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Whom shall he teach knowledge

By Lary R. HaleSeptember 18, 2016

An East Asian woman rests beside a window with an open book on her lap, listening with renewed peace as pale curtains lift in soft morning light. — © By One Spirit Ministries

"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken" (Isa. 28:9-13). It is quite evident that God was reproving the mindset of his people who "leaned on [their] own understanding" in regard to the scriptures, but did NOT regard the actual word of the Lord (Prov. 3:5). This passage was in fact about Jesus and his Gospel that he left for his apostles to establish. How do I know this? By this part of the passage: "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing." According to the apostle Paul this passage of scripture, and the reference of "stammering lips and another tongue," was speaking directly of the new testament sign of "speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance," which sign began on the day of Pentecost (I Cor. 14:21,22; Acts 2:4). In fact speaking with other tongues upon receiving God's Spirit is the sign of the covenant which Jesus died and rose to establish. The new covenant is all about the true remission of sins for those who believe, which literal remission of sins was not offered by the old covenant, as the scriptures affirm to us (Heb. 9:13,14; Heb. 10:4). Note in our text passage that Isaiah said that speaking in tongues IS the rest for the weary, and it is the refreshing as well.

So what is this rest and refreshing about? "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you REST" (Mat. 11:28). And this: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19). The 'rest' that Jesus came to provide is the rest that our soul obtains when we believe on Jesus, and have our sins literally and truly taken away. Peter plainly said that the 'refreshing' would come from the Lord when we "repent, and [are] converted, having [our] sins blotted out." So again I say that the new testament sign of speaking with other tongues is the sign of the new covenant, even as circumcision was the sign of the old covenant (Gen. 17:10,11). So even as God told Abraham that his sign of circumcision must be in the flesh of every male of his seed, so God's chosen sign of speaking in tongues is present with everyone who enters into covenant with the Lord through the remission of their sins. And yes, that does mean that the baptism of the holy Ghost, evidenced by speaking with other tongues, is the new birth experience. Period. And yes, that scriptural truth is contrary to all of modern Christian tradition, but there is certainly nothing new about that. That brings me back to our passage from Isaiah, and the significance of it. What our text passage is really saying is that the religious leaders when Jesus was here, had their own interpretation of the law and the scriptures, and that is why they rejected Jesus and the apostles who carried on his Gospel after him. Isaiah clearly said that the 'wise' of Jesus' time fell backward, and were "broken, snared and taken." And he clearly said that was because they did not recognize the word of the Lord that God established in Jesus, and the sign he gave to commemorate what Jesus accomplished; that being "stammering lips and another tongue." We also see in the very beginning of Isaiah's passage something that Jesus alluded to as well: "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Mat. 11:25).

Before Pentecost, and before Jesus died, rose again, and went back to heaven; he told those who rejected him the exact same thing that Isaiah wrote about approximately seven hundred years before: "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life" (Jn. 5:39,40). So the religious elite thought they had great understanding of the scriptures, but they did not recognize the very "Word of God [that] was made flesh, and dwelt among [them]" (Jn. 1:14). And of course that is why they also did not recognize his sign of the new covenant that was established at Pentecost with the birth of the body of Christ. So Jesus told his detractors that they thought they had eternal life through the scriptures, even as Isaiah had said of them; saying, "the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." I hope you can see that Isaiah and Jesus were saying the exact same thing about those who rejected Jesus and the apostles after him. The lesson to be learned here more than any is that the universally embraced tradition of the Bible being the word of God, is a preparation for falling into the exact same trap that those supposed Bible scholars fell into, which caused them to persecute and kill both Jesus and the apostles after him. That is the way they thought, and both Isaiah and Jesus reproved that mindset, pointing out that the word of God is in fact Jesus and everything he says and does. We are told of Jesus, "Now the Lord is that Spirit" (II Cor. 3:17). So when the Spirit was first sent back from heaven after Jesus went away, it was manifested first by the supernatural sign of "stammering lips and another tongue" at Pentecost. That means that speaking in other tongues is in fact the word of God, because it IS the Spirit of God speaking through a person, which Spirit IS Jesus. Those who rejected Jesus certainly missed that word, even as Isaiah prophesied of; because to them the word of God was something that they could interpret from the scriptures by their own understanding.

If we call the scriptures the word of God, we miss the reality that God's Spirit and what IT reveals, is the actual word of God. Jesus even said the same, many years after he had gone back to heaven, when he gave 'the Revelation' to John on the island of Patmos: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT SAITH unto the [congregations]" (Rev. 2:17). Now THAT my friend is the word of God, meaning whatever the Spirit of God truly reveals and says to believers in Christ. If we hold to the idea of depending on the scriptures to be the word of God, then we may very likely miss the word of God when and how God chooses to manifest his word. If the religious leaders who opposed the apostles after Pentecost would have truly known and loved the scriptures, they could have seen that Isaiah prophesied of the apparent foolish sign of speaking with other tongues that was manifested at Pentecost and afterward. So what I'm trying to get across here is that we need above all things to be attuned to the holy Ghost, because that is the only way we can truly understand the scriptures and recognize the word of God when it is shown forth. Isaiah showed us very clearly that the word of God may show up in a way that we think not, and if our hearts are not wholly after God and his righteousness, we just might end up rejecting Jesus while believing we are following the word of God. That said, let me say that certainly the word of God, in ANY way it is shown forth, can and must be confirmed by the scriptures. Let me also say that the scriptures are inspired by God, and that they are infallible (II Tim. 3:16). To say that the Bible is not the word of God is not to demean what the scriptures actually are, because the Bible is surely the most important article of any kind in the entire natural world. We just need to keep in mind that the Bible is all about faith in one who is NOT in the natural world, and about the spiritual experience of receiving his love and his power into our inner being, and abiding therein. "Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us... But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you... For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power... (Rom. 5:5; Acts 1:8; I Cor. 4:20). I think that says it for now. God bless.

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In loving memory

Lary R. Hale

November 13, 1954April 21, 2024

Lary smiling with his beloved dog Champ — Lary with Champ

Obituary

A Hero Finally Rests.

Lary Redman Hale of Louisville, KY entered into his greatest joy, the presence of King Jesus himself, welcomed by the cheers of angels and the saints of God on Sunday night, April 21, 2024.

What the outside world would see as the untimely passing of a humble, local minister, heaven saw as the triumphant finale of a valiant warrior's life. He fought the good fight, having kept the faith, and received what Christ himself called "The Champion's Wreath of Victory".

Lary was born November 13, 1954 to Marvin and Norma Hale. Being the youngest of his siblings ensured he had lots of time with his loving mother, from whom he undoubtedly developed his profound sensitivity, heartfelt sentimentality and emotional comfortability - characteristics that were trademarks of his life. He grew up surrounded by cousins and classmates that became his best friends.

At his 50 year class reunion he was overjoyed and excited to catch up with so many of them, smiling and laughing more than he had in a long time. He would often tell stories of how he treasured those times as a young boy riding bikes, shooting B.B guns and playing with his childhood dog Peanuts; all while getting into assorted harmless mischief. He cherished the time he spent living on his parents houseboat and helping his dad, a united states marine veteran, take care of the boat and dock.

His relationship with his dad was only strengthened in their later years as they watched boxing matches almost every weekend for the remainder of his dad's life. He admired his brother Gary for his athleticism and industrious attitude, and thought his sisters Vicki and Mila had hearts of gold just like his mother. In his teen years Lary developed three of his lifelong loves: swimming, cool cars and lifting weights.

Some people said Lary was part fish because of how well he swam, but Lary would correct them, he was actually part dolphin. As a young man he managed a health club where he helped multiple people lose weight and counted that a huge joy. He loved nature and taking photos of it, honing his skills and knowledge in cameras. His vocabulary was second to none and he enjoyed learning new words and using them especially in his writings.

Before he passed he still exercised as much as his body would allow and he longed to return to the ocean and the white sands of Destin, Florida.

Like most disenfranchised teens in the early 70s, Lary indulged in countless vices that left him empty and searching for more. Although his long black curly hair, loud clothes, muscles and muscle cars made him the envy of the boys and the heartthrob of the girls, none of these things satisfied his heart. He pursued a college education briefly, desiring to be a marine biologist or philosopher but found that this was not what he was missing either - he longed for true fulfillment.

Depressed, empty, and feeling hopeless, Lary heard about a particular beautiful girl he had a crush on that was attending a small church where the "Spirit of God" was changing people's lives. After wondering why someone like her would attend a church like that, he began to attend also.

After a few months, he made a simple prayer on his hands and knees, saying "God I can't stop smoking, drinking, raging or any of the other countless vices I have - but if you can set me free from these things, I'll know you're real and that you want me to serve you". The next morning Lary woke up and described the next few hours as "walking on air" realizing he was, in his words "delivered" and never going back to those vices.

This began his life long commitment to glorifying Jesus, the king of glory, for how he transformed Lary's life from darkness to light. Lary would marry that same beautiful girl, the love of his life, Fay Kustes, and they would have two sons together, Benjamin Isaac and Elisha Daniel. Lary's greatest joy in life was being a husband and father.

He was happiest when he was sharing what he was learning in the bible with his family, and teaching them that knowing God was simplistic and yet powerful - that God was not merely a religious concept, but a powerful savior on a day to day basis. As Lary made it his life's goal to find "the lost sheep", he would tap into his multifaceted creativity that went largely underappreciated.

Lary produced well over a thousand episodes of gospel presentations: self-producing, mixing, editing and encoding both a radio and television show. Between the two, he broadcast for over 30 years. All of this in the analog age, where self produced radio and TV shows were nearly unheard of, especially without any budget whatsoever.

Lary was an evangelist in Louisville and southern Indiana, being asked to preach and teach in multicultural and multi-generational churches across the city. The churches he was most loved and welcomed by were the African-American Baptist and Pentecostal churches that loved and welcomed his passionate, excitable and action packed style of preaching.

Once the dawn of the internet came, he immediately worked to have a website published, making his literature and gospel teachings available. Eventually he'd use social media to teach, preach and encourage believers all across the world. He would spend every night praying with and encouraging christians from every nation until the end of his life. Many of which saw him like a second father and all of whom greatly mourn his passing.

Even though he produced over a thousand episodes of media, taught in multiple churches, mentored in multiple countries, and had multiple printed works of literature, he considered his greatest life's work to be his two sons. One of their earliest memories is Lary saying "the most important job in the world is not preaching the gospel, it's raising kids in the gospel". This threaded through his entire life.

In his final week on earth, he reminisced on his life saying "I see my life as the highest success, because my life's work are my two sons, who I am so incredibly proud of - not for their natural achievements but for their love, humility and personal faith in Jesus that is not only evident in their lives but also in their love. Because of them, I know my life is a true success - and I credit Jesus for all of it".

His sons today see him as the most successful man they will ever know. He succeeded in loving them and never hurting them. Leading them and never controlling them. Being there for them and never leaving them. He was a man that would apologize quickly, forgive quickly, and always encouraged his sons to "get up and go from here". He succeeded in teaching them faith, hope and love in a world starving so badly for all three. His ministry lives on in them.

The lives of everyone touched by their lives are forever indebted to this humble, prayerful man of faith.

He is preceded in death by his father Marvin, mother Norma, sister Mila, sister-in-law Marlene, nephew Adam, aunts, uncles, treasured cousins, and his beloved dog of 18 years, Champ.

Until they are reunited in the glory of heaven, he is survived and will be missed by his sons, Benjamin and Elisha (Katrine), his wife of 30 years, Fay, his brother Gary, His sister Vicki (Dan), his cousins, nieces, nephews, his friends, and those that called him their pastor and teacher.

"The righteous perish, and no man lays it to heart: merciful men are taken away and no one considers that the righteous person is being spared from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: he shall rest in his bed, having walked in uprightness." Isaiah 57:1&2

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