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The introduction, and the reading from Acts 11
- The host presents the first speaker of the night: his neighboring pastor, who came to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina just a few years ago and has built one of the greatest churches in the district in just a few short years — "brother Wayne Huntley from Raleigh North Carolina." Huntley's first words pick up the welcome: he does not expect to carry them across the goal line tonight; his position in this meeting is to knock a hole in the defense and make a way so that the men who come behind him will find easy running and score for Jesus Christ at this conference.
- He gives honor to the host pastor, brother and sister Gerald Mangan, and brother and sister Anthony Mangan (name forms as captioned — see packet.md), and to the host of ministers assembled; the general superintendent will be following him, and that gives him great pressure, but he will just try to knock a hole and clear a little way so the superintendent can have clear sailing. He is very happy to be here — he and his wife Christie count it a privilege to be a part of this great meeting. On the way over, his convoy of about five carloads from North Carolina found forerunners at every stop: folks began to ask, "Are you going to the conference?" — from the center of the US to the east coast the word is spreading that there's a Holy Ghost conference being held in Alexandria, Louisiana; in a restaurant a waitress agreed to a favor only if he would tell her what kind of Pentecostal church he pastors.
- "I want you to know this is the greatest grandest hour God's true church has ever had to impact the world with the Holy Ghost message." He takes them to Acts 11 and reads: verse 1 — "and the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God"; and verse 2 — "and when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them." But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning and expounded it by order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying" (settled form — see packet.md). Huntley underlines Peter's own introduction: say what you want to know about what happened — "it all started while I was praying... a Holy Ghost prayer meeting changes the attitude a little when you put the foundation like that." In the trance Peter saw a certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners (settled form — see packet.md) — "and it came even to me" — and on it four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, fowls of the air: "you know and I know he's talking about the Gentile church." And the voice: "Arise, Peter, slay and eat." "Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean have at any time entered into my mouth." "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common."
Scriptures: Acts 11:1-2
"We must never lose the miracle of it all"
- There, across the reading's close, he announces the subject: "I want to preach: just because of the time, we must never lose the miracle of it all — that's right, the miracle of it all." Turn around and tell somebody it's all right to go ahead and get excited.
- He frames the setting: Acts chapter 10 is the story that's being related in Acts chapter 11, and Acts 11 is one of the most notable chapters in the entirety of God's word — the crescendo note of Calvary's impact, the opening of a brand new dimension to mankind in relationship with Jesus Christ his Lord. It is now nine years later — approximately 42 AD — after the first outpouring that came out of the upper room on the day of Pentecost, when those who were there were thought to be drunk and began to speak in that heavenly language as the Spirit of God gave them utterance (settled form — see packet.md); the anointing dropped on Simon Peter, and he began to preach the Acts answer — repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, for the promise is unto you and to your children and to them that are far off (the wording is reported here as content; see packet.md). Nine years later Simon Peter still has the keys to the kingdom in his hands, but the text finds him refusing to open the door — on the brink of a brand new dimension of apostolic revival, with the keys in his hands, arguing with God.
- His firm conviction tonight: this New Testament church needs nothing new to have apostolic revival. All Peter had to do to break the revival open was to practice what he had already preached. "We're not going to hear a new message, ladies and gentlemen — there isn't a new message. We have not come to Alexandria looking for spiritual quick formulas; we have not come looking for some new technique. What we've come looking for is an inspiration, a motivation, a stimulation, a touch of fire from the Holy Ghost — and we're going to get it, cuz it's here tonight."
- He retells Peter's resistance: ushering in the Gentile dispensation, Peter backs up with his holy religious card and begins to remind God of his righteousness — "Not so, Lord, nothing unclean or common has ever entered into my mouth" — and probably felt he would make a few points with Jehovah Jesus; instead the unseen hand of the Spirit seemed to give him a very firm, stern rebuke — seemed to slap his face (settled form — see packet.md) — and the heavens seemed to boom with the voice of deity: "Let me tell you something: what I have cleansed, don't you call it common." Peter had missed the will of God on many occasions, before he got the Holy Ghost and after; what God was trying to get him to understand is this: this is nothing normal, not another day at the office, not business as normal — "we're about to view a miraculous work of the supernatural spirit of God. It's not normal — it's a miracle. And don't let it become common to you."
Scriptures: Acts 10
What it took to make this moment
- God got upset at him: "Don't you call it common or unclean, that which I have cleansed — because, Simon son, you don't understand what all it took to make this moment possible." It took a 4,000-year-old plan that was fulfilled on Calvary's hill; it took a ripping down of the wall of partition (settled form — see packet.md) that had stood for a long time; it took a Holy Ghost conception, a virgin birth, an immaculate life; it took the common of stormy seas (as captioned — see packet.md), the diverting and the dodging of the devil's snares, the Gethsemane of surrender, a Calvary of crucifixion, an empty tomb outside of Jerusalem, a resurrection, a holy Ascension, an access and approach into the throne room of God — not with blood, but with precious blood that was sprinkled on the altar of God (settled form — see packet.md); it took a return in the power of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost; it took a man named Cornelius to pray until his prayers became a monument and a memorial, and God sent down an angel and said, in effect: the preacher's over here and the candidates over there — I'm going to bring you together. "God said, Simon, don't you ever let this become common."
- So it is with us: "We Pentecostals must not let this become common to us. It must never become common; it must always be a miracle." There is nothing common about us, and nothing common about our message: it's a miraculous message — not a Band-Aid relief, but a brand new creature in Christ Jesus; it'll cause you to throw the cigarettes down, take the drugs out of your hands, take lust out of your heart, take the world out of your heart. We've got a miraculous God — he can do anything, at any time, for anybody, whenever he gets ready. We've got a miraculous revelation: flesh and blood have not revealed it — that's common, that's normal — but my Father has; the fact that we know Jesus is not the second person of a fictitious godhead but the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace (settled form — see packet.md) is miraculous. It must not become common, it must not become normal; it must always cause chill bumps to come up on us (settled form — see packet.md); it ought to always cause us to get excited. "I feel the Holy Ghost is calling the preachers back to regrouping and regaining the miracle of it all."
Salvation is a miracle
- "Salvation is a miracle. Salvation is not common — it's a miracle." Many can preach, pray, and teach, but only One can save, heal, and make a man to see and to understand (the captioned parallel is garbled; see packet.md). And while he's on the subject: "Let me tell you the greatest miracle on planet Earth is when a man repents and it's baptized in Jesus name and it's filled with the Holy Ghost. A person can get healed and die and go to hell — but if you experience the miracle of salvation, it's eternal. It's eternal."
- What the Holy Ghost is wanting us to do tonight is this: come out of the doldrums, come out of the business-as-usual attitude — just another Wednesday night Bible study, just another point on the calendar, just another obligation to fulfill. "It's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle. It's not just Bible study — it's a miracle. It's not just prayer meeting — it's a miracle." God heals and delivers. "Salvation is a miracle. Salvation is a miracle. Don't ever lose the miracle of it all."
Matthew 13: direction and illumination
- "In Matthew chapter 13 several parables are given," and he works through them to establish points that are very rare and uncommon — miraculous. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure that is hid in a field; salvation is the result of a miraculous DIRECTION. A lot of folks are amazed at Noah building the ark — carried away with the instruction, amazed at his faith — but the thing he has always pondered is not the completion of the ark but how Noah ever got its residents into it (settled form — see packet.md): a he and a her monkey watching somewhere in the trees (settled form — see packet.md), a gorilla somewhere, a baboon somewhere, a zebra somewhere, a giraffe somewhere, and suddenly something said "put your foot down this way... now take a 90°" — and before they knew what was happening they were going up a gangplank into the only ark. And when brother Noah let the gangplank down, his message was not "attend the ark of your choice": you either rode Noah's boat or you didn't go (settled form — see packet.md); God brought the folks there that needed to ride. The church is a miracle — but how I ever got to it is a miracle: led of the Holy Ghost (first word settled — see packet.md). There are all kinds of churches in town — three Gods, four Gods, no God — but here we are tonight.
- Miraculous ILLUMINATION: the man who came by the field, found the treasure, hid it, and for joy thereof went and sold all that he had and bought that field. A lot of folks would have passed by that field and by that pearl and gone right on their way — "we have a lot of folks to do that in Raleigh: they come by the field, they look at the pearl, and they get up walk on out" — but when we came by where the field was and saw the pearl, we said, "This is worth everything we've got." The only folks who have problems with the message of separation from the world and the standards of holiness are those in one of two categories: they've never seen the miracle, or they've lost the miracle. When you see what God did for you when he brought you out of that world of sin, nothing's too hard, nothing's too straight, nothing's too rigid.
Scriptures: Matthew 13
Scripture index: Acts 11:1-2; Acts 10; Matthew 13.
Transcript
it is my great pleasure tonight to present the first speaker to you who is really a very very dear person to me and certainly to this entire Fellowship my neighboring Pastor who came to the city of Raleigh North Carolina just a few years ago and has built one of the greatest churches in our district in just a few short years done a tremendous work for God I know he has a word from the Lord for you and I tonight God bless him as he comes brother Wayne Huntley from Raleigh North Carolina hallelujah praise God I don't expect to carry you across the goal line tonight I'd like you to remain standing for a moment if you would I don't feel that's my position in this meeting at this time to carry you across the goal line but what I'd like to do is to knock a hole in the defense all right and make a way so that the men that come behind me will find easy running and in the Holy score for Jesus Christ at this conference praise God I'd like to give honor tonight to host Pastor brother and sister Gerald Mangan brother and sister Anthony Mangan to the call of the time committee and for the great host of Ministers of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ who are assembled in this building tonight giving honor to our general superintendent who will be following me and that gives great pressure unto me but I'm just going to try to knock a hole and clear a little way brother so that when you come you can have clear sailing tonight I feel the power of the Holy Ghost in This building Hallelujah I'm very happy to be here sister Huntley Christie and I counted a privilege to be a part of this great meeting my life has been impacted from year to year just by being able to be here and I appreciate God's wonderful presence that we feel right now I'd like to take everyone that will and turn in your Bibles with me and stand to read with me I'll hasten to the word of the Lord I sense that wonderful hunger for the move of Revival I was talking to a group of folks that were riding over with we had a convoy coming from North Carolina about five car loads headed this direction and we thought maybe we were pioneering the path but all the establishments where we stopped it seemed there had been forerunners and folks began to ask us are you going to the conference from the center of the US to the east coast the word is spreading there's a holy ghost conference being held in Alexandria Louisiana we had hardly gone on any distance till we step to into a restaurant to enjoy a meal and I asked for a favor from the waitress that she'd bring me a little something extra with the meal and after I inquired she said I will if you'll tell me what kind of Pentecostal Church you Pastor God I want you to know this is the greatest grandest hour God's true church has ever had to impact the world with the Holy Ghost message acts 11 and verse number one Acts 11:1 and the apostles and Brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God acts 11 and verse 2 and when Peter was come up to Jerusalem they that were of the circumcision contended with him saying thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them but Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning and expounded it by order unto them saying I was in the city of Joppa praying now say something else to me you want to know about what happened I want to introduce it by saying it all started while I was praying now I'm ready to answer any questions you got about it but I want to tell you what put me in this predicament a holy ghost prayer meeting changes the attitude a little bit when you put the foundation like that and he said I had a trance and I saw a vision a certain vessel descend that had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners and it came even to me I'm glad this got to where I was it came even to me upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes and I considered I saw four-footed beast of the earth wild beast creeping things fouls of the air you know and I know
he's talking about the Gentile Church all kind of things in this church wild beast creeping things fouls of the air and I heard a voice saying unto me arise Peter slay and eat but I said not so Lord For Nothing common or unclean have at any time entered into my mouth but the voice answered me again from Heaven what God hath cleansed that call not thou common and I want to preach just because of the time we must never lose the miracle of it all that's right the miracle of it all turn around to somebody or somebody's beside you and tell them it's all right to go ahead and get excited I feel an excitable atmosphere here tonight W Hallelujah my Lord you may be seated we're going to have to hurry on here I feel the anointing of the Holy Ghost in This building right now we'll dive right into the middle of our scripture setting here tonight and we pick up one of the highlights of the book of Acts to me Acts chapter 10 the story that's being related in Acts chapter 11 is one of the most notable chapters in the entirety of God's word it would seem to me that it is the crescendo note of calvary's impact it is the opening of a brand new dimension to Mankind and relationship with Jesus Christ his Lord it is now nine years later after the first holy gush that came out of the upper room volcano on the day of Pentecost wherein those that were there were thought to be drunk they began to speak in that Heavenly language as the spirit of God gave them the utterance and the anointing dropped Upon Our subject tonight in the person of Simon Peter and with the anointing upon him he began to preach repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for the promise is unto you and to your children and to them that are far off even as many as the Lord Our God shall call 9 years later approximately 42 ad Simon Peter still has the keys to the kingdom in his hands but our text finds him refusing to open the door he is on the brink of a brand new dimension of apostolic Revival with the keys in his hands arguing with God it is my firm conviction tonight that this New Testament Church needs nothing new to have Apostolic Revival 9 years later all Peter had to do to break the Revival open was to practice what he had already preached all he had to do was practice what he all ready had preached we're not going to hear a new message ladies and gentlemen there isn't a new message there isn't a new message we have not come to Alexandria looking for Spiritual K quick formulas we have not come looking for some new technique but what we've come looking for is an inspiration a motivation a stimulation a touch of fire from the Holy Ghost and we're going to get it we're going to get it cuz it's here tonight hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah he is on the brink of ushering in the Gentile dispensation and the Lord causes him to be involved with a trance and a vision and as he views it the voice of the spirit speaks and says arise Peter kill and eat and the man of the hour backs up with his holy religious card
and begins to remind God of his righteousness and he says not so Lord nothing unclean or common has ever entered into my mouth and I believe he caused his chest to swell a little bit and felt that he would probably make a few points with Jehovah Jesus but instead the Unseen hand of the spirit seemed to give him a very firm Stern rebuke for Peter was all always not comprehending the mind of God on many occasions he missed the will of God he didn't understand it before he got the Holy Ghost because Jesus said get behind the Satan you don't understand and a whole lot hadn't changed since he got it cuz he still didn't understand the will of God one more time the Unseen hand of the Spirit came out of the heavenless and see seemed to slap his face and God seemed to be a little bit indignant and the heavens seemed to Boom with the voice of deity and God said let me tell you something what I have cleansed don't you call it what God was trying to get Simon Peter to understand is this this is nothing normal this is not another day at the office this is not business as normal we're about to view a miraculous work of the supernatural spirit of God it's not normal it's a miracle and don't let it become common to you it's a miracle oh God got really upset at him and said don't you call it common or unclean that which I have cleansed because Simon son you don't understand what all it took to make this moment possible you don't understand what is all involved in the M majesty and the glory of this moment to bring you to this point in prophetical power it took a 4,000 year old plan that was fulfilled on calvary's Hill it took a ripping down of walls of partition that had stood for a long time it took a holy ghost conception it took a virgin birth it took an Immaculate life it took the common of stormy seas it took the diverting and the dodging of the devil's snares it took the Gethsemane of surrender it took a Calvary of crucifixion it took an empty tomb outside of Jerusalem it took a resurrection took the resurrection it took a resurrection you may be seated Hallelujah it took a holy Ascension it took an access and approach into the throne room of God not with blood but with Precious Blood that was sprinkled on the altar of God it took a return in the power of the spirit on the day of Pentecost it took a man named Cornelius to pray until his prayers became a monument and a memorial and God sent down an angel and said the preachers over here and the candidates over there I'm going to bring you together God said Simon don't you ever let this become common just because of the kind I say we Pentecostals must not let this become common to us must never become common it must always be a miracle W it must always be a miracle you may be seated I say unto you tonight there is nothing common about us there's nothing common about our message I said we don't have a common message it's a miraculous message it's not a Band-Aid relief it's a brand new creature in Christ Jesus it's a miraculous message it'll throw cause you to throw the cigarettes down it'll take the drugs out of your hands it'll take lust out of your heart it'll take the world out of your heart it's a miracle we got a miraculous message we got a miraculous God I said we've got a miraculous God wo he can do anything at any time for anybody whenever he gets ready he's a miraculous God we got a miraculous Revelation a miraculous Revelation Flesh and Blood have not that's common that's
normal but my father that's miraculous I said we got a miraculous message the fact that we know that Jesus is not the second person of a fictitious godhead but he's a mighty God the Everlasting father in the Prince of Peace it's miraculous it must not become common it must not become normal it must always call Co cause chill bumps to come up on us it ought to always cause us to get excited I feel the Holy Ghost is calling the preachers back to regrouping and regaining the miracle of it all salvation is not is a miracle salvation is not common it's a miracle many and any can preach but one can say many and any can pray but one can heal many and any can show but only one can make it a see many and any can teach but only one can make you to understand salvation is a miracle and while I'm on the subject let me tell you the greatest Miracle on planet Earth is when a man repents and it's baptized in Jesus name and it's filled with the Holy Ghost person can get healed and die and go to hell but if you experience the miracle of Salvation it's Eternal it's Eternal it's Eternal what the Holy Ghost is wanting you to do tonight is this come out of the doldrums come out of the business as usual attitude just another Wednesday night bible study just another point on the calendar just another obligation to fulfill it's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle it's not just Bible study it's a miracle it's not just prayer meeting it's a miracle hey I'm not just anointing folks it's a miracle God heals and delivers salvation is a miracle salvation is a miracle don't ever lose the miracle of it all in Matthew Chapter 13 several parables are given I like to quickly read them to you and establish a few points that are very rare uncommon they're miraculous Jesus began to talk and began to give some powerful illustrations of what it's like to be saved of what it's like to be in the Kingdom again the Kingdom of Heaven is like under a treasure that is hid in a field salvation is the result of a miraculous Direction you know a lot of folks are amazed at Noah building the ark they're carried away with the instruction they're amazed at his faith but the thing that I've always pondered from my youth under this present moment is not the completion of the ark or it's being made ready for occupancy but the thing that's always amazed me is how he got his residents into the ark hey the church is a miracle but how I ever ever got to it is a miracle there's all kind of churches in town three Gods Four Gods no God all kind of churches But Here We Are Tonight led of the Holy Ghost lead of the Holy Ghost it's a miracle woo I got a h you may be
seated a he and a her monkey watch somewhere swinging in the trees and the man the head of the house he said honey I think we need to go this way a gorilla was somewhere a baboon was somewhere a zebra was somewhere a giraffe was somewhere and all of a sudden something said put your foot down this way put your foot down this way put your foot down now take a 90° put your foot down this way and all of a sudden before they knew what was happening they were going up a gang plank headed into the only Ark and I'll remind you that when brother Noah let the gang plank down his message was not attend the Ark of your choice you either rode Noah's boat or you didn't go and both God brought the folks there that needed to ride miraculous Direction he came by a field which when he had a man had found he hideth and for Joy thereof he goes and sells all that he has and he buys that field we have a miraculous illumination now a lot of folks would have passed by that field and by that Pearl and would have went right on their way we have a lot of folks to do that in Raleigh they come by the field they look at the Pearl and they get up walk on out we have a miraculous illumination because when we came by where the field was and we saw the Pearl we said this is worth it everything we've got and that's a miracle the only folks that have problems and are challenged by the message of separation from the world and the standards of Holiness are those that fall into one of two categories first of all they've never seen the miracle they've never seen the miracle or secondly they've lost the miracle when you see what God did for you when he brought you out of that world of sin nothing's too hard nothing's too straight nothing's too rigid then the Bible said it's like a net that was cast into the sea and it gathered up every kind that it come in
Scripture references as spoken: Acts 11:1-2; Acts 10; Matthew 13.