WEBVTT 00:00:01.419 --> 00:00:11.900 Father God, we wait in your presence. Open our 00:00:11.900 --> 00:00:15.859 understanding to the deep truths of the word. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.039 Flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:25.920 but to my Father which is in heaven. Thanks. 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:35.359 And again, I want to tell you how much I appreciate 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:44.100 your letters telling me how much you enjoy these 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:48.320 heart -to -heart talks. We just study the Word 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.219 of God together. So with my Bible open, you open 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:57.299 your Bible to the same place where my Bible is 00:00:57.299 --> 00:01:00.420 open. It's 1 Corinthians, the second chapter. 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:03.939 And again, we're going to talk about this wonderful 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:07.780 spiritual giant, Paul. And I found out a long 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:14.819 time ago that to really learn to know a person, 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:25.219 you appreciate that one. To really learn to know 00:01:25.219 --> 00:01:30.329 this person of Paul. And the more that I learn 00:01:30.329 --> 00:01:34.890 to know him, the more I understand why God chose 00:01:34.890 --> 00:01:41.870 this man, Paul, to reveal to him the greatest 00:01:41.870 --> 00:01:45.030 spiritual secrets that he ever revealed to a 00:01:45.030 --> 00:01:50.250 human being. I do not believe a man ever lived 00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:55.450 to whom God gave greater spiritual revelations 00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:04.349 gave to Paul. He trusted Paul with greater spiritual 00:02:04.349 --> 00:02:12.330 insight than he ever entrusted to any human being. 00:02:13.870 --> 00:02:21.449 And when I see the full depth of humility in 00:02:21.449 --> 00:02:29.409 this man Paul, this great spiritual giant, I 00:02:29.409 --> 00:02:36.750 see something that is priceless. The greatest 00:02:36.750 --> 00:02:46.469 of all spiritual graces is humility. And the 00:02:46.469 --> 00:02:52.430 deeper you go in the things of God, the more 00:02:52.430 --> 00:02:59.370 spiritual you become. the greater will be the 00:02:59.370 --> 00:03:05.969 evidence of humility in your life. I'm going 00:03:05.969 --> 00:03:08.669 to give you one of the greatest examples of humility 00:03:08.669 --> 00:03:15.909 that we have outside of the great example. We 00:03:15.909 --> 00:03:18.889 have no greater example of humility than the 00:03:18.889 --> 00:03:24.530 person of Jesus himself. I weep when I think. 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.520 The wonderful example of humility that Jesus 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:34.379 left for you and for me. When he did gird himself 00:03:34.379 --> 00:03:41.840 with a towel and knelt and washed the feet, the 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.099 tired, dusty, physical feet of his disciples. 00:03:49.219 --> 00:03:54.780 The very son of the living God. God in the flesh. 00:03:55.960 --> 00:04:02.860 He who could command millions of angels. He who 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:06.900 had all power in heaven and in earth. Who had 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:11.699 the power to give life, to take life. The winds, 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:19.800 the waves obeyed him and yet he took the part 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:30.430 of a servant. and wash the feet of his own. No, 00:04:30.430 --> 00:04:34.750 beloved, there's no greater example of humility 00:04:34.750 --> 00:04:40.610 than the example taught and left by the very 00:04:40.610 --> 00:04:45.810 Son of God. But next to that, I believe the greatest 00:04:45.810 --> 00:04:55.769 example of humility Absolute nothingness is found 00:04:55.769 --> 00:05:01.769 in the example of Paul. Now, let me first of 00:05:01.769 --> 00:05:05.209 all remind you that Paul was not an ignorant 00:05:05.209 --> 00:05:09.569 man. He was well educated. He was intelligent. 00:05:11.569 --> 00:05:20.509 Adieu. He knew that he knew. He knew he was intelligent. 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:26.060 Whenever they needed an exceptional speaker in 00:05:26.060 --> 00:05:29.819 the synagogue, it was Paul who did the speaking. 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:35.259 He was regarded as some kind of genius, so far 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:40.339 as his intelligence was concerned. In the natural, 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:47.240 he had great ability, and he knew it. He was 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:51.750 aware of his ability in the natural. That is 00:05:51.750 --> 00:05:54.810 one reason why in the second chapter of 1 Corinthians, 00:05:55.089 --> 00:06:04.670 he constantly refers to the wisdom of man. And 00:06:04.670 --> 00:06:07.449 he makes the comparison regarding the wisdom 00:06:07.449 --> 00:06:12.350 of man and the wisdom of God. Natural wisdom 00:06:12.350 --> 00:06:18.689 and divine wisdom. He could make this great comparison 00:06:18.689 --> 00:06:21.939 because he was in a position. to make the comparison. 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:31.980 He knew honest -to -goodness wisdom. He knew 00:06:31.980 --> 00:06:39.759 the wisdom of man. For he himself enjoyed that 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:46.240 wisdom because of his much learning. But he had 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:51.930 come to the place where he found out that there 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:56.550 was a wisdom that far exceeded human wisdom, 00:06:56.629 --> 00:07:04.389 and that was divine wisdom. That's the reason 00:07:04.389 --> 00:07:08.870 he begins the second chapter by saying, And I, 00:07:08.949 --> 00:07:15.389 brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency 00:07:15.389 --> 00:07:21.449 of speech, or of wisdom, declaring unto you the 00:07:21.449 --> 00:07:24.709 testimony of God. In other words, he's saying, 00:07:24.850 --> 00:07:32.870 I did not use my own natural resources. I could 00:07:32.870 --> 00:07:38.730 have come to you with excellency of speech. I 00:07:38.730 --> 00:07:43.529 could have stood before you as an orator. I could 00:07:43.529 --> 00:07:49.379 have used my own ability. As a crutch, I could 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:55.560 have leaned to my own understanding. But, Paul 00:07:55.560 --> 00:08:03.220 said, I did not. For I determined not to know 00:08:03.220 --> 00:08:06.579 anything among you, say Jesus Christ and him 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:12.500 crucified. Do you want to know something? And 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:21.589 this is kind of... Off the record. Young Dick 00:08:21.589 --> 00:08:29.009 Kaler is never at a loss for words. And I tell 00:08:29.009 --> 00:08:32.409 you, I think he's one of the finest salesmen 00:08:32.409 --> 00:08:38.450 that Wheeling Steel has. All I tell you, you 00:08:38.450 --> 00:08:43.090 can never stump Dick Kaler. Never has a loss 00:08:43.090 --> 00:08:47.440 for words. Never. He has great ability as a salesman. 00:08:48.539 --> 00:08:53.659 Well, the other day, a minister asked Dick. Dick 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:58.460 was a very wonderful Christian. Asked Dick to 00:08:58.460 --> 00:09:02.820 take his Sunday morning and Sunday evening service 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:08.440 for him. To supply the pulpit for him. Oh, Dick 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:12.399 thought that was easy. That was great, you know. 00:09:15.370 --> 00:09:20.289 I want you to know that Monday morning, Dick 00:09:20.289 --> 00:09:23.230 was in our office and said, Would you please 00:09:23.230 --> 00:09:29.929 tell Miss Coleman? She can have it. It was the 00:09:29.929 --> 00:09:39.850 hardest thing I ever did. You know, you can sell 00:09:39.850 --> 00:09:47.470 steel. You can sell fuller brushes. You can sell 00:09:47.470 --> 00:09:52.009 groceries. You can sell clothes. You can sell 00:09:52.009 --> 00:09:55.870 shoes. You can sell vegetables. You can sell 00:09:55.870 --> 00:10:03.169 cars. But when it comes to selling the gospel, 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:12.940 it's an entirely different proposition. Because, 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:17.659 beloved, even though you may speak 10 ,000 words 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:21.419 fluently, it still takes the power of the Holy 00:10:21.419 --> 00:10:29.340 Ghost to reach the heart of an individual. It 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:34.700 takes the power of God. That's the reason many 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:38.059 a preacher is standing in his pulpit. He's doing 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:42.600 a magnificent job. selling his own personality, 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:48.100 selling his own intelligence, trying to sell 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:56.000 something that he has learned from a book, selling 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:05.539 a doctrine. But where is the result? Where are 00:11:05.539 --> 00:11:09.779 the souls? Where's the transformation in the 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:13.139 lives of men and women? Where's the broken home 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:21.019 that has come back to God? Where's the man who's 00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:25.059 been delivered from liquor? Where is the manifestation 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:31.639 of the power of God? Paul knew the difference. 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:40.399 He had natural ability. natural learning, natural 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:49.840 wisdom. But he said, I came to you determined 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:59.039 to lean on the power of God. And I was with you 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:04.399 in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:13.259 Why? So great was his sense of weakness and fear. 00:12:14.580 --> 00:12:20.700 And so profound was his lack of trust in himself 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:27.399 that he actually trembled. He was afraid. He 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:31.309 quaked. Because he knew that there would be no 00:12:31.309 --> 00:12:36.129 spiritual result unless the power of God was 00:12:36.129 --> 00:12:40.190 in him and with him and was manifested through 00:12:40.190 --> 00:12:46.690 him. That's right. That's what the scripture 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:50.629 means. Ye shall receive power after that the 00:12:50.629 --> 00:12:54.190 Holy Ghost has come upon you. But you must be 00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:58.860 weak enough to yield unto... to him to become 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:03.659 nothing before the power of the Holy Spirit will 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:11.980 manifest himself through you and in you. Oh, 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:18.659 to me, this is one of the most important things 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:22.840 that a child of God, a saint of God, a minister 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:29.080 of the gospel, can possibly experience. Paul 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:35.899 continues, And my speech and my preaching was 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:41.879 not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:46.259 in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:54.909 He cringes the whole thing. And there will not 00:13:54.909 --> 00:13:59.690 be the demonstration of the spirit. And there 00:13:59.690 --> 00:14:07.789 will not be power as long as man leans on the 00:14:07.789 --> 00:14:13.190 crutch of his own intelligence and his own wisdom. 00:14:17.429 --> 00:14:25.179 Are you getting it? O beloved, this thing of 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:33.659 the gospel, the truths of the word, this wonderful 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:41.700 experience of being filled with the Spirit, the 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:46.799 manifestation of the Spirit and the power of 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:54.169 God, put it to the test. Are you having the manifestation 00:14:54.169 --> 00:15:00.309 of the Spirit in your church? Brethren, let me 00:15:00.309 --> 00:15:08.029 ask you. Brethren in the service of the King, 00:15:08.149 --> 00:15:13.190 let me ask you. And I ask it confidentially. 00:15:13.909 --> 00:15:18.509 Are you having the demonstration of the Spirit? 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.080 In your church, you stand behind that pulpit? 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:29.539 Are you having the manifestation of the power 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:38.600 of God among your people? Do you see the evidence? 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:48.100 Do you see the fruit of your preaching? in the 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:53.379 lives of men and women? Are sinners being converted? 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.600 Are lies being transformed? Where's the fruit? 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:05.620 If there is no fruit, if there is no demonstration 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:09.620 of the Spirit, if there is no manifestation of 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:15.600 the power of God, it may be because you are leaning 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:22.889 on your... own wisdom. I'm not through. I'll 00:16:22.889 --> 00:16:26.490 continue my little heart -to -heart talk in another 00:16:26.490 --> 00:16:28.350 broadcast. God bless you.