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Friday, January 14, 2011
Episode 9 :: Question 7 on Speaking in New Tongues
11:54 PM | Posted by
St. Burnish
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| Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
Answer 7: Well, let me quickly distinguish between what you are saying and what Jesus said so we can be on the same page on this. In Mark 16:17, Jesus said these words: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;” so I think that what you’re saying means adding more to the tongues, the spiritual tongues - spiritual language - that you’re already speaking, not necessarily what Jesus said here – ‘speaking in new tongues’ - because what Jesus said here was speaking in new tongues aside what you already were speaking - your native language or lingua franca. That’s not what you are talking about from my understanding of what you are saying, because you said “I’ve been speaking in tongues for years now” which means you’ve already been speaking in these new tongues that Jesus meant. So, your terminology here is not in the same usage as when Jesus spoke; so, you’re talking about adding some new tongues to what you already have.
Well, in that case, first, new tongues [additional vocabulary in tongues] will come to you while you are praying, many times while you are praying and you are inspired in prayer and then also when you are listening to the Word of God and you are inspired, these tongues will well up in your spirit. A lot of times, if you would let yourself go, even if you have to speak them under your voice, your spirit will then pick them. But, if you don’t let that come up, you will suppress them and you remain with what you had before. So, when they well up within you while you are listening to the Word of God, speak them. A lot of times, you would notice they are there; you’ve got to speak them. They’re new tongues; you speak them, and apart from that, there are other times of inspiration - you are just in meditation, not necessarily hearing the Word preached or taught or praying. You are just in meditation, and you are listening from within your spirit and these things will well up in you. So, if you let the inspiration of the Holy Spirit work through you, you will have additional tongues.
Then also, remember that there is a gift of diverse kinds of tongues which is given to us; the Bible talks about it in 1 Corinthians 12, and that gift is not necessarily for everyone except you covet (desire) it. See, it’s given to one and as the Spirit chooses; that’s the gift of diverse kinds of tongues. So, that’s different from your prayer language. It’s a ministry of the Spirit in which He manifests Himself in different spiritual languages through us, and He brings forth the Word; He brings forth messages in that way to us.
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Episode 9 :: Question 6 on Dating (The Right Time to Date)
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| Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
Answer 6: The right time is when you become responsible. Now, when your parents are responsible for your education and responsible for everything you do, you are not responsible. So, why go on dating? Dating is really the idea that you are fixing certain times to get to meet someone and know that person, get to learn about that individual and so that’s what it is. So, if you are deciding that “okay I want to do this”, because you don’t just date, you date for a purpose, you are hoping to get married to that person if everything is right. So, during that dating period, you are wanting to find out whether she is alright [or] “is he alright?” So, you would only begin dating when you are responsible, but there is more.
Episode 9 :: Question 5 on the Holy Communion
Question 5 - Franklin (UK): Is it right to take the Communion when you are not baptized?
Answer 5: They are not dependent on each other, so whether or not you are baptized, you can take the Holy Communion. The Bible doesn’t say that you take the Holy Communion only if you’re baptized. Now, I know that in many churches they will only serve the Communion to those that are referred to as baptized members, and there is nothing wrong with that. The reason they do that is this: to be a real Christian, to be known as a real Christian, the church believes that you should be baptized, because baptism is a sign of your full belief and commitment to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; it means that you have fully accepted Him. In fact, many years ago, in the early church, during the persecution, if they came looking for Christians to kill them, if they came looking for them to imprison them and they got to you and asked you if you believe in Jesus and you denied it, they would ask you “Were you baptized?” And, if you said you were baptized, you were guilty.
So, baptism was so important and is still so important. Jesus told us to baptize those who believe in Him, so every Christian who has not been baptized must get the opportunity to be baptized. Go to your Pastor and ask to be baptized. If you would attend a church and they see that you are Christian, they will baptize you, because churches don’t want to baptize non-believers, and that’s why I said many churches believe that if you are a true Christian, you should be baptized, and so they will only serve the Communion to those who have been baptized. And, that is recommendable.
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Answer 5: They are not dependent on each other, so whether or not you are baptized, you can take the Holy Communion. The Bible doesn’t say that you take the Holy Communion only if you’re baptized. Now, I know that in many churches they will only serve the Communion to those that are referred to as baptized members, and there is nothing wrong with that. The reason they do that is this: to be a real Christian, to be known as a real Christian, the church believes that you should be baptized, because baptism is a sign of your full belief and commitment to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; it means that you have fully accepted Him. In fact, many years ago, in the early church, during the persecution, if they came looking for Christians to kill them, if they came looking for them to imprison them and they got to you and asked you if you believe in Jesus and you denied it, they would ask you “Were you baptized?” And, if you said you were baptized, you were guilty.
So, baptism was so important and is still so important. Jesus told us to baptize those who believe in Him, so every Christian who has not been baptized must get the opportunity to be baptized. Go to your Pastor and ask to be baptized. If you would attend a church and they see that you are Christian, they will baptize you, because churches don’t want to baptize non-believers, and that’s why I said many churches believe that if you are a true Christian, you should be baptized, and so they will only serve the Communion to those who have been baptized. And, that is recommendable.
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Episode 9 :: Question 4 on Finding a Spouse
Question 4- Israel (USA): Dear Pastor Chris, my question is, how do I go about looking for a spouse?
Answer 4: How do you go about looking for a spouse? Well, you go about looking for a spouse by only doing the things that God asked you to do. If you would stay in the track God sent you into and serve God accordingly, everything you need will be in that track - everything you need - including your spouse. So, that’s the way. You don’t really have to go looking, just stay in your track, do the things that God has asked you to do, be in the business that God put you in, in the job that God put you in [everything He asked you], just go about serving the Lord, [and] you’ll meet the right person. Otherwise, you are going to be looking for something from somewhere else.
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Answer 4: How do you go about looking for a spouse? Well, you go about looking for a spouse by only doing the things that God asked you to do. If you would stay in the track God sent you into and serve God accordingly, everything you need will be in that track - everything you need - including your spouse. So, that’s the way. You don’t really have to go looking, just stay in your track, do the things that God has asked you to do, be in the business that God put you in, in the job that God put you in [everything He asked you], just go about serving the Lord, [and] you’ll meet the right person. Otherwise, you are going to be looking for something from somewhere else.
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Episode 9 :: Question 3 on Building a Great Ministry
Question 3 - Ben (Togo): Dear Pastor Chris, I am a young man getting ready to launch into full time ministry to fulfil the purpose (the vision) the Lord gave me. When the vision is so big and wide with little or no resources at hand to make it happen, how do I go about it? Secondly, what does it take to build the Lord a nation, I mean a great ministry as the Lord has shown it to me?
Answer 3: Well this is very simple, Jesus said [Matthew 4:19] “...Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” So follow Him, follow Him, and we have a message on that; if you can ask for that, we can make it available to you. [To order for the Teaching Titled “Fishers of Men”, please visit Christ Embassy Online Store]. Follow Him! That’s the first principle. And then, secondly, work through the Word; live your life in God’s Word. That means you’ve got to study it; you’ve got to meditate on it, live accordingly. That’s important! So, He says “follow me”. How are you going to follow Him? You follow Him through the Word; you do the Word, and he will make you a fisher of men. And, through God’s Word you can build anything, anything.
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Answer 3: Well this is very simple, Jesus said [Matthew 4:19] “...Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” So follow Him, follow Him, and we have a message on that; if you can ask for that, we can make it available to you. [To order for the Teaching Titled “Fishers of Men”, please visit Christ Embassy Online Store]. Follow Him! That’s the first principle. And then, secondly, work through the Word; live your life in God’s Word. That means you’ve got to study it; you’ve got to meditate on it, live accordingly. That’s important! So, He says “follow me”. How are you going to follow Him? You follow Him through the Word; you do the Word, and he will make you a fisher of men. And, through God’s Word you can build anything, anything.
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