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We've been having some good discussions regarding

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the third person, the Trinity. And by now, I

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am sure, I am very sure that many of you have

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gotten well acquainted with the Holy Spirit.

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Aren't you sorry that all of these years you

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only thought of him as being a mystery? Someone

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that you and I were not to understand? Aren't

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you sorry that you overlooked this wonderful

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personality, the third person, the Trinity, not

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knowing that he was just as real as Jesus, just

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as real as God the Father? Think what you've

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missed all these years. Think. Just pause a moment

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and think what thousands and thousands of professing

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Christians are missing today by not seeking to

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know the person of the Holy Spirit. And I am

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speaking not only of Christians, but that servant

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of the Lord in the pulpit. I beg of you, my brother

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in the Lord, I beg of you, please, if you have

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not yet become acquainted with the Holy Spirit,

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I ask you, please go deep in the Word and then

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present Him to your people. We are now talking

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about the personality of the Holy Spirit. And

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we saw that he teaches, he reveals, he communes.

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We have wonderful fellowship in the Spirit. And

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he is a person. He has intellect. He has sensibility.

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Oh, sure. And then we learned that you and I

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are personal. to the Holy Spirit. I am personal

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to Him. My needs are personal. I am an individual

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when it comes to the Holy Spirit. Now I want

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you to see something that is just as thrilling,

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and that is the fact that the Holy Spirit also

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defends. I don't mind telling you. That gives

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me a sense of security. That gives me a protection.

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That gives me... Now, how should I put it? I

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feel so relieved. I don't have to defend myself.

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He defends his children. He has come to my defense

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thousands of times. I may not have been aware

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of his defense at that moment, but he was there.

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As long as you and I are living in the center

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of his will, as long as we're living consecrated

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lives, he will be our defense. Now, I cannot

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expect his defense. I cannot expect him to defend

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me. If I deliberately take my life out of the

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hands of God, if I deliberately go against that

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which I know is right, if I deliberately, knowingly

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sin, then I cannot claim his defense. I have

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no right to ask him to defend me. to protect

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me. But as long as I am living up to all the

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light I know, as long as I am living a daily,

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surrendered, consecrated life, as long as I know

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that I am not knowingly committing sin and am

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living in the center of His will, He will defend

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me. Turn, if you will, please, to 59th chapter

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of Isaiah, the 19th verse. So shall they fear

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the name of the Lord from the west and his glory

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from the rising of the sun, when the enemy shall

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come in like a flood. Oh, and he does sometimes.

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Sometimes the enemy comes in from the east, the

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west, the north, the south, all at the same time.

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You know, we could kind of brace ourselves once

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in a while if you'd only come from one direction.

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Mm -hmm. But you've had the same experiences

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that I have had. Sometimes he comes at you from

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all four directions, and there you are in the

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middle. And we'd all be sunk. We would have gone

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down in defeat over and over again had it not

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been for you. Spin for the Holy Spirit, the Spirit

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of the Lord. Why? Watch this glorious portion

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of the promise. When the enemy shall come in

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like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord, the Holy

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Spirit, shall lift up a standard against him.

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That gives me security. Why can I be a secure

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person? I have reason to be a secure person.

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Because my security, my defense is in Jesus.

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And he has made provision for the security for

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his children through the person of the Holy Spirit.

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And the enemy, now watch this very closely. I

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don't care how deeply spiritual you may be. You

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may be filled with the Spirit. You may have gifts

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of the Spirit. You may be the most deeply spiritual

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person living this hour. Yeah. As long as you're

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in this old body of the flesh, the enemy of your

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soul will be right on your tail. There'll be

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temptations. He'll fight you. He'll never forget

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you. Not because he thinks so much of you. Not

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because he thinks so much of me. But because

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he is trying to get at the heart. of the one

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that he really hates, Jesus Christ, the Son of

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God. Jesus is his enemy. And if he can get me

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to yield to temptation, if in striking at me

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he can bring a reproach on the gospel of the

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Lord, if in striking at me he can cause me to

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bring a reproach on the Lord Jesus Christ. He's

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happy. He's thrilled. He has won a victory. But

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I don't care what our temptations may be. I don't

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care what your temptation is. Jesus has made

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provision for you and for me. In that not one

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of us needs be defeated not on a single score.

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Our defense is the Spirit of the Lord. And when

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the animation come in like a flood, the Spirit

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of the Lord shall lift up a standard against

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him. I don't have to go to my own defense. I

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don't have to be my own lawyer. I don't have

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to be my own attorney. I don't have to fight

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for myself and fight for my rights and fight

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the enemy and fight those who do evil against

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me. No. It is my place to follow my master and

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be... perfect in love, even as the Father is

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perfect in love. And if I am perfect in love

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toward those who hate me and do evil against

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me, the Holy Spirit will fight my battles for

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me and come to my defense. He will lift up a

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standard against me. Doesn't that do something

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to you? Say, don't you ever apologize for being

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a Christian. Not on your life. If you are a Christian,

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if you are standing on the promises of the Lord,

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if you know the things of the Spirit, filled

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with the Spirit, enjoying the things of the Spirit,

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you have no cause for worry, for you do not...

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have to fight your own battles. You are secure

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in him. Now then, see another side of his personality.

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And this is just as exciting as any other part

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of the personality of the Holy Spirit. If you

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don't think that this thing of being a Christian

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and living a Christian life isn't exciting, it's

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just because you haven't gone into it for everything

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that there is. Uh -huh. All right. Turn, if you

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will, please, now, and we go to the New Testament,

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Acts, the eighth chapter of Acts, and we find

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a very interesting incident that happened. It

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just really happened. This was not a parable.

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This really happened. And it happened to Philip

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and the Ethiopian. And remember now, this is

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the same Holy Spirit that existed from the beginning

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of time. The same Holy Spirit that is spoken

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of by the prophets in the Old Testament. The

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same Holy Spirit that Jesus spoke of. the same

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wonderful person who came on the day of Pentecost,

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the same Holy Spirit of whom Peter said, and

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ye owe this wonderful promise, this glorious

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promise. Repent and be baptized, every one of

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you, in the name of Jesus for the remission of

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your sins, Peter said, and ye shall receive the

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gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise. This

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wonderful promise that I've been talking to you

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about is unto you. Now, he was referring to those

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to whom he was speaking, and to your children,

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and to all that are afar off, even as many as

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the Lord our God shall call. That's the reason

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I can sit here and tell you this promise is still

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in effect. everything that I've been talking

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to you about regarding the personality and the

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person of the Holy Spirit is still in effect.

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And all of these things are a part of our inheritance

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as members of the body of Christ. All right,

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now back again, if you will, please, to the Bible.

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And if you've been following me, you know that

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everything that I've been telling you, I backed

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up with the Word of God. Now, this actually happened.

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Begin with the eighth chapter of Acts. And the

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angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying,

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Arise. Now, when you talk about the angel of

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the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, I have wondered

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too just how he spoke. I'm not sure. I do not

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think it was in an audible voice. I have my doubts

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whether it was audible or whether he heard an

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audible voice. I'm not sure. I would rather think

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not. You see, I could say to you, now, the Lord

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spoke to me regarding something. And yet, it

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wouldn't be an audible voice. And you ask me

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how I know? I would be as sure of it as though

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it had been an audible voice. There are things

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that I know that I know that I know. There are

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things that he tells me to do, I know I've got

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to do them. Even though it may not be reasonable,

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even though on the surface of things, when it

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comes to logic and reason, it would be neither

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logic nor reason to do such a thing, yet I know

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that the Lord has spoken to me. I know the Holy

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Spirit has told me to do it, and I've got to

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do it. And when He tells me to do something,

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and I'm, oh, I tell you, he's right there to

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meet me. And the thing is always as he said it

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would be. He's never disappointed me yet. Never.

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But be dead sure it's the Holy Spirit who tells

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you to do it. Be very sure. Mm -hmm. I'm always

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leery of these people who will say now, Miss

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Cooman, the Lord told me to tell you so -and

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-so. Oh, no. You're off the track right now.

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Do you want to know why? Because he never gives

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a message secondhand. He'll tell me directly.

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First hand. I'm always leery. And I've got to

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keep in contact with him. I've got to do it.

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Every hour of every day and every night. The

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two to before. If I should lose contact with

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him for one hour, I'd be sunk. I would absolutely

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get myself into more trouble. I'd get myself

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in a mess. To keep in constant contact with Him.

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Every minute. And it's just like that. So don't

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try to give me a message and tell me it's from

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the Lord. Because if He wants me to know something,

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the Holy Spirit will tell me. We're in close

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fellowship and communion. And it's like that.

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And... If it is a message for two people or more,

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he will give each one of them the same message.

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And the whole thing will fit together perfectly.

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Mm -hmm. You understand? Oh, sure you do. All

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right. Here is an example. And the angel of the

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Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise. and go

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toward the south unto the way that goeth down

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from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And

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he arose and went. He knew he had gotten his

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instructions. There was no doubt. It was a positive

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message. He had received directions. He didn't

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hesitate one minute. And he arose and went. And

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behold, a man of Ethiopia, the eunuch of great

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authority and the queen of the Ethiopians, who

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had charge of all her treasure and had come to

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Jerusalem for to worship, was returning, sitting

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in his chariot, and read Isaiah the prophet.

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Please get this picture. Then the spirit said

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unto Philip, Go near. Join thyself to this chariot.

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And Philip ran thither to him, heard him read

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the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou

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what thou readest? And he said, How can I? Except

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some man should guide me. And he desired Philip

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that he would come up and sit with him. And the

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place of the scripture which he read was this.

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He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. And like

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a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he

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not his mouth. In his humiliation, his judgment

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was taken away. And who shall declare his generation?

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for his life is taken from the earth. And the

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eunuch answered Philip and said, I pray thee,

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of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself

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or of some other man? Then Philip opened his

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mouth and began at the same scripture and preached

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unto him. Jesus. And as they went on their way,

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they came into a certain water, and the eunuch

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said, See, here's water. What doth hinder me

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to be baptized? Oh, there you are. He had really

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been born again. And Philip said, If thou believest

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with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered

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and said, I believe that Jesus Christ... is the

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Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand

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still, and they went down both into the water,

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both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

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And when they were come up out of the water,

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the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that

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the eunuch saw him no more. and he went on his

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way rejoicing. There's no longer reason for Philip

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to tarry because the job was done. He'd done

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his work. The will of father had been taken care

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of. The Holy Spirit knew that the eunuch had

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been born again. It was all taken care of. The

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Holy Spirit knew that in that eunuch, there was

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a man who was ready for Jesus, but he had no

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one to teach him. So the Holy Spirit sent Philip.

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Philip was obedient, and the result was another

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man brought into the kingdom of God.