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The Gifts of the Spirit 5 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 5 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.
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Make sure to stay with us till the end, where
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we will share some great resources to deepen
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your faith. Now, let's dive into this week's
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sermon. Hallelujah. Praise God. In Acts chapter
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2, no wonder they heard them, they were declaring
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the wonderful works of God. Because what has
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been prophesied is now fulfilled. Hallelujah.
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What has been prophesied is now what? Is now
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fulfilled. So they will hear them declaring the
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what? The wonderful works of the Lord. The mighty
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works of the Lord. He said, that which has been,
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Peter stood up and said, that which has been
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prophesied by prophet Joel is now what you see
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at work now. He's aligning with what was interpreted
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in the tongues. Hallelujah. Praise God. So how
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be it? When you speak in tongues, you don't speak
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to humanity. You speak unto who? Unto God. But
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unto God. But unto God. But unto God. This information
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only should set you free. That every time you
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are speaking in tongues, Every time you are speaking
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in tongues, you know that you have an audience
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with God. Hallelujah. Every time. You know, during
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my anyway, somebody say, how did you know? Maybe
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if you are speaking in tongues, you are saying
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that when I go out, I should have accident. Can
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you imagine? And this was somebody that was supposed
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to be our leader. He said, why are we praying
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in tongues, praying in tongues? We don't even
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know what we are saying. Maybe we are saying
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that when we go out in the next day going to
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our PPA, let's have accidents. At the time, we
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believed that the spirit of Beelzebub was walking
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through him. You know, he said, I'm the chief
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rebellion. I'm the one that is ganging up against
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him. I'm the one that's, what they call the word,
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gang leader. Aside the president, the next person
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that has three offices is me. I have one office
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upstairs. I have my own office again downstairs.
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And I have another one. And you know what he
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now did? Since I was the gang leader, he realized
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that we always, or every... All the other escorts,
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we always meet in the office up because his home
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too is there. So, he's closed. So, he sees everybody.
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What is Rocket Man? They gave me a name, Rocket
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Man. He said, what is Rocket Man always doing
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with all this? They are still plotting something.
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He now said, as the chief of this house, he has
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seized that that room is closed. He now left
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Rocket Room for us downstairs. How can you speak?
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How can you create an audience with God? And
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the interpretation of what is happening is, as
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I'm going out in the morning for my PPA, let
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me have accident. We love him. You know, as the
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gang leader, you know, They suspended us for
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six months. Have you ever seen people that gave
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themselves to staff? They are now suspended for
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six months. I'm telling you, for a one -year
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program. For a one -year program, they suspended
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us for six months. You know what we started doing,
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sir? We started organizing prayer groups among
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us. And we're praying for him and praying for
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the church. The rugged man that I handed over
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to, because, you know, we're under suspension,
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so we can't go to come and select people. That
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boy is from around my state. Do you know the
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boy ran mad? He ran mad. They had to carry him
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out of his service here, back home. They go out
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for, you know, the boss will carry people and
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they'll go for one villages or the other. The
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boy will come back and be telling me strange
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things that they are experiencing there. Before
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we left, he started talking to himself. I was
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in Abuja. They called me that they're moving
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back home. Glory to God. The next set that was
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going to come, substantive escort. That's the
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main escort that was going to come. Jesus hijacked
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the team. And the team changed. So, you can't
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create an audience with God and give it a demonic
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meaning. Okay. Let's continue. So, we said that
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that word on the standard hymn, that word on
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the standard, we say it's what? Akua, right?
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Which implies to what? To comprehend. Praise
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God. So, if we are reading that verse 2, we say,
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for he that speaketh, that's the believer that
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speaketh in an unknown tongue. We know what is
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tongue now, right? If you're having King James
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Version, unknown is italicized, which means in
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the original context, it wasn't there, right?
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It's just tongue. Praise God. Speaketh not unto
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men. Verse added by translators, right? But unto
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God. For no man understand. If you're still using
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King James Version like mine, you will see the
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hymn too. It's italicized, right? Yeah, so that
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word there is supposed to be no man understand.
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Understand what? The tongue. Praise God. Amen?
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Yeah, so that's the word understand there. The
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comprehension is not to understand a man speaking.
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It's to understand the tongue that is being uttered.
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Are we all here? Are we all here? So, when you
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are set out to speak in tongues, When I come
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close to you, I will not understand what you
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are saying. How be it that the verse 2 says,
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but your speakings are not to humanity. Your
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speakings are unto who? And unto God. Please
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be looking at your Bible so that you see what
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I'm saying. He said, you speak not unto men,
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but unto who? But unto God. For no humanity understand
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this kind of speaking. Praise God. How be it
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in the spirit, right? The believer speaketh what?
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Mysteries. Are we all here? So that word mysteries,
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we have had it here, is called musterion. Musterion,
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which implies undisclosed facts that needs to
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be explained. So it's not something metaphysical.
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It's not something abstract. You remember we
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said utterance is what? Elevated discussion,
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right? But that elevated discussion can be interpreted.
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Hallelujah. Tongues are not cryptic messages.
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Tongues can be what? Interpreted. Praise God.
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Let me repeat myself. Tongues are not a kind
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of language that does not have meaning. Tongues
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have meaning. And the meaning lies in the interpretation.
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Praise God. Amen. So he said mysteries. How be
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it what? It's mysteries. It's mysteries because
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when you're speaking in tongues and I come close
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to you, I don't understand what you're saying.
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You understand? So for me, it becomes what? Mystery.
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When we say mystery, we are not saying something
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spooky. What we are saying is that something
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that the mind cannot grasp. Something that intelligently
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your mind cannot what? Understand at the moment.
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Praise God. But however, it needs to be what?
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Explained. Undisclosed facts. That needs to be
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what? Explained. That is the word musterion.
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That is why you see, I added to us, every time
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you say, I'm setting out to pray in tongues,
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the next thing should be, and what? Prophesy.
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Give meaning to it. Interpret. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. So we see other instances from musterion.
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Luke chapter 8 verse 10. We'll just look at two
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references and then because that has been taught
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here. Luke chapter 8 verse 10. And he said unto
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you, it is given to know the mysteries, the musterion
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of the kingdom. Hallelujah. So which means it
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is given to you to understand the mysteries of
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what? Of the kingdom. So that undisclosed facts
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about the kingdom for you is open. Praise God.
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Pastor Fred talked about to the believer is revelation.
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It's open. It's not hidden. Praise God. is disclosed
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for the believer. Tongues, let me say it this
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way as it's coming to my heart. Tongues is a
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disclosed message that needs to be interpreted
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in clear language for the mind to understand.
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Let me repeat myself because it's coming to my
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heart now. Tongues is a what? Is a disclosed
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message that needs to be what? Interpreted for
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the mind to what? To understand. Tongues is a...
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You see why I use the word disclose? So that
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when you are speaking in tongues, don't say I'm
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speaking what I don't know. Praise God. Tongues
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is a disclosed message that needs to be what?
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Interpreted so that the mind can what? Understand.
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You remember we said that what? It should meet
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the eye. Praise God. It should edify. Amen. So
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when interpretation comes to tongues, what we
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get is what? Edification. Hallelujah. So he said,
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you give to know the mysteries of the kingdom
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of God. Amen. But to others in parables, but
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seeing that they might not see and hearing, they
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might not what? Understand. One more verse again.
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One more reference and then we go. Ephesians
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3 verse 3. Ephesians 3 verse 3. Are we all understanding
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what is happening? Praise God. Ephesians 3 verse
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3. How that by revelation, he made known unto
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me the what? If it's something that is hidden
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and should not be known, it will not be made
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known to him. Praise God. How by what? Revelation,
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right? It was made known unto me the mystery
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as I wrote afore in what? In a few what? In a
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few words. Whereby when you read, you may what?
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You may understand. So if he wrote the writing
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in mystery, would they have understood? No. So
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it was disclosed. It was open. In fact, let me
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say it again much more higher now. Tongues need
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to be open. For edification to find expression.
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Tongues need to be what? Open. Say that when
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you read, you may understand my knowledge in
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the mystery of what? In the mystery of Christ.
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It's already disclosed. It's not hidden again.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. How be it? Let's read
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1 Corinthians 2 .6. So how is mystery disclosed?
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By revelation. How is mystery? Pastor Fred has
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taught that. How is mystery disclosed? By what?
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By revelation. How by revelation? This mystery
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was made known to me. This mystery was opened
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unto me. 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Verse 6. What
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are they speaking? This hidden mystery that is
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now what? Revealed. Hallelujah. Verse 9 now.
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Can you see? But what has happened? Verse 10.
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But God has hidden them. God has hidden them
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unto us by His Spirit. What has happened to us?
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God has revealed. them. How did he reveal them?
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To us by his what? By his spirit. So say this,
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when I speak in tongues, I know what I'm saying
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by the spirit of God. For it is revealed unto
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me by the spirit of God. The spirit of God gives
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me utterance and he also gives me interpretation.
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Glory to God. Hallelujah. That is it. See two
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of everybody now. Now, hallelujah. When? Now
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we have received not the spirit of the world,
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but the spirit of God, which is of God, right?
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That we may, what? That we may. That we may,
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that we may, that we may know what? We may know
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what? The things that are what? That are freely
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what? Given to us. Say tongues have been given
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to me. Interpretation have been given to me.
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Word of wisdom has been given to me. The prophetic
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has been given to me. Healing has been given
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to me. Unconditionally there is a supply. Hallelujah.
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Yes. That we may know. So when I create audience
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with God, what happens next is that there is
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what? A revealing. So when you set out to pray
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in tongues, don't say, oh, hey, I'm afraid. I'm
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afraid. No, no, no, no, no, no. It's you and
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God. That thing that you're saying, why it's
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called mystery, is because to the normal human
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mind, it cannot be what? Understood. But when
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it is interpreted, right, the mind now can what?
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Grasp it. In Acts chapter 2, where we read, it
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says, when they now heard them, right, the first
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thing that happened, they were what? Confounded.
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But later on, they declared, oh, we heard them.
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They all are speaking in our what? In our own.
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And what we hear them speak is that they are
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declaring the what? The wonderful works of the
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Lord. Praise God. Praise God. So we see God has
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revealed these things to us by His what? By His
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Spirit. So when these things are explained, the
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mind can now understand. Hallelujah. So write
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down. Every time tongue is interpreted, the mind
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understands. Every time tongue is interpreted,
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the mind what? Understands. So it's no more a
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musterion. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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So to the human mind, tongues are not understood.
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Because in the spirit, the believer is. involved
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in a discussion with God. Hallelujah. In the
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spirit, the believer is involved in a what? Discussion
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with God. I believe this has answered questions
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on when I pray in tongues, who am I really praying?
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When I do and I begin to utter, who am I really
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talking to? Am I talking to Pastor Koston? You
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know, some people are ashamed to pray in tongues.
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You know, because... when you stand close to
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them, they will now reduce their voice. As you
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are just standing there, Pastor Fred, you know,
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as we say, can everybody pray in tongue here?
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Once they see, a pastor is coming close. In fact,
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some will not only reduce it, some will change
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direction. I just got this by the Spirit of the
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Lord. Don't compare your tongues with another
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man's tongue. I just got this now by the Spirit
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of God. You're creating an audience with God.
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You're not creating an audience with men. Praise
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God. You're not speaking to men. You're speaking
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unto who? Unto God. How be it you speak in the
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Spirit and not in the human language? Praise
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God. Are we all here? Yeah, so this should answer
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a question in someone's heart now. So because
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there's a big question. How does my tongue sound?
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Or how should my tongue sound? This is a big
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question. Most times, people, most people that
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you struggle with regarding the baptism with
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the Holy Ghost, with an evidence of praying in
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tongues, most times this is their major question.
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I don't know what I'm saying. Have you met them
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like that? Yeah, they will tell you, I don't
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know what I'm saying, number one. And two, they
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will tell you that what I'm saying looks stupid
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to me. Then the third thing they will say is,
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I don't understand what I'm saying. I thought
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I should be saying something that my mind can
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what? Understand. You see, supernatural things
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are always not logical to the human mind until
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they are taught. Do you hear what I said? Supernatural
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things are not what? Are always not what? Logical
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to the human mind until they are what? until
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they are taught. Tongues will not be logical
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to your mind until it is interpreted. It will
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never be logical. And I said something strong
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yesterday. Everything supernatural will always
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have effect in the natural. So the effect of
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supernatural activity called tongue in the natural
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is what? Interpretation. So now the human mind
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can now what? Perceive it and understand. Laying
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on of hands is a supernatural activity. But you
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see, you just do it in the what? In the what?
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In the physical. But something supernatural is
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happening. But now the next thing, how do we
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know a supernatural thing has happened? We now
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see what? Healing taking place. We now see a
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baptism with the Holy Ghost happening. And then
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we have evidence of what? Speaking in other tongues.
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Evidence. So it's not logical to your mind. So
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don't seek to apply your logical mind. Always
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when it comes. You know, sometimes you can be
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seated as we are seated here now. The Spirit
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of God will give you a word for someone in this
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place. And you say, what if now I ask him and
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the person say I'm lying? And then you're perceiving
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it much more stronger in your heart. Many times
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you have heard me say, I know what I'm saying.
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You must have heard me have said it one, two,
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three. As I hear, I say, no, this is what I'm
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saying. I know what I'm saying. For example,
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yesterday, when man of God say, if you know you're
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here, and she raised her, from the back, I heard
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that there's someone again here. And from nowhere,
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our sister now walked up here. Practicals. I
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don't know. What's your name, sister? Huh? Okay.
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Did you speak in tongues yesterday? She has been
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speaking in tongues, so I never needed to ask
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her. But you spoke in tongues yesterday. Don't
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be shy. Are you always shy? Uh -huh. Don't be
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shy. With all that you have learned now, you
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can speak in tongues again, right? All that you
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have learned so far, you can speak in tongues,
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right? Perfect. Good. Anyone here, again, that
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does not speak in tongues? Okay. You know, yesterday
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I said I will put our ear close to your mouth.
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We are going to do it today. Don't go to the
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restroom. Yes, don't go to the restroom. You
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know, people can be so listening. You know, yesterday
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I said it. And you know, people are laughing.
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And people do it. They say, can we speak in tongues?
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Or they say, is there anybody that does not speak
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in tongues? Nobody will listen. So, which means,
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everybody speak in tongues. But now, can we speak
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in tongues? You start praying in French. And
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you know, Somebody that does not understand in
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French, he will see you. And then he will say,
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oh boy, he's on fire. He's on fire. So how does
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my tongue sound? Well, how should my tongue sound?
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Because that's a big question in people's heart
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now. So we say that tongues, what? It's an ability
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in the spirit. Have we said that before? Yes,
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we said that, right? But actually, it has a sound.
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Amen? You know, we say lalia. Didn't we say lalia?
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Yeah, we say lalia. We also say from the Genesis
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19, we say daba. Right? Yeah, so which means
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that when I'm speaking, there's what? There's
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a sound. Praise God. Praise God. Isaiah 28, 11.
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Isaiah 28, 11. Thank you, Holy Spirit. You create
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audience with God. You don't create audience
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with men. I will say this a thousand times. You
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create audience with God. You don't create audience
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with what? With men. Let your attention be on
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God, not on men. Let your attention be on God,
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not on men. When you set out to pray in tongues,
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let your attention be on God and not with what?
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On men. Let your attention be on God and not
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what? And not meant that way. Much more will
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be happening in your spirit. Much more will be
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coming. Much more interpretation. Much more word
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of knowledge. Much more word of wisdom. Much
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more the prophetic. Much more instructions are
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going to be deposited. Much more the Holy Ghost
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will be revealing in your spirit. Hallelujah.
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28, 11. For with tamarind leaves and another
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tongue will he speak to what? To his people.
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To whom he said. This is the rest wherewith ye
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may cause the weary to what? To rest. And this
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is the refreshing. Yet they will not hear. But
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the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon
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what? Precept, precept upon precept, line upon
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line, line upon line, here a little and there
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a little, and they might go and fall backward
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and be broken and snared and taken. But verse
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11 says, with stammering lips and another what?
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Tongue, will he speak to his what? Will he speak
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to his what? Will he speak to his people? So
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that word tongue in the Hebrew, that word tongue
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in Hebrew is called Lashon, which means communication.
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Lashon, L -A -S -H -I -O -N. It means communication.
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Tongue, communication. And then another, another
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in Hebrew words, lashon, L -A -S -H -I -O -N
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-E. Another in the Hebrew word is achar, A -C
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-H -E -R, which implies something strange. Something
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strange. With stammering lips and another tongue.
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Another, achar, A -C -H -E -R. Something strange.
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Tongue, lashon, communication. Stamarin leaves.
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The word leaves, we have said it here. Sapa,
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right? Yes, we have said it. Sapa. Just as in
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Genesis 11 verse 1. So, it's something spoken,
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not written. Right? Something what? Spoken. Not
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written. So, it's used for languages that need
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what? Interpretation. The word stamarin is lae.
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L -E. L -A -E -G. Which implies something that
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is unusual, used for mockery. Something that
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is unusual, used for mockery. Don't go out. Come.
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Come and sit down. Come and sit down. Don't worry.
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You pick that call. I want you to hear this part.
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Tell the person to keep the money for you. I
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want you to hear this part. Please. You know
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why? You're going to help somebody in coming
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days. You're going to help somebody with this
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clarity. You see, as I raised my hand, I wasn't
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looking for anybody. She was the one I was looking
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for. And as I didn't see her, I said, ah! Now,
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now. The word stammering is what? Lae, which
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implies something that is what? Unusual, useful
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mockery. Useful mockery. So we can say it here.
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With a mockery, with a mockery speaking, right?
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And a strange what? And a strange communication,
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will he speak to his what? To his what? To his
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people. I'm just putting all the meanings of
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what we have written. into Isaiah 28, 11. That's
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just what I just did. Now all the meanings, I'm
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just putting it in Isaiah 28, 11. Are we all
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here? Psalms 35, 16. Psalms 35, 16. Psalms 35,
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verse 16. Have we been blessed so far? Are we
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understanding the benefits of tongues? We know
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who should speak in tongues. We know who tongues
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is addressed to. That is not addressed to any
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human, right? It's addressed to who? To God,
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right? Perfect. So we are now looking at how
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should my tongues sound? When I'm speaking in
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tongues and I'm speaking, what happens? Is it
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supposed to be like I said? I started out saying
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this. Some people want their tongue to be sweet.
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I love her tongues. Her tongues is like peace
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language. Cincinnati. Alaska, Alaska, Madagascar,
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Madagascar, Honolulu, Honolulu. Some people want
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their tongue to be this sweet. You know, some
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people even judge some people's other tongues.
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When they hear the person is just doing Shabalada,
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Shabalada, Shabalada, Shabalada, you know what
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I mean? How many of these guys are doing Shabalada?
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Let me say this. Who are you to judge another
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man's tongue? That was just a joke. Praise God.
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All of us, we have an audience with God. Praise
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God. Then the third group now is, when they are
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speaking in talks, they will put their ear to
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hear the neighbor's tongue. Holy Spirit. He is
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giving you utterance. Don't be afraid. He is
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giving you options. Don't be afraid. Just open
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up your mouth. Begin to speak. Begin to speak.
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You will get better at this high -end language.
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You will get better at this undisclosed language
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that needs to be disclosed. You will get better.
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I tell you this by the Spirit of God. You will
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get better at it. Psalm 35, 16 now. Oh, 35, 35.
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With hypocritical what? Mockers in feasts, they
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gnashed upon me with their what? They gnashed
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upon me with their teeth. That word mockers is
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the same word for laie, stammering. It's the
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same word. It's the same word. Used for what?
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Stammering, as we read in Isaiah 28, 11. Something
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foreign. Something new. Something foreign. Mockery.
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Are we all here? So, having established this,
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we now realize that when we talk about tongues,
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right? Tongues is a different kind of communication
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that will always sound. like mockery, like a
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jest. Tongues will always sound like a what?
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A mockery communication. When you hear us, when
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humanity comes, let me use that word, when humanity
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comes around you, right, and they don't understand,
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not you, all of us, we pray in tongues here,
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so we understand. Amen? What I'm saying. But
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when an unlearned person comes here, And then
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he sees like that man that came in. Can you imagine
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yesterday? We're praying though. The man just
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stood by the door. He was dancing. Do you know
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when three of them or four of them come here,
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they'll say all of us are stupid. Yes. In fact,
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let me tell you what they'll do. They'll bring
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out their phones and they'll be smiling and be
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taking video. So I think these guys are losing
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their minds. So tongues, because it's supernatural,
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right? Do you know, let me say this now. Oh,
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let's go back to 1 Corinthians 2. Where we read
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chapter 2. So that you will see something. So
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that you will see. Verse 14. Verse 14. Verse
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Corinthians 2, 14. But the natural man received
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not what? The things of what? Of the spirit of
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God. For they are what? For they are what? Your
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what say? For they are foolishness to him. Next
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slide says what? Neither what? Can they what?
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Know them because they are what? Spiritually
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discerned. So tongues is a different kind of
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communication. It's a language that sounds. This
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is answering someone's question. The words I'm
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saying, I don't understand them. Yes, your mind
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cannot understand them intelligently. They sound,
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they will sound like what? Mockery. So don't
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apply effort and energy trying to understand
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the words in human language. No. Amen? See, for
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example, 1 Corinthians 14, 21. 1 Corinthians
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14, 21. In the law it is written, with men of
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what? With men of other tongues and other lips,
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will I what? Will I speak unto these people?
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And yet for all that will they not hear me said
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what? Yes, strange communications. Strange. So
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if you are having King James Version, you realize
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that, you know, that place, man of, is actually
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size. So which means that it was added by what?
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Translators. So if we're going to read that place,
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say, with other tongues. Praise God. With other
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tongues and other leaves will I speak unto what?
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Unto these people. That is the same rendition
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from where we read in Isaiah. Are we all here?
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Are we all here? So now, having said all this
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now, let's read Acts chapter 2 verse 4. So now
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you now grasp properly now. Can you see that
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the sound of tongues will always look like mockery?
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So if you are waiting for your tongue to sound
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like Queen's English, you came late. The occasion
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is over. See Acts chapter 2 verse 4, everybody.
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And they were all filled with the what? With
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the Holy Ghost. And they what? Began to speak
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with what? In fact, let me do it as it's coming
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to my head now. Carry the meaning. Of another.
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And tongues that we just wrote from. The Old
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Testament where we read. And put here. As the
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spirit gave them utterance. And they say to me.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.
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And they began to speak. With what? Strange.
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Communication. And because they were speaking.
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A strange communication. Verse 6. Now when this
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was noise abroad. The multitude came together
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and were what? And they were confounded because
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every man had them speak in his own what? In
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his own tongue. See 13 now. Go to 13 everybody.
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Others doing what? Others doing what? Mocking,
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saying what? Can you see? So there were people
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that hurt them, whereas others were laughing.
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There were a group of people, such a mighty atmosphere.
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And there were people standing there and they
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were laughing. So if you are waiting for your
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tongue to sound sweet, you came late. Every time
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you set out to pray in tongues, it's going to
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sound what? Strange, like a jest or what? Have
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a form of a what? Mockery. Do you know why? Because
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the human mind cannot what? Understand it. Until
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it is what? Interpret it. How be it you are creating
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audience with who? With God. Can we create an
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audience in the next two minutes with God? Can
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we pray in tongues now? I just perceive in my
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heart that let's pray in tongues. Don't wait
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for any atmosphere. There's no atmosphere. The
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atmosphere is inside you. You are the atmosphere.
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If you're online and you're listening, do likewise.
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Pray in other tongues. Pray, pray, pray, pray,
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pray. in right now. No wonder someone has said
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in his heart, no wonder when I pray in tongues,
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the way I'm saying it, I don't understand it.
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No wonder the sound of my tongues is somehow.
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No wonder my mind cannot understand. Yes, your
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mind cannot understand because it's a supernatural
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ability by the Spirit of God in your inside.
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Let me hear you. Let me hear you. Do your mind
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cannot understand it? Your spirit understand
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it? Do your mind cannot understand it? God understand
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it? Do your mind cannot understand it? Interpretation
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is coming! Interpretation is here so that that
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which is happening in your inside, the mind can
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understand and you are edified. Thank you, Holy
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Ghost. Thank you, Holy Ghost. In Jesus name we
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pray. In the name of Jesus. So do we know how
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tongues sounds now? Do we know how tongues sounds?
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Hallelujah. To everywhere you go. Praise God.
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I just had in my spirit to say to somebody who
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is still struggling. Don't be ashamed when it
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comes to praying in tongues. Don't be ashamed.
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It's your reality. The utterance is inside you.
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It will not be given to you tomorrow. It will
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be given to you now. Hallelujah. There's a word
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we sing here. I'm doing a new thing. I'm doing
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a new thing in your life. I'm doing a new thing
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in your life. That's what the Lord is saying.
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I'm doing a new thing in your life and I'm going
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to use you to bring about the revelation of God's
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word in your nation. I'm using you to bring about
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the revelation of God's word in your nation.
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I'm going to use you to bring about restoration
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to my church. There shall be a cleansing of my
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church. There shall be a restoration of truth
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on the pulpits in our churches. And I'm raising
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you an army, an army that will bring about the
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revelation of truth. That the church is brought
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back to its line, to its initial plan. That I'm
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using you as a new breed of men and women. That
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will establish truth on the pulpits. That will
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bring about the revelation of the truth of God's
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word in this generation. This generation needs
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men and women. And I'm revealing the truth to
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you. And investing my word in you. I'm investing
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my spirit in you. So that you can rise. So that
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you can speak. So that you can reveal the truth
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to this generation. I'm raising you as men full
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of the spirit. With boldness. By the power of
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the Holy Ghost. With signs and wonders accompanying.
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I'm raising you as men of unction. As men full
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of utterances. As you go about to preach. Eyes
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of men are open. As you lay hands on the sick.
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Healings are happening. As you speak to men.
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Revelation of truth is passed to them. There
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is transformation in nations through your hands,
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through your words, through the preaching of
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the gospel. I'm using you to change generations.
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I'm using you to even raise leaders for tomorrow.
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I'm using you to bless this generation and the
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one to come. I'm using you to bring about the
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establishment of the kingdom of God in the life
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of men in the name of Jesus Christ. Glory to
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God. Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to God.
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Glory to God. I perceive a staring much more
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in our hearts. Can we pray in tongues? There's
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a staring. I perceive that. Can anybody confirm
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that too? Yes, I perceive. I perceive that. I
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perceive that much more. Okay, yeah. There's
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someone confirming it already. Thank you, Father.
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In Jesus' name we pray. In the name of Jesus.
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So we can say that tongues are abilities in the
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spirit of the believer. You can write this now
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and then we close on this. We're going to have
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much more to build upon this that we have. At
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least we have given a good introduction on tongues,
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right? Haven't we given a good introduction?
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Yes, this is a perfect introduction on tongues.
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Amen? So we can say that tongues is an ability
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in the spirit of the believer. It's an ability
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in the spirit of the believer. Or a spiritual
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mode of communication to God by believers verbalized
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clearly in the Spirit. You see, that word carefully,
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verbalize. Or a spiritual mode of communication
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to God by believers verbalized clearly in what?
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In the Spirit. Verbalized clearly in the Spirit.
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Thank you, Holy Spirit. So write this. Tongues
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is not a human language which can be learned.
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Neither is it an evolution of a language. Tongues
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is not a human language which can be what? Which
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can be learned. And it's not also an evolution
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of what? Of language. And then write this now.
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That tongues is a post -resurrection reality
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we have in Christ Jesus. Glory to God. It's a
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post -resurrection reality that we have in who?
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In Christ Jesus. Oh, thank you, Holy Spirit.
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I still can remember when my mom gave her life
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to Christ and began to speak in tongues. It was
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something joyful for her. Every night. Every
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night I will hear my mom. You know my mom. Every
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night always my mom will be praying. Every night.
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One of these days I came from school. So I was
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dreaming. You know when you're in secondary school
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and you have seniors. The ones that beat you.
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The ones that love you. The ones that you always
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dream with them. I dream with one of my seniors.
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You know. And in the dreaming I was talking.
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In the dream. I dreamt that, you know, except
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it has not happened to you. If you're in boarding
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school, once it's close to going back, you don't
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like it. So that night I was dreaming that I
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reached school and then I saw one of my seniors.
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His name is Twanga. So, and then we call him
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Tumsi. So in the dream, I was like, Tumsi, Tumsi.
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So I didn't know from the dream, I now sounded.
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Because we sleep with my mom around. I now woke
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up, I saw my mom. I rebuke the spirit of Tumsi.
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I rebuke the spirit of Tumsi. I rebuke the spirit
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of Tumsi. Except my mom is sick. I've never had
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a night where she... Some of you have those kind
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of mothers. I've never seen a night where she
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does not pray. She said, the Lord is showing
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me this. The Lord has opened my eyes. The Lord
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has opened my eyes. The Lord has opened my eyes.
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I saw this. I saw that. I saw this. I remember
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she said, I should not come back home. I should
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stay in Cyprus. Because she saw that I came home,
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I never returned. So I bought my ticket without
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telling her. I'm telling you, they didn't know
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I bought my ticket when I was going home. They
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didn't know. See, just have several dreams. I
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return home. She has prayed. Nothing will bring
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me. And she has prayed about it. When the time
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came, I bought my ticket without telling them.
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So it's a post -restoration what? Reality that
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we have in who? In who? In who? So please write
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this down, the last statement, and then we jump
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into interpretation of tongues. Praise God. In
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fact, let me put it so you can personalize it.
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Say my joy. Write it. My joy. No, write it. Write
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it. My joy and confidence when speaking in tongues.
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My joy and confidence when speaking in tongues
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is that I have a spiritual communication with
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the Father. That also defines my fellowship with
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Him. My joy and confidence when speaking in tongues
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is that what? I have a spiritual communication
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with the Father. Right? Have you written that?
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I have a spiritual communication with the Father
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which defines what? My fellowship. Which also
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defines my fellowship with Him. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. So this is a beautiful way to
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start out on what? On tongues. Amen? Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Yes, so, we're on point. We're on
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point. Because once we do interpretation of tongues,
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we're already automatically also doing what?
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Prophecy. Praise God. Hallelujah. Are we all
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here? Have we been blessed so far? Have we been
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blessed so far? Are we going to pray more in
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tongues? Are we going to pray more in tongues?
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You see, these words are not only blessing you.
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If you know the way I'm blessed, I'm feeling
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like for the sake of teaching. If not, we are
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keeping this now. We will take one hour stretch,
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steady. We will cruise first. One hour. You know
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yesterday what Pastor Victor just gave us? Have
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you noticed that one hour is more for us now?
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When praying in tongues, have you noticed that?
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Yes. In fact, sir, even the time of catechism
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is even getting distant. Yes. Yes, yes, yes,
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yes, yes. We either make it two weeks or we make
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it five to nine. Oh, is that five to nine? Nine
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to nine. Do you know why? So that when we come,
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right, other sessions are going to be finishing
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in the evening. No, let's reason this together.
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Let's reason. Let's plan. Let's plan this together.
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Let's plan. Let's plan. So, let's plan this.
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Come on now. What I'm saying is your mind can
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understand it. Now, let's reason this together.
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So, we now have morning session. We now have
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afternoon session. We take our lunch. Right?
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So, when we take our lunch, we're not coming
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for a session. We now enter town. Whatever that
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we have learned, we go and practicalize it. You
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get? So, from that afternoon, Till five, we are
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unfilled. Right? Yeah, so for example now, when
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we finish tongues, interpretation of tongues,
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and then prophecy, right? By then we have been
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taught on baptism with the Holy Ghost, right?
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So we have the knowledge. And how to get people
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baptized with the Holy Ghost. Right? So when
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we now go out that afternoon, are you all with
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me? We are making a good plan now. So we will
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now go out. When we now go out. We now do that.
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Everybody. When we now do it, from where you
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are, you're not going home. We are coming back
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here. So when we come back here, we'll take like
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two hours to refresh in the Holy Ghost tongues.
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Then we'll now have evening session. Does this
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look like believers meeting? Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Somebody say oh boy. Praise God. It's your church.
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Church will kill you. It has never killed us.
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It has given us eternal life. I will say this
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before we start. When I was in university, because
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I've been, this thing we have been doing, I've
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been doing it from primary school till now. Let
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me use the word that they use. We've been church
55:08
boys. I got to university. Then someone told
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me, someone very close to me, he told me, he
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said, they used to say I'm smart. They used to
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say I'm smart. I'm still smart. So, So when I
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got to university, we got to university to graduate
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with first class, but we got busy with watching
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movies and we're doing this, you know. But in
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between, we're still doing ministry, you know,
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but we're not reading books, not reading our
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books. So after one year, they released my results.
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We got, see, we entered to get first class and
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also 2 .98, 2 .98 in five bands. Second class
55:54
lower. Ah. That was the first time I understood
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the power of association. All the people we watch
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movies with were on two points. All of us. Even
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the ones studying medicine. But you know 2 .89
56:08
in medical school is a pass. So then their names
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came out, they are pass. I changed my friends
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first year. Second year, I changed a classroom.
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So, then this person called me. He said, I noticed
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that. You've been wasting your time. You've been
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saying you're doing church, church, church, church,
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church. And you're not reading your books. Even
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me with my church, I still graduated close to
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first class. 4 .4 something. That's what I'm
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trying to tell me. I just forgot about the distance.
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I continue on my life. Fast forward into many
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years. I'm in Cyprus. Now say, see, I'm proud
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of you people. Because, you see, ministry is
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your life. This is what you should be doing.
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This is this, this, this, this. I say, what were
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we doing before? Be hardworking. Excel in academics.
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Excel in your natural life. Excel in business.
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Excel in everything. But ensure that your relationship
57:24
with Jesus, the work of ministry is first. Hallelujah.
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Let me say like Paul would say, everything shall
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pass away. Your certificate will pass. Everything,
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whatever. In fact, Christ would say, the life
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of a man is not consisted in the abundance of
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things he works. Yes. Say, I found meaning. I've
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found meaning. And that meaning is defined. And
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that meaning is defined. And that meaning is
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established in Christ Jesus. And I'm going to
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follow it till the end. Hallelujah. Interpretation
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of tongues. Are we all here? Yes, interpretation
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of tongues. Let's go. Interpretation of tongues.
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1 Corinthians chapter 14. Verse 5, everybody.
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1 Corinthians chapter 14, verse 5. I would that
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ye all, what? Speak with tongues. We already
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established all, right? But rather that ye may,
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what? That ye, what? For greater is he that prophesied
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than he that speaketh with tongues, except he
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what? That the church may receive what? A defiant.
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Praise God. Right? So which means that tongues
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cannot be understood except they are what? Interpreted.
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And in the believer is tongues and in the believer
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is interpretation. Have we established that?
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That the believer has tongues and the believer
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also has what? Interpretations. Praise God. Now,
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the word interpretation. Oh, before we go that,
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let's go to that chapter 12. Let's read chapter
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12 so that we establish a proper doctrine there.
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1 Corinthians chapter 12. Verse 10. To another,
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the walking of miracles, to another prophecy,
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to another discerning of spirits, to another
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what? Diverse kinds of tongues. If you're using
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King James Version, you see that diverse is italicized.
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Which means that in the original context, it
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wasn't what? It wasn't there. Just say kinds
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of tongues. Right? And when you check the original
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word for that, kinds, it talks about nation.
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A people. Right? Yes. So a people with a kind
1:00:04
of tongue. Praise God. To another, the interpretation
1:00:08
of what? Of tongues. So in the believer, we have
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tongues. And in the believer, we have what? Interpretation
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of what? Of tongues. Praise God. Is that okay?
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Good, so interpretation. That word interpretation,
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which we have handled here, is from the word
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diarmenio. Diermenio. D -I -E -R -M -E, the Greek
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word for it, D -I -E -R -M -E -N -E -U -O. Diermenio.
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D -I -E -R -M -E -N -E -O -U -O. Which is a combination
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of two Greek words, dia and hermenio. Diermenio.
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D -I -E -R -M -E -N -E -U -O. From two words,
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dia and what? Hermenio. Hermenio is H -E -R -M
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-E -N -U -E -O. Same word with dia, just put
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her. H -E -R. Dia means two. In the midst of
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two. Between two. D -I -A, dia, means what? Two.
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In the midst of two. Amongst two. Please don't
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forget we are talking about interpretation of
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what? Tongues. We have already established tongues,
1:01:30
right? That is for all believers. It's in all
1:01:33
believers. And all believers should pray in tongues.
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Are we here? So now we are talking about interpretation
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of what? Of tongues. So in the midst of two,
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dia means in the midst of two, between two or
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amongst two. So whereas, hermeneo implies to
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explain or to expound. To explain. Hermeneo is
1:01:57
what? To explain. To expound. So if we are going
1:02:07
to now define diarmeneo properly, we are going
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to say, To give detail or complete explanation.
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To give detail or complete explanation. To give
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detail or complete explanation. That is to cut
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across two languages. Daya, Hermenio. Hermenio
1:02:36
is said to explain, right? Daya means in the
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midst of two, right? So, dia hermenio or dia
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menio, right? It means to give complete or detailed
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explanation. And such type of explanation cuts
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across two communications. Two languages. Such
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communication will cut across what? Two languages
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and more. Are we all here? Yes, so that is their
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menu. So what we are saying is that when we have
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interpretation of tongues, is that now we are
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bringing importance, right, to tongues. So when
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I pray in tongues and I interpret it, now I bring
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significance to it. Hallelujah. It does not become
1:03:37
a jest again. It does not become a mockery. Are
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we all here? So when a tongue is interpreted,
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you know we said diarmenia means to do what?
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To explain, complete explanation, a detailed
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explanation, right? So now when I interpret tongues,
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what is happening is that I'm bringing a complete
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explanation. I'm bringing significance. To the
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communication. Are we all here? Is it clear so
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far? So, for example, now, 1 Corinthians 45,
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where we read, he said, I will that ye all speak
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with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied.
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For greater is he that what? Prophesied than
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he that speaketh with what? Except he what? Except
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your Bible. Except he. Except he interprets.
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So take the meaning of diarmenio and put in that
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place. Except he what? Interprets. So you see,
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when he gives a complete explanation, then the
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church is what? Edified. Are we all here? The
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church is edified. See verse 13 now. 1 Corinthians
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14, 13. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my
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spirit what? No, no, no, 13, sorry. 1 Corinthians
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14, 13. Wherefore, let him that speaketh in an
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unknown tongue pray that he what? That he interprets.
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Who interprets? Who interprets? The speaker.
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Amen? Perfect. We're all here then. 26, verse
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26. How it is then that brethren, when you come
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together, every one of you, all of you, Every
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one of you had a psalm, had a doctrine, had a
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tongue, had a revelation, had a what? Interpretation.
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Let all things be done unto what? Edifying. Does
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this look like verse 5? That when you pray in
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tongues and you interpret, edification comes
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to the church. Does it look like it? Perfect.
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We are all on the same line now. Verse 27 now.
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If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it
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be by two or at most by three. Let's under by
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cause and let one what? Interpret. Can you see
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interpretation again? So all the place you have
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seen, tongues, tongues, tongues. The next thing
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you have seen is what? Interpretation. Let there
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be interpretation. Praise God. Because that's
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where significance come to it. Are we all here?
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C28. But if there be no interpreter, let him
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keep silence in the church. And let him speak
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to himself. And what? Somebody will say. That
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is it. I don't know why they keep disturbing
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us. About this tongue stone. They say if there
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be no interpreter. Then we should do what? We
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should shut up. Let me say the one that. You
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know. The pastor said, which tongue is that?
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Tongues of my people. You know, I told my wife,
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I said, for a long time, I had something to do
1:07:22
with Yoruba people. I had a long time. But some
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people were arguing then in family house that
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they know I will marry a Yoruba person. They
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were seriously arguing in the kitchen. Even in
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the midst of, there were lots of Igbo people
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around. They said, no, they know. And for whatever
1:07:40
reason, I need to know. Every other information
1:07:50
concealed. That was a joke. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Oh my God. Oh, not by God. Ah, okay. We are back.
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Let me be serious. Let me be serious. Oh God.
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Thank you, Jesus. So, so what we see in the scriptures,
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we see interpretation and interpret. Interpretation
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and what? Interpret, interchangeably, right?
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Yeah, so. We see that interpretation and interpret
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is from same word, Hermenia. Right? Hermenia.
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From the same root word, Hermenio. So, which
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means, it implies to give what? To give meaning.
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To expound. Right? Right, to give meaning. However,
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Hermenio in itself is not complete yet. Because
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when you Hermenio, right, what is happening is
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that you are leaving some information. But when
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you diarmenio, you ensure that all informations
1:09:15
are passed across. Are we all here? Because what
1:09:22
is happening is that now, you are going to cut
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across everywhere to ensure that there is proper
1:09:28
understanding. Question. Luke 24, 27. Now, let's
1:09:33
see. What Jesus did, he didn't do diarmenio.
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He did what? He did what? The Emmanuel. Luke
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24, verse 27. Then he said from 25, then he said
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unto them, all fools and slow of heart to believe
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all that the prophets have what? All that the
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prophets have what? All that the prophets have
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what? Spoken, we have had that in this church
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now, so don't get cold on me. 26, ought not Christ
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to have suffered these things and to enter into
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his what? 27, all together. And beginning at,
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and beginning at, was Moses written in English
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language? Was Moses written in English language?
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It was written in what? In Hebrew, right? And
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all the prophets, praise God, he expounded unto
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them in what? In all what? Scriptures, the things
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concerning what? Himself. Pastor Victor taught
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us here, right? The primary languages that the
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scripture was written is what and what, what
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and what, what and what? Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
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Does it look like English language to you? So
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if now I want to explain something in Hebrew,
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in Greek and Aramaic to you, and I just only
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use Greek. And then I needed to carry an important
1:11:12
information that have a contextual meaning that
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should help you. And that word is now in Hebrew.
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I said Greek, right? The first. Okay, let's start
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with Hebrew. And then I have an important information
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that will carry a good context in Greek. And
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I refuse to say anything about it. And in the
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midst where I'm supposed to make that emphasis,
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I'll tell you that. Hope you understand. I conceal
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it entirely and don't say it. And I finish. Will
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it leave you with understanding or it will leave
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you with questions? Eh? It will leave you with
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questions because the communication is not complete.
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Amen? So, what Jesus did here, he said, I'm beginning
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at Moses and what? All the prophets, he expounded.
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That word expounded is diarmenio. On to them,
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in what? Underline the word. It's your Bible.
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Underline the word. All the scriptures. The things
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concerning who? Himself. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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That's what Christ did. And that's what we are
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seeing. Praise God. Are we all here? Are we all
1:12:28
here? So that word expounded was translated from
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the same Greek word, which means to explain in
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detail and completely. In detail. And what? Completely.
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So Jesus didn't just barely read the Old Testament
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and just, you know, just went through events
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and stories like that and just passed by. No,
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no, no, no, no. What he did is that he systematically
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cut across every part of the scriptures to talk
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about the things concerning himself. So diarmenio
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is that you are systematically cutting across
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what? Everywhere. To give a complete explanation.
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Are we all here? This is important when it comes
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to interpretation of tongues. Because it's going
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to help us. Amen? Good. So now, hence when we
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say interpretation of tongues, right? Are we
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all here with me? When we say interpretation
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of tongues, we're not talking about translation
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of tongues. Please write it down. When we say
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interpretation of tongues, we don't mean what?
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Translation of what? Of tongues. That's why Pastor
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Victor mentioned, when I heard it, I was laughing.
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That G .P .T. is now... translating tongues.
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Because he's not interpreting it. In fact, I
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don't know. JGBT will tell you that this is a
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gibberish. It's a confused language. I want to
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say something, but let me keep quiet. He's not
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a brother. So interpretation of tongues is not
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what? Translation of tongues. Why? We have established
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that tongues is a supernatural what? Communication.
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It's a supernatural language. So it's not translated.
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It can only be interpreted. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Praise God. So we can't say explain your
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tongues. Because if we are saying you should
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explain your tongues, what we are saying directly
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is that we are carrying all the syllables of
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what you are saying, right? And we are not giving
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meaning to them. That's confusion. Praise God.
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But rather it is what? Interpretation of what?
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Of tongues. Are we all here? Are we all here?
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Are we all here? So when we say interpretation
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of tongues, again, what we are saying in essence
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is that we are giving meaning to tongues. We
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are uncovering the information inside tongues.
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We are uncovering the information inside tongues.
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You see, this should be a huge comfort to your
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heart that you're not just praying in tongues
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only, but you can interpret the tongues. Hallelujah.
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That you are uncovering the information, what?
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In the tongues. So there is an explanation to
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the outcome of your discussion with God. Praise
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God. Let me say this, it's so beautiful. There
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is an explanation to the what? To the outcome
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of your discussion with God. So, having said
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this, We will say this now. Interpretation of
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tongues does not come from your mind. It comes
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from the Spirit. You see why you cannot translate
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it? Interpretation of tongues comes from where?
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It does not come from your what? Your mind. It
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comes from where? Your Spirit. The same source.
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The Spirit gives tongues is also the Spirit that
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gives what? Interpretation. Hallelujah. So, what
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interpretation does from the spirit is that interpretation
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brings explanation to the human mind. So that
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the human mind can understand and be edified.
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Interpretation of tongues brings what? Explanation
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to the what? To the human mind. Not that from
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the human mind interpretation comes. But rather,
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interpretation of tongues comes from the spirit
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to where? To the human mind. So that the human
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mind can understand and be edified. Are we all
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here? Praise God. Praise God. So now, 1 Corinthians
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chapter 14 verse 1 now. 1 Corinthians 14, verse
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1. 1 Corinthians 14, verse 1. Follow after charity
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and desire spiritual words. Please, media team,
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that you are not putting this thing online. I
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hope you are going through your Bible. Okay.
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Follow after charity. Verse 1. Everybody. Follow
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after charity and desire what? But rather that
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ye may prophesy. Amen. 2. For he that speaketh
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in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men but
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unto God. We have done much more work on this.
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For no man understand how be it in the spirit
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he speaks what? Mysteries. But he that prophesies
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speaketh not unto men and speaketh unto men to
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edification. Right? Can you see that prophecy?
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Unto men is what? Edification. Tongues plus interpretation
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is what? Prophecy. Which brings what? Edification.
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That's what is in verse 5. Are we all here? And
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exhortation and comfort. Verse 4. He that speaketh
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in an unknown tongue edified what? Himself. Because
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it's a communication between you and God. Right?
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But he that prophesied edified what? The church.
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Five now. I would that ye all speak with tongues,
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but rather that ye prophesy. For greater is he
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that prophesied than he that speaketh with tongues,
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except he interprets that the church may receive
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what? Edifying. Prophecy edifies. Tongues and
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interpretation of tongues also edifies. So that
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is where tongues plus interpretation becomes
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what? Prophecy. I say add another equal to noun
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edification. Is it clear? Is it clear? You see,
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that's why I say, anytime you talk about tongues,
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don't ever stop there. They say, I want to pray
1:20:04
in tongues. Don't stop there. Say, I want to
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pray in tongues and what? Interpret or what?
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Prophesy. Is that clear? Is that clear? You see,
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when that happens, oh boy, the place will be
1:20:20
on fire. Praise God. Praise God. Are we all here?
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So now, verse 1. We're going to do a little word
1:20:29
study and then build on this. Oh, perfect. Verse
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1 now. Verse 1 started by saying follow after.
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That word follow after is translated from the
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Greek word dioko. Dioko. D -I -O -K -O. Dioko.
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Follow after. It's from the word what? Dioko.
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It means to pursue. To pursue. Praise God. To
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pursue something. To press towards something.
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Dioko. To press something. To press towards something.
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Are we all there? Have we written that already?
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Dioko. D -I -O -K -O. Follow after. That word
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follow after means dioko. To pursue. To pursue.
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To press towards. Then we now have charity. We
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know charity, Agape. Everybody knows charity.
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If my Bible is charity, in your translation,
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it might be what? It might be love. Praise God.
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Are we all there? So I don't need to give this
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one. So the word desire is a follow after charity
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and desire. You see, we are doing a word study
1:21:49
now. We are going... In that verse now. We're
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still in verse 1. The word desire. There's a
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reason for that. The word desire. Are we all
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there? It's from the Greek word zelo. Zelo. Z
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-E -L -O -O. Zelo. I love this word. I love this
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word. And that word zelo means to boil with passion.
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To boil over something with passion. To boil.
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To boil. When you check the root word for zillow,
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you realize that that meaning is that what? To
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be hot. To be hot. When you check the root word
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for zillow, z -e -l -o -o, it means what? The
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root word for it is to be hot, to be fervent.
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Amen? So which means the believer should not
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have desires after the things of the Spirit that
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are just casual. Praise God. So your desire should
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not be what? Your desire for the spiritual should
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not be what? Casual. It should be hot. It should
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be on fire. It should be fervent. Then the next
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thing there you see is gifts. So if you check,
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if you're using King James Version like mine,
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you see the gifts there is italicized, right?
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Now, by now, I don't even need to say it again.
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By now, I'll just move on. By now, if you're
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using King James Version, anytime, if you're
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seeing... If you are seeing a word that is bent,
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just know that translators bended it inside.
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I don't know if there is a word like that. Yes,
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for English meaning. So that the human mind can
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understand. Are we all there? But we have learned
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in this church that that word there is not what?
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Gifts. You talk about what? Spirituals, right?
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Have we not learned it here? Have we been taught
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about it? Church, have we been taught about it?
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Okay. Before we tear out a sheet of paper now.
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I'll write a fast quiz. And then we say spiritualize
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is what? Tell me now, spiritualize is what? Pneumaticus,
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right? Okay, so let's move on now. Are we all
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here? So he now says what? Follow after. Pursue
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love. And also what? Be fervent. Boiled with
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passion. Regarding what? Spirituals. But he now
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say. But rather that ye may what? Prophesy. That
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word rather. Write it down. That word rather.
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Because now somebody will say. That is why he
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say. If I can't actually follow the spirituals.
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I think I better stick with my prophecy. I think
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my prophecy is okay. That's why did that place
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say rather. If I stay. No. That's not what the
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scripture says there. So, write the word rather.
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So, that word rather is translated from the word
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malon. Malon. M -A -L -L -O -N. Malon. M -A -L
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-L -O -N. And the meaning of malon means much
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more. Can you see? It's not the rather in your
1:25:04
English language. Paul would have not been writing
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this in English, no? Right? Yeah, so much more.
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He said much more or so much the more. Malon.
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Much more or what? So much what? The more. I'm
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saying this here so that when we finish now,
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we will now use all the meanings and you'll put
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in that verse and read it. Amen? So, much more.
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It does not refer to opposites. That word rather
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prophesy does not refer to what? Opposite. He's
1:25:39
not saying follow after. Oppositely. Just what?
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Prophesy. No. It does not refer to the opposites.
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Much more or so much what? The more. Prophecy
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now. That word prophecy from the Greek word prophetio.
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Which implies to speak by inspiration. Prophetio
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to speak by inspiration. Prophetio. P -R -O -P
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-H -E. Prophet. Teuo. T -E -U -O. Just a T. Just
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a T -E -U -O. Profe. T -E -U -O. It means to
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speak by inspiration. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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So with what we have done now, this short word
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study now, let's carry it and put it inside verse
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1. Everybody now. Are we all there? Can we do
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that? Can we do that? Can we do that? Okay, let's
1:26:36
put it. Yes, pursue after charity and boil with
1:26:45
passion over spirituals, but much more that you
1:26:54
may speak by what? So what he's saying is the
1:26:57
same thing. Hallelujah. He's not saying that
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if you feel spirituals are not working, then
1:27:04
take prophecy. No, no, no, no, no, no. You see?
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Paul carefully started this communication because
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the whole of that chapter is all about prophecy.
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And we started out by saying that, what is prophecy?
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What is prophecy? Speaking by inspiration, right?
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Okay, so when we say tongues plus interpretation
1:27:28
of tongues becomes what? Prophecy leads to edification.
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So the whole of that chapter is about tongues
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and interpretation of tongues. Or you can say
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the whole of that chapter is about prophecy.
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The whole of that chapter is about edification.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Do we have this understanding?
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So you see, when a believer prays in tongues
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and a believer interprets the tongues, it's equal
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to prophecy. What he's doing is that he's bringing
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what? Edification. Praise God. Hallelujah. So
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you see, that is why you have to, let me say
1:28:07
this now, it's coming to my spirit. Your desires
1:28:09
regarding the things of the spirit should never
1:28:11
be cold. Your desires to see the supernatural
1:28:15
should never be what? Should never be cold. Let
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it be on fire. Let it be on, let it be hot. Let
1:28:22
it always be fervent. When we say, pray in tongues,
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or let me say it this way. When we say, can you
1:28:31
hold the hands of your neighbor? Pray in tongues
1:28:34
for the next 15 minutes and we do that. And say,
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give the person a word by the Spirit. Don't begin
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to do... Just give the person the word. Hallelujah.
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Let it be. Desire. Desire. Desire. Your desire
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for the word of knowledge should not be casual.
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Your desire for the prophetic should not be casual.
1:29:07
Your desire for tongues and interpretation of
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tongues should not be casual. Your desire for
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gifts of faith should not be casual. Your desire
1:29:15
for walking of miracles. should not be what?
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Casual. Be on fire. See, it should be so hot
1:29:29
on fire that when you sleep, you see yourself
1:29:31
ministering to people. I'm telling you this now.
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Should be this. When you sleep, in your dreams,
1:29:40
whether you are awake, whether they call it non
1:29:43
-REM sleep or REM sleep, any of the sleeps, It
1:29:48
should not be casual. Every time you hear a mention
1:29:53
of the supernatural, oh boy, let it excite you.
1:29:57
Every time you hear a mention of the supernatural,
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let it what? Excite you because we are talking
1:30:03
about your reality. We are taken over by the
1:30:10
spirit of God. Hallelujah. We are winning many
1:30:14
souls by the spirit of God. We are getting many
1:30:16
people filled with the Spirit by the Spirit of
1:30:18
God. We are preaching the gospel to different
1:30:20
nations by the Spirit of God. How many of us
1:30:27
in this meeting have received word for the pastors?
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Any of the pastors? They have given me mine yesterday.
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In fact, I've started praying with it. How many
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of us have received word for any of the pastors
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throughout this session? How many of us have
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received what? Matthew, come. Queen, come. Sam,
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come. Three people, right? I want to set you
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on sports. Do you know what I would do? Do you
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know what I would want to give them money? I
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just started calling names. You are already,
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your face is turning. Come. Four people, right?
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Favor, come. Jesus. He said, Jesus. He's the
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son of the living God. My brother in cap. Yes,
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come. He said, ah. My chest. It's not your chest.
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Nothing has happened. He's not the one that did
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it. Somebody did it. How many people? Is it six?
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Okay, six people. Matthew, you're going to give
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a word to Pastor Victor. Favor, you give a word
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to Pastor Fred. Sam, you give a word to Pastor
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Chidi. You give a word to Pastor Ifeanyi. Right?
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They don't need to use mics. Yes. You give a
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word to Pastor Ifeanyi. Okay, Pastor Ima is there.
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Yes, you come and meet them and give them the
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word. Give a word to Pastor Ima. Yes, go and
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give him a word. You people want to be receiving
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in this church? Not under my watch. We'll lay
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hands on you. We will pray for you. We will lay
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hands. After this service, some people are planning
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in their heart already to come and take again.
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Ah, you give me a word. We have two minutes for
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that. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Father. Thank
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you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
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Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you,
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Lord. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God. Praise
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God. Oh, praise God. Praise God. Oh, praise God.
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Oh, praise God. Thank you, Father. Thank you,
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Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Praise God. Glory. Hallelujah.
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We're going to have more practical session in
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the next session. Amen. We just have a small
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part to just add on interpretation of tongues
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so that there will be more clarity. You see,
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the sister, I say she should sit. She's not here
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again. Ah. Ah, Lord Almighty. I will give her
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a word by the spirit. I'm telling you, she will
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never be this wind move everywhere. Praise God.
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