 I really hope I'll be able to do this in my own country. And I'll be able to do that in the next few years. Chunchung jelichos, chunchung chang jeliches, jalichung ganginjili mangatsia, kung kung c'e. Changin c'e, changin c'e, changin c'e. Oh Ravasha, changin nene de bursa, nene de bursa. Ravashik do bursaya, Ravashan de robursaya. Ravashan de robursaya, Ravashan de robursaya. Ravashan de robursaya, Ravashan de robursaya. Chokotakarame nene de bursa, nene de bursa, nene de bursa. It's hard to be a Christian today and to have not seen or heard or witnessed someone speaking in tongues, what they call tongues, what we see and or know today as tongues. A couple of things about the opening clip. One, there are going to be people that are going to say, you know what, that's not tongues. We, we reject that. The problem is though, that's the only sort of tongues most of us have ever seen. I've never seen it any other way. Honestly, I'll just be honest with you. I have never seen tongues any other way other than what we saw in the opening and what we'll see every Sunday or every time there's a gathering because you typically don't see tongues today's tongues being demonstrated out on the street. You typically don't see it in the mall. You don't see it when there's a traffic stop. You typically do not see it anywhere else, the grocery store, the movies. You typically do not see it unless there's a gathering of Christians, which kind of makes you wonder. But then I want to direct you all back to it when you get a chance. Go back to the beginning. Watch the opening clip. The last group of people, the last clip that you saw of those people speaking in tongues, it's about four or five people in the car. Those are Muslims. Those were Muslims speaking in tongues. Their tongues sound awfully a lot like the tongues of the other Christians that we saw in the beginning. Now, I don't know who all is actually a believer or not in this clip, but the point is their tongues sound the same. And so what are we to make of it? So what we need to do is kind of give a really detailed look at tongues because the question is what in the world are tongues and what is the purpose of tongues? So let's step back out of the New Testament. Let's move away from the cross. Let's move back to the very beginning. God, after sin, wants to reconcile with his people. He wants to reconcile with his people. The problem is his people may give lip service to that, but their heart isn't there. They don't really want to reconcile with him. They say they do, but they don't. And so God makes this statement. As a matter of fact, let's go to it in Deuteronomy chapter 30. He makes a statement. He says, So it shall be when all these things have come upon you, the blessings and the curse, which have I have said before you and you call them to mind in all the nations where the Lord, your God has banished you. So here's God saying this is after they have accepted the terms of the law. Remember, the law is a conditional covenant and they've accepted the terms of it and they have not yet gone into the wilderness. I'm sorry, they have not gone into the promised land. And even before they get there, God is telling them that they are going to be banished from that land that they're going to go to. And he's already told them to circumcise their heart, but they won't be able to. Look what he says though. He says in verse two, And you return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and all your soul according to all that I command you to do today. And your sons, then the Lord, your God will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and will gather you again from all the people where the Lord, your God has scattered you. If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth from there, the Lord, your God will gather you and from there he will bring you back. The Lord, your God will bring you into the land which your father's possessed and you shall possess it and he will prosper you and multiply you more than your father's. Verse six, moreover, the Lord, your God will circumcise your heart. I'm sorry, your heart and the heart of your descendants to love the Lord, your God with all your heart and with all your soul that you may live. So now what does this have to do with tongues? Well, remember, God has stated for them to be fruitful and to multiply from the very beginning. He says, be fruitful and multiply. What do they do? They're fruitful, but they're not and they're multiplying, but they're not bounding over the earth as God wants them to. And so what happens then they get to one spot. Now we see one group of people who decide to make a tower, the Tower of Babel. And here comes God. He comes down and he confounds the language. And then what happens? Mankind begins to disperse about the face of the world. Okay. Now, all that's happening while God wants to reconcile his people and he said he's going to bring them back one to him but also to the land. He's going to bring back to the land first. And then after that, after he brings them back into the land, then he's going to start bringing them back reconciling and bringing their hearts back to him. How is that going to happen? Let's go back to Deuteronomy and instead of 30, let's go to verse 32. I'm type 32 verse 21. It says speaking of Israel's disobedience. He says in verse 21 of chapter 32, he says, they have made me jealous with what is not a God. In other words, they are gone after other guys. This is already. They just at the onset of the law, they're already messing up. They've gone after other guys. What he says, they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people. Did you catch that? They have made God jealous. And so he says he God will make them jealous with those who are not a people, meaning us Gentiles. This is what he's alluding to. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. That's going to be the Gentiles. So no one knows how this is going to come about, but God is going to take this, these other nations, folks who are not a nation and make them to become his nation. As a matter of fact, he also states in Hosea that I will call those people who are not my people and I will call those people who are not beloved my beloved. So he makes these allusions to what he's going to do in the future, but we don't know totally. So y'all get the picture. So here we've got Israel and they are disobedient. God wants to reconcile with them, but not just them, also with the totality of the world. But he starts off with Israel who has turned their back on him, but he's going to bring them back. How is he going to do so guys? He's going to do so with another people, somebody who's not Israel. In other words, us, the Gentiles. The question is how is he going to do that? Now we're getting somewhere. So he makes a statement in Joel. You all pretty much familiar with this part, Joel. And let's start in verse 27 to chapter 2 verse 27 says, thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am the Lord your God and there is no other and my people will never be put to shame. So he's speaking prophetically what's going to happen with Israel, but he brings us into this equation as well. It will come about after this that I will pour my spirit on all mankind and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions even on the male and female servants. I will pour out my spirit in those days. Well, what day is he speaking up? Well, we know what's going to happen. We know what he's alluding to now. They don't know this at the time. The Jews don't get this, but we know because we read the book and so even before we get there, let's make our way there. Jesus is on the scene now. So let's let's fast forward. God has a term now. Keep this in mind and I need you guys to keep all of this in mind as we trek closer as we as we get closer to those passages that might be controversial. They should not be controversial. If we don't think that God is going to change his mind because in order for these passages to be controversial, we're going to have to say everything that God has said in the past. He didn't mean everything that God was trying to do. He wasn't really trying to do. So let's keep those things in mind as we are moving forward. God has stated though some kind of way. He's going to make these people, the Jews jealous by another people. How is it going to do so? We're going to get there in just a second. Jesus is on the scene keeping in mind. He wants to reconcile his people. Jesus is on the scene now and his departure is at hand as well. In John 14, 15 and 16, Jesus is preparing his disciples, the apostles. He's preparing them for his impending death and he makes a statement that when I leave someone is going to come. You won't be by yourself. As a matter of fact, it's just as he says in chapter 16. It is to your advantage that I do leave because if I leave, then the help will come. If I don't leave, the help will not come. In other words, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will come after Jesus leaves. We already know that part, but look what he says prior to that in chapter 15 verse 26. He says when the helper that's the Holy Spirit comes whom I will send to you from the father that is a spirit of truth who proceeds from the father. He will testify about me. Are you with me? Follow, make sure you understand this word. He will testify or the same word for witness. This Greek word right here is the word for testify or to bear witness. He will testify about me and you will testify also because you have been with me from the beginning. So the Holy Spirit is going to come in them. And what does he say the Holy Spirit is going to do? Testify of who? Of Christ. And what does he say that they're going to do also? They're going to also testify of him. So now they're waiting for the Holy Spirit to show up. Are you with me? The whole point again that God is trying to do is he's trying to reconcile or bring people back. Now he's already given some statements about the Holy Spirit dealing with people's hearts and so forth and what's going to happen with that regard. So now we're at a point where Jesus is getting ready to die and he's saying what's going to happen and what is going to happen when the Holy Spirit comes upon man. That's the issue. So what I want you to do is start taking notes of what the Holy Spirit is doing. Notice what he's doing in in this case John or the Gospels as we're getting ready to go into Acts. Notice what he's doing in Acts. How is this spirit moving in particularly? How is this gifting of tongues or languages? How is this working? Let's notice the pattern every as far as we keep moving forward because if we keep noticing how God is doing things, how the spirit is moving and believe that God is consistent. He's a guy that does not change. We're going to notice something that it would take for us to think that he has changed in order to make these verses that we're going to get to in order to make them controversial in order for us to have some sort of disagreement because the one that is going to disagree with what we're going to come to today is going to be the ones going to have to reject every single thing and the entire pattern of how God has been working. You have to reject every prophecy that God is has leading us up to this point with the Holy Spirit and how he's going to bring and reconcile man together not just Israel, but all the people. All of this stuff works together guys. It's not like God is over here doing this, this, this and this know all of these things are working together and is also abounding for his purpose for his glory. Are you with me? So after Jesus made this statement, the death, burial, resurrection, what happens next? Well, the next thing happens is they are in Acts and so we see this famous passage in Acts chapter one verse eight. He's speaking to the disciples. He says, but you will receive power or the ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses guys. This is the exact same word that he used in John 15. You will be my witness. You will testify. So he says witness. Let's go back to John 15. So you all can see that it's exact same word. This word for witness is from the same group or Greek word for martyrs or to testify. So let's go back over to Acts eight. I mean, Acts one eight and the same Greek word. Where is it? Right there. The same Greek word, martyrs or martyrs. Same word. You will be my witness or you will testify of me. So look what he says when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be my witnesses and look where he says it. Look how he says it. Look at the order that he says it in and see if God doesn't have this happen in just the exact chronology that he spells it out. He says you will be my witnesses or testify of me. Where in Jerusalem and Judea? That's one place. Secondly, he says and in Samaria number two and even to the remotest parts or the ends of the earth. That's three. That would be the Gentiles. So you've got the Jews that are going to hear it in Jerusalem and Judea. Then the Samaritans. Then you're going to have it to the Gentiles. There's a reason why we've covered this before. So I don't want to go into it, but here's the reason why two reasons why we're seeing these languages. And by the way, every time in the Bible that we were to be in Hebrew or in Greek, whether even be the Greek Septuagint given a translation of the Hebrew text. This word means language or it means the little member inside your mouth, the tongue every time. So now we're here and he says you're going to be my my witnesses. Now there's two reasons that I am going to propose for this happening. Two reasons why we're going to see these languages pop up one because if you're going to spread the guys if you're going to testify of Christ, you can do so in Jerusalem and Judea. No problem. It's like me going from Dallas to Austin and spreading guys. Well, I can do that. I can do it here in America. But what if I go a little further south if I go to Mexico or in certain parts of Texas might be difficult. I'm going to need some languages. All right. And so you're going to need languages not in Jerusalem and Judea and not in Samaria. But when you go to the utmost parts of the world, when you go to Asia Minor, when you go to Europe, when you go to Africa, you are going to need languages. You do not get to find someone who's bilingual. That's not how that works at all. You're going to use somebody who is in the spirit to do so. We never see someone doing that, as was said before, that maybe they went and grabbed an interpreter. No, they go out and they spread the guys. That's one reason. And we're going to see that in just a second. And then the second reason as a sign. And I'm going to point out something that's spoken of in another chapter that I think most people get this get this part wrong. And let's say we'll see if this part makes sense. But as a sign to who? Well, God will not have a divided body. As a matter of fact, even in the very beginning, God said, let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. We saw he saw my form and function, this likeness, how we are one. And Jesus made this statement even as he's praying. He says, I pray that they are one, even as we are one. He's always wanted us as a body to be unified. And we're going to see this in this letter to the church of Corinth. The whole point purpose of that first letter is to speak about unity and that there be no divisions. That's key because it's not like Paul is writing this letter and he's got several different things he wants to get off his chest. No, he's writing for a particular reason and everything that he covers is dealing with unity. Are you with me? So now he says you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria. Well, when the Holy Spirit comes upon people, the very first people to receive the Holy Spirit are going to be the Jews. Well, no Jew is going to have a problem with another Jew being a believer and receiving the Holy Spirit. And just as selfish and just as prejudicial and just as racist as many people can be today, same thing that racism and so forth, that's not a new concept. And so at that point in time, you have the Jews who do not like the Samaritans. They're half cousins, so to speak. They did not like the Gentiles. They didn't like the Romans and so forth and the Samaritans didn't like the Jews and they didn't like the Gentiles and the Gentiles didn't like the Jews and the Gentiles didn't like the Samaritans. That's kind of how it was. So the Holy Spirit being poured out on the Jews, that's not a problem. But then when the Holy Spirit coming upon the Samaritans, huh, that's interesting. Okay. Well, so the Jews will think that, you know what? It's not just us. The Samaritans also get it, which kind of makes sense because since they're our cousins, they've been kind of intermingling and marrying around and so forth, but okay, they're at least our half cousins, so to speak. But when the Gentiles get it, oh, now we've got issue. Now we'll see that every people group, just like Joel said, just like Peter's going to get up and stand up and say in a second that his spirit will be poured out on all types or all kinds of flesh on all of mankind. Now, let's go ahead and jump into it. But he says, you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even to the remotest parts of the earth. And so now we're going to see it happening just like that. So as we go to Pentecost chapter two, they're in, they're in this room and the Holy Spirit comes in and feels the room where they're sitting, picking up in verse three, he says, and there appeared to them tongues as a fire. Now, let me stop right there because someone said, made a statement that, well, we don't see tongues of fire like that anymore as well. Well, they literally didn't have actual flames on their mouth. This is obviously, this is obviously metaphorical. Okay, they didn't have tongues of fire where there was literally flames shooting out of their mouth. Okay, so, and there were, there appeared to them tongues of fire distributing themselves as they rested on each one of them. Now, the reason for the they rested or this word right here is because it's plural. Why is that important? I want you guys to think about this for a second. Why is the word they there? They what, what does they refer to? Well, it refers to these tongues. Now, the word tongues guys literally means languages. Okay, but why would they use plural? Why would it be a plural they? Well, here's the reason why it is a plural they because if it was just one language, one type of a language, then it would be a singular language. So if we say that, let's say all of these are Greek speaking people and Mandarin, the language of Mandarin showed up, it would be an it, not a they. Are you with me? It would be an it, not a they. The plurality refers to the different kinds of languages. But if someone were to, and they will come back later, they'll say that this was a, this is probably a heavenly language. But that would mean it would be a singular language. It would be in the singular. It would be an it rather than a they. If they're different types, such as what we're going to see here, or if we make it modern English, Spanish, French, German, Latin, then you would use the plural. If it's one heavenly language, it would be an it. It would be a singular, but here we have the plural. So let's go back to it. He says they, those languages. And again, up to this point guys, and I think this is very important up to this point and you can't find one scholar. That can bring about one shred of evidence that would show that up to this point in acts, acts to be to be to be specific that languages or that tongues meant anything but languages. You can't, there's no such example. So this is clearly languages. And the reason why I'm saying that is because as we're moving, let's see if a person has to make a shift. If you've got to make a shift, if you've got to change it around, well, then maybe that's going contrary to the scriptures. Are you with me? So these languages rested on each one of them. By the way, it's in the plural, low size, which tells us it is plural. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking with other low-sized languages as the spirit was giving them utterance. So the spirit is giving them the ability to give these, these utterances, these, these, this language, these languages come out of their mouth. Now, I want to point you to something on the screen. You don't have to know Greek, but I want you to notice these two words are going to keep showing up. You're going to see this word right here, l'alene, or some form of it, l'alone, which is to speak or speaking. Okay. You're going to see that with this word right here. Glow-size. Okay. These are two words that are highlighted. L'alene, glow-size. You're going to keep seeing that. Why is that important? Because when we get to a point to where someone says, Oh no, they're talking about a different type of tongues. They're going to keep using the same thing. So they're not talking about a different type of tongues. All throughout the scriptures, we're going to see this carried out. We're going to see this l'alene, or l'alone, or l'alone, or alone tongue. And you're going to see glow-size. You're going to see that all the way, all the way through. So if it's going to be something different, it will not be that same. It would not be speaking with these like a speaking. It's a verbalize it outwardly, speaking in these languages. That is just common Greek, and it would be common English and common sense for us. If I say, I'm speaking languages, because again, that's what the word means. If I say, he's over there speaking some languages, well, you would think that he's speaking some sort of language. Well, what language is he speaking? French, Spanish, what have you? So up to this point, there's no one that can demonstrate that languages or tongues means anything but an actual known language. And we see that because it's verified in the plural. Glow-size. Glow-size is the plural of loce. Glow-size is a singular tongue. Now, to verify that they're speaking an actual language is, let's keep going. Now, there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. So what were they doing? They were speaking in their own language. Now, this would be... Now, this is the dialect, which is still language, and this is in the singular. So they heard them speaking in their own language. So I speak this language and I hear him speaking it. And it was not that they spoke some sort of ecstatic language and that we then heard it in our own note. It's not they were all saying the same thing and then each person from each different place, they heard it, no. He says literally, they heard them speaking because it's not the gift of hearing. It's the gift of speaking languages. It's the gift of tongues, not the gift of his ears. Are you with me? So now let's go back to it. And it says they were amazed. You would not be amazed at someone saying something that sounded like, and I'm just going to use this word. I don't want to offend anyone, but you would not be amazed if you heard a bunch of people speaking gibberish. That wouldn't amaze you. What would amaze you is hearing a bunch of people who were supposedly unlearned men speaking these different languages and the people who you know speak these languages are hearing them and verifying what they're speaking. Now, so keep in mind the picture. You've got these apostles with the Holy Spirit speaking these languages. There are these people who are hearing the languages and they know what's being said and the person that's saying it knows what's being said. But then you've got a crowd of people who are hearing this who have no idea what's being said. Keep that in mind. Keep the picture before you. So they were amazed. Verse seven, astonishing saying, why are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontius and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene and visitors from Rome, both Jews and Protestants. You get all these different folks, those that live there, those that are out of town and so forth or whatever because what's happening around this time. And so everybody is hearing people speak these languages. But everyone that know what's happening, we're going to see that in a second. Cretians and Arabs, we hear them in our own tongue, tongues, low size speaking, I don't know those two words again, of the mighty deeds of God. So what are they speaking? Keep that in mind. When they hear them speaking, what do they hear them speaking? These people that hear them are testifying that we hear them speaking of the mighty deeds of God. What did Jesus say that we're going to do? Testify of him. What did he say that he said in John 15? And he says in Acts one, and we're going to get more specific as to what they're saying because Peter's going to give them tell us all that they're saying. Verse 12, and they all continued in amazement and great perplexity saying to one another, what does this mean? But others, others here come the others were mocking and saying they were full of sweet wine. So the mockers come. Now some are going to say that wait a second. So it must sound like today's tongues what we would call gibberish or babbling because somebody said to them it sounded like they were drunk. But these aren't people that you should take their word for because the Bible calls them that they were mocking. So they didn't come with a serious heart. They weren't home. Well, what is this? No, they came mocking saying they're, they're all drunk. So what does Peter get up and do? Now we know they're not just saying something in some sort of babble, some sort of gibberish, some sort of ecstatic language. No, because again, we've already verified from the writer and from the people saying it that they are speaking in different languages. And so in verse 14, but Peter taking a stand with the 11, raised his voice and declared to them, men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let it be known. By the way, where are they speaking this at? Where are they? Where are they hearing these tongues at? Exactly where Jesus said they were going to start off at in Jerusalem and Judea. So what does Peter say? Men, men who live in Jerusalem, let it be known to you. I'm sorry, men of Judea and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let it be known to you and give heed to my words. For these men are not drunk as you suppose for it is only the third hour, but this is what was spoken of through the Prophet Joel. And it shall be in the last days of guys that I will pour out my spirit on all mankind. And then he says, I want you to notice this word here and your sons and daughters shall prophesy. This word prophesied means to inform. It means to give a declaration to reveal giving a rebel, a revelation of God. God said that's going to happen. These are people that are not getting the spirit and then all of a sudden saying what's going to happen in the future? Because there's two types of prophecy. There is the foretelling, which is what's going to happen in the future and then the fourth telling, kind of revealing what God has spoken of right now, the indicative or what we would say today. The written word of God is also a revelation. What God has done, what God is doing and possibly also what God will do. That's a revelation. That's what it means for them to prophesy. He says, and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. Now let's drop that. I'll keep reading. I'll keep reading. Even in my bond slaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth my spirit and they shall prophesy. So everyone's going to have these revelations and I will grant wonders in the sky above and signs in the earth below. Now, so now he's revealing and all he's doing is just recounting what Joel said. Now let's drop to verse 22. Peter says, Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus, the Nazarene, the man of testitude by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through him in your midst, just as you yourselves know. Now, I won't go through all of this, but what is Peter doing? Peter is now going to give them the word of God. Peter is going to tell them what the word of God is and what ends up happening. We know it's the word of God for a couple of reasons. One, the Bible tells us that they were pricked in their hearts. Matter of fact, let's pick up. Let's pick up in 31. He looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ that he was neither abandoned to Hades nor did his flesh suffer decay. 32. This Jesus, God raised up again to which we are all witnesses. Does that not sound like the gospel? Let me just be clear. May I ask you guys again, does that not sound like the gospel? When you go out on the streets are you telling a friend or brother, co-worker? Isn't that what you're telling them about his death, his burial, his resurrection? That is literally the gospel and it's just what Jesus said they're going to do. He said it in John 15. He said it in Acts and he says where they're going to start off at in Jerusalem and Judea and that's just what's happening. So now he says verse 33, therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit. Which is what he said. He has poured forth this which you both see and hear for this is this was not David who ascended into heaven but he himself says the Lord said to my Lord sit at my right hand. So now he's speaking to these Jews so they understand what David was speaking of until I make your enemy your footstool. Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ. This Jesus whom you crucified. Now look what he says. Now when they heard this they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and brethren the rest of the apostles brother what shall we do? He gives them the gospel. They get it in a language and now the other folks are hearing it in their language. Just like what the word said is going to happen just like what was prophesied in the Old Testament leading up and so now he's pouring out but we've got a problem though. We've got a problem. The problem is going to be that yes on this day the Jews receive the Holy Spirit and the church is made up of Jews but something's going to happen in just a little bit. I'll put that to the side but I want you all to keep an account as to what has happened. So far we see these languages show up. The Holy Spirit comes in. Languages when the Holy Spirit comes in validity of that is languages come out. You would not be marveled at some sort of ecstatic again not to be offensive but some sort of gibberish that who in the world would be amazed by that? That doesn't amaze anybody. What would amaze someone is that perfect dialect or perfect language of someone else's language of a foreign language. Yeah, that would amaze you and that's what we saw because again the word for tongues has always been meant to convey languages at least up to this point. Now, if someone's going to say later that no it also means something else. We're going to need some proof but thus far this is all we have and what do we have so far? The word coming out testifying magnifying of the greatness of God exulting God and Christ and then what happens? The church is built up. Salvation occurs. People are edified. Keep that in mind. Keep that in mind. Now, we're going to see this again because now where's the next stop? Jesus says that you will be my witnesses where? In Jerusalem and Judea and then where else? Next stop, Samaria. So what happens? In Acts chapter 8 Philip goes down to Samaria and preached the gospel. They believe. Problem is when they believe they don't get the Holy Spirit. Why don't they get the Holy Spirit? Well, could you imagine if they receive the Holy Spirit under Philip? Who is what we call a Hellenistic Jew? He's not as they say, pure breed, pure stop 100%. No. And so somebody is going to say, no, no, we disagree. So who comes down? Peter and John. By the way, this is one of the same two or one of the same ones who when the Jews when they were with Jesus when they went to Samaria previously and they didn't hear the gospel. What happened? They said, Lord, shall we call down fire to destroy them and Jesus? I could just see Jesus shaking his head. No, no, no, I've got plans for these people. So they go down and they send Peter and John. Why is it important that they go? Because no one in Jerusalem, none of the other new Jews, I'm new Jews, none of the other new Christians who are Jewish can say when Peter and John get back that they didn't. Why? Because under the hand of Peter and John and the other Jewish disciple apostles, they also received the Holy Spirit. And so if Peter or John or any of these other apostles give validity and say that, yes, they received the Holy Spirit. The others have no choice but to believe it. So now we've got Jews and Samaritans. So verse 18, when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of hands of the apostles, he offered them money. Now, this is the one time where the Holy Spirit was given, but we don't actually see tongues or hear tongues talked about. But we know something was seen. Something was evident. And so it might be a safe bit. I think the safe bit is to assume that these were tongues, but you don't have to. The next stop though, in the list that Jesus says that you're going to be my witnesses is where? Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and then to the rest of the world. So who does that mean? Next stop, Gentiles. Matter of fact, we actually have two groups that are Gentiles and then one that's not Gentiles. And then we're going to see the founding of the church happening. So now, and there's a reason why this last group has to come into play. So now we go to Acts 10. Peter, that very same Peter who stood up amongst the other 11. There was no 120 on the day of Pentecost. It was it was 12. These are 12 that the foundation of the church is going to be rested upon. Peter stands up amongst the other 11 and now this very same Peter is in speaking to these Gentiles in chapter 10 verse 44. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon those who were listening to the message. All the circumcised believers that is the Jews who came with Peter were amazed. Why? The same reason they were amazed in Acts 2 as well as why Simon was amazed also in Acts 8. They were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on Gentiles. How do they know so? For they were hearing because they were hearing. Why is my thing not moving? Okay. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and exulting God. So what were they doing? They were hearing. Now remember I said you look out for these two words. A version of laleo or which is over here. Here we have the same word la las or laleo. In this case is la luntan which is they were speaking and then there's that word glow sighs. So every time we keep seeing speaking in tongues we're going to see those two words. The Greek word for speaking and the Greek word for languages plural languages every time. Speaking plural languages keep that in mind. Speaking plural languages. Speaking plural languages. And so they hear them speaking these plural languages but not just speaking. It describes how they were speaking it. It described now if you notice something I want you guys to see in the in the bottom right-hand corner is as I highlight this you'll see it'll say to enlarge to magnify the boats to grow. It's in the predicate position. So it's kind of describing what they're doing. So they're speaking how exalting God. That's what they're doing. They are exalting God. And so that's the second thing. Every time we see these tongues true tongues where there's a languages and the Holy Spirit comes upon them we see them magnifying lifting up God or as Jesus says testifying of him for sure that's what it is because again that's what happened in Acts 2. It's not a generic God they're going to be magnifying and speaking up who Jesus. So now that happened in Acts 10 and now we've got Gentiles so nobody can come back and say only the Jews have the Holy Spirit. No, the Jews have the Holy Spirit. How do we know because of what happened on the dead Pentecost? The Samaritans have the Holy Spirit. How do we know because of what happened down in Samaria in Acts 8? The Gentiles have the Holy Spirit. How do we know because what happened in Acts 10 and Jews accompanied them and saw them for themselves heard them speaking in tongues in languages speaking in languages and what were they doing? Magnifying God lifting up the word looking for Lord and so so far so far when we see this gift coming out what we see is God the Lord being magnified and it always seems to be around or about or encompassing or proceeding or bringing in salvation every time so far. Keep that in mind. Keep that in mind because if someone says that now we have a different reason for it well then you got to give me a basis because so far the same pattern that we see in Acts 2 is what we see in Acts 8 or we can assume in Acts 8 but certainly see in Acts 10 and then we see the next group Acts 19 the reason why this group needs to have some sort of validity to what's happening to them these are these disciples of John now it's not clear if these were actually people who are helping John his disciples or they were following John after being baptized by John but look what he says of in Acts 19 6 I'm so let's back up let's back up Paul said and speaking to them because they were only baptized into John's baptism they hadn't even heard of the Holy Spirit Paul said John baptized with the baptism of repentance telling the people who believe in him who was coming after him that is Jesus so what is Paul speaking up? So Paul is also getting in the Gospel as well and then he said when they heard this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and when Paul laid his hands upon them the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying couple of things I want to show you one those two Greek words are there again here it is and alone which is same thing the Greek word for speaking and the word for tongues Glow side so they were speaking languages again in the Greek speaking languages speaking languages plural and then this word here for prophesying is there notice at the bottom it says this is also in the predicate position so what is it doing? It's also describing what they were speaking they were prophesying so what is so what is the spirit says going to happen? It's going to be poured out on people and as he's poured out on people they will do what? Young men and women everybody male servants and so forth are going to give a revelation prophesying give a revelation so what's happening in Acts 19 6 is it 6? Yes, 6 they are speaking these these languages prophesying as they're speaking in these languages are you with me? And again the edification the growth of the church is happening here as well are you guys with me so far? Now there's a reason also why they had to have why the Bible needs to make make note of John's disciples because somebody might say and folks have said that they were under a different dispensation so forth whatever the fact is though that everybody because John's disciples know that John says I baptized with water but Jesus is coming to baptize with all his spirit that just hadn't happened yet so they're being loyal they're being devoted they're being faithful following what John has preached but they needed to also hear the gospel as well okay so because just hearing the gospel of John or just hearing John you're not saved doesn't know you are not safe so Paul gives him the gospel and then they get baptized in the Holy Spirit and speaking these languages now does that mean though let's stop here does that mean that when you get saved you must speak in tongues you must speak in these languages and that is the that is the evidence no it's not because we have several passages where someone gets saved and does not speak in tongues Acts 1348 so there's a lot of people all matter of fact it's like at least six or seven or eight different accounts in Acts where someone received the gospel and did not speak in tongues okay we only have these accounts because to give validity that other people groups also receive the Holy Spirit now if I were to ask you how many times do we actually witness people speaking in tongues when I say witness I mean we see them speaking in tongues and we know what they're doing what they're saying really one you can say two if you want to but really really one if you want to add Acts 10 you can you can if you want to but the truth is we don't we're just told they spoke in languages but Acts 2 is the only example where we actually have them we have an actual on the scene example of them speaking in these languages what the language was and what they were saying in the language it's the only example in the Bible the only time and so I would think that if we're going to go forward and make a doctrine out of this we ought to base it off of the only time that we get the full gamut of what's happening so if we go to it's not there but let's say if Galatians spoke about tongues it should mimic what we saw in Acts if we go to Philippians it should mimic that if we go to Ephesians they spoke about tongues it should mimic that or else we're going to need some explaining we're going to need some explaining but so far and by the way even the little the extra ones that we see in Acts 8 well not Acts 8 but Acts 10 and Acts 19 they seem to still sort of be in line with what happened in Acts 2 which by the way what happened in Acts 2 was foretold of prior to Acts 2 in Acts 1 John 15 Joel 2 this is speaking this is all this has been spoken of before not a lot but it's been spoken of before because again God wants to reconcile his people now keep that in mind I said earlier that God wants to reconcile his people and we're speaking of Israel who after the initial founding of the church by and large church membership is made up of Gentiles by and large the Jews are not coming like they did on the initial day what's happening God says remember going back to what we said in the beginning this is why I started off in Deuteronomy he said because you have went after other gods to try to make me jealous I'll do you one better I'm going to make you jealous how am I going to make you jealous those people that you don't like those Gentiles the people that you call fools and pagans and evil and so forth I'm going to make you jealous by them so what does God do what does what does Paul indicate in Romans 9 to 11 that a spirit of stupor has come over Israel a partial hardening has taken place for how long until the fullness of the Gentiles has come so when God is through dealing with the Gentiles for the most part and has to turn attention to the Jews but in the meantime what are the Gentiles going to be doing well Paul makes this statement in in the letter to the Corinthian church he says that we have become and we can't it's not too sure if he's speaking of him and the and the other apostles that are with him or disciples that are with him or if he's speaking of all Gentile believers as a whole but that we will become ministers of the new covenant who is going to now take the gospel to these Jews the very same people are going to take the gospel the rest of the world the very same people that are going to go to Botswana and Zimbabwe the very same people that are going to go to Fiji the very same people that are going to go to the Samoan I will there really well at a point time they didn't speak English the very same people are going to Japan and China the very same people are going to go all over the world and bring the gospel these Gentile believers who I believe would would have been given the gift of speaking actual languages now once they get these languages once they get the gospel is there any more need I don't know we'll see going forward but so far so far we have a pattern it looks like established of what these languages are or I should say speaking in languages and again that's what it says there's three books three books maybe two that even mention speaking in languages there are three books maybe only two that mention speaking in languages in the Greek the first one which might not be one is the book of Mark dependent upon how and we won't get into it but dependent upon if you believe in the longer ending of Mark from verses 9 chapter 16 verse 9 through 20 it speaks of these speaking in tongues okay that does some most scholars most textual critics don't believe that the longer ending belongs or not but it doesn't matter it's just still still just speaking in or speaking about it but it doesn't actually so give an example it doesn't describe are you with me then we've got obviously acts and then we have the letter to the Corinthian church first Corinthians those are the only three books that we see it the only three books but now when we get to first Corinthians what we're going to notice is it's not given an example it's just talking about the misuse of it so even when we get there we don't see an example of anyone there's nobody in the Corinthian church that we have an account of there's no one there's no account of someone speaking in tongues in any other book other than acts and the only and there's a matter of fact only one place where we see that I take it back there's there's two places but with detail acts too but you can say acts 10 and acts 19 as well and then it does it does allude to I would think in acts eight okay so so far we've got a pattern we see what's happening with this now there's one passage I do want to go to that has nothing to do with tongues and we need to cover it because some folks bring it up and act as though it is speaking of tongues that's act and not acts I'm sorry Romans 826 this has nothing to do with tongues in this Paul says in the same way the spirit also helps our weakness sometimes folks seeing see the word spirit and think okay spiritual gifts and so forth but the spirit helps us in our weakness for we do not know what we or how to pray as we should but the spirit himself he intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words you don't have to know Greek to figure this out it says groanings to with with groanings that are too deep for words or some verses might say with groanings with words it cannot be uttered cannot be uttered if it cannot be uttered means it did not physically or verbally come out of your mouth and then the Greek word that's used here for these words for groanings is a Greek word which means it's an inward sign meaning nothing happens nothing came out of your mouth okay this is the spirit in you interceding on your behalf with God but there's not it's nothing verbalized but we see this word groanings didn't mean that you heard it didn't mean that anyone else heard it matter of fact we know that no one else heard it no one else did hear because it is thank you Jeff speechless this there's nothing coming it's not verbalized it that defeats the point of this word that's used here but sometimes we take a word and we apply it to our English understanding because if I hear a groaning I can hear a groaning no that's not what this is speaking of okay so I just want to I wanted to make that clear now as we go to first Corinthians matter of fact before I go there let me type let me type something else in I want to go to another part of first Corinthians before we get there we go to first Corinthians chapter one the little headline will help us out here it says an appeal to unity Paul is writing this letter to the church at current new church and they're having issues let's drop down and see what the issue is verse four I think I think my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus that in everything we were in enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge even as a testimony concerning Christ was confirmed by the way that word for testimony through the spirit there it is that same word Martus which is there concerning Christ was confirmed in you so that you are not lacking any yet now let's drop down a little bit verse 10 now I exhort you brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree that there be no divisions among you so and we'll keep reading that Paul is concerned and bothered by these divisions someone says I'm a Paulus and I'm a Paul I'm a Seafish you're just being calm you act like like mere men similarly today we say that I'm this I'm bad I'm Baptist I'm Methods I'm Church of God in Christ I'm Church of God I'm Anglican I'm Church of Christ stop it Paul says don't do that now you can go to those churches but don't say this is who I am this is what I wear I got a sash that says first Baptist of Pleasantville USA don't do that because that's not who died for you that's not how you were saved and that's Paul's point so stop dividing yourselves and so what Paul is writing now Paul is covering all the different not all different things but a lot of different things that are dividing people where there's divisions where there's problems such as you grouping yourselves up and then also he deals with the family with marriage and so forth and children then he goes to in chapter 12 and that's where we begin this part in chapter 12 now concerning spiritual gifts so hopefully this makes sense so he didn't just throw this out there now concerning spiritual gifts he was talking about you as a body he said now concerning or dealing with the marriage or the family unit now concerning spiritual gifts and this word for spiritual gifts guys it's not actually spiritual gifts but you can understand that spiritual gifts now concerning pneumatico now concerning pneumatico and this word pneumatico are the things of the spirit of the spirit spiritual things but if you say spiritual gifts no problem no problem saying spiritual gifts because that's what they are they're just giftings by the spirit and what happens with the spirit the spirit does not say okay you know what your gift your spiritual gift is this your spiritual gift is that no you are a vessel to be used by the spirit and it may show up on one day as this as languages the next day it may show up as a word of knowledge the next day it may show up as helping someone whatever it is that God is using you do through or to do do it that's how because the question is going to be what was Paul's greatest spirit what was Paul's spiritual gift what was Peter's the spirit just works in people some days they can some days they can it's however the spirit moves in that person it's of the will of the spirit I won't belabor that point too much we'll cover that later on but he says now concerning spiritual gifts notice what he says I don't want you to be unaware or ignorant some verses may say and look to the right the Greek word there is I know aim which is ignorant it comes from two words genosco or you'll see this word not os or no a which is going to talk about mind or knowing and in the word a I I know so and we see this with the word agnostic means to know or a I or not know same thing here don't want you to be not knowing don't want you to be unaware don't want you to be ignorant by the way by the way this letter this entire letter that Paul is writing to the church at Corinth he's not committing them on anything he's not saying hey you guys are awesome you guys are wonderful I wish that you know that church in Ephesus I wish they were like you those guys in Galatia they need to be the you guys are a model church Paul is not saying that Paul is writing this this letter guys is a letter of rebuke you don't understand that Paul is rebuking them for their divisions that they have so because of that he's also rebuking them on this issue concerning spiritual gifts I don't want you to be ignorant ignorant about what Paul what are we doing or how we acting ignorantly he's going to get into it immediately he says you know that when you were pagans and the word for pagan is worth ethnic which means basically when you were Gentiles when you were unsaved when you were whatever you were he says you were led astray to to the mute idols interesting that he will use word mute I was didn't that didn't speak however you were led but the way he says therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the spirit says so we need to highlight this word speaking alone what are they doing incorrectly whatever it is they're doing incorrectly it's coming out of their mouth whatever it is they're doing incorrectly is coming out of their mouth by the way how can I back that up as we go forward he's going to highlight this one particular gift that is coming out of their mouth okay no one speaking out of their mouth by the spirit of God says Jesus occurs nobody nobody in the spirit would ever say Jesus occurs similarly just like no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the spirit so you may have a spirit in you how in the word are you saying Jesus occurs why would Paul impugn anybody or a bunch of somebody we don't know how many if this was an often occurrence or it was just rare or what have you but why would Paul bring up the fact that somebody would ever say Jesus is a cursed the only reason why he would bring this up is because somebody or somebody's plural are actually saying Jesus is a cursed they are speaking something and they're saying it ignorantly meaning they're unaware they don't know what they're saying how in the world could you possibly say something at your mouth and not know what is your saying I know if you're speaking some sort of language now this is this is me if you're speaking some sort of language that's more jibberish more ecstatic more battle you have no idea what you're saying whatever it is that's happening Paul says I do not want you to be ignorant at all I do not want you to be I don't want you to be ignorant in your speaking I don't want you to speak ignorant okay now he's going to come back to this issue about what they're saying how they're speaking and this whole issue of ignorantly remember though as Paul is writing Paul didn't write yard now here this is chapter 12 here's chapter 13 here's chapter 14 and 15 no he didn't do that this is one letter one continuous thoughts so now he's gotten to this point and notice what he says now there are varieties of gifts but the same spirit and there are varieties of ministries but the same Lord there are a variety of effects but the same God who works all things and all persons but to each one and hear this I need you to focus on I need you to focus on it and I will and guys that are that are in the live chat I would ask you to not jump ahead and think of another passage so far I'm trying because I'm going to ask you a question before we go to this famous chapter I'm going to ask you guys a famous a question before we go to this famous chapter alright but look what he says he says but to each one is given the manifestation of the spirit for the common good what does that mean that means for the benefit of everybody I'm going to make a statement and I'll prove it every spiritual gift is for the benefit of others you're not giving a gifting by the spirit for you now could you could your use of the spirit benefit you in some way sure sure for example gifting you to have knowledge of his word that does benefit you but you didn't get that gifting and knowledge for you to just simply hold it to yourself is for you to share the gospel is for you to help to edify are you with me that's the whole point behind this if we go to Romans matter of fact let's go to the real real brief let's go to let me type in over here let's go to Romans 12 I want to pull this up there's something that he says he says okay here it is here it is let's go to chapter 12 verse 4 just as we have chapter 12 verse 4 it says just as we as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function so we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another so since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us each one of us is to exercise them accordingly now guys you are to exercise your gift in view of the fact that you are part of a body individually members of one one of another you are members of one body members one of another so we are all in this together think about your body if I want to wash my face if my face is dirty and I want to wash it my face is not going to wash itself another part of the body my hand is going to help are you with me if I want to stand up because I want to look over something my eyes and my head are going to my my legs my feet my hips my back are going to get to work so everything is to be employed for the benefit of others what we must do and this transcends any Bible study get past making everything about you and your feelings and what you want that might be the reason why many people many of you don't get blessed because you're so focused on you then maybe God maybe God is trying to get you to be somewhere where you can help someone else and then while you're there that person someone else shows up to help you God is not interested in what you can do for yourself James stop bringing up 1st Corinthians 14 I'll get there in a second God is not interested in what you can do for yourself but what others can do matter of fact it used to be a model here in the United States we don't say that anymore the man got assassinated and then we just stopped saying ask not what your country can do for you what you can do for your country but now it's kind of changed ask not what your country can do for you but what I mean not what you can do but what your country can do for you it's changed now and so guys our focus is to be outward it is to be outward now think about this for a second if we go back in the Old Testament and if we were to just look at how because guess what the spirit moving on people and on mankind is not a new thing that was happening even in the Old Testament and when it happened how did it happen it happened for the benefit of others it wasn't for that one individual prophet or what Elijah wasn't performing things just for himself it was for the benefit of people okay glorifying God for the benefit of the people so when we get here in this new dispensation under the cross after the cross post cross it's going to be the same way it's going to be the same way someone says funny how he rebuttals Dr. Brown without Dr. I'm not saying anything that I haven't said before Dr. Brown had an hour Dr. Brown need to go so don't think that this is because of Dr. Brown so but you're free to feel how you want to feel but what I'm saying is take note to what we're saying and then refute it if you disagree so because the questions are going to be right now and folks will because what happens is this what we do with the Bible said we come in with a preconceived set of notions I believe this, this and this and I'm not moving and anyone that disagrees is not of God they're the devil but Corey you hold this view yes but I didn't always hold this view I used to I was a tongue talking foot foot stomping I'm a Pentecostal charismatic person but Corey you never spoken in tongues yes I have well how did it sound just like yours just like yours matter of fact go to the beginning of the video just like all of those and just like when those Muslims were in the car speaking in tongues you didn't know they were Muslims until I told you they were Muslims sound just like everyone else's but what changed well I've got to be committed to the word to the text and I've got to look and see what does what does the word say the purpose of these languages are now so far we we've heard what Jesus said the spirit is going to do in people Jesus said the spirit is going to come into you or into them we see the same thing happening with us and be witnesses of Christ Paul just spoke about being witnesses so be witnesses of Christ through the spirit glorifying and magnifying God and every time that we've seen tongues so far it's been something salvific happening so now let's go back to chapter 12 and this issue but each is given each spiritual gifting is given for the manifestation of the spirit for the common good in other words to benefit or bless the others this is not a new this is not a new phenomenon this is always throughout the scriptures as a matter of fact let's go to go to 1st Peter 1st Peter brings us up I believe it's 4 1st Peter 4 is it yeah here it is 1st Peter 410 look what Peter says Peter says as each one has received a special gift employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God so Peter says this the writer of Hebrew says this that we should not neglect the assembling together so that we can stir up this love this gift in each of each one of us we go back to the the founding of the church and we see at the very beginning what do they do they they brought everything together so they can all have all things in common sharing with each other but then we're going to say in a few verses a few books later now forget about everybody else it's all about me now that goes counter to what God has always been about throughout the book you mean telling me 99% of the book is about everyone else and this book is about you being magnified or you being edified in yourself no we're going to see how people read this when we get to 14 how they read it wrong and they just do but before we get there chapter 12 going back to 1st Corinthians 12 he says to each one and so guys this should be understood this should be understood spiritual gifts are for the benefit of others not you for the common good of others just like Paul said just like Peter says just like Jesus says just like the the writer of Hebrews said so 4 to 1 is given the word of wisdom through the spirit and to another the word of knowledge according to the same spirit to another faith by the same spirit to another gifts of healing by the one spirit and to another the gift the effecting of miracles and to another prophecy and to another the distinguishing the distinguishing of spirits to another various kinds of tongues and to another the interpretation by the way this various kinds of tongues is now this one does not have the word speaking but it's still it's still in the in the plural as but and what it is is the funny thing is it's actually in yeah it's it's it's in the plural so it's the giving of different kinds of tongues so it can only mean speaking but I can set that to to the side because it's going to refer to this in just a second again and it's going to use that Greek threat the Greek verbiage of speaking in languages and so anyway but one and the same spirit works all things all these things distributing to each one individually as he will now again you will not be able to find a time where these gifts are used for yourself they might benefit you as you're helping others that makes sense that makes sense but therefore the benefit of the rest one and how do we know he says verse 12 for even as the body is one and yet has many members and all the members of the body though they are many are one body also so also is Christ for by one spirit we were all baptized in one body which by the way guys is another proof to show that all Christians have the Holy Spirit there's no tearing for the Holy Spirit all Christians were baptized in one body whether Jew or Greek whether slayers free we're all made to drink of one spirit for the body is not one member but many not one member but many verse 15 if the foot says because I am not a hand I am not a part of a body it is not for this reason any less a part of the body his point is every part matters because what was happening is as this issue of division is showing up people are desiring the greater gifts or what they consider to be the greater gifts the more honorable gifts the gifts that folks would say hey that person is really spiritual they were zealous for certain spiritual gifts we see the same thing today people are after certain gifts for example people desire to want to be able so they speak in tongues they can prophesy but no one seems to be after these other gifts faith knowledge love mercy helping people we don't see people fighting for those gifts I'm I'm I'm major in helping people we don't see that gift no because there are certain gifts that we ascribe to be higher people say that the person that's leading the song in the choir or the praise even that's the that's the greatest gift but the guy on the drums just as important the guy on the piano just as important the guy on the guitar just as important it could be a lady as well I shouldn't say that but the other person they're just as important we're all part of the same body and that is the point of what Paul is getting to he says verse 20 now there are many members but one body many members but one body say it again many members but one body and look what he says and the I cannot say to the hand I have no need of you or again the head to the feet I have no need of you on the contrary it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary and those members of the body which which we deem less honorable these we bestow more abundant honor and our less presentable members become much more presentable whereas our more presentable members have no need of it but God has so composed a body giving more abundant honor to that member which like so that there may be no here it again what did I say that he was writing in this book the whole point of this letter of 1st to the 1st Corinthians Church to the 2nd Corinthians that there be no divisions in the body but that the members may have the same care for one another do not leave that point the same care for one of the and he's speaking up spiritual giftings Numitikon he has not left that thought that what we do is for everybody not for you so when you read and we're going to read a little bit about this supposed gift that's used to edify yourself so one time in the Bible it makes that statement and all of the times we nullify we nullify the fact that all throughout the Bible it says that the point of these giftings and the point of the bodies for everybody else to benefit but then here we get to chapter 14 and it's to edify yourself that's a real big switch I'm going to ask you guys a couple of questions just a second though he says verse 26 and if one member suffers all the members suffer with it if one member is honored then all the members rejoice with it now you are Christ's body and individually members of it and God has appointed in the church first apostles second prophets third teachers then miracles then gifts of healing helps administration various kinds of tongues all are not apostles and by the way when he says tongues how do they're different languages because it's word gain a close on so that means different kinds of languages all are not apostles are they and the way it's written is because it says all are not it says and may contact which which means not all so it's clear that not all are apostles not all are prophets are they not all are teachers not all are workers of miracles not all have the gifts of healing do they not all speak with languages and as I word again glow size and la loosen so the same two Greek words speaking languages so now but look what he says here and this is this word gets weird this word gets where he says but earnestly desire the greater gifts wait a minute the Holy Spirit is one that's giving us these gifts why would we desire the greatest gift which one of these gifts are the greatest gifts we're missing it if we're thinking he's speaking about an actual spiritual gift desire the greatest things here's what he says and I will show you more excellent way that's why we go to chapter 13 he says if I speak with the tongues of man and of angels but I do not have love so this issue is love but now let's stop before a second because someone's now we're getting to this issue of angelic language before I go though here's the question before we got here matter of fact let me I want to ask you guys a series of questions how prior to first Corinthians chapter 13 and 14 how were spiritual gifts used that's the first question prior to this chapter chapters 12 and previous in other books how were spiritual gifts used they were used for presenting the word of God magnifying God to others at a fine building of the body what were tongues or languages used before we got to first Corinthians 13 and 14 before we got there what were they they were languages they were always known languages keep that in mind because it should not change once we change the page if we turn the page and everything that we've studied and learned before changes that it's not that it changed is that we changed next question did anyone ever pray this is important did we ever see anyone praying in a tone in a language we don't have one account of anyone ever praying in a language or in a tone are there ever any examples of an angelic language which is where we are in chapter 13 no every time an angel spoke with a person he spoke with a person in that person's language every time a person spoke to the angel the person spoke to the angel in their own language we'll get to why he uses this term angelic or tongues of angels in a second could or did everyone speak in languages or tongues prior to chapter 13 and 14 no matter of fact he just said in 12 not all do speak in languages in the description of tongues in Acts 2 10 and 19 were they edifying themselves previously when they spoke in these languages were they edifying themselves or were they edifying others well it's clear they were edifying others they were we don't have an example prior to chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians we don't have an example of anyone ever using tongues or really any other spirit to give for that matter to edify themselves is there a command to speak in tongues no there's not there is no command and it couldn't be because he says not all speaking tongues are there any example of anyone speaking in an unknown language what we would what we would call to consider gibberish or babbling ecstatic language is there ever an example in the history of the Bible one example and we can say either prior or post of anyone speaking in an unknown time prior to chapter 13 is there ever an example of anyone speaking in an unknown tone in what we call gibberish or babbling not one not one so remember that as we go forward and also remember every time that we've heard tongues or we see tongues or hear tongues it is for and for a company it accompanies salvation or church growth or edification every time we've seen it so thus far it's accompanied salvation and or church edification every time by the way it was interesting after we get past 13 and 14 we're really chapter 14 we won't see the word tongues come up again no one this is this isn't brought up ever again after 14 which may may be indicative of something but now let's go back to chapter 13 and first one if I speak of the tongues of men and of angels but I do not have love I have become a noisy gong or claiming symbol he's not speaking of someone actually speaking in an actual angelic language one because there's no such example but two he's speaking hypothetically and hyperbiologically how do I know? because we read the next part if I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but I do not have love I am nothing question did Paul ever did Paul have all prophecy all mysteries all knowledge did he have all faith no he did not matter of fact did anyone ever remove a mountain in the Bible no he's speaking hypothetically hyperbiologically to make a point in other words if I say if I can run if I can jump to the moon whoop do you do if I don't have love whoop do you do if I don't have love if I can run fast in a speeding bullet whoop to do if I don't have love if I can if I can save everybody on the planet from COVID whoop do you do if I don't have love that's his point again we've never seen any of these other examples so why does he bring up tons of angels or all mysteries all knowledge and all faith he's trying to make a point that is love is the point and if love is how everything ought to be covered in cloaked in then that reasons that stands the reason that it would not be to edify yourself it would be to edify everyone else which is what he just said by the way no less than six times is he going to make that point when we get to chapter 14 he is going to make this point over and over again that tongues are for or any of the spiritual gifts are for the edifying of the body are with me so now we drop down guys to the end of 13 and I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I have to cover this for I must cover this verse eight he says love never fails but if there are gifts of prophecy they will be done away with if there are tongues they will cease if there is knowledge it will be done away with for we know in part and we prophesied in part but when the perfect comes the partial will be done away with some will take this to mean that tongues or they'll use this passage to say that tongues have ceased if you're going to use this passage to say tongues have ceased you need to give me a verse that says tongues have ceased now most of the people that I tend to agree with are cessationists but you cannot use this passage because that's just not what this passage is saying it's not love never fails but if there are gifts of prophecy they will be done away with now notice what gifts or what things are linked here prophecy tongues and knowledge they will say that tongues have ceased and prophecy has ceased but why won't they say that knowledge has ceased I mean it's in the it's literally in the same verse because then that would miss that that would make all of us dumb wouldn't it? No tongues have not ceased prophecy has not ceased knowledge certainly has not ceased now the point for this is look at all three of these things before all three three of these things are used to bring about the gospel to people if what I'm saying is true if languages are used primarily to bring the gospel bring the word of God to people who don't speak the same language well then you're going to need that by the way in doing so like we saw in Acts you're going to need prophecy which is revelation you're going to need that and you must have knowledge know what that you're talking about right? so those three things especially if languages if tongues are employed then the other two go with it but you're not getting rid of one and leaving the other or getting rid of two and leaving the other and when someone says that that wish that is perfect that has come is the canon when the close of the canon occurred that's not a good argument either because if tongues and prophecy go away when the word of God is complete when tongues are complete I mean when the when the canon is complete now we have a problem because once the canon is complete very few had the book very few people had the entire Bible do you know how long it took for everybody or for the Bible to become in full circulation? you know how many millennium it took it took more than a thousand years for the globe to have the Bible do you know how long it even took just in Christian enclaves they didn't always have the Bible they may have had a scroll they may have had some words they may have had some things passed down but once the canon was complete people still did not have the the completed Bible the entirety of it there were no printing presses you couldn't go to Amazon and order a Bible you couldn't you couldn't go to your local bookstore and get a Bible and so that was a problem so you could not say that once the canon was complete because even once it was complete for most people or practically there was no canon because they didn't have it there were people that would have heard possibly of the book of Romans Paul's letter to Romans but they may not have seen it so someone's got to come and tell them that's why the Bible says that the foundation of the church is built upon what? Apostles first then prophets not old testament prophets but prophets to bring a revelation so when you're in some enclave and they need this word that's where the prophet comes in because there's only so many apostles contrary to popular opinion there's only so many apostles so now we need someone to give us a revelation and so I do not see and no one I've never even heard a good legitimate backing of these gifts ceasing even once there was a time when I was all I was almost a cessationist almost and when I looked at it that's just not that's just not saying it and if we're going to be true to the text we got to be true to the text amen so now let's go to the passage that we need to go to that everyone's wanting to go to but thus far I've asked some questions and those that are getting ready to make a shift will do so because they want to not because of any precedence but before we get there 13 says now faith hope and love of bodies these three but the greatest of these is love now let's go to chapter 14 Oh chapter 14 I got some things highlight he says pursue love yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts there's a word pneumatica desire the spiritual things but especially that you may prophesy wait a second we start off confused we start off confused because he says especially that you may prophesy why are we desiring the gift of prophecy should we should we be desiring that gift should we desire that gift to get the prophecy No because he's not he's not speaking about the gift of prophecy I brought this up in our discussion and honestly I was a little taken aback because the person that was having a conversation with misrepresented this so I want to show you this and I was asked if are there any Greek grammarians that would back this up I found several as a matter of fact several Greek commentary but I want to put this on the screen for you guys already there this word here he says desire but desire the pneumatic and the spiritual gifts and this phrase right here we've the phrase right here Milan day henna profituate when you see you see this thing that that's highlighted and a little halo underneath it this word henna in Greek indicates it's a purpose indicates a purpose cause being stated in other words this is why so Milan means more or rather henna in order that you prophesy so he says not the gift of prophecy but in order that you bring about revelation so he says pursue love now see if this makes sense now pursue love yet desire earnestly the spiritual things or spiritual gifts in order that you give revelation because that's what this word profituate means it cannot mean foretelling it can only mean foretelling because the foretelling was certainly being the gift of prophecy but he's not he wouldn't say don't desire the gift but then desire this gift he's not speaking the gift of prophecy he's describing what happens as a result of these gifts that God will be there will be a revelation of God are you with me so he says Milan day henna profituate in a little discussion I said well let's break down what this passage says let's let's break down the Greek the Greek says rather or in order in order you cannot get past this Greek word henna in order that you bring a revelation you must bring a revelation you are not out there speaking in tongues or doing this gift or doing that gift or doing that gift just for the sake of doing that is not God doesn't need you to put on a show let me say it again God does not need you or me or anyone else to put on a show he is using us to bring about revelation of himself that he can be revealed to mankind how through the preaching of his word how will they hear without a preacher they need us and so this word prophecy is the fourth telling which is not the gift but it's what we all all the gifts kind of are entailed in are you with me then there's also a specific gift of prophecy where you can where you are gifted to reveal either for for right now or in the future how do I know that's true forget for the one who speaks in a now I want y'all now this is where it's going to get messed up for some people for the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God wait a second how does that go with verse one if you think that that's a good thing if you think that when he says in verse 2 for the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God if you think that's a good thing that goes counter to verse one I want you to do so in order that you bring a revelation for the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God well how are you well okay wait a second we got a problem for no one understands him but in his spirit he speaks mysteries now in and of itself mysteries aren't a good thing or a bad thing just means you don't know you have no idea well weren't we just told in chapter 12 that we are to have an understanding I don't want you to be ignorant or not knowing I had to take care of somebody isn't that the case look what he says for the one who speaks in a by the way I want you to know something else notice this word for tongue it is the singular Glow safe for the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but aren't we supposed to be speaking to men aren't we supposed to be edifying men that's what that's the whole point the whole point of these spiritual gifts according to what we've read so far according to what we've read so far the problem is and I asked I asked our brother why is there is this this this explosion all of a sudden now all of a sudden in the first 1800 years we didn't see tongues like we see today but then all of a sudden there's this explosion why well because now we're seeing this explosion of people being edified and brought up well I've got a question I've got a I've got a question he says for the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one understands them but in his spirit he speaks mystery but the one who prophesies speak to men for edification and exhortation and consolation one who speaks in a singular tongue edifies himself but the one who prophesies edifies the church now let's back up let's back up you're right it's it's okay to speak to God it absolutely is but it's not a spiritual gift prayer is not a spiritual gift that's not a spiritual gift people have been praying for the longest and it's never been called a spiritual gift the gifting again guys what did he say the giftings were what are we told that these spiritual gifts are for if we're told that the spiritual gifts are for the edification of other people and then we see Paul saying that you're doing this gift for the edification of yourself wouldn't that be a problem yes it would you know why remember why Paul is writing Paul is not writing a letter of accommodation Paul is writing this letter as a letter of review Paul said I don't want you to be ignorant what is he talking about them if he's not speaking about them doing something errant lead which is speaking in a singular tongue and edifying themselves well then what is he what is he complaining about what is Paul's issue someone's going to say well he's speaking about speaking in tongues publicly first of all do you all believe that the issue that we have with tongues today is the public exercise of tongues or the private exercise of tongues nobody has a problem with a private exercising of tongues you speaking in tongues by yourself you know why because we wouldn't know but then you come out the only issue that we have an issue with is the public that's the one that we see and how are they speaking in tongues in public how we saw in the very beginning and the people defend that you guys aren't defending those that that are defending tongues this ecstatic tongues you're not defending your private use of it you're defending yours and everyone else's public use of it and there is no public usage of it without interpreter we'll get to that in a second and by the way we've only seen this interpretation that accompanies tongues one time that's an axe to possibly another time possibly another time possibly also in in acts 19 matter of fact I think also an act matter of fact no in acts 19 so let's get back to it and remember one of us if you believe that tongues are to edify yourself or you believe that tongues are to edify the body one one of us is right one of us is wrong the one that's wrong or the one that's right would say hey to you all that are wrong be humble enough to say okay I can see this point and vice versa we all should be humble enough that's why I ask these questions I'm pretty sure in the questions that I asked everybody had the exact same answer because there was no other room for when I asked has there ever been prior to chapter 13 14 has there ever been a private use of tongues before no has there ever been a person praying in tongues before has it ever been meant to mean anything other than a language before you'd have to say no when tongues were used prior to chapter 13 14 was it not something salvific so all these questions we all answer the same thing now it comes to our theological bit I wanted to mean something different now when I get to chapter 14 so in chapter 14 look what he says though and I want to pay attention something verse two the one who speaks in a tongue he's comparing I'm sorry contrasting a singular tongue with a plural tongue you all know if I use the word but but is a word of contrast if I say this person can cook speaking of a woman I use my my my single female example this lady I'm speaking to this guy hey I think she'd be a nice match for you she's single she loves the Lord she can cook she's as sweet as she can be she's well-mannered but but now he didn't want to hear nope matter of fact the door still swinging because he's ran out because that but means something it does not mean that what he's getting ready to say after but is going to be on the same on par with what was before the but the but nullifies what happens prior to that so what do we see here we see the word but in Hebrew Greek English the same thing same thing he says for the one who speaks in a singular tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one understands but in his spirit he speaks mystery but here it is the one who prophesies so now we got a contrast in verse three and two but the one who prophesies and what is his word prophesied the one who's getting his revelation what is the person bringing revelation do he speaks to men for edification exhortation and comfort on one who speaks a tongue this singular tongue edifies himself but the one who prophesies edifies a church which one are we supposed to do so I ask you guys you think about this for a second which one are we supposed to edify ourselves or edify the body do not say both because we don't have a scripture saying both we don't even have a scripture saying that we should edify ourselves we have scriptures upon scripture upon scripture that says edify the body build the body up I know someone's going to do 20 in a second we'll go there but we're to edify the body build the body up Paul in just this chapter alone will say it at least six times maybe seven times that we're to edify the body let's continue verse five now I wish that all of you spoke in now look what he says here though spoke in languages I wish that all of you spoke and there's a Greek word La Langlo size La Langlo size so notice this is the plural whereas the one that's edifying the himself it was a singular matter of fact even in the English you'll see it in your in your in your Bibles you'll see the English singular tongue verses the English plural tongues if you got a King James version may say unknown tongue and so Paul is contrasting the two and he says but even look we said verse five now I wish that you all spoke in languages because that's what the word's always been meaning to say language is but even more that you prophesy where do we get that statement from remember I said in chapter in verse one we have this exact same phrase my lawn the henna profite so it is to be taken now I wish that you all spoke in languages and here's that henna in order in order that you all spoke in languages and here's that henna in order in order that you prophesy in order that you bring a revelation in order that you give this proclamation of God which is exactly what we saw every other time prior to chapter 13 and 14 and I think that's what he's saying also in chapter 14 there just some people that believe he's speaking of something different so is he speaking of a plural tongue I mean of a private tongue or public tongue because now folks are going to say hey there's a private tongue and a public tongue but again he's using the same words the Greek word for speaking and the Greek word for languages every time continually look what he says for the one who prophesied the one that prophesies who speaks in a tongue I'm sorry but even more that you prophesy and greater is the one who prophesies bring this revelation then the one who speaks in tongues and languages unless he interprets and the word interpret which the man told me that interpret does not mean to explain and I was I was floored because it absolutely does it absolutely means to bring an understanding or explanation but unless he interprets or bring explanation so that here's one of those examples so that the church may receive at a final edification again the church is to receive edification if what you're doing edifies yourself no bueno you're wrong verse 6 now brother we're going to move a little bit faster now if I come to you speaking in tongues what will the prophet you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation which we need to have or by knowledge or prophecy or of teaching in other words you need to know what's being stated you need to understand that's his point continuing yet even and look look look at the comparison that he makes yet even lifeless things either flute or harp in producing a sound if they do not produce a distinction in the tone how will it be known what is played on the flute or harp in other words when the song is played you have to know what's being said how are you going to dance how are you going to jam how are you going to get down how are you going to lose your little whatever you're going to do if you don't know what the song is how are you going to sing happy birthday if the tune is played wrong if we play on the piano amazing grace how would you sing it if you know the the the notes are distinct for a reason are you with me so he's using example verse 8 but if the bugle excuse me one second excuse me for if the bugle produces an indistinct sound and unknown sound guys who this up a sound that no one knows who will prepare himself for battle so it is with you also unless you utter by the tone that's your mouth speech that is clear that we know unless you do how will it be known what is spoken meaning you should know what is spoken you should know what is spoken now I'm going to make this point and I'm going to show it in a second if you are speaking in a tongue and you don't know what you're saying you're doing it wrong why did I say that for you will be speaking into the air now if someone said let me just use an example let's say Tyra or Jeff was speaking and Jesus lover one 22 says what did he say what did she say and I say I don't know it just he's just speaking to the air well Jeff wouldn't come back and say thank you for saying that no Jeff would be upset because that's an insult to say you're just speaking into the air or as he said earlier he speaks mystery only God knows by the way guys that's that idiom is literally where we get ours only God knows if I say spider monkey hey what a spider monkey says and someone's only God knows no but only God know who knows what he's only God knows what he said that's not that's not a that's not an accommodation either only God knows or just speaking to the air no look what he says go to verse 10 there are perhaps a great many of languages in the world and no kind is without meaning we know what they mean if then I do not know the meaning of the language I will be to the one who is speaking a barbarian I don't want to be a barbarian especially if I'm the one that's speaking and the one who speaks will be a barbarian or some of your versions have for you so also look what he says so also you since you are zealous of spiritual gifts or the pneumatic own since you are zealous seek to abound for the edification of the church so what is he saying seek to abound for the edifying the building up of the body don't seek to build yourself up seek to build up the body are you with me now here it is if you are speaking in a tongue and you don't know what you're saying Paul is getting ready to address you he says therefore let the one who speaks in the tongue pray that he may interpret the word interpret literally means to give understanding to explain to explain so you need to have some sort of explanation understanding of yourself what you're saying if you speak in the tongue and you think if you think your tongue is legitimate remember Paul is writing because there's a problem there's an issue somebody you all are not getting it there's a problem what's the problem pray that there be understanding for if I pray in a tongue my spirit may pray so Paul's like you know it clearly your spirit your soul you're into this but you're going through the motions because nothing that you say it is working but in my but my mind is unfruitful look what he says my spirit is pray but my mind is unfruitful my spirit is praying but my mind is unfruitful I'm trying and I'm doing this little exercise in this language but my mind has no my mind is unfruitful look what he says what is the outcome then what then he's asked the question what's the solution look what he says I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with my mind I will pray with the spirit by the way this word for mine no a is derived from the exact same word in the very beginning we says in the in chapter 4 I'm sorry chapter 1 chapter 12 verse 1 he says I don't want you to be ignorant or unknowing and there's that word again instead I want you to be knowing I will pray with the spirit and pray with my mind notice what he didn't say he says if you pray in a spirit and you don't know he didn't say the solution is to keep praying in a tongue I'm sorry he says verse 14 if I pray in a tongue which by the way we haven't seen before and you don't know what you're saying what is the solution his solution wouldn't say wouldn't come back and pray in tongue again his solution verse 15 was to pray with the spirit and pray in understanding know what it is you are talking about now he says I will sing with my mind also but I will sing the spirit and I will sing with my mind also otherwise if you bless in the spirit only how will the one who feels the place of the ungifted in other words the person who is not gifted understand what you're saying the person doesn't know how will that person say the a man at your giving of things so you might legitimately be in your spirit saying thank you Lord thank you Lord you're praising and then you got this this tongue come out and no one knows what you're saying not even you Paul is like don't do that so what you should desire since you desire this spiritual moving desire the gifting so that you would edify the body he says since she does not know what you are saying for you are giving things well enough but the other person is not edified is that a problem that the other person not edified yes is a problem the other person should be edified I thank God I speak in here it is the same beverage I'm speaking in languages the same word I speak in languages move this up for this not showing but I speak in languages more than all of you will that make sense because Paul did speak in a lot of different languages however in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind there it is with my understanding my mind so that I may instruct others again for the purpose of the rest of the body rather than 10,000 words in a single tongue don't know what I'm saying brethren do not be children you're thinking yet in evil be infants but in your thinking be mature now listen to this part in the law it is written by men of strange tongues and by the list of strangers I will speak to this people and even so they will not listen to me that goes back again to the beginning God is going to make these people these Jews now jealous by who by us by us Gentiles excuse me and the tongues issues here is clearly a language different languages so then now verse 22 I want to focus on this for a second so then tongues are are I'm sorry so tongues are for a sign not to those who believe or but to unbelievers I said that wrong so then tongues verse 22 are for a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers now this can be taken two ways that the point of these tongues these languages are for the unbeliever to hear in their language but the truth is also unbelievers who speak your same language an unbeliever doesn't need tongues because if you go to an unbeliever who speaks your language and you speak to him in German well what are you doing? He's like what in the world is happening? This is likely referring to those Jews who aren't believers this is likely referring to those Jews but this is why this must this is why this must be an actual language because if you say something in a language this gifting in a language and this Jew this unbelieving Jew here's it he's not it won't be assigned to him if it's some sort of gibberish that doesn't do anything for him but if it's an actual language that does something okay and that might convict him or it might just make him feel bad but it still is assigned to that unbeliever are you with me and I'll take your questions guys just a little bit therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in languages and the unlearned the ungifted men or unbelievers enter they will will they not say that you are mad but if all prophesy given these proclamations of God these revelations and unbeliever or an ungifted person enters he is convicted by all he is called to account by all so now so now instead now I'm giving an actual revelation this I think that sometimes that we may have been mistaken this the wrong way but now if I give this revelation of God and an unbeliever comes in well when unbeliever comes to church they get the revelation they get the gospel or from out on the streets and I give a revelation of God same thing now that person is convicted by all he is called to account by all the secrets of his heart are disclosed and so he will fall on his face and worship God declaring that God is certainly money which is exactly how we saw it in acts all the way through look what he says what then is the outcome brethren when you assemble it together each one of you has a psalm has a teaching has a revelation has a tongue you always have something say we says has an interpretation he says let all things be done for adification now I'll stop right there with this issue in this particular part of the book but it's clear this is the sixth time thus far maybe the seventh time that Paul is stated in just this chapter alone plus what he said twice in chapter 12 plus what Peter has said plus what the writer of Hebrews said plus what Lucas said in acts that these gifts are also in Romans that these gifts are for the benefit of others so spiritual gifts including this one we don't see them use on ourselves or individually we see them use for the benefit of others now someone might say that no core I think you got this wrong my question is going to be what is Paul rebuking this writing in chapter 14 he says that he's writing because this issue concerning spiritual gifts and that you're saying something ignorant Lee what is he rebuking so now what I'll do now is this is kind of oh I'm sorry someone's going to say well yeah Corey I think though that you can use these gifts to edify yourself because what does you 20 say so let's go to you 20 he says beloved but you beloved building yourselves up on your most holy faith praying in the Holy Spirit and someone say see Corey doing so praying in the spirit is how you build yourself up two things who said praying in the spirit means tongues because every other time that we see the word or the phrase in the spirit or praying in the Holy Spirit never once not one time in the Bible ever means praying in tongues never so it cannot mean that here now we're taking this one text and we want to make it mean tongues that's not what it's saying and oh by the way it doesn't even mean for you to build yourself up the word that you said the first you is hey mace which is you so y'all he says y'all beloved build up y'all self others and because his word is used here is you toast this word means to them yourselves so y'all build yourselves up you all build up each other he's not saying you build you know because he would have used a singer for both so you all building others up which is why he says don't neglect the assembling together so this one does not mean praying in the Holy Spirit does not mean in tongues the other time that we see praying in the spirit is in Ephesians 6 back clearly didn't mean praying in tongues clearly does not mean praying tongues and so you would have to want to make it fit there is no biblical basis or backing to make that statement and it does not mean to build yourself up you don't have to that's not the point the point is for the body to build if you need building up let others build you up if you are so focused on building yourself up you don't need matter of fact we need somebody probably take you down a peg or two we see it all over you to internet Facebook where everybody wants to build themselves up want to express themselves and so forth that's the last thing we need the last thing we need is for you to make yourself feel better that the last thing we need that's a problem we have here in this country and every other world every other place in America every other place around the globe we always want to build look out for number one it's all about me no so we do not have an example of tongues ever being anything but a language now there might be some that want to differentiate between a public tongue and a private tongue we don't have a passage for that why is chapter 14 or 12 or anywhere else speaking about a private tongue we don't have that we do not have that but if we're going to say if we're going to say and here's the biggest problem here is the biggest problem if we want to say that speaking in tongue this angelic language which we don't have any basis for that a heavenly language which we don't have a basis for that if this is to edify yourself if speaking in a tongue and here's the problem if speaking in a tongue edifies yourself and we know that not all speak in tongues that means we got a large portion of people who can edify themselves does that make any biblical sense does that even make any godly sense we got a portion of folks that can edify themselves and a portion folks that cannot edify themselves so God has said it to where and that gifting to edify yourself only comes by way of the Holy Spirit so God has made it so that only certain people can edify themselves and others can't know that goes counter and concentrate to the Scripture and you can't find a basis for that because again the only time in Scripture where we have an actual example of someone speaking in languages and what they're saying and why is acts to every other time is referencing or we don't hear what they're saying acts 19 possibly because it says that they are speaking these languages and prophesying other than that and so we would do our brothers and sisters of this service say well you don't speak in tongues but you can't edify yourself and that's only a gifting of the Holy Spirit well if you want it you can have it that's not script the Scripture do not say that if you want to be able to speak in tongues you can't you can't find that and so the problem that we have is too many people are making it up as they go because they have found themselves in a charismatic or pentecostal church that does that but that church can't find a scripture for that either you can't go back to Azusa Street you can't go back to Parham you can't go back to C.A. Mason you can't go back to these people and start saying because they led the foundation they led the way so 1800 years prior folks weren't getting edified either now we got this great explosion you mean tell me God waited 1800 years to bring about an explosion what was it about us here in America this is a Western phenomenon for the most part at least initially what was it about us that's so special that God wanted to rain down his spirit on us immensely but bypass all the people that needed it you know the slaves the folks in England the folks in Australia in the 1600s in the 1200s the folks during the Inquisition all these people could have used the outpouring of the Holy Spirit they are down trying and so forth they could not get this edifying of themselves while they were being punished and beaten they couldn't get it wait 1800 years in America okay by people who have a horrible handling of scripture now we got an issue now we've got an issue because now we've got God literally being partial to certain because it's him that gives the spirit to do this because what's interesting is most people who believe in tongues disagree with predestination disagree with election because that's not a right you mean to me God only elect certain people well over here you mean to only God only elect certain people have spiritual gifts of tongues to edify themselves that's why now you got this inconsistency that you know Jennings does make a different but I'll leave that alone I'll leave that alone so I'll take a couple of questions before we get out of here we all write at two hours so if there are a couple of questions or someone disagree then I am all ears I am listening so type a cue a bit cue or question and then we'll go but now it needs to be it needs to be on this do you believe down the clerk and speaks in other languages or I've never heard him do it now again I'm not saying because Paul goes want to say do not forbid tongues and so I'm not gonna do that interestingly enough though after this after what we just read we don't see tongues again I have never heard tongues like in the Bible but that does not mean they don't exist everyone hasn't heard the Gospel so maybe God is still gonna do that I don't know how it's gonna happen and I won't foreclose that and I can so and I also can't speak on dynamic clerk in turn I have no I have no idea if we are filled with the spirit which becomes one with our spirit could 1st Corinthians 1414 correlate with that as tongues okay let's go to 1st Corinthians 1414 in one second for if I pray with my tongue my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful no okay here he's saying now no notice what Paul is saying though Paul didn't say that the people that are speaking in these in tongues incorrectly he never said that they're not Christian no matter fact he says that because you're so zealous for the spiritual things then be zealous to edify the body so he's kind of accommodating he's getting some credit for that and so when I speak in tongues man I felt it I felt moved it was it was almost like an emotional experience I really my entire spirit my entire being was into it but it was still exercising futility I'm still because you feel it and because it's earnest and sincere does not mean it was correct that happens a lot right a man somebody that said they fell in love before now they're not that happens because you felt it and wanted it doesn't mean that is so and so all he's saying is there needs to be some understanding you don't want your mind to be unfruitful because one of the gifts of the spirit is also self-control which has to do with knowing what the word that you're doing okay oh good question who was the interpreter in acts to if Peter is not interpreting in acts to then it's the only spiritual gift in in the book that doesn't have any representation in the Bible every other spiritual gift we can find an example in the Bible except for that gift the gift of interpretation Peter is literally explaining interpreting what's happening because remember they're they're speaking they don't they're saying the people that are hearing it they know what they're hearing but the crowd around they have no idea and so that folks can marvel like oh wow that's what's going on and then what happens the people that are hearing it getting saved and then the folks that are having explained them by Peter also getting saved when the man told me that Peter wasn't given that wasn't evangelistic Peter wasn't given the gospel you know you hear something you go back wait a second it's my Bible broke go back and go maybe I'm something wrong go back and look at him if that ain't the gospel if what Peter recounts in acts to in the gospel there is no such thing as the gospel so what does a singular tongue sound like or does it matter it does matter because if let's okay Dr. Brown believes that tongues are a language but that it's a heavenly language so it's on par with English French Spanish heavenly language okay well the singular tongue indicates that it's one language in acts to they weren't speaking a singular language so let's say if they all spoke a singular language you would always classify the singular language if it's a heavenly language or if it's English if the Spanish if it's just that one thing you classified as a singular right instead of plural meaning as many well in acts to they were speaking plural in acts I mean in 1st Corinthians 14 and 1st Corinthians 12 he's describing the proper usage in a plural the one time that he goes over the singular which is also indicated in the King James version the unknown tongue that's in the singular that's the one that he has a problem with because that's the one that he says is only edifying that's the one thing about it the singular tongue is the one that he says is edifying yourself the singular tongue is the one that he says only God knows what you're saying the singular tongue is the one where he says he's speaking mysteries and no one knows what he's saying the singular tongue is the one where he says he's just speaking into the air the singular tongue is the one where he says no one can say amen that's the singular tongue none of those things I just described are good. That's the important of the singular versus the plural meaning we're speaking of different languages. What are the worst misuses of tongues that I've seen? I've seen a person spill the beans or gossip about somebody in tongues. Yep, they're gossiping about somebody in tongues and she's just praying in tongues because you know at this church when you speak in tongues the spirit is moving. It's the spirit of God. So you're speaking in tongues and then she also interprets her tongues after he kind of a whole show wrote about whatever it is what she's saying and the Lord won't you know that you're being messy and that man that you went that's not your husband and this in like turns like whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa what's happened here keep talking if you want to hear one of your more she gets messy needless to say a fight ensued not in there but outside yeah that was probably the worst example I've ever seen that was probably the worst example so does prophecy the ability to speak guys all prophecy is given revelation now in the in the biblical sense we're speaking of a revelation of God's truth because remember in the Old Testament Baal had prophets now they're given a revelation but they're given some false some goofy super revelation but when we give a revelation it is to be God's word and so it's true revelation if it lines up with the scripture all right I'll take a few more questions should you leave a church that believe not this is gonna surprise some people should you leave a church that believes in speaking in tongues not necessarily not now if they're just out of control with it it's like man because one of my favorite churches spoke in tongues all the time I mean what time is all right time for speaking tongues but it was a loving church it was it was a family church you know and so you get a lot of benefits out of the church not you know but now if doctrine is suffering then you have to leave because that's the whole point of the church you know we are edified by the word of God and so if they speak if they believe this thing about tongues but the rest of the doctrine is pretty sound then okay I mean I wouldn't tell you to leave strange as it sounds but oftentimes though it usually happens that if you got a a severe issue in this area of doctrine you might have it in other places and you start seeing a crack here in the foundation it's like just like if you ever if guys if you ever get a slab leak in one area it's like that you don't get another one again and slab leaks are not good I'm not I'm not sure what you're asking what do you mean by we never heard it before if you mean by when I say the word languages oh I should say what I say never heard it before I'm comparing the gift of tongues really an axe to to what we see in axe 14 what we see in axe 12 I'm not an axe well axe and first Corinthians 12 compared to what some people say axe 14 is if axe 14 is talking about an ecstatic language a heavenly language an angelic language gibberish badly that's not what we see prior prior to axe I mean to first Corinthians 14 and so we get up to here we believe this and then we get to this chapter and then we change it all bets are off that that cannot be that that's just not sound biblical reading when you spoke in tongues are you saying you were faking it uh you say you have done it but what language uh but what language uh was for you it was like it was like what you saw at the very beginning at the very beginning of the video what you saw how my tongues sound like everybody else's tongue that you saw now was I faking it it was fake but was I faking it intentionally no I wasn't intent I take it back there was a couple times I actually did there were a couple times like I gotta do something but then there were other times where you know I felt moved I felt moved and and it felt like it was genuine and I wasn't it was fake but I wasn't faking it I meant I meant it but I meant to do are you are you all with me I I thought I really wanted this job but after two hours I don't want to work this job but I can't stand the boss and the manager and and I meant it at the time so okay but he's unknown to men but not to God well no unknown is unknown Paul because he Paul's not writing to God and he's not writing to angels he's writing to men and the point of it that the language needs to be known it needs to be known to the person that's saying it and to the people that are hearing it why not let people talk to God okay Bob talk to God talk to God however you want to two things about that though Bob number one again the issue that we're talking about where if this was all a private use of tongues we wouldn't even be talking about it if if the only time folks talked in this babbling sort of this Jewish or I don't mean to be offensive or this obviously ecstatic language if the only time they did that was in private we wouldn't talk about it you know why because we wouldn't hear it the issue is we keep hearing it on TV on YouTube Facebook in church clearly clearly the public use of tongues requires an interpreter clearly that part of you can't get past it so if so one two things if you are speaking in a tongue and other people around and there's no interpreter hush up hush quiet be quiet according to Paul secondly if you don't know what you're saying you're doing it wrong Paul says you should know what you're saying now if you speak in a tongue and you know what you're saying fine fine if that's what you want I'm not gonna fight you on it I think you're wrong but I'm not gonna fight you on it but tell me why someone tell me why can't you just as easily speak in English pray in English why can't you pray in English the devil can't intercept that just champ would not is it that close I didn't know it was that close I didn't I didn't know it was that close okay amen amen we'll play some old we'll play some old videos yet people say why would people say they speak in tongues privately because the devil can't understand their prayers y'all do realize the devil doesn't speak English right I hope y'all know the devil is I gotta speak this other language because the devil doesn't understand English no no no no the ram of your thoughts and feelings that's his area so verbalizing it that doesn't do anything for him you sitting there you ain't say the word and the enemies putting all kind of thoughts before you did it have to be verbal no so but people look for different ways to try to explain what is they're doing if you can't go to if you can't go to a passage but this is for the if tongues are to edify you then we got a contradiction that's that's the other big problem if you believe that speaking in tongues edifies you then we have a contradiction because the bible says that there's there to edify your others other people so therefore you can toss the bible out because I say I believe this is just me this is just me if I find one contradiction I'm through if I find one contradiction I'm not a Christian anymore because if I can't trust this passage I can't trust that passage and as much as my flesh wants to let loose if you find one contradiction you can leave you you can leave you should leave thankfully though there are no contradictions in the bible there are none would you say you'll prove how what's for common good and what's building for the church's different bioscripts I'm not sure what you're saying but if you're trying to prove something go ahead you have the floor to prove something but you gotta do it quickly I'm not sure if I'm catching what you're asking what you're saying though the fly got away your brother Greg the fly got away I thought about it I thought about it after I got up and left out that dog on fly did get away yesterday are you saying a person will know that they are about to speak in tongues and that they could cut it off before they start again I don't know what true tongues look like but I don't know if they're going to say what they're going to say before it happens I don't know I have no idea there's a spirit indicate hey you're getting ready speaking this language what I do know though is that Paula's saying when you do you should know what you're saying so whether it was immediately triggered the Lord directed you some sort of way say this maybe you didn't have four four warning before you did it but while you're doing it you should know what you're saying according to Paul in 1st Corinthians 14 going from 10 on down 13 14 15 you should pray your mind should not be unfruitful when you are praying or speaking it should be fruitful you should know Paul says I do not want you to be ignorant about what you're speaking no I can't say that they have ceased eternal tunes there there's no basis and with all people that I do love who who teach who say that I mean if we're gonna be fair we got to be fair there is no passage that says these yes have ceased this there's a passage that says that one that they will cease and you can't say that when the perfect that has come is the the close of the canon because one there's no basis for that but then two then that means knowledge is also cease because it's right in there with it I don't know that that would first of all that would in English that that they say so that's why I don't know why we always make everything out so have y'all ever noticed this though and when I say American I mean Western we make everything out to be Western everything is is American or or British or what have you or Canadian the devil is the Bible is everything centers around our English understanding of things like wow we are again we are so selfish we're so focused on us that's just yeah you said not all gifts are for the building and you point to 1 Corinthians 14 12 okay let's go to 1 Corinthians I'm grabbing my mic it's what we're hitting this button so it says so you also since you are zealous of spiritual gifts seek to abound for the edification of the church Paul's telling us to seek to abound for the edification of the church I'm not maybe not I'm not saying what you're saying I'm missing what you're saying so let me take a couple of these and then we'll go ahead and get out of here practice what practice speaking why would I practice speaking in tongues no I'm not going I'm not going to practice speaking in tongues West wants and thank you for the super chat I'm not going to practice doing that again if God hadn't gifted me to do that then why would I do that I don't have to I don't have to yeah I know Nina I like that that's true if it isn't an actual language but one of my other questions is for you guys that disagree why do all these tongues sound alike even in the video guys of the last people speaking in tongues they were Muslims if I didn't tell you they were Muslims you would know why do their tongues sound like the Christians tongues so was was there another question I think I was okay so anyway guys I hope this has been beneficial I had to do this because I took down I think I said three about three or four hundred videos and a lot of those were tongues they were just the audio and so they'll be as we go some more smaller tongue videos for the sake of the website which we had a little hiccup on that which why I got pushed back a little bit so hopefully soon but but that being the case empty in house thank you for the super chat I appreciate that which is the reason why we did that so anyway guys I love you so much I look forward by the way did I tell you guys that you are without question it ain't even close it's not even close it's not even close second it's not even a close say listen you could take the best I wouldn't say you could take the the second and third and fourth best YouTube family put them together add some gas and some hydrogen put some steroids in there put some extra testosterone in and they still would not come close to you guys wouldn't even close ain't even close and by the way by the way let me just say this I have noticed that the chats are a lot nicer over the last couple weeks have you all the chat's just been a lot nicer we don't always agree and there's there's a little you know cantankerousness in the chats every now and then but a lot nicer a lot nicer we ain't got they ain't got to cuss each other out call folks all sorts of names and you big dumb idiot you this and that we don't have to do all of that we don't have to do any of that stuff and I've noticed that I'm matter of fact matter of fact matter of fact let me just go who did I ban uh some guy was calling me names I'm no matter of fact listen I set a record no I didn't know I did I think about I was gonna say I set a record no I didn't I banned two people today both of them called me names like all right you're here for the wrong reason goodbye goodbye um I don't I don't you don't bother me you're just interfering with everybody else you want to be seen go listen go grab you a mirror and sit down and talk trash your mirror if you want to be seen watch yourself do it we're not gonna do it over here now that doesn't mean that we don't you know take when someone disagrees disagree but we're gonna be adults over here and I've got to give credit to where look you know what the credit let me just say this two of them aren't here but I'll say it anyway uh and then one of them is um I I I had seen two of my sisters um not really feeling a lot of the drama and I don't I don't like I told you before if anyone ever if anyone ever says something crazy about my moderators I'm gonna come beat you up and Jesus no I'm kidding I'm kidding but now you now you upset me but uh chess champ made a statement this was I don't know what three four weeks ago and I went back after watching this video and saw I was bothered too like you know no that that ought not be that ought not be and so we've got moderators who are different in their tone how they do things or whatever and it works it really does work it really does work um how do I get a wrench for the low low price of $299.99 you too can be my if my moderators had to they had to pay to become moderators and we don't just handle these wrenches out I'm I'm kidding I'm kidding I don't want somebody to say that Cory they gotta pay it no they don't no no I pay them I'm kidding too I don't pay them either but they were faithful uh just kind of watch them and there are a few other folks that I that I wouldn't mind being moderators but we got like I don't know what eight seven eight nine I don't know I don't know the last two I think that we added were was a Tyra and monkey moves I think they were the last two I didn't even realize that chess champ was the first one I don't know who was the I have no idea who's the second one I have no idea who's the second one so but um wonderful moderators wonderful family love you guys a death look for it we got a we got a good one tomorrow it's all I can say we have an interesting one tomorrow so I'll see you guys tomorrow God bless you