In our last lesson called “Season Of God’s Protective Grace” we learned that after the flood in the days of Noah, God confounded the languages of the people as a measure of protection of the people in order to slow down the growth of sin in the world. In today’s message as we prepare for the holiday seasons of Palm Sunday and Passover, let us see how God unscrambled the curse of tongues when Jesus Christ His Son was revealed to be the Messiah  in this message called: “Messianic Power Delivered”

Old Testament Scripture Reading Ezekiel 3:1 – 7 (KJV)

Eze 3:1  Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

Eze 3:2  So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

Eze 3:3  And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Eze 3:4  And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Eze 3:5  For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Eze 3:6  Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Eze 3:7  But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

New Testament Scripture Reading Acts 2:1 – 21 (KJV)

Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Act 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Act 2:5  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Act 2:6  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

Act 2:7  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

Act 2:8  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Act 2:9  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Act 2:10  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Act 2:11  Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Act 2:12  And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Act 2:13  Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Act 2:14  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Act 2:15  For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Act 2:16  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

Act 2:17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Act 2:18  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Act 2:19  And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

Act 2:20  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Act 2:21  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Transforming Power Statements:

1) Tongues were created by God as a means to retard the growth of sin, and as a measure of providing Grace to the people whom He had made; who were back up to their old tricks; even after the judgment of the flood of the entire world.

2) Even Israel God’s chosen people did not remain faithful to God, to the point that they were taken by God’s decree into captivity by Gentile nations for failure to honor God’s Holy Law; and God sent Prophets to preach to them like Ezekiel, yet they still would not listen and obey.

3) After forty two generations; in spite of Israel’s disobedience, God sent His Son Jesus The Messiah, Who fulfilled God’s Law, defeated the devil, death, and the grave out on a hill called Calvary, all by Himself and declared that All Power Is Given To Me; So God reversed the curse of tongues to all the Gospel to go out from Jerusalem to all the world! (The Birth Of The Church)