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I just want to share this letter, and it comes

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from Chicago. A nice little lady who's getting

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our broadcasts in Chicago. Dear Miss Kuhlman,

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I enjoy all your messages. You have such a wonderful

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variety in your program. Thank God for His grace

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to you. I am 82 years old. The Holy Ghost does

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not have much to do here in Chicago. Its mostly

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man -made programs are begging for money, not

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like we used to have in England. You certainly

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are led by the dear Lord, with Christian love,

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and the nice little lady, 82 years of age, size

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or full name. Oh, but I tell you, this is the

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part that I smiled about. The Holy Ghost does

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not have much to do here in Chicago. And right

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now, many a person is smiling with me and saying,

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the Holy Ghost doesn't have much to do in our

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hometown either, you know. And it's just kind

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of like that. Oh, bless her. Well, today, again,

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another heart -to -heart talk about the Holy

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Ghost. And if only people could realize the wonderful

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person of the Holy Spirit. You know, we're living

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in a generation that is so power conscious. We're

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living in a day when everybody is conscious of

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power. And yet, we talk about power. We read

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about power. We're living in a power generation.

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But the world has forgotten about the greatest

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power there is in the world today. And that's

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the power of the Holy Ghost. There is no greater

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power in the world this very hour than the power

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of the Holy Ghost. of the Holy Spirit. And before

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Jesus went away, he left to the church, his church,

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the greatest gift that he could leave them. It

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was the greatest gift that he could possibly

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have left. He left them. He gave to his church.

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The Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. And in giving

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the gift, he said, and ye shall receive power.

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The same power that was manifested in my life.

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The same power that was manifested in my ministry.

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You have seen the miracles. You have seen the

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demonstration of supernatural power. Now I'm

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going away. I'm not going to leave you powerless.

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I'm not going to leave you defeated. As a gift,

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I am giving to my church, my own, the same power

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that was mine when I walked this earth. And yet,

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let me ask you, what are we doing with this power?

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What are we doing with this wonderful gift? What

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are we doing about the Holy Spirit, the Holy

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Ghost, who is in the world today with all that

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is ours, with the greatest gift that is possible

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for Jesus to give? Thousands of God's professing

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children are living defeated, powerless lives.

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And in some instances, almost bringing a reproach

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on the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because

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we are living lives. Defeat. And it's just like

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that. Well, we're talking about the person of

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the Holy Spirit. His personality. And remember,

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that which constitutes personality. are attributed

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to the Holy Spirit. His intellect. He leads.

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He guides. He teaches. He reveals. He moves.

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He speaks. No wonder Jesus always referred to

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him in the light of a personality. Always. The

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personal pronoun was always used whenever Jesus

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referred to the Holy Spirit. For he is as definitely

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a person as God the Father and as Jesus Christ

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the Son. Now let's look at this aspect of his

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personality. He reveals. He moves. Peter understood

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this. And I turn to the Scriptures second. Peter,

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the first chapter. For we have not followed cunningly

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devised fables. When we made known unto you the

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power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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all Peter understood. He continues by saying,

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we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received

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from God the Father honor and glory. When there

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came such a voice to him from the excellent glory,

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this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

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And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard.

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All Peter said, now look here. Don't you think

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for a moment that we're just following. devised

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fables. No, ma 'am. When we told you of the glory

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that we saw, when we told you, when we came back

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and told you what we saw on the Mount of Transfiguration,

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when we came back and told you that we had seen

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Elijah, that we had seen Moses, that we had seen

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the Christ transfigured before our very eyes,

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These were not cunningly devised fables. They

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were not just figments of our imagination. We

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were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Yes, ma 'am.

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When we heard that voice, the voice of God himself

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saying this. is my beloved son in whom I am well

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pleased, as Jesus came from out of the waters

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of baptism. Oh, Peter said, we not only saw with

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our eyes, we heard with our ears, and no one

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will ever argue us out of it. We know what we

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heard. We know what we saw. And this voice which

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came from heaven we heard when we were with him

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in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word

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to prophesy where unto ye do well that ye take

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heed as unto a light that shineth in the dark

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place until the day dawn. and the day star arise

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in your hearts, knowing this first, that no prophecy

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of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.

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Oh, remember, he has not just given one person

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a private interpretation. When you have someone

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over here, our little group someplace, who'll

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say, now, we have a corner on God, and He has

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given us something, just to us, that He has not

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given to anyone else, that He has not revealed

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to anyone else. Be very careful. Be cautious.

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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture,

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is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy

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came not in the old time by the will of man,

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but holy men of God spake as they were moved

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by the Holy Ghost. Now understand something.

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The Holy Spirit is the one. who is the author

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of the word of prophecy. To me, that's very thrilling.

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It was the Holy Spirit who spoke through Daniel.

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It was the Holy Ghost who spoke to Joel. It was

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the Holy Spirit. who spoke and gave the word

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of prophecy. And now, as we're moving very close

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to the time when the word of prophecy that was

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given then is about to be unfolded. The prophecy

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that was given 2 ,200 years ago. The prophecy

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that was given by the Holy Spirit 2 ,500 years

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ago. Now about to take place. The Holy Spirit,

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the same Holy Spirit is revealing the truth,

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the word of prophecy to the hearts and minds

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of... those who are seeking the fulfillment of

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these things. He's so faithful. Not another person,

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but the same Holy Spirit. I do not believe that

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when Daniel was told to write, that he understood

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the word of prophecy that he was writing. I do

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not believe that... Joel understood. I do not

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believe that Isaiah understood what he was told

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to write. I do not even believe that John on

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the Isle of Patmos understood what he was seeing

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and that which was being revealed unto him. But

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it was the same person. who was doing the revealing.

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The same Holy Spirit who today is opening our

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understanding to these things that are about

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to take place in our day, this same generation.

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That's the reason I tell you. We're so conscious

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of power and yet missing the greatest power.

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power in the world today. Now I want you to see

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something that is very precious. The same Holy

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Spirit, the same wonderful power of the Godhead,

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communes and fellowships with God's children.

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2 Corinthians, the 13th chapter, the 14th verse.

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You have repeated it every Sunday morning as

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you stood there in the church, the holy sanctuary.

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Perhaps a verse of scripture that is repeated

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more than any other verse in God's Word. The

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grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of

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God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with

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you all. Amen. Every Sunday morning, those words

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are repeated in literally... Thousands of holy

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sanctuaries, and yet few understand the full

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meaning of those words. The full depth of meaning

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cannot be comprehended by the human mind. The

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greatest saint living is our... cannot fully

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comprehend the full depth of meaning of those

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few words. The greatest words that I could bring

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you this hour. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The grace. Can we fathom the grace of the Lord

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Jesus Christ? His grace greater than all of our

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sins. His grace greater than all of our failures.

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the love

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of God. No human tongue can tell or describe

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the love of God or the grace of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. No human pen could ever describe the

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depth of the love of God. I have loved thee with

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an Everlasting love. A love that forgives. A

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love that protects. A love that surrounds. A

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love that provides. A love that defends. A love

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that adopts. A love that has made you and made

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me his heir. A joint heir with his only begotten

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son. That's the love of God. A love that forgives

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and then when one is forgiven, a love that forgets

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the failure and forgets the sin. That's not all.

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And the communion of the Holy Ghost. The fellowship

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of the Holy Ghost. Oh, it's next Lord's Day.

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When that one stands in his pulpit and repeats

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this portion of the Word of God, Everyone in

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divine presence could understand the full meaning

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of these words. We would have a new America.

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This is all that you would need. That's all that

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men and women need. The full meaning, the consciousness

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of all that is involved in just this one verse

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alone. The communion. of the Holy Ghost. You

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and I, frail creatures of the dust, fellowshipping

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with the Holy Spirit. Do you understand what

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it means to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit?

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To commune with the Holy Ghost? In that midnight

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hour when it's so dark. Oh, it's so dark. And

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you lie there. And in that moment, you're conscious

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of a presence. And that presence is so... close

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to you that he is a vital part of even your breathing.

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Closer to you than even the beating of the heart

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within that body. And there's no fear. There's

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no worry. You find yourself in close fellowship.

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with a person, the Holy Spirit. Have you stood

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there before the open grave and a loved one has

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been taken? There's no frustration. There's peace.

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There's hope. Sure, the tears may... What are

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the flowers that lie on the casket? But there's

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a joy, a way down deep. Here's joy. You're conscious

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of a strengthener. It's the comforter. And you

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find that there is communion with the Holy Spirit.

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And you turn away. And you go home. And the house

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is empty. And the relatives say, you'll never

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be able to make it. Sure, there's loneliness.

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You're human. But there's no frustration. There's

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no fear. There's hope. There's peace. And they

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say that in the natural, you can't do it. And

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in the natural, you could not do it. But, beloved,

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you understand. I understand. It's the communion

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with the... Comforter, the one who is your strengthener,

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the Holy Spirit. That's real. He's not only the

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mighty Comforter, but he lifts up a standard

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against your enemy. And not one of God's children

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need be defeated, not on a single score. The

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Word of God tells us so in the 59th chapter of

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Isaiah. So shall they fear the name of the Lord

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from the West and His glory from the rising of

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the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a

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flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a

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standard against him. Our Lord and Savior has

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made provision for victory for every one of his

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children. And not one of his children need ever

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go down in defeat. Not for a second. For when

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the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit

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of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost,

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shall lift up a standard again. We do not fight

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our own battles. I do not fight my own battles.

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The Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Ghost, fights

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my battles for me.