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I know you have your Bible out. Since we've been

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having these heart -to -heart talks regarding

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the personality and the person of the Holy Spirit,

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and since I hadn't been directing your attention

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to the Word of God in different Bible references,

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you're probably using your Bible more than you've

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used it for a long time. And the thrilling thing

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is that... literally hundreds and hundreds of

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you people are being enlightened regarding the

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Holy Spirit. You never dreamed that there was

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so much in the Word of God pertaining to the

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Holy Spirit. And it is true. Some have asked

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the question, is the Holy Ghost and the Holy

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Spirit the one and the same person? Yes. Whenever

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the word of God refers to the Holy Ghost, it

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means the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God. They're

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all the same person. Now today, we are going

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to go a little deeper into this person of the

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Holy Spirit. And you're going to really... See

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a different side of him than perhaps you've ever

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seen before. And the importance and the sensitiveness.

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Oh, he's so sensitive. That's the reason he's

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likened unto a dove, the gentlest of all birds.

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So sensitive. And we're coming to that part of

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his personality. No, it's wonderful when you

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see him in his strength. He, the mighty power

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of the Trinity, and to know that he defends us.

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Oh, isn't that the most comforting thing? Doesn't

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it give you absolute security when you realize

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that he, the mighty power of the Trinity, the

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greatest... power there is in heaven and earth

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will defend us, will come to our defense. When

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you realize that you and I can have this wonderful

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fellowship, this wonderful communion in him,

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to realize that he is our great teacher regarding

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spiritual things, the great revealer of the truth.

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I also want you to know there is another side

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of this personality, and that is he is easily

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grieved, easily quenched. Turn, if you will,

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please, to the fourth chapter of Ephesians. I'll

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wait just a minute because maybe for some of

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you it's going to be a little difficult to find

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Ephesians if you're not acquainted with the Bible.

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So I'll just wait while you find it. Ephesians,

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the fourth chapter. And I'm going to speak to

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you from the 30th verse of this fourth chapter

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of Ephesians. But first of all, we dare not take

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this out of its setting. I shall begin, therefore,

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with the first verse of the fourth chapter. I,

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therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech

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you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith

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ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness,

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with longsuffering, forbearing one another in

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love. And oh, this is so lacking in our Christian

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lives today. Oh, beloved, this is so lacking

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in the church today. This is so lacking in Christian

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lives today. This is lacking in lives of men

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and women who are supposed to be Spirit -filled.

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The sin of jealousy is the most prevalent sin

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there is in the lives of professing men and women,

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even in the lives of those who profess to be

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filled to Spirit. We don't even know what it

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means anymore, this thing of meekness. Humility.

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The greatest of all Christian races. It's so

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lacking that we don't even know the real meaning

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of it anymore. With all lowliness. I see so much

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spiritual bigotry on every hand. Oh, these people

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who have... a little prayer group in their own

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home because they are so bigoted spiritually

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that they feel that they have a corner on something

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that, well, they know more spiritually than anyone

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else and they just can't mix with the, oh. Don't

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make me say it. I don't want to, but you know

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what I mean, and it makes me feel badly. There's

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so little of lowliness, so little of humility

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anymore, so little of meekness, and long -suffering

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is long gone. Forbearing one another in love,

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there's so little of it. endeavoring to keep

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the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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There's so little of real unity in the Spirit,

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in the bond of peace. I'm telling you something.

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It means something to be born again. It means

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something to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

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It means something to take up your cross and

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follow him. And as surely as there was a cross

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for Jesus, and as surely as there had to be a

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death on that cross, so surely is there a cross

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for every one of us who've been born again, and

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there must be death to that one's self. If we

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are to follow him in the spirit of lowliness,

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of meekness, it is to be long -suffering, forbearing

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one another in love, endeavoring to keep the

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unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. All

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right, go on. For there is one body, that's the

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church. That's the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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There is one body. His church. That's the body

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of Christ. You ask me the question, which is

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the real church? We have thousands of organizations.

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And you'll find a church on practically every

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corner in some cities. Those are organizations.

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There's only one who can say, my church, that's

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the Lord Jesus Christ. And it's wonderful. It's

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good that we have all of these organizations.

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It's a place where you can come and fellowship

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with other Christians. But when it comes to the

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church, it is the body of Christ. And we are

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born into his body. born into his church. There

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is one body and one spirit. He's talking about

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the Holy Spirit. Even as ye are called in one

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hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one

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baptism. Now let's see what baptism he's talking

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about. We must be very sure. It's the same baptism.

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as referred to in 1 Corinthians, the 12th chapter,

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the 12th verse, because he's talking about the

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very same thing. You can't take something out

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of its context and make a doctrine of it. We

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have the answer as to the baptism that he's referring

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to. For as the body is one and hath many members

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and all the members of that one body being many,

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our one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit

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are we all baptized into one body, whether we

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be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free,

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and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

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That's the same baptism. The same body of Christ

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that is referred to here in the fourth chapter

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of Ephesians. One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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and one God and Father of all, who is above all

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and through all and in you all. There it is.

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It's the same thing. Now, to that which I started

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out. In reference to the Holy Spirit. Be ye angry

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and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your

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wrath. Neither give place to the devil. Let him

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that stole steal no more. But rather let him

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labor working with his hands. The thing which

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is good. That he may have to give to him that

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needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed

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out of your mouth, but that which is good to

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the use of edifying, that it may minister grace

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unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit

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of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of

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redemption. Now see what follows. Let all bitterness

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and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking

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be put away from you with all malice. And be

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ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving

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one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath

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forgiven you. Now how can one grieve the Holy

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Spirit? And keep in mind that even though he

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is the mighty power of the Trinity, he is sensitive,

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easily grieved, and there is no doubt as to how

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this wonderful person may be grieved by bitterness,

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by wrath, anger, Evil speaking, in other words,

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he can be grieved by anything in the life of

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an individual that is contrary to meekness, long

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-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavoring

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to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of

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peace. Anything that is contrary to these things.

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will grieve the Holy Spirit. I still contend

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that I do not care what you profess. I do not

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care what spiritual experiences you may have

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had in the past. If there's an unforgiving spirit

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within you, if there is malice, if there is an

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evil tongue, if there is jealousy in your heart,

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if there is somebody that you are holding a grudge

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against, if you are an old gossip and you are

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a tale -bearer, if you lie, If you tell the untruth,

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if you exaggerate, I don't care what you label

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it, it's still lying. The Holy Spirit does not

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dwell in the same vessel. He cannot because these

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things are absolutely contrary to his personality.

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Can't do it. It is... If there is corrupt communication

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that proceeds out of your mouth, if your speech

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is not edifying, the Holy Spirit cannot and will

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not make that body of yours his temple. And it's

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just like that. Because these things are sin.

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They grieve the Holy Spirit. He cannot and will

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not abide in the same vessel. That's the scripture.

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Somebody says, I wish to goodness I hadn't turned

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her on today. Well, since you're on, stay with

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me. But you know, sometimes I think that we only

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want to see what we want to see. We'll only hear

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what we want to hear. And it's true when it comes

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to the Word of God. That's the reason some people

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just love it when the minister speaks on heaven.

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Oh, and he just transplants you right now, all

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the way from your sinfulness and has you walking

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down the streets of glory. You'll love him. Oh,

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but the minute he starts preaching about sin,

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I can prove that. The majority of preachers today

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would be out of their pulpits in six months if

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next Sunday they preached a good old -fashioned

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sermon on hell and on sin. If you don't believe

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it, try it. Don't put up an argument against

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me. Just put it to a test. If every minister

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in the United States would get up next Sunday

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morning and preach a red hot old fashioned sermon

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on hell and on sin. I mean calling sin by its

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right name and preached an old -fashioned sermon

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on ye must be born again. Half of them would

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be out of that pulpit within six months, and

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you know it's the truth. Crap. You don't believe

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me? Crap. Ask your preacher to put it to the

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test. He knows what the results would be. And

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it's like that, sure. But I'm telling you, we've

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got to get back again to the Bible. It's so important

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that we do because one of these days you and

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I are going to be judged from this word, his

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word. Now, we're going to see something else

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about the Holy Spirit. There are those who've

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been so concerned about that sin for which there

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is no forgiveness. It's called the unpardonable

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sin. The Bible speaks of it as the only sin for

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which there is no forgiveness, neither in this

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world nor the world to come. The unpardonable

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sin. Somebody says, well, I'm glad I didn't turn

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you off because I've always been wanting to know

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about it. I know there are all kinds of ideas

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regarding the sin for which there is no forgiveness.

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This, too, must not be taken out of its context.

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It must be kept in its context. Now, let me read

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you the scripture. Then was brought unto him

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one possessed with the devil, blind and dumb.

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He was demon -possessed, and he healed him. It's

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Jesus who's doing the healing, insomuch that

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the blind and the dumb both spake and saw. And

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all the people were amazed and said, Is not this

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the son of David? Referring to Jesus. But when

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the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow

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doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub, the

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prince of the devils. They called Jesus a devil.

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And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them,

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Every kingdom divided against itself is brought

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to desolation. And every city or house divided

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against itself shall not stand. And if Satan

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cast out Satan, he's divided against himself.

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How shall then his kingdom stand? And if I, by

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Beelzebub, cast out devils, by whom do your children

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cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your

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judges. If I cast out devils by the Spirit of

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God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

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Or else how can one enter into a strong man's

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house, spoil his goods, except he first bind

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the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.

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And he that is not with me is against me, and

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he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

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Now, this is what follows in the same connection.

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I've given you the context. What the Pharisees

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were doing, they were attributing the work of

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God, the work of the Holy Spirit to the devil.

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They said, this is the devil. This is the devil.

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The Holy Spirit, through Jesus, had just cast

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out. the devil, and one who had been blind and

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dumb had been healed, and the blind and the dumb

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both spake and saw. And they said, that's the

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work of the devil. That's Satan. And Jesus said,

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how can Satan cast out Satan? He'd be working

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against himself. Now, in the light of that context,

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I read, Wherefore I say unto you, All manner

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of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men,

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but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall

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not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh

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a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven

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him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy

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Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither

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in... this world neither in the world that come

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there is one sin that is the sin for which there

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is no pardon and that is the sin of blaspheming

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against the holy ghost those gifts of the holy

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ghost in the apostles the manifestation the power

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of God in the lives of individuals were the last

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proof that God designed to make use of for the

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confirmation of the gospel. And they're still

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kept in reserve. They are still in evidence.

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And when a man or a woman attributes the work

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of the Holy Spirit to the work of satan he commits

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a sin for which there is no forgiveness either

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in this world or the world to come be careful

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what you say regarding the work of the holy ghost