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You and I have been discussing the gifts of the

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Spirit. And again today, we're going to have

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a little heart -to -heart talk regarding the

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gifts of the Holy Spirit. And remember, when

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we speak of the gifts of the Spirit, we're not

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speaking about people who are naturally talented.

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We're speaking of the supernatural. Endowment.

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Oh, I know. We recognize that there are men who

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are naturally gifted. There are men and women

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who are naturally talented, who by birth have

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higher intelligence, who have greater abilities,

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which put them head and shoulders above other

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people. Remember. As we discuss the gifts of

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the Spirit, we are not talking about natural

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talent. Please understand that as we continue

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this discussion regarding the gifts of the Spirit.

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Men and women are born with talents. Talents

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are God -given. And the Bible speaks about talents.

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To one is given five talents. To one is given

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ten talents. Another one talent. But talents

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and gifts are not the same. When we speak of

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the gifts of the Spirit, we are not speaking

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about the talent with which certain individuals

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have been endowed. by natural birth. We are speaking

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of a supernatural endowment. And gifts have been

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given by the Holy Spirit to men and women who

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have had no talent whatsoever. Another thing

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I want you to see. There are two extremes which

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we face today as we come to the subject of spiritual

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gifts. On the one hand, we are faced with abuse.

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Most of us could cite examples of fanaticism

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which have arisen around this doctrine. You've

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seen it. You know it as well as I do. But on

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the other hand, because the doctrine has suffered

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from abuse, it has been neglected. It has been

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shunned. And the average child of God does not...

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know the teaching of the Word of God in the matter

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of spiritual gifts. It is one of the most neglected

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teachings that I know anything about. To be perfectly

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frank, I have never heard a minister bring a

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series of messages on the gifts of the Spirit.

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That... That has spied me completely. And there

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are very few who even attempt to preach on the

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gifts of the Spirit. I have never read anything.

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In fact, very little has been written regarding

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the gifts of the Spirit. The Bible teaches it.

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Believe me, beloved, the Holy Spirit gives gifts

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supernatural gifts and these gifts were in evidence

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they were active in the early church the gifts

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of the spirit are in operation now the gifts

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of the spirit will con continue to be in operation,

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the Holy Spirit will continue to give gifts as

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long as he is still in the world. These gifts

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are only temporary because one of these days

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the Holy Spirit is going to leave. He's going

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back again to the Father. When we have the great

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catching up, the rapture of the church, he leaves.

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The church will go with him. And at that time,

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these gifts will cease. They are only temporary.

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But they did not cease with the early church.

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There are those who would like for us to believe

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that the gifts of the Spirit ceased with the

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early church. They did not. They are in operation.

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They will continue to be in operation as long

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as the church exists. And the church will exist

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until the great catching up, the rapture. Therefore,

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I continue with truth, for I have the word of

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God to substantiate what I am saying. The gifts...

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are in operation now, the things that I'm talking

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about. We have every right to expect them, to

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see them in operation in the church today. I

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think some of us had better start possessing

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our possessions. These things are for us. I'm

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going to go a step further. I believe that you

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and I have a right to covet these gifts. The

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Word of God says so. Covet earnestly the best

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gifts. He tells us to covet them. And he went

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so far as to say, don't just covet the lesser

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gifts. And in all giving, some gifts, Some gifts

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are better than others. Some gifts are more desirable

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than others. And he admonishes us to covet earnestly,

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not just covet, but covet earnestly. And when

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the Bible says earnestly, it means desperately

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with every atom of your being. emphasis on earnestly,

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covet with all of your heart the best gifts.

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Oh, beloved, I am convinced that if you are a

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healthy Christian, I mean a healthy Christian.

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And there is spiritual growth. And you are living

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a daily victorious Christian life. There will

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be a desire in your heart for more the things

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of the Spirit. Don't feel there's something wrong

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with you. Spiritually. that you're losing out,

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that there's something wrong someplace. When

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you find that there is a deep, sincere desire

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for more of God, a desire for more of the knowledge

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of the Word, that's the best sign that I know

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anything about, that you are a help. the question

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that the spiritual life there is healthy. Blessed

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is he who hungers and thirsts after righteousness.

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Be alarmed. Be greatly disturbed. If ever you

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get to the place where you no longer hunger for

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more of the things of the Spirit, when you no

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longer desire a deeper experience, When you get

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to a place where you're completely satisfied,

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blessed, the word says, blessed is he who hungers

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and thirsts after righteousness, for he shall

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be filled. And Frank, to tell you, I never walk

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away from a miracle service. after having seen

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the glorious manifestation of God's power. But

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what I feel an intense hunger, a greater hunger

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for greater things than I have yet seen, because

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I know that somehow, someplace, I have limited

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him. And there are resources in Christ Jesus

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that I have not yet tapped. The greatest saint

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that ever lived never received all that God had

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for that individual. I believe that. Therefore,

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don't be afraid of the things of the Spirit.

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I beg of you. Begin to covet and covet earnestly

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all that the Holy Spirit has for you. One other

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thing before we continue with our little heart

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-to -heart talk regarding the kids of the Spirit.

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Anything that the Holy Spirit does always edifies

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Jesus and not some individual. Never forget.

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If you are a little cautious, if you are a little

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loath to accept some things, one of the greatest

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criterions that I know anything about is just

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this. The Holy Spirit will always glorify, will

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always edify, will always promote... Jesus. Through

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the entire Bible, evidently at that great conference

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table, when the three had that wonderful conference,

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the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and when

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Jesus offered himself through the Spirit to God

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the Father to come and take upon himself flesh,

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the form of man. The Holy Spirit said, all right.

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I will be there to take over the work of glorifying

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you in the earth and in the hearts of men and

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women. The greatest promoter that has ever lived.

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The greatest promoter. in the world is the holy

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spirit and he promotes just one person jesus

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christ the very son of the living god if you

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never hear the rest of this heart to heart talk

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if you never hear another message that i give

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remember this so long as you shall live When

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it is the Holy Spirit, he will always edify,

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he will always glorify Jesus, not some personality.

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He will never glorify a personality. He will

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never edify a personality. We see these many

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women. who try to leave some monument unto themselves

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after they have gone. We see men and women in

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religious work who do everything in the world

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to glorify themselves and their own names. I

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get so sick when I see in headlines the world's

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best, the world's greatest, Beloved, that isn't

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the Holy Spirit. Know that. The Holy Spirit doesn't

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glorify or edify an individual. Never. It's Jesus.

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It's Jesus. It's Jesus. Jesus himself said, and

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I, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto

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me. Always, it's Jesus. Paul understood, Paul

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knew. That mighty spiritual giant, oh, watch

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it. Read the writings of Paul. Look very deeply

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into that glorious spiritual growth of Paul.

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One of the most profound things he ever said.

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When he saw himself, in spite of his great spiritual

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experiences, in spite of his mountaintop experiences,

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and his glorious knowledge of the things of God,

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and believe me, God had given to Paul spiritual

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knowledge that he could not reveal even unto

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you and unto me. Never lived the man to whom

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was given greater spiritual revelation than to

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Paul, and yet, in spite of it all, he said, I

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am the least. I am the... of sinners. I am nothing.

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I am nobody. Paul never tried to build an empire

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unto himself. Paul never tried to build up an

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institution unto himself. Paul never tried to

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form an organization unto himself. Paul never

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promoted himself. He never thought of himself

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in the language of the world's greatest. Holy

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Spirit, through that yielded vessel, lifted up

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the Christ, lifted up Jesus. And as Jesus was

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lifted up, lives were transformed by the power

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of God. There's your secret, beloved. Men and

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women are missing the entire point today. I never

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met you. I never knew. I could not tell you the

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name of the man who wrote a song years and years

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ago. Perhaps he has already gone home to glory.

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But one thing I know, that man was filled with

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the spirit. The melody of the song is not. a

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masterpiece. But the words are. He knew what

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I am trying to say to you this hour. The first

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verse went like this. Some of self and some of

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thee. And then, as he grew spiritually, As he

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came closer to the person of Jesus, so close

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he could look fully into his wonderful face,

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he wrote less of self and more of thee. Then

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came the day. Oh, what a garbage. His precious

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children could get to the place where they had

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that experience. And it's so lacking. It's so

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lacking in the world. It's so lacking in the

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ministry. It's so lacking in the pulpit. It's

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so lacking in the pew. It's so lacking in our

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church. It is so lacking in the world at this

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hour. this glorious experience when he came so

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close that he surrendered everything and became

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nothing, absolutely nothing. And he saw the same

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thing that Paul saw. He'd gotten to the place

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in Christ Jesus of full surrender where he could

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look up and say, none of self. I am death. But

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all of thee, when you get to that place, the

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Holy Spirit will use your vessel. He'll use your

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body. And he'll lift up Jesus through that vessel

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of clay. Jesus is the answer to the world's ills

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this hour.