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I'm a Marcellan and I put about any for me. So I mean you didn't want them. I got names in Jesus. Let me pray
All right morning everybody welcome to very Baptist Church take out your bullets and we'll go through a couple things real quickly
Of course, let's start with counting up salvation
In the back section any salvations to report anybody? How about in this section here any salvations?
I'm not aware of one anybody else
All right. How about in this section over here any salvations report two?
three and four so ten anybody else
All right. Well great job everybody. And of course you do a soul winning this afternoon around
145 and a couple other things. We do have ladies choir practice here today and
Next week, of course is Mother's Day. We'll have ladies choir. Also the ladies bowling event
so we do have a reservation to go bowling pretty close to here and
You know
Since we've already got the reservation if there's new ladies that want to sign up that did not sign up. That is okay
So you're welcome to sign up now
We just really weren't sure and then there were so many people in the sign-up sheet
Well, I don't know if we're gonna be able to do bowling because it was like 35 people would actually we've got a reservation
They've got room for a lot of people
So if you want to join the ladies bowling next week and you are lady
Okay
You're welcome to join that and that will be next week
Just after so when he will do a short and soul winning and have the ladies bowling event
For Mother's Day, and I believe that's it for announcements while brother Rafi lead us in another song
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So him number one six four the same
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For a size up race him race him persons are ready sing
Jesus our blessed redeemer
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Amen for a scripture reading please open your Bibles to the book of Acts
Acts chapter 2
Acts chapter 2 we will only be reading verses 1 down to verse number 12
Acts chapter 2 verses 1 down to verse 12
Please say men if you're there
Amen
Acts chapter
Acts chapter 2 verse 1 and when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place and
Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and
They appeared unto them club in tongues like as of fire and it set upon each of them
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave the mother runs and
They were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every nation under heaven
Now when this was no is the broad then what the shirt came together and were confounded
Because that every man heard them speak in his own language and they were all amazed and marveled saying one to another
Behold and at all these which speak Galileans and now here we every man in our own tongue ruin we were born
Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers of Mesopotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia and Pontus and Asia
Fyrgia and Vampylia in Egypt and in the parts of Libya and about Cyrene and
Strangers of Rome Jews and proselytes
priests and Arabians
We do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God
And they were all amazed that weren't out saying one to another what meaneth this
Bless the reading of God's word. Let us pray
Again, I have you think of her first days given to us a parallel to please bless
Lord this day and give us good weather for our soul waiting and fellowship later on
I pray loads would also bless the preaching the pitch and the pitch of your word Lord this day
We love you Jason and pray
All right, we're here in Acts chapter 2 and we're gonna go back to Acts 2 later in the sermon go to
Exodus 32 in your Bible Exodus 32 in your Old Testament and
We're continuing the series on the alphabet of Bible doctrines
And what I'm talking about in this sermon is the Pentecostal movement the Pentecostal movement now normally in the series
I'm not preaching about a specific religion
But you know
This is a little bit different because you know
The Pentecostal movement is literally sweeping over the world and to give you some numbers at the turn of the 20th century
Around 1900 there are less than 1 million Pentecostals and Charismatics in the world
Less than a million now there are 644 million in the latest study that they've done. It is by far
By far the fastest growing religion in the world. It's not even close
I mean in a hundred twenty years less than 120 years less than a million to
644 million you have to ask yourself. What is going on, right?
Like how have they gone from nothing to just sweeping over the world?
And we're going to talk about that in this sermon and what it means for us. And what is our opinion about it?
Now before I get into the the verses, let me read you this article
It says in 1900 Charles Parham an American evangelist and faith healer
Began teaching that speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence of spirit baptism
And by the way, point number one is about the history of the Pentecostals
So in 1900, you've got this faith healer, which is very uncommon in Christianity at this time
Okay, and he said that speaking in tongues is the Bible evidence of spirit baptism
Then it says William J Seymour a Wesleyan holiness preacher
He taught that this was the third work of grace the three year-long Azusa Street revival
Founded and led by Seymour in Los Angeles, California
Resulted in the growth of Pentecostalism throughout the United States and the rest of the world now
Has anyone here heard of the Azusa Street revival?
Nobody it's it's like the big event every Pentecostal knows what it is because they consider that the birth of the Pentecostal movement
from around
1906 to 1908 give or take a little bit around that area. So in the early 1900s
You have this Azusa Street revival and all kinds of people that are in the Christian realm start speaking in tongues
And there's all these healings and these miracles supposedly
Everyone's converting to Pentecostalism all these denominations start forming and then here we are today a hundred years later
644 million it's like well, where did this thing come from right now to start off your next is 32
But the verse on the front of our bulletin
Says the thing that hath been it is that which shall be and that which is done
Is that what shall be done and there's no new thing under the Sun because here's the thing you said brother Stuckey
You're making it sound like this is a new thing that started in the 1900s
I'm actually not saying it's a new thing because there's no new thing under the Sun
What I'm saying is it was new to Christianity
There's a difference because speaking in tongues has existed for a very long time
Before the time of Jesus Christ and I will prove that to you in this sermon, okay
But these sorts of things existed in voodoo
shamanism
Hinduism Buddhism Taoism and only over these last hundred years all of a sudden this is coming along to the
Pentecostal Christian realm and this is very new for the Christian realm because everybody would have said this is demonic a hundred years ago
And then after the Isuzu Street revival speaking in tongues is just some normal thing that people do they think it's normal now
I'm going to show you an excess 32
That the Pentecostal movement is not a new thing. We're going to go to excess 32. Let's look at what the Bible says here
And by the way Pentecostal and charismatic are not the exact same thing
But they're often used interchangeably and they're often kind of hard to distinguish
So when I say 644 million, I'm saying of Pentecostals or Charismatics
But they are very similar to one another
Exodus 32 verse 17
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted he said unto Moses there's a noise of war in the camp
So Joshua and Moses are gone and then Joshua says Moses. I think we've got a war. I think somebody's attacking us
I think we've got a battle and then he says this and he said it is not the voice of them that shout for
Mastery and what that means is it's not people crying out because they won
Then he says neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome
So if somebody's gonna stab you with the sword, you're gonna scream out and cry out
He's saying it's not somebody winning a battle or losing a battle, but the noise of them that sing do I hear?
Right right here is proof that rock music did not start in America in the 20th century
They say well, you know the early roots of rock music where is it well, I mean in Exodus 32
Sounds like rock music to me. It's like man. There's this loud noise. Wait people are singing. It's a song
Right and look trust me. I listen to hard rock all the time when I was a teenager. That was the music
I love it's like it's the noise of war
It's the noise of war right? It's not melodious, you know, beautiful sounding
It's the noise of war and that's what you see in Exodus 32
Then it says here in verse 9 and it came to pass as soon as he came nine to the camp
That he saw the calf. This is the golden calf
This is a religious service
Right. They've got a golden calf
Which was the main primary god of the false Egyptian religion was the calf
They've got a golden calf they're worshipping and they got loud music and he saw the calf and the dancing
So we got you got a Pentecostal church service
right
You've got the loud music. You got the dancing and it's a religious service
Explain to me what that is. Actually. I'm wrong. It is a charismatic Catholic Church service because they got the idolatry
Right. I mean that you said well charismatic Catholics. I mean it was invented like 50 years ago
You know here in the Philippines. No, we're going back to the book of Exodus worshiping idols
That's an important part of a charismatic Catholic Church service
Dancing that's an important part
Loud rock music. That's an important part. I mean, this is the charismatic Catholics in the Bible
I mean Aaron was the first pastor of the charismatic Catholics
There is no new thing under the Sun
That's my point a religious service idolatry
It's like dancing and rock music and the Bible's being discreet because far worse things were happening and then just that
But what I'm saying is yeah, you know the Pentecostal thing seems kind of new but wait a minute
it's like they're merging the Egyptian religion and
True religion and then what do you have you have this mess in Exodus chapter 32?
There's no new thing under the Sun the same false religions now
Are just slightly changed
Repackaged or they combine two false religions and guess what? It's like it's not something brand-new
Now here's the thing. There are millions of charismatic Catholics here in the Philippines
It's a big religion here in the Philippines. You say brother Stuckey
Isn't that good because they're leaving Catholicism and now they're kind of going halfway
No, they're combining two false religions together
Right
Catholics that are speaking in tongues does not get you closer to the truth
it's not better and
I get it people join religions like this because they're thinking there's something wrong with Catholicism
Right, like all this pedophilia and all this stuff going on. There's something wrong here
It's like you know what turning your your church service into a speaking in tongues rock fest rock concert
That doesn't get you closer to the truth
But here we see in Exodus 32
Idolatry
Dancing rock music. It is the first charismatic
Catholic Church service that you find in the scripture. It's scriptural right go to Acts chapter 2 Acts 2
Acts 2
Acts chapter 2 I
Remember when when I first moved here and I was going soloing in Rizal Park and at the time
I had never heard of El Shaddai
and I'm trying to preach the gospel to someone and
This woman interrupts and she starts speaking in tongues behind me and she's like walking back and forth
She's like and then she's like speaking in tongues the whole time
I was like, I don't know what this El Shaddai is, but this is my least favorite religion in the world
Right like speaking in tongues and just like moving around and making all this noise
I mean literally I couldn't finish the conversation. I mean it destroyed the conversation
It's like, you know, I've had about enough of charismatic Catholicism right there because here's the thing
Catholicism is a false religion. So is Pentecostal
When you combine them together
That does not get you closer to the truth
It gets you further away from the truth. You got more heresies that are added on right number one
The history of Pentecostals well inside of the Christian realm. I mean, it's the early 20th century
But this is existed in other religions around the world in various forms of
possession and you know healings and all these sorts of things and
speaking in tongues has existed outside of Christianity. In fact, it's got a
Actual term for it called glossolalia. Who's heard of glossolalia?
That is the actual term for speaking in tongues
And you know, this is something that doctors would often know because they would have bipolar and schizophrenic patients
People that are thrown in in the same asylum and they're always speaking in tongues
Right, it's like one of the famous people before Charles Manson was one of those famous serial killers in US history
And he was like this leader who said he was Jesus Christ and there's video footage of him in in prison speaking in tongues
It's known as glossolalia and it was something that was linked to people that are in sin
But it's completely different in the Pentecostal religion
It's not like they are possessed even though like people that are possessed do this
But in Christianity it's different because it's not a demonic spirit. It's the Holy Spirit
It is a demonic spirit that is taking place in these churches
Look, I don't recommend going to churches that are false churches, but I've been to a Catholic Church
I've been to a Mormon Church. I've been to a Jehovah's Witness Church
I would be scared to death to set foot
inside of a Pentecostal Church service
I would be scared to death
I have no interest in being around a bunch of people that are possessed and all these weird things taking place because make no mistake
Yes, a lot of people are just faking it. Not all of them are faking it
There are way too many stories of eyewitnesses that people have it's just like it's not all fake my friend, right?
Number one, we talk about the history of the Pentecostal religion
Number two, let's talk about speaking in tongues because that is a common thing with the Pentecostal religion
By the way, the Bible's term is not speaking in tongues. It's speaking with tongues
The word tongue is referencing a language
right, you know in in Spanish the word language means both tongue and
Language because your mother tongue your mother language. It's a term for that. So in the Bible saying speaking with tongues
It's saying you're speaking a language
So if you speak in Tagalog, that'd be your mother tongue that you're speaking
You speak in another language, then you're speaking with a different tongue and a different tongue, but they're actual languages
So the Bible speaks about speaking with tongues. We're talking about real languages that they are speaking now
Let me read you from a guy, you know, I've asked questions here and nobody's raised their hands. Nobody knows what glossolalia is
What about a guy by the name of Plato who knows the Greek philosopher Plato everybody knows Plato right the unholy trinity
Aristotle Socrates Plato, it's like everybody knows those three, right?
And I'm gonna read you from Plato
this is what he said by the way Plato came hundreds of years before the time of Jesus Christ and
This is not some random person. I am reading about
I'm reading what he said a pretty famous person
Plato is what he says
the Greek the the great Greek writer Plato
Characterizes how the Hellenistic religion Hellenistic is Greek philosophy. That was the name of the religion. Hellenism is Greek philosophy
the Hellenistic religion
impacted a staticism
parentheses
utterances speaking in tongues, so
Greek mythology is very linked to speaking in tongues
Okay, according to Plato through his writings Phaedrus, Eon, and Timaeus in these three writings Plato reveals his knowledge of a static speech
For Plato, this is what now here's a direct quote from Plato
contemporary poets
Were much akin to the prophets and priestesses they created
compositions
During a static transes and from a static utterances
So a Plato says it because here's the thing at this time you don't have you know
The actors, you know on the Hollywood and all that stuff and the major musicians one of the big things with Greek with the Greek
Culture was their poetry their writings
That was a big thing and he said that you know what the people that are writing poetry are
Similar to the prophets in their religion and he said they go into a trans and then they start writing
So basically people just start writing. They don't know what's going on. They wake up and it's like wow
the greatest work of
poetic poetry ever created
Right. So according to him, they would get possessed as they wrote poetry
By the way, Plato is one of those famous writers in Greek, you know history
So he's basically saying that me also many of my greatest works
I just got possessed I went into this trans and then all of a sudden I wrote a poem
But it's not really shocking when you think of like rock music all these stories how they get possessed or whatever
I mean they they just something bizarre happens and then they wrote like their most famous
Work that they've ever done, you know, I know like in the rock realm on some websites
They'll say the song by Rolling Stones can't get no satisfaction
Was like the greatest song ever written it was written because the guy wrote it not Mick Jagger the other guy
He was drunk and then he woke up and he recorded himself with like the greatest guitar tune ever while he was drunk
While he was filled with unclean spirits
Right, you know, I used to like listen to Pink Floyd, you know in the past
But the person who wrote most of their songs he got thrown in an insane asylum and
The band went to him in an insane
Insane asylum and he would give them the songs that he wrote and those are the songs that became very famous in Pink Floyd
It's like look and you there's these stories that you know in rock music
I mean people have heard these stories of things like possession or selling their soul to the devil
It's not all fake but Plato is talking about it. He's saying these great poems that people love
It's like they went into a trance and then all of a sudden
It's like the greatest work of art ever created well created by who because in my opinion
This is the greatest work of art ever created the Word of God
But he says here
Here's some quotes. It says Plato compares the post to core of Bantian revelers who also practice aesthetic utterances
and he says in his book Timaeus the diviner features were similar to those of a person with the gift of
Glossalalia which in every part of the world
Speaking in tongues is known as glossalalia except in a Pentecostal Church where it's completely different, right?
Speaking something that is not a real language
That nobody understands that is glossalalia. Okay
their speech being
Intelligible utterances not understanding what they were speaking therefore not being able to interpret what they spoke
So basically what Plato's talking about is people started saying nonsense
They'd go into a trance wake up or maybe you know, they they didn't fall out. They just woke up from it
It's like what did you say? I didn't understand it myself
That's what he's talking about. Well, you know, isn't that the exact thing they do in Pentecostal churches?
It's like they speak in tongues and then all of a sudden it's like well, what did you say? I don't know
It's like it's madness
This has existed outside of Christianity before the time of Jesus Christ. It's glossalalia
Right then it says this
He says no man. There's a quote from Plato
No, man
When in his wits when in his wits is a is an old way of saying when in his right mind, okay?
attains prophetic truth and inspiration
But when he receives the inspired word either as intelligent is his intelligence is enthralled in sleep
Or he is demented by some dis tempter or possession
So according to Plato, let's just bring up Plato from the dead
What do you think of these people speaking in tongues in Christian other possessed by some?
Devil, that's what he says and this was existing before the time of Jesus Christ
Right the words of Plato acts 2 is the famous passage and of course
Pentecostal gets his name from the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2
so let's see what took place in Acts chapter 2 Acts 2 verse 1 and
When the day of Pentecost was fully come
they were all with one accord in one place and
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and
They appeared on to them cloven tongues like as a fire in a sat upon each of them
And they're all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance
What I'm saying is these other tongues are real languages and there was a purpose to it
Now, why does this take place right after the time of the resurrection?
The day of Pentecost is a big religious event and people are coming from other parts of the world
however
They don't all speak the same language as the people living in Jerusalem
So it wasn't necessarily possible to get all of them saved because you don't speak the same language
How are you gonna get somebody saved in Mandarin Chinese that doesn't speak any English or Tagalog or any Filipino language? You're not
Because you don't speak the language and God does allow this miracle that exists in Acts chapter 2
So many people could end up getting saved they're speaking with other tongues
Then it says this in verse 5 and they're dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every nation under heaven
Many people have moved to Jerusalem because that was the best place to serve God from other countries verse 6
Now when this was noise abroad the multitude came together and were confounded
Because that every man heard them speak in his own language. They were confounded or confused
Why is it they're confused are they confused because they don't know what people are saying
It's like, you know shit about a Honda shit about a Honda shit about a Honda it's like what are they talking about?
Right. I said I should have bought a Honda shit about a Honda shit about a Honda, right?
Is that what's going on? It's like what are they talking about? What are they saying? No, they're confused because they understand
They don't expect to understand but they do understand
Right. They understand what's being said in their own language because God gave these people the ability to speak languages that they did not know
So everybody's able to hear the word of God in their own language
Right, then it says this in verse 7 and they were all amazed and marveled saying one to another
Behold are not all these which speak galleons and how here we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born
How are we understanding them?
Parthians and means and elamites and the dwellers and Mesopotamian in Judea and Cappadocia and Pontius in Asia
Phrygia and Pamphylia in Egypt in the parts of Libya about sirene and strangers of Rome Jews and proselytes
Crete's and Arabians we do them here hear them speak in our tongues
The wonderful works of God the confusion is they did understand
Not that they didn't understand. Okay get a first Corinthians 14
First Corinthians 14
First Corinthians chapter 14
First Corinthians 14 verse 27
And I've never been to a Pentecostal church
But I know plenty of people have we have actually a lot of members at our church in Pampanga used to be Pentecostal
And you know I had a friend in college, and he grew up in a Pentecostal church
And their version of Sunday school is learning how to speak in tongues the church
He was out there. I just roll the back of your tongue like
And eventually it'll just come out. That's what he said we learned and then eventually
One kid will just start you know
Pretending to speak in tongues
They'll just make something up and then of course you feel pressured
It's like I've got the gift of tongues too, so yeah a lot of them are faking it
They're not all faking it
I have not been in a Pentecostal church
But I have heard people speak in tongues before in front of me, and it did not sound fake to me
It sounded you know like wow something demonic has taken place not something
You know silly like you know because every once in a while
You'll hear these Pentecostals on YouTube
And they just repeat the same thing over and over again
And it just sounds silly because it's obviously not them speaking a language, but I've heard it where it's like they're speaking something
But not a language that exists on earth
They're saying something, and it's it's weird. It's demonic. It's scary right first Corinthians 14 verse 27
if any man speak in an unknown tongue
But it is in the context of a church if any man speak in an unknown tongue
Let it be by two at the most by three and not by course and let one interpret
So if you're in a church service at the most have two or three
Different tongues and in their course it's going to be one person at a time so for example
Let's say we had somebody come up here and preach from another country
Right there a missionary to you know. I don't know you know France. They're speaking in France
Well people don't speak French here, so if they were preaching a sermon in French. We would need somebody to interpret that
Because nobody would understand what they're saying right we have to have somebody say well
This is what he said anyway. You have this sometimes at church right like I think like you know
There's a church service like six months back or whatever in Poland where the leader of sure foundation UK
He was preaching in English and somebody was translating into Polish because a lot of people didn't understand
Right I mean if brother Matthias was up here preaching in Polish would be like what?
We wouldn't know what he's saying
Because we don't speak the language right and so it says in an unknown tongue here
And at the most two or three in one church service and let there be somebody who interprets it
Verse 28, but if there be no interpreter let him keep silence in the church and let him speak to himself and to God
Now I've never been to a Pentecostal Church
I'm sure there's people in here, but my understanding when people speak in tongues nobody interprets what they're saying
right
They just start saying something nobody interprets
You say what would you say to them well according to first Corinthians 14 shut up
Nobody understands you
Bob says you have to have an interpreter, and they just start speaking nonsense. It's a hey
quit disrupting the church service
Right let me just help you out of this because we don't have major problems
But if somebody starts speaking in tongues inside of our church
Just a couple of men kind of just take them and get them out of here
Not saying to beat them up
I'm not saying to hurt them, but I'm saying they would just distract the entire church service with their possessed nonsense. That's going on
Right because the Bible says if there's no interpreter let him hold his peace
Right I mean let him be quiet let him speak to himself right speak inside your head
What is saying don't speak out loud and bother everybody?
Right you know my friend who went to Pentecostal Church service growing up
He said you know in his church
There was one time somebody started speaking in tongues
And I guess the pastor said hey do we have an interpreter and somebody else at church said he said he's gonna donate
$10,000 to church and then a person like gets out of his trance. No I didn't
So yes, I get it sometimes they're faking it
Okay
But it's just like you know what they're not always faking it though
Those stories are hilarious
But they're not always faking it there is demonic stuff that does go on
verse number 29
Let the prophets speak two or three and let the other judge and so the idea is somebody preaches a sermon and then
You judge you don't teach you judge
What's being said you listen you compare spiritual with spiritual you go home and search the scriptures for yourself
But you're judging here because there's nothing wrong with judging
Right you hear the Word of God
And then you make the judgment on the truth what I'm saying based on what the Bible says in the Holy Spirit inside of you
verse 30
If anything be revealed to another that said it by let the first hold his peace
So basically if I'm preaching a sermon and like the greatest truth comes to your mind
You don't stand up and say hey also brother sucky. I want to add this
It's like you don't do that in a church service
It's like you know you hold your peace writing and I get it
I've been in church, and then things come to your mind as you're reading something. That's really great
But you hold your peace right same thing by the way with soul winning
It's like if somebody's preaching and something great comes to your mind as a silent partner hold your peace because it leads to confusion
verse number
31
For ye all you may all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be comforted
Verse 32 and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets you say my brother stucky when people speak in tongues
They can't help themselves because the Holy Spirit takes over and it just happens no no no the spirits of the prophets are
subject
To the prophets. What does that mean the Holy Spirit never just takes over?
You have free will to do what you want
When they say well the Holy Spirit takes over well, that's a contradiction with 1st Corinthians 14 verse 32
Where it says actually you can hold your peace
Actually, you can be quiet because the Holy Spirit will never force you to do something
It will motivate you it will give you boldness and then you have the choice of what you do
I mean there's times where you feel like this this urge or this push to preach the gospel to somebody
But the Holy Spirit doesn't force you
Because we've all had those moments, and then we let that person walk by and then we start praying God send somebody to them, right?
You know this is true
Because the Holy Spirit doesn't take over the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets
So you got the spirit subject to the prophet at the end of the day we have free will to do what we want
And so when they're saying well the Holy Spirit just takes over well
Maybe some other spirit is taking over
right
Not the Holy Spirit
It's like I don't know what spirit you're talking about
But if it's taking over and causing you to do things and then they speak in tongues
Maybe they get healed or pass out, and then they wake up, and they don't even remember what happened
That's demonic
These are things they used to study with schizophrenic patients and bipolar patients people in insane asylums
It's still crazy
It's not normal. It doesn't matter
That one in every 12 people in the world is a Pentecostal or charismatic. This is crazy
This is weird. This is demonic
Verse 33 for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace as in all churches of the saints
God's not the author of confusion
I mean all you have to do is go to YouTube and it's like Pentecostal church service
and
People speaking in tongues people hitting the deck
I mean Vinnie has taken off his coach, and then it's just like the whole crowd hits the deck
It's insane
It's weird
Well, I mean like I if you don't grow up Pentecostal if you're not around this it seems insane to you
I would be scared to set foot in a place like that
It's weird
Is that what you're seeing in first Corinthians 14 no, it's actually stating the exact opposite of what they're doing in churches
verse number one
Actually before you get a verse one. Let me just read you this about false religions and glossolalia
Believe it or not. It's from an article speaking in a static tongues
Which is glossolalia is not just confined to Christian circles
Studies have revealed that a static utterances is present in many non-christian religions all over the world
It is practiced in China
Japan
Korea Malaysia
Indonesia Siberia
Arabia Burma, so basically the entire world
Is what they're saying in?
Arctic regions as well as many other places glossolalia is found among the Eskimos Japanese seances in Hokkaido in a small cult led by
Genji yangi of Moji City the shamans in Ethiopia in the Tsar called and various spirits in Haitian voodoo and
It was also found extensively in African tribal religions
But this stuff exists in voodoo it exists and I mean all these Eastern religions
They have like this Pentecostal stuff that goes on sometimes in their services
I remember seeing a documentary on Taoism for like a funeral service and then a guy is acts as the mediator
to the spirit world and then all of a sudden they do a bunch of things they bang this dong and then
all of a sudden he's like
And and here's the thing it's obvious I'm faking this when I'm doing this it didn't look like the guy was faking it I mean it was
weird
But it's not that much different than what the Pentecostals do in their church services
It's it's demonic. What is going on in these church services verse 1 of 1st Corinthians 14
Follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts
But rather than he made prophecy for he does speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God
For no man understandeth him, howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries and people go to verse 2
And they'll say we'll see he's speaking unto God
Well later on the chapter says in church just shut up
right
But this unknown tongue is a language it is unknown not to the person speaking it
to those inside of church
big difference
It's not unknown to the person speaking because obviously if you speak a language you know it
It's unknown to the people speaking which is why the Bible saying we got to have an interpreter because they it's unknown to them
Okay
Then it says in verse 3
But he that prophesied speaketh on the men to edification and exhortation and comfort he that speaketh in an unknown tongue edify
It himself, but he that prophesied edit the church
What the Bible is basically saying is this if somebody got up here, and they preached the greatest sermon ever
The most motivating sermon ever in
French in
German in
Spanish and
Hungarian
It could be the greatest sermon ever it doesn't edify us at all
Because you don't know what they're saying
Doesn't do any good. Here's probably apostle who's basically a polyglot right he speaks
You know many languages the polyglot, and he's saying you're not even better than speaking a lot of languages
I mean
I hope you speak a lot of languages because it's very useful to get people say
Even more important is that you're able to just preach in the language people that are saved understand
Yeah, I mean you know in the United States you have people from all over the world
So knock on doors and somebody from Russia answers, and it's kind of like
Can't do anything it would be nice to speak Russian so you could give them the gospel people from India answer. It's like
Right I don't speak Punjab, so I mean you know or Hindi, so what am I gonna do?
But here's the thing Paul saying even more important than having the gift of speaking a lot of languages is just being able to
Edify God's people right turn your Bible
To Acts chapter 2 acts 2 acts 2
What's my opinion of speaking in tongues, it's demonic
It's demonic
It's strange
It's bizarre
And by the way most mega church pastors are Pentecostals
You just don't know they're Pentecostals
Joel Osteen is a tongue-talking Pentecostal
He inherited that church from his father when it was a mega church that his father built up
That was a known tongue-talking Pentecostal. Why is it people to know that Joel Osteen's is someone who speaks in tongues?
He doesn't make that very well known because he wants to be popular
Other mega church pastors TD J's Kenneth Copeland
Benny Han these guys they're tongue talkers. There's other people that are coming to my mind that I'm like 90%
I'm not going to mention because I don't want to accidentally give a false accusation those guys are all Pentecostals
They're all tongue-talkers. They're all speaking tongues. You say well if all the mega churches. They're doing it
It must be normal. No, it's not
Just because people do something doesn't make it normal. I
Mean in India people bow down before cow
They put a necklace on it and pray to it that doesn't make it normal
It's still bizarre. It's still weird, and it's not just weird it is
demonic
It's strange. It's bizarre. I
You know for sake of time. I'm not gonna go in all the stories
But you know I do have stories from you know my past of just various Pentecostal people
I ran into
One that goes to my mind is in Guyana, and I'm gonna give you the story because I want you to realize
Not everything in those churches is fake. There is a demonic and spiritual realm
That it's good not to know that much about it the Bible doesn't tell us that much because honestly it probably scare us
But when I was in Guyana
I was preaching in this this classroom at a school and the classroom had double booked us
And it's packed full of kids
So I preached I'm in the corner
And I really can't get out and then the Pentecostal preacher preaches right after me and for a couple minutes
We're trying to figure out a way to get out and it's just like well
I guess we're just stuck in here
So he's preaching and you know just getting really energetic and everything and he's very talented speaker very talented speaker very energetic
very emotional after the class everybody leaves and the teacher brings this student to this Pentecostal preacher and
And there's nobody around to try to impress
I'm there. I'm seeing this nobody else is there and she said he's been having nightmares
Can you help him out and?
this Pentecostal preacher
he puts his hand on him and this kid hits the deck and he gets up and he's like
It wasn't faked
There was nobody that they were trying to impress and at that moment I came to the realization
That famous Pentecostal preachers act as mediums and they cast devils into people
I
Mean it was scary because it came to my mind. You might agree or disagree that that's fine in my opinion
Well, what would cause them to hit the deck like that because the devil just got cast into them
That's what took place. And how is this different than an albolar y'all?
Or a witch doctor
That deal with the demonic realm and they take spirits from some people and they undo spells and stuff
This stuff is not all faked
It's a scary thing that it's good not to know too much about but it is not all fake and there are people that
Are actually speaking in tongues this gloss area
Because demonic spirits are taking over these church services
Now a lot of people Pentecostal churches faking being healed absolutely
No question about that. Do they pay people to fall down? Yes, they do
We all know that but don't let that make you think all of it is fake because it's not
It's a scary thing that's taking place. Number one. We talk about the history of Pentecostals
Number two, we talk about speaking in tongues, which is something that existed outside of the Christian realm
But now it's in the Christian realm so to speak with the Pentecostals
Number three a big thing with the Pentecostal movement is lack of doctrine
lack of doctrine
Acts 2 verse 41
Then they that gladly receive his word were baptized and the same day they were added on to them about 3,000 souls
Verse 42 and they continued steadfastly
in
The apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers you see doctrine you see fellowship
Why is it that people at our church like this church?
Is it because of our music program no, I
Think the people that play the music do a great job. That's not an insult, but it is a fact
That's not what attracts most people to our church
Is it all of our programs and activities that we have? No, it's not
You know what attracts people to this church the doctrine
You come to this church because you know, you know
I'm gonna hear the truth and I'm also going to learn and I want to be in church and learn something new
I want to know the truth right you're here because of the doctrine, right?
But wait a minute. What doctrine is there at Pentecostal Church Services?
There is no doctrine
They don't say anything. They say nothing controversial
I mean the most controversial thing is why don't care what people say. I still think you ought to love God
That's nonsense that's nothing you didn't say anything you didn't teach anything
What because it's a movement built on let's not offend anybody and it's going to cause our church to grow
Go to Acts 5 Acts 5
Acts chapter 5
Now
Of course the Pentecostals are the most famous for this
But what's taking place with this movement is it's going outside of the Pentecostal churches into other churches
Because here's the thing. I mean there are millions of
Charismatic Catholics El Shaddai members here in the Philippines and you know
I I presume because nobody ever really tells me they're from El Shaddai
I'm assuming they just tell me they're from the Catholic Church
but Charismatic Catholics
the Catholic Church
Used to teach they were very famous for there's no salvation outside of the Catholic Church, right?
All throughout history. That's what they taught. What does Pope Francis teach? You don't have to believe in God to go to heaven
It's like are you kidding me? You don't have to believe in God to go to heaven?
I mean, isn't it true that you can go on Google and you know what you're going to find?
You're going to find all these religious leaders from different religions joining together who cares about what we believe
Let's set aside all differences
You say well, you know the Catholic I mean the Pentecostals are doing their own thing
It's oh really? Why is it at Pope John Paul's funeral?
They did an interview live with Benny Hinn that was there to honor the Pope. That was his good friend
And
Before Baptist get arrogant Billy Graham was also good friends of the Pope Pope John Paul
this is going outside of
Denominations and doctrines and now every religion it's like it doesn't matter what they believe
I mean literally you talk to someone from INC. It's like do you believe that Jesus is God? Yes
Are you sure?
It's like yeah, you know, I know INC doesn't believe Jesus God, but I do then you talk to a Catholic you believe Jesus God, nope
Why are you Catholic?
Why are you in these churches if you don't agree? I
Mean literally, I mean I get it. You're not going to agree with a hundred percent of
Everything I say we have our own free will and the Holy Spirit of God
Let me be clear if you disagree with me about salvation or about the nature of God
Just don't come back
Unless you're just new to our church. It's just like you've been here for a couple years going sowing with us
But you don't believe the Trinity don't come to our church
It's like I want people out of church that believe in what the doctrine actually is
But yet in our modern day, it's just like you go to whatever church and it's all about well
How does it make me feel?
Who cares how it makes you feel?
Is your life without you or is it about God?
Here's the truth
When you first started coming to this church
This is the truth. This is how you felt you learned a lot. You got mad at a lot of things I said and
There are a lot of things you leave and you're like feeling guilty and you get kind of frustrated
But then all of a sudden you're like, you know what? It's not brother sucky's fault. That's what the Bible said
Right. No, that's true. And I realize that's the way it is with people
Understand people are new at church. It's like I don't expect people to be exactly like us from day one
I get it the hard preaching it but here's the thing at Pentecostal churches. Their movement is built on no doctrine
No teaching. It's all about how you feel. I
Mean Kenneth Copeland who I believe is probably the richest
Pastor in the world or richest Pentecostal pastor at least not the most famous
I mean Kenneth Copeland is pretty famous right people know who that is
And he's I mean, he's a scary-looking guy, right?
When you see him speaking and see it's just like the way his eyes are it's like whoa
but Kenneth Copeland
Talked about the Protestant Reformation and he said the Protestant Reformation was this great demon that infected the church
It's like what?
He's basically saying well neither side was really wrong. We're all on the same side
How can you side with both sides
Because what was the fight over doctrine now? I disagree with both sides, but you can't agree with both sides
You can disagree with the Catholics and the Protestants. You can't agree with them both though
It's either you agree with this side or this side
It's like do you believe that abortion is murder? This one says it's murder. This one says it's not I agree with both
That's nonsense
You get to decide which side you agree on but Kenneth Copeland said it was just this great demon
Let's just all get together. See the Pentecostal religion consider themselves a
Restorationist movement, you know what that means?
That's what they call the Mormons
Jehovah's Witnesses
People that believe the truth vanished out of the world for over a thousand years and they brought it back together
That church over there is a restorationist church they believe the true church was gone from the world and they brought it back
That's what the Mormons believe the Church of Christ in the u.s
The Jehovah's Witnesses the Seventh-day Adventists all of these cults their
Restorationist churches where they say the truth was gone for over a thousand years
This is what the Pentecostals believe that church members not might not realize that but wait a minute
They don't believe that there was like any Pentecostals in 1900
And then all of a sudden they brought it back in their 644 million
well, let me just use some basic logic here if the truth was gone for 1900 years and
The Pentecostals brought it back a hundred years ago
Wouldn't you expect that the world would be far more godly now than a hundred years ago
Doesn't that just make common sense?
By the way, that's a good question to ask the Mormon Jehovah's Witnesses and all of them
I mean if you're bringing the truth back, why is the world becoming so wicked?
Why is abortion, you know children out of Red Rock, you know drunkenness drugs all of us going through the roof
Actually, the Bible says it's getting worse and worse
And why is God gonna destroy this world?
Well, he's gonna destroy it because of the sin. Why didn't you destroy it before the time of the flood?
Why did you destroy it in Noah's day because the world was filled with wickedness
That's what the Bible says. Why is he gonna do it in the end times as the days of Noah
As the days of Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah, it's gonna be in the end times
Because it gets so wicked. Well, here's the thing. The Pentecostal movement is just skyrocketing in growth
They're not going to go down in number as we get close to the end times
Sounds like they're not making the world a better place, right?
Go to Acts 5 verse 27
And when they had brought them they sent them before the council and the high priest asked them saying
Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in this name and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine
Go to 2 Timothy 3 for sake of time. I'm going to skip a lot of places. I had my notes
But there are a lot of verses talking about doctrine doctrine doctrine doctrine and it's so important to our faith
You got to come to church based on what the church is teaching. You say why is that important brother Stuckey?
Because
If you agree with the doctrine of a church
Even if you get mad at the person preaching you stick with the church because you agree with the church
And it's just the way it is when you get up and preach for hours every week
You're gonna say things that people don't like
But if this is the church that you believe has the truth
Obviously not perfectly because obviously I'm sinful just like anybody else
I'm gonna say things that are wrong
But if you believe this is the church with the most truth and I can learn the Word of God
You'll stick with the church. Even if you get upset right because of the doctrine
When people first start coming to church they come because of how the church makes them feel
But honestly the goal is to get them to switch over to come to the church because of what they're teaching
Because of the doctrine not because of how it makes them feel
2 Timothy 3 verse 10
But thou has fully known my doctrine
manner of life purpose faith long-suffering charity patience
Is that the verse that Joel Osteen could have as his theme verse?
Everybody knows my doctrine
Really?
Why is it they can never get a straight answer? Do you believe in gay marriage or not? And he just avoids it. I
When he was on Larry King like a decade ago or something. Larry King asked me said well, you're an encouraging preacher
He's like do you ever talk about sin? He's like, yeah
He's like, you know Larry. I've always just looked at myself as you know, an encouraging preacher
You know, I want to just kind of lift people up
Right, you know, I don't want to say a word like that that kind of brings them down
So you don't use the word sin. No, it's just not my calling that God has for my life
But that was fully known the doctrine of Joel Osteen really because half you didn't even know he's a tongue-talking Pentecostal till 30 minutes ago
I mean literally the biggest mega church or one of the biggest and half of people don't even know you speak in tongues
Why not just be open about it?
I'm open about what I believe. I don't speak in tongues. I
Don't just go
Why are you afraid to say that you do Joel Osteen Oh because maybe people think it's weird and
Bizarre and you'll sell like five million less copies of your best life now
Right go in your Bible to 1st Timothy chapter 4, 1st Timothy 4
1st Timothy 4
But but here's the thing
So what does this have to do with the Baptist Church?
What it has to do with the Baptist Church is that Baptist churches are following this model
Let's just preach a little bit less intense
It said well, what does the church believe about repentance? Let's just you know be vague about it
Because there's people that believe in repentance of sins. We want at church
There's people that don't believe in repentance of sins that we want at church. So let's just not tell people let me be clear
Those that don't those that do believe in repentance of sins for salvation. We don't want you at church
We want to get you saved
But
If you disagree, it's like well, that's not what our church teaches
But I'm saying you want your church filled with just a bunch of tongue-talkers and Calvinists and repents of sins. No, I
Don't want that
We're not trying to build a mega church
But look today is a smaller attendance than normal, but we're not struggling finding new people that want to be a part of our church
It's like, you know, I hate preacher everybody hate would hate brother Stuckey
Well, actually it seemed like a lot of people like the preaching
Sounds like there's still people in a wicked and perverse world. They want to shine his lights in the midst of a wicked world
There's people that still want to serve God they still want to know the truth
They still want to be passed on a good legacy to their kids
They want to read the Bible get Santa out of their lives
We're not struggling with members and here's the thing. We are not taking up the matter methods at the Pentecostals use
But what Baptist are doing is well, let's just go kind of in between
And they're literally Baptist churches that will have two church services. What is the fundamental church service?
the old-fashioned hymns
Old-fashioned preaching. I mean, I'm literally I was visiting a church one time
You know when I was in Maryland and I was looking online for the best church
And I thought it was the best church in the area
I went to it and it was like a rock, you know music and all this stuff
and I'm just you know, I
And somebody was there was was asking me. Hey, how are you doing? I just say well, isn't this a fundamental church?
He's like, oh, you know, we're trying to bring in new people
So the first church service is geared toward the newer crowd
you know the rock music and the second service is
You know geared toward those that are looking for the old-fashioned like I understand he's like I'm old-fashioned myself
I was like, well, why isn't your church honest about this because I just wasted my time and I walked out
Because I showed up to like
And who knows they probably were using it new King James. I don't know
What kind of nonsense is that?
We're saying well, let's have a church service for those that love God and a church service for those that don't love God
But this is what Baptist churches are doing. They're lightening the doctrine not being clear about what they believe
They don't want to offend anyone they are changing their methods look Jesus
They try to throw them off a cliff before he was killed. I
Mean all the prophets are seeing the Bible and they're hated by men
Because of the things they say and make the mistake if you pulled somebody off the street to visit our church
Most of them would be like is that preacher crazy?
Because they're not used to this
Because churches are not doing what you actually see in the Bible lack of doctrine and this is a movement that's taken over and
Baptists are meeting them halfway in the middle. Well, we're not meeting them halfway
We're gonna stand here and no matter how weird the world gets. We're not changing
whatever one the history of Pentecostals point to speaking in tongues point three a lack of doctrine point for a
Preparation for the end times first Timothy 4 verse 1 now the Spirit speak of expressly that in the latter time
Some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of Devils as
We get close to the end times a lot of people just won't want the truth
They won't want to be told yes and no
What do they want they want to be able to go to a church where they never feel guilty
They're never told something's a sin
They're never told they need to make any changes in their life
They just want to go somewhere and feel like they're spiritual without being spiritual
That is the truth go to second Thessalonians 2 will close up for sake of time
But here's the thing
During the end times
There's going to be a lot of false miracles
Right, it's not one of the things about the end times
signs and wonders and
Some people think well, you know someone, you know, regardless of whether or not they're saved nobody in the Christian realm would ever fall for it
Really? Because it seems like the Pentecostals fall for that sort of stuff now
How much more in the end times when it's far more convincing
You say brother stocky, you know, the Muslims would never buy into it actually there's a Pentecostal denomination of the Muslims as well
I don't think it's as far along as it is in the Christian realm
But it actually existed a long time back. I don't remember the name of it offhand
Sufi does that sound right? I think it's called Sufi Muslim
It's Pentecostal Pentecostal Muslims like dancing. Whoo, right?
It's like it's no different
it's because why because it's similar Calvinism in the fact that it said Calvinism is something that can be kind of outside of
Any sort of denomination and yet it somehow manages to get into every denomination Calvinistic ideas
Well, this charismatic idea is kind of similar too because it is creeping into all kinds of churches
Outside of specific denominations. That's why you have this in-between thing of people that are say I'm a charismatic Catholic
Are you Catholic or charismatic? But now there's charismatic Methodist charismatic Lutherans
It's like, you know, we use the term
bapticostals
Right for those that are kind of going that Pentecostal route the bapticostals, right?
But there's going to be lying signs and wonders during the end times and it's going to cause people to believe this stuff
second Thessalonians 2 verse 7
For the mystery of iniquity
Doth already work
only he who now let if he let until until he be taken out of the way and
Then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming
Even him who's coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders now
One point of note is the word after in verse 9 is not saying after in
Time it's not saying well, he's gonna come after the Lord's gonna come after the Antichrist
Yes, the Lord will come after the Antichrist
But it says after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders
It's saying in the manner of Satan with power and signs and lying wonders
Okay. Now the beginning of this chapter proves the poster of rapture, but not this part of it. Okay
But it's saying there's going to be power and signs and lying wonders
I mean, how is the devil going to get so many people to take the mark of the beast?
Miracles signs wonders sorcery things such as that and
People are going to buy it and it's going to be very deceptive because if it were possible to deceive the very elect
Right, I mean there are things that exist that are outside of any logical explanation now
Here's the thing we understanding and knowing the Bible we would say hey, that is demonic stuff
but realize that you know what the Egyptians and their sorcerers were able to repeat some of the miracles of God and
And some of these false prophets they have abilities to do some weird things some scary things and you know
It's going to be more and more as we get close
to the end times and
It says in verse 10 and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness and none that perish because they receive not the love of the truth
That they might be saved
now look
That the three countries with the most Catholics in this world to kind of help you understand this number one is Brazil
Number two is Mexico. Number three is the Philippines if you go to Google and type in, you know religious statistics
For the Philippines, you might still see them say what is it eighty point three percent? I think is the number they always say
There is no way that eighty percent of people in this country are going to claim Catholicism
I mean if you go so many, you know, that's true. It's not four out of five people claiming Catholic
Not anymore
Yeah, twenty years ago. Maybe that's the case
Not anymore because I hear a lot of people to say I'm born again
Don't you hear that a lot? I
Hear a lot of people say I am see
Even love people to say the Catholic might say charismatic Catholic
It is by no means 80% anymore because actual statistic will show you
mainstream Catholicism is plummeting it is in our lifetimes I
Believe Pentecostal will pass Catholicism as the biggest Christian religion in the world. I
Mean the number one we have on here Brazil by some statistics. It is less than 50% Catholic as a country now
Now if you know anything about the statistics of religion in Brazil in their history
That is astonishing that you go from 80% to less than 50 in like 30 years
That's insane. I mean they've been Catholic for a very long time
And if there's one country that has similar religion to the Philippines it is Brazil, right?
I mean here they've got a spirit ista in Brazil spirit ISM same thing just in a different country
They've got a lot of these Christian cults that rise up and they've got Catholicism and the charismatic movement is taking over
It's not as fast here, but it's taking place here too and the numbers from Mexico. They are also plummeting as well
Because the Pentecostal charismatic movement it is taking over the world
Why is that is it some brand-new religion that started a hundred years ago?
Well, no
According to them. It's a restorationist movement where they brought back the truth that had vanished for 1800 years
Obviously that's impossible because the gates of hell will not stand against the church
There are gonna be good churches and save people throughout all time period
but this sort of religion existed outside of Christianity and
Now it's coming to the Christian realm and now you've got all these
Pentecostal and charismatic churches and it makes sense because it's gonna fit with the end times
all the miracles and signs lying wonders
Doctrine doesn't matter. Let's all get along
Let's just do a joint prayer with like a Hindu and a Buddhist and a Catholic
No
The religions different
It's like our religion is different than that we're not going to do it and yet the Pope's doing it
Yeah, Muslim leaders are doing it
Hindus are doing it and the Pentecostals are right in the midst of it
Because they're just trying to bring everybody together
All it's doing is introducing these sorcery and this satanic sort of stuff
Into Christianity, what's our opinion Pentecostal movement? It's it's bizarre
It's wicked
There's sorcery going on at these churches. It's demonic and we're not gonna take up the methods
Well, but brother stocky, I mean if you change the music and stuff, we can make the church bigger
Look, we don't have room for more people right now
Pack this place out
It's like we're not gonna do it I
Don't care if the church is gonna die
I mean literally over half of our church by far is going sowing every week
I mean literally what was the last week of the week before there was not a single person left at the building
It's like everybody was outside of me
It's like I don't want to change anything. We're gonna do things God's way you and if God blesses us by sending more laborers
praise the Lord
If not, I'm happy with what God has given us. Let's close the word of prayer your Heavenly Father
Thank you for allowing us to be here today and just getting to see this subject and help us understand that this is a
Movement that is taking over the world helps to realize that there's nothing that we we want to have absolutely nothing to do with it
We're not going to take up the methods
God help us just to stand on the old paths and preach the truth and stand for the Word of God in Jesus name we
Pray amen
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