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Here's the final question. A person has had a

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real experience with God in the charismatic clinic,

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but is still having some problem with the cigarette

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habit. He wants to know, is this an addiction,

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or is it demonically caused, or what can he do

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about it? That's a good question. All right,

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I'll be very frank. This is my last question.

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I've enjoyed today. I've enjoyed this. I have

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never in my life ever preached a sermon against

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cigarettes. I've never preached a sermon against

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dress. I've never preached a sermon against liquor.

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I have never preached a sermon against these

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things. I'll tell you why. And yet, beloved,

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watch something. Don't you dare use that which

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I have said as the license for doing any of these.

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I'm not talking about that. I believe that we

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need to preach a positive gospel. It's positive.

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It's positive. It's a positive gospel. It is

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not my business to preach a negative gospel,

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to preach against the... It is my business to

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lift up Jesus Christ. I lift up Jesus. I lift

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up Jesus. Pastor, if all you've got to preach

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about when you get up in the pulpit is about

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the miniskirts and the long hair... and the way

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people look, I still contend that when you are

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born again, you'll get a new plumage. I believe

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that. You'll never hear Kathryn Kuhlman ever

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preach against these things, never. As long as

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I'm faithful, In lifting up Jesus, I lift up

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Jesus. I lift up Jesus in all of his beauty.

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And I, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men

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unto me. And when you get that wonderful experience

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and your life is transformed by the power of

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God, there's something about it. And you've listened

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to the radio. And you've heard the testimony

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over and over and over again of many a man who

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has said, Miss Goldman, you know something wonderful?

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I went out of that service, that miracle service.

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I lit up my cigarette, and it didn't taste good.

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It was just awful. And then instead, I tried

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a different brand. You know, the filter kind.

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And that didn't work. And then I tried another.

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Did you hear the man? And I said to him, well,

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I didn't say anything about cigarettes. No, you

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didn't say anything about cigarettes. You didn't

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say a thing about cigarettes. I didn't say it.

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But when that man was born again, and when the

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Spirit of the Living God got hold of him, These

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old feathers just naturally dropped off. He became

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a new creature in Christ Jesus and the things

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you once loved, you now hate. All right, I'm

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going to answer a question. I do not know who

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answered that question. I do not know who asked

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it. I do know that one day a pastor stood in

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the center aisle of Carnegie Auditorium. And

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his wife brought him. He'd been living in adultery.

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And they stood there. She was crying. She said,

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my husband. And the only reason he was there

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was because he'd been caught. I said, sir, to

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tell the truth, it would do me no good to pray

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for you because you are enjoying your sin and

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because you are enjoying it, you're going to

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continue, you're going to walk out of here and

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continue doing it just the same. It would be

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insulting God. for me to stand here and make

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a mockery of this i said you're enjoying your

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sin aren't you he said i sure am i said i can

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pray till i'm blue in the face your wife can

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cry until there's no longer tears left in her

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eyes but you have to make the decision You have

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got to do it. When you are willing to surrender

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that sin, God will give you deliverance. God

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will give you deliverance, but he's not going

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to knock you in the head and say, you know, if

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you're waiting for God to take it away from you

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and force you to give it up. But I'll promise

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any man, I don't care who you are. I'll promise

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any person that if of all of your heart, not

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mine, but with all of your heart, you look out

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and you really want deliverance. You really want

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it. Beloved, you can't. challenge me on that

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because God's word backs it up. If we confess

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our sins, he's able and just to forgive us our

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sins. He'll set you free. And whom the Son sets

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free is free indeed. And when you're willing

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to give it up, beloved, all you have to do is

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to furnish the willingness and he will give the

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deliverance. Amen and amen and amen.