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Today, you and I are going to have a good heart

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-to -heart talk. You know, I can understand much

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of the confusion in the minds of men and women

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as they sit and listen to one religious radio

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broadcast after another. And after about five

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or six hours of it, they turn their radio off

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and... By that time, they're not quite sure what

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they really do believe. For one preacher has

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said, it's like this. Thirty minutes later, another

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minister of the gospel will say, no, it isn't

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like that at all. It's like this. And both have

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used Scripture. You cannot deny that Scripture

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has not been used. It is the very Word of God.

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But there's so much confusion until there are

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literally thousands of good, sincere, born -again

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men and women who are not quite sure what they

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really do believe because of... The confusion

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that has been created by so many of God's precious

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children. Remember something. And if you forget

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everything else that I will say in a little heart

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-to -heart talk, never forget this one statement

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that Catherine Kuhlman has made today. And it's

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just this. Any truth, I don't care what the truth

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is, No matter how good, if emphasized to the

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exclusion of all other truth of equal importance,

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is practical error. Remember that. Any truth,

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no matter how good the truth, and it is truth,

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if Emphasized to the exclusion of other truth

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of equal importance is practical error. Let me

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give you an example. Let's take this thing of

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divine healing. And I'm going to give you two

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examples from the Word of God. The ninth chapter

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of John. And I'm going to read several verses.

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And everything that I give you today will be

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scriptural. And then you'll understand a little

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better what I'm trying to teach you. All right?

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John, the ninth chapter. And as Jesus passed

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by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

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And his disciples asked him, saying, Master,

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who did sin, this man or his parents, that he

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was born blind? And Jesus answered, Neither,

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neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents,

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but that the works of God should be made manifest

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in him. I must work the works of him that sent

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me while it is day. The night cometh when no

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man can work. As long as I am in the world, I

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am the light of the world. And when he had thus

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spoken, He spat on the ground and made clay of

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the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the

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blind man with the clay. And he said unto him,

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Go wash in the pool of Siloam. And he went his

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way, and he washed, and he came seeing. And the

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neighbors therefore, and they which... Before

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he had seen him that was blind, said, Is not

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this he that sat and begged? Some said, This

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is he. Others said, He is like him. But he said,

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I am he. Therefore said they unto him, How were

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thine eyes opened? And he answered and said,

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A man that is called Jesus made clay. and anointed

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mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of

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Siloam, and wash. And I went, and washed, and

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I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where

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is he? And he said, I know not. Now get this

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picture. Oh, I have relived it over and over

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again. I like it when they talk about the neighbors.

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Because you had them and I had them. We all have

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neighbors. Oh, dear me, and I can just see these

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neighbors, their mouths open, and they're watching

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the whole thing. Here's the man. Born blind,

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everybody in the community knew him. Oh, sure,

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they saw him every day. The master came to town,

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and he... two came face to face with the one

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who was born blind. And when Jesus saw him, he

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did something. He spat on the ground, he made

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clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes

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of the blind man with the clay. And then he said,

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Go wash in the pool of Siloam. And the man did.

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He did exactly that. He went his way, he washed,

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and he came seeing. Ever after that, knowing

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human nature as I know human nature, knowing

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human nature as you know human nature, there

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were those who said, you will never be healed.

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You absolutely cannot be healed unless spittle

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is made, unless the clay is laid on your eyes.

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And even after that, you cannot be healed. It

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is impossible for you to be healed unless you

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go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And I dare

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say the scripture doesn't say it. But I wouldn't

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be surprised if there were those who went about

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praying for the sick by making spittle, doing

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it exactly the way Jesus did it. They would spit

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on the ground. They would make clay of the spittle.

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They would anoint the eyes of the blind or anoint...

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the sick part of the human body, with this clay

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of spittle, and then they'd send them all to

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the Pool of Siloam to wash. Oh, I'll tell you,

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there were crowds around that Pool of Siloam

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all trying to wash. They were probably called

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the Spittleites. God, you always know they call

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themselves something. Ha -ha. The Spittleites

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went around praying for the sick. saying now

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you cannot be healed any other way. It's got

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to be exactly like that. But watch something.

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Any truth, no matter how good, if emphasized

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to the exclusion of other truths of equal importance,

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is practical error. I can prove that. Turn, if

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you will, please, now. to something else that

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happened to a blind man. Turn to the 18th chapter

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of Luke. It's the same Jesus. It's the same power.

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And it came to pass that as he was come nigh

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unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the

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wayside begging. And hearing the multitude pass

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by, he asked what it meant. another man, just

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as blind as the one whose eyes had been anointed

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with the clay. Both blind men. And hearing the

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multitude pass by, he couldn't see, but he could

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hear the multitude. He could hear their feet.

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And he asked what it meant. And they told him

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that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried,

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saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy

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on me. And David went before rebuked him that

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he should hold his peace, but he cried so much

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the more. Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

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I'm glad they couldn't shut him up. He wasn't

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going to be denied. He was desperate. Mm -hmm.

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And Jesus do it. Jesus just stood still, commanded

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him to be brought unto him. And when he was come

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near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that

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I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that

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I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him,

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Receive thy sight. Do you want to see something?

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All right, watch. Jesus did not spit on the ground.

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He did not make clay of the spittle. He did not

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even anoint the eyes of the blind man with clay.

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He didn't even tell him to go wash in the pool

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of Siloam. No. All on earth said Jesus did was

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to ask him a question. What wilt thou that I

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shall do unto thee? And Jesus knew the man's

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heart. He knew the man's need. He knew what that

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man wanted more than anything else in the whole

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world, standing face to face with a beggar. And

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yet he asked him the question, What wilt thou

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that I shall do unto thee? But he wanted an expression

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from this man. He wanted the man to express his

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need. And he said, Lord, that I may receive my

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sight. Jesus, without doing anything further,

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said unto him, Receive thy sight. Thy faith hath

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saved thee. And immediately he received his sight

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and followed him, glorifying God. And all the

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people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

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Now, what in the world do you think those Spitalites

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did about the man who had been healed without

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the anointing, without the clay? without washing

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in the pool of Ceylon. Well, knowing human nature

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as I do, there were a few of them who said, I

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don't believe the man was ever healed. I don't

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believe that he received his sight. He couldn't

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have received his sight without the anointing.

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He couldn't receive his sight. without having

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washed in the pool of Siloam. But he did. It

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was the same Jesus. It was the same power of

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the Holy Spirit. And both men received their

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sight. One, just as Jesus stood before him and

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said, Receive thy sight. Thy faith hath made

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thee whole. Thy faith hath saved thee. And the

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other one was healed as he went. But both were

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healed. I repeat, and this will do away with

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so much of the confusion in your mind regarding

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many things. of the Word of God. Any truth, no

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matter how good, if emphasized to the exclusion

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of other truth of equal importance, is practical

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error. You can be healed without the anointing

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oil. You can be healed without the prayer card,

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you can be healed without anyone laying hands

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on you. You can be healed right there in your

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own home this very moment without even having

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been in a miracle service. Who am I to say what

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method God will use in healing you? But for me

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to say that you cannot be healed except you be

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anointed with oil would be error. For me to say

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that you cannot be healed except hands are laid

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upon you and you are prayed for would be error.

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For me to say that you could not be healed unless

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you were present in a miracle service would be

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error. And you Some of you will never be healed

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unless you put forth the effort to be in a miracle

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service. For some of you, it is your faith that

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you cannot be healed unless hands are laid upon

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you and you're prayed for. It's like that. But

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do not say, that one cannot be healed except

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they're anointed. You can't do it. You just cannot

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do it. Now let's come to this wonderful experience

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of being filled with the Holy Spirit. I told

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you this was going to be a good practical heart

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-to -heart talk. Oh, sure. We come to this experience

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being filled with the Spirit. The baptism of

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the Holy Spirit. The fullness of the Spirit.

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We find that God gave the gift of the Holy Spirit

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on the day of Pentecost. And again, at the household

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of Cornelius. We see that in both instances,

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the Holy Spirit was given without any human agency

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whatsoever. You cannot find in the second chapter

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of Acts where there was any human agency when

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they were filled with the Holy Spirit in the

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upper room. There was no laying on of hands.

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None. You turn to the tenth chapter of Acts.

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Then the household of Cornelius. No, I tell you,

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that was great. Sure. While Peter yet spake these

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words, the Holy Ghost fell on all they which

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heard the word, and they of the circumcision

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which believed were astonished. As many as came

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with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also

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was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost, for

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they heard them speak with tongues and magnify

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God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid,

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Walter, that these should not be baptized, which

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have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Mm

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-hmm. There was no laying on of hands. There

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was no human agency whatsoever. But at the Samaritan

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revival, as recorded in the 8th chapter of Acts,

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the 17th verse, and at the Ephesus revival, The

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19th chapter of Acts, the 6th verse. The baptism

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of the Holy Spirit was received by the laying

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on of hands. It's there. Just read it. Turn,

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if you will, please, to the 19th chapter of Acts,

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the 6th verse. And when Peter had laid his hands

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upon them, The Holy Ghost came on them, and they

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spake with tongues and prophesied. And yet in

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the house of Cornelius, there's no scripture

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whatsoever that tells us that Peter laid hands

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on any of them. The Holy Ghost fell on all them

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which heard the word. There was no laying on

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of hands. But in another instance, Peter laid

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his hands upon them. and the Holy Ghost came

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on them, and they spake with tongues and prophesied.

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Therefore, we find that 50 % of the Scripture

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speaks of the laying on of hands in receiving

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the Holy Ghost, and 50 % without any human agency.

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Therefore, you cannot say that one has to have

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the laying on of hands before one is filled with

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the Holy Spirit. Neither can you say that the

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laying on of hands is not scriptural. I repeat,

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any truth, no matter how good, if emphasized

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to the exclusion of all other truths of equal

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importance, is practical error. But I want to

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go one step further, just one step further, while

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we're on this subject of being filled with the

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Holy Spirit. whether one is filled with the laying

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on of hands or without. There is not one single

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passage in the Bible, either in the Old Testament

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or the New Testament, where the baptism of the

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Holy Spirit is spoken of, where it is not connected

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with testimony or service. Whenever one is filled

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with the Holy Spirit, Whether you've received

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that experience with or without the laying on

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of hands, the Holy Spirit is given the believer

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for power, for service. Not one single passage

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in the entire Bible where the Holy Spirit is

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given the believer. There is... Always that truth

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that it is connected with testimony or service

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for the Lord. God bless you.