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Well, today is another one of those heart -to

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-heart talks. And thanks for those wonderful

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letters that are coming in expressing your appreciation

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for the teaching of the Word. And we want that

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every part of this teaching should come from...

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the Holy Spirit himself. Well, sir, we continue

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now on the gifts of the Spirit. And before we

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go a little deeper into the subject of the gifts,

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I want to say something again, just for the sake

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of someone who may be new regarding this ministry.

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I want to go on record as saying that I believe...

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definitely in the experience of being filled

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with the Holy Spirit. You may call it the baptism

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of the Holy Spirit, being filled with the Holy

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Spirit. I believe in that experience. I have

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experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the

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fullness of the Holy Spirit. when literally the

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Holy Spirit came in, took charge of this body,

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and it became literally the temple of the Holy

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Spirit. He is the secret of this ministry. He

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is the secret of every bit of power that comes

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through this physical body of mine. He is the

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secret. are the results of this ministry. It's

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the Holy Spirit. I'm nothing. I'm only a sinner

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saved by the grace of God like any other Christian.

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I have nothing that is out of the ordinary in

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myself. Nothing. Believe me, I know from whence

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I've come. I was born in a little... Crossroads

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of the town, Concordia, Missouri. Oh, I thought

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it was the biggest city in the world when I was

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a kid. But you know, everything is by comparison,

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really. And it's so small, it isn't even on some

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maps. Little Concordia, Missouri. That little

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Methodist church where I went to Sunday school.

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That little Baptist church. Oh, sure. I was born

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to Emma and Joe Kuhlman. Nothing special about

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that. I was pretty special to Papa, I'll tell

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you. But then, so far as anybody else was concerned,

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a red -headed, freckled -faced kid. The most

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mischievous kid in Concordia. And if anything

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went wrong in the schoolroom... No matter how

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far I was, how remote I was from that which happened,

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the teacher always looked up and said, Catherine,

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did you do that? Oh, sure. I know from whence

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I have come. I have no special talents. When

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I was born, I wasn't born with anything special.

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I'm one of the most ordinary people in the world

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the power of the Holy Spirit. I know that. I

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am conscious of that every day that I live. I

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am very conscious of that. The secret of this

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ministry is the Holy Spirit. And I want to go

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on record as saying to you, I believe in the

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power of the Holy Spirit. I believe in being

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filled with the Spirit. I believe in that experience

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that Jesus talked about before he went away,

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the very last conversation that he had with his

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disciples when he said, and ye shall receive

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power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon

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you, and ye shall be witnesses. that glorious

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experience that they received on the day of Pentecost.

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I believe in that experience that those precious

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120 received on the day of Pentecost. And I believe

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that the experience that they received is for

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every believer today. Yes, ma 'am. I want you

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to know exactly where I stand on this. This experience,

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Peter says, is for you and your children and

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your children's children and those who are far

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off, even as many as our God shall call. And

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if you are a member of his church, been born

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into his church, if you are a part of his body,

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then you have been called into this experience.

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And you're missing one of the greatest experiences

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a Christian can know if you've not had that experience.

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But remember something. The Holy Spirit, this

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wonderful experience that I'm telling you, is...

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given the believer for one purpose and one purpose

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only, and that's power for service. It has nothing

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to do with our salvation. Being filled with the

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Spirit has nothing to do with my salvation, my

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conversion. It's the blood of Jesus Christ. It's

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the atonement that has to do with my salvation.

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This experience of being filled with the Holy

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Ghost. The baptism of the Holy Spirit has nothing

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whatsoever to do with my salvation. Neither does

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it have anything to do with my being a part of

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the body of Christ when it is raptured. This

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experience is for power for service. I realize

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that. I accept it and I am very careful how I

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use and what I do with that which the Holy Spirit

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has given to me. That's the reason in the previous

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heart -to -heart talk when we were talking about

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the gifts of the Spirit, the Holy Spirit has

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a very definite purpose in giving a gift. And

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remember, the gifts of the Spirit are separate

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and apart from being filled with the Spirit.

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The experience of being filled with the Spirit,

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the baptism of the Spirit, is for all believers.

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But the gifts of the Spirit are given as the

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Holy Spirit sees fit. to give the gift to an

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individual. But even when it comes to the gifts

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of the Spirit, He has a definite purpose in the

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giving of that gift. It is given by the Holy

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Spirit that it may be used for the edification

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of the church and the proclamation of the gospel

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. I must no more misuse

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a gift of the Spirit that is given to me than

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I can misuse the Holy Spirit or misappropriate

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the power of the Holy Spirit as He has filled

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this life and this vessel of mine. Mm -hmm. The

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gift and the manifestation are all of the Spirit

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of God within the believer. And when it comes

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to using those gifts, all must be in subjection

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to the Lordship of Christ. If, for instance,

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God has given me some particular gift, I'm not

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to use that gift whenever and wherever I... that

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it is fit? No. I am only to use that gift as

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it is in subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ

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himself. It must be controlled by the Lord. In

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exactly the same way, and you've heard me say

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it over and over again, that it was the greatest

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secret that I had to learn. And that is the fact

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that I cannot control the spirit. I am not to

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control the spirit. The spirit is to control

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me. I don't lead the spirit. I don't tell the

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spirit what to do. When I'm in a great miracle

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service, thousands of you folk have attended

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these great miracle services here in the East,

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in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. When

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I walk on that platform, I do not control the

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spirit. I do not give orders to the spirit. I

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walk out on that stage completely yielded to

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the spirit. and I just follow along behind him.

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He controls the whole thing. He's the power.

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He's the one. It's his power that heals those

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sick bodies. He's the one who speaks to you.

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He's the one who convicts men and women of sin

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and of righteousness. You say, how do you know

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that somebody way up there in the top balcony

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has an ear open? How do you know that somebody's

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been healed of cancer? In that auditorium filled

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with thousands? And I can't even see everyone

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in the auditorium? How do you know? It is because

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I work so in conjunction with the spirit and

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so sensitive. to the spirit, am so yielded to

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him as I follow behind him, he speaks to me and

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I know. We work as one, as a unit. I do not work

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separate and apart from him. I hope the Holy

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Spirit makes this plain to your heart. You see,

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it's so hard to speak of some of these things

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because they are spiritual. They are of the spiritual.

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Flesh and blood, the word says, has not revealed

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this unto thee. These things are only spiritually

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revealed, and I'm talking to you about the most

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deeply spiritual things that a Christian can

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know. But one thing remember, always remember,

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you are not to use that gift whenever you so

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desire or whenever you see fit, but only in subjection

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to the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Know that.

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Mm -hmm. Because after all, in the final analysis,

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he is the lord of all things. One might have

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the most remarkable gift that was ever given

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to a human being. But that does not mean that

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he's at liberty to use it wherever he will. I

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don't believe that anyone who ever lived or will

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ever live in the future, was given any greater

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power or any greater revelation than Paul was

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given. In my way of thinking, God trusted him

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with more than he has ever trusted a human being.

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And yet at all times and under all circumstances,

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Paul was very careful how he used that which

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God had given him. He was very, very careful

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how he used the power of the Holy Spirit. Mm

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-hmm. And he was the one who said, the spirits

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of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

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And who could better know this than Paul, he

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to whom God had given much? Yes, ma 'am. 1 Corinthians

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14, the 32nd verse. The spirits of the prophets

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are subject to the prophets. And if any are gifted

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by God, they are to hold that gift in subjection

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to the Lord Jesus Christ and not make a spiritual

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nuisance of themselves. Our blessed Lord's authority

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must be recognized. in the use of the gifts.

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It's just like that. The manifestation of the

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Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

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That is, it's not given for show. Oh, I get so,

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um, I become almost frightened when I see folk

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who will flaunt. some gift of the Spirit, or

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want some great spiritual experience before the

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world, and because of it, try to draw men and

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women unto themselves. The Holy Spirit, or any

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gift that he gives, is not given for show. It's

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not given in order that a man or a woman may

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attract attention to himself. but is for the

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edification of others. This in itself is very

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important. If God gives me any little gift at

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all, he gives it not that I may gather people

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about myself, but he gives it to me for the blessing

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of others, for the salvation of sinners, for

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the edification of the saints. In John the Baptist,

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we have a wonderful picture of what every gifted

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servant of Christ really ought to be, for John

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said, In other words, he's saying, I am nothing.

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I am absolutely nothing. Don't see me, John the

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Baptist. I'm only a voice of one crying in the

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wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord.

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And then pointing to the Savior, he says, increase,

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but I must decrease. And John found his delight

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in lifting up Christ, not in directing people's

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attention to himself. You cannot find John for

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one instant directing the attention to himself.

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You cannot find Paul. Read your Bible. Get back

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to the Bible again. Some of you folk haven't

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studied the Bible for yourself in years. Get

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back to the Word. It's time we all got back to

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the Word of God. You cannot find Paul for one

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instance directing attention to himself. No,

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ma 'am. The more God gave him, the more the Spirit

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filled him, the more he received. the more he

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realized that he was nothing. Absolutely nothing.

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He must increase, but I must decrease. And all

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gifts are given that... Christ may be exalted.

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And in that way, others will find a blessing.

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They'll never find a blessing in finding me.

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They'll find salvation when they find him.