I just want to share this letter, and it comes
from Chicago. A nice little lady who's getting
our broadcasts in Chicago. Dear Miss Kuhlman,
I enjoy all your messages. You have such a wonderful
variety in your program. Thank God for His grace
to you. I am 82 years old. The Holy Ghost does
not have much to do here in Chicago. Its mostly
man -made programs are begging for money, not
like we used to have in England. You certainly
are led by the dear Lord, with Christian love,
and the nice little lady, 82 years of age, size
or full name. Oh, but I tell you, this is the
part that I smiled about. The Holy Ghost does
not have much to do here in Chicago. And right
now, many a person is smiling with me and saying,
the Holy Ghost doesn't have much to do in our
hometown either, you know. And it's just kind
of like that. Oh, bless her. Well, today, again,
another heart -to -heart talk about the Holy
Ghost. And if only people could realize the wonderful
person of the Holy Spirit. You know, we're living
in a generation that is so power conscious. We're
living in a day when everybody is conscious of
power. And yet, we talk about power. We read
about power. We're living in a power generation.
But the world has forgotten about the greatest
power there is in the world today. And that's
the power of the Holy Ghost. There is no greater
power in the world this very hour than the power
of the Holy Ghost. of the Holy Spirit. And before
Jesus went away, he left to the church, his church,
the greatest gift that he could leave them. It
was the greatest gift that he could possibly
have left. He left them. He gave to his church.
The Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. And in giving
the gift, he said, and ye shall receive power.
The same power that was manifested in my life.
The same power that was manifested in my ministry.
You have seen the miracles. You have seen the
demonstration of supernatural power. Now I'm
going away. I'm not going to leave you powerless.
I'm not going to leave you defeated. As a gift,
I am giving to my church, my own, the same power
that was mine when I walked this earth. And yet,
let me ask you, what are we doing with this power?
What are we doing with this wonderful gift? What
are we doing about the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Ghost, who is in the world today with all that
is ours, with the greatest gift that is possible
for Jesus to give? Thousands of God's professing
children are living defeated, powerless lives.
And in some instances, almost bringing a reproach
on the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because
we are living lives. Defeat. And it's just like
that. Well, we're talking about the person of
the Holy Spirit. His personality. And remember,
that which constitutes personality. are attributed
to the Holy Spirit. His intellect. He leads.
He guides. He teaches. He reveals. He moves.
He speaks. No wonder Jesus always referred to
him in the light of a personality. Always. The
personal pronoun was always used whenever Jesus
referred to the Holy Spirit. For he is as definitely
a person as God the Father and as Jesus Christ
the Son. Now let's look at this aspect of his
personality. He reveals. He moves. Peter understood
this. And I turn to the Scriptures second. Peter,
the first chapter. For we have not followed cunningly
devised fables. When we made known unto you the
power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
all Peter understood. He continues by saying,
we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received
from God the Father honor and glory. When there
came such a voice to him from the excellent glory,
this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.
And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard.
All Peter said, now look here. Don't you think
for a moment that we're just following. devised
fables. No, ma 'am. When we told you of the glory
that we saw, when we told you, when we came back
and told you what we saw on the Mount of Transfiguration,
when we came back and told you that we had seen
Elijah, that we had seen Moses, that we had seen
the Christ transfigured before our very eyes,
These were not cunningly devised fables. They
were not just figments of our imagination. We
were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Yes, ma 'am.
When we heard that voice, the voice of God himself
saying this. is my beloved son in whom I am well
pleased, as Jesus came from out of the waters
of baptism. Oh, Peter said, we not only saw with
our eyes, we heard with our ears, and no one
will ever argue us out of it. We know what we
heard. We know what we saw. And this voice which
came from heaven we heard when we were with him
in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word
to prophesy where unto ye do well that ye take
heed as unto a light that shineth in the dark
place until the day dawn. and the day star arise
in your hearts, knowing this first, that no prophecy
of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
Oh, remember, he has not just given one person
a private interpretation. When you have someone
over here, our little group someplace, who'll
say, now, we have a corner on God, and He has
given us something, just to us, that He has not
given to anyone else, that He has not revealed
to anyone else. Be very careful. Be cautious.
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture,
is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy
came not in the old time by the will of man,
but holy men of God spake as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost. Now understand something.
The Holy Spirit is the one. who is the author
of the word of prophecy. To me, that's very thrilling.
It was the Holy Spirit who spoke through Daniel.
It was the Holy Ghost who spoke to Joel. It was
the Holy Spirit. who spoke and gave the word
of prophecy. And now, as we're moving very close
to the time when the word of prophecy that was
given then is about to be unfolded. The prophecy
that was given 2 ,200 years ago. The prophecy
that was given by the Holy Spirit 2 ,500 years
ago. Now about to take place. The Holy Spirit,
the same Holy Spirit is revealing the truth,
the word of prophecy to the hearts and minds
of... those who are seeking the fulfillment of
these things. He's so faithful. Not another person,
but the same Holy Spirit. I do not believe that
when Daniel was told to write, that he understood
the word of prophecy that he was writing. I do
not believe that... Joel understood. I do not
believe that Isaiah understood what he was told
to write. I do not even believe that John on
the Isle of Patmos understood what he was seeing
and that which was being revealed unto him. But
it was the same person. who was doing the revealing.
The same Holy Spirit who today is opening our
understanding to these things that are about
to take place in our day, this same generation.
That's the reason I tell you. We're so conscious
of power and yet missing the greatest power.
power in the world today. Now I want you to see
something that is very precious. The same Holy
Spirit, the same wonderful power of the Godhead,
communes and fellowships with God's children.
2 Corinthians, the 13th chapter, the 14th verse.
You have repeated it every Sunday morning as
you stood there in the church, the holy sanctuary.
Perhaps a verse of scripture that is repeated
more than any other verse in God's Word. The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with
you all. Amen. Every Sunday morning, those words
are repeated in literally... Thousands of holy
sanctuaries, and yet few understand the full
meaning of those words. The full depth of meaning
cannot be comprehended by the human mind. The
greatest saint living is our... cannot fully
comprehend the full depth of meaning of those
few words. The greatest words that I could bring
you this hour. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The grace. Can we fathom the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ? His grace greater than all of our
sins. His grace greater than all of our failures.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the love
of God. No human tongue can tell or describe
the love of God or the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ. No human pen could ever describe the
depth of the love of God. I have loved thee with
an Everlasting love. A love that forgives. A
love that protects. A love that surrounds. A
love that provides. A love that defends. A love
that adopts. A love that has made you and made
me his heir. A joint heir with his only begotten
son. That's the love of God. A love that forgives
and then when one is forgiven, a love that forgets
the failure and forgets the sin. That's not all.
And the communion of the Holy Ghost. The fellowship
of the Holy Ghost. Oh, it's next Lord's Day.
When that one stands in his pulpit and repeats
this portion of the Word of God, Everyone in
divine presence could understand the full meaning
of these words. We would have a new America.
This is all that you would need. That's all that
men and women need. The full meaning, the consciousness
of all that is involved in just this one verse
alone. The communion. of the Holy Ghost. You
and I, frail creatures of the dust, fellowshipping
with the Holy Spirit. Do you understand what
it means to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit?
To commune with the Holy Ghost? In that midnight
hour when it's so dark. Oh, it's so dark. And
you lie there. And in that moment, you're conscious
of a presence. And that presence is so... close
to you that he is a vital part of even your breathing.
Closer to you than even the beating of the heart
within that body. And there's no fear. There's
no worry. You find yourself in close fellowship.
with a person, the Holy Spirit. Have you stood
there before the open grave and a loved one has
been taken? There's no frustration. There's peace.
There's hope. Sure, the tears may... What are
the flowers that lie on the casket? But there's
a joy, a way down deep. Here's joy. You're conscious
of a strengthener. It's the comforter. And you
find that there is communion with the Holy Spirit.
And you turn away. And you go home. And the house
is empty. And the relatives say, you'll never
be able to make it. Sure, there's loneliness.
You're human. But there's no frustration. There's
no fear. There's hope. There's peace. And they
say that in the natural, you can't do it. And
in the natural, you could not do it. But, beloved,
you understand. I understand. It's the communion
with the... Comforter, the one who is your strengthener,
the Holy Spirit. That's real. He's not only the
mighty Comforter, but he lifts up a standard
against your enemy. And not one of God's children
need be defeated, not on a single score. The
Word of God tells us so in the 59th chapter of
Isaiah. So shall they fear the name of the Lord
from the West and His glory from the rising of
the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a
standard against him. Our Lord and Savior has
made provision for victory for every one of his
children. And not one of his children need ever
go down in defeat. Not for a second. For when
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit
of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost,
shall lift up a standard again. We do not fight
our own battles. I do not fight my own battles.
The Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Ghost, fights
my battles for me.