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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The quickest way to not experience the Holy Spirit is
to have illegitimate this unity.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Doctor Tony Evans is God works through his people when
his people work together.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
That's why it is in the interest of the devil
to stir stuff up, because he knows that the spirit
of God works in the context of unity.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings
from the archives of doctor Tony Evans. Doctor Evans says
that being under the influence can be either good or bad,
depending on what's doing the influencing. Today, as he takes
us to Acts chapter two, he'll talk about the fulfillment
of God's promise to empower his people through the intoxicating
(00:43):
presence of the Holy Spirit. Let's join him.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So we come now to chapter two. When the day
of Pentecost had come, they were all gathered together in
one place, and suddenly there came from heaven a noise,
a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house
where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues
(01:09):
as of fire, distributing themselves. And they rested on each
of them, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the
Spirit was giving them utterance. First thing I want you
to observe is that the Spirit came to them when
(01:31):
they had gathered on one accord. The point I want
to make here is that the Spirit does not work
in disunity. They were together, they were on one accord,
on the same page. The quickest way to not experience
the Holy Spirit is to have illegitimate disunity, because he
(01:54):
will not work in disunity. And so that's why it
is in the interest of the day to stir stuff up,
to craft and create disunity, because he knows that the
Spirit of God works in the context of unity. So
he does that with our human relationships, with family, with
(02:15):
brothers and sisters in Christ, with church, with elders, deacons, members.
You know, all this stuff keeps coming up, and you
wonder how some fights start over nothing and he wound
up being World War III. That's what the enemy does
because he wants to keep disunity in order to keep
the Spirit away. But they are together in one place,
(02:39):
and they are filled with the Holy Spirit. They are
under divine control. To be filled with the Spirit is
to be under divine control. It is to be totally
consumed with spiritual control, and in the midst of this control,
it says, they began to speak with other tongues. Now
(03:03):
there were Jews verse five living in Jerusalem, devot 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 the feeling of the spirit caused them to do
what Acts one to eight said, you will be witnesses
(03:27):
of me. God wants Jesus to be witnessed to so
much that he gives them the power to do or
to say what was not natural to them. Now why
was this gift being utilized at this time? In First Grinta,
(03:47):
this chapter fourteen, we read in verse twenty, brethren, do
not be children in your thinking, yet in evil be infants.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But in your thinking be mature in the law.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It is written, But men of strange tongues, and by
the lips of strangers. I will speak to this people,
And even so they will not listen to me, says
the Lord. So then tongues are for a sign, not
to those who believe, but to unbelievers. But prophecy is
(04:24):
a sign not to unbelievers, but to those who believe.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
But he says, it.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Is written, the Scripture has already declared that the reason
for this gift is a supernatural indication that something from
heaven is taking place right now for the purpose of
non believers. Which is why Paul says, if somebody is
in fact speaking in a tongue, that's got to be
somebody who can interpret it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Or else.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
He says, it's nonsensical. It doesn't nobody understands what you're
talking about. And if it's a gathering of blame, he says,
prophecy is for them. The proclamation and application of scripture
is for them, not something that they do not understand.
Now Paul does talk about He says, though I have
(05:15):
the tongues of angels. Now, the problem with the tongues
of angels is, whenever angels are speaking in the Bible,
they're speaking human languages. Do you never see an angel
speaking a language that's not the language of the people
they're talking to, So they're speaking human languages?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
What about praying in tongues?
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Is there a communication between me and God that is
unique that does not fit the norm of human speech?
The Bible does say in Romans chapter eight that the
Holy Spirit speaks and groanings that cannot be uttered. He
speaks in ways that has to be interpreted for the Father.
(05:57):
So there is the possibility that in your personal time
with God, there is a communication between you and God
that you and God understand. But that is not for
the purpose of the body unless somebody can make sense
of it, so that the body is edified. And now
(06:19):
God is supernaturally bringing his message of Jesus Christ, first
of all to the Jews. You shall be my witnesses
in Jerusalem. Everybody was there at the day of Pentecosts,
from all over the Jewish speaking world, all the Jews
that gathered to celebrate the Pentecost to pass Over. And
now they were hearing the supernatural gifting. And it tells
(06:44):
you all the nations that they had come from in
verses nine and ten and eleven, and verse twelve says.
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying
in one another, what does me what's going on here?
How can this be that they are speaking in this language.
(07:06):
So the point I want to make about the feeling
of the spirit is, however it manifests itself.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It takes you to a place you would naturally go.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
There is a supernatural activity occurring that is beyond normal
human explanation. So the fuller you are, that is, the
more under the Spirit's control you are are operating, the
more supernatural experience you have. Remember what I explained last
(07:41):
time that with the Kingdom of God, and the Spirit
is the agent of the Kingdom, comes power.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You shall receive power. With the Spirit comes power that is.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Supernatural ability to do things outside of the norm, just
to do magic tricks. That's why when they refuse to
make to accept the message even though they had experienced
the sign, he told them, I will give you no
more signs because you refuse to connect the miracles with
(08:17):
the message. And that's what a lot of people want.
They want they want Heaven's blessings without the message. So
some were asking what does this mean? What's going on here?
And of course this was the coming of the Spirit.
And that's why this thing of the feeling of the
spirit or being under Spirit's control yielding to him is
so critical. Others were saying in verse thirteen, they are
(08:39):
full of sweet wine.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Sweet wine.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Now, that actually explains something about the feeling of the spirit.
Ef Egans five eighteen says, be not drunk with wine,
but be filled with the spirit. He is saying be drunk,
but not with wine. When you are filled with wine,
meaning intoxicated, you're acting outside of your normal self because
(09:06):
something else is in control.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Well, what wine does to a person.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
When they're intoxicated, the spirit does to a believer who
is intoxicated. They're acting outside of their normal self. You
will literally be able to say this is not me
because I would normally say this or react this way
because something else is controlling me. Now, theres only when
(09:36):
one way you can get drunk, and that is drink.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
You don't get drunk by looking at liquor. You don't
get drunk by thinking about liquor. You don't get drunk
by talking about it. You get drunk by drinking it.
So it is this consuming of the spirits control over
your life, giving him full or of control that lists
you to another level of operating. That is the feeling
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of the spirit being absorbed by him.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
But remember, the sign.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Is always designed to lead you to the message. So
when the sign happens, it's time for the message. You
shall receive power when the Holy spirits come upon you,
and you shall be my witnesses. When the power comes,
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the message should be shortly connected to it. So one
of the reasons God not free to give the power
is because he knows there won't be the message, There'll
be silence, or it'll be hidden Christianity. No, this was
a public demonstration of the sign for the message, as
(10:55):
First Corinthian.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Says, Doctor Evans will tell us more about the purpose
be public displays of God's power, and while we don't
see them as often these days, when he returns in
a moment with more insights from his enlightening teaching series
in the Book of Acts, it's a profound exploration of
the early Church and its powerful lessons for our lives today.
(11:17):
We'd love to offer you all fourteen full length messages
in this two volume audio collection, available on CD or
digital download, with our thanks when you make a generous
contribution to help us keep Tony's teaching on this station.
In addition to the complete Acts audio series, we're excited
to include an added bonus, his powerful book Kingdom Purpose,
(11:40):
designed to help you discover you're one of a kind
calling from God and learn how to live it out
with passion and clarity. Take advantage of this special limited
time offer before time runs out. Visit us today at
Tonyevans dot org or call us at one eight eight
hundred thirty two twenty two, online at Tonyevans dot org
(12:03):
or my phone at one eight hundred eight hundred three
two two two. Well right, now, here's doctor Evans once
again with more of today's message.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
One of the questions I regularly get is does God
still use visions and dreams during Biblical days before we
had a Bible, God used visions and dreams for revelation.
So you read throughout the Bible, person had a vision
of this, or person had a dream about that as a.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Way of God speaking.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Okay, we do know with the closing of the canon,
that is the completion of scripture, there is no new revelation.
That is, in the sense of writing Bible. The Bible
is finished, but there is illumination. Illumination has to do
with understanding revelation. So while God is not writing more Bible,
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he is revealed an understanding and application of the Bible
that's already written to your personal circumstance. He says that
in the last days that God's spirit would be poured
out and there would be the supernatural. Now he's leading
into something bigger than the moment he's talking about here,
And let me just give it an explanation. If the
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Jews would receive Christ, Christ would bring in the Kingdom
right away. But the pouring out of the spirit he
was still going to do, which is what is occurring now.
And who is it occurring with Jews? This is all
Jews right here. So God is giving you the spirit.
He's given you the opportunity to respond to Him before judgment.
Men of Israel verse twenty two. Listen to these words,
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because it has to start with the Jews. That's why
Jesus will not physically come back to earth. He will
rapture the Christians, but he will not physically touch ground
until the Jews receive him as Messiah. But right now
he wants to start the message to Israel. Listen to
my words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you
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by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God
performed through him in your midst just as you yourselves know. Okay,
so he came, He demonstrated himself to be who he
was by the miracles he performed.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
This man delivered over.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
To the predestined plan and fore knowledge of God. You
nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men,
and you put him to death. But God raised him
up again the resurrection in verse twenty four, putting an
end to the agony of death for David says of him, Now,
(14:47):
this is very interesting.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
In verse twenty five, David says, of who David says
of Jesus.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Well, wait, Matt David's living hundreds of years before Jesus,
hundreds of years before Jesus. But Peter says, to the
Jews who know the Old Testament, David talked about Jesus.
He was looking forward to the one who would come
from his throne, who would be the Holy One. And
he says, and that one is who he spoke of.
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He was speaking of Christ. Verse thirty two. This is Jesus,
God raised up to which we are witnesses. Now, if
they knew Jesus didn't rise from the dead, hadn't seen
him talk to him, ate with him after he rose
from the dead, then you either have to be crazy
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or you know it's true, they say, we are witnesses
of the resurrection. Therefore, having been exalted by the right
hand of God, and having received from the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out forth
this which you both see and hear. The supernatural activity
you see right now. For it was not David who
ascended into heaven, but he himself, says, the Lord said
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to my Lord, sit on my right hand. The Lord
said to who The Lord said to who, God said
to God, sit on my right hand. Okay, you got
that right. The Lord said to my Lord, sit on
my right hand. Why because Jesus Christ is part of
the God Head. So God says to God, sit on
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my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. Therefore,
let all the house of Israel know for certain that
God has made him Jesus, both Lord and Christ. This
Jesus whom you crucify. The miracles lead to the message.
So if you want to experience more miracle, can God
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trust you with some message. Is Jesus going to be
exalted if he fills you with his presence? Or do
you just want the stuff? The supernatural activity? So when
they heard this, they were pierced their heart. They said
to Peter and the rest of their apostles, Brethren, what
shall we do because you didn't cut us. You didn't
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cut us with the message. Peter said to them, repent,
and each of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This versus been
misunderstood and misused. Remember, repentance is to bring you back
in the fellowship. Men are saved by faith in Jesus Christ,
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over and over and over again. But oftentimes you'll see
faith alongside repentance. Because faith saves you, repentance bonds you.
In other words, relationship. It has to do with the
re establishment of relationship or the connection between you and God.
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When you accept Christ, that's a legal connection, justification when
you repeat, that's a relational connection. So he's calling them
not just to salvation, but a relational connection. How do
I initiate the relational connection baptism. Paul makes it clear
in First Corinthians one seventeen that baptism isn't part of
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getting saved. His point is you now going public because
you're repented, You back in fellowship with me. So now
you are putting on a wedding ring, you're letting it
be known you are willing to be publicly associated with me.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Again, this is why many.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Christians are not seeing the power of the Spirit, because
they're not willing to wear the ring. They want to
be married without anybody knowing it, which automatically will negate
the Spirit's power and presence operating to its fullness in
your life. He says, this is the the Church, and
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with many other words. He solemnly testified and kept exhorting them, saying,
be saved from this perverse generation. So it was not
only salvation to go to Heaven, it was being preserved
from judgment that was going to come on that generation,
which did come. If you look at history books in
seventy a d. When the Roman general Titus marched on
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Jerusalem and destroyed the city, including destroying the temple. That's
what Jesus meant when he said one stone will not
be left on top of another.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
That actually happened. Go back to history books. Seventy a D.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Titus Roman army came in and destroyed it and the
city due to their rejection of Christ, which meant that
there was no protection of God. So then they who
bleed received the word and were baptized, and that day
they were added about three thousand souls. So you talk
about an evangelistic campaign. Three thousand people get saved on
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that day. And in Verses forty two to forty seven,
it says that when three thousand gods saved, they devoted
themselves verse forty two to teaching, to fellowship, the breaking
of bread, into prayer, feeling a sense of awe. Many
wonders and signs were taking place. Why because they're full
of the Holy Spirit. And all of those who believed
were together, and all had and they had all things
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in common. And they began selling their property and possessions
and were sharing with them all as anyone might have need.
Day to day, continuing with one mind in the temple,
breaking bread from house to house. They ate their meals
together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and
having favored with all the people. And the Lord was
adding to their numbers. Day by day those were being saved.
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You have the four things you have worship, which is
the celebration of God for who he is, what he
has done, and what you're trusting him to do You
had fellowship because they were fellowshipping with one another. They
were together, had things in common, meeting each other's needs.
Fellowship is mutually sharing the life of Christ within the
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context of the family of God. They were in the
Apostles doctrine. They were learning truth because you can't grow
beyond what you know, and so they were learning the
Word of God through the Apostles doctrine. And then there
was outreach. The church was so powerful. Folk were getting
saved day after day. Every day new folk were getting
saved because why because everybody's given public testimony to Jesus Christ,
(21:28):
and we're just waiting for the preacher to do an
author call. Everybody was talking about Jesus. Why and what
was happening? Everybody talking about Jesus. They're together in unity,
and it says, and here's the verse I love in
this section, verse forty three. Everyone kept feeling a sense
of awe and many wonders and signs were taking place
(21:50):
through the apostles.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
They were going, wow, whoa did you see that?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
How could that be? And they kept on seeing it.
The Holy Spirit's power was just pulsating everywhere. Powell just
jumping everywhere because they were public about Christ. So they
were filled with the spirit, and so God could do
his thing and everybody had a sense. A woman.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Doctor Tony Evans talking about the amazing days of the
Early Church and explaining how you can experience that same
power in your life today, starting by having a personal
relationship with God through Jesus Christ. If you're not sure
what that means, Tony would like to help you cut
through the confusion by explaining it in clear, simple terms.
(22:45):
Just visit Tonyevans dot org and follow the link that
says Jesus. You'll find everything you need to know, including
some free resources to help you. Again, that's Tonyevans dot org. Also,
I want to remind you that the lesson we heard
today is part of an inspiring series exploring the spirit
empowered journey of the Early Church in the Book of Acts.
(23:08):
This two volume audio collection delves deep into the pivotal
moments and powerful teachings that shape the foundation of Christianity.
Each message is designed to illuminate the dynamic work of
the Holy Spirit and the bold faith of the Apostles,
offering you practical insights to apply in your own spiritual Walk,
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and we'd like to send you all fourteen messages in
this powerful collection, either on CD or as digital downloads
as our thank you gift when you make a generous
contribution to support the ministry of the Alternative. But that's
not all. We're also including Tony's insightful book, Kingdom Purpose,
designed to help you discover your unique God given mission
(23:50):
in the world and live a life of significance and impact.
This special double offer is only available for a limited time,
so be sure to visit us at Tonyevans dot org
to request it today, or if you prefer, call us
at one eight hundred, eight hundred thirty two twenty two
to speak with a member of our resource team who
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can assist you personally. That's one eight hundred eight hundred
three two two two. As we've been learning, the Book
of Acts is the story of the Holy Spirit at
work in the lives of early Church believers. Tomorrow, Tony
will tell us about the significance of one particular miracle
that teaches us about the importance of seeking what we
(24:32):
truly need from God rather than just what we want.
You won't want to miss it.
The quickest way to not experience the Holy Spirit is
to have illegitimate this unity.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Doctor Tony Evans is God works through his people when
his people work together.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
That's why it is in the interest of the devil
to stir stuff up, because he knows that the spirit
of God works in the context of unity.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings
from the archives of doctor Tony Evans. Doctor Evans says
that being under the influence can be either good or bad,
depending on what's doing the influencing. Today, as he takes
us to Acts chapter two, he'll talk about the fulfillment
of God's promise to empower his people through the intoxicating
(00:43):
presence of the Holy Spirit. Let's join him.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So we come now to chapter two. When the day
of Pentecost had come, they were all gathered together in
one place, and suddenly there came from heaven a noise,
a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house
where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues
(01:09):
as of fire, distributing themselves. And they rested on each
of them, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the
Spirit was giving them utterance. First thing I want you
to observe is that the Spirit came to them when
(01:31):
they had gathered on one accord. The point I want
to make here is that the Spirit does not work
in disunity. They were together, they were on one accord,
on the same page. The quickest way to not experience
the Holy Spirit is to have illegitimate disunity, because he
(01:54):
will not work in disunity. And so that's why it
is in the interest of the day to stir stuff up,
to craft and create disunity, because he knows that the
Spirit of God works in the context of unity. So
he does that with our human relationships, with family, with
(02:15):
brothers and sisters in Christ, with church, with elders, deacons, members.
You know, all this stuff keeps coming up, and you
wonder how some fights start over nothing and he wound
up being World War III. That's what the enemy does
because he wants to keep disunity in order to keep
the Spirit away. But they are together in one place,
(02:39):
and they are filled with the Holy Spirit. They are
under divine control. To be filled with the Spirit is
to be under divine control. It is to be totally
consumed with spiritual control, and in the midst of this control,
it says, they began to speak with other tongues. Now
(03:03):
there were Jews verse five living in Jerusalem, devot 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 the feeling of the spirit caused them to do
what Acts one to eight said, you will be witnesses
(03:27):
of me. God wants Jesus to be witnessed to so
much that he gives them the power to do or
to say what was not natural to them. Now why
was this gift being utilized at this time? In First Grinta,
(03:47):
this chapter fourteen, we read in verse twenty, brethren, do
not be children in your thinking, yet in evil be infants.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But in your thinking be mature in the law.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It is written, But men of strange tongues, and by
the lips of strangers. I will speak to this people,
And even so they will not listen to me, says
the Lord. So then tongues are for a sign, not
to those who believe, but to unbelievers. But prophecy is
(04:24):
a sign not to unbelievers, but to those who believe.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
But he says, it.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Is written, the Scripture has already declared that the reason
for this gift is a supernatural indication that something from
heaven is taking place right now for the purpose of
non believers. Which is why Paul says, if somebody is
in fact speaking in a tongue, that's got to be
somebody who can interpret it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Or else.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
He says, it's nonsensical. It doesn't nobody understands what you're
talking about. And if it's a gathering of blame, he says,
prophecy is for them. The proclamation and application of scripture
is for them, not something that they do not understand.
Now Paul does talk about He says, though I have
(05:15):
the tongues of angels. Now, the problem with the tongues
of angels is, whenever angels are speaking in the Bible,
they're speaking human languages. Do you never see an angel
speaking a language that's not the language of the people
they're talking to, So they're speaking human languages?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
What about praying in tongues?
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Is there a communication between me and God that is
unique that does not fit the norm of human speech?
The Bible does say in Romans chapter eight that the
Holy Spirit speaks and groanings that cannot be uttered. He
speaks in ways that has to be interpreted for the Father.
(05:57):
So there is the possibility that in your personal time
with God, there is a communication between you and God
that you and God understand. But that is not for
the purpose of the body unless somebody can make sense
of it, so that the body is edified. And now
(06:19):
God is supernaturally bringing his message of Jesus Christ, first
of all to the Jews. You shall be my witnesses
in Jerusalem. Everybody was there at the day of Pentecosts,
from all over the Jewish speaking world, all the Jews
that gathered to celebrate the Pentecost to pass Over. And
now they were hearing the supernatural gifting. And it tells
(06:44):
you all the nations that they had come from in
verses nine and ten and eleven, and verse twelve says.
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying
in one another, what does me what's going on here?
How can this be that they are speaking in this language.
(07:06):
So the point I want to make about the feeling
of the spirit is, however it manifests itself.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It takes you to a place you would naturally go.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
There is a supernatural activity occurring that is beyond normal
human explanation. So the fuller you are, that is, the
more under the Spirit's control you are are operating, the
more supernatural experience you have. Remember what I explained last
(07:41):
time that with the Kingdom of God, and the Spirit
is the agent of the Kingdom, comes power.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You shall receive power. With the Spirit comes power that is.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Supernatural ability to do things outside of the norm, just
to do magic tricks. That's why when they refuse to
make to accept the message even though they had experienced
the sign, he told them, I will give you no
more signs because you refuse to connect the miracles with
(08:17):
the message. And that's what a lot of people want.
They want they want Heaven's blessings without the message. So
some were asking what does this mean? What's going on here?
And of course this was the coming of the Spirit.
And that's why this thing of the feeling of the
spirit or being under Spirit's control yielding to him is
so critical. Others were saying in verse thirteen, they are
(08:39):
full of sweet wine.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Sweet wine.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Now, that actually explains something about the feeling of the spirit.
Ef Egans five eighteen says, be not drunk with wine,
but be filled with the spirit. He is saying be drunk,
but not with wine. When you are filled with wine,
meaning intoxicated, you're acting outside of your normal self because
(09:06):
something else is in control.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Well, what wine does to a person.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
When they're intoxicated, the spirit does to a believer who
is intoxicated. They're acting outside of their normal self. You
will literally be able to say this is not me
because I would normally say this or react this way
because something else is controlling me. Now, theres only when
(09:36):
one way you can get drunk, and that is drink.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
You don't get drunk by looking at liquor. You don't
get drunk by thinking about liquor. You don't get drunk
by talking about it. You get drunk by drinking it.
So it is this consuming of the spirits control over
your life, giving him full or of control that lists
you to another level of operating. That is the feeling
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of the spirit being absorbed by him.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
But remember, the sign.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Is always designed to lead you to the message. So
when the sign happens, it's time for the message. You
shall receive power when the Holy spirits come upon you,
and you shall be my witnesses. When the power comes,
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the message should be shortly connected to it. So one
of the reasons God not free to give the power
is because he knows there won't be the message, There'll
be silence, or it'll be hidden Christianity. No, this was
a public demonstration of the sign for the message, as
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First Corinthian.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Says, Doctor Evans will tell us more about the purpose
be public displays of God's power, and while we don't
see them as often these days, when he returns in
a moment with more insights from his enlightening teaching series
in the Book of Acts, it's a profound exploration of
the early Church and its powerful lessons for our lives today.
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We'd love to offer you all fourteen full length messages
in this two volume audio collection, available on CD or
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In addition to the complete Acts audio series, we're excited
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or my phone at one eight hundred eight hundred three
two two two. Well right, now, here's doctor Evans once
again with more of today's message.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
One of the questions I regularly get is does God
still use visions and dreams during Biblical days before we
had a Bible, God used visions and dreams for revelation.
So you read throughout the Bible, person had a vision
of this, or person had a dream about that as a.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Way of God speaking.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Okay, we do know with the closing of the canon,
that is the completion of scripture, there is no new revelation.
That is, in the sense of writing Bible. The Bible
is finished, but there is illumination. Illumination has to do
with understanding revelation. So while God is not writing more Bible,
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he is revealed an understanding and application of the Bible
that's already written to your personal circumstance. He says that
in the last days that God's spirit would be poured
out and there would be the supernatural. Now he's leading
into something bigger than the moment he's talking about here,
And let me just give it an explanation. If the
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Jews would receive Christ, Christ would bring in the Kingdom
right away. But the pouring out of the spirit he
was still going to do, which is what is occurring now.
And who is it occurring with Jews? This is all
Jews right here. So God is giving you the spirit.
He's given you the opportunity to respond to Him before judgment.
Men of Israel verse twenty two. Listen to these words,
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because it has to start with the Jews. That's why
Jesus will not physically come back to earth. He will
rapture the Christians, but he will not physically touch ground
until the Jews receive him as Messiah. But right now
he wants to start the message to Israel. Listen to
my words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you
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by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God
performed through him in your midst just as you yourselves know. Okay,
so he came, He demonstrated himself to be who he
was by the miracles he performed.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
This man delivered over.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
To the predestined plan and fore knowledge of God. You
nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men,
and you put him to death. But God raised him
up again the resurrection in verse twenty four, putting an
end to the agony of death for David says of him, Now,
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this is very interesting.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
In verse twenty five, David says, of who David says
of Jesus.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Well, wait, Matt David's living hundreds of years before Jesus,
hundreds of years before Jesus. But Peter says, to the
Jews who know the Old Testament, David talked about Jesus.
He was looking forward to the one who would come
from his throne, who would be the Holy One. And
he says, and that one is who he spoke of.
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He was speaking of Christ. Verse thirty two. This is Jesus,
God raised up to which we are witnesses. Now, if
they knew Jesus didn't rise from the dead, hadn't seen
him talk to him, ate with him after he rose
from the dead, then you either have to be crazy
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or you know it's true, they say, we are witnesses
of the resurrection. Therefore, having been exalted by the right
hand of God, and having received from the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out forth
this which you both see and hear. The supernatural activity
you see right now. For it was not David who
ascended into heaven, but he himself, says, the Lord said
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to my Lord, sit on my right hand. The Lord
said to who The Lord said to who, God said
to God, sit on my right hand. Okay, you got
that right. The Lord said to my Lord, sit on
my right hand. Why because Jesus Christ is part of
the God Head. So God says to God, sit on
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my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. Therefore,
let all the house of Israel know for certain that
God has made him Jesus, both Lord and Christ. This
Jesus whom you crucify. The miracles lead to the message.
So if you want to experience more miracle, can God
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trust you with some message. Is Jesus going to be
exalted if he fills you with his presence? Or do
you just want the stuff? The supernatural activity? So when
they heard this, they were pierced their heart. They said
to Peter and the rest of their apostles, Brethren, what
shall we do because you didn't cut us. You didn't
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cut us with the message. Peter said to them, repent,
and each of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This versus been
misunderstood and misused. Remember, repentance is to bring you back
in the fellowship. Men are saved by faith in Jesus Christ,
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over and over and over again. But oftentimes you'll see
faith alongside repentance. Because faith saves you, repentance bonds you.
In other words, relationship. It has to do with the
re establishment of relationship or the connection between you and God.
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When you accept Christ, that's a legal connection, justification when
you repeat, that's a relational connection. So he's calling them
not just to salvation, but a relational connection. How do
I initiate the relational connection baptism. Paul makes it clear
in First Corinthians one seventeen that baptism isn't part of
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getting saved. His point is you now going public because
you're repented, You back in fellowship with me. So now
you are putting on a wedding ring, you're letting it
be known you are willing to be publicly associated with me.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Again, this is why many.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Christians are not seeing the power of the Spirit, because
they're not willing to wear the ring. They want to
be married without anybody knowing it, which automatically will negate
the Spirit's power and presence operating to its fullness in
your life. He says, this is the the Church, and
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with many other words. He solemnly testified and kept exhorting them, saying,
be saved from this perverse generation. So it was not
only salvation to go to Heaven, it was being preserved
from judgment that was going to come on that generation,
which did come. If you look at history books in
seventy a d. When the Roman general Titus marched on
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Jerusalem and destroyed the city, including destroying the temple. That's
what Jesus meant when he said one stone will not
be left on top of another.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
That actually happened. Go back to history books. Seventy a D.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Titus Roman army came in and destroyed it and the
city due to their rejection of Christ, which meant that
there was no protection of God. So then they who
bleed received the word and were baptized, and that day
they were added about three thousand souls. So you talk
about an evangelistic campaign. Three thousand people get saved on
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that day. And in Verses forty two to forty seven,
it says that when three thousand gods saved, they devoted
themselves verse forty two to teaching, to fellowship, the breaking
of bread, into prayer, feeling a sense of awe. Many
wonders and signs were taking place. Why because they're full
of the Holy Spirit. And all of those who believed
were together, and all had and they had all things
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in common. And they began selling their property and possessions
and were sharing with them all as anyone might have need.
Day to day, continuing with one mind in the temple,
breaking bread from house to house. They ate their meals
together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and
having favored with all the people. And the Lord was
adding to their numbers. Day by day those were being saved.
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You have the four things you have worship, which is
the celebration of God for who he is, what he
has done, and what you're trusting him to do You
had fellowship because they were fellowshipping with one another. They
were together, had things in common, meeting each other's needs.
Fellowship is mutually sharing the life of Christ within the
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context of the family of God. They were in the
Apostles doctrine. They were learning truth because you can't grow
beyond what you know, and so they were learning the
Word of God through the Apostles doctrine. And then there
was outreach. The church was so powerful. Folk were getting
saved day after day. Every day new folk were getting
saved because why because everybody's given public testimony to Jesus Christ,
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and we're just waiting for the preacher to do an
author call. Everybody was talking about Jesus. Why and what
was happening? Everybody talking about Jesus. They're together in unity,
and it says, and here's the verse I love in
this section, verse forty three. Everyone kept feeling a sense
of awe and many wonders and signs were taking place
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through the apostles.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
They were going, wow, whoa did you see that?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
How could that be? And they kept on seeing it.
The Holy Spirit's power was just pulsating everywhere. Powell just
jumping everywhere because they were public about Christ. So they
were filled with the spirit, and so God could do
his thing and everybody had a sense. A woman.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Doctor Tony Evans talking about the amazing days of the
Early Church and explaining how you can experience that same
power in your life today, starting by having a personal
relationship with God through Jesus Christ. If you're not sure
what that means, Tony would like to help you cut
through the confusion by explaining it in clear, simple terms.
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Just visit Tonyevans dot org and follow the link that
says Jesus. You'll find everything you need to know, including
some free resources to help you. Again, that's Tonyevans dot org. Also,
I want to remind you that the lesson we heard
today is part of an inspiring series exploring the spirit
empowered journey of the Early Church in the Book of Acts.
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This two volume audio collection delves deep into the pivotal
moments and powerful teachings that shape the foundation of Christianity.
Each message is designed to illuminate the dynamic work of
the Holy Spirit and the bold faith of the Apostles,
offering you practical insights to apply in your own spiritual Walk,
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and we'd like to send you all fourteen messages in
this powerful collection, either on CD or as digital downloads
as our thank you gift when you make a generous
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not all. We're also including Tony's insightful book, Kingdom Purpose,
designed to help you discover your unique God given mission
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in the world and live a life of significance and impact.
This special double offer is only available for a limited time,
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at one eight hundred, eight hundred thirty two twenty two
to speak with a member of our resource team who
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can assist you personally. That's one eight hundred eight hundred
three two two two. As we've been learning, the Book
of Acts is the story of the Holy Spirit at
work in the lives of early Church believers. Tomorrow, Tony
will tell us about the significance of one particular miracle
that teaches us about the importance of seeking what we
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truly need from God rather than just what we want.
You won't want to miss it.
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