Transcript: Understanding the Cross in Christianity: Biblical Significance and Meaning

Dear brothers and sisters, greetings to you in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And we have come to this final episode on the Holy Spirit, concept of the Holy Spirit. We started with the role of the Holy Spirit and then we moved on from there discussing in detail about the tongues, the Holy Tongues. OK, and I'm not going to spend time in touching upon the previous sessions we had. Probably I keep recommending, encouraging you start from the basics, go in a chronological order, go through the series in a chronological order. Therefore, you get to understand how we started discussing about the facts from the foundations, from the basics. and then we ended in some of the advanced concepts of resurrection blood of christ sufferings of jesus um we spoke the other side and the role model of uh slavery and you know he took the servanthood um role model and we compared and then we got into the study of holy spirit right the end product of jesus suffering is holy spirit and grace okay now we are i think we went through four sessions and this is the fifth session on this episode of the holy spirit hope you are enjoying now the the previous the very last session what we had 70 and 70 continued i i just go by the numbers and alphabet so it's easy right in in in according to the indian standard um the children in the u.s they will say grade and all that right here it is more like you know section 7th section 7th c 7th a something like that so it is easy to follow an order right now we are in 7e the last episode which i believe it to be um we have to conclude because we have to go to the next concept of grace but i think i'm very confident that we had a very comprehensive study convincing study on the holy spirit okay are you all with me okay good now let's uh Continue. Excuse me. In the previous study, we, that is immediate previous study, we spoke much about the tongues. Correct. We spoke about angelic tongues. We spoke about tongues of men. We spoke about the demonic tongues. Okay. And all of them we connected with the scriptures. It's not that we were talking about some man's belief or some man's traditional mythology. No, no. We absolutely connected with the Bible. You have to go through the study again, rewind the tape because don't jump into this session. There's a final study. You want to understand head or tail. You need to understand the basics. Okay. Now, what we are going to do in the final study is we are going to reasonably ask certain questions and talk through that. And many questions would have got answered already in the previous sessions. However, there could be still some category of extended questions. And I, with the help of grace, with the help of Holy Spirit, grace of God, we were able to handpick certain frequently asked questions. And I'm not going to go through some, I mean, tens and twenties of questions. There are hardly two, three questions that I picked, okay, which are commonly spoken. There is a trend which has been conducted and I did spend some time researching that. And according to the trend, according to the human psychology, Christian human psychology in Christendom, these were the top three, four questions that always arises, that always pops up, creeps up in your mind. First question. Okay. Did Jesus speak in tongues? We touched upon it at a very high level. Always the practice was Jesus isolated himself and he went to the mount. and bible is passive it leaves it there he was in prayer with god right why because see for example gee if the bible would have told it in detail saying that you know jesus was in the principle of talking to god in the heavenly tongue right or the angelic tongue it would be a rule it would become a law and all the churches will have to fall in that rule or law because what jesus says is nothing but the father said right nothing but our father in heaven our creator would say and it cannot be taken lightly right and that's why paul gave a distinction the relaxation there although i speak in heavenly tongue as much as you know jesus spoke he didn't say that but implicitly he meant that i definitely don't do it in public and i don't impose it as a rule or a law you don't do it because you are you it is a vain repetition of words and don't don't waste your time something like that he meant to say we definitely quoted verses you may want to rewind the tape and revisit those verses okay Jesus it is believed he isolated himself and went into that realm of speaking now it's very very easy to understand and correlate that Jesus definitely want to talk to the father from a private place on secret matters mysteries else he would have prayed among the disciples right it's the same Jesus in garden of testimony was begging these guys come and let us join together and pray because i need some motivation encouragement i feel lonely come let's pray together if jesus was a was if jesus were to make get into that kind of practice he would have already taken the disciples along with him to the mount why did he have why what was the reason why why should he have gone um all alone to the uh you know mountains and all that because he wants to speak mysteries he wants to talk certain secrets which necessary not necessarily the human will have to understand why because jesus says i'm talking about simple parables if this alone you this only you are not able to understand these things only you are not able to understand if i spoke about heavenly things how is it you are going to able to understand right so he understands the limitation of the carnal being first of all there was no bible in hand and already synagogue guys only that too this rabbis and high priest these guys only know the bible these guys don't know anything whatever they were talking in synagogue more or less they know here and there right on top of that he speaks about mysteries and have angelic tongue and all that people will go mad they will go berserk therefore jesus is such a kind person right he's very gentle soft and he left it there okay let me not impose but using our imaginations now after 2000 years having read bible understood it many of us have the gifts of even speaking in angelic tongues mysteries god bless those brothers and sisters absolutely i feel proud of them thank god for such brothers and sisters right he speaks secrets and also helps them interpretate to this world and we are blessed to have such people around us good that's why we are still living because god doesn't do anything without informing us how can i not inform my friend abraham before destroying sodom and gomorrah you did you notice that instance god went and came back oh how can i not tell he actually was discussing more about abraham's uh inheritance and sarah was laughing you know and granny sarah was laughing you remember we discussed that and then god went and he came back telling that like that god never does anything in a rush neither he does he does neither would he have the practice of doing anything in secret always he will reveal that is why that secrets are revealed to certain certain people who have that gift and then they interpreted it to the human mankind, alert them, right? Second coming is a good example. There are lots of people who got a lot of visions, right? And I'm talking about the genuine ones. Again, you need to compare it with the Bible, not somebody getting a dream or taken up in the spirit. And I was having one fellow was saying, I don't know what that guy's name is. One old fellow, I have no respect. He was saying I was having apam with some angel in heaven. literally feel like you know brother come to the side i want to talk to you i i don't hate him but such people are there use your judgment brother that's why we are discussing all this in this kind of sessions right we don't have to run a church to do all this that's why we are blessed with this remote connectivity yeah many people use youtube for bad reasons but we are using youtube for heavenly reasons good reasons okay now i'm still in the basic context now jesus separated himself and he was talking in heavenly tongues secrets mysteries which devil cannot understand because don't you believe that devil is definitely also in the mountain why when Jesus was taken into wilderness devil came there he was tempting Jesus wherever even devil followed why are you tormenting evil spirit manifestations demonic powers Jesus have to cast it of course he is going to be there why because he definitely wants to listen right because all the things which Jesus is going to do are the strategies are the strategies to tame the devil corner the devil push the devil and ensure that the human mankind gets the freedom don't you think so so that's why the devil would have gone and god talks and jesus talks to the father in mysteries this is what is believed we can use our little common sense now some say so i'm now let us get into the answer first answer is this from our imaginations second is some say Eli Eli lama sabachani he told that right some say it is a tongue Jesus spoke three times in tongues what that Tabitha what is that I forgot the Tabitha something he tells wake up little girl that he tells those are all Syrochalic common language among the Jews and in simple terms those are nothing but Aramic yes it's Aramic my god why my god why have forsaken me they were able to understand it it's not tongues or angelic tongue or whatever those are normal mother tongue only he was talking okay that is somebody will have all this questions in hand or whatever in your head and therefore we are discussing this ensuring you get the complete visibility revelation okay next one answer sorry the question is this So, see again, Bible is very clear. There is no evidence of Jesus talking in any sort of tongues, unintelligible, supernatural, any form of speech. No, no, God, Jesus was very plain talking in their Aramic language. Those days, the whole region, they spoke Aramic language. Jesus spoke in that language only. And, you know, biblically, the gift of speaking in tongues occurs when someone speaks a language, when others doesn't know. We have touched upon this in 1 Corinthians 14, 2, 6, etc. verses, right? there isn't any evidence in bible where jesus spoke in tongues and the whole bunch of crowds were scratching their head have you seen that anywhere even the 5000 mount of some mountain on the sermon on the mount what happened when so many people were there three days and three nights he was talking in a plain language parable simple parable that is the nature of christ therefore don't complicate the character of christ by saying he spoke in tongues and all that no brother he didn't speak in tongues if christ were going to speak in tongues it would have been logical for him right to do so it is baptism only why baptism only the holy spirit came he may say i've seen many people while giving baptism uh the holy spirit tongues will be given and all that maybe it is true maybe it is not true but there is no hard and fast rule the moment you get into water baptism you would have you you would have to literally feel it and speak some people because the other people are doing it they do some enacting of that you know with belief if you do it it'll come like that you know you're welcoming the holy spirit by clapping your hands fiercely in that can you imagine in the tank it'll be filled with water in the water they'll be clapping against the water and imagine the condition of the pastor right giving the giving the this is the kind of belief in christened them i'm very very honest and frank which whatever we have witnessed is what we are talking in the session it's not some stories which we haven't witnessed no i have seen all of this you might have seen all of this so even jesus could have spoken in tongues no actually god spoke opening up the heaven yeah he peeped his head out of the windows and said hey you know this is my beloved son in whom i'm well pleased this is what father wants to say don't treat him like another mere human being he's my son why he lived 30 years and he's going to continue to live that way righteously and he's going to uh you know submit himself to carry the sins of the world etc so but we have no record of jesus speaking in tongues on this occasion or in any other occasion right this could have been the best occasion for jesus to introduce the concept of uh you know talking in tongues then it'll become a rule it'll become a law oh you're taking water baptism if you're talking in tongues given by the holy spirit then it's accepted by god else go you are not qualified no membership nothing please get out of our community no our god is not in see that only is clear right it's very very clear that god is not imposing anything as a rule or a law therefore it is very evidential very clear that do not get offended brother if you don't talk in tongues that's why bible itself went passively holy spirit did not make the opposites to write this they left it passively however they have to mention the stuff here and there right because the acts of the holy spirit were very very strong in the beginning days why because it was needed to instill that belief to shed clarity light bible was not there so many confusions jesus was taken up and their hero jesus was no more with them so holy spirit will have to enact all this right to also instill the confidence that holy spirit is capable to do such things you're with me so that's the reason all this happened now these days it is not needed see again i'm not don't misunderstand holy spirit is needed that's why we are doing five sessions am i trying to say that no holy spirit itself can be taken passively no no no no Holy Spirit is needed. Without him, we just cannot live our life. We can't take a step ahead. We can't breathe. We can't decide. We can't judge. We can't discern. So we need the Holy Spirit. Okay. Many advocates of today's, you know, tongues movements, I can call it as advocates of tongues movement where they talk from, talk as a legalist, talk as a lawyer, assume that Jesus must have spoken in tongues, which is right, right? Just now I was proving, right? to i would say to bolster their point right uh the bolster means to prove their point english is complicated no i have learned many words sometimes i don't cautiously use it why because it will complicate to to prove their point they point to certain passages what is that one such passages mark chapter 7 verse 34 can you turn it with turn it to turn your bibles i hope you brought back the Bibles, right? Mark chapter 7, verse 34. Come on. Turn it with me, please. Okay. 34. 34. Then looking up heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephata, that is, be opened. What? The ears, let it be opened. Immediately his ears were opened. Right? And they quoted in which Jesus looked up to heaven with a deep sigh and all that. so that is see these are the evidences which the advocates generally the strong preachers about the spirit and all they got in mark 8 12 also they quote right mark 8 12 but he sighed deeply in his spirit and said he sighed divide this is generation seekers and assuredly i say to you now so they're connecting the spirit with that of the tongues actually this is different that is different however point to be noted here is a psi is not the same thing as a supernatural gift of tongues i want to clarify this specifically and i'm saying this anyone can psi psi means what psi means what what is my what is what is our favorite uh dictionary saying can we read it psi psi definition what all of us know but i want to read the actual definition given by oxford guys heave or utter a sigh breathe deeply and heavily something like that that also can be a sigh some noise can be a sigh so maybe Jesus took a my goodness Something like that How long should I be waiting How long should I, would you be asking for signs? Got it, no? That was a sigh. And that is not to be compared with the tongues. See, what all I have to compare, no? So that we are crystal clear, brother. From today onwards, no more confessions. Bury all your doubts in the, we're connected to the Holy Spirit or, you know, their tongues or whatever right you should be free of it okay cool now but we have a record of jesus speaking in aramic the commonest language spoken in israel at that time i am mentioning it for the second time where mark 5 41 see always we need to reference bible right mark 5 41 then he took the child by his hand and said to the girl talita kumi this is what the second words i forgot why i should remember all this verse why i should remember talita kumi some people you know they feel i can see the pride at their face when they use words like talita kumi elilila sabachani and efratha and all that it's okay brother three times god spoke and all that a lot of pride as if they have learned something you know which is unknown to the human mankind you need not even know this that's why bible left it does a very passive thing but i'm forced to tell all this why because don't don't take it so seriously it's okay what is so serious is fruits of the holy spirit gifts of the holy spirit i told you already and love practice love practice the two law which was given by jesus minus these you are you are actually you know it's all vain paul said that right it's a vain repetition love your neighbors as yourself love your lord god almighty with all your heart mind and soul which means what you cannot permit yourselves to or submit yourselves to sinful deeds, simple worldly pleasures. Acts 26.14 Acts 26.14 Can we read? Come on. Come on, come on. I think you should be more active. Maybe you are, maybe you have reached faster than me, but I'm just kidding. 26.14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the gods. So, what I am referencing is Paul and Jesus, both of them have used this Aramic language. When Jesus communicated to Paul also, he was using Aramic language. Jesus generally used that language more, more often or always, I would say. He never spoke in any language. There isn't any evidence. All these are Aramic language only, most likely. He was also, you know, conversant in Hebrew and Greek. He was a conversant, which means he used to converse and he talks in Hebrew and Greek also that is also part of the you know what I say the history Jewish history since both of those languages were used well as well during those days in that era in that age of the human history human mankind these are where the common languages Aramic Hebrew Greek etc but that's why Bible says for a Greek I'm a Greek for a Roman I'm a Rome Roman and they have not a person at the power of the cool and first of all jew what paul is well versed in seven or eight languages because he's a scholar he learned by the world testament in almost all the languages that were popular in those days in those regions therefore he was able to preach or write letters epistles but whether or not jesus ever spoke with supernatural power or in any other language the bible does not say anything in specific passively it leaves it there i would say he also leave it there passively However, we spoke on both the sides. Jesus could have probably used tongues, but in loneliness, it's a secret mystery in private. He used God bless you, brother. If you have that gift, please use it in private. Okay, good. I think we all got the answers for the first question. Now, we spoke about the three main categories of tongues, but there are other few extended concepts in the tongues of the Holy Spirit. I am going to position certain questions right in front of you. Therefore, you and I have some reasoning in our heart, right? Now, first thing is, does the Holy Spirit speak in tongues? Okay, the simple answer is all Christians can speak in tongues through the gift of God's Holy Spirit. You can't invent it, right? That's what I'm trying to say. Excuse me. If you invent, it's a demonic tongue. It's not from the Holy Spirit. whether or you not choose to do whether you whether or not you choose to do it is it becomes your choice because when you are in the holy spirit choice of the holy spirit becomes your choice obviously and he decides to give that gift absolutely you have to accept it the apostle paul seems pretty convinced if you look at him that you would benefit from it so get started speaking in tongues today first you must be born again see romans 10 as much as paul says it's not important And he also talks about the importance a little bit. Romans chapter 10. Can you turn with me? Romans chapter 10 verses 9 to 10. Let's read it and understand what he is saying there. But this is the word of promise. At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son. Not only this when Rebekah. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh, 11. For the children not yet being born again, nor having done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to elect might stand. Sorry brothers. Sorry. Actually, it got messed up. I actually lost the quoting of that verse. But then it's very clear. Actually, you know, Paul emphasizes that tongues can be taken lightly. However, you cannot forbid or ignore if you have the gift. Of course, you need to talk in mysteries because Holy Spirit wants you to do that. Okay. Let's move to the next question. few more questions and we will be getting more clarity when we are speaking in tongues we are speaking directly to god or not question mark so the answer is whom am i speaking to when i pray in tongues that is the for you know formally or frequently asked questions when we are speaking in tongues we are speaking in a language god has given us to speak with him and him alone again i will quote the same verse 1 corinthians 14 2 for he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to god bible says this clear answer is you are speaking to god you are not speaking to devil okay or any other man next question when we speak in tongues we are speaking mysteries are we really speaking mysteries yes we are bible says again in 14 2 right um 14 1 and 2 uh mysteries are invitations see mysteries are gen mysteries are generally the invitations right god invites you to talk about the greater depths of god's heart can you imagine the compassion of god how simple he has become that mere human beings he wants to discuss with us about the secrets ah i can't believe this and greater and not just that right a greater greater and greater part of the revelation the greater realms of revelation in in technical english if you see the greater greatest realms of revelation are being discussed that is that which is in submerged or encompassed within God's heart, he is having all interests, all attitude to share it with a human being because a God is someone who wants to partner with us, fellowship with us, and he wants to have company with us. Yeah. We begin to get access to those mysteries by praying in the spirit. Don't you think so? You get access to the throne room of God. And that is also covered in 1 Corinthians 14 too. Okay. Okay, brothers, let's move on. Many questions are there. i need to move a little faster when we speak in tongues do we strengthen ourselves or not the answer is when we speak in tongues we are given the ability to strengthen right not only you but also you will be given the gift the grace to strengthen the whole church strengthen the whole community of people strengthen your family also 1 corinthians 14 4 he who speaks in a tongue edifies himself jude 20 they can read uh in jude there is only one chapter so don't worry, but you beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. First of all, it is given to you when you are filled with that, you know, attitude of what to say, mere weakness, soberness and what to say, some kind of, you know, what shortcomings or failures you might have gone through. You desperately need someone to guide you, talk to you, overcome. you felt lonely on that day or someone spoke something you're not convinced those are the situation these kind of tongues helps in edifying you june 20 and 1 corinthians 14 next question when we speak in tongues do we build capacity for god it's a stupid question but then it's a valid question too right now praying in the spirit widens our capacity for the life of god absolutely right and builds and strengthens our connection it renews the connection and strengthens the connection with our spirits and gods Ephesians 3 16 and 19 that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might through his spirit in the inner man inner man and we spoke about that inner man of soul spirit to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you may be filled with all fullness of God clear brother I think we should move on okay when we speak in tongues do we experience any personal transformation many people have asked these questions like how moses face got transfigured and shown like a son and jesus got transfigured and like that when we speak in tongues do we get any transfiguration transformation valid question no the holy spirit has come to not only empower the believer but to make them more like Jesus. Christ-like attitude will be instilled. More importantly, not the transfiguration, transformation will be seen. You got it right? The way how you were talking, when Holy Spirit comes, immediately there is a change. There is kindness. There is gentleness. The fruits are given to you. Now, since see, since influence, if sin is influencing us, if at all you are influenced with some sinful deeds, what it does is, it basically weakness. it instills weaknesses or it weakens and and gives more and gives more room for the evil spirit to have dominion over us or rather if the holy spirit instead comes upon you empowering his grace what happens is it gives more room to strengthen our spirits right leading us into the power of christ leading us into the grace and glory within us you understand so don't expect when you talk in tongues is my face shining actually don't shine they will see more of a change in character attitude and renewal of mind romans 12 1 and 2 people i mean to say whoever talks to you romans 8 29 can we read for whom we whom he foreknew turn with me to romans 8 29 for whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren whomever he foreknew like certain people he would have a handpicked earmarked them for instilling these kind of gifts not all of us are needed to get this gifts right brother in you know just think and see it's not needed only few are enough why because if one person speaks a secret also it's the same it's given to 200 people also same so god felt one is enough one is enough because our god is not of god of quantity god of quality okay now there okay here we end the certain questions and answers frequently question answers now we will step into another interesting sections okay there are few reasons 10 to 20 reasons i have you know collated why speaking in tongues is so important very important question correct or not that's the whole reason we are talking right one side people are misusing misinterpreting introducing many misconceptions and causing confusions among the believers brethren and on the other side it is something that we cannot ignore that it is least important correct or not why it is important the reasons we are going to say why because bible is definitely talking about tongues however it did did not give much emphasis but doesn't mean it is least important no we also need to understand and i leave it to the listener's choice okay here are some of the things which i have put in my notes and i will be talking to you in a in a very layman language you'll be able to understand i will reference it with bible also you can have your bible side by side we will read one or two three verses in the interest of time i don't want to go through all the verses you can read it offline i will quote certain verses now first thing tongues were the visible proof that the disciples received with the holy spirit visible proof why witnessed it was by the in the bible holy spirit made to write it holy spirit descended and not only uh those 12 apostles disciples means many people were in that room yeah like mary magdalene would have been there of course mother of jesus also would have been there right all these people whoever were under the cross were there there were a lot of their names uh i think joanna or some some many sisters and brothers holy spirit descended in the form of tongue tongues tongues fire tongue descended that you can see in the picture i put in there okay it descended and it was witnessed acts chapter 2 if you can turn with me you can read it offline okay i'm not going to get in maybe i'll do it for you brother hang on shouldn't we we came so close shouldn't we spend that one extra minute and read it come on acts 2 okay uh 2 and 3 then there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire and one sat upon each of them they were filled with the holy spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance we we visited this verse before also but i'm rereading it for you okay in the previous session next i'm i'm i'm rushing a little bit so we will cover many things in the interest of time tongues were the sign that christ church had been born both to the jews and the gentiles so one connecting element was tongues okay we cannot ignore that acts chapter 2 acts 10 you can read acts chapter 2 is very clear acts chapter 10 a full chapter if you take and read you can see that cornelius incident cornelius so that's the first time where you and I get the privilege although we were not born in the Jewish community look at the compassion of God you know how Jews called the Gentiles dogs that's why God Lord Jesus walked 50 miles towards one place and he enacted the drama with that Gentile lady in the in the form in the name of dog you think the dog can take the food of the you know people of God and she said yeah little dog is waiting for that little bone or crumbs to be fallen down right i'm okay god only i'm only dog only but i have faith that you will throw some crumbs to me wow jesus got so thrilled and excited for that one thing he went walked 50 miles and came back 50 miles see that is the beauty of jesus no he is not a man gathering up crowd one time he's with 5000 men plus children and wife etc out outside 5000 men other side for one lady because jesus from that time on well started focusing on the gentiles right that's why he started giving special attention to the gentile lady and second time here we are talking about cornellius after jesus was taken holy spirit again coming to the gentile now we are given invitation and tongues is something that unites both community okay let's move on speaking in tongues was a vital part of both apostles uh you know apostle paul's life and teaching 1 corinthians 14 18 1 corinthians 14 simply you can see it was part of apostles teaching and life also okay other reasons i'm talking about the importance of tongues right and speaking in tongues is tied to the gospel of marks great commission can we read it mark 16 14 to 20 turn with me to mark mark 16 matthew mark luke how many times we would have you know gone through in and out of these four books isn it I always tend to think how these guys would have been you know would have looked We will all meet them in heaven It will be nice, no? Spending some time with all these apostles, learning their experiences. Wow, it's so thrilling, right? 16, 14 to 20. The Great Commission. Afterward, he appeared to the leaven as he sat at the table and he rebuked their unbelief and hardness of their heart because he did not believe. and he said to them go to the all the world preach the gospel he believe he who believes baptized in this science will follow they take up serpents readily poisoned nothing will happen to them god spoke to them and he descended and worked out and preached where the lord working on all this he is talking about the great commission sometimes what it is saying is speaking in tongues empowers you know casting out the disbelief from you unbelief from you okay an unfaithful attitude and bravery mindset double-minded all these things will go away you will get more belief and clarity speaking in tongues is next one speaking is speaking in tongues is the supernatural language given by god to believers why because it is the language of god's spirit and his kingdom we discussed this in the previous session therefore i'm moving on next speaking in tongues gives us the spirit to spirit communication with god when you uh when you want to talk in in avikurya If you communicate with your own language, you can't communicate with your own language. If you can't communicate with your own language, it's not a way to unite. The tongues will unite. We have a belief in a very clarity. One of the words, sorry, I continuously spoke in Tamil. So when your neighbor is coming or when a person is coming, you get united in spirit. Why? Because the commonality seen here is, Both of you have the gift of tongues. It is believed that way. I am not saying this. Romans 8 26 to 27. Can you turn with me? Romans 8 26 to 27. One minute. Likewise, the spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for without, but the spirit himself makes intercessions for us groaning. but now he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of god i think it's clear now speaking in tongues allows us to access to the mysteries of god that we spoke already i'm skipping that okay praying in tongues is the next one praying in tongues is the it is it is the best way for the believers to strengthen themselves yeah only people have gone through this experiences will understand it better right mysteries with god will give you immense satisfaction brother when you do some good things when you give certain arms to some people and you you aided some help to somebody how how will your heart feel when you return back home filled with joy isn't it hardened money not about you know bribery that bribery money it's demonic you're almost a devil so don't do that you are hard-earned money you're giving one portion to i'm not talking about tithe tithe is a different concept i don't fully agree with that according to the new testament era but let's leave it there we will talk about that later but hard-earned money hard-earned money hard-earned money you give it to some people you really get that joy imagine if that alone can give you such a joy if you talk to god and understand the secrets which he wants to only talk with you wow amazing experience right yeah and again many things romans 8 26 27 we read that already praying in tongues is the perfect prayer why you are learning the mysteries directly from god throne access to the throne room and god directly talks to you just like how he talks to angels wow amazing experience now another belief is praying in tongues releases miraculous intercession for people whom we know and those we don't see for unknown people also you may not even know who that brother is suddenly you know the mysteries will be revealed to you about certain person or certain community that's how Jonah was sent to Nineveh he had no idea what these people of Nineveh were right he went there and he started talking but when he heard about that it was mysterious but when he went there it was no more mysterious he was a messenger of god likewise many brothers and sisters can be used that way messengers of god and you don't even know who that person about whom god is talking to you but he will be using you you'll be instrumental in god's hand and i'll tell you you're like ambassadors of christ that's the best you know ministry that one of all of us can do but it it it actually depends on god whatever he will he's going to do or to whomever he was he's going to bestow it we need to wait in prayer okay praying in tongues is i would say it's governmental it's it's official because it has it accesses the heart of god and prays what he wants to do on earth it's another interpretation but one and the same what i told so naturally these are some of the reasons some more reasons are there quickly i'll read it for you um i made put a lot of efforts in making notes right we need to discuss all of this okay the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues is used by the holy spirit to both edify and strengthen the church speaking in tongues can actually lead people to repentance speaking in tongues can because mysteries your own hidden secrets will be revealed and you will repent and you will come more closer and faster to god faster and closer to god praying in tongues is the main way we fulfill the mandate what is the mandate what is the mandate of god what is god's agenda to pray without ceasing that is god's agenda 1 thessalonians 5 17 take and read offline or we will wait we will read it together hang on um just one minute i'm turning to 1st thessalonians 5 17 i am there okay uh pray without ceasing you know what is that various exhortation is the title in that you find seven or eight these are all law law every single thing is the law i will read it quickly for you know one of them is pray without ceasing and you can do that perfectly fine in tongues you will get it and you will get that into into enthusiasm you will get that energy but there are other things also rejoice always pray without ceasing in everything give thanks do not quench the spirit do not uh despise prophecies test all things hold fast what is good abstain from every form of evil we can do a series in this only because every single thing is like a law and it can be connected to multiple things so if you want to meditate in your you know you know prayer time please use such paraphrases it is so nice it gives you a good introspection upon upon your own life and you can understand yourself better okay okay next is speaking in tongues is part of your spiritual armor very important okay armor armor means what armor of god that is mentioned right in the word armor of god uh when i used to be a small i mean little boy one movie jackie chan's movie came armor of god wow we all get so excited that time i didn't know that title was picked from bible actually but i don't make efforts to watch movies and all okay that's not right that's not right seriously okay um can we re efficient 618 very important brother i'm telling you why because our fight is not with the flesh and blood but with the principalities and powers of darkness as we all know that right but with whom we often fight flesh and blood only know that uncle this auntie that brother this sister that friend this companion we won't focus who is behind all these brothers and sisters it is they who who are not doing it but somebody is you know pushing them we need to bind those spirits anything that you bind and unbind in the name of Jesus, heaven will honor. Where it is written? Matthew chapter 18 verses 18 to 20. Take and read. Okay. I'm connecting the verses. Oh, Ephesians, where are you Ephesians? Come on. Ephesus church. It is written this letter 612. First read that. But we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but with against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Rewind the tape, go to the what is that we discussed no resurrection power where jesus went for the three days we spoke about abyss tartarus remember paradise torment place of there one place is called as abyss that is called as tartarus technically it's a it's a latin or greek i don't know either of this is true slightly you will find that place is open that is where they have access to earth they climb up and down that place will be sealed in revelation 22 and 3 for when jesus comes down when he rules the earth for thousand years we discuss this in very detail you will definitely have to go through that then you will understand but when they climb up onto the earth we need to fight against them how do we fight with our own muscle power actually no they are more stronger than us we need to fight with the word of god brother ephesians 6 17 and 18 and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit spirit is like a sword which is the word of god they're clarifying again nothing but the word of god now you understand word is might i keep telling you this word means not bad words word from the bible promises from the bible commandments from the bible law from the bible right these are might nothing but life it will go like an arrow from the bow and it will fight against the principalities and powers praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit in the spirit being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints you understand you understand right this is the power and you know you know talking in tongues and talk you know being led by the spirit talking in the spirit praying in the spirit all this is going to help us fight praying in tongues brings our spirit into unity with god's purpose see sometimes when we talk in tongues it unifies the spirit and then what happens is you won't even know the other person but holy spirit is one right he will make this brother that sister that brother talk in tongues at the same time mysteries and they will be picking up this armor of god the word of god and they will be talking in mysteries but the mystery is what you know to fight against the principalities that is the only reason this world is still surviving brother yeah many people are praying that way Many brothers and sisters are a blessing whom we do not know. We will meet them all in heaven. I'm telling you the truth. Okay. They're all unified and it renews our mind also. And tongues builds the interior life. That is the beauty. The tongues and, you know, and see, I'll tell you what. That means when I don't speak in tongues, my mind will not get renewed. I will not feel anything at all. I'm telling you, even if you speak in tongues or you speak the mere promises of God, it's all the same, brother. Don't worry. That's the reason I'm giving you a lot of explanation. Why? Because you don't have to be worried. Jesus spoke in public in, you know, parables and all that. He prayed also in the cross. You think God didn't honor all of that prayer? Only in tongues God should have honored. No. He spoke in private also. There are reasons, right? there are circumstantial needs based on which holy spirit will trigger he will help you what you should use as a weapon to fight okay we are not done with the question the last question and then we will talk about few paraphrases we will close on time okay another 15 minutes we will close on time we will speak speak some of the touch upon some of the top verses from bible on the holy spirit that's important okay and with that we will close this episode today promise promise is speaking in tongues evidence for having the holy spirit many people ask this questions if i don't speak in tongues holy spirit my my own child asks this question and i gave these many explanations and it's very complicated it will pull down your spirit enthusiasm brother because that's the way christened them had converted the believers to be especially the pentecostal Real. We need to be speaking in tongues else the Holy Spirit is not. Who said that? There are three occasions in the book of Acts where speaking in tongues accompanied the receiving of the Holy Spirit. I am not denying that. Acts 2.4 Acts 10.44-46 and Acts 19.6 These are the verses you need to refer. However, these three occasions are the only places in the Bible where speaking in tongues is an evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit. You think only three chapters are in Bible? Rest of the chapters, no. connotations given about the evidences of talking in tongues but you think holy spirit never worked anything or everything was an act of holy spirit okay unless and until holy spirit works with us we won't be able to move an inch the world will not function it will halt and stop today the world will end so don't have that perplexion in your mind confusion in your mind okay now throughout the book of acts thousands of people believed in jesus okay and nothing is said about them that the spoken tongues i will give you one evidence see acts 241 you take and read acts 241 turn with me come on faster faster we need to we need to do multiple studies uh acts 21 um okay then those who gladly received his word were baptized and that day about 3000 souls were added to them there is no evidence all the 3000 spoken tongues enough okay act acts okay this is not enough Acts 5 to 25. Take and read. Acts chapter 8 verses 5 to 25. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded. And unclean spirits crying with a loud spirit came. And miracles were witnessed. Paralyzed walked. And so many things happened. But there is no witness of somebody talking in tongues. See. And it goes on and on. Sorcerer's sin was confessed. Sorcerer's profession of faith. So many things happened. in the same chapter but no evidence you mean nothing happened there so many things happens without tongues also brother don't worry don't worry okay that's why we are giving you both the sides as how coin has two sides one side only printed what it happens it becomes a counterfeit coin correct now likewise bible is not counterfeit we are talking on both the sides therefore you understand the truth see again nowhere in the new testament it is taught that again i'm repeating it for the nth time it is taught that speaking in tongues no new testament doesn't profess or talk about very strongly speaking in tongues is the only evidence a person has received the holy spirit show me i will agree where is it made as a law or a rule by god tell me if you want to water baptize jesus himself didn't speak in tongues when water baptism was given so that is enough in fact the new testament teaches the opposite we are told that every believer in christ has the holy spirit romans 8 9 1 1 corinthians 12 13 ephesians 1 13 to 14 okay romans 8 9 i will read it for you but there was a certain man called simon who previously practiced ossuary and astonished people are claiming that he was someone great right but later he was convicted because he tried to bribe and he wants to get the spirit for money so he understood that holy spirit is not somebody who can be broad but then he lives inside of us and we don't have to go in search of that spirit he understood he asked peter to forgive him okay 1 corinthians 3 16 right is the temp we read that multiple time our body is the temple of god and holy spirit dwells in us i think i will stop here brother the reason is because i think it is too much for you to digest already and i have given too many interpretations too many explanations with the help of god not me who's talking it is holy spirit who's talking to us absolutely i just now told you without him we can't even open our mouth then forget about uttering word right everything is an act of the spirit in us holy spirit in us okay now we are coming to the closing note okay when we are doing the conclusive study we want to touch upon certain verses of God turn your Bibles with me or you want to you are so tired of turning Bible at least listen some people in the process of turning they lose attention so that is also bad I will read I will read certain I will turn it for you and I will read it for you I want you to just pay little attention that all I asking Okay And then we conclude it We sing a song We close this episode and stay tuned for the next episode The power behind the grace. All right. Okay. John chapter 16, verse 7. These are some of the famous or popular verses that talks about the Holy Spirit and his deeds or acts. Okay. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. John 16, 7. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. it is to your advantage that i go away i do not go away just like that leaving your orphans or helpless but i give you the helper who will come after me in my own image in my own stature i'm talking for i'm talking from uh esv version and niv also is very elaborate okay this is all esv version john 16 13 right when the spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all the truth for he will not speak on his own authority but whatever he hears he will speak i have this we read already he will declare to you the things that are it to come john 16 8 to 11 see this is a recap we are concluding it with a closing note therefore we need to once quickly revise whatever we can okay some 10 to 13 verses i will read or 15 verses i will read for you john 16 8 to 11 when he comes he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment concerning sin because they do not believe in me concerning righteousness because i go to the father and he will see me no longer concerning judgment because the ruler of the world is judged okay and uh yeah john 14 17 even the spirit of truth who spirit of truth holy spirit is always truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him you know him for it dwells with you and will be in you temple of god your body acts 8 2 29 and the spirit said to philip go over and join this chariot see there had been supernatural work miraculous work done by the spirit philip got caught up in spirit and he was taken all the way we discussed this already to the ethiopian chariot and he explained the book of isaiah yeah this also is part of the holy spirit act acts 431 when they had prayed the place in which they gathered together were shaken can you believe have you ever prayed like that if you make a mere attempt of your mouth muscle power you cannot even shake yourself then where is the earth to be shaken holy spirit power brother that's the brother that that's that's that's the that's a power in which you can shake the demonic um you know uh strongholds demonic demonic footages will be erased from your cctv what is that probably inside your home if there were demonic manifestations they will be removed the place will be shaken and they will all filled with the holy spirit continue to speak the word of god with boldness acts 2 1 to 47 you take it as a uh homework reading it talks about the day of pentecost whatever has happened there you can read the complete this thing later okay acts 1 8 everybody will claim this verse no way because we all want to serve god you will receive power when the holy spirit has come upon you you will be my witnesses in jerusalem judea samaria and to the ends of the earth okay holy spirit act is also to carry you to different places testifying god okay uh ephesians 4 30 do not grieve the holy spirit watch out this is a law not a commandment not by choice. You should not grieve. You do not grieve or you shall not grieve. By whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. If you grieve, you know the end result. Yeah, you have to pay the price. Okay, you will bite the dust. 1 Corinthians 6.19 Do you not know that your body is a temple? We read this already in 3.16. Same there, annotation is again given here. Romans 8.16 The Spirit Himself bears witnesses with our spirit. the Holy Spirit with our spirit. He works in concordance. That's why you see the S capital. Oneness is small. That small S is our spirit. Capital S is his Holy Spirit, his spirit. We are children of God. It unites. Romans 8, 9, we read. Ephesians 1, 13, we read. 1 Corinthians 3, 16, we read. Romans 8, 14. For we all who are led by the spirits are sons of God. Sons of God. If you are, you know who are sons of God? the old testament i will show it very quickly to you bible talks about sons of god and who are the sons of god they are angels brother i will prove to you in a moment i don't know whether you read this carefully in the book of genesis okay chapter 6 verses 2 1 and 2 now it came to pass that men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them that the sons of god saw the daughters of men right see again it is not very clear but my assumption is these were the fallen angels the actual angels of god are not like that fallen angels sons of god saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful and they took wives for themselves to all whom they chose in the law and the man and people and james were born on earth verse 4 they were there were james on earth in those days and And also afterward, where the sons of God came in the daughters of men, came in the came in into the daughters of men and they bore children to them. See, the spirit cannot mate. They possess the body. So it's very clear. Now, when you are not keeping your conscience clean, who will possess your body? All the fallen angels, demonic spirits, etc. I told, right, that they are all in relaxing in a place called a stateress for some time. And after that, they will be kicked out and they will be put into hell. simple okay uh leg of fire so uh watch out watch out brother this is a admonishing word so take it seriously this um okay uh romans uh what we were saying uh romans 8 14 for we for all who are led by the spirit of god are sons of god so what i mean to say here is the other aspect is we'll all become like angels excellent no we get the same powers supernatural powers to deal with the demonic forces romans 8 11 if the spirit of him who raised jesus from the dead dwells in you he who raised christ jesus from there will also give life to your mortal bodies meaning what dead in spirit dead in all kind of spiritual realm you will get the life and in you titus 3 5 we never touched this book no it's very bad but see holy spirit helps us he saved us not because of works done by us in righteousness but according to his own mercy by the washing of regeneration meaning with the blood of Jesus and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Got it, no? Genesis 1-2, the earth was void and all of us know, darkness was hovering over the face of the deep. Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Darkness was over the face of the deep and Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Holy Spirit was taking care of the you know, earth. God appointed the Holy Spirit. You know, incident happened because of angels he didn't want to immediately appoint angels he said holy spirit you go and take anger and holy spirit did that job i don't know for how many millions of years or thousands of years second peter 121 for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of men but men spoke from god as they were carried along by the holy spirit you're with me cool ic11 2 a little bit of old testament references we will close it in a minute and the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might and the spirit of knowledge and the fear of god this is the prophecy about jesus ic 11 2 likewise we can claim the same verse upon us also it will rest the spirit of wisdom will rest okay here only the gifts of the holy spirit is spoken in a in a in a what i say in a in a much narrow way right but broader way it is spoken in 1 Corinthians 12 1 to 11 okay second Corinthians 1 22 and who has also put a seal on us I think we discussed this I'm skipping this uh rewind the tape 1 Corinthians 12 3 therefore I want you to understand no one speaking in the spirit of God ever says Jesus is accursed any spirit that's that says Jesus is not the son of God is not of the Holy Spirit it's evil spirit any spirit that says every knee shall bow every tongue shall confess Jesus Christ is the lord of lots and king of things it is from the holy spirit that's a simple test health check simple health check there itself you will know you don't have to go into the detailed study like this simple health check okay what is your spirit saying you can also check and see yeah romans 8 9 sorry um let's move on wait galatians 5 16 but i say walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh you want to fight against your flesh you better walk by the spirit matthew three more verses i have so many quotes but let me wind it up somewhere we need to wind it up matthew 3 11 i baptize you with the water for repentance but he who is coming after me is mightier than i whose sandals i am not worthy he will baptize you with the holy spirit and fire in the name of jesus and the father and the son you know the son and the holy spirit they baptize you immediately you get baptized jesus name comes holy spirit comes 1 samuel 16 14 now the spirit of the lord departed from saul and a Harmsful spirit came from the Lord and tormented him. See, this is also to be compared with New Testament realm, right? The moment you lose the Holy Spirit because of your intelligence, because of your rebellious acts, outhearted, stiff-necked, etc. And taking Holy Spirit for granted, not even knowing the power of the Holy Spirit. That's why we are doing the study. What happens? Immediately, it will be replaced with the harmful spirit, evil spirit, brother. Watch out. 1 John 5, 6. This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only but by the water and the blood our jalath in alam you know ratat in alam vandhu namale rachitar abdhinir and the spirit is the one who testifies because the spirit is the truth it cannot lie okay last but two one verse two more verses 1 john 3 24 whoever keeps his commandments abide in god and god in him and by this we know that he abides in us by the spirit whom he has given us 1 John 2 27 with this we are closing this episode praise be to God but the anointing that you received from him abides in you and you have no need that anyone should teach you but as his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie just as it does taught you abide in him that's it brother we are done with this session aren't you happy joyful I'm really thanking God from the bottom of my heart for how he used us, how he, you know, gladly enabled this kind of time, right? Yeah, effort is quite a thing, but then it's grace of God, brother, that he has given us the time. We are united in spirit that we are able to, you know, go through these sessions together, together in oneness. We are all united, okay? Can we sing a song very quickly, the Holy Spirit because this is the final session and we will sing a Tamil hymn it's I don't know who was the author but it's one famous thing I don't have the lyrics right in front of me but I remember it by heart so can we all sing together in reverence I think this is a common hymn everybody knew this okay if possible stand up lift up your hands in reverence and respect to the Holy Spirit and then we will all worship him together okay Aviyanavare Anbina Aviyanavare Nirepovarum Irangivarum Engelmaathile Epovarum Irangivarum Thank you. Thank you. Hallelujah! Thank you. the veilay le alleluya avi anavare ambinavi anavare povarum irangi varum engelna thile father in heaven we come to you in the name of the lord and savior jesus christ thank you for taking us through this detailed sessions and study about the power of the Holy Spirit, the role of the Holy Spirit, how he works with us and what a great companion and what an exciting journey it is to walk with the Holy Spirit and how compassionate he is leading us, guiding us, guarding us, protecting us, helping us to make right decisions, helping us to judge and separate, discern between the evil and good. Oh, without Holy Spirit, there is not a single moment that we can live. Jesus lived always with the Holy Spirit, in companionship with the Holy Spirit and in association with the Father in Heaven, Lord. And may we talk a lot, may we take a lot Jesus as a role model and whatever studies we have gone through in the last five, six sessions may it become real. Every brethren of mine, every sister of mine, whoever have listened to these episodes, may all the words of God that we have proclaimed become real. May it become real in their life in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, I speak blessings to every single soul that heard this prayer and use them supernaturally. Instill thy gifts, instill thy fruits and lead them supernaturally, Lord, in the way how you have used Philip and how you have used, you know, many people in the Old Testament also, how the Spirit caught them and done miraculous things, Lord, and according to your divine will, according to your plan, Lord, and even, Lord, thank you for giving us a lot of light upon this tongues, and Lord, whatever may be you're willing, help us to speak mysteries, God, if possible, help us to speak mysteries, Lord, and we definitely long to get into such sort of experiences which Jesus went through, Paul went through. And we are also, Lord, excited to get into such experiences. But may it will be done, Father. And help us, Lord Jesus, to, you know, go through these experiences and bless us. And may, importantly, most importantly, may our life be renewed and transformed. Renewal of mind and transformation in the spirit. In the name of our Lord Jesus, we ask this and we pray. Amen, amen, amen. God bless you, brothers and sisters. If you are there next to me, I will give you a strong hug and a holy kiss. and thank you so much for staying with us, staying tuned with us, continue to be with us and we will be meeting you shortly with another episode and that will be the last episode in this series of truth about the cross and we will conclude with that, okay? And shortly after that, God willing, we will meet you with another series, okay? And God bless you. Take care. Bye.