Television (Tell- A-Vision)
Joel 2:28
Pastor Lorenzo Edwards
New St. Paul Baptist Church
The average American home now has more television sets than people. That threshold was crossed within the past two years, according to Nielsen Media Research. There are 2.73 TV sets in the typical home and 2.55 people, the researchers said.
With televisions now on buses, elevators and in airport lobbies, cars and in every home in America and most countries around the world. that has as much to do with TV’s popularity. And with flat-screen TVs now make it easy to put sets where they haven’t been before. It is estimated that The average person watches four hours, 35 minutes of television each day, Nielsen said. But have you ever wondered who vision it was to come up with the Television?
It was a young man by the name of Philo Farnsworth who was Born in a log cabin and raised to work hard in the fields, young Farnsworth was fascinated by electrons and electronics, and convinced his science teacher to let him sit in on a senior level electronics course. Farnsworth was just a fourteen year old high school student when he came up with the idea that an electron beam could scan pictures back and forth and transmit them to remote screens- in other words, he thought up of what we know today as the Television!
Farnsworth had a vision at a young age. He pursued that vision. And he wanted everyone in the world to see his vision. So what better name to call it but tell a vision
When he was 21 and living in California with his wife, Philo Farnsworth gathered financial supporters and set about figuring out how his invention would work. He was able to figure it out, as he knew he would, and set about patenting various aspects of the invention.
Unfortunately a Russian immigrant named Vladimir Zworykin, PhD had the same idea at the same time. He made a patent application in 1923 for the same kind of tube for transmitting electronic data. His employer, David Sarnoff at RCA didn’t want to pay Farnsworth a royalty on the invention and took him straight to court.
Although Zworykin had a patent, there was no evidence he’d made a working transmitter from the design. Farnsworth’s old teacher, Justin Tolman testified on his behalf that not only did he invent the Television. while studying under him in high school, Tolman still had the drawings he made of it!
RCA lost, appealed and lost again, and eventually agreed to pay Farnsworth royalties on the invention. WWII came and production of Television sets was halted to support the war effort. By then Farnsworth’s patents were almost expired. RCA snapped them up the moment it could, leaving Farnsworth in the lurch as it launched a publicity campaign touting Sarnoff and Zworykin as the inventors of television!
Now RCA is one of the biggest Television makers in the USA. You can not step in a store that sells T.V’s and not find a TV that is made from RCA. RCA could not wait for young Farnsworth to slip up on the vision that he had. As soon as they seen that the patent was about to expire. They snatch up his Vision.
And I am here to tell some one today that the enemy is waiting for your vision to expire he is waiting for you to give up on your dreams. The things that you thought up as a young man or women. He wants you to let them expire. He wants you to say that is to late. He wants you to say that you can not make it. He wants you to say that you quit. Because as soon as you give up, he is waiting to take the vision that God has given you, and he is ready to steal kill and destroy.
It is said that, Life went down hill for poor Philo Fransworth. After RCA stole his vision. He sunk into depression and alcohol abuse, spent time in psychiatric hospitals and underwent shock treatments. Farnsworth didn’t allow television viewing in his home. He said there was nothing good on it that was worthwhile.
I tell you when your vision is taken from you. When everything that you dream of is stolen and some one walks away with your dreams and vision and your riches. It will drive you to a point that life don’t seem to matter. It will drive you to a point that you just don’t care any more. Like Farnsworth after RCA walked away with his dreams he fell deep into depression. Because of what he worked on every since he was just 14 years old was now taking from him. And I want to ask some one who is sitting in this house today. What vision has God giving you, since you was a young man or a young women are you going to wait until it is lost and find yourself depressed, find your self in a mental ward. Or are you going to pick up yourself by the boot strapped and tell the devil that you can not kill my dreams you can not steal my visions , I am going to walk in the fullness of God and proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord?
God has giving all the people of God a dream or a vision the Bible says in Joel 2v8
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.”
And it shall come to pass afterward is a formula employed to speak of future events. The promised out pouring of God’s spirit will be on all ages and classes of people: sons and daughters. Black and white Jews and Gentiles, male and female. Accompanying the out pouring of the spirit will be full salvation, or deliverance, for all who put their trust in the Lord as their Redeemer. This opened up the door that all can be saved, that all will have the gift of salvation. Tell your neighbor you aint no better than me. If you can do it .I can do it. We are all the same in the body of Christ. We all have the same opportunity. Joel had a vision and he had to tell a vision. In order for the vision to come to pass he had to speak it he had to write it down and make it plain.
And the vision that Joel had came to pass in Acts chapter 2. On the day of Pentecost. The Bible says “ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Before the day of Pentecost the Holy spirit work had been from without. It was temporary and exceptional. But after Pentecost the spirit works is from with in us. He dwells inside of the believer we are lead by the spirit from with in. Under the old covenant God’s work with Israel had been external. He lead them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. But day and night. Day in and day out 24, 7 he leads us with the holy spirit.
The Bible says in John 4v4 “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” Tell your neighbor say neighbor it is in you. Don’t look for outside forces to please you. Don’t look at man to satisfy you. Because when you are down when you are suffering when you have fallen, sometimes man won’t pick you up. But when they see you are down, when they see that you have fallen they will kick you when you are weak. They will curse you instead of blessing you. But I am so glad that God said I will bless them that bless you and I will curse them that curse you. You may have fallen you may have made some mistakes in your life. And when man comes to kick you when you are down. Just Know that God will be there to pick up with your hands. He will never leave you are forsake you. Paul said in Romans What can separate me from the love of God. Nothing. Can separate me from the love of God.
So don’t look for out side things to for fill your needs. Don’t look people but look inside because the spirit dwells inside of a believer.
1 John 4:16 “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” God dwells in the believer I don’t care what people say about you. God dwells inside of you this morning.
Even though people will try to kill your vision. Tell a vision what God has done for. Even though they may but you down tell a vision that God is working on my future. You may see me now, and I am not were I should be. But just like God did with Joel even though he gave him the vision. It did not come to pass right than and there. But I am going to hold on, not for what God is doing for me right now but what he is going to do for me in the future.
Conquer
You might laugh at me but I am going to tell a vision. You might don’t see it but I am going to tell a vision. You might don’t believe in me but I am going to tell a vision. You might don’t support me but I am going to tell a vision. I am going to tell it. How he saved me . I am going to tell it how he healed me I am going to tell it how he set me free.
I want to tell you today, Tell some body what God has done for you. Tell a vision, tell somebody what God has instilled in you. Tell a vision. Go and tell it on the mountain and over the hill and everywhere go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. Don’t let no one take your vision but speak the vision. Noah told them that it was going to rain. The people did not believe it but he had to tell his vision. Joseph had a vision his brothers did not believe him. They threw him in a pit. But he had to tell a vision. Ezekiel had a vision that can these dry bones live again And because of the vision. Bones began to connect to bone because of the vision flesh came on those bones, and because of the vision the those dry bones became a walking soul. I want to tell some body that you situation may look dry but tell a vision. Your situation may look dead but tell a vision. .
Isaiah had a vision For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. I am so glad that vision of Isaiah came to pass. Isaiah had a vision before television was invented but I so glad that he had to tell his vision. Because it is because of that vision that we will. It is because of that vision that we can stand. The vision came true and unto us a child was born. Tell the vision that unto a child is giving tell a vision that child grew in wisdom and stature. That child became the savior of the world. That child walked this earth for 33 years. Healing the sick making the blind to see. He hung on a old rugged cross. He died he died. But he did not stay there because there was another vision that he shall set the captives free. There was a vision that he shall be the first fruit of the dead. He got up with all power in his hand. Power to make you walk right power to make you want to run on and see what the end going to be. Tell a vision tell a vision tell a vision tell a vision. That one day you shall be prosper tell the vision that you will be more than a construer tell a vision that one day Jesus is coming back for a church with out spot nor wrinkle.
Tell, Tell, Tell a vision.
