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We have been having some wonderful heart -to

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-heart talks regarding the gifts of the Spirit.

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And I feel that this series of talks is very

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timely. We need some good Holy Ghost teaching

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regarding the things of the Spirit. especially

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regarding the gifts of the Spirit and how these

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gifts are to be used and for what purpose they

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were given. If you will please turn to the 12th

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chapter of 1 Corinthians, and I pray that the

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Holy Spirit shall be your teacher. He shall open

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your understanding regarding the spiritual things.

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I agree with you that... There is so much that

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is attributed to the Holy Spirit and the work

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of the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit has nothing

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to do with it whatsoever. But believe me when

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I tell you, there is the real. There is the genuine.

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Paul understood perfectly. The Bible teaches

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these things. You can't just take a razor blade

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and slit out portions of the Bible that you do

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not want to accept or that you do not understand.

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You can't just take out a pair of scissors and

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cut out portions of the Word of God that you

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wish were not there and that you say, I can't

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accept. I won't accept. I don't like it. You

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can't do it. This is as much a part of God's

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word as ye must be born again. This is as much

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of God's word as the Lord is my shepherd, I shall

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not want. This is definitely a part of his word

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and a vital part. It must be accepted. It must

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be understood and the Holy Spirit alone can give

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us the interpretation. Therefore, I ask you,

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instead of just discarding the 12th chapter of

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the 1 Corinthians, sit there with open hearts

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and open minds and be willing to be taught of

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the Spirit. All right? Spiritual gifts in the

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body of Christ. And I believe that all of these

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spiritual gifts were being manifested and were

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active in the early church. I believe that these

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same gifts should be in operation in the church

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today. When I say the church, I do not mean organizations,

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but in this great organism, the body of Christ.

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I believe that. And again, let me remind you

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that when we speak of the gifts of the Spirit,

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and we always speak of them as the nine gifts

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of the Spirit, don't limit the Holy Spirit to

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just nine gifts. The nine that are mentioned

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here are just an example, are just a few of the

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many, many gifts that the Holy Spirit gives.

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Whatever you do, don't limit. the Holy Spirit's

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giving of gifts to just nigh. All right, here

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we go now. You have your Bibles open. Now, concerning

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spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you

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ignorant. The meaning is concerning spiritual

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manifestations. Now, there are different ways

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in which the Spirit of God is manifested, and

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we should not be ignorant of these. They are

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called gifts because they are given freely by

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Christ himself and for a very definite purpose.

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Always remember, never lose sight of the fact

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that these gifts of the Spirit are given for

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a very definite purpose or to be used for this

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purpose. And the purpose is for the edification

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of the church and to assist in the proclamation

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of the gospel. There's nothing more important

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to the Spirit. There's nothing more important

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to Jesus or to the Father than that the gospel

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should be given out. That men and women shall

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find the Christ as their Savior. And the edification...

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of those who have been born again, who are members

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of his church. And these gifts of the Spirit

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are given solely for these two purposes, the

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proclamation of the gospel and for the edification

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of the church. Now, these Corinthians in their

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unconverted days knew nothing of the gospel,

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absolutely nothing. The scripture says, ye were

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Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols,

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even ye were led. Now, carried away suggests

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satanic power. And there's satanic power behind

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all idolatry. The things that the Gentiles sacrifice,

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they sacrifice to demons, not to God. Read the

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10th chapter, the 20th verse. Wherefore I give

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you to understand that no man, speaking by the

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Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed, and that

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no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by

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the Holy Ghost. Now we see readily that the apostle

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marks the clear -cut dividing line between Christianity

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and... every system of man's devices. There's

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a great difference. There's something more than

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just being sincere. You can be sincerely wrong.

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You can be a very religious person, extremely

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religious, and very sincere in your religion.

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And yet, in the final analysis, You are religious

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in your thinking, but sincerely wrong in your

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sincerity. And that's just it. Any religion that

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denies the deity and divinity of Jesus Christ,

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any religion that denies the atonement, the shed

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blood of the Son of the Living God, but is anti

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-Christian. It makes all the difference in the

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world in what you do with Jesus Christ, the Son

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of the living God. That's the reason the apostles

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said, Wherefore I give you to understand that

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no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth

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Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that

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Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Christianity

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and Christianity alone exalts Jesus Christ as

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the very Son of God, accepts his deity and accepts

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his divinity. Other systems deny his lordship

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and rather think of him as accursed. It's by

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the Holy Spirit. that we recognize his lordship.

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I wonder whether you've ever taken the trouble

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to go through the epistle to the Corinthians

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and count the number of times that the apostle

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uses the title Lord as applied to our wonderful

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Savior. This is truly the epistle of the lordship

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of Christ. And we're called upon to... always

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recognize His Lordship, His absolute authority

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over our hearts and our lives. I want to pause

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for just a second and make this very definite

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to you. It must not be overlooked. It is one

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of the most important things that... I could

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say to you under the anointing of the Holy Spirit,

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under all circumstances, always remember the

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Holy Spirit always recognizes the Lordship of

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Jesus. Know that. You and I, as redeemed children

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of the King, You and I, as members of his body,

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must always, under all circumstances, recognize

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his absolute authority over our hearts, over

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our minds, and in our lives. No matter what your

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experience, First of all, recognize the lordship

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. When it comes to the

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gifts of the Spirit, remember two very definite

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things. Remember the purpose for which the gift

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was given, which is the proclamation of the gospel

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and the edification of the church. and remember

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His Lordship over that gift that's been given

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to you. I know that this has not been taught.

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We have needed this teaching a long, long time.

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Had we had this teaching earlier, there would

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not have been so much fanaticism or the misuse

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and the misappropriation. of something that's

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very sacred and something that's very wonderful.

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The manifestation of the Spirit, the gifts of

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the Spirit, that are real. We've been just trying

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to take this portion of the Word of God out of

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the Bible. We have not accepted it because we

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have not understood it. Now we're coming face

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to face with something vitally important. Because

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we have every right to have the power of the

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Holy Ghost in our lives. If you are born again,

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if you are a healthy Christian, it is yours,

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a part of your inheritance, to be filled with

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the Spirit. And if you are a healthy Christian,

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filled with the Spirit, and there is constant

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spiritual growth, you will covet the gifts of

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the spirit. And it's just like that. All right,

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now watch something and never forget his absolute

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authority over your mind, your heart, your life.

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His... absolute authority over that gift at all

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times which he has given you. We are his servants

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and he is our Lord. But the way some of his children

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act, you would think that they were Lord and

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he was a servant. I do not say that disrespectfully.

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I do not mean to be sacrilegious when I say it.

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But it is true. I have seen so much spiritual

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bigotry in some of our churches and in some of

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our religious organizations and in the lives

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of some Christians. So much bigotry. So much

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spiritual pride that one would think that they

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held the lordship. They were the ruler. They

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were the controller. And the Lord Jesus Christ

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was the servant. I think of that sometimes, you

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know, when I hear men and women pray. When they

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are so demanding of God. I fear I tremble. I

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mean that. Please believe me. I am not being

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sacrilegious. I am just telling you some things

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that we should have been noticing a long time

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ago. I tremble when a man or a woman comes before

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the throne of God in prayer and I hear them demand

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that God should do certain things. And they command

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God to do certain things for them. My friend,

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you and I are frail creatures of dust. We're

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dependent on him for every breath. We are dependent

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on him for the next beat of our heart. How dare

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we command God to do anything? How dare any human

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being demand God to do something? You wouldn't

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even talk like that to an employee. He wouldn't

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take it. You wouldn't dare talk that way to your

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wife. If she was a lady, she wouldn't take it.

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You wouldn't dare order your husband around like

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that. He'd walk out on you. You don't dare talk

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to your children like that. Then how do you dare

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come before the throne of almighty God and start

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ordering him around? Hmm? He's God Almighty.

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Again, I repeat that sometimes I fear that we

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are laboring under the false hallucination that

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we are the lords and he's the servant. No, my

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friend. We are his... servants, and he is our

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Lord. And never forget it. Somebody says I feel

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like turning her off. That's perfectly all right.

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But not one of you will because you want to know

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what's going to follow. I know. But I'm saying

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to you, Should have been said a long time ago.

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Now, we go back again. Do you realize that as

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we read this 12th chapter of 1 Corinthians, that

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the entire Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

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is in connection with the giving and the using

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of gifts? Think about the gifts of the Spirit.

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Being involved with just one person, the Holy

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Spirit. But if you read it carefully. Now, there's

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some folk who like to take their penknife and

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cut out the portion of the Word of God that they

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don't understand. There are others who read,

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but only read what they want to see. and they

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miss the most important part of God's Word. That's

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true. I'm going to show you that in three verses,

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in this 12th chapter, 1 Corinthians, all three

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members of the Trinity are in connection with

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the using and the giving of the gifts. In verse

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4, and you have your Bibles there, we have the

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Holy Spirit. In verse 5, we have the Lord Jesus

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Christ. And in verse 6, we have God the Father.

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We read in verse 4, now there are diversities

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of gifts with the same Spirit. The Holy Spirit

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manifests Himself through the Church of God in

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different ways. We do not all have the same gift.

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We're not all constituted alike. Even from the

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human and the intellectual standpoint. Thank

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God that everybody wasn't constituted like me.

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And I've seen some folks that I thank. My God,

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I wasn't constituted like they are. You know,

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it's like that. And yet we all have a place.

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We all have a work to do. We do not all have

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the same gift. We do not all have the same ministry

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committed to us. And he who gives these gifts

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knows exactly what he is doing, and he gives

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to that one the gift that's best suited to that

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one. In our next Heart to Heart Talk, we'll go

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deeper into the subject of the gifts of the Spirit.