WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.560 Do you know the Holy Spirit is a colorful personality? 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:10.000 Oh, the Holy Spirit is so colorful. I've learned 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:12.539 that a long time ago. I'm having the time of 00:00:12.539 --> 00:00:14.060 my life. I'm working like a dog, but I'm going 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:17.039 to tell you, I enjoy every minute of it. Oh, 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:21.640 he's so colorful. He has a sense of humor. I 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:27.480 know that he does. And there's joy. It's glorious. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.140 It's just wonderful. And it's so exciting. There's 00:00:32.140 --> 00:00:38.079 never a dull moment. Never. I didn't know this 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:39.939 morning that I was going to speak on the baptism 00:00:39.939 --> 00:00:42.500 of the Holy Spirit. Someone came up with the 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:45.439 questions about speaking in an unknown tongue. 00:00:46.859 --> 00:00:48.340 And I said, well, I'll tell you what I'll do. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:52.280 In this seminar, before I leave, I'll speak on 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:56.000 the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Then I'll answer 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:04.579 that question. He said, when? And so, we're answering 00:01:04.579 --> 00:01:06.980 the question this morning. And I want to say 00:01:06.980 --> 00:01:11.260 to you, please, homiletics has nothing to do, 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:19.519 you ministers. Ah, remember, I'm really not a 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:24.200 preacher, not really. Not really. That's the 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:25.959 reason when you say you don't believe in women 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:35.500 preachers, I don't either. I don't either. A 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:40.319 woman preacher. And I don't think anyone ever 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:41.920 considers me a preacher. When you think about 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.599 Kathryn Kuhlman, I don't believe anyone ever 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:48.980 thinks of me as a woman preacher. Not really. 00:01:51.689 --> 00:01:53.349 I never think of myself as a woman preacher. 00:01:55.010 --> 00:01:59.810 Never. Nobody refers to me as Reverend Kuhlman. 00:02:00.230 --> 00:02:02.810 Oh, that's the funniest thing. You never think 00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:07.349 of me in that light, do you? Never. And I don't 00:02:07.349 --> 00:02:09.370 think of myself in that light as a woman preacher. 00:02:10.949 --> 00:02:13.750 And I don't think I am because I can't preach. 00:02:15.150 --> 00:02:17.789 All that I know that I'm somebody who loves the 00:02:17.789 --> 00:02:21.919 Lord with all my heart. I just love the Lord. 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.340 It's so wonderful. And so again today, if you've 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:30.340 come here expecting to hear a sermon, forget 00:02:30.340 --> 00:02:33.039 all about homiletics. I don't even know what 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:38.819 it means. I'm just here talking to you about 00:02:38.819 --> 00:02:42.879 the Lord and my own personal experiences. And 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:45.560 as I talk to you about my own personal experiences 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.870 and the Word of God, All that I ask of you to 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:53.030 do is to sit there with an open heart and open 00:02:53.030 --> 00:02:56.909 mind. No matter what your preconceived ideas 00:02:56.909 --> 00:03:00.250 have been, all that I ask of you for the next 00:03:00.250 --> 00:03:03.090 hour is to sit there with an open heart and open 00:03:03.090 --> 00:03:12.389 mind. Your theology may be changed. And the biggest 00:03:12.389 --> 00:03:14.930 person in the world is that somebody who will 00:03:14.930 --> 00:03:21.719 say, I was wrong. I was wrong. Maybe you're like 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.219 the Jewish gentleman, a very influential, perhaps 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:26.979 one of the most influential Jewish gentlemen 00:03:26.979 --> 00:03:31.240 in the city of Portland, Oregon. A Mr. Stern, 00:03:31.419 --> 00:03:35.500 Jerome Stern. Began watching our telecast. Very 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:39.139 influential. He was influential in raising all 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:44.080 the money for the new, beautiful synagogue in 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.159 Portland, Oregon. Everybody knows Jerome Stern. 00:03:47.710 --> 00:03:51.469 began watching our telecast. And then he flew 00:03:51.469 --> 00:03:53.389 to Pittsburgh. He and his wife were on their 00:03:53.389 --> 00:03:57.250 way to New York. He was in the service. After 00:03:57.250 --> 00:04:00.349 the service, he spent hours talking to me about 00:04:00.349 --> 00:04:05.669 the Messiah. And then he came to the Shrine of 00:04:05.669 --> 00:04:09.349 the Trinity in Los Angeles. And this is something 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:12.610 that he said. After that, the Holy Spirit had 00:04:12.610 --> 00:04:17.000 revealed to him that Jesus... is the true Messiah. 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:21.680 This is one of the most pitiful things. He has 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.699 three children. The oldest child is his son. 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:30.800 A son 17, 18 years of age. And he said to me, 00:04:30.899 --> 00:04:40.040 Ms. Goldman, I see it. I see it all now. I know 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.629 that Jesus is the true Messiah. But the hardest 00:04:44.629 --> 00:04:50.509 thing for me to do right now is to call my children 00:04:50.509 --> 00:04:55.750 in, is to look into the face of my oldest son, 00:04:55.889 --> 00:05:02.449 for remember, they're taught to believe, to respect 00:05:02.449 --> 00:05:09.449 the word of their parent. And in accepting this 00:05:09.449 --> 00:05:12.310 wonderful experience, I'm going to have to say 00:05:12.310 --> 00:05:16.910 to my son, son, your father was wrong all these 00:05:16.910 --> 00:05:23.569 years. Your father was wrong all of these years. 00:05:25.170 --> 00:05:30.509 I taught you that when Jesus came in the flesh, 00:05:30.509 --> 00:05:34.410 he was not the true Messiah. I have to tell you 00:05:34.410 --> 00:05:40.550 now that I was wrong. He was the very son of 00:05:40.550 --> 00:05:45.110 the living God. Sit there with an open heart. 00:05:47.009 --> 00:05:54.290 I pray, wonderful Jesus, please, somehow take 00:05:54.290 --> 00:05:58.290 every person in this place, every minister in 00:05:58.290 --> 00:06:01.790 this place, every church leader in this place, 00:06:01.930 --> 00:06:05.970 and just kind of turn them upside down for one 00:06:05.970 --> 00:06:09.379 hour. until we shake all of our preconceived 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:14.000 ideas out and then turn us right side up again 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:16.319 and let the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts, 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:21.240 I pray. As little children, we come willing to 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:26.959 be taught. For Jesus' sake, we ask this. Amen. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:35.279 The wonderful Holy Spirit. is a person. Remember, 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:38.620 he has all the attributes of personality. You 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:43.100 must consider this before you'll understand the 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:49.800 work of the Holy Spirit. Before I begin on the 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.360 work of the Holy Spirit, remember something. 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:58.939 Never forget it. It is the blood that maketh 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:03.899 an atonement for the soul. The blood of Jesus 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:07.120 Christ, God's Son, you and I may differ on all 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:10.779 the doctrinal truths. You may not see eye to 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:12.519 eye with me when it comes to the baptism of the 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.019 Holy Spirit. You may not see eye to eye with 00:07:15.019 --> 00:07:19.019 me when it comes to divine healing. You may not 00:07:19.019 --> 00:07:21.300 see eye to eye with me when it comes to the great 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:23.540 catching up, the rapture of the church, the second 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:28.639 coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. But if you've 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:33.680 had that new birth experience, if you've been 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:38.480 born again, and you've been born into this body 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.120 of Christ, then you're my brother and my sister. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:47.420 Please, you must understand that. Please understand 00:07:47.420 --> 00:07:52.639 it. There are literally millions of God's precious 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.990 children who lived and died Who were not baptized 00:07:56.990 --> 00:08:00.870 with the Holy Spirit. But they're in heaven today. 00:08:04.529 --> 00:08:07.569 We have the word and we must stay with the word. 00:08:07.769 --> 00:08:11.170 How many understand? Put a hand. And don't let 00:08:11.170 --> 00:08:16.790 anyone tell you. That you have to be filled with 00:08:16.790 --> 00:08:21.009 the Holy Spirit. This wonderful experience. The 00:08:21.009 --> 00:08:24.709 baptism of the Holy Spirit. One of the most. 00:08:25.149 --> 00:08:29.170 beautiful, the greatest thing that can come into 00:08:29.170 --> 00:08:35.110 your life after you've been born again. It follows, 00:08:35.169 --> 00:08:39.970 this experience follows one's salvation, one's 00:08:39.970 --> 00:08:45.009 conversion. Know that. Therefore I must make 00:08:45.009 --> 00:08:48.490 it very clear to you. The baptism with the Holy 00:08:48.490 --> 00:08:53.330 Spirit has nothing to do whatsoever with your 00:08:53.330 --> 00:08:58.870 salvation. If you've been born again, I repeat 00:08:58.870 --> 00:09:03.629 it to make it very clear. That new birth experience 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:07.370 where literally old things have passed away and 00:09:07.370 --> 00:09:09.149 you have become a new creature in Christ Jesus. 00:09:10.789 --> 00:09:14.750 That's the most important experience of any individual's 00:09:14.750 --> 00:09:17.950 life. And the baptism of the Holy Spirit has 00:09:17.950 --> 00:09:23.409 nothing to do with your salvation. All right? 00:09:23.789 --> 00:09:25.570 The Holy Spirit is a person, and you must recognize 00:09:25.570 --> 00:09:36.210 this, for he has intellect, emotion, will, all 00:09:36.210 --> 00:09:41.509 of the attributes that characterize personality. 00:09:43.409 --> 00:09:45.769 Oh, you don't know what you're missing. Whenever 00:09:45.769 --> 00:09:47.750 you think of the Holy Spirit as just an influence, 00:09:48.090 --> 00:09:51.049 oh, please, when you think of the Holy Spirit 00:09:51.049 --> 00:09:54.230 as just a mystery, you don't know. What you're 00:09:54.230 --> 00:09:57.850 missing, you don't know. There's something about 00:09:57.850 --> 00:10:02.629 him when you get acquainted with him. When you 00:10:02.629 --> 00:10:05.590 get acquainted with him, he becomes a very living 00:10:05.590 --> 00:10:11.590 part of you, a vital part of you. You've just 00:10:11.590 --> 00:10:17.169 started to live. Just started. And the Holy Spirit 00:10:17.169 --> 00:10:19.590 is not a new personality just having come upon 00:10:19.590 --> 00:10:24.990 the scene. Sometimes I think, The last days when 00:10:24.990 --> 00:10:30.049 thousands of Roman Catholics are just becoming 00:10:30.049 --> 00:10:33.850 acquainted with the Holy Spirit. When literally 00:10:33.850 --> 00:10:36.710 thousands of our denomination church people, 00:10:36.909 --> 00:10:41.149 hundreds of our ministers are just coming into 00:10:41.149 --> 00:10:43.289 the light of the Holy Spirit, being filled with 00:10:43.289 --> 00:10:47.049 the Holy Spirit. We get the idea that the Holy 00:10:47.049 --> 00:10:49.649 Spirit is just a new personality having come 00:10:49.649 --> 00:10:55.419 on the scene. He's not a new personality. He's 00:10:55.419 --> 00:11:00.600 not. He was there at the time of creation. All 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:07.220 three persons were there. And the Spirit of God 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:13.480 moved upon the waters. And whenever a word speaks 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:16.759 of the Spirit of God, it's the Holy Spirit. The 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:21.940 Old Testament saints knew. with the power of 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:28.299 the Holy Spirit. Oh, Moses knew the power of 00:11:28.299 --> 00:11:33.740 the Holy Ghost. Read it there in Numbers. Read 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:40.940 it. And when the 70 were chosen, it's in the 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:45.580 11th chapter of Numbers, when the 70 were chosen 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:52.490 to help Moses. In the sovereignty of God, God 00:11:52.490 --> 00:11:55.870 not only filled Moses with the Holy Spirit, but 00:11:55.870 --> 00:12:01.330 he also came upon the seventh day to work with 00:12:01.330 --> 00:12:08.649 him. In the building of the tabernacle, God in 00:12:08.649 --> 00:12:13.789 his sovereignty came upon those who helped to 00:12:13.789 --> 00:12:22.169 build the tabernacle. Gideon knew the Holy Spirit. 00:12:23.970 --> 00:12:26.610 How do you think when you read the Old Testament 00:12:26.610 --> 00:12:29.110 and the power that was on some of these Old Testament 00:12:29.110 --> 00:12:34.250 saints? What was it? The secret was the power 00:12:34.250 --> 00:12:37.009 of the Holy Ghost. But in the Old Testament, 00:12:37.090 --> 00:12:42.529 it was the sovereignty of God. Not all of the 00:12:42.529 --> 00:12:47.590 Old Testament saints were filled with the Holy 00:12:47.590 --> 00:12:54.200 Ghost. Remember that. Whenever they were filled 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.580 with the Holy Spirit, it was the sovereignty 00:12:57.580 --> 00:13:07.039 of God. Joseph was filled with the Holy Spirit. 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:13.360 And Pharaoh recognized the power of the Holy 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:21.860 Spirit upon Joseph. He was no stranger to the 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:26.820 Old Testament saints. Read your Bible again in 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:29.279 the light of this. It will be most revealing. 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:34.259 And that's what I said yesterday. There's such 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:37.340 a difference between religion and Christianity. 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.720 Christianity is revealing and the Holy Spirit 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:47.909 is the great revealer. The Old Testament prophets 00:13:47.909 --> 00:13:54.149 knew the power of the Holy Ghost. If we were 00:13:54.149 --> 00:13:58.350 to call the Old Testament prophets here in this 00:13:58.350 --> 00:14:04.490 auditorium this morning, they could bear witness 00:14:04.490 --> 00:14:08.649 to the very power of the one of whom I am speaking. 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:15.779 But always it was the sovereignty of God. Know 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:25.299 that. David knew. How well David knew of the 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:29.879 person of the Holy Spirit. David had received 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:32.480 this wonderful experience. I would like to know 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.259 what they called it then. I don't think they 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:36.820 called it the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I don't 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:43.539 think they did. They only knew it was the Holy 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:51.039 Spirit. That's the reason David, the saddest 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:56.460 cry we have in the Word of God is this cry of 00:14:56.460 --> 00:15:04.559 David. When he cried, take not thy Holy Spirit. 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:17.600 Take not thy Holy Spirit from me. The same Holy 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:22.259 Spirit that you know. The same Holy Spirit whose 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:30.220 presence is here this very hour. I pray to that 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:39.240 prayer 10 ,000 times. Take not thy Holy Spirit. 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:45.940 from him. Samson knew that's the reason, the 00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:51.460 word. He wished not that the Spirit had departed 00:15:51.460 --> 00:16:01.159 from him. He wished not that the Holy Spirit 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:10.559 had departed from him. It was the power of the 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:16.500 Holy Ghost, the power of the Holy Spirit, and 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:23.039 the life of Samson. But the Holy Spirit departed, 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:30.340 and he tried to get up and shake himself this 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:36.320 other time. And I've seen it over and over and 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.809 over again, and you've seen it. And that's the 00:16:40.809 --> 00:16:46.470 tragedy. You can say the same words. You can 00:16:46.470 --> 00:16:51.110 go through the same action. But when the Holy 00:16:51.110 --> 00:16:54.409 Spirit is no longer there, when the Holy Spirit 00:16:54.409 --> 00:17:01.570 no longer does the shaking, we have fanaticism 00:17:01.570 --> 00:17:06.920 and we have manifestations of the flesh. That, 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:11.000 my friend, is what brings reproach on the Holy 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:19.559 Spirit. You see, I love him so much. I couldn't 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:25.200 do without him. I couldn't do without the Holy 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:33.819 Spirit. I couldn't. I'm the most ordinary person 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:38.890 in the world. Is that a woman living today who's 00:17:38.890 --> 00:17:42.230 more ordinary than the one who's standing before 00:17:42.230 --> 00:17:47.029 you now? I know from whence I have come. I know. 00:17:49.069 --> 00:17:56.809 I know from whence I have come. A little crossroads 00:17:56.809 --> 00:18:02.750 of a town in Concordia, Missouri. And the most 00:18:02.750 --> 00:18:05.380 unlikely The only person in the whole world that 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:18.180 God would use. I know. I know. I know the secret, 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.900 the power in this ministry. I know better than 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:27.900 anyone else. I know that I have nothing to do 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:30.839 with the power of the Holy Spirit. This wonderful 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.319 power in person comes upon men and women and 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:37.779 they're slain. I know that I have nothing to 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:41.519 do with it. When men and women are so wonderfully 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.220 healed by the power of God, I know better than 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:47.319 anyone else living that I have nothing to do 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:52.000 with it. I'm absolutely dependent on the power 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:57.940 of the Holy Spirit. That's the reason I can hear 00:18:57.940 --> 00:19:02.240 the cry. Of David when he said, take not of thy 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.059 Holy Spirit from me. David knew the secret of 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:12.700 his power. And I do not want anyone to bring 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:15.980 a reproach on this person who means everything 00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:22.839 in the world to me. He's precious. He's holy. 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:28.130 I can... never put into audible words. There 00:19:28.130 --> 00:19:32.230 are no words in the human vocabulary. Because 00:19:32.230 --> 00:19:35.490 it is a heavenly language. You can't tell it. 00:19:35.529 --> 00:19:39.009 You can't tell it. What this wonderful Holy Spirit 00:19:39.009 --> 00:19:41.470 means to me, this fellowship that I have with 00:19:41.470 --> 00:19:46.890 Him, this communion that I have with Him. And 00:19:46.890 --> 00:19:51.750 I almost have a sense of protectiveness. And 00:19:51.750 --> 00:19:54.069 I don't want anyone to bring a reproach on this 00:19:54.069 --> 00:20:00.130 one who means so much to me. Don't bring a reproach 00:20:00.130 --> 00:20:05.529 on the Holy Spirit, please. I beg of you. I beg 00:20:05.529 --> 00:20:11.589 of you, please. So much reproach has been brought 00:20:11.589 --> 00:20:21.170 on the Holy Spirit. Fanaticism is resolved. of 00:20:21.170 --> 00:20:27.109 either ignorance and spiritual ignorance as such. 00:20:29.529 --> 00:20:39.650 A disastrous thing. Never, never, never act contrary 00:20:39.650 --> 00:20:46.650 to the Word of God. Never. If your actions are 00:20:46.650 --> 00:20:52.470 contrary to the Word of God, If you cannot back 00:20:52.470 --> 00:20:55.250 up your action with the Word of God, then there's 00:20:55.250 --> 00:20:57.710 something wrong someplace with your experience. 00:21:00.609 --> 00:21:04.990 In other cases, the thing that brings such reproach 00:21:04.990 --> 00:21:07.910 on this wonderful person, the Trinity, the Holy 00:21:07.910 --> 00:21:15.809 Spirit, is the same thing of Samson. He whisked 00:21:15.809 --> 00:21:23.140 not that the Spirit had departed. And then they 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:27.640 try to shake themselves and the flesh enters 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:31.220 into it. And there's nothing more revolting or 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:37.119 disgusting than the shaking and the manifestations 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:41.440 of the flesh. After that, the Holy Spirit has 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:47.160 departed. I don't care what you experienced 25 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:53.769 years ago. I don't care what you experienced 00:21:53.769 --> 00:22:00.230 15 years ago. Oh, you say 15 years ago I was 00:22:00.230 --> 00:22:04.289 wonderfully filled with the Holy Spirit. It was 00:22:04.289 --> 00:22:08.150 glorious. And then you relate the experience 00:22:08.150 --> 00:22:14.710 to your hands. It was so new to you. And you 00:22:14.710 --> 00:22:20.589 walked in the light. And this experience. The 00:22:20.589 --> 00:22:26.069 Holy Spirit came in. It was glory. But my friend, 00:22:26.250 --> 00:22:34.089 let me ask you, what do you have today? Today, 00:22:34.150 --> 00:22:41.410 today, today. Now, some of you who were filled 00:22:41.410 --> 00:22:46.369 with the Holy Spirit 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 00:22:46.609 --> 00:22:52.480 8 years ago, Today you're as dried up as last 00:22:52.480 --> 00:23:00.759 year's corn shocks. And yet you're still trying 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:05.339 to go through the same motions. You're still 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:07.640 trying to go through the same demonstrations. 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:14.619 The same thing. But you say, I was baptized with 00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:17.740 the Holy Spirit back there. Remember something. 00:23:21.710 --> 00:23:24.210 I too received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 00:23:26.509 --> 00:23:33.630 But there is never a time when I'm in a great 00:23:33.630 --> 00:23:39.849 miracle service. But what I receive, a fresh 00:23:39.849 --> 00:23:43.849 baptism of the Holy Spirit. A fresh baptism. 00:23:44.069 --> 00:23:56.589 A fresh baptism. A fresh baptism. Now, when it 00:23:56.589 --> 00:24:00.549 comes to your conversion, remember, when it comes 00:24:00.549 --> 00:24:04.769 to your conversion, that, my friend, is a definite 00:24:04.769 --> 00:24:08.410 experience. It's a definite transaction. That 00:24:08.410 --> 00:24:14.509 is it. You're born again. There's that wonderful 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:18.589 new birth experience when you become a new creature 00:24:18.589 --> 00:24:24.640 in Christ Jesus. an heir of God and a joint heir 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:27.819 with Christ Jesus. And the mighty creator becomes 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:33.799 your heavenly father. And you're born into the 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:38.920 body of Christ. That's a definite transaction. 00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:53.440 I belong. He's my heavenly father. I am His by 00:24:53.440 --> 00:25:00.960 adoption. And I know to whom I belong. But when 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:06.019 it comes to the Holy Spirit, it's something that's 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:12.000 constant, this fellowship. This fellowship, this 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:19.099 constant communion. And if you're trying... to 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:22.680 measure up to some experience that you received 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.059 away back there and you say, I got it, I got 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:42.740 it. I got it. No. It's a daily communion with 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:50.839 him. Daily. Daily. Under the anointing of the 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:55.099 Holy Spirit. Oh, you ministers in this place. 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:01.759 Have you stood before your people with an anointing? 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:08.839 Until you feel that anointing from the top of 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:14.859 your head to the soles of your feet. You're so 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:19.220 under the anointing, my brother. that literally 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:25.220 your ears hear what he is speaking through your 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:28.720 mouth. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:34.779 I stood there. And he's taught me as he has spoken 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:38.079 through my lips and my ears have heard. And I 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:42.480 knew it wasn't Catherine Kuhlman. I knew. I knew 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:46.490 it wasn't Catherine Kuhlman. If you only knew 00:26:46.490 --> 00:26:48.329 me a little better, you would understand why 00:26:48.329 --> 00:26:53.029 I'm so sold on the Holy Spirit. I'm so sold on 00:26:53.029 --> 00:26:55.349 the Holy Spirit, I do not know how better to 00:26:55.349 --> 00:26:59.950 say it to you. I'm so sold on the Holy Ghost. 00:27:07.809 --> 00:27:13.130 It just becomes worse and worse. The choice of 00:27:13.130 --> 00:27:17.640 words that you speak. My brother, so far as the 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:28.119 intellect is concerned, was a masterpiece. But 00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:38.279 how many were saved? What was the result? Was 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:44.789 there a supernatural manifestation? Wherever 00:27:44.789 --> 00:27:48.190 you find the Holy Ghost, wherever you find the 00:27:48.190 --> 00:27:51.809 presence of the Holy Spirit, there will always 00:27:51.809 --> 00:28:03.210 be the supernatural. Always. Know that. And the 00:28:03.210 --> 00:28:07.150 supernatural does not come through a great organization. 00:28:07.250 --> 00:28:11.250 Sometimes I think we've organized ourselves to 00:28:11.250 --> 00:28:19.640 death. Sometimes I think we're so organized that 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:23.759 the Holy Spirit can't get in. He can't work. 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:29.180 It'll be the greatest day that the church has 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:32.279 ever known when the church gets to the place 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:37.200 where it no longer is completely dependent on 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:50.779 organization. Yeah. The Holy Spirit must have 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:57.819 freedom. The Holy Spirit must have liberty. And 00:28:57.819 --> 00:29:01.099 wherever you find the Holy Spirit, you know, 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:04.240 I'm going to say something and I hope that I'm 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:08.819 not misconstrued. I hope I'm not. What I'm about 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:14.039 to say, I've never seen more holy laughter. I'll 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.599 get it out in a few minutes, but I want to throw 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:21.980 this in. I have never... I've never in all of 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:28.339 these years have seen more holy laughter. And 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:34.019 there is such a thing as holy laughter. And in 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:42.240 miracle services, holy laughter. That's the reason 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.460 I tell you about this student. He's such a colorful 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:50.240 personality. I'm so glad I had sense enough never 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:56.500 to write a book on theology, on doctrine. I'm 00:29:56.500 --> 00:30:00.039 so glad I've been pressed and pressed by different 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.259 publishers who come from New York City and they've 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:08.640 asked me to write a book on doctrine. Well, I'll 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:14.980 tell you, that's one smart thing I did. Because 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:18.839 you see, Had I written a book on doctrine, about 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:21.380 six months later, I'd have to call them all in 00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:29.619 and say, I made a mistake. That's right. Because 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:33.220 as you watch the Holy Spirit work, as you watch 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:39.460 him work, he's so colorful that it isn't always 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:43.700 the same, not really. You can't put him... in 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:46.559 a certain category and then put a fence around 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:50.140 him. And that's exactly what we're trying to 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:54.339 do in some of our little circles. We're trying 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:59.380 to fence him in. We're trying to put a fence 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:04.019 around the Holy Spirit and keep him in this fence 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:10.140 because it's our idea. And we believe it thus 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:13.880 and so. And it isn't long before he jumps a fence 00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:20.220 and all that you've got is a fence. And he's 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:32.920 gone. And he's gone. Some of you Pentecostal 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:39.559 people were dead sure that nothing would ever 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:43.279 happen in a First Methodist church such as you 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:54.000 saw last night. Your theology has told you that 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:58.019 if you were not filled with the Holy Spirit in 00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:00.420 Assembly of God Church, then you didn't get it. 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:04.900 How many know I'm right? Keep your hands down. 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.579 And you say, come to my church. Come on, come 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:17.859 on. You'll get it. You'll get it. You'll get 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.539 it. Come on to my church. You'll get it. You'll 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:24.420 get it. Come on. You'll never be filled in the 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:28.000 First Methodist Church. You'll never receive 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.759 the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the First Baptist 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:36.420 Church. Never. Never. You'll never see the supernatural 00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:42.099 power of the Holy Spirit. Never. In the denominational 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:53.440 churches. The Bible doesn't say that. And there 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:57.839 you are in your own little circle. We have him. 00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:07.500 We got him. And we have a corner on him. And 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:15.470 you never this, you'll never get him. Look out, 00:33:15.710 --> 00:33:20.089 look out. One these days you may awaken to find 00:33:20.089 --> 00:33:24.930 out that you are the one from whom he has departed. 00:33:27.470 --> 00:33:33.809 He's bigger than denominational lines. The Holy 00:33:33.809 --> 00:33:39.470 Spirit is greater than man's idea. The Holy Ghost 00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:43.640 is greater than our own preconceived idea. Know 00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:50.480 that. When he's so powerful, Jesus knew. I think 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:54.059 of that over and over again. Who knew the Holy 00:33:54.059 --> 00:34:00.019 Spirit better than Jesus? He'd been with him 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:06.759 from the beginning of time. Jesus knew him. Jesus 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:10.679 knew his power. And the Holy Ghost is the power 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:16.750 of the Trinity. knowing the power of the ghost 00:34:16.750 --> 00:34:22.070 is Jesus William. Before Jesus ever offered himself 00:34:22.070 --> 00:34:26.969 to the Father to be given, he first of all offered 00:34:26.969 --> 00:34:30.289 himself through the Holy Spirit to be given. 00:34:31.389 --> 00:34:37.110 For he knew his power. I'm not talking about 00:34:37.110 --> 00:34:42.210 something that is just mediocre. I'm coming back 00:34:42.210 --> 00:34:49.710 again. to this holy laughter is happening. But 00:34:49.710 --> 00:34:53.429 you want to know something? I see it so much 00:34:53.429 --> 00:34:59.610 among those in Catholicism who are just coming 00:34:59.610 --> 00:35:05.630 into the light of the Holy Spirit. We've had 00:35:05.630 --> 00:35:09.010 so much of the holy laughter recently. I watched 00:35:09.010 --> 00:35:12.639 this. Like I told you, all that I know about 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:19.639 the Holy Spirit is I see him and watch him. And 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:23.420 watch him. And you get to know him. You watch 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.599 his personality. You know what pleases him. You 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:30.579 know what grieves him. You just know and you 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:34.599 know instantly. It's as though you're in the 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.579 presence of someone that you know so well and 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:41.340 you know when they're grieved. And you know when 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:44.659 they happen, you know when they're pleased. I 00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:54.300 follow him that carefully. And sometimes I think 00:35:54.300 --> 00:36:00.239 he's allowed this wonderful holy laughter to 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:04.760 come forth from some of these precious folk because 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:08.820 they have been released from the bondage they 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:15.460 were in. This bondage, this bondage, this bondage. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:21.059 You're no longer under bondage when the Holy 00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:29.179 Spirit comes in. This bondage that men and women 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:32.900 are living in. I pray to God you'll come from 00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:35.420 out of that bondage. Come out from that bondage. 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:41.369 Some of you are... bound in spiritual darkness 00:36:41.369 --> 00:36:49.849 some of you are bound by some organization literally 00:36:49.849 --> 00:36:57.190 bound your heart cries everything within you 00:36:57.190 --> 00:37:01.170 cries out cries out you're hungry you're hungry 00:37:01.170 --> 00:37:04.849 but the bondage that you're in this terrific 00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:10.940 bondage You're bound by people. You're bound 00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:14.840 by organization. You're bound by those in higher 00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:20.480 authority than you are. Many of you in Catholicism, 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:24.199 you've been bound so long. Some of you have been 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:29.840 bound by sin so long. And sometimes I think this 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:33.440 wonderful holy laughter that we see is glorious 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:36.579 if you've never heard it. It's different. It's 00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:38.760 different than any laughter. It's different. 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:43.420 It's the laughter of freedom. It's the laughter 00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:50.340 of liberty. But everything is in good taste. 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:57.800 When the Holy Spirit does it, and always remember 00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:03.099 this, if you never again hear me speak to you, 00:38:04.230 --> 00:38:07.949 in a heart -to -heart talk regarding this person, 00:38:07.969 --> 00:38:13.309 the Holy Spirit, he is never unseemly in his 00:38:13.309 --> 00:38:22.869 actions. Never. Never. If it's revolting, it's 00:38:22.869 --> 00:38:33.070 not the Holy Spirit. Know that. Know that. If 00:38:33.070 --> 00:38:42.369 it's revolting, it is not the Holy Spirit. If 00:38:42.369 --> 00:38:50.429 it's obnoxious, it's not the Holy Spirit. Like 00:38:50.429 --> 00:38:57.369 it's the flesh. When it's holy, it's something 00:38:57.369 --> 00:39:00.210 that's contagious. It's something that's beautiful. 00:39:00.210 --> 00:39:04.309 It's something that's wonderful. for everything 00:39:04.309 --> 00:39:09.610 the Holy Spirit does. I have such high regard 00:39:09.610 --> 00:39:16.489 for him. I've never known him to ever manifest 00:39:16.489 --> 00:39:21.710 himself in a revolting way. It's perfection. 00:39:24.349 --> 00:39:29.329 It's perfection. And I know there are things 00:39:29.329 --> 00:39:35.809 that happen in the flesh. and labeled as the 00:39:35.809 --> 00:39:39.690 Holy Spirit cannot be the Holy Spirit for it's 00:39:39.690 --> 00:39:45.050 contrary to his personality and his beauty and 00:39:45.050 --> 00:39:52.449 his loveliness. Open our understandings, please. 00:39:54.570 --> 00:39:57.530 Flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, 00:39:57.570 --> 00:40:01.010 but to my Father which is in heaven. Open our 00:40:01.010 --> 00:40:05.619 understandings. Let him that happen here, let 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:11.619 him hear what the Spirit's saying. But remember, 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:21.579 it was the sovereignty of God when the Holy Spirit 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:25.920 came upon the Old Testament saints. But that 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:35.900 was changed after Jesus came. Jesus knew the 00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:39.699 secret of his power. Those miracles you read 00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:42.159 are the miracles. When you read the miracles 00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:45.599 in the New Testament, it was the power of the 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:49.940 Holy Spirit. Jesus knew that being in the flesh, 00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:55.639 he could not perform miracles. And yet he knew 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:57.739 there would have to be the manifestation of the 00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:59.119 supernatural power of God. That's the reason 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:02.619 in essence one day he said to them, if you won't 00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:09.449 believe, Oh, that I say that I am. Then believe 00:41:09.449 --> 00:41:12.550 me for the very work's sake. And he knew that 00:41:12.550 --> 00:41:14.289 they would have to be the supernatural power 00:41:14.289 --> 00:41:17.530 of God or they would never accept him. And that 00:41:17.530 --> 00:41:20.150 was the reason he offered himself first to the 00:41:20.150 --> 00:41:24.309 Holy Spirit. And he said, if you'll come, if 00:41:24.309 --> 00:41:27.710 you'll be with me, if you'll manifest the supernatural 00:41:27.710 --> 00:41:31.690 power. of the Father through me. I'll go because 00:41:31.690 --> 00:41:35.869 I'll need that manifestation. I'll need it. And 00:41:35.869 --> 00:41:37.750 Jesus understood every time there was a miracle. 00:41:38.230 --> 00:41:43.610 Jesus understood. He understood perfectly well. 00:41:43.710 --> 00:41:47.289 It was the Holy Spirit. And those miracles did 00:41:47.289 --> 00:41:50.429 not begin until after Jesus came up out of the 00:41:50.429 --> 00:41:55.690 waters of baptism. And God spoke. And in that 00:41:55.690 --> 00:41:57.969 hour, the Holy Spirit came upon him as a dove. 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:07.179 Then, before he went away, he told about the 00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:11.440 Holy Spirit. He told him he would come, read 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:14.440 it there in John. He'll teach you all things. 00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:18.139 He'll guide you. I'd give anything in the world 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:21.099 if I could stay with you longer and take all 00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:25.659 of these scriptures. But when you read your scripture 00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:28.659 now in the light of that which I've been teaching 00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:37.000 you, Light and light will come. He will glorify 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:41.360 me. And always remember that the Holy Spirit 00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:47.820 will always glorify Jesus. Always. Jesus said 00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:52.079 he would. And the Holy Spirit always magnifies. 00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:58.219 That's the reason I say to you... Sometimes we 00:42:58.219 --> 00:43:02.360 get so involved with our own ideas. There are 00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:04.900 those who run such a hobby on the Holy Spirit 00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:11.619 that they have forgotten all about Jesus. They 00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:16.659 have forgotten all about Jesus. And Jesus made 00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:20.900 it very definite that the Holy Spirit will magnify 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:29.000 and glorify me. It's still Jesus. But just before 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:33.159 he went away, wanting to give his church. Now, 00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:35.820 whenever I speak of the church, I'm talking about 00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.579 this body of believers because there is only 00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:45.860 one who can say my church. Only one. When you 00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:49.519 say my church, you talk about the denomination 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:54.059 to which you belong. But the one who could really 00:43:54.059 --> 00:44:00.559 say my church. with Jesus, this glorious body 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:03.480 of believers. And every person, whether they 00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:07.260 be Jew or Gentile, Catholic or Protestant, whoever 00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:10.599 that one may be, when they have this wonderful 00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:15.159 new birth experience, they are automatically 00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:23.719 born into this body of believers. Mine. These 00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:29.150 that thou hast given unto me. Jesus said when 00:44:29.150 --> 00:44:34.389 he talked to the Father, there is literally this 00:44:34.389 --> 00:44:40.630 kinship, this relationship. We are a part of 00:44:40.630 --> 00:44:45.449 him and he is the head of this wonderful body 00:44:45.449 --> 00:44:49.090 of believers. In this holy sanctuary this morning, 00:44:49.150 --> 00:44:52.090 it makes no difference who you are. And I dare 00:44:52.090 --> 00:44:55.280 say that we have practically... Every denomination 00:44:55.280 --> 00:45:00.239 represented here. It makes no difference where 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:07.519 you have the church membership. If you have had 00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:12.300 that new birth experience, then you are my brother 00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:19.099 and my sister. And we are a member of this great 00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:23.320 body of believers, this body of Christ. But remember, 00:45:24.329 --> 00:45:30.429 before he went away. He wanted to give to this 00:45:30.429 --> 00:45:35.949 body of believers the greatest gift that he could 00:45:35.949 --> 00:45:44.530 possibly give. The Holy Spirit had been so faithful 00:45:44.530 --> 00:45:49.530 to him. The Holy Spirit had come through every 00:45:49.530 --> 00:46:02.289 time. The Holy Spirit had been so faithful. He 00:46:02.289 --> 00:46:12.710 depended on him. We had not let him down. And 00:46:12.710 --> 00:46:16.889 so, knowing he was going to go away, he said, 00:46:16.909 --> 00:46:20.010 it's expedient for you that I go away. I have 00:46:20.010 --> 00:46:23.050 to go away. For I'm soon to take the position 00:46:23.050 --> 00:46:26.530 of great high priest, ever living to make intercession 00:46:26.530 --> 00:46:30.630 for you. And that's the reason not one of us 00:46:30.630 --> 00:46:34.949 needs ever be defeated. Not one. There isn't 00:46:34.949 --> 00:46:37.530 one of his children that needs ever go down in 00:46:37.530 --> 00:46:41.429 defeat for one second. Not one second. I don't 00:46:41.429 --> 00:46:44.489 care what the temptation is. I don't care. Not 00:46:44.489 --> 00:46:49.579 one of us need ever go down in defeat. We have 00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:52.199 a great high priest. We have one who ever liveth 00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:55.360 to make intercession for us. And he'll be right 00:46:55.360 --> 00:47:00.420 there to give you the strength to come through 00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:08.079 victoriously. So he says, I'll give you the gift. 00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:14.199 Now remember, he came upon only a few in the 00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:21.679 Old Testament. But now, Now it was different. 00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:33.440 Now. And ye shall receive power. And he's talking 00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:45.019 to his own. His own. His own. Members of this 00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:51.090 great body. You cannot limit it just to the few 00:47:51.090 --> 00:47:55.210 in the upper room. You cannot limit it to the 00:47:55.210 --> 00:48:01.289 120. For he was not speaking to just the 120. 00:48:02.429 --> 00:48:07.550 And he made it known, the Holy Spirit made it 00:48:07.550 --> 00:48:11.590 known to whom this glorious power was to come 00:48:11.590 --> 00:48:15.369 upon. He made it known to the lips of Peter. 00:48:19.630 --> 00:48:23.809 to you, to this generation, to the generation 00:48:23.809 --> 00:48:26.429 that follows, and the generation after that, 00:48:26.570 --> 00:48:31.369 and the generation after that, even to that hour 00:48:31.369 --> 00:48:34.849 in the First Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 00:48:36.989 --> 00:48:42.210 This promise is unto you and your children and 00:48:42.210 --> 00:48:45.730 your children's children and their children. 00:48:48.969 --> 00:48:56.570 And he included me. You dare not limit the Holy 00:48:56.570 --> 00:49:01.530 Spirit to just the early church. You dare not 00:49:01.530 --> 00:49:05.750 limit to this wonderful experience to just 120. 00:49:07.010 --> 00:49:14.389 And ye shall receive power. What power? The same 00:49:14.389 --> 00:49:18.130 power that was manifested in his life and ministry. 00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:29.000 the same manifestation. After that, the Holy 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:36.420 Ghost is come upon you. And the greatest gift 00:49:36.420 --> 00:49:41.360 that Jesus could possibly give to his church 00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:49.480 was the gift of the Holy Spirit. It's a part 00:49:49.480 --> 00:49:54.019 of your inheritance. It's yours. It's a part 00:49:54.019 --> 00:49:57.519 of your inheritance. You don't know what you're 00:49:57.519 --> 00:50:01.440 missing. You don't know what you've been missing 00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:05.760 all this time. You don't know. You don't know. 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:10.659 It's a glorious experience. It's a marvelous 00:50:10.659 --> 00:50:14.940 experience. But you say, Ms. Cooman, how is one 00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:20.070 filled with the Holy Spirit? It's so simple. 00:50:21.030 --> 00:50:23.989 It's like that about everything when it comes 00:50:23.989 --> 00:50:27.590 to the spiritual things. Healing is so simple. 00:50:28.550 --> 00:50:31.030 There's some hard thing he'd asked us to do. 00:50:31.530 --> 00:50:36.230 It's so simple that most folk miss it. Now we 00:50:36.230 --> 00:50:42.210 come to the thing of tongues and the experience. 00:50:43.929 --> 00:50:46.730 First of all, let me answer this as simply as 00:50:46.730 --> 00:50:50.710 I can. How is one filled with the Holy Spirit? 00:50:52.769 --> 00:50:58.050 He is with you, the scripture says, but he shall 00:50:58.050 --> 00:51:01.889 be in you. The Holy Spirit is with every Christian. 00:51:02.510 --> 00:51:05.829 If you're born again, the Holy Spirit is with 00:51:05.829 --> 00:51:10.530 you. He was even with you before you were born 00:51:10.530 --> 00:51:14.309 again because it's the Holy Spirit who convicts 00:51:14.309 --> 00:51:18.170 the sinner of sin and of judgment. The Holy Spirit 00:51:18.170 --> 00:51:21.570 is the mighty convicting power. Know that. If 00:51:21.570 --> 00:51:22.929 only you could realize the importance of the 00:51:22.929 --> 00:51:25.809 Holy Spirit. He is the convicting power. No man 00:51:25.809 --> 00:51:31.750 comes to the Lord of himself. If you're convicted, 00:51:31.989 --> 00:51:37.030 that is the Holy Spirit. He is with every Christian. 00:51:38.210 --> 00:51:43.250 If you're born again, He is with you. He's with 00:51:43.250 --> 00:51:47.829 every child of God. But when it comes to this 00:51:47.829 --> 00:51:56.730 experience, but he shall be in you. In. In. In. 00:51:56.949 --> 00:52:04.590 That makes a mighty close. In you. Here. But 00:52:04.590 --> 00:52:08.650 how? Let me give you a simple illustration that 00:52:08.650 --> 00:52:14.210 I possibly can. When we're born again. Let's 00:52:14.210 --> 00:52:17.130 say, for instance, our heart has four wounds 00:52:17.130 --> 00:52:23.849 in it. You want to know something? I don't think 00:52:23.849 --> 00:52:31.289 we could take it all at once. You know it? I 00:52:31.289 --> 00:52:35.449 really don't. Do you really want to know how 00:52:35.449 --> 00:52:37.389 powerful is the Holy Spirit? Do you really want 00:52:37.389 --> 00:52:39.829 to know? That's the reason when it comes to the 00:52:39.829 --> 00:52:42.599 slaying power of the Holy Spirit. And there are 00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:44.579 those who witness to the fact that it was like 00:52:44.579 --> 00:52:46.380 a bowl of electricity. Do you know what you're 00:52:46.380 --> 00:52:50.480 dealing with? Something greater than any electricity. 00:52:52.219 --> 00:52:54.579 These old physical bodies of ours can just take 00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:59.159 so much. They're not geared for all this power. 00:52:59.260 --> 00:53:03.659 You understand? That's the reason no man can 00:53:03.659 --> 00:53:06.599 look upon the face of God and live. All that 00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:09.480 Moses saw was the hinder part. That's the reason 00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:14.710 I know that God has a body. He's more than something 00:53:14.710 --> 00:53:18.929 ethereal. He's more than spirit. Moses literally 00:53:18.929 --> 00:53:29.670 saw. God is more than just spirit. Oh, I'd like 00:53:29.670 --> 00:53:31.690 to spend the next hour just on that, but I can't 00:53:31.690 --> 00:53:41.110 do it. But remember, the four rooms of our heart 00:53:41.150 --> 00:53:46.349 and at the time of salvation, we think we've 00:53:46.349 --> 00:53:50.989 given him everything. We think we have. And we 00:53:50.989 --> 00:53:53.610 open, as it were, one room of our heart and say, 00:53:53.690 --> 00:53:57.949 come in, Lord Jesus. Come in. And he comes in. 00:53:58.050 --> 00:54:02.469 We're born again. But there's something about 00:54:02.469 --> 00:54:07.730 the next day, you know. It's a light. It's something 00:54:07.730 --> 00:54:12.170 that's constant. It's glorious. It's a definite 00:54:12.170 --> 00:54:14.369 transaction. That new birth experience is a definite 00:54:14.369 --> 00:54:18.730 transaction. The songwriter had it when he wrote 00:54:18.730 --> 00:54:23.510 the words in the first stanza, some of self and 00:54:23.510 --> 00:54:29.690 some of thee. Then the next verse, less of self 00:54:29.690 --> 00:54:43.630 and more of thee. And then... None of self. I 00:54:43.630 --> 00:54:52.190 can't put it better. None of self. But all of 00:54:52.190 --> 00:55:00.329 thee. None of self. And it's the hardest thing 00:55:00.329 --> 00:55:05.409 in the world sometimes, I think, is for men and 00:55:05.409 --> 00:55:12.219 women to die. To die. None of self. None of self. 00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:27.159 None of self. But all these. But remember. He 00:55:27.159 --> 00:55:30.659 comes in as you worship and adore Jesus. For 00:55:30.659 --> 00:55:36.360 Jesus said he'd magnify me. And you get exactly 00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:42.280 what you seek. And many a person has sought tongues. 00:55:44.159 --> 00:55:51.820 Tongues. You cannot show to me from the Word 00:55:51.820 --> 00:55:57.500 of God. You cannot. No theologian can show me 00:55:57.500 --> 00:56:01.300 and prove to me in the Word of God that you and 00:56:01.300 --> 00:56:08.210 I were ever commanded to seek tongues. And I 00:56:08.210 --> 00:56:11.070 believe in the speaking in an unknown tongue. 00:56:11.969 --> 00:56:15.030 I believe in it with every atom of my being. 00:56:17.010 --> 00:56:20.070 Don't you dare go out of here. Don't you dare. 00:56:20.190 --> 00:56:22.329 I'll pray conviction on you that you won't sleep. 00:56:28.230 --> 00:56:34.449 And no sleeping pill will help you out. Don't 00:56:34.449 --> 00:56:38.610 you dare. I believe in the speaking in an unknown 00:56:38.610 --> 00:56:43.409 tongue. I've got to believe it. It's here. In 00:56:43.409 --> 00:56:46.949 the house of Cornelius, I believe. But they were 00:56:46.949 --> 00:56:53.750 at no time commanded to seek them. Never. Read 00:56:53.750 --> 00:57:00.750 Paul himself. They were seeking the Holy Spirit. 00:57:02.409 --> 00:57:07.650 In the upper room is 120. seeking Him, the Holy 00:57:07.650 --> 00:57:12.570 Spirit. And in the final analysis, my friend, 00:57:12.690 --> 00:57:18.889 when you talk about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, 00:57:19.170 --> 00:57:22.869 it's still just more of Jesus and more and more 00:57:22.869 --> 00:57:26.489 and more and more and more and more of Jesus. 00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:31.760 And what, my friend, is the speaking in an unknown 00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:35.159 tongue if you do not have the power of the Holy 00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:41.539 Ghost and the love of Jesus? I'll go back to 00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:46.380 that in just a second. If you seek tongues and 00:57:46.380 --> 00:57:50.199 you're not scriptural, you're absolutely not 00:57:50.199 --> 00:57:55.099 scriptural. If you get down on your knees and 00:57:55.099 --> 00:58:00.659 pray for tongues, You're not scripture. You're 00:58:00.659 --> 00:58:06.659 not scripture. You seek more of Jesus. And the 00:58:06.659 --> 00:58:10.199 Holy Spirit comes in through praise and adoration. 00:58:12.340 --> 00:58:18.239 You worship Jesus. He will glorify me. And when 00:58:18.239 --> 00:58:20.500 you get to the place where you love Jesus with 00:58:20.500 --> 00:58:25.400 all of your heart, it's so easy to die to self 00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:29.679 when you have... Jesus. When you love Jesus. 00:58:30.420 --> 00:58:34.840 It isn't a matter of struggling. It's so easy 00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:38.119 when you love Jesus enough to surrender to him. 00:58:38.519 --> 00:58:42.840 And you love him. And you adore him. And the 00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:49.340 Holy Spirit comes in. And he will announce his 00:58:49.340 --> 00:58:55.059 own incoming. It isn't that you seek any evidence. 00:58:56.250 --> 00:59:03.250 Don't seek the evidence. The evidence will come. 00:59:05.590 --> 00:59:09.130 And you don't have to seek the evidence. The 00:59:09.130 --> 00:59:12.829 evidence will come. How many understand? Put 00:59:12.829 --> 00:59:19.309 up a hand. And the greater of the two evidences 00:59:19.309 --> 00:59:24.210 is the power that's manifested in your life. 00:59:25.769 --> 00:59:29.590 For Jesus himself said, and he shall receive 00:59:29.590 --> 00:59:35.510 power. Don't let us put words in the mouth of 00:59:35.510 --> 00:59:40.610 Jesus. Don't go contrary to the teaching of the 00:59:40.610 --> 00:59:44.389 master. His last words, he knew human nature 00:59:44.389 --> 00:59:50.110 so well. And he shall receive power after that 00:59:50.110 --> 00:59:56.429 thought goes, has come upon you. And. The greatest 00:59:56.429 --> 00:59:58.809 evidence of having been filled with the Holy 00:59:58.809 --> 01:00:05.829 Spirit will be the fruit of the Spirit. Yeah? 01:00:06.849 --> 01:00:13.369 I'm going to tell you something. When you plant 01:00:13.369 --> 01:00:20.309 a peach tree, and if that's a genuine peach tree, 01:00:20.510 --> 01:00:28.119 you're not going to get crab apples. And remember 01:00:28.119 --> 01:00:41.239 something else. Noise isn't power. Yeah. I had 01:00:41.239 --> 01:00:44.460 an old Model T Ford one time. First car I... 01:00:44.460 --> 01:00:49.420 Oh, man. I'm going to tell you something. It's 01:00:49.420 --> 01:00:54.579 that old Ford. If noise had been power, that 01:00:54.579 --> 01:00:55.900 would have been the most powerful thing that 01:00:55.900 --> 01:01:00.840 ever was on the road. Back in Idaho, love is 01:01:00.840 --> 01:01:05.099 the only thing. I think I got it for $35. It's 01:01:05.099 --> 01:01:09.519 all I could afford. But say you drive one of 01:01:09.519 --> 01:01:18.440 Tinker Wilkerson's new Imperials. Now watch. 01:01:20.519 --> 01:01:24.880 Though... I speak with the tongues of men and 01:01:24.880 --> 01:01:32.840 of angels. And have not love, I am become a sounding 01:01:32.840 --> 01:01:37.099 brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have 01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:43.980 the gift of prophecy, understand all the mysteries, 01:01:44.260 --> 01:01:48.760 read it, that 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians. 01:01:50.090 --> 01:01:53.010 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the 01:01:53.010 --> 01:01:57.550 poor, though I gave my body to be burned and 01:01:57.550 --> 01:02:04.429 have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Now, 01:02:04.570 --> 01:02:10.210 if you want to know whether one has really been 01:02:10.210 --> 01:02:17.269 filled with Holy Spirit, there will be the evidence 01:02:17.269 --> 01:02:25.780 of the fruit. There will be the evidence. Love 01:02:25.780 --> 01:02:32.119 suffereth long. Oh, is patient. And is kind. 01:02:35.500 --> 01:02:40.579 Can your experience measure up with this? Endeth 01:02:40.579 --> 01:02:45.500 not. Sometimes I think we have more jealousies 01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:47.960 in our assemblies and in our churches than... 01:02:48.239 --> 01:02:53.480 Anyplace else in the world. The sin of jealousy 01:02:53.480 --> 01:02:56.380 is so prevalent. And it's the first sin that 01:02:56.380 --> 01:02:59.659 we have any record of whatsoever. That's what 01:02:59.659 --> 01:03:07.340 caused an angel to fall and become safe. Bonteth 01:03:07.340 --> 01:03:11.820 not itself. Is not puffed up. I've got to stop 01:03:11.820 --> 01:03:18.460 right there and say something. You Do not have 01:03:18.460 --> 01:03:27.980 the fruits of the Spirit. Watch this. If you 01:03:27.980 --> 01:03:34.940 have spiritual pride, you say, I have been filled. 01:03:35.039 --> 01:03:37.039 This gets me more than almost anything else. 01:03:38.320 --> 01:03:41.260 Somebody comes along and said, Oh, Ms. Gomez, 01:03:41.380 --> 01:03:45.179 so nice meeting you. I want you to know that 01:03:45.179 --> 01:03:47.840 I've been... filled with the holy spirit after 01:03:47.840 --> 01:03:51.860 the baptism the holy spirit i have all the gifts 01:03:51.860 --> 01:03:56.460 of the spirit and the more they talk the more 01:03:56.460 --> 01:04:03.400 puffed up i feel like taking a pin and just puncture 01:04:03.400 --> 01:04:08.380 the balloon and i get away from that one so fast 01:04:08.380 --> 01:04:16.960 because beloved The greatest of all Christian 01:04:16.960 --> 01:04:24.300 graces is humility. And if you have received 01:04:24.300 --> 01:04:28.820 the baptism of the Holy Spirit, remember, one 01:04:28.820 --> 01:04:33.760 of the fruits of the Spirit is humility. And 01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:36.280 some folks, after they think that they've been 01:04:36.280 --> 01:04:38.539 filled with the Holy Spirit, you can't touch 01:04:38.539 --> 01:04:40.920 them with a 10 -foot pole. They're so proud. 01:04:48.849 --> 01:04:59.250 else is on a lower level because they have received 01:04:59.250 --> 01:05:04.190 the baptism of the Holy Spirit. How many understand? 01:05:04.449 --> 01:05:10.349 Put up your hands. I'll go a step further when 01:05:10.349 --> 01:05:12.050 it comes to, and I'd like to take this whole 01:05:12.050 --> 01:05:15.469 thing. I'll go a step further when it comes to 01:05:15.469 --> 01:05:25.170 not only the but the gifts of the Spirit. If 01:05:25.170 --> 01:05:29.670 you have really received one or more of the gifts 01:05:29.670 --> 01:05:33.349 of the Spirit, you're not going to boast of it. 01:05:34.610 --> 01:05:37.570 You're not going to talk about it. You're not 01:05:37.570 --> 01:05:39.710 going to talk about it. You're not going to talk 01:05:39.710 --> 01:05:43.309 about it. Because these things are so sacred. 01:05:43.349 --> 01:05:45.989 These things are so sacred. They're so wonderful. 01:05:52.269 --> 01:05:59.650 A beautiful jewel. It's precious. It's precious. 01:06:00.210 --> 01:06:07.329 You got it so well. No one will ever hear Catherine 01:06:07.329 --> 01:06:15.349 Kuhl ever admit that she has been given any gift 01:06:15.349 --> 01:06:18.210 of the spirit. I would no more than anything 01:06:18.210 --> 01:06:22.980 in the world. I would no more. I would no more 01:06:22.980 --> 01:06:27.139 stand before an audience or even speak privately 01:06:27.139 --> 01:06:30.380 of any gift that the Spirit, the Holy Spirit 01:06:30.380 --> 01:06:36.739 has ever given me. It's a gift. A responsibility 01:06:36.739 --> 01:06:40.699 that goes with it. And you guard it so carefully. 01:06:40.860 --> 01:06:48.039 You guard it so carefully. And it gives you a 01:06:48.039 --> 01:06:53.139 reward. for what the Holy Spirit has done and 01:06:53.139 --> 01:06:59.420 has given. I beg of you, if there's one in this 01:06:59.420 --> 01:07:05.159 place who's gone around boasting of some gift 01:07:05.159 --> 01:07:12.699 of the Spirit, be careful. Be very careful how 01:07:12.699 --> 01:07:19.119 you use it. Be very careful. is a sacred trust. 01:07:19.699 --> 01:07:22.539 It's something so precious you don't talk about. 01:07:26.940 --> 01:07:30.159 Much as I've said this morning may be absolutely 01:07:30.159 --> 01:07:37.719 contrary to your theology. I'm not going to speak 01:07:37.719 --> 01:07:46.139 on tongues. There shall be no doubt in your mind. 01:07:51.079 --> 01:07:55.059 I believe in the speaking in an unknown tongue. 01:07:55.360 --> 01:08:00.300 But when the Holy Spirit does the speaking, it's 01:08:00.300 --> 01:08:08.900 going to be beautiful. Wonderful. And he speaks 01:08:08.900 --> 01:08:18.979 perfectly. He speaks perfectly. Sometimes... 01:08:20.810 --> 01:08:24.310 in some of the actions of the fever, you would 01:08:24.310 --> 01:08:27.510 almost get the idea that the Holy Spirit was 01:08:27.510 --> 01:08:41.890 illiterate. He's not an imbecile. The one through 01:08:41.890 --> 01:08:47.310 whom Jesus offered himself to be cured. Perfect 01:08:47.310 --> 01:08:51.789 wisdom. Perfect knowledge. Perfect in all things. 01:08:54.130 --> 01:08:57.989 And when he speaks, he'll speak beautifully. 01:08:58.729 --> 01:09:01.109 I'll tell you my first experience when I was 01:09:01.109 --> 01:09:06.789 young. I was so young. Not more than 16 years 01:09:06.789 --> 01:09:09.529 of age in Julian, Illinois. And the thing that 01:09:09.529 --> 01:09:10.869 I've been talking to you about this morning was 01:09:10.869 --> 01:09:13.029 so new to me. I knew nothing about the nothing. 01:09:13.569 --> 01:09:15.930 And all that I knew when I first started out 01:09:15.930 --> 01:09:18.010 in the ministry was just salvation. I knew nothing 01:09:18.010 --> 01:09:22.029 more. Nothing, I knew nothing more. I only knew 01:09:22.029 --> 01:09:26.949 that I'd been born again, that's all. And you 01:09:26.949 --> 01:09:28.409 do not give to anyone else any more than what 01:09:28.409 --> 01:09:32.989 you've experienced. It was an astounding feeling. 01:09:36.710 --> 01:09:39.989 One night I'd given an altar call. My personal 01:09:39.989 --> 01:09:44.319 work, I wasn't too wise in it. I practically 01:09:44.319 --> 01:09:46.220 locked the door, and if there was an unsaved 01:09:46.220 --> 01:09:48.300 person there, they didn't get out until I had 01:09:48.300 --> 01:09:51.479 them down on their knees. I pounded the devil 01:09:51.479 --> 01:09:55.159 right out of them. The Lord didn't do it. I did 01:09:55.159 --> 01:10:03.920 it for him. Oh, so unwise. I'd given the altar 01:10:03.920 --> 01:10:09.500 call, and then the services ended. There were 01:10:09.500 --> 01:10:12.960 still about three or four who were still kneeling. 01:10:13.289 --> 01:10:19.189 This was my first experience. I was sitting back 01:10:19.189 --> 01:10:23.649 with Isabel Drake's mother. Practically all the 01:10:23.649 --> 01:10:25.770 lights were turned out. I was saving electricity. 01:10:30.630 --> 01:10:34.729 Isabel Drake, a schoolteacher who would commute 01:10:34.729 --> 01:10:40.130 from Joliet, Illinois into Chicago. A very fine 01:10:40.130 --> 01:10:43.359 young lady. was kneeling at the altar for salvation, 01:10:43.720 --> 01:10:46.960 and I was sitting there quietly talking with 01:10:46.960 --> 01:10:55.779 her mother. And suddenly, Isabel Drake put back 01:10:55.779 --> 01:11:05.460 her head, and the most beautiful singing, the 01:11:05.460 --> 01:11:15.399 most beautiful singing, as clean as a bell. I 01:11:15.399 --> 01:11:21.260 never hear an opera singer. I never. When they 01:11:21.260 --> 01:11:30.840 hit those seas, I never. It was so deeply moved 01:11:30.840 --> 01:11:39.100 and affected. That's been years ago. It was perfect. 01:11:41.220 --> 01:11:44.680 I think I know a little bit of what they... Music 01:11:44.680 --> 01:11:47.100 is going to be like in heaven. Remember, when 01:11:47.100 --> 01:11:49.340 the Holy Spirit does it, it's perfection. There's 01:11:49.340 --> 01:11:51.680 never a wrong note. It's never flat. It's never 01:11:51.680 --> 01:11:55.600 sharp. When the Holy Spirit does it, it's perfection. 01:11:57.800 --> 01:12:02.699 And a mother grabbed my hand. She says, my daughter 01:12:02.699 --> 01:12:10.180 can't even carry a tune. That's not my daughter 01:12:10.180 --> 01:12:23.479 singing. my daughters and her face shone like 01:12:23.479 --> 01:12:30.640 an angel and as she sang oh the perfection of 01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:37.159 it she was glorifying and magnifying Jesus and 01:12:37.159 --> 01:12:43.279 this continued for about five minutes and that 01:12:43.279 --> 01:12:55.069 was it I heard the singing of the Holy Spirit. 01:13:01.310 --> 01:13:03.909 My mother had never heard me preach. If you only 01:13:03.909 --> 01:13:10.630 knew Mama. If you only knew Mama. Mama has died 01:13:10.630 --> 01:13:20.529 since. Mama had never heard me preach. The very 01:13:20.529 --> 01:13:22.710 first time was when she came to Denver, Colorado. 01:13:25.949 --> 01:13:28.689 I've got to believe in the speaking in a non 01:13:28.689 --> 01:13:31.430 -tongue. I've got to believe. But what I'm trying 01:13:31.430 --> 01:13:34.909 to say to you when he does it, it'll be perfection. 01:13:36.010 --> 01:13:38.229 It'll be perfection. Everything the Holy Spirit 01:13:38.229 --> 01:13:47.630 does is perfection. And after I finished preaching, 01:13:49.680 --> 01:13:51.899 I said, now there's a prayer room back here. 01:13:52.479 --> 01:13:55.819 And I thought, oh, what will Mama think? What 01:13:55.819 --> 01:14:00.340 will Mama think? And I'd been preaching on the 01:14:00.340 --> 01:14:03.079 power of the Holy Spirit. I don't think Mama 01:14:03.079 --> 01:14:05.399 understood one thing that I said. I don't think 01:14:05.399 --> 01:14:08.760 she did. Mama knew nothing about the Holy Spirit. 01:14:08.779 --> 01:14:19.649 Mama was Methodist. She didn't know too much 01:14:19.649 --> 01:14:27.729 about the new birth experience. I had to just 01:14:27.729 --> 01:14:30.829 slip back in the prayer room and I'll go back 01:14:30.829 --> 01:14:36.430 with you. And so they came. When I walked off 01:14:36.430 --> 01:14:38.609 of that platform, Mama was just sitting there. 01:14:39.489 --> 01:14:42.630 She didn't come. She didn't know what it was 01:14:42.630 --> 01:14:47.760 all about. After about 15 minutes, the door of 01:14:47.760 --> 01:14:50.159 the prayer room opened. There must have been 01:14:50.159 --> 01:14:52.800 about a hundred more kneeling there praying. 01:14:53.319 --> 01:14:57.100 Everyone with their heads down. And I saw Mama 01:14:57.100 --> 01:15:02.060 come through that door. She only knew my Mama. 01:15:02.680 --> 01:15:09.340 You can't appreciate this. You could not have 01:15:09.340 --> 01:15:18.840 convinced my Mama. The spiritual... things. She 01:15:18.840 --> 01:15:25.600 was so set in a way. If the Methodists didn't 01:15:25.600 --> 01:15:33.520 believe it, then it wasn't so. It wasn't so. 01:15:34.619 --> 01:15:38.819 Her father, my grandfather, was so Methodist 01:15:38.819 --> 01:15:41.359 that when he died, he would have staked life 01:15:41.359 --> 01:15:46.369 that only Methodists will be in heaven. I've 01:15:46.369 --> 01:15:49.350 often thought since, think what a surprise that 01:15:49.350 --> 01:15:54.310 Grandpa Walkenhurst got. And Mama knelt down. 01:15:57.250 --> 01:16:04.149 She hadn't been on her knees very long. I slowly 01:16:04.149 --> 01:16:08.510 walked over to her. Everybody was praying. And 01:16:08.510 --> 01:16:12.170 I laid my hands on her. She's such a quiet woman. 01:16:13.109 --> 01:16:22.079 When I touched her. My mama began to speak in 01:16:22.079 --> 01:16:24.460 a heavenly language. Mama never knew there was 01:16:24.460 --> 01:16:28.720 such a thing. My mama did not know there was 01:16:28.720 --> 01:16:30.539 such a thing as speaking in an unknown tongue. 01:16:30.659 --> 01:16:36.319 She didn't know it. She had never read it. She 01:16:36.319 --> 01:16:41.000 had never heard it. She had no light on it. She 01:16:41.000 --> 01:16:47.439 was not seeking for it. Explain these things. 01:16:47.579 --> 01:16:57.319 Who can? Who can? And my mother began speaking 01:16:57.319 --> 01:17:04.779 just as softly and brutally. It was glorious. 01:17:05.300 --> 01:17:13.520 It was glorious. It stood there. I had to believe 01:17:13.520 --> 01:17:17.079 in speaking in an unknown tongue. I have to, 01:17:17.199 --> 01:17:25.880 I have to. I have no choice. When she opened 01:17:25.880 --> 01:17:30.600 her eyes, she took my hands in hers for the first 01:17:30.600 --> 01:17:40.479 time that she had ever approved me being in the 01:17:40.479 --> 01:17:43.180 work that I was in. She took both of my hands 01:17:43.180 --> 01:17:47.140 in hers and she said, Catherine. Preaching that 01:17:47.140 --> 01:17:51.420 others might receive what I have just received. 01:17:52.399 --> 01:17:59.260 You want to know something? My mother did not 01:17:59.260 --> 01:18:18.439 sleep for three days and two nights. So great 01:18:18.439 --> 01:18:21.899 was the joy of the Lord upon her. She couldn't 01:18:21.899 --> 01:18:25.859 sleep. She couldn't sleep. There was no sleep 01:18:25.859 --> 01:18:31.760 in her. She couldn't. This joy. This joy. This 01:18:31.760 --> 01:18:37.960 joy. The next morning, they came to see her. 01:18:38.060 --> 01:18:45.079 The joy. The joy. It's something. Who can explain 01:18:45.079 --> 01:18:47.899 it? There are no words in the human vocabulary. 01:18:48.520 --> 01:18:51.880 You know it. You know it. You know it. My mother 01:18:51.880 --> 01:18:55.880 was never the same again. Never. The next day, 01:18:55.939 --> 01:19:02.800 there was no sleep. This joy. This joy. I had 01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:08.779 a new mama. My mama was a new person. This love 01:19:08.779 --> 01:19:13.720 that radiated from her. This love. Nobody had 01:19:13.720 --> 01:19:18.600 to prompt her. Nobody had to teach her this joy, 01:19:18.939 --> 01:19:26.579 this love, this love. And my mother never, never, 01:19:26.640 --> 01:19:30.560 never, never again was the same. My own experience. 01:19:33.340 --> 01:19:39.239 When I died and I told you last night, I came 01:19:39.239 --> 01:19:41.920 to the place of a dead end street when I gave 01:19:41.920 --> 01:19:46.979 him barky soul and spirit. I gave him body, soul, 01:19:47.220 --> 01:19:53.899 and spirit. And he came in, and he spoke through 01:19:53.899 --> 01:19:58.000 lips of clay. It was not Catherine Kuhlman, but 01:19:58.000 --> 01:20:03.359 it was when I gave him myself, all of me. All 01:20:03.359 --> 01:20:20.210 of me. All of me. It's so natural. It's so simple. 01:20:22.489 --> 01:20:28.649 You do not have to seek the manifestation. You 01:20:28.649 --> 01:20:33.850 just surrender to him and he does the rest. You 01:20:33.850 --> 01:20:40.550 know not how to pray or what to ask for. It's 01:20:40.550 --> 01:20:45.890 the Holy Spirit over here in Romans. this is 01:20:45.890 --> 01:20:48.729 precious i wish i had an entire hour on this 01:20:48.729 --> 01:20:52.670 likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities 01:20:52.670 --> 01:20:57.390 for we know not what we should pray for as we 01:20:57.390 --> 01:21:03.729 ought but the spirit itself maketh intercession 01:21:03.729 --> 01:21:09.069 for us with groanings which cannot be uttered 01:21:09.069 --> 01:21:13.560 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what 01:21:13.560 --> 01:21:16.039 is in the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh 01:21:16.039 --> 01:21:22.260 intercession. He maketh intercession for the 01:21:22.260 --> 01:21:25.560 saints according to the will of God. You say, 01:21:25.619 --> 01:21:31.340 have you ever spoken in tongues since? There 01:21:31.340 --> 01:21:35.300 are times when in my ignorance, in my lack of 01:21:35.300 --> 01:21:44.229 knowledge, I know not how to pray. and a dear 01:21:44.229 --> 01:21:47.210 old brother mcleod when i was so young when he 01:21:47.210 --> 01:21:49.750 was in his eighties took my hand in his ears 01:21:49.750 --> 01:21:52.590 and said never get out of the will of god girl 01:21:52.590 --> 01:21:54.130 and i didn't know what he was talking about i 01:21:54.130 --> 01:22:02.670 know now my own nature is to be impulsive but 01:22:02.670 --> 01:22:05.109 when it comes to the things of god i'm so slow 01:22:05.109 --> 01:22:09.010 to move i'm so afraid of getting out of the will 01:22:09.010 --> 01:22:15.130 of god afraid of getting out of His will. I wouldn't 01:22:15.130 --> 01:22:16.590 get out of the will of God for anything in the 01:22:16.590 --> 01:22:20.590 world. And there are times I don't know. I don't 01:22:20.590 --> 01:22:33.710 know how to pray. I don't know. I come and stand 01:22:33.710 --> 01:22:35.989 there in that moment of crisis and I don't know. 01:22:39.409 --> 01:22:44.090 And I look up. And always remember, when you 01:22:44.090 --> 01:22:47.090 get to the place where you have no will of your 01:22:47.090 --> 01:22:55.210 own, you cannot miss the will of God. It's not 01:22:55.210 --> 01:23:01.689 an easy place to get to. That's the reason why 01:23:01.689 --> 01:23:04.069 when you come to those places, you rush over 01:23:04.069 --> 01:23:05.850 to your neighbors and you rush over to somebody 01:23:05.850 --> 01:23:09.590 else. And you want them to say what you want 01:23:09.590 --> 01:23:18.770 to hear. There is a place when you come. And 01:23:18.770 --> 01:23:21.130 this is where the speaking in an unknown tongue 01:23:21.130 --> 01:23:27.109 comes in my life. I know now. And remember something. 01:23:27.869 --> 01:23:31.149 The Holy Spirit is not given for our own pleasure 01:23:31.149 --> 01:23:34.930 and our own enjoyment. It is not. The Holy Spirit 01:23:34.930 --> 01:23:39.430 is given for service. It is not for our own pleasure. 01:23:40.880 --> 01:23:45.479 You're misusing the Holy Spirit. You're misusing 01:23:45.479 --> 01:23:50.060 this wonderful person if you're using him for 01:23:50.060 --> 01:23:54.319 your own pleasure. A little spiritual picnic 01:23:54.319 --> 01:23:56.399 when you get together with some of the saints 01:23:56.399 --> 01:24:00.439 of God. You're misappropriating the power of 01:24:00.439 --> 01:24:04.000 the Holy Ghost. But there is a time when you 01:24:04.000 --> 01:24:08.840 know not how to pray. That there is one who knows 01:24:08.840 --> 01:24:12.239 the perfect will of God. And he never works separate 01:24:12.239 --> 01:24:14.399 and apart from the Father. He never works separate 01:24:14.399 --> 01:24:18.060 and apart from Jesus. He has perfect knowledge 01:24:18.060 --> 01:24:21.579 as to the will of God. And when I get to the 01:24:21.579 --> 01:24:25.619 place, I have no will of my own. And I throw 01:24:25.619 --> 01:24:33.600 myself upon the person who dwells within. and 01:24:33.600 --> 01:24:37.300 he comes before the throne and he makes intercession 01:24:37.300 --> 01:24:45.899 for me and he speaks for me and i can never miss 01:24:45.899 --> 01:24:50.479 la garde for he knows his will and talks of the 01:24:50.479 --> 01:24:51.279 father for me