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Father God, see that falling tear. Accept the

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sincerity that's in that sigh. Speak peace to

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that troubled mind. Give that peace to that one

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that passeth all understanding. Everything else,

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hear that prayer of confession. All have sinned

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and come short of the glory of God. And the only

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person whose sins you cannot forgive is the man

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or the woman who refuses to confess their sin.

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Just now, hear that prayer of confession. For

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Jesus' sake we ask it. Amen. Never take your

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blessings for granted. You know, all our discontents

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spring from the want of thankfulness for what

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we have. Look up just now. Thank God for two

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good eyes. You're rich. You have something all

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the money cannot buy if you have two good eyes,

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two good ears, two good legs. If you have two

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good legs on which to stand on, look up. Don't

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take them for granted. Above everything else,

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never take your salvation for granted. The peace

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of... that fills your very being. It's something,

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beloved, that material gain can never buy. I

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have started a series of messages on the Holy

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Spirit, and I feel that this is one of the most

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important subjects that I could bring you because

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I want you to know something. We are absolutely

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dependent on this third -person trinity for every

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bit of fruitfulness, for all of the manifestation

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of God's power, and for the healing of sick bodies.

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The Holy Spirit is the mighty power of the Trinity.

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I shall continue exactly where I left off in

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this series of messages on the Holy Spirit. You

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remember that the last time I talked with you

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on this subject, the fact was established All

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of eternity. And when we speak of past eternity,

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no human being knows or could even begin to fathom

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that length of time in the past. I do not know.

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No theologian can give you the answer to that.

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No scientist holds that answer. All that we know,

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we have in God's Word. And in Ephesians, the

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first chapter, we have Paul, under the anointing

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of the Holy Spirit, speaking and he says, according

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as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation

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of the world, that we should be holy and without

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blame before him in love. having predestinated

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us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ

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to himself, according to the good pleasure of

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his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace,

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wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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Paul here speaks of the Father, the Son, the

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Holy Spirit having made plans for our redemption

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before the foundation of the world. Going a little

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deeper, in the 9th chapter of Hebrews, the 14th

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verse, we have proof positive that when these

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plans were being made for our salvation, our

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redemption, before the foundation of the world,

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that three persons were present. God the Father,

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Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And

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after that time, Jesus offered himself through

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the Holy Spirit to the Father to come and pay

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the price with his own shed blood. for man's

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redemption. I read it to you. How much more shall

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the blood of Christ, who through the eternal

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Spirit offered Himself without spot to God. Therefore,

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we see that the plan began when Jesus offered

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Himself through the Holy Spirit to God the Father,

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and in turn, God the Father gave his only begotten

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Son, that you and I might have life everlasting.

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When I left you in the last message, we saw that

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the Holy Spirit continued to carry out the plan

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of God for man's salvation. She, Jesus Christ,

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was conceived by the Holy Ghost. We saw that

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the Holy Spirit was present at the time of the

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baptism of Jesus Christ when God the Father spoke

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from heaven in an audible voice and said, This

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is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.

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Now then, We're going to go a little deeper and

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I pray again that the Holy Spirit shall make

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this very real to your heart because it's most

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important. We see that Jesus performed all his

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mighty works by the power of the Holy Spirit

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while he was here on earth. Whenever we think

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about the miracles, performed here during the

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ministry of Jesus, while Jesus was here in person

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doing his earthly ministry here on earth. Whenever

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we think about those miracles, the healing of

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blinded eyes, when we think of him as he turned

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the water into wine, when the leper was healed,

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All of those glorious miracles, we always think

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of them as being the manifestation of the power

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of Jesus. And yet, do you want to know something?

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At no time did Jesus ever say that it was his

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power that did the healing or performed the miracles.

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Always. He gave all credit. to the power of God

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through the Holy Spirit. Always. Turn, if you

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will, please, to Acts, the 10th chapter, the

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38th verse. I give it to you. This is Scripture.

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God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy

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Ghost and with power, who went about doing good

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and healing all that were oppressed of the devil,

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for God was with him. Again, we see all three

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persons of the Trinity. We see Jesus, who is

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God in the flesh. Jesus, the one who way back

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there from the beginning of time offered himself

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to the Holy Spirit, to God the Father, to come.

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in bodily form and walk among men here on this

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earth, we see Jesus fulfilling those plans in

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the flesh on earth. We see the mighty miracles

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done during his earthly ministry. But watch something.

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The power that Jesus had during his earthly ministry

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was given him. of the Father through the Holy

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Ghost. And all of the supernatural power manifested

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through Jesus Christ was literally the power

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of the Holy Spirit working through him. And yet

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that power was given by God the Father. Oh, to

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me, that's marvelous. That's thrilling. Jesus

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never boasted. of any power that he had in himself.

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Never. Now, pause something and see it. This

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is very vital. Jesus could not have performed

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those miracles himself. Do you want to know why?

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Because when he was here on earth, he was as

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much man as though he were not God. I'll go a

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step further. It was absolutely possible for

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Jesus in this position to have yielded to temptation.

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Somebody says, Ms. Coleman, be very careful.

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I am. Every statement that I make, I can back

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up with the Word of God. If Jesus could not have

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yielded to temptation, Then that his temptation

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would have been a farce when the devil appeared

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unto him in his hour of temptation and begged

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him to bow down to him, offering him the whole

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world in exchange for that worship. When he was

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tempted of the devil, Those temptations would

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have been a farce. The whole thing would have

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been a mockery. Had it not been possible for

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Jesus to have yielded to those temptations. Remember,

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the devil knew that Jesus could have yielded

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to those temptations or he never would have tempted

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him. The father was watching. He also knew. that

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it was absolutely possible for Jesus to have

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yielded. The Holy Spirit had that knowledge.

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They were all watching. For remember, he was

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tempted in the flesh, even as you and I are tempted

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in the flesh. But he did not yield. Therefore,

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Being as much man as though he were not God,

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he had no power in himself to perform these miracles.

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He was dependent on a supernatural power. He

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was dependent on the power of the Holy Ghost,

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on the power of God, in exactly the same way

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that no man, no woman today has the power, has

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the ability to perform miracles. I have no power

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in myself to heal a sick body. No man, no earthly

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human being has the power today to perform miracles,

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to heal the bodies of sick folk. That takes the

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divine power of a holy God. That's exact. what

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happened during the earthly ministry of Jesus.

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And he admitted it. I read it again. God anointed

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Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with

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power who went about doing good and healing all

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that were oppressed of the devil for God was

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with him. Every miracle that Jesus performed

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here on earth, power was given him of God the

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Father through the Holy Spirit. And never once

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did he deny it. Now, let's go a step further.

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Do you want to know something? The man or the

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woman who says that the day of miracles is past

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does not know the Word of God. For if those miracles

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were performed by the power of God through the

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Holy Spirit before the Holy Spirit had taken

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residence here on earth, How much more should

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you and I expect to see the supernatural manifestation

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of God's power in this day and in this dispensation?

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For we are living in the dispensation when the

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Holy Spirit has come and has established residence

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here on earth. For he came after the ascension

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of Jesus, after Jesus Christ went back to the

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Father again. He promised just before he went

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away that it was necessary that he go back. Why?

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That the Holy Spirit might come and take residence

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here on earth. ended. In this dispensation, you

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and I have a far greater right. The church has

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a far greater right to expect even greater miracles

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today than in the ministry of Jesus Christ. For

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the power of the Trinity has taken residence

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here on earth. The mighty Holy Ghost. whose spirit,

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whose power quickens mortal bodies and who is

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the power of the Trinity. I pray the Holy Ghost

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shall make these truths real to your heart for

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Jesus' sake. Amen.