never. New tongues. A kind of speaking that has
never been heard. A kind of speaking. That has
never been spoken. Hallelujah. Praise God. So.
When we say something has never been heard. Or
spoken. And it's new. Kainos. It means that.
The day you start speaking it. Nobody taught
you. Hallelujah. The only way. We have a student
becomes a teacher. A professor becomes, let me
use the word, a student becomes a professor is
that another professor must what? Must have taught
him. And that professor received that teaching
also from another professor. For example, our
father, we call him our father, my professor.
It happens that we happen to be among his last
children. In his three of professorial cadre,
he's an emeritus. We happen to be out in the
last generation. Right? Maybe he might have one
more generation. Right? Because he's already,
oh, he's 80 something now. Getting to 90. I saw
him, one of his students. She became professor
since she was, maybe, as of when I was reading
her. She was, I think, 40 -something. And she
was already tired of being a professor. She had
become a professor maybe when she was 32, 33.
And so when I was reading her website, she has
already raised people that are already professors.
So we can't call that a new thing. Amen? So when
I had a professor come out of me, I can't call
it a what? A new thing. You see? Already, for
example, I'm also on the way of raising professors
in a short time. I can't call it a what? A new
thing. Because it's already heard. It's something
that is common. It's not novel. I have 10 professors.
Go and see them. It's not novel. So, but you
see, what Jesus is saying here is that it has
never what? It has never been heard. It has never
been what? And let me say it. When Christ spoke
this statement, he didn't say that you're going
to learn it. Do you know what I said? He didn't
say that you're going to what? Learn it. He said,
let's read it this way. And he said, in my name,
they shall cast out devils and they shall learn
how to speak in new tongues. Is that what the
scripture says? He said, they shall do what?
They shall speak. The complete curriculum is
inside you. You will just speak it. You will
not learn it. By the Spirit, you will do what?
You will speak it. It has never been heard. It
has never been seen. It has never been spoken.
But that experience is going to happen to you
on the spot. Hallelujah. How will it happen?
By the ability of the Holy Ghost in you. So the
Holy Ghost inside you is not coming to begin
a day. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. He said, you're
not learning it. Then they will now write a quiz
and you get zero. If you are from my kind of
primary school, they will now put E on the zero.
You know, and put big, big I. So that the thing
will pay you. You will not be afraid to take
it home. Because you know, when you take it home,
You know what you will receive back? No, no,
no, no, no, no, no. That's not the kind of experience.
What Jesus was saying or he's saying is that
you're going to receive it. It will be given
to you and you will receive it and you will what?
You will act on it. Simple. Hallelujah. That's
uncommon. Novel. It comes to you and it's not
to be learned. You know, when I was in the university,
there was a place, I will not say the name of
the church. When you go there, they say school
of tongues and something, something. When you
go there, they say shabalaga, shabalaga. Everybody
will do shabalaga, shabalaga. Okay, let's say,
let's do it. That's human tongues. It's not the
Holy Ghost. That is human giving men utterance.
Praise God. The kind we are speaking about is
the one that is not learned. That's why when
I was speaking yesterday with my sister here.
Sorry, I have to keep this. You know we're going
to pray more today in tongues, right? You know,
right? Yes. I love you. I'm going to walk closely
with you. You and the other sister. Two of you
are going to walk closely. Today, all of us are
ministry partners. Praise God. Hallelujah. Are
we reading that? So hence, they were all filled
with what? With the Holy Ghost. So what was happening?
In Acts chapter 2 verse 4, it's supernatural.
Praise God. Never natural. Have you seen yesterday
I said something? All that we've discussed from
Pastor Fred, to Pastor Victor, to Pastor Emmanuel,
to now. Have you seen anything natural about
it? All of them are what? Supernatural. Salvation,
supernatural. Laying on of hands, supernatural.
Yesterday, Pastor Emmanuel introduced supernatural.
Amen? We are building. Supernatural. The life
of the believer is what? Supernatural. So we
see in Acts chapter 2. Let's go there. The people
that were present there. The people that were
present there. In Acts chapter 2. Are we all
here? In Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2 verse
5. And they were all dwelling at what? Jerusalem.
Devote men out of every nation under what? Heaven.
Now when this was noise I brought them all two
came together and they were confounded because
that every man what? Had them speak in his own
language and they were all amazed and marveled
saying one to another behold another all these
which speak Galileans and how here we man in
our own language wherein we were born. 9 now.
Are we all there? We're going to stop at 11.
Patience. Medes, Elamites, dwellers in Mesopotamia
and in Judea, Cappadocia, in Pontus and in Asia,
Phrygia, Pamphylia, in Egypt and in the parts
of Libya, about Cyrene, strangers of Rome, Jews
and what? Proselyte, Cretans, Arabians, we do
hear them speak in our own words, tongues, the
wonderful works of who? Of God. So we see all
of these people, we see the Jews, are what? Proselytes.
So, what do we see? Who are proselytes? Just
quickly learn it so that you write it because
it may not be part of the book. Let's write it
so that it will help us. So that as it's coming
to my heart, whether you're from a Pentecostal
church or you're from Protestant or Orthodox
or any part of the branching, everyone ought
to speak in tongues. Hallelujah. Praise God.
Because it's scripture. Amen? Amen? So who are
proselytes? Proselytes are non -Jews who converted.
Right? They are what? They are non -Jews. Who
what? Who converted. They learned the Jewish
language. Right? And they now were converted.
So in essence, they naturalized. So you have
learned Turkish language, learned Turkish language,
learned Turkish language, you can speak it now.
Then one of these days, you make up your mind
to naturalize. Because you don't like what you're
hearing about your country. It will never change
because I had that, what had been happening many,
many years, even before we came. So it's a system,
it's a cycle. So they are converts, right? They
are converts to the Jewish faith. So, we now
see that this event that happened and we see
everybody gathered. Are we all here? In Acts
chapter 2, it's not that these men had them speaking
some sort of languages or their own native language,
right? So what we see that all these nations
that are listed were referenced to different
places of the residence of Jews. You understand
why? All these places. It's not that we have,
where is it from? Patians, Medes, Elamites, dwellers
in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia.
No, no, no, no. It's giving different locations
where the Jews were what? were settled. Because
at this point now, because they came at the day
of Pentecost, right? Yeah, they were all gathered
at the day of what? Pentecost. So all of them
came back for celebration. Praise God. So and
from the different locations where all of them,
you know, so this gathering were just a gathering
of Jews and proselytes. Proselytes are what?
Converts. Amen? So everybody, so they didn't
only learn Jewish language, but they also embraced
Jewish traditions. Right? So everybody came back
home for the what? For the day of what? Pentecost.
Amen? And they were all gathered. So that is
why now you will see, for example, right? In
Acts chapter 2 verse 14, but Peter standing up
with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said
unto them, Ye men of what? Judea and all ye that
dwell at Jerusalem. Be... These known unto you
and hearken to my what? And hearken to my what?
Words. He said, yea, men of Israel. Hear these
words. See Acts chapter 2 verse 22. See 22. Yea,
men of Israel. Hear these words. He was addressing
all of them, Jews. Yea, men of Israel. Jesus
of Nazareth, a man approved of God way. Among
you. In 29. Acts 2 29. Men and what? Brethren.
He addressed them as what? Brethren. That word
brethren means we have done it here. Right? Adelphos.
Which implies from the same womb. From the same
lineage. So Peter will rise and address all of
them. Ye men of what? He said, my people, brethren.
He said, my own. So we see all of them that were
gathered were what? Jews. They came back home.
Hallelujah. So the audience that we see that
were around the 120 were what? Were Jews. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Are we all here? Just a minute,
please. Let me just establish something. I need
to check my notes. Okay. So now, when we see
now, we stop at, he was talking about brethren,
right? Adelphos. Are we all there? Are we all
there? Perfect now. So we say that the men that
gathered all around at the day of Pentecost,
right, were Jews and proselytes. So the different
places that were mentioned, what he was talking
about, they are what? Their location. Where all
of them were. Yemen of Israel. men and brethren,
to address them as his own people. Right? So,
but question is, how is it that they say that
we heard them speak in our own words, in our
own language, in our own tongue? Amen? Yeah,
so, what happened? 1 Corinthians 14 verse 2,
we say, for he that speaketh, we've read it,
1 Corinthians 14 verse 2. We say, for he that
speaketh in an unknown tongue, You see, when
Luke wrote this, he didn't tell us that there
was an interpreter that interpreted what was
said. The people just, he just wrote that they
all said, these people are speaking, we hear
them speak in our own words. In our own language.
And what they are saying is that they are declaring
the what? The wonderful works of who? The wonderful
works of God. So now, it's important for us.
And we've read 1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. Let's
go there everybody. Please don't lose the line
of thought because we are talking about tongues.
1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. I would that ye all
speak with what? With tongues. But rather that
ye what? Prophesy. For greater is he that prophesied
than he that speaketh with what? With tongues.
Except he interprets. Who interprets? The speaker.
That the church may receive what? Edification.
So, we now see. Are we all there? Are we all
there? So we now see now, when Peter stood up
now, have you read 1 Corinthians 14 now? For
he that prayed in other tongues should also what?
Interpret the tongues so that the church can
be what? Edified, right? Acts now, let's go back
to Acts chapter 2. And then now let's see what
Peter will rise and say in Acts chapter 2 verse
14. But this is that which was spoken by prophet
Joel. Joel 2 .28 Joel 2 .28 Joel 2 .28. I will
there. See Joel 2 .28. He said that this was
what was spoken by prophet what? A fulfillment
of what prophet Joel spoke. And he came and he
shall come to pass after what? After what? That
I'll pour out of my spirit upon all flesh. and
your sons and daughters shall what? Prophesy
your old men shall, your young men shall, and
also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
in those days will I pour out of my what? Spirit.
Amen? So now, having said that, now let's go
back to Acts so that we continue reading our
conversation. In Acts chapter 2 now. He said,
but this is that which was spoken by who? By
prophet Joel. Right? And when we go to 17. And
it shall come to pass in the last days. Is that
what was spoken? Said God, I will pour out of
my spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and daughters
shall. And your young men shall see visions.
And your old men shall dream dreams. And upon
my servants and upon my handmaidens. I will pour
out in those days out of my spirit. And they
shall what? Prophesy. So what do we see, right?
Is that what? By the Spirit of God, all these
are made possible. Praise God. Hallelujah. So
the how of prophecy, right? You know, he said,
they shall prophesy. So we now see tongues and
interpretation of tongues. We are coming to it
now, clearly now. You know, I told us to write
somewhere. There's somewhere that you wrote tongues
plus interpretation is equal to what? Prophecy.
You wrote it somewhere, right? Good. Perfect.
So, we see that what? Tongues. We see prophecy,
right? Or we see tongues and interpretation of
tongues becoming what? Prophecy. From where we
read in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. Don't worry.
We'll be going back there and becoming. We'll
be going back there. I will that, verse 5, that
ye all speak with what? But rather that ye So
tongues and interpretation of tongues is what?
That the church may be what? So every time prophecy
is given, it's so that we are what? Edified.
Every time tongues and interpretation of tongues
comes, it's so that we are what? Edified. So
do you see why I said? Tongues and interpretation
of tongues is prophecy. Are we all clear? Are
we all clear? Okay, praise God. Hallelujah. So
we now see that after saying all these things,
then it will be that on that day of Pentecost,
where the 120 were gathered, right? And they
spoke in tongues, both men and women, and they
heard them declaring the works of God. What will
be happening? There will be tongues and what?
Interpretation of what? Of tongues. You know,
we read from 1 Corinthians 14 that the one that
speaks in tongues should also interpret the word
so that the hearers are what? Edified. Praise
God. So now, on that day in Acts chapter 2, the
Jews or the men of Israel, as they heard first,
they said they were confounded. Right? But later
on, they say, oh, we heard them speak in our
own what? Language. And what they are saying,
they are declaring the what? Oh, glory. Oh, they
are declaring the wonderful works of God. We
can hear them declaring it. The hearers are now
what? Edified. On the first, they were confounded.
But later on, they are edified. Hallelujah. Why?
Because interpretation what? Has taken precedence.
So we see. What Christ has said. They shall speak
with what? With new tongues. Happening in Acts
chapter 2. But much more was also happening.
That they were not only speaking in tongues.
But they were also what? Interpreting the tongues.
Hallelujah. Can you say I speak in tongues? I
also interpret the tongues. And the church is
edified. Say, I bring edification. I bring edification
to my brothers and sisters. Hallelujah. Praise
God. Are we all here? Are we all here? So having
said all these things now, who should speak in
tongues? Answer. Huh? All? Okay, now. Further.
I love this class. I love this class. All believers.
Right? Because we see. The 120, all of them did
what? Spoke in tongues. None was missing. Praise
God. None was what? Was led. So who should speak
in other tongues? And we say, how many believers?
And you see, when they were there, in Acts chapter
1, let's go to Acts chapter 1. Me, I think these
tongues is only for men. I think it's for pastors.
You know, the way I saw Pastor Fred was praying.
I know this thing must be a special gift. This
all continued with one accord. Acts chapter 1
verse 14. This all continued with one accord
in prayer and supplication. With who? With who?
With who? With the women and Mary, the mother
of who? And with his what? And with his brethren.
Hallelujah. Was there anyone left? Was there
in Acts chapter 2 verse 1. And when the day of
Pentecost was fully come. They were all. They
were all. They were all. Men and women were all.
All of them spoke in tongues. All of them interpreted.
Hallelujah. And the audience had them declare
the wonderful works of God. And through your
mouth today. The wonderful works of God will
also be declared. Praise God. Praise God. Praise
God. Praise God. You see that place in Mark chapter
16. There was no place where Christ said some
set of special people are going to speak in new
tongues. He said in my name and this I shall
follow them that what? That believe in my name
they shall cast out devils. They shall speak
with what? Who are the day? Who are the day?
Who are believers? Who are believers? Huh? Me,
yes. Who will believe us again? All, all, all,
all. Same men and women. Everybody. Yes, me,
yes. Me, you. But now you don't understand what's
happening. But in a short time you will understand.
Now he can only say me. He does not know what
the me is. You know. His brother is saying yeah,
yeah, yeah. So. They don't understand what's
happening. But somebody like exploit understandings.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Somebody like what? Exploit.
You know, yesterday I was praying for her and
I was telling her somewhere there. I said, when
you see your friends, you know you can lay hands
on them and get them filled with the Spirit of
God. And so I was praying for her here. I was
also telling her, praise God. Some of you are
coming late, but you came early at the same time.
Because as you're hearing it now, it's so that
you can correct things later. Paul told Timothy,
he said, from your young age, from tender age,
those things that you have been taught, those
things that you have learned, From what? From
tender age. So which means that from a young
age we can learn these things. You're a father
here. You're a mother here. Right? It's not always
cocoa melon. Cocoa, cocoa. Giddy, giddy, giddy,
giddy. Giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy. He said this
is what they want. No, that's not what they want.
They want the things of the Holy Ghost. She has
attended how many catatismos now? Four catatismos.
Yeah, she was like the other brother. You see,
they are coming to catatismos now. I saw Tito
this morning. I told him, we miss you. He says,
no, no, no. When we start to tell them now, you
know, it's too early. Well, lying with Satan
is from the womb. And the better, the faster
you know, the better for you. If you're online
and you're hearing me, you have children and
say, it's too early. Let them reach to the age
of accountability. Oh, they will be accountable
to Satan by then. Praise God. From young age.
Introduce them into it. Amen. So all of them
spoke in tongues. All of them spoke in what?
In tongues. All with one accord in one place.
Acts chapter 2 verse 1. And suddenly all of them.
That word all of them. Means all of them. Verse
4 said. And they were what? Only the men were
filled. Is that what the scripture says? Only
the women were free. Is that what the scripture
says? How many of them? All of them spoke. And
all of them interpreted it. How do I know? How
did I know? Go to Acts chapter 2. Let's see it.
How? Are we all in Acts chapter 2? Acts chapter
2 verse 7. And they were all amazed, marveling,
saying one to another, Behold, are not what?
All these. See verse 6. Now when this was noise
abroad, the multitude came together and were
confronted because that how many people? Every
man had his own what? Language. And they were
all amazed and marveling, saying one to another,
Behold, are not what? All these which speak what?
And see verse 8, everybody. Then how here we
what? Every man. All of them. Every one of them.
So in this room today, every one of us, we have
the ability to interpret tongues. Hallelujah.
We have the ability to prophesy. It's in our
spirits. Are we all here? So who should speak
in tongues? Believers. Who should speak in tongues?
All. Who should speak in tongues? All believers.
No disciple of Jesus should be exempted from
speaking in tongues. Do you hear what I said?
Know what? Let me say it this way. Let me modify
it. No disciple of Jesus should be exempted from
the things of the Spirit. Let me make it better.
No one should be exempted. Every one of us. The
scripture says that we are drunk of the same
spirit. Hallelujah. Every one of us. Are we all
here? Are we all here? Praise God. Praise God.
So, did Paul speak in tongues? Because as he
is writing like this, did he speak in tongues?
Because it's important to note. Amen? But before
we go to that, Amen. Okay, we'll do that later.
1 Corinthians 14, 18. 1 Corinthians 18. Who should
speak in tongues? All believers should speak
in tongues. Amen. Is that clear to everybody?
Is that clear to everybody? Okay, 1 Corinthians
14, verse 18. I was 18. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
I thank my God. I speak with what? I speak with
what? I speak with tongues. More than what? I
think we had that on... Was it Sunday? Was it
Tuesday? Was Tuesday? You see sir, this week
has been supernatural. That everybody is mixing
the days. All the days are looking alike. I thank
my God. I speak with tongues more than what?
So what will that statement tell us about Paul?
Huh? C19. Yet in the church, I had rather speak
what? Five words with my what? Understanding.
That by my voice I might teach others also. And
10 ,000 words in and what? Unknown tongues. So
that tells us about Paul's private life and also
what? His public life. Praise God. That oh boy,
this man speaks, he prays in tongues. Hallelujah.
That he what? That he prays in what? In tongues.
Acts chapter 19 verse 6. Acts chapter 19 verse
6. Acts chapter 19 verse 6. And when Paul had
laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost what?
Came on them and they spoke with what? With tongues
and what? And prophesied. From verse 4. Then
said Paul, John verily baptized with what? With
the baptism of what? Repentance. Saying unto
the people that they should believe on him that
shall come after him. That is on Christ Jesus.
When they had this, they were baptized in the
name of who? The name of the Lord Jesus. And
when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy
Ghost came on them and they spoke with what?
Can you see? And they spoke with what? With tongues
and words. So, we'll keep reading places in Acts
of the Apostles. You'll be seeing tongues, prophecy.
Tongues, prophecy. Tongues, declaration of God's
wonderful works. Tongues. Everywhere you're seeing
tongues, you'll be seeing interpretation of tongues.
Or once you see prophecy, know that that tongue
has been what? Interpreted. Hallelujah. Praise
God. Hallelujah. So what we see in this Acts
chapter 19 is a conversation of certain disciples
of John. Praise God. Amen. And then we see Paul
now laying hands on them. Now bringing what Pastor
Victor has taught. That we can receive the baptism.
Right? with the Holy Ghost by laying on of what?
Of hands. And Paul, we read this place during
his teaching. Amen? Paul laid hands on them.
And what happened to them? What happened to them?
What happened to them? Yeah, they spoke in tongues.
And also what? Every time, let me teach us this.
Every time you are saying, speaking in tongues,
take it further, much more. Say what? And prophecy.
Praise God. Every time you say tongues, always
add what? Prophecy. Every time, I'm saying this,
everywhere you go on this earth, I'm saying this
now because that is to set the posture of our
heart. Every time you say tongues, every time
you think tongues, the next thing should be what?
Prophecy. Interpretation of that tongues. Why?
So that edification will what? Will come. Amen?
Are we all here? So now, 1 Corinthians 14 now.
1 Corinthians 14. We are going to dwell on this
now in detail. So this is where we will now talk
in detail now to clarify some things much more
about tongues. So all this while, what have we
been talking about? Tongues. Hallelujah. In fact,
if we close here, you already have full knowledge
about what we're about doing. Amen? Praise God.
1 Corinthians 14, verse 2 now. Well, let's start
reading from verse 1, everybody, so that we can
have a huge context because it's going to be
a long reading. Follow after what? Charity and
desire and desire. spiritual gifts, but rather
that ye may what? Prophesy. For he that speaketh
in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but
unto God. For no man understandeth him, howbeit
in the spirit he speaketh what? He speaketh mysteries.
Right? You remember we said tongues is not a
regular language, right? It's an elevated what?
Discussion. Are we all here? Are we all here?
Yes. So, and it's not only that. Where we read
about 1 Corinthians 14, that Paul talked about
in 18, I thank my God that I speak with tongues
more than ye all, just tells us that tongues
should be a regular activity of the believer's
life. Hallelujah. It should be what? For Paul
to come to this point, where he could say, I
thank my God I pray in tongues more than ye all,
it ought to be what? His regular what? Activity.
Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. In your room,
pray in tongues. On the street, pray in tongues.
In your quiet time, pray in tongues. Everywhere
you are, pray in what? Pray in tongues. Say,
I don't know what I'm speaking. You're going
to know what you're speaking in a bit. Pray in
what? Pray in tongues. It's not my words. It's
the scripture. How be it you don't speak to men?
You speak unto who? Unto God. Are we all here?
Are we all here? So, that word speaketh. That
word speaketh. For he. that speaketh. Well, let's
start picking it from the beginning, actually.
We already have done a word study yesterday about
for. You remember for? You remember for? What
is for? What for? God. Praise God. And we say,
what does it imply? Eh? Yes. Thank you. Reason.
Explanation. Right? Good. So, when we see verse
2, we say, for he that What is that place supposed
to mean? That what is happening? What are we
learning from there? Read verse 1 and then verse
2. Thank you, sir. The reason for what? For the
end of what? The communication from verse 1.
Right? Okay. So, don't worry. We are coming to
verse 1 and we are going to deal with it. Amen?
Yes. So, we said that word for, we've handled
it, right? Yes. So, regarding what? So, we said
now. For he, that word, speaketh. Are we all
here? Are we all here? That word he, it means
we have done it too yesterday. Right? Yes. So,
ho, H -O, the word he in verse 1. In verse 2,
sorry. That word he, oh, it implies the one,
a particular person. Right? For that particular
person that speaketh in what? In an unknown tongue.
And we know the he here. Who is the he? Who is
the he? The believer. Praise God. Hallelujah.
Good, that's perfect now. We are all here. So,
the word speaketh. which we have already treated,
is lalio. You remember we talked about glossolalia,
right? Yeah, so the word spigot is lalio. Lalia,
lalio. Which means natural and regular actions.
It's used for speaking. Speaking, lalio, speaking.
Right? It's for what? Speaking. For the man,
that what? That speaks. A regular action. Regular
speaking. You see, tongues ought to be regular.
Praise God. Can you say I regularly speak in
tongues? Say I regularly speak in tongues and
I prophesy. Hallelujah. That's our reality. So
now, we now see from that now, speaker, we know
the believer is the one that ought to be what?
Are we all here? Are we all here? So, because
you now see also in verse 5. See verse 5 now.
I would that ye all speak with what? With tongues.
But rather that ye what? Prophesy. For greater
is what? He that prophesied and he that speaketh
what? With tongues. Except he what? Who should
interpret? The man that is what? Speaking in
tongues. That the church may be what? May be?
Edified. Hallelujah. So what we see, Paul will
say in verse 5. See the starting of verse 5.
I will that ye all. If it's your Bible on the
line, the word all. You see, he still says what?
All. We established that from Acts chapter 2.
All of them spoke. All of them interpreted. All
of them. They had them declaring the works of
what? The wonderful works of the Lord. Amen.
And we see Paul again writing in verse 5. I will
that how many people? all speak with what? With
tongues. So all of us ought to be speaking in
tongues. So Paul is saying that all of us should
be speaking in what? Tongues. Who? All the believers.
In fact, that is the same thing he rendered in
Acts chapter 14 verse 18. I thank my God that
I speak in tongues more than what? Ye all. He
wasn't saying that all were not speaking in tongues.
That's not what Paul was trying to communicate.
Paul was communicating his private life also
to them. That even in my private life, I also
do what? Speak in what? In tongues. Praise God.
In 26, how is it then brethren, when ye come
together, every one of you, Not two of you. Not
three of you. Not four of you. How many of you?
Verse 26. 1 Corinthians 14. Every one of you
had a what? Had a what? Doctrine. Had a tongue.
See the next thing. Had a revelation. Had an
interpretation. Every one of you can do this.
Every one of you. So which means every one of
us has a psalm. Praise God. Every one of us have
a tongue. Praise God. Every one of us has an
interpretation. Praise God. In fact, you see
the way he ended and say, let all things be done
what? Unto edifying. Because every one of you
has all these. So when you come and when you
come to meet together, let everything be done
unto what? Edification. Because inside me is
all. Inside you is what? Is all. Inside her is
what? Is all. Praise God. But he will say that
because there's something he wants to adjust.
We're going to come to it. Praise God. We're
going to come to it and build on it. Amen. Are
we all here? Are we all here? So we see 1 Corinthians
14 .39. He said, wherefore brethren, convict
what? To prophesy and forbid not what? To speak
in tongues. So which means everybody should speak
in tongues. Hallelujah. Everybody should what?
Should speak in tongues. He was addressing the
whole church. So no one should be excluded. No
one. Because the church. Everyone in the church
believed. So no one should be what? Should be
excluded. Praise God. Hallelujah. Are we all
here? Are we all here? So let's go back to verse
2 again. Because we are talking tongues now.
He said, for he that speaketh in an unknown tongue,
speaketh not unto what? Not unto men. That word
men, we already know who is the he, right? We
already know the meaning of speaking, right?
Laliu, right? Other words. We know it, right?
We know the he there means who? The believer.
Praise God. So that word men means anthropos.
Generally for humanity. Anthropos. Anthropology.
Anthropos. Humanity. So for he that speaketh
in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto anthropos.
Not unto what? Humanity. So in other words, when
a believer speaks in tongues, it's not addressed
to anybody in humanity. Praise God. Now this
is already answering questions in people's hearts.
When you speak in tongues, you are not addressing
any humanity. Hallelujah. In other words, when
a believer speaks in tongues, it is not addressed
to anybody in what? In humanity. It is not addressed
to any anthropos. We are establishing a solid
doctrine here. So let's pay attention to it.
And the word God, he said, how be it? Right?
He said, but unto who? But unto God. The word
God was translated from the Greek word theos.
T -H. Okay, did I say the spelling of Anthropos?
A -N -T -H -R -O -P -O -S. A -N -T -H -R -O -P
-O -S. That's Anthropos. And then the word God
was translated from the Greek word theos. T -H
-E -O -S. Which implies deity. Hallelujah. Divine
deity. So in other words, when we put all this
together, we will say, when the believer speaks
in tongues, he creates an audience only with
God, not with anthropos. Amen? So when we say
speak in tongues, please, the first thing that
should come to your head, then say, ah, now,
if I now start speaking now. People will say,
what am I saying? No, no, no, no, no. It's not
what I'm saying. What we are establishing here
is that you create an audience with God. That's
that verse 2. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 2 says,
For the believer that speaketh in tongues speaketh
not unto humanity. Praise God. So what I'm saying
in essence is that everywhere you are, including
this location, When you start out, I'm not speaking
to Pastor Victor. I'm not speaking to Pastor
Frederick. I'm not speaking to Pastor Chidi.
I'm not speaking to Samantha. I'm not speaking
to any humanity. But unto who? But unto God.
Every time you set out to pray in tongues, Know
that you already have created an audience with
who? With God. You remember we talked about tongues,
right? It's an elevated what? Discussion. High
-end discussion. This high -end discussion or
elevated discussion first is a discussion between
you and who? And God. Not with humanity. Is this
clear? Is this clear? Do we understand where
we're coming from? And where we are going now?
Praise God. So, now, we now say, for no man understandeth
him. For no man. So, for no humanity understandeth
him. That word understand is the Greek word,
A -K -O -U -O. Ako. A -K. A -K -O -U -O. A -K
-O -U -O, which implies to comprehend. A -K -O
-U -O, which implies to what? To comprehend.
That means that no one can intelligently understand
what you're saying. So the meaning of tongues
cannot be understood from the sounds that are
being uttered. The meaning of tongues cannot
be understood from the sounds that are what?
That are being uttered. This is important. Very
important. The meaning of tongues cannot be understood
from the sounds that are being what? Uttered.
The word understand is what? It means to comprehend.
So when the scripture says no man understand
it, it means that what? It means that the mind
cannot what? Intelligently what? Understand the
sounds. Praise God. So let's go for a short break
after which we'll build on this and then we'll
quickly get into interpretation of tongues. Hallelujah.
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