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Well, we continue again with our series of messages

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on the Holy Spirit. And I hope that by this time,

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many who have been following me in this series

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of messages will recognize the person of the

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Holy Spirit every time they sing the doxology.

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on the Lord's Day in their place of worship.

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I pray that the Holy Spirit is just as real to

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you today as is Jesus Christ, the only begotten

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Son, and God the Father. One wonderful thing

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that this series of messages has done, and that

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is to make the persons of the Trinity very real.

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It has been very hard for folk to understand

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the three persons of the Trinity. Three persons,

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and yet they are spoken of in the Word of God

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as one. Remember, God the Father is separate

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and apart from Jesus Christ the Son, but He does

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not work separate and apart from Jesus. The Holy

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Spirit is a definite person, a definite personality.

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He is separate and apart from the only begotten

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Son, but He does not work apart from Jesus. Three

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distinct personalities, three distinct persons,

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but at no... time do they work separate and apart

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from one or the other. Therefore, they are spoken

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of as three in one. I hope that I have made that

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very clear to you. We have learned from this

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series of messages that the Holy Spirit is a

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definite personality. Just as as Jesus Christ,

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the Son of the Living God, when He walked this

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earth. Jesus now is at the right hand of God

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the Father in position of Great High Priest.

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He has not only been resurrected, the Holy Spirit

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did come and bear witness to the fact that Jesus

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has already been exalted to the right hand of

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God the Father and ever liveth to make intercession

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for you and for me in position of great high

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priest. The Holy Spirit came back as a witness

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to that fact. Just as Jesus one day walked this

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earth, so today we have the person of the Holy

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Spirit. who has taken up residence here on earth.

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And in previous messages, I have given you the

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Word of God, which tells us very distinctly the

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work of the Holy Spirit. It's found in the 16th

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chapter of John. I shall not read the portion

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of the Word of God. It is very familiar to those

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who've been following my series of messages.

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We see the first, his work is to convict the

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world of sin. Second, to convict the world of

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righteousness. And that was my last message to

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you as I left you in my last message on the Holy

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Spirit. I shall continue now to give you the

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interpretation of the work of the Holy Spirit.

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In convicting the world of judgment. Because

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the scripture says, of righteousness, because

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I go to my father and he see me no more. Of judgment,

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because the prince of this world is judged. Now

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many in quoting this passage say, of a judgment

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to come. How often I have heard even ministers

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in quoting the Scripture, misquote it. How often

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we have been guilty of misquoting the Scripture.

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The words to come are not there. They're just

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not there. It reads like this. of judgment, because

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the prince of this world is judged. Now, it was

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Paul before Felix who reasoned of righteousness,

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temperance, and judgment to come. And the result

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was that Felix trembled. But it was only conviction

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of conscience, not the Holy Spirit conviction.

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For though Felix trembled, he did not change

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his course of life. But he dismissed Paul with

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the words, Go thy way for this time. When I have

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a convenient season, I will call for thee. That

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which Felix experienced, was only a conviction

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of conscience. It was not Holy Ghost conviction.

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Go thy way. Just leave me alone for this time.

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When I have a convenient season, I will call

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for thee. The judgment that the Holy Spirit is

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to convict the world of in this dispensation,

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is not a future judgment. Get that. The Bible

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does not teach it. That is not what this portion

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of the Word of God means. A judgment, it says,

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because the prince of this world is judged. The

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judgment that is spoken of here is a judgment

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that is past. Neither is it a judgment of the

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righteous or the wicked. This refers to a judgment

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of Satan, who is the prince of this world. The

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Bible always refers to Satan as the prince of

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this world. Read it. It can be verified in the

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11th verse here. It's there. It does not refer

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to a future judgment of him, but declares is

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judged. Don't try to juggle scripture. Don't

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try to make something there that is not there.

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Take the word just as it is. Of judgment, because

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the prince of this world is. In other words,

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has already been judged. The judgment of Satan

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is past. Immediately someone comes with the question,

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when in the world was Satan judged? When did

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Satan have a judgment? In the first place, he

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was judged in the garden. passed a sentence on

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him and said, I will put enmity between thee

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and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,

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which is Christ. It, he, shall bruise thy head,

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and thou shalt bruise his heel. That's the 15th

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verse of the third chapter of Genesis. That is

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the first time that Satan was judged. In the

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second place, Satan was judged on the cross.

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And these judgments are past. They're in the

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past. Satan is the author of death. There was

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no death until sin came into the world. There

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was no sin until Lucifer fell, until there was

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a Satan. Sin came with Satan. Death came with

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sin. Know that. Satan is the author of death.

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To overcome the work of Satan, It was necessary

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for Jesus to die on the cross and by rising from

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the dead to abolish death. Now the purpose of

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Christ's death then was that through death he

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might destroy him that hath the power of death.

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What does it mean? Watch something very carefully.

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While the prince of this world, Satan, has been

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judged and condemned to the bottomless pit for

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a thousand years and is finally to be cast forever

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into the lake of fire, his sentence has not yet

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gone into effect. But remember something. He

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does not want the world to know. that he's already

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been judged. He doesn't want the world to know

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that he has already been condemned. He doesn't

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want the world to know that he has already been

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defeated by Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living

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God, at the time of his death. No, you wouldn't

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know why. He's afraid he'd lose his influence.

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And it's the work of the Holy Spirit in this

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dispensation to convince the world that Satan

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has been judged and that his power is on the

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wane and that death will soon be swallowed up

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in the victory that the resurrection shall have

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over the grave. The enemy, Satan, the devil,

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call him whatever you will, has already been

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defeated. by the Lord Jesus Christ. His judgment

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is a past judgment. Know that. For if the tomb

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could not hold Jesus, neither shall the grave

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hold us. Oh, to me that's marvelous. That's wonderful.

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When Jesus died on the cross, and cried, it is

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finished. In that moment, he defeated the work

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of Satan in bringing death to the body forever

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and forever. And because he lives this very hour,

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we... two shall live. Therefore, we know that

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death is a defeated foe. Death has been defeated

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by Jesus Christ himself. But let's go a little

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deeper. There is one more work that the Holy

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Spirit is engaged in in this dispensation, and

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that is to hinder Satan in his effort to produce

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his masterpiece, the man of sin, that one who

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shall rule the world as a great world ruler,

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that one who the Bible speaks of as the Antichrist.

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Let me read you a scripture. as found in the

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second chapter of 2 Thessalonians. Let no man

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deceive you by any means, for that day shall

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not come except there come a falling away first,

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and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition.

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Of whom? is the scripture speaking, the Antichrist,

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the man who in the future will come forth to

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be the great world dictator. He shall have a

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cleverness of mind, a keenness of mind, a craftiness.

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that is not a craftiness, a keenness, a mentality

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that is his own. For in that body, the disembodied

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spirit of Lucifer shall control. In other words,

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that man of sin will be Satan incarnate. Satan

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has always desired to be like unto the Most High

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God. He has always desired to rule man even as

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God has ruled. The day is coming when God is

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going to let Satan have his last fling. One of

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these days, beloved, When the Holy Spirit leaves

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this world and takes the living church along

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with him when he goes, he's going to permit Satan

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to rule in disguise and through a man who will

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be the great world dictator, Antichrist, the

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son of perdition. But watch it. There's only

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one restraining force in the world today. And

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that restraining force is the power of the Holy

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Spirit. For here's the scripture. Who opposeth

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and exalted himself above all that is called

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God, all that is worshipped, so that he... As

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God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself

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that he is God, of whom is he speaking? Of the

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Antichrist. For the mystery of iniquity doth

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already work. He's in the world today. The mystery

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of iniquity is already at work. Only he... who

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now letteth, will let, until he be taken out

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of the way, the restraining force of the Holy

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Spirit. After the Holy Spirit is gone, the scripture

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says, then shall that wicked be revealed, whom

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the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his

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mouth. and shall destroy with the brightness

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of his coming. Even him whose coming is after

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the working of Satan with all power and signs

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and lying wonders. Oh, read it. It's there. It's

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God's word. And God will keep his word to the

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crossing of every T, the dotting of every I.

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Do you want to know what the future holds for

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mankind? Read it. It's right there. The second

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chapter of 2 Thessalonians. And that's exactly

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what Jesus said would be the work of the Holy

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Spirit. Jesus gave the threefold work of the

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Holy Spirit toward the world before he went away.

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And this is the final work of the Holy Spirit.

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To convict the world of judgment. and to be the

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restraining force against sin and of unrighteousness

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before he goes back again to the Father. Hereby

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know ye the Spirit of God. Know ye the Spirit

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of God. that confesseth that Jesus Christ is

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come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit

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that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come

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in the flesh is not of God. And this is that

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spirit of Antichrist whereby ye have heard that

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it should come, even now already is in the world.

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Here we see that we have two opposing spirits.

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And these two opposing spirits are in the world

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today. One, the Spirit of God. The other, the

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Spirit of Antichrist. And the Spirit of God,

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or the Holy Spirit that I have been teaching

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you regarding, must therefore be the restrainer.

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who keeps Satan from producing his man of sin,

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the Antichrist. I wouldn't want to be in this

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world five minutes. I wouldn't want to remain

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in this world 160 seconds after that the Holy

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Spirit has gone, has been taken out of the world.

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Believe me. As sinful, as bad as the world is

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today, think how much worse it will be after

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this restraining force has left, after the Holy

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Spirit has gone and there is no longer restraint.

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Therefore, a part of the Holy Spirit's work in

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this dispensation in this day in which you and

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I live, is to hold in check the full development

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of evil until the church is complete. Then he

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will be taken away and there'll be nothing to

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prevent the manifestation of the mystery of evil.

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Iniquity. I do not want to be here when that

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takes place.