Great men from Adam on down had looked for the woman’s Seed to come and bruise the serpent’s head. They’d looked for the Christ for four thousand years. That’s right, people; you know that. But here, an old man, old in age, said, “I’m not going to die until I see the Christ, for the Holy Spirit told me so.” Pretty good reason, isn’t it? He believed what was told him. Do you? The Holy Spirit give him the revelation, “You’re not going to die, Simeon, until you see the Lord’s Christ.” And he said, “Amen. I believe it.” Stayed right with it. All right. Now, we haven’t got two Holy Spirits; there’s only one. And that same Holy Spirit that revealed that to Simeon is in the building tonight. I love the Word. The Holy Spirit feeds on the Word of God. Christians should always read the Bible, for the Holy Spirit feeds…Its food is the Word of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone (Amen. There it is.), but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” That’s what the Christian lives on, the Word. And the Holy Spirit loves the Word, and He’s here tonight to receive the Word. And It’s in you. And as the Word comes forth, then the Holy Spirit takes the Word of God and reveals It. Simeon, he’s an old man now. He believed. It was revealed by the Holy Spirit that he wasn’t going to die until he’d seen the Lord’s Christ.

Expectations, 1950-08-10, Cleveland, OH, §25