WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.280 We're in a study regarding the personality of 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:11.060 the Holy Spirit. And I want you to follow me 00:00:11.060 --> 00:00:17.940 very closely with the Word of God. Every statement 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:24.000 that I make, I will back up with God's Word. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:29.000 Therefore, I'll wait just a second until you 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:33.600 get it. out your Bible. And remember again that 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:39.439 the Holy Spirit is a person with a definite personality 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:45.079 who has always been in existence. That's one 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:47.000 thing that's so difficult for folk to understand. 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:55.020 I don't know why it is. But we have proof that 00:00:55.020 --> 00:01:01.079 the Holy Spirit has always existed. Turn, if 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:02.640 you will, Pete, to the 9th chapter of Hebrews, 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:08.319 the 14th verse. How much more shall the blood 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:13.060 of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit... 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:19.140 Who is the eternal Spirit? The Holy Spirit? Here 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:23.799 we have Jesus. How much more shall the blood 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:27.700 of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit... 00:01:28.750 --> 00:01:32.049 Through the Holy Spirit, offered himself without 00:01:32.049 --> 00:01:37.209 spot to God. Purge your conscience from dead 00:01:37.209 --> 00:01:42.530 works to serve the living God. As the Holy Spirit, 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:46.430 the third person of Godhead, has existed from 00:01:46.430 --> 00:01:50.950 all of eternity, it stands to reason that if 00:01:50.950 --> 00:01:54.290 we would pursue the same course of speaking and 00:01:54.290 --> 00:01:57.069 writing about him and thinking about him and 00:01:57.069 --> 00:02:01.799 preaching, and interpreting the word regarding 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.640 him as we do about the person and the work of 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.259 Jesus Christ, the Son of God, then much of the 00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:11.159 mystery and misunderstanding as to his person 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:15.340 and work would very quickly disappear. We have 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:18.759 never been taught regarding this third person 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:22.759 of the Trinity. So many people feel that suddenly 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:28.610 there appears in our midst a new person. A new 00:02:28.610 --> 00:02:33.949 personality. And how often recently I have heard 00:02:33.949 --> 00:02:37.509 folk in discussing the Holy Spirit talk about 00:02:37.509 --> 00:02:41.949 this wonderful new person. This new movement 00:02:41.949 --> 00:02:47.469 that is upon us. But he is not a new person. 00:02:48.189 --> 00:02:53.110 This is not a new personality. We have never 00:02:53.110 --> 00:02:58.289 been taught regarding the third person of the 00:02:58.289 --> 00:03:04.569 Trinity. If you will, please, turn to the 26th 00:03:04.569 --> 00:03:10.030 chapter of Job. I want you to see the work of 00:03:10.030 --> 00:03:14.449 the Holy Spirit when it comes to creation. And 00:03:14.449 --> 00:03:18.509 we read in Job the 26th chapter, the 13th verse, 00:03:18.689 --> 00:03:23.770 by His Spirit. And always when the Bible speaks 00:03:23.770 --> 00:03:30.669 of His Spirit. or the Spirit. It always refers 00:03:30.669 --> 00:03:38.370 to the Holy Spirit. By His Spirit, He hath garnished 00:03:38.370 --> 00:03:42.990 the heavens. In other words, by His Spirit, by 00:03:42.990 --> 00:03:48.069 the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit made the heavens 00:03:48.069 --> 00:03:51.930 beautiful with stars and suns. The work of the 00:03:51.930 --> 00:03:55.050 Trinity in creation has been described thus. 00:03:55.710 --> 00:04:01.310 God the Father created the matter. God the Son 00:04:01.310 --> 00:04:06.789 molded it into shape as seen in the heavens and 00:04:06.789 --> 00:04:11.110 the earth and every visible object. And God the 00:04:11.110 --> 00:04:16.949 Holy Spirit breathed into all creation life. 00:04:18.050 --> 00:04:24.620 He gave creation life. And here we see... All 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:30.120 three persons at work in creation. Read it. It's 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.259 there. The 13th verse of the 26th chapter of 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:40.060 Job. By His Spirit, He has garnished the heavens. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:48.139 By the Holy Spirit, He made the heavens beautiful 00:04:48.139 --> 00:04:54.209 with stars and suns. Mm -hmm. God... The Father 00:04:54.209 --> 00:05:00.069 created the matter. For it's God the Father who 00:05:00.069 --> 00:05:08.889 is the great creator. God the Son molded it into 00:05:08.889 --> 00:05:15.670 shape. And the Holy Spirit breathed into creation 00:05:15.670 --> 00:05:19.850 life. For the Holy Spirit is the part that raised 00:05:19.850 --> 00:05:23.939 Jesus from the dead. The Holy Spirit is... resurrection 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:31.680 life. He is the power of the Trinity. There we 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.879 see all three persons at work in creation. You 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:42.759 cannot, it is impossible to leave one of these 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:49.600 persons out in speaking of the creation, in speaking 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.009 of the creation of man. For remember the word 00:05:53.009 --> 00:06:01.990 said, let us. God is speaking. When he was about 00:06:01.990 --> 00:06:08.569 to create man, he said, let us. To whom was he 00:06:08.569 --> 00:06:15.449 speaking? To Jesus Christ, his son. To the Holy 00:06:15.449 --> 00:06:22.100 Spirit. Let us make man in our... image and after 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:26.720 our likeness. Now go back again, if you will, 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:29.660 please, for just a minute to Genesis, the second 00:06:29.660 --> 00:06:34.540 chapter, the seventh verse. And the Lord God 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:40.620 formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed 00:06:40.620 --> 00:06:45.240 into his nostrils the breath of life and man 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.920 became a living soul. And here we see the threefold 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:52.670 work of God. The Father made the dust of the 00:06:52.670 --> 00:06:57.709 ground. The Son, like a mighty sculptor, molds 00:06:57.709 --> 00:07:01.810 the clay into a statue, formed the dust in the 00:07:01.810 --> 00:07:05.889 shape of a man, and the Holy Spirit breathed 00:07:05.889 --> 00:07:13.529 into its nostrils the breath of life. And there 00:07:13.529 --> 00:07:16.829 you have the three persons at work in the creation 00:07:16.829 --> 00:07:25.620 of man. And the earth was without form, and void, 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:29.100 and darkness was upon the face of the earth. 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:35.720 And the Spirit of God. Again, we have the Holy 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:39.439 Spirit. For I just told you, every time the Word 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.560 of God speaks of the Spirit of God, it always 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.920 refers to the Holy Spirit. No, the Holy Spirit 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.209 is not... A new personality that has suddenly 00:07:50.209 --> 00:07:54.970 come upon the scene. And the Spirit of God, the 00:07:54.970 --> 00:07:58.569 Holy Spirit, moved upon the face of the waters. 00:07:59.910 --> 00:08:02.269 And here again, we have the work of the Holy 00:08:02.269 --> 00:08:07.790 Spirit in the restoration of the earth. And this 00:08:07.790 --> 00:08:09.610 reveals to us that the work of the Holy Spirit 00:08:09.610 --> 00:08:18.810 in creation was to impart and restore life. Let's 00:08:18.810 --> 00:08:24.970 turn to the Old Testament and see what we find 00:08:24.970 --> 00:08:30.069 regarding the work of the Holy Spirit in lives 00:08:30.069 --> 00:08:36.409 of individuals. For very often I find men and 00:08:36.409 --> 00:08:42.490 women who feel that the Holy Spirit only came 00:08:42.490 --> 00:08:51.269 upon individuals to the 120 at the day of Pentecost? 00:08:53.330 --> 00:08:56.450 No. If you study the Word of God very closely, 00:08:56.610 --> 00:09:01.629 if you study the work of the Holy Spirit in the 00:09:01.629 --> 00:09:04.570 lives of individuals in the Old Testament, you'll 00:09:04.570 --> 00:09:11.590 find that even before the experience in the upper 00:09:11.590 --> 00:09:15.409 room on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit 00:09:15.409 --> 00:09:21.509 had... come upon men and women. Now there are 00:09:21.509 --> 00:09:24.409 a number of passages of Scripture that may be 00:09:24.409 --> 00:09:28.389 cited to show that there were men who were indwelt 00:09:28.389 --> 00:09:33.730 by the Holy Spirit of God and who had this special 00:09:33.730 --> 00:09:38.710 privilege given to them by God. Now the first 00:09:38.710 --> 00:09:42.470 reference we find to this indwelling of the Holy 00:09:42.470 --> 00:09:46.980 Spirit is in the 41st chapter of Genesis. The 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:52.440 38th verse. And here we have a word from a heathen 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:59.659 king. Pharaoh of Egypt spoke concerning one of 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:07.000 God's chosen ones, Joseph. And what Pharaoh said 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.159 about Joseph was one of the greatest compliments 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:15.419 that a man can know. Joseph was never paid a 00:10:15.419 --> 00:10:20.049 higher... compliment then he was paid by a hidden 00:10:20.049 --> 00:10:24.750 king and this is what pharaoh of egypt said about 00:10:24.750 --> 00:10:34.370 joseph can we find such a one as this man is 00:10:34.370 --> 00:10:45.340 a man in whom the spirit of god is He sensed 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:50.519 something different. He knew what it was in Joseph. 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:52.919 It was something that's supernatural. It was 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:57.100 something that set him completely apart from 00:10:57.100 --> 00:11:01.759 all other men. He recognized the presence of 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:07.879 the Holy Spirit in the life of Joseph. And I 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:12.460 still contend that even the unbeliever could... 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:18.070 They will recognize the Holy Spirit in the life 00:11:18.070 --> 00:11:22.769 of a man or a woman who is filled with the Spirit. 00:11:24.350 --> 00:11:26.669 I do not believe that Pharaoh understood what 00:11:26.669 --> 00:11:29.370 he was saying, for he was very ignorant of the 00:11:29.370 --> 00:11:33.049 Trinity. I believe he was very ignorant regarding 00:11:33.049 --> 00:11:35.950 the Holy Spirit, ignorant of the third person. 00:11:36.649 --> 00:11:39.830 But Pharaoh recognized that there was something 00:11:39.830 --> 00:11:43.879 manifested in God's servant. that was not observed 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:48.860 in other men. It was something that Pharaoh had 00:11:48.860 --> 00:11:53.259 never seen before, even though he'd been surrounded 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:57.259 by multitudes of priests in his own religion. 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:06.860 Mm -hmm. There was something different. Oh, my 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:12.360 friend, there's that same... difference today 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:19.019 in the life of an individual who has been filled 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:24.259 with the Spirit of God. You can be born again. 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:31.700 You can be a Christian. And yet, if a person 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:36.360 has been filled with the Holy Spirit, there is 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:43.269 still something about it that is by even the 00:12:43.269 --> 00:12:48.090 unregenerated man. Now, let's go a little further. 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:53.669 In Exodus, the 28th chapter, we find a reference 00:12:53.669 --> 00:12:55.789 to men who were given the gift of the Holy Spirit 00:12:55.789 --> 00:13:00.370 in order to enable them to work as skilled craftsmen 00:13:00.370 --> 00:13:02.889 in erecting and building the tabernacle in the 00:13:02.889 --> 00:13:07.850 wilderness. This is something that to me is very 00:13:07.850 --> 00:13:14.080 thrilling. In the third verse of the 28th chapter 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:18.440 of Exodus, we read these words. And thou shalt 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:23.700 speak unto all that are wise -hearted, whom I 00:13:23.700 --> 00:13:29.580 have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they 00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:32.860 may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.580 that he may minister unto me in the priest's 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:42.870 office. The same Holy Spirit that we know. Mm 00:13:42.870 --> 00:13:47.789 -hmm. Thou shalt speak unto all that are wise 00:13:47.789 --> 00:13:53.610 -hearted, whom I have filled with the Spirit 00:13:53.610 --> 00:13:59.730 of wisdom. Go a little further. In the 31st chapter 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:03.690 of Exodus, concerning the workmen who would erect 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:07.169 the tabernacle, I quote from the Word of God, 00:14:07.529 --> 00:14:11.940 I have... Build him with the Spirit of God in 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:15.600 wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:21.460 and in all manner of workmanship to devise cunning 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:24.860 works to work in gold and in silver and in brass 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:29.600 and in cutting of stones to set them and in carving 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.919 of timber to work in all manner of workmanship. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.860 You understand? The tabernacle was to be erected 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:46.279 according to a divine plan. God held the blueprint 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:54.220 to this wonderful tabernacle that was to be erected 00:14:54.220 --> 00:15:00.279 according to his plan, a divine plan. There were 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:04.820 to be no imperfection in its design. There was 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:10.440 to be no imperfection. in the craftsmanship with 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:15.039 which it was built. And God gave the Holy Spirit 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:20.820 as a gift to these craftsmen so that the work 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.700 that they accomplished with their hands should 00:15:23.700 --> 00:15:28.519 be a perfect work in order that there should 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:33.580 be a perfect temple in which God could dwell. 00:15:35.629 --> 00:15:41.450 And to have a perfect temple with perfect craftsmanship, 00:15:41.490 --> 00:15:52.490 perfect work, using imperfect men, he filled 00:15:52.490 --> 00:15:56.730 them with the Holy Spirit, that he would have 00:15:56.730 --> 00:16:03.210 a perfect work of art, a perfect temple in which 00:16:03.210 --> 00:16:08.720 God could dwell. And God said, I have filled 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:16.259 him with the Spirit of God. Oh, no, beloved. 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:22.539 The Holy Spirit is not a new personality. Many 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:28.139 of the Old Testament saints were filled with 00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:32.159 the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit came upon them. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.559 Go a little further, if you will, please. The 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.200 11th chapter of Numbers, and here we find Moses. 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:47.179 Associated with him were 70 men who were set 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:51.620 apart to become counselors and advisors and assistants 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:55.539 in the responsibility of supervising Israel. 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.379 And I'll tell you, that was a terrific responsibility. 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:05.619 That was a tremendous responsibility. Here was 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:09.819 Moses, having been called of God for a very definite 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:16.740 work. But, along with this great responsibility, 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:24.019 there were associated with him 70 men. And they 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:29.259 were advisors. They were assistants. They too 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:33.539 had the responsibility of helping to supervise 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:41.019 Israel. And God said, I will come down and talk 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:45.940 with thee there, and I will take of the spirit 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:51.400 which is upon thee, and will put it upon them, 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:55.019 and they shall bear the burden of the people 00:17:55.019 --> 00:18:01.240 with thee. that thou beareth not thyself alone. 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:09.720 If you want to have a board of deacons in your 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:20.400 church who are under the direct guidance and 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:24.869 authority of the Holy Spirit, they must... all 00:18:24.869 --> 00:18:32.930 be spirit -filled men. Because if they are all 00:18:32.930 --> 00:18:35.750 spirit -filled, then they will have the mind 00:18:35.750 --> 00:18:41.430 of the same spirit, the one spirit. And it's 00:18:41.430 --> 00:18:46.390 just like that. That's the reason, you see, it 00:18:46.390 --> 00:18:48.670 is impossible when it comes to an organization. 00:18:49.890 --> 00:18:52.490 I'm not talking about this great organism, the 00:18:52.490 --> 00:18:56.279 body of Christ. I'm talking about a religious 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:01.160 organization. The reason we have so much dissension 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:06.420 and there's so much backbiting and let's just 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:11.380 face it, if you're looking for a perfect church 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:18.980 to join, you'll never find it. I don't care whether 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:24.559 it's Methodist or Baptist or Nazarene or... Assembly 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:28.599 of God or Foursquare. I don't care whether it's 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:32.420 Catholic or Protestant. If you're waiting to 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:36.779 find a perfect church, I'm talking about an organized 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:40.099 church, not the great organism. I'm not talking 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:49.380 about his church. Because, my friend, this organization 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:56.079 is made up of human beings. And you cannot find 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:01.240 human beings who are perfect. If they are to 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:06.019 have one mind, they must have the mind of Christ. 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:10.859 And you can only get the mind of Christ when 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:16.059 men and women are filled with the Holy Spirit. 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:22.559 Then and then alone will they work. together 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:27.240 in perfect unity if they continue to be led of 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:32.500 the Spirit. God saw the importance of that. That's 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:36.299 the reason not only was Moses filled with the 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:42.319 Holy Spirit, but when these 70 men who were set 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.400 apart to become counselors and advisors and assistants 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:49.740 in the responsibility of supervising Israel, 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:57.259 also filled the Seventh -day with the Holy Spirit 00:20:57.259 --> 00:21:00.880 so they could work in perfect oneness in the 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:06.799 Spirit and have the same mind. That's something. 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:09.759 Now, as far as I can determine, the Scripture 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.180 has not previously said that Moses was indwelt 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:15.000 and empowered and made wise by the Spirit of 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:20.519 God, yet God said in this passage that he would 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:25.579 take... the Spirit that was given to Moses and 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:30.539 would give it to the 70 also. And thus we would 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:32.660 see that since the Spirit was taken from Moses 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:37.519 and given to the 70, Moses himself ministered 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.660 by the gift of the Holy Spirit that was given 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:41.940 to him. And in the same chapter, notice something 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:46.220 else. The Lord came down in the cloud and spake 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:51.099 unto him and took of the spirit that was upon 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:57.980 him, and gave it unto the seventy elders. God 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:01.519 singled out not one man, as he had done with 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:07.900 Joseph, but seventy men, and gave them this gift. 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:12.400 And as far as we can tell, there was just these 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.680 seventy men among all the multitudes of the children 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.690 of Israel, besides Moses. and besides Aaron, 00:22:18.869 --> 00:22:23.690 who possessed this particular gift of the Holy 00:22:23.690 --> 00:22:29.970 Spirit to empower them for this work of leadership. 00:22:30.690 --> 00:22:37.329 And I still contend that we need spirit -filled 00:22:37.329 --> 00:22:45.509 men and women in the places of leadership today. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.140 God bless you.