16 JULY 2008
THE DAY OF PENTECOST
“When the Day of Pentecost
had fully come, they were all
with one accord in
one place.”
If Spirit filled Christians would
simply study and pray over the Word concerning any
topic, the Holy Spirit will begin to make things clear.
It is amazing to see what some people do with the
Scripture concerning the Day of Pentecost or concerning
most everything in the Bible. For example, there has
been a ridiculous teaching going around that the real
miracle or gift was that people were hearing things in
their own language; it had to do with hearing and not
speaking. It is intelligent people who teach and fall
for this stuff. Acts 2:4 reads that they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues
(not hear with other ears) as the Spirit gave them
utterance (not hearing). Acts 2:11 reads, "... we hear them
speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of
God." It does not read, "Our ears translate
or interpret what these Galileans are saying into our
own specific language."
The nine gifts found in 1 Corinthians
12 also gives
insight; one of the nine gifts is the gift of different
kinds of tongues. There is not a gift of different
kinds of ears. There is much more about the Day of
Pentecost, but if we can just get this part straight
how wonderful it would be.
While on the subject of tongues,
it is also amazing that many people do not know the
difference in the gift of tongues, which all baptized
in the Spirit Christians may not move in, and praying
in tongues, which all Christians who have been baptized
in the Spirit have the wonderful opportunity to move in
at will.
There is a problem with hearing in
the Church! There is a problem with seeing in the
Church! The god of this world has hindered the hearing
and seeing of many professing Christians. One of the
main problems involves lack of diligent study of the
Word, and another involves listening to carnal,
immature, and false teachers and not knowing it because
they have not studied enough to have their senses
trained to know the difference in the real and the
false.
The mockers were the ones who
said, "They are full of new wine." Peter
basically said they are not drunk as you mockers say;
it is just 9 a.m. I am sure that the newly baptized in
the Spirit disciples were joyful, but besides the joy,
all the mockers witnessed was hearing the sound of
people speaking in tongues the wonderful works of God.
I am also sure that they were moving in or toward
worship of God in spirit and in truth. In other words,
they were worshipping God with joy and not dishonoring
God by stumbling all over each other, falling on the
ground, and foolishly acting like drunk people as the
deceived ones say. The emphasis was on God and not on
self! After the worship in spirit and in truth, they
quieted down and heard a wonderful sermon that was only
truth. The result was that about three thousand souls
gladly received the truth and repented, were born
again, were Spirit filled, were baptized in water, and
were added to the newly birthed Church (Acts 2:38-41).
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