Here's the final question. A person has had a
real experience with God in the charismatic clinic,
but is still having some problem with the cigarette
habit. He wants to know, is this an addiction,
or is it demonically caused, or what can he do
about it? That's a good question. All right,
I'll be very frank. This is my last question.
I've enjoyed today. I've enjoyed this. I have
never in my life ever preached a sermon against
cigarettes. I've never preached a sermon against
dress. I've never preached a sermon against liquor.
I have never preached a sermon against these
things. I'll tell you why. And yet, beloved,
watch something. Don't you dare use that which
I have said as the license for doing any of these.
I'm not talking about that. I believe that we
need to preach a positive gospel. It's positive.
It's positive. It's a positive gospel. It is
not my business to preach a negative gospel,
to preach against the... It is my business to
lift up Jesus Christ. I lift up Jesus. I lift
up Jesus. Pastor, if all you've got to preach
about when you get up in the pulpit is about
the miniskirts and the long hair... and the way
people look, I still contend that when you are
born again, you'll get a new plumage. I believe
that. You'll never hear Kathryn Kuhlman ever
preach against these things, never. As long as
I'm faithful, In lifting up Jesus, I lift up
Jesus. I lift up Jesus in all of his beauty.
And I, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men
unto me. And when you get that wonderful experience
and your life is transformed by the power of
God, there's something about it. And you've listened
to the radio. And you've heard the testimony
over and over and over again of many a man who
has said, Miss Goldman, you know something wonderful?
I went out of that service, that miracle service.
I lit up my cigarette, and it didn't taste good.
It was just awful. And then instead, I tried
a different brand. You know, the filter kind.
And that didn't work. And then I tried another.
Did you hear the man? And I said to him, well,
I didn't say anything about cigarettes. No, you
didn't say anything about cigarettes. You didn't
say a thing about cigarettes. I didn't say it.
But when that man was born again, and when the
Spirit of the Living God got hold of him, These
old feathers just naturally dropped off. He became
a new creature in Christ Jesus and the things
you once loved, you now hate. All right, I'm
going to answer a question. I do not know who
answered that question. I do not know who asked
it. I do know that one day a pastor stood in
the center aisle of Carnegie Auditorium. And
his wife brought him. He'd been living in adultery.
And they stood there. She was crying. She said,
my husband. And the only reason he was there
was because he'd been caught. I said, sir, to
tell the truth, it would do me no good to pray
for you because you are enjoying your sin and
because you are enjoying it, you're going to
continue, you're going to walk out of here and
continue doing it just the same. It would be
insulting God. for me to stand here and make
a mockery of this i said you're enjoying your
sin aren't you he said i sure am i said i can
pray till i'm blue in the face your wife can
cry until there's no longer tears left in her
eyes but you have to make the decision You have
got to do it. When you are willing to surrender
that sin, God will give you deliverance. God
will give you deliverance, but he's not going
to knock you in the head and say, you know, if
you're waiting for God to take it away from you
and force you to give it up. But I'll promise
any man, I don't care who you are. I'll promise
any person that if of all of your heart, not
mine, but with all of your heart, you look out
and you really want deliverance. You really want
it. Beloved, you can't. challenge me on that
because God's word backs it up. If we confess
our sins, he's able and just to forgive us our
sins. He'll set you free. And whom the Son sets
free is free indeed. And when you're willing
to give it up, beloved, all you have to do is
to furnish the willingness and he will give the
deliverance. Amen and amen and amen.