What Does This Mean? I Robert Madu I Social Dallas

Summary

Social Dallas Podcast: "What Does This Mean? I Robert Madu I Social Dallas"
Release Date: June 8, 2025
Host/Author: Social Dallas Church

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Introduction

In this compelling episode of the Social Dallas Podcast, Pastor Robert and Taylor Madu delve deep into the significance of Pentecost, emphasizing unity and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. Titled "What Does This Mean? I Robert Madu I Social Dallas", the episode serves as both a reflection on the church's inauguration and a powerful call to personal and communal spiritual growth.

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Word of the Year: "Planted"

The episode begins with the hosts introducing the Word of the Year for 2025: "planted." Pastor Robert shares:

"[00:15] B: If you see me flourishing, don't get it twisted.
[00:18] A: It's only because I'm planted."

This metaphor underscores the church’s foundation in faith, highlighting growth and stability rooted in spiritual planting.

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Scriptural Foundation: Acts Chapter 2

The hosts transition to reading and dissecting Acts 2:1-13, the passage detailing the Day of Pentecost. They emphasize the significance of being "planted in the house of the Lord" as a foundation for flourishing both spiritually and communally.

"[00:45] B: Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God... declare that the Lord is upright."

They stress that Pentecost was not just a moment of spiritual fervor but also a pivotal point for the birth of the church, marked by both demonstration and explanation of the Holy Spirit's power.

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Unity: The Prerequisite and Proof of Pentecost

A central theme of the episode is unity within the church. Both hosts elaborate on how unity among believers was essential for the manifestation of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost.

"[27:10] B: What happens in harvest? In harvest, you are bringing things together... Pentecost is about harvest."
"[28:18] A: It's the power of unity."

They draw parallels between the harvest festival and Pentecost, emphasizing that gathering as a unified body is crucial for effective ministry and spiritual breakthrough.

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Divisions Over the Holy Spirit

Pastor Robert and Taylor address the common divisions within the church regarding the Holy Spirit. They discuss disagreements over pronouns, manifestations like speaking in tongues, and the timing of receiving the Holy Spirit.

"[20:22] B: The Holy Spirit is arguably one of the most divided and debated doctrines in all the church."

This segment highlights the challenges of maintaining unity amidst theological differences, urging believers to focus on the Spirit’s role in bringing boldness and confidence rather than fostering division.

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Steadfastness and Waiting on the Lord

The hosts use the historical context of Pentecost to encourage believers to remain steadfast in their faith, even when immediate results aren't visible.

"[43:24] B: Girl, you see my suddenly now, me getting married, you didn't see. All the nights I was by myself, praying and saying, God, I'm not going to settle. I'm going to trust you."
"[42:06] B: But it wasn't just connected to the unity. How many know the suddenly was connected to them being steadfast and not leaving..."

They draw attention to the 120 believers who remained faithful, contrasting them with the 380 who left before Pentecost, and stress the importance of staying "planted" to experience spiritual breakthroughs.

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Call to Action: Embracing the Holy Spirit

As the episode progresses, Pastor Robert and Taylor lead listeners into a heartfelt invitation to invite the Holy Spirit into their lives. They emphasize personal surrender and the transformative power of the Spirit.

"[55:10] B: Yeah. Come on. It's a harvest. It's a harvest."
"[60:38] B: Yeah. Come on."
"[61:01] A: This is that. Thank you, Holy Spirit. This is that."

Listeners are encouraged to engage in prayer, lift their hands in surrender, and commit to living unified, Spirit-filled lives.

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Conclusion: Unity and Diversity

Wrapping up, the hosts reiterate the importance of unity in diversity, reflecting on how Pentecost demonstrated that people from various backgrounds could come together to glorify God.

"[49:33] B: When they had the wrong unity and he had to disperse them by the languages. Pentecost is God saying, I'm reversing the curse of Babel..."
"[56:31] A: Thank you, God. Thank you, God."

They conclude with prayers for unity, a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit, and a renewed commitment to building a community that reflects the inclusive and powerful spirit of Pentecost.

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Notable Quotes

• Pastor Robert:
  "[03:17] A: Those two words right there, amazed. And you ever been amazed and perplexed?"
  "[16:02] B: He didn't say, I'm an apostle of the most High God. He said, no, it's too early."
  "[22:46] A: Do you have to speak in tongues?"

• Taylor Madu:
  "[05:47] B: I'm still here. What else I'm gonna do, okay? I got to stay connected to my team."
  "[24:52] B: It is the Holy Spirit that makes you fearless. It is the Holy Spirit that gives you boldness. It is the Holy Spirit that gives you confidence."
  "[37:27] A: See him? Look at it. Unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost."

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Final Thoughts

This episode of the Social Dallas Podcast masterfully intertwines biblical exposition with practical application, urging listeners to embrace unity and remain steadfast in their faith. Pastor Robert and Taylor Madu effectively use the Pentecost narrative to inspire a transformative journey toward a Spirit-filled, unified community that reflects the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.

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Transcript

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Today. I'm so glad that you're here. Today's gonna be an amazing day. I got a word that I feel like preaching in here today. Before we get into that word, we have a word for our year, and that is planted.

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If you see me flourishing, don't get it twisted.

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It's only because I'm planted. And that's our word for 2025. And we've been reading our verse of the year every single Sunday, and we.

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Have not declared it in the Windspear Opera House. So y' all, on Pentecost Sunday, we got to read it with uplifted, caffeinated, Pentecostal voices in unison. Y' all ready?

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Come on, let's read it together. 1, 2, 3.

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Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age.

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They shall be fresh and flourishing to.

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Declare that the Lord is upright.

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He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Y' all sound good.

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You sound good at the Wind Spirit Opera House. And then our text for today on Pentecost Sunday. Now, if you're super saved and floated in here today, and you're a proud Sunday School alumnus, you already know where I'm going. Acts, chapter two. Today, gonna look at verses one through 13. Acts, chapter two. We'll start at verse number one, and then we'll land at verse number 13. And it says, when the day of Pentecost had 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 the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire. And one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. How many were filled? All. A double l. All. And began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and. And were confused, huh? Because everyone heard them speak in his own language.

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Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, look, are not.

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All these who speak Galileans?

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And how is it that we hear.

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Each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites. Those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus in Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt. And all the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene. Visitors from Rome, both Jews and Proselytes. Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our own tongues, the wonderful works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed, amazed and perplexed.

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That made me laugh.

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Because if there are two words that.

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Sometimes define your walk with the Lord.

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Those two words right there, amazed. And you ever been amazed and perplexed?

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Like, ooh, God, you're gonna do something awesome.

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I'm amazed and perplexed. Like, how you gonna do it? Amazed and perplexed. I love that you can have those two emotions together. Saying to one another, what does this mean? Others mocking, said, I know what it means. They drunk. They had too much. Full of new wine. I want to stop the reading right there, but I want to pull my title straight from this text today on Pentecost Sunday and talk to you from this thought. What does this mean? What does.

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How many times has somebody already today gone, It's Pentecost Sunday, and I guarantee you somebody, they ain't gonna say who.

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Wait, what does that. What does Pentecost mean? Hopefully by the end of service today, you'll know what it means. Look at the person next to you. Say, neighbor, I got a feeling this message is for you. Let's pray. Father, have your way today. Help us understand what this means. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. What does this mean? Social fam on this Sunday, we celebrate and commemorate the inauguration of the church and what some would even call the birth of the church. I feel the need to let you know that in spite of the heartbreak, in spite of the inconsistency, in spite of the unmet expectations, in spite of the years I've been let down, in spite of the emotional highs followed by devastating lows, in spite of the fact that every year my hope rises only to be crushed again. I remain unshaken, unwavering, and unapologetically a Dallas Cowboys fan. What y' all thought I was gonna say?

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I'm still here. What else I'm gonna do, okay? I got to stay connected to my team.

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I'm loyal, okay?

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You don't get to pick your family. You don't get to pick your team. I am sticking with my Dallas Cowboys. That's the way my Nigerian daddy raised me. O who I'm gonna cheer for? The Steelers. Get out of here.

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The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy.

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I'm a Cowboys fan.

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Always gonna be a Cowboys fan.

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And believe it or not, when I was looking at our text for today.

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It reminded me of a moment not too long ago, actually. 2014. To be specific. When I was preaching in London, England, I was preaching in London, and I just happened to be preaching during the same week that the NFL was having their international series and they were having a game. The Cowboys were against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Arena.

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So I told my host in London, the pastor, I said, hey, man, you've.

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Been taking me around the city getting me tea and biscuits.

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We going to this game. Okay, I got the tickets. I want to show you what American football.

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Football is, what it really looks like.

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And I'll never forget the game. Matter of fact, we won that game. Shout out, Cowboys. Those were the Tony Romo, Des Bryant days.

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But the part of the game that I will never forget was the crowd.

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I will never forget the crowd because, y' all, right, at kickoff, it became.

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Clear to me that these people had.

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Never been in an NFL game before in their entire life. I will never forget it. I was sitting in that arena. Now, don't get me wrong, it was.

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Loud, it was energetic.

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There was shouting, there was clapping. There was dancing, if you want to call it that. But there was also confusion because they were screaming at the wrong times. Like, I spent a majority of the game telling my London pastor friend, hey.

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This is what a first down is.

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And this is what a flag is.

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Oh, see, that's a sack.

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And I just spent the whole game doing that. And they were. It was just off. There was passion in the room.

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In the arena, there was noise.

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But I could understand that the majority.

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Of the stadium had no idea what they were watching. As I sat there explaining what was happening on the field, I got this thought, this must be what church feels like to some people. Cause have you noticed church, especially at social Dallas, is energetic? I mean, come on, somebody. We are not the frozen chosen up in here.

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Like, when you come in this atmosphere, it's Is exciting. It is passionate. I mean, people are clapping, people are holding signs, and they all hype when you walking in.

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Almost a little too much for some of y' all.

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Y' all, like, okay, don't take all that. I mean, we have this whole open area in the front. People are so excited. There's passion in the room. But you would be shocked at how.

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Many people in this room would be sitting there going, yeah, this.

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This is exciting. But what.

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What does it mean?

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Like, I'm amazed. Wow. But I'm also perplexed. Have you noticed that sometimes you can be in an environment that is exciting.

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But have no understanding what you're seeing?

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That it can be a lot of.

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Noise, but you really don't have a deep understanding of what's going on. I mean, think about it. Some of y' all are super sage, so you can't relate, but some of.

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The stuff that we say in church. Do you realize there's some people that have no clue what you are talking about? And they won't tell you, but sometimes you just got to look at their face and their face will let you know.

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I don't know what you're talking about.

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What does that mean? I mean, think about the stuff that we say.

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Woo. I'm telling you, service was powerful today.

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It was.

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Oh, it was good. I'm telling, man. Sister Sally got slain in the spirit. Excuse me. She got what?

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She got slain. Did y' all call 91 1? What do you. What you mean, she got slain? The stuff that we say that people don't know what we mean, we say stuff like, ooh, I love when he sings.

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He's anointed. He's. Huh? He's anointed.

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You know, he's oily.

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Oily?

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What kind of oil are you talking about? People, they don't know what you mean. I'll tell you one of my favorite moments. I never get it. I think it kind of went viral. I never forget this service I saw, and it was online and they showed the crowd, and the worship leader was.

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On stage passionately saying, open up your mouth, somebody.

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Give God some praise. Open up your mouth. And shout out to the cameraman. Because the cameraman went straight to the crowd and there were people shouting and screaming. But there was one lady, poor lady in the back who thought he let him in. Open up her mouth.

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And she was just.

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Had no clue. What do you mean? And I'm telling you today that if you've ever felt like that, guess what? You're not alone. You're not alone. If you've ever been in an atmosphere that was exciting or you heard something said from the pulpit and you had no idea what it meant, you are not alone. Because on the first day of Pentecost, after the wind and after the fire, after the tongues, after the sound from heaven, how many know? The response was not amen? The response was not like, let's do a Holy Ghost 2 step. The response was, what does all of this mean? Isn't it crazy that on the day of Pentecost, people were confused? They had no clue what was going on. And they asked a question in response to Pentecost, and they wanted to know, what does this mean? I think that's a question worth asking.

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Today, what does all of this mean?

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I want to parenthetically pause and thank my homeboy, Dr. Luke, for writing the Book of Acts. You know, Luke is the one who.

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Wrote the Gospel of Luke, but he didn't just stop with Luke.

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He gave us the Book of Acts. And the Book of Acts is the continuation of the Gospel of Luke. I love the Book of Acts because.

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The Book of Acts is the bridge between the ministry of Jesus and the mission of the church. Luke is letting you know that Jesus just began to do some things, but.

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He ascended and basically said, tag, you're it. You're the next one to step in and do what I did. And I'm gonna leave the Holy Spirit with you for you to be able to do it.

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But Luke lets us know with clarity.

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That not everybody walked away. Ooh, that's amazing.

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They asked the question, what does this mean? People were curious. There's another group that wasn't curious. Did you notice in the text, they were criticizing?

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They were criticizing. They said, ooh, they drunk.

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They've been sipping on something. Isn't it interesting that on the first day of Pentecost, as the Spirit was moving, look at the reaction of the crowd. You had a group that was curious. What does this mean? You had a group that was criticizing, man, they drunk. But then later on, we'll find that there's a group that got converted. Over 3,000 people got saved in one day.

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One day, 3,000 people came into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. And I'm trying to figure out what happened in between the criticism and all of a sudden them getting converted.

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What happened in between there? I'll tell you what happened.

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Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, stood up and said, let me bring clarity and give explanation, the demonstration of the Spirit. Peter, of all people, cussing Peter, Peter, who cut off ears? Peter, who before Pentecost was the one that said, jesus, I'll never deny you, and ended up denying him three times. And yet that's who God chose on the day of Pentecost to be a preacher and declare the word of God. So 3,000 people got saved. What is Jesus trying to tell us? Those who have fallen down the most, those who have been broken the most? Those are the ones who are the most qualified to declare the grace and the goodness of God. You know why some of y' all say sitting down, and you can't respond to that? Because you want to act like you ain't never been through something. But there's some of us in here who got a testimony and Says it's my testimony that actually qualifies me to give God praise and to declare who he is. God ain't looking for no perfect people. He's looking for people who have been transformed by the perfect One. And that's how the gospel will go forth. You are anointed and qualified to reach.

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The people that you used to be. So no wonder.

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No wonder Peter is the first one to preach on the day of penalty. The one that failed. The worst said, let me clear my.

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Throat and let me preach the gospel.

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Yeah, I know I jacked up, but I'm full of the Holy Spirit now. Who is this for? Some of you gonna have to reintroduce yourself. Yeah, I know. I used to be in the club, but I'm changed now. No, I know. I used to be depressed all the time. You see this smile? I got joy now. What happened to you? I'm full of the Holy Spirit. Oh, I love it. I love it. Because Peter is teaching us something.

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Peter is teaching us the power of.

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Giving explanation after demonstration. Look at what he said. He says, these guys are not drunk as you suppose he said. It's too early in the morning for that. He says, this is that which the prophet Joel said. He's given explanation to the demonstration of the Spirit's power. Can I just culture build on a Sunday morning morning? I think God is looking for a church like that. See, there are some churches that are all demonstration. Oh, you've seen these churches. They're going to prophesy the whole service. I mean, it is a demonstration of the Spirit's power. People running around shouting, noise. It's amazing. But they have demonstration with no explanation. And there's no sound doctrine and teaching of the word of God. Then you have those churches that are all explanation and you're going to hear a real cute sermon. They have great doctrine. Their theology is sound. But it feels like you in a cemetery and there is no dead demonstration of what they're actually saying. But God has called social. Dallas, watch this. To be both. We gonna have demonstration and explanation. I don't know about you, but I want to feel the wind of the Spirit. But I also want to hear the power that's in the Word. I want my mind renewed, but I also want my spirit to come alive and be restored. We gonna be both. Both. So I love. I love that Peter.

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Peter is teaching us the power of demonstration and explanation. Look at what he says. He said, y' all. He looks at the critics.

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Y' all, we ain't drunk.

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It's too early for that.

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Oh, that made me laugh. This is how I know when you get full of the spirit, you get humble. Don't tell me you're full of the spirit.

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And you arrogant.

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No, you're full of yourself. Peter, before he got full of the spirit. Remember how arrogant he was?

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I would not. Never deny you, Father. Like man, before the rooster crows.

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You're gonna deny me.

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Look at him now.

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He's humble. Now he's like, oh, we ain't drunk as you supposed.

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It's too early for that.

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He didn't say, I'm an apostle of the most High God. He said, no, it's too early.

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He said this. Ooh, this is that. This is that which the prophet Joel declared, that in the last days, I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. This is that. This is that. Oh, you don't realize how much of a bar that is right there. This is that. Do you realize what Peter is doing? He is letting us know that this is something new, but this is also something timeless. He's letting us know that this is a new expression of what God is doing. But God has always been doing this. In other words, he's letting us know this ain't the first time that the Holy Spirit started moving. Let me help somebody today on this Pentecost. What does it mean? Please don't think that the Holy Spirit only started moving in the upper room that day. No. You can't even get past Genesis without seeing that the Holy Spirit was hovering.

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Over the face of the earth. Before God ever spoke creation into existence, the Holy Spirit was there hovering and moving over the face of. Of the waters. Look at your Old Testament. You will always see the Holy Spirit moving on behalf of people. And the Holy Spirit moved on Ezekiel. And he began to prophesy. And the Holy Spirit moved on David. And the Holy Spirit moved on Samson. And the Holy Spirit moved on Gideon. And the Holy Spirit moved on individuals as they began to do exploits. The only problem was the Holy Spirit would rest, but it would not stay. It would rest, but it would not stay. Stay. And the reason the Holy Spirit could not stay is because the blood of Jesus had not been shed yet, once and for all, for the sin of humanity. But something shifted in that upper room. Because now that the blood of Jesus. Oh, God. The ultimate sacrifice. The lamb that was spotless, the lamb that was slain once, that perfect blood was shed. Now the Holy Spirit said, I ain't got to make no cameo appearance now. I'M going to stay. I'm going to rest and I'm going to reside. I ain't going nowhere. Matter of fact, I'm going to be in some believers today at the Windspear Opera House. And I'm going to rest and remain. I wish somebody would take a praise break if you know the Holy Spirit is resting and remaining. That's the difference. That's the difference of Pentecost. Why is this the birth of the church? Because for the first time, the Holy Spirit rested and remained. The Holy Spirit stayed.

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That's the power of what happened in the room that day. It rested and it remained.

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Elbow.

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Your neighbor, say, this is for you. This is for you. This is for you. Yeah.

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This is why. This is why Jesus writes these words.

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Says these words rather in John, chapter 16, verse 7. Remember what Jesus said. He said, nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away. For I do not go away. For if I don't go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I depart, I will send him to you. Ooh. Jesus said, it is to my advantage, rather to your advantage that I leave. I cannot stay. If I don't leave, the helper cannot come to you. I feel sorry for cessationists who think that it ended in the Gospels that the Spirit ain't moving today. You are missing out on some help.

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The Holy Spirit is my helper to the point that Jesus says, I got.

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To leave you because if I don't go, the Holy Spirit will not come. Now, this is a place to park. Because, let's be honest, when you start talking about the Holy Spirit in church, people have the tendency to get divided at worst and then confused at best.

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Can we be honest?

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The Holy Spirit is arguably one of the most divided and debated doctrines in all the church. Oh, yes. If you want to start a good fight in church, just start talking about the Holy Spirit. Because many people see the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, as a place of division throughout the body of Christ. In fact, let me just do a little survey real quick and see who I got in the room. Raise your hand if you've been raised in church. Can I see your hand if you've been raised in church? Okay, great. Keep it raised. Put it down. If you came from a conservative background that didn't really talk about the Holy Spirit, just put your hand down. Okay. All right. Interesting. Okay. If you came from a Pentecostal background, keep your hand raised, but just give it a little. Give a little Shake like that. See how well you did that?

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Not a perfect.

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You put it down.

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I'm telling you. Often the Holy Spirit has been a place of division in the church, y' all. We're divided over what pronoun we should use. Some people, you'll find them out. When you talk to them, they get mad if you call the Holy Spirit it or the. It'll offend them. They'll let you know it's a person. You don't say it Jesus or the Jesus. We're divided over the pronouns that we use. They say, don't say it, or the say the Holy Spirit. We're divided over the pronouns. We're divided woo. Because some people come from a patriarchal background and they say, no, here's what you say.

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It's he.

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The Holy Spirit is a he. And believe it or not, there are.

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Some people who are very liberal in.

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Their theology, and they have a feminized pneumatology, and they call the Holy Spirit she. We're divided over the pronouns. We're divided on when you receive the Holy Spirit, on one hand, there are those people who believe.

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As soon as you put your faith.

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In Jesus, you got all the Holy.

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Spirit that you need. And so get away from me with your little anointed oil and trying to.

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Make me fall down. I'm good. I got enough Holy Spirit. And then there are some of us who believe. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. There is another experience after salvation. There's another baptism that you encounter that you got to have. I'm just telling my roots. I grew up with this type of language right here. It's the initial physical evidence of having the Holy Spirit is you speaking in other tongues. We are divided over the Holy Spirit. It causes a lot of division. There's some people that have questions.

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Do you have to speak in tongues?

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There's people that are divided and debate over what signs of the Holy Spirit, what gifts are meant to manifest.

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We're so divided over what it's supposed.

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To be, y' all. We're divided on what really to call the Holy Spirit. Because there's some people. You were here earlier. You put your hand down and you say, I'm of the, you know, traditional Baptist background, and it is the Holy Spirit.

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And then there's other people in here today who. You got Pentecostal in your background.

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He said, no, no, no.

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Holy Spirit is. Some folks ain't got no power. It ain't the Holy Spirit, it's the Holy.

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I feel you. I grew up in that. Y' all. Let me just say I grew up services, you didn't know when they were going to end. I grew up. I grew up in all of. I grew up. We did it. I love. We had it for our amazing culture night. I grew up. It was a normal thing to have people on one side and on the other side and have people come through and on the laying on of hands. I grew up in that. You know, you went to Pentecostal Church, when you touch somebody and they fall out, and then somebody goes, let me go get the blankets. They have. If you had a church and they got an area for it, and they was just like, we already. We were prepared for this. And they cover them up. In the Pentecostal Church. I grew up in all of that.

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Here's the issue that I have. How is it that the thing, not the thing. Oh, I almost got myself in trouble. The Spirit, rather, that was meant to bring unity to us has become a place of division among believers. I want to talk to everybody. How is it that the Holy Spirit that actually is supposed to give you boldness and confidence to be a witness is actually the thing that some people, they may not admit it, are actually a little bit afraid of it? They're like, I don't know if I want. You know, it's a trick of the enemy when it's the opposite thing of the. What the Spirit came to bring. How many know you don't have to be afraid of the Holy Spirit.

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It is the Holy Spirit that makes you fearless. It is the Holy Spirit that gives you boldness. It is the Holy Spirit that gives you confidence.

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And isn't it crazy that the Spirit that came to bring unity is the thing that we often get divided about? I want you to hear me today. What does it mean to be Pentecostal? What does it look like to experience Pentecost? Don't miss this. Unity was the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. Unity was the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. I know some of you think that it's just the experience and how much you run and how much you shout, but I'm gonna show you today that unity was actually the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. Let's just get real basic today. What in the world does Pentecost mean? What does it mean? You ready? Very deep, very spiritual. Pentecost means 50. 50 days. Penta, whenever you see that Penta, it comes from a Greek word, Pentecoste, pente.

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Pente means five.

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That's why you see penta gram, anytime you see five, it's penta. Penta. Pentateuch. The five first five books of the Old Testament. Penta. Penta means five and costa means to the tenth. So Pentecoste is 50 days. What does 50 days have to do with Pentecost? Well, 50 days after the Passover, 50 days after Easter is when we celebrate the day of Pentecost. It was actually a Jewish festival called Shabbat. Shabbat, My Jewish brothers.

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I probably said that wrong, but give me grace.

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It was also called the Festival of Weeks.

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Festival of Weeks?

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Why is that important? What does Festival50 have to do with unity? And what does it have to do with Pentecost? Well, this was also the time not only were they commemorated that they got the ten Commandments from Mount Sinai, but it was also the celebration of the harvest. Pentecost was the celebration of the harvest. You understand that the Holy Spirit could have descended on any other day, but yet God saw fit for it to come on the 50th day where they celebrated the festival of the harvest. What was the harvest? It was the gift, gathering of the wheat. Because hear me, unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost.

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What happens in harvest? In harvest, you are bringing things together. In harvest, you are gathering the wheat together. And can I tell you what your God is obsessed about? He is obsessed about his harvest. He is obsessed about people coming together and bringing in the harvest. Pentecost is about harvest.

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Harvest.

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How many know it takes unity to get the harvest? You can sow solo. You want to sow seed, you can sow solo. But how many know you cannot reap? So if you're going to reap the harvest, you better get some people around you who have one vision, who have one heart, who have one mind, who have one purpose, and say, come on, I need to get this. The harvest is too big for myself. I sold the seed by myself. But I need help with the harvest.

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Come here.

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Bible. That's why the Bible says that the workers are few, the harvest is the plentiful. And God says, I still have a harvest today. And that's why I need believers who are full of the Holy Spirit and understand that unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. It's the harvest. It's coming together.

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It's the power of unity.

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You cannot have Pentecost without having unity and coming together.

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If you don't believe me, okay, let's go to our text. It's interesting. Jesus, let's go. Before Pentecost, Jesus defeats death, hell and the grave lives a perfect life, goes to the cross, gets up from the grave just like he said he would. Now, I'm gonna be honest with you.

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I don't know how you read the Bible.

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When I read the Bible, I jump on the page of the Bible. If I'm Jesus and I defeat death, hell and the grave, here's what's gonna happen.

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As soon as I get up, I'm gone. No, for real, I'm not hanging out on earth after I have defeated death.

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I am not hanging around here.

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I already gave y' all three years of my life. Okay?

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You killed me.

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I got up like I told you I would.

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I'm out.

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Not Jesus. He stays on the earth for 40 days. 40 days, just doing pop up parties, just hey, no, I'm still here. I'm still 40, 40 days he is on the earth, showing himself to his disciples, showing up while people are walking on the road to Emmaus. Can you imagine eating with somebody who you saw die? I mean, somebody that you saw die and all of a sudden you at the restaurant with them, you're like, can.

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You pass the guac?

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And they pass in the guac and you see nail prints in their hands. And you just sit up there staring at a person that you saw die. And now he's gotten up from the grave. Why Does Jesus take 40 days to walk around the earth and make sure that they saw his resurrected body? It's because the resurrection changed everything. He knew that they needed to see his resurrected body. They needed to see the reality of the resurrection so they were going to have some power to sustain. How many know this is what makes the Bible real? You don't go and let yourself be martyred and killed for somebody that was lying. You know why they had power? Because they said saw him get up from the grave, they saw his physical body. And some of y' all are too removed from the reality of the resurrection. But the disciples had bold confidence because they said, now that I saw him die. And he got up from that. What can you do to me? How can you take me out when I serve a God that defeated death? That's why they face lions. That's why they could be stoned to death and say, father, forgive them. That's why they said, no, crucify me upside down. You know why? Because they saw the nail prints in his hands and they saw the nail prints in his feet. And they said, if he really defeated death, what can the devil do to Me, God, give us some saints today with some backbone. Give us some saints today with some power. Give us some saints today that aren't afraid of what men say and what men will do. When I got resurrection in my body, that's why he had to show them.

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He had to let them see I did it.

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Told you I was gonna do it. And once they saw a resurrected savior.

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He said, what can you do to me? And he showed himself to them infallible proofs for 40 days, then doesn't even.

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Give him a warning.

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I'm about to roll. Actually, he didn't say that. That would have been nice. He actually tells him, hey, go wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Holy Spirit. Go wait. And then just.

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Put Mary pops in jail.

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Peace is out. And so what's the prerequisite in the.

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Proof of Pentecost, Huh?

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Unity. Hmm.

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He told them to go wait for the promise.

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Hmm.

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You know, Paul says something in 1.

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Corinthians, chapter 15, that blows my mind.

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That's a blues clue.

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To the ministry of Jesus post resurrection. Let's look at it. He's letting the church of Corinth know the power of resurrection. How? It's real. And he says he that he is.

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Jesus was seen by Peter and then by the 12. After that, he was seen by more than. How many? How many? 500 of his followers.

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Oh, these ain't heathens. These are followers. 500 at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. I think today we can say they all have died. Now think about this.

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This command.

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This command to go wait for the gift that the Father promised was not a secret. It's not like you pulled an elite few to the side. Say y' all the only one that on the VIP list. No, he was public about it. If you're a follower, go wait.

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How many did he tell?

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See, that confused me. Y' all help me because my math is off. Because in Acts, chapter one, it says during this time when about, oh, we. We lost some. About 120 believers were together in one place. Peter stood up and addressed him. What's the one place, the upper room. If 500 plus heard the command to go wait, how are we down to 120? So the question I want to posit today is what happened to the 380? If he showed himself for 40 days and then he showed up on the 50 day, 50th day, that means in that 10 days, 380 people were like, man, ain't nobody got time for this waiting. Look I got stuff. I already saw him get up from the grave. How long this power gonna take? I don't know why they left. I don't know what they had to do. But I do know that 380, 80 people at least did not have the ability to wait on the promise of God. And because they could not wait, they missed out on the power that they were going to receive.

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Ooh, I wonder who is in a.

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Waiting season right now.

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And you about to get up and walk away, and you're gonna miss out on the power that God has for you because you don't have the obedience to know that the same God that said, I promise you I'm gonna get up from the grave is the same God that says, I promise you power's gonna come to you. And no, I'm not gonna tell you when, because I want you to trust my word and I want you to wait until you see something. Who is in a waiting season right now? God told me to tell you, don't leave. Don't quit. You might be on day nine, and you're about to step into the power. Don't quit. Let me say it another way. Stay planted. Why? Because those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the court of life. Why did they get power? Cause they stayed planted. I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna stay. Would you high five somebody next year? Say, stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. Don't you get offended and leave. Stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. Don't get in your feelings. Stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. Stay planted. If this the house God told you to stay planted in, Don any devil in hell, stop. You stay planted. Because the power. Y' all gotta come get me. I feel like preaching today. Oh, can you see the person that left on day nine? How long does it take for the spirit to come? I got stuff to do, man.

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They waited. I don't know what happened to the 380. I just know I want to be a part of the 120. I want to be a part of the 120. Can I take you deeper? I think the 380 had to leave because unity.

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Is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. I'd rather have a unified 120 than a divided 500. That's why I don't cry when some people leave my life. I say, this must be God's divine multiplication. I need unity. I need people to have one heart and one mind. It don't mean we ain't gonna always agree, but there's got to be.

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See him? Look at it. Unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. Watch this. The 380. 380 gone. Got 120 in there. Watch this. We still ain't got unity yet. Watch this. Look at how much God cares about unity.

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You thought Pentecost was just about your shuck and your buck. Look how much. Watch this.

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Acts, chapter one.

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What was the first order of business.

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In the upper room?

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What was on the agenda? Look at what happens. This is Peter talking, brothers. He said the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning the original hater, Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long ago by the Holy Spirit. This is that speaking through David. Look what he says, verse 22. So now we must choose a replacement for Judas from among the men who were with us the entire time we were traveling.

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From the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken up from us.

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Whoever is chosen will join us as.

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A witness of Jesus resurrection. You don't believe that unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. Before there is ever a wind or fire or sound.380 had to bounce. And then Peter goes, hey, Jesus established an order of 12. We lost one. We're not complete. We have got to replace Judas with somebody else because we need unity. And watch this. They rolled some dice. They cast lots. Which, by the way, this is the last time. They cast dots. Cast lots. Because you gotta do what you gotta do when you ain't got the Holy Spirit.

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I'm preaching to some of y' all. That's why you need to be full of the Spirit. Some of y' all. Oh, Lord, if she wears green today instead of Holy Spirit revealed to me, whether she got green on or not, is she the one? Some of y' all casting lots. Like, well, Lord, if they post on their social media today, that means that it's the last time that they cast lots, because the Holy Spirit's about to fill them.

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And the Holy Spirit will give you insight that you couldn't get anywhere else. And they cast lots. Watch this. And it's between Matthias and Barsabbas. And they pick Matthias to take his place. And from what we know from Scripture, Barsabbas who didn't get picked, didn't get mad and leave. He didn't get picked and still stayed planted.

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Because he didn't care about a title or position.

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He just wanted to be in the place. Watch this. 380 have left. Judas has been replaced. Unity. They're all in one place, which, by the way, is easy to do. We're all in one place today, and they're all in one accord of one heart, one mind. It is not uniformity. It's a unity in diversity. Can I tell you, one of the mantles that's on this church is to have unity and diversity. We have a vision to have all kinds of colors, all kinds of cultures, all in this place voted for different people, different ages, and yet unified. And once there was unity in the room. Suddenly the suddenly came after the unity. Suddenly, now that the 380 are gone and I got 120 who have one heart, one vision, one mind, who are connected. They don't agree on everything, but they are unified. Now that Judas has been replaced, all of a sudden, as they're waiting, watch this. Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a mighty rushing wind. What was that suddenly connected to? The suddenly was connected to the unity.

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But it wasn't just connected to the unity. How many know the suddenly was connected to them being steadfast and not leaving and staying? Do you know how many times some of them probably wanted to get up and say, this is a waste of time. How long do we have to wait? But they stuck it out and they stayed planted. And I don't know who this is for today, but you're about to step into suddenly. And the suddenly is always connected to a steady. When you keep showing up and you keep showing up, there will be a suddenly. But I came to tell somebody, don't give up. Stay steadfast. If you stay steadfast, you'll step into a suddenly and everybody else will see the wind and everybody else will see the fire. But that's not when it started. It started when I was waiting and I didn't hear anything. It started when nobody was there to give me a round of applause. It started when I was there and I was faithful, just because God said so and there was nothing to see, to show suddenly is always connected to steady steadfastness. We live in a culture where everybody wants to celebrate the success of your suddenly but have no clue of how.

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Long you were steadfast.

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Girl, you see my suddenly now, me getting married, you didn't see. All the nights I was by myself, praying and saying, God, I'm not going to settle. I'm going to trust you. See, the wedding is the suddenly. It was them lonely nights of being faithful, of being pure. That's the stead. You See my business blowing up. Now, that's the suddenly. But there was a steadfastness when I was tithing and didn't even know how I was gonna make my bills happen at the end of the month. But I still put God first. You see the suddenly. Oh, I shout for myself. You see the suddenly. Now, in Social Dallas, we didn't start at the Wind Spear Opera House. We was at the Granada Theater. The In N Out truck was our car. But there was something about the steadfastness of God. And now, you see suddenly, suddenly. Somebody's about to step into suddenly.

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You don't step into suddenly if you don't stay steadfast. Are you about to quit on day nine?

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Are you about to have everybody texting.

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You saying, oh, you should have stayed another day? Suddenly, oh, I feel your presence. Suddenly, a sound as a mighty rushing wind filled the entire place. They didn't know what was going to happen. They just knew what God said. And as they waited and waited, they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Suddenly sound as a mighty rushing wind. The ruach, the same breath they breathed into a lifeless atom is now breathing into the inauguration of the church. The wind, Holy Spirit, is the wind that pushes you. It's the thing that you can't see it, but you can see its effects. The wind of God I love when I'm traveling. This would happen often when I'd be coming from, like, LA back to Dallas. And you know how long the flight is. You know, it's like a good two and a half, three hours. But every once in a while we would get there like an hour and 40. I'd be like, how we get there? How we get back that fast? As a good pilot, he'd give you. He put you on game. He'll let you know. Yeah, we picked up a tailwind.

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The distance didn't change.

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But the wind.

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Carries somebody. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit because you need your wind. You need the spirit to do what your effort and your flesh and all your scheming and your business plan can't do. You need the breath of God to blow on that business. You need the breath of God to blow on that marriage. I know you've been to counseling. Keep going to counseling. You need the wind of the Holy Spirit. Spirit over that mare. I know that kid's going crazy. Ask for the wind of God to blow on your child.

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Wind. And then the fire, the fire. Tongues of fire appeared.

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They were used to seeing fire.

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All throughout the Old Testament, fire Always signified the place where God was dwelling. He was a fire by night, cloud by day. In the tabernacle, the fire had to keep burning at all times. The fire signified. This is the place where God is dwelling. So they were used to the fire. The thing that's intriguing about the upper room is the fire rested on each and every one of them. What is God saying in Pentecost? I have a new place where I reside. I have a new place where my spirit is. It's not in the temple, it is in you. You are the church. He resides in you. On each and every.

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Not just on the apostles. Everybody that was in the room. Because God is no respecter of persons. Can I just prophesy and let you know you about to start seeing some names pop up that you ain't never heard of before in this season. Because God ain't no respectable persons. He will dwell wherever he is, welcomed wherever he's invited in. Who am I preaching to? Ministries are about to break forth over whoever will allow the Holy Spirit to flow over your life. And people will go, where did you come from? How is it just suddenly you everywhere? And that's when you got to tell them it ain't a suddenly. There was a steadiness when I was waiting, waiting on the Lord.

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Fire sat on each one of them and they start speaking in tongues. And watch this. People from different cultures, watch this. Different languages, different languages, but all heard the same thing.

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Different languages.

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Cretes and Arabs and Elamites. And you saw me struggling to read it.

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All them names sound like diseases.

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I'm kidding. All of them watch this. Heard their own native language diversity, but all heard the same thing. Unity. Declaring the wonderful works of God. Because unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. What is God doing? He's reversing the curse of the Tower of Babel.

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When they had the wrong unity and he had to disperse them by the languages. Pentecost is God saying, I'm reversing the curse of Babel. That which was divided is now coming together. And every single one of you, although it's different languages, you're declaring the same thing. That Jesus is wonderful, that Jesus is supreme, that Jesus is lifted high. Come on. I feel like God wants to do it again in this place today. Would you just lift up your hands and open up your mouth like you want a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit. Come on. I mean, turn the Winspear Opera House into your upper room. Father, you did it before. Can you do it again. This is that that the prophet Joel said. In the last days, I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Come on. Would you open up your mouth like you're open to a fresh infilling?

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Father, I thank you today for the harvest. The harvest is plentiful. Thank you. That you are calling your sons and your daughters back home. And then you're filling them with your spirit. But it starts with a call, just real soft. I'm going to ask. Heads be bowed and eyes be closing. This space today. There's a reason that Pentecost was celebrated 50 days after the Passover. There is no Pentecost without Passover. The Passover is when they would take a lamb, an innocent lamb. The lamb would be sacrificed, its blood would be shed. They would put the blood over the wooden doorpost of every house and death would pass over that house. We don't do that today. Because the perfect lamb, who is Jesus, shed his blood on the cross once and for all. And with heads bowed and eyes closed. Today. Somebody needs to respond to that call of salvation first. He's speaking to you. It's the Holy Spirit that draws us. We cannot even say that Jesus is Lord, except the Holy Spirit draws us. Now. Just believe today that the Holy Spirit is drawing somebody to come home. You can't get yourself together. If you could, you would have done it by now. You need a savior. You just have to surrender. So with heads bowed and eyes closed, today, I want to give somebody an opportunity to respond to Jesus. Say, lord, I'm coming home. Tired of doing life on my own. I need you. So if you're here today, I don't care what level you're on. On the floor, the top tier, the second, the third, all the way at the top. Here's what I know is God sees you and knows exactly where you are. If that's you today and you say, hey, P.R. today's the day. I sense even now the Holy Spirit drawing me. That's you. Would you just lift up your hand high enough and long enough to where I can see it, saying, today's the day I need to give him my life. I'm tired of running. Thank you, God. Thank you, Lord. I see hands all over this place today. We say it all the time. It's social. You can always come home. You say, but what about my past? I failed so many times. Yeah. So that Peter and God used him to preach on the day of Pentecost. You're most anointed and called to who you used to be. The enemy's gotten in your mind and makes you think that what you've done disqualifies you.

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No.

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It becomes the platform from which you declare the grace of God. Somebody needs the hope that you carry. So anybody else, that's you. And say pr. I need to give him my life today. Just lift it up high enough and long enough to where I can see it. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. It's Pentecost Sunday. The power isn't just for us. To shout in church, is to be a bold witness. So I'm gonna ask you if you lift up your hand or you should have. I don't care how far you have to walk. Every step is worth it. I am believing that as you take every single step, the old you is staying at your seat and the new you is stepping into what God has for you today. So come on. If you lifted up your hand, you should have. I want you to come right up here to the front. One, this is your day. Two, God loves you so much and he's calling you. Three, would you come? Would you come? Come on, Come on. Whoever you gotta say excuse me. To say excuse me.

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Come on. Come on.

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Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus.

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Come on.

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Thank you, God.

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I promise it's worth the walk. Don't worry about what anybody else thinks. This is your day. This is your moment.

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Thank you, Lord. Thank you.

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Yeah. Yeah. Come on, come on. Come on. I don't care if you're all the way at the top. I promise you we will wait till you get all the way down here. Come on. Social fam. Don't stop clapping until people stop coming.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Pentecost is a celebration. Pentecost is a celebration. It's a jubilee to let you know the captives have been set free. It's a jubilee to say, I'm not living for this world and the enemy anymore. For God I'll live and for God, I'll die. It is a jubilee. Come on. Somebody that's walking is walking in the prayers of your grandmama. You're walking in the prayers of your mama. Who knew this moment was going to happen today. Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, God. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, God. Yeah.

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Come on. Come on. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. God. Pour out your spirit on your sons and your daughter. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Come on. They still coming. They still coming. I don't know who I'm waiting for. I don't know who I'm waiting for. But you think that you're too high up to walk all the way down, and you're not. I will wait. I will wait. Because you're worth the wait. They waited in that upper room. I will wait until you make it all the way down here. Because your father's calling you home today. He's calling you home. He's calling you home. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, God. Thank you, God.

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Thank you, God.

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Thank you, God.

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Come on. Come on.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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It's a harvest. It's a harvest.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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It's a world changer right there. Come on, man. Thank you, God.

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Thank you, God. Yeah.

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Come on. Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, God. Yeah.

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Come on. Come on. It's the beauty of our Savior. He waits. He waits for us. He waits. He waits.

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Thank you, God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, God. Watch this. I want to do one more thing.

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Yeah. Come on.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Yeah. Come on.

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Thank you, God.

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Thank you, God.

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This. This is that.

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This is that.

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This is that. Thank you, Holy Spirit. This is that. This is that. This is that.

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Come on. Is that somebody watching online responding, or that's just you holding your phone up?

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What's that?

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That's your friend watching online. What's your friend's name?

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Wanye Duwanye Duanye. You responding to Jesus today? Why you streaming in?

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Come on. I love it.

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It.

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That's why Tongues of Fire had to come on each one, because he can't be relegated to one place. God knew that somebody driving that somebody watching online, that somebody watching this on the Pando app needed this moment.

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Thank you, God. Thank you, Lord. Anybody else? Anybody else? Thank you, God. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, God. Those of you at this altar, would you just lift up your hands just right where you are? It's just. What does that mean? There's things that we do with our body that are reflective of what's happening in our spirit. And what I love about lifting up your hands is this is the international sign of surrender. In every culture, in every space, in every place, when somebody's hands are up, you know, I'm surrendering. Every child knows when they need their father and their mother to pick them up, they'll lift up their hands, and they don't even have to say the words. So that's why your hands are lifted today to your heavenly father, who sees you, who knows you hear me, who is not mad at you, who is in love with you. And all he asks is that you respond just like you did today. And so I'm going to give you the words to this prayer. But the power is not just in the words, but it's in you saying it from your heart. So would you say this? We're all going to say this. One family unified today. But especially those of you who responded. Would you just say this? Say, jesus, I need you. My hands are lifted because I surrender. No more running, Lord, I come to you. Lord, thank you for loving me enough to pay the price for my sin. Lord, I know I'm a great sinner, but I also know you're a great savior. Save me. Set me free. Jesus, I believe you lived the life that I was supposed to live, and you died the death that I was supposed to die. You took my place. So from this moment forward, I'm walking with you. Holy Spirit, guide me into all truth. I need you. In Jesus name, Amen. Amen. Amen. Somebody give Jesus the best praise that you got. I may give King Jesus some praise today. Those of you who prayed that prayer, there's a whole lot of y' all, probably more than we got, prayer team. But here's the thing. If you'd like personal prayer, somebody pray with you. Our team will wait. We'd love to stay and walk alongside you. Can I tell you, you need a community. You need people around you. You need the right community around you. And my imagination in that upper room on, like, day 49, before the 50, because Pentecost means I can see somebody saying, man, this is taking too long. I'm out. And the friend's like, man, what else you gonna do? Stay here and wait? I need people like that in my life. I don't want to miss out on the suddenly because I didn't stay faithful in the study. And you need people around you for that. That's what the church is supposed to be. To those of you who have put your faith in Jesus, I feel so strongly to remind you that unity is the prerequisite and the proof of Pentecost. Just so you know where I stand, I'm for all of it. I'm for running, I'm for shouting. I'm for speaking in tongues. I'm for all of it. But I'm not for speaking in tongues. And you can't speak to other people in Love. I'm not for running around the church. And you got so much energy at the altar, but you ain't got that same energy when it's time to forgive somebody. That's why you need the Holy Spirit. I can't tell you how many times. And I speak in. I speak in tongues. I can't tell you how many times the Holy Spirit has just made me go, don't say that. Don't do it. Has stopped me from saying something that would have caused damage. And the reason many of us today don't see the power of Pentecost is because there is no unity. We live in a day and age where people are building careers and YouTube platforms on tearing other believers down. So I say that to say for some of you this Pentecost Sunday is to check the areas of your life where the enemy has attacked. Unity. And fight for unity. Fight for the unity in your marriage between you and your kids. Again, unity doesn't mean we're going to agree on everything. But Pentecost shows us the power of unity. And so I want to encourage somebody here today to do whatever needs to happen for there to be unity. Some of you, the best thing you can do is stop sowing seeds of discord. Stop sowing seeds of division. Be a person that speaks to life and builds bridges. Unity. Amen. Amen. Father, thank you for all that you did in this place today. Father, even right now, we all receive a fresh infilling of your spirit. God, thank you that even though we leave this space, your Holy Spirit doesn't leave us, that you go with us. You make yourself at home in our hearts. And so we again, Lord, declare even over this house that we will be a house of unity, that there would be diversity and unity, and that we would always lift up your name, that Jesus would be exalted. Lord, have your way. Seal this word in our hearts. May we never be the same in Jesus name, everybody say it. Amen. Amen.