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We've been having some good heart -to -heart

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talks regarding the person and the personality

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of the Holy Spirit. And I'm going to continue

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exactly where I left off. And you know by now

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that you're to have your Bibles out so that you

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can follow me in every scripture that I give.

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Because it is most important that I can back

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up every statement that I make with the Word

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of God. And it's just like that. The Word of

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God, the Bible, is the final authority. I would

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not dare give you my ideas. I wouldn't ask you

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to. When I inject something that is my own idea,

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I feel perfectly free to say to you now, you

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don't have to accept it. Now, this is the way

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I see it. But you do not have to accept it because

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it's my idea. But neither one of us dare deviate

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one iota from the Word of God. His Word is truth,

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and there is no greater authority. Well, yesterday

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we were talking about the Holy Spirit in the

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Old Testament. And wasn't that sort of when you

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saw the Holy Spirit in creation? You never dreamed,

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did you, that the Holy Spirit had such an important

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part in creation. But he did. He had an important

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part in not only the creation of the earth, but

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in the creation of man. We should have seen that

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a long time ago. Because God said, let us make

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man in our image and after our likeness. To whom

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was he referring when he said, let us? He was

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speaking with Jesus, with the Holy Spirit. Then

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we saw the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament was

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not universal in the way that he is universal

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today. He came upon a very few selected individuals.

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He came upon them for a very special purpose.

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He came upon them to give them special privileges.

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to empower their hands with skill and that to

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me is very revealing extremely revealing to think

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that the holy spirit came upon certain individuals

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to empower their hands with skill or to open

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their tongues to speak or to give them ability

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to lead When you realize that he came upon Moses

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and upon the 70 who assisted Moses to give them

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ability to guide the nation Israel. But remember,

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all of these experiences were a sovereign act

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of God. The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

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was not... In each instance, it was a sovereign

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act of God. Neither Moses, nor Joseph, nor Samson,

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nor Gideon was indwelt because of some special

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thing within the man. Or that they could demand

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this special power because of some promise that

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was universal. No. They did not do something

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to get the Holy Spirit's presence. God gave them

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that gift sovereignly. They had nothing to do

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with it. Nor could they get it by asking for

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it. There was no promise that they could claim

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and say, now this is your promise. You promised

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it unto me. No. God chose them and made them

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his instruments. And the first important distinction

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to observe then is that the Holy Spirit's indwelling

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in the Old Testament was not universal for all

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believers. But today it is. That's what makes

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it so wonderful. That is why those words that

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Peter spoke after his wonderful experience on

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the day of Pentecost are so important. I'm going

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to give you something that is vitally important

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to every Christian listening to me this very

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moment. It's directed to you if you have been

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born again. If you are living this side of Pentecost,

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then this promise is yours. And if you have not

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received the promise, then you are missing one

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of the greatest experiences possible to a Christian.

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I repeat, if you are born again, whether you're

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Catholic, whether you're Protestant, whether

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you're Jew, whether you're Gentile, Your church

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membership, your race has nothing to do with

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it whatsoever. This is all inclusive. And if

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you are living on this side of Pentecost, for

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remember the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost,

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and as surely as the 120 were filled as they

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carried and waited for him in the upper room,

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This same experience is for you today. That's

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the reason that Peter's words in the second chapter

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of Acts, the 38th verse, are so vitally important.

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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized,

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every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ.

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For the remission of your sins. He's talking

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about regeneration. He's talking about the new

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birth experience. The first thing is repentance.

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Regeneration. Repent. Be baptized. He's talking

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about immersion. Every one of you in the name

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of Jesus Christ. For the remission of your sins.

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For the forgiveness of your sins. and ye shall

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receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. This same

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person that we're talking about. The same Holy

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Spirit who came upon a very few select individuals

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in the Old Testament. But now this wonderful

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gift is universal. It is not just a sovereign

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act. of God. Don't stop there because I can prove

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what I'm saying. For the promise. What promise?

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The promise of the Holy Spirit. The promise of

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a life of power. This promise that only a few

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enjoyed during the Old Testament dispensation.

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For the promise is unto you. That's to those

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to whom He was speaking to your children. There

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goes your next generation. But he didn't stop

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there. Knowing human nature as he did. And remember,

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it was the Holy Spirit who was speaking. He was

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using the vessel of Peter. He was using Peter

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as the mouthpiece. But it was really the Holy

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Spirit who was speaking. Don't stop there. And

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to all that are afar off. And he didn't even

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stop there. He knew human nature. Keep right

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on going. Even as many as the Lord our God shall

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call. That's right up to this very moment. And

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if you have been called to be born again, if

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you've been called to be a Christian, if you

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have been called to... regeneration, the new

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birth experience, if you are this very moment

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born again, then this is a part of your inheritance.

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You have a right to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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That's the reason anyone who says, that to be

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filled with the Holy Spirit is not for the believer

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today does not know the word of God. That one

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who says that only those on the day of Pentecost

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were to receive this wonderful experience do

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not know God's word. Nothing could be plainer.

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Nothing. What more could he have said? For the

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promise, what promise? That ye shall receive

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the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise,

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this promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost is

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unto you and to your children and to all that

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are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God

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shall call. Doesn't that do something to you?

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You say, oh, Miss Coon, all this time I've been

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just... Living on the surface, I've been eating

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cheese and crackers. When there's all of this

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wonderful roast beef and all this wonderful steak

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and lobster and mashed potatoes and gravy. And

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here I am just eking out a bare existence. Oh,

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my goodness. I know. What more can I do to tell

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you? But you would be amazed how the thousands

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whose eyes are being opened, and very quickly,

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and not only just here in the United States,

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but around the world, thousands of eyes are being

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opened to this glorious truth. And thousands

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are going after and claiming that which is their

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inheritance. And which was promised to them by

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Jesus himself before he went away. Oh, I get

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so excited. This is strictly. That's the reason

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I say to you, let's get back to the word of God.

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This generation, we seem to know about everything

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else under the sun. We seem to be reading everything

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else. Our mailboxes are filled with literature.

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We stand the daily papers and even read the obituaries

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and the want ads and the for sale ads and just

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for something to read. Why not get back to the

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word of God? You know, coming back again to the

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person and the personality of the Holy Spirit.

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For he is a person. Always whenever Jesus referred

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to him. Always whenever he is spoken of. There's

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always the use of the personal pronoun. He. The

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Holy Spirit is a definite person. with a definite

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personality. Now, the Holy Spirit's teachings

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and communications are not his own, but Christ's.

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I give you the word of Jesus. How be it when

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he, and there's your personal pronoun, and it's

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Jesus speaking, he, the spirit of truth, is come,

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and he's talking about his coming, and he came

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on the day of Pentecost. He will guide you into

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all truth, for he shall not speak of himself,

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but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak,

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and he will show you things to come. He will

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glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and

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shall show it unto you. I'm reading from the

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16th chapter of John. Here we have the office

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work of the Holy Spirit in this dispensation.

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And his office work is to reveal the things of

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the glorified Christ to the church. If only I

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could get you to see that the whole Bible is

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the revelation of one person. Right from Genesis

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all the way through to the book of the Revelation.

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The whole Bible is the revelation of just one

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person. Jesus. This is the Christian's message.

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This is what it's all about. This is the message

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of the church today. That's the reason we missed

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it. We have been revealing everything else from

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our pulpits but the person of Jesus, the very

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son of the living God. We have been talking about

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everything. From the weather to politics, you

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name it, we've had it. We've been talking about

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everything but Jesus. And sometimes those who

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have just discovered this wonderful person, the

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Holy Spirit, lose sight of the fact that the

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Holy Spirit will glorify Jesus. And if you've

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been filled with the Spirit, Jesus will be glorified

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in your life. He'll be glorified through you.

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Don't ever lose sight of Jesus. Sometimes I think

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we get so involved with doctrine, so involved

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with controversial things, that we lose sight

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of Jesus entirely. But Jesus said, he'll not

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speak of himself. But whatsoever he shall hear,

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that shall he speak. And he'll show you things

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to come, still speaking the Holy Spirit. He will

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glorify me. That's the office work of the Holy

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Spirit. Today, now, in this dispensation, to

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glorify Christ to the church. And the work of

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the church. Is to glorify Jesus. There's not

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a message that's more important. Than to glorify

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Jesus. Everything complements Jesus. So to this

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end the preacher. The teacher of the word. Should

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be a Holy Spirit filled person. Peter said. we

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had preached the gospel unto you with the Holy

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Ghost sent down from heaven. I believe that the

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man who stands behind the pulpit today should

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be filled with the Holy Spirit. Only the Holy

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Spirit can rightfully teach the Word and reveal

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the Word of God to the hearts of men and women.

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That's the reason there are those who are denying

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the deity and divinity of Jesus. There are those

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whose doctrine is so wrong. Absolutely contrary

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to the Word of God. Because they are preaching

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man's interpretation. They are giving something

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that they were taught in the seminary. We need

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Spirit -filled men in our pulpits through whom

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the Holy Spirit can speak, for He is the revealer

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of the Word. I repeat what Peter said. We have

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preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost

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sent down from heaven. And what did Paul say?

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And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing

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words of man's wisdom, but in the demonstration

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of the Spirit and of power. Education is not

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enough. And don't you think for one second that

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I'm decrying education. I am not. With regard,

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I had more education than I have. Sometimes I

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think it could have been a detriment to me. Perhaps

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I would not have depended so much on the Word

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of God, though, if I'd had more education. But

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because of my lack of education, I had to depend

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completely and... solely on the Holy Spirit to

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be my teacher. The older I get, the more I think

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it was a blessing in disguise. Education is not

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enough. It's wonderful so far as it goes, but

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sometimes it doesn't go far enough. The disciples

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were in training with Jesus for three years.

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Think about it, for three years. They were with

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him constantly. And one would have thought that

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they had the best spiritual education that anyone

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in the world could have possibly had. But even

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after three years of training with Jesus, he

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forbade them to preach until they were endued

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with power from on high. Peter the fisherman.

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could never have preached the sermon that he

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did on the day of Pentecost without the help

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of the Holy Spirit. The preacher is to rightly

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divide the word. And Peter could not have done

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so in his apt quotations from the Scriptures

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if the Holy Spirit had not aided him. The instrument

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that the Holy Spirit uses to convict and convert

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Men and women is the word of God. And the Holy

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Spirit himself is the revealer of truth. God

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bless you.