Our Guest Tim Enloe
Sid: Getting ready Mishpochah to activate the gifts of the Holy Spirit the gifts that have been pent up within you. It’s almost like the parable in the Bible of man that buried his talents in the dirt because he said “You’re a tough taskmaster God” and he never used them. And as I’m concerned 21st century American Christianity had buried their talents in the dirt. And there’s a few super stars; the TV super stars; the radio super stars; but we only have one Superstar and His Name in Hebrew is Yeshua, in English Jesus. My guest is Tim Enloe and I am so excited because little over 30 years ago I became a Jewish believer in the Messiah and I came in on the wings of the move of God’s Spirit which was called the Charismatic Movement. I’ll tell you something it is dead, dead, dead bad news. But the good news is that we are about ready to see the greatest move of God’s Spirit in history. And it’s time for a new generation to get activated. Tim I want you to take me into a teaching session you have just taught on being born again; on the baptism of Holy Spirit. The whole congregation enters in and they’re all praise God in unknown tongues. What happens next with this whole group of people? Pick one person out and tell me what’s going to happen in their life.
Tim: Well, I think that the most important part of understanding the baptism of the Holy Spirit goes on beyond the moment of receiving and beginning to speak in that new language. That’s really just the beginning and that’s really just scratching the service. And I think that so many people don’t experience the fullness of what the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is all about because their expectations stop there. But that’s just the beginning it’s not a destination it’s a gateway; it’s an entry point into a new Spirit empowered Christianity. So I just share with people “Okay, now you received this beautiful gift, you’ve sensed the Holy Spirit coming upon you and begun to partner with the Holy Spirit and speak out those new words that God Himself has inspired to you. Words just like Paul said you don’t understand. Now understand that same Spirit that moved upon you and prompted you with words you do not understand He will keep that cable connected from God’s hard-drive to your peripheral device; to your mouth. God will now inspire your speech.” You know Peter on the day of Pentecost his explanation for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit was “Spirit on flesh causes prophecy” right; “In the last days God says “I’ll pour out My Spirit out on all flesh and your sons and daughters will prophecy; your young men will see visions; your old men will dream dreams; and even on my servants both men and woman in those day I will pour forth of My Spirit and they will prophecy.” Well I think that for so long we’ve had such a spooky idea of what prophecy is. We think that it’s some grumpy long bearded scowling face coming in with a bathrobe and a staff into the middle of our congregations. And saying you know “Ichabod, ichabod sayeth the Lord.” This terrible condemning thing but this most simple definition of prophecy means to speak forth. And of course in a Biblical concept it means to speak forth words that are inspired by God. So when the Lord spoke to me several years ago when I was praying and asking God for some more truth on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. And my main question to the Lord was “How does tongues fit in?” I know Biblically it’s what we expect is our sign that we have received this gift and I know that after the fact we can pray in the intercessory language of tongues “Praying in the perfect will of God.” Romans 8:26 and 27. I know that it’s a language of worship like Acts 2 says “We hear them declaring the wonders of God,” that language of the Spirit declaring adoration and worship to God. All those different facets but the Lord spoke something to me that has really changed my understanding of the Baptism of the Spirit. I believe that the primary function of the language of the Spirit speaking in other tongues is confidence. Because when we’re baptized the Spirit we begin to speak God inspired words in a language in which we do not understand. This is what the Lord showed me. That if I could trust God to lead me to speak in a language in which I do not understand; how much more then can I trust Him to lead my known language to minister to someone else it’s the same operation. Me speaking God inspired words, the language is irrelevant; God knows all languages being the Omniscient Creator God of the Universe.
Sid: You know in the New Testament it says to pray that we prophecy and most people when they read that they think they they’re going to be, as you pointed out, a Jeremiah or someone like that. But basically what you’re explaining is that they’re going to be able to witness with this prophecy.
Tim: Isn’t that one of the most powerful dimensions of the Holy Spirit moving upon us is that we lay hands on the sick and they recover, but that we speak forth words that go beyond physical recovery that come to spiritual recovery. When Peter he had spoken in that language of the Spirit, those unknown languages there to him at the moment, but the onlookers understood; different parties understood the language that that had been spoken. It caused them some spiritual curiosity you know signs make you wonder right. And then all of a sudden now Peter turned that around; he trusted in God. He kept that cable connected. The language just changed; he got around someone that didn’t know Jesus and opened his mouth and began to speak and all of a sudden that same Spirit that had inspired him to speak in some unknown language to him was now guiding him to speak in the common everyday language of the people present. And they were cut to the heart. What I share with people after receiving the baptism in the Holy Spirit is make sure you take the Holy Spirit home with you. You might be going home to a family that doesn’t know the Lord; you might be going home to a marriage that spiritually split down the middle. You might be going home to family or friends or working environment that hostile even to the things of God. We can prompt all of our own words what we think would operate best; you can follow the Romans road and the 4 Spiritual Laws and those are wonderful tools. But there is something different about a few God inspired words; they can change a circumstance. A great example of this is some time ago a dear friend of ours that has been very very closed to the gospel; very closed to the things of God. I’ve tried to witness to him for years literally through many different ways. And even sometimes perhaps in confrontational ways trying to share the things of God because I’m so compassionate about his soul. I mean “God is willing that none shall perish.” And He wants to help us but for some reason when it came to this man’s case it’s like what you mentioned earlier I think it was yesterday I tried to engage his brain trying to convince him through proof and through evidence and through archeology and all of these things. I was trying to show him that Jesus was real. And “Hey, we found Caiaphas’s tomb” and this is (Laughing) real and this is fact. And you know the Lord spoke to me one day “That I had 24 hours to get in front of him and not speak my words but speaks God’s.” And this was coming from a person that’s been baptized in the Spirit since I was 12; a person that teaches other people that you need to flow in that language of the Spirit so that it will bring confidence for God to guide you in the known language. This is how easy it is to get even personally distorted and miss the point. I got in front of him that day and I sat down and as I opened up my mouth 3 words came out from God and he immediately broke down and cried and he gave his life to the Lord. Three words from God; it took… it totally turned the tables on what had taken me years and years and years of my own effort. “Not by might, nor by power but by My Spirit.” When you receive the baptism in the Spirit trust God to guide you in your own language. Get alone with an unbeliever and get one on one with him; begin to talk to him; begin to care about them. And then begin to trust in the Holy Spirit to guide your known language to minister to the needs of their life.
Sid: You know one of the things that’s so amazing to me is that the whole idea of being baptized in the Holy Spirit speaking in unknown tongues in particular is now confined to the pastor’s office or a backroom. Why has tongues been taken out of the church? What are they so afraid of? What is this fear going on with tongues?
Tim: There’s one word, pride, nobody likes to look stupid. I’ll never forget the Lord spoke to me several years ago. I was getting ready to pray for someone in a way that I was very uncomfortable in praying for them. I really felt like it compromised my dignity; so I had a little pow-wow with God before I prayed for them. I said “Lord I really am uncomfortable in praying for this person in this way because I feel like you know it’s going to make me look stupid. I believe in praying honest prayers.” The Lord just prompted my heart with the understanding that I didn’t need His help to make myself look stupid, that I did a fine enough job without Him myself.
Sid: (Giggles)
Tim: That instead obeying God wouldn’t make me look stupid obeying God, obedience always brings anointing. And you see we’re so afraid of losing what other people; how they perceive us; we’re afraid of losing our dignity. And really dignity if really a euphemism for pride; and I believe that many churches today they have so much at stake they have multi-million dollar buildings and big mortgages and all kinds of programs. And they’re afraid that if they allow this to go out front they’re going to drive people away.
Sid: It’s called “Fear of man.”
Tim: The Bible says “That it’s exactly the opposite.” Tongues are a sign for the unbeliever like on the day of Pentecost it stirs a spiritual curiosity. I don’t know about you but the first time as a child I ever heard someone speaking in tongues I sat frozen. I’ll never forget that I sat frozen there saying “What in the world is going on?”
Sid: Listen as a Jewish person that was a nonbeliever in Jesus the most exciting thing that I saw was someone being able to speak in a language that they had never been instructed. I was fascinated with it as a nonbeliever!
Tim: That’s exactly right and that same awe, there’s an awe of God that comes through signs and wonders of which tongues speaking vocally inspired words from God. Paul talked about that primary way Paul talked about that prophetic utterance. Paul said “I want you all to prophecy,” in 1st Corinthians chapter 14. Speak forth God inspired words that are edification, exhortation and comfort. And this is the entry point; the baptism in the Holy Spirit is the entry point in connecting that cable from God’s inspiration to our mouth.
Sid: You have been going for awhile now talking about just creating an appetite to speaking in unknown tongues; to being lead by the Spirit of God to prophesying. But I want to dwell on is this area of tongues; why is it so important? It’s… let’s be candid Tim it’s controversially you don’t want to talk about religion or politics with new people it’s too controversial. Of course I don’t know anything else that’s as interesting myself.
Tim: (Laughing)
Sid: But seriously speaking I have had pastors that are Spirit-filled say “We don’t have tongues in our church because we’re more for the whole area than just the Charismatics.”
Tim: Well, that’s like eliminating any Biblical doctrine. You really get in dangerous territory; now of course there are essential Christian doctrines essential believers…
Sid: Awe Tim we’re out of time again.
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