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SO YOU DON’T SPEAK IN TONGUES? Matthew 3:11 – Teacher Darrel Bird,
Oregon So
you don’t speak or pray with tongues. When
John was on the scene he said this: Matthew 3:11 I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Baptize
in this sense means emersion, I don’t want to get into the argument of
sprinkling versus emersion here. But in this case John is baptizing in the
river, he baptizes Jesus, he baptizes with water and he says Jesus will
baptize (immerse) with the Holy Ghost. The
cessation-ist says, well, tongues were not used for
1900 years and to be truthful I have no explanation for the last 1900 years. So
whom are we going to believe, years and practice or the Bible, the Bible
record or the human record? Lets see now, what has
the human record given us, there is world war one, world war two, Korea and
Vietnam, the war between the states and the war between the Tates, it gave us the cold war, the missiles of October
where the world was on the very edge of obliteration itself, I know, I was there
in the military when the Defcon factor escalated to
the point where I knew that even if my life was spared I may not come back to
anything but a hole in the ground where my whole country used to be. Is
that the record you mean, the one that contains the dark ages, the purging,
the hanging, the slicings and the dicings, the burning at the stakes, is that the record
you refer two when you say the “last 1900 years Mr. cessation-ist? Luther’s
day and the days of John Wesley? Those the days of record to which you
pertain? The
question is are we to believe the Bible fully, or
partly man and partly Bible. You
say “Well, I believe this or that” It doesn’t matter what you believe,
whatever you believe doesn’t change anything, you can believe that up is down
but that doesn’t make down up. You can believe the Sun revolves around the
earth, but that does not change physics. Really folks our beliefs change
nothing, it may change the way we think or act, but it has no ability to
change God. All we can do is affirm what is there already. I don’t “Believe
Gods Word, I affirm Gods Word”, when you say you don’t believe in tongues or
that tongues aren’t for today because people haven’t used them for 1900 years
you are affirming mans record, not God’s Word. Most
cults seem to want to pick and choose, Sabbath days, meats, work, works, no
this, no that, do this, do that and the list goes on and on in an endless
succession, non-biblical proof texting of the Bible to try to uphold false
religions that end up in no where land with no
assurance of salvation at all, whittling on pieces of Bible text, cutting and
slashing just to try to make it fit their false teaching. But
we as supposedly Bible believing Christians don’t have that luxury because
what we are supposed to be doing is affirming the Bible and that Gods Word is
true and real. You
say “Well, I believe his word is true, but I don’t believe in super natural
healing.” What kind of a deal is this? You are going by what you believe and
leaving off the most important thing in your life which is to affirm Gods
Word. So it matters not what you believe as to reality, but it does matter
what you affirm. God says it and we
can only affirm it. So what God says we affirm and do, or we disobey and do
one or the other, there can be no in-betweens, you either affirm it or you
don’t. So
John is just affirming Jesus and what he will do, he said I baptize with
water, but there is coming one who baptizes with the Holy Ghost and with
fire. He is not making a proclamation, he is making an affirmation. So
you say “I believe when we get saved we get baptized in the Holy Ghost” It
don’t matter, read my lips, it don’t matter what you believe, but it does
matter as to what you affirm and you had better believe that! Jesus
gave pretty good indication when they accused him of casting out devils by
the devils own power that he wasn’t going to play their games with what they
believed. His reality was real and it carried weight and it still carries
that very same weight of reality today. He
told them that if they didn’t believe him to affirm his works, he was saying
in effect “You can at least do that can’t you?” So I
don’t know about the last 1900 years, all I know is Gods
Word is real and it carries weight and reality. I
think half the time we think like this “The world don’t believe God so God
has got a huge problem, well, God don’t have any problems, it’s
the world that has got a huge problem. So you either affirm that the Word of
God is true or you deny it by failing to affirm, denial by default. That is
why when you see a child being murdered but do nothing you are guilty of that
murder by default. Same principle, in refusing to affirm the laws of the land
you have broken the laws of the land by default. And
when you refuse to affirm the Word you deny it by default. Now
then, before the day of Pentecost Jesus gave command for them to wait right
there in Jerusalem, don’t go past go do not collect 200.00, just wait right
there and they waited in Jerusalem and God carried out his word that John had
affirmed and baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire and they all spoke
with tongues, all 120 of them, every one of them who waited as per his
command, God has always carries out his word. That is what they were waiting
for, the Baptism in the Holy Ghost and the fire. So
the baptism in the Holy Ghost was a command, not an option, you say speaking
in tongues is for some and not others, God is not a respecter of persons.
I’ll take a side order of fries with that. Oops, sorry this is not a
restaurant, Mc Donalds is just down the road a
piece.--> God
had and has reasons for baptizing in the Holy Ghost and with fire. Look at this scriptureActs 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and
in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. You
say “But not all people who is baptized with the
Holy Ghost and fire speaks with tongues. OK, just give me the Word, I don’t
want to hear anything but the Word, just give me one instance where they did
not speak with tongues when baptized in the Holy Ghost, just one, I don’t
want to hear you theories or the last 1900 years or your stories all I want
to hear is what the Bible speaks, either affirm or deny. There is no in
between. Fish or cut bait. Well? Here
is what the Bible really says Acts 10:45 And they of the
circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 10:46
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered
Peter, Acts 10:47
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? For they
heard them speak with tongues, the day of Pentecost is come and gone. Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the
Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues,
and prophesied. What
came upon them? And they did what? Ok, Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth. Has
what? “Come upon you” and “Came on them and they spoke with tongues. “Well,
you Pentecostals are always pushing the book of acts!” Well,
at first you wanted to go by the record, now you don’t, make up your feeble
mind.” Corinthians
I 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all
interpret? Corinthians
I 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show
I unto you a more excellent way. You
say “See there it says “Do all speak with tongues?” And there’s even a better
way. Got you!” well, no you don’t, you are out of context, Paul
is teaching on the Spiritual gifts and speaking of the gift of tongues and
interpretations so you don’t have me on anything. You
say “Well, can there be a difference?” Well, yes there can and there is, in
tongues and interpretations God is speaking to the people, In prayer in
tongues you are speaking to god. God is making an announcement, you are
making a request, big Diff there son. What were they doing here? Acts 10:46 For they
heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Read the account of Philip as he preached and then take in the
account of (Acts 8:15 KJV) Who, when
they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (Acts 8:16 KJV) (For as
yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.) Read me (Acts 8:17 KJV) Then laid they
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And then tell me you receive the Baptism in the Holy Ghost the
minute Jesus saves you. You may receive it at the same time you believe and are born
again, it happens to some, but not nearly all, in
fact I would say that it happens very seldom. It generally follows belief and
regeneration, the only thing that comes close to indicating that you may
speak with tongues is the case of Cornelius’s bunch for it says the Holy
Ghost fell on them as they heard the word. That leaves most of you out though
because “For they heard them speak with tongues. How in the world would you or any body
else know if you have been baptized in the Holy Ghost if you didn’t speak
with tongues? Huh? You say “Well, we just have to go by the Word!” Well, the
word says that they spoke with tongues when they received the Baptism in the
Holy Ghost and fire, first you want to quote the word then you don’t, make up
your mind as to how we are going to do it. Folks spend more time finding out how they can deny the Word
and get around the Word to justify themselves and their own lack rather than
just affirm the Word and go on with their lives. Jesus said to at least
affirm the works, but you don’t want to do that, when folks speak with
tongues you want to accuse of them being bound by the demons and the devils,
what is the difference between you and those Jesus rebuked for at least not
believing his works since tongues are the works of God. Huh? Now order! Order
in this court, present your evidence to this court! Corinthians I 14:15 What is it
then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding
also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding
also. Corinthians
I 14:16 Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth
the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
You
who have not been baptized in the Holy Ghost and fire with evidence say you
pray with the Spirit. Give me an answer or quit claiming you pray with the
Spirit. My
question before the court your honor: If you pray with the Spirit without
speaking with tongues, then why is the man saying Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy
giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what
thou sayest? Come
now you can surly give me an answer, why wouldn’t anybody
that knows your own language not be able to understand what you are saying? Does
he all of a sudden lose command of English just because you pray? You
glibly claim you pray with the Spirit and the understanding just as Paul and
you sir are incorrect and have no evidence. What you pray with well may be
the heart in earnest prayer, but unless you are praying in tongues you are
still in all cases praying only with the understanding and if you pray aloud
I can understand you unless it is in German or some other unfamiliar
language. And
the excuse that people heard them glorifying God in their own language at
Pentecost and therefore is must be in some understandable language to some one some where at one time
or other does not wash. Corinthians
I 14:2 For he that speaketh in
an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but
unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in
the spirit he speaketh mysteries. Corinthians
I 14:3 But he that prophesieth
speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation,
and comfort. I
submit to you sir that some of these at Pentecost were prophesying. Have
you waited before God for the command and the promise Sir Christian? No? Well
then why aren’t you? Affirm
his Word or deny it by default. |
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