MJ>The promise if for you and I for this generation next generation those
  >near and far and "FOR ALL WHOM THE LORD GOD WILL CALL" he is still
  >calling today.
MJ>Also this is to continue until what is perfect has come.  Perfection
  >hasn't come yet.  It is soon to be here.
Hello again Mark.  Hopefully you got my previous message.  The promise  of 
the Holy Ghost is, in fact, for all.  However, if any man be given  the gift 
of "language," it will be a "real" language, not an "unknown"  language of 
unintelligible babble.
I was in a church one day, and heard a woman go on for 15 minutes  uttering:  
Sha da da da da da da da da,  Ahh, Sha da da da da da da da,  Ahh, Sha da da 
da da da da da, etc.  She was emotional and hysterical.   When she finally 
ceased, the pastor said:  "Thus saith the Lord, If  thou wilt hearken unto 
me, I will open up a window of heaven and pour  out a blessing, etc.  How, do 
you think he got all that out of "Sha da  da da da da da, etc.?  
On Pentecost, all 120 spoke Hebrew.  A miracle in itself, being as they  were 
poor Galileans who were not educated in the Hebrew language.  They  spoke 
Aramaic only.  If you believe that they all spoke 120 different  languages, 
and the 15 nations who stood round about had to scatter to  find the one that 
they understood, you are wrong.  It was one language,  Hebrew, it was 
translated into the language of the beholder as it  entered into their ears.  
It was as much a miracle of hearing as it was  speaking.
Nowhere in scripture will you find the word unknown, as in "unknown  tongue." 
 The word "unknown" is in italics, and therefore, added by the  translators.  
The literal translation of Acts: 2:4 is:
    "And they were all filled with Holy Spirit; and began to speak in a 
     language foreign to them, as the Spirit endowed them with clear 
     expression."ÿ
The Spirit of YaHshua does not destroy our sensibilities or divest us  of 
control over our actions and our speech; quite the contrary.  Peter  pointed 
out that the prophets of YaHVaH spoke as they were moved by the  Holy Ghost 
(II Peter 1:21) and this was not autonomic involution, a  condition in 
evidence in the present deceptive counterfeiting of  Pentecost.  Paul asked 
for prayer to the end that he would be able to  speak forcefully and 
accurately in order to make the deep truths of the  Gospel plain to his 
hearers:
    "And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open 
     my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel." 
     (Eph. 6:19.)
Paul demonstrates again and again, throughout the New Testament, how  
wonderfully his request was granted:
    "But as it is written [in IsaYah 64:4], Eye hath not seen, nor ear
     heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things 
     YaHVaH hath prepared for them that love him.  But YaHshua hath 
     revealed them unto us by His Spirit:  for the Spirit searcheth all 
     things, yea, the deep things of YaHVaH...Now we have received, not
     the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of YaHVaH; that
     we might know the things that are freely given to us of YaHVaH.
     Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 
     teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual
     things with spiritual."  (I Cor. 2:9-13.)
In the Book of Acts it is shown that on more than one occasion, when  
conversions took place and the gift of the Holy Spirit was manifested  by the 
ability to speak in the Hebrew tongue, the result was an earnest  desire to 
make a diligent study of the Word of the Almighty.  This was  so when 
Cornelius was converted (Acts 10:48) and more specifically  stated when Paul 
was at Ephesus and the disciples of John the Baptist  became disciples.
    "And he [Paul] went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the    
     space of three months, disputing and persuading the things      
     concerning the kingdom of YaHshua.  But when divers were hardened,     
 
     and believed not, but spake evil of that way [the believers way]      
     before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the      
     disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.  And      
     this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which      
     dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Sovereign YaHshua, both      
     Judahites and Greeks." (Acts 19:8-10.)
It is imperative that every believer recognize the whole intent of the  
Pentecostal experience of the early church.  As the Divine Instructor,  the 
Holy Spirit had brought new light to bear upon the Old Testament  Scriptures 
in conformity with the finished work of YaHshua the MessYaH  as Redeemer and 
Savior.  Because the Church at Corinth was losing sight  of this initial and 
most essential factor, Paul found it necessary to  address them specifically 
on the issues involved.
Thanks for reading Mark.  YaHshua's blessings upon you.
Jerry
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