Topic: Bible characters & history

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If God is a Spirit, what kind of man did He make in His own image?

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Man before he was this man, he was a spirit man. God made the first man in His Own image. How many says that’s right? Well, what kind of a image has God got? He’s a Spirit, is that right? So He made a Spirit man ’fore He made a flesh man. Then He put man in five senses to contact his earthly home. H...

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What happened the first time the Name of Jesus was spoken by human lips?

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And just as soon as he said—she said, “Jesus,” little John come to life, begin leap in her womb for joy. Brethren, the first time that the Name of Jesus Christ was ever spoke by mortal lips, brought life to a dead baby. What ought it to do to a born again Church, that’s borned of the power of God. I...

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Does Jesus weeping at the grave of Lazarus show that He was not Divine?

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She referred to Saint John 11. She said, “Going to the grave of Lazarus, He wept.” And said, “That proves that He wasn’t Divine, because He could weep.” I said, “My, my.” I said, “That argument is thinner than the broth made out of a shadow of a chicken that’s starved to death.” I said, “That thing...

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Why is John the Baptist called the greatest prophet when he never performed a miracle?

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Isn’t that beautiful? Jesus Christ saying, “Now, you all believe John; he was a prophet; he just preached away. You all went and believed him, and you know he was a prophet.” Though he never done one miracle. But he was the greatest prophet that ever lived (Jesus said so), until his time. Said, “Nev...

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How could the witch of Endor call up Samuel, and can someone who has died in Christ be called back now?

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Now this…Brother, I tell you; sometimes we need to be skinned down and rubbed a little bit to see where we’re standing. Don’t you think so? Make right, right. Any person…If those saints…Now, I’m not condemning Catholic saints. But look. The reason that the witch of Endor could call the spirit of Sam...

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden, and what has come of eating from the tree of knowledge?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees: one was Life, one was knowledge. Man left the Tree of Life to eat off the tree of knowledge. And the first bite he took, he separated himself from God. And every time a man bites off of that tree of knowledge, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder, ki...

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What does the word religion mean, and what was the apron Adam made for himself?

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Now, God, in the beginning when Adam and Eve…Man has always tried to prepare himself. Oh, yes, sir, he tries to prepare himself. When he first sinned in the beginning, the first thing you know, he went out and prepared himself an apron: fig leaves, wrapped it around him. He’s making himself…Now, the...

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Who founded Babylon and what does the name mean?

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Back in Genesis we realize that different things happened back there. Look here. For instance Babylon appeared first in Genesis. Now, we have to watch Babylon. It appears over here in the Bible again about the middle of the Old Testament, and then comes all over into Revelation for the last days, Ba...

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Was Cain an unbeliever when he brought his offering?

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Anyhow, when the Angel begin to pull His flaming sword out to guard this Tree of Life…Now, watch. Cain and Abel both come to find favor with God. Amen. Now, look. Cain was a long ways from being a communist; neither was he an atheist. But Cain was a believer. Get on your shock proof vests now. Cain...

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What did Martin Luther and John Wesley each preach, and what happened to their movements afterward?

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Well, that Fire was hid for a while through the dark ages. But the first one saw that Pillar of Fire was Martin Luther. He sounded the trumpet, and come out of the Catholic church. And the first thing you know, it caused a great universal revival. All right. Then the next thing you know, Martin Luth...

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What happened to Moses when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it?

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Do you realize that a—a gift of that type could send your soul to hell. How many believes Moses was a prophet? How many believes he disobeyed God? Certainly. God said, “Go down there and speak to the rock.” Don’t smite it no more; it’s already been smitten once. That was Christ. Is that right? And M...

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How did Mary respond to the angel's word that she would have a child?

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And here it is. Listen, audience. The girl never questioned the Angel. It had never happened in all the world. Never had there be a baby borned virgin birth. And she didn’t question Him. She just took God at His Word. And immediately, she begin to rejoice, and begin to testify, telling the people th...

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What did the lepers at the gate decide to do when they said, Why sit we here until we die?

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Look, there was some lepers laid at the gate. They said, “Why set we here till we die?” If they set there, they died; if they went in the city, they died. And they only had one chance, that was go down to the enemy’s camp. And said, “If they’ll save us, we live; but if they kill us, we die.”

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Can prayer change a death that God has already pronounced?

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Now, many times it turns dark around the patient. I know death’s laying there. And I just say, “The Lord bless you.” Or, “I pray that God will heal you.” And—and send them on off the platform. For I don’t know what it will be. ’Cause sometimes God could pronounce death on a person, and then their pr...

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Why did Peter let the net down again after fishing all night and catching nothing?

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Now, Peter was just not an ordinary fellow had fished one or two nights. He knowed all the signs of fishing; just how the moon’s supposed to be, just how the waters are. And they’d fished all night long, and had taken nothing. Now, just think, here it is, I want you to get it. See, they had fished a...

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What was the world made out of?

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You got to get the man right in his heart first, before he can believe. He ain’t got nothing to believe on. He ain’t got nothing to believe with. I’m sure the little, infant brain of a man knows nothing about belief. He’s got to have something in there stimulates his faith and makes him look yonder...

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Was Elijah an angel or an ordinary man?

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We’re speaking tonight about Elijah and making it a preview of our prayer meeting coming now. Elijah was a man…Many times when someone speaks of a man like Elijah, they would expect him to be a great angel, or, of some sort, or a sainted person that was dropped out of Heaven. But the Bible said that...

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Why did Aaron wear bells on the hem of his garment when he went into the holiest of holies?

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Aaron when he went into the holiest of holies once a year, he had to wear a certain kind of a garment, and he had to be anointed, and he had to take blood with him. Is that right? And on the hem of his garment he had a pomegranate and a bell—a pomegranate and a bell; and as he walked he had to make...

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What reasoning led the lepers to go down to the camp of the Syrians?

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And these lepers says…Well, the Syrians had them besieged and they was starving them to death. Now, they said, “Why set we here until we die? Now, we got to do something. Now, let’s see, there’s only two roads.” One of them led in the city. They had three things they could do. They could go into the...

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What did the man born blind do to receive his sight?

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What a marvelous occasion. A man born blind, Jesus opened his eyes. And then the people didn’t believe, it and they was questioning him, what he did about it. He only did what Jesus told him to do. And if any person will do what Jesus tells them to do, he will receive just what you have need of, if...