4. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

5. Sarah, the Holy Spirit, and the gift of tongues

6. Is speaking in tongues for real? Has it ceased?

7. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

8. The question is: when? When will prophecy and tongues cease?

9. First Picture Together

10. 2 Seminaries, Wife, and Tongues  Dallas Seminary to Regent College  Flirting through the phone call  Marriage, Prayer in July of 1997  Started meditating on 1 Cor. 13 and 14  Mom’s salvation to Glossolalia

11. When will prophesy and tongues cease?

12. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

13. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

14. My Passion for Scripture and Spirit  There is no separation and there cannot be a separation.  Long for unity in the body of Christ with regards to this issue  Scripture, Spirit, Street

15. We NEED:  Thoughtful scholarship and sound interpretation of Scripture  Fullness of the Holy Spirit’s leading and empowerment (healing, tongues, prophecy)  This is what the Scripture teaches. This is how the early church lived. This is how Jesus taught His disciples to live.

16. Next Week: Sarah will share her side of the story

17. Prayer Time  Pray for Oasis Church. Both Scripture and Spirit would be together. And the power of God would be evident. Living and active.  Pray we can be a place of bible study where Scripture is the foundation.  Pray that we can be a place of Healing, Deliverance, and Miracles.  Pray God would dispense and develop all spiritual gifts needed to defeat evil and darkness here in Taiwan. (tongues, teaching, evangelism)

18. Prayer of Empowerment Lord Jesus Christ, we receive your grace today. I confess of controlling my own life. I confess of being controlled by my own thoughts. In Jesus name, I break free from mind control. I relinquish control over my own life and yield myself to you. I want to live according to your word that gives life and be filled with the Spirit daily. Renew my mind daily and let me be a temple of the Holy Spirit. I receive your forgiveness, grace, and love. In Jesus name, amen.