Topic: Foundation & doctrine

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Does God ever use sickness to chastise people?

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Now, maybe the privilege of getting that person before me, maybe there’s something causing that. Well, if I get it, maybe when standing before the person, or this lady setting here, you, or any of you, it might see the reason. Now, you notice I’m very particular how I rebuke a spirit out there. Beca...

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What was the significance of Moses striking the rock twice instead of speaking to it?

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Following [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] that was a woman, female trouble, wouldn’t leave her in the meeting. I don’t know why. Richard T. Reed, Reverend Richard T. Reed, the blessed old Bible Hour Tabernacle at Jonesboro, Arkansas, was the one who baptized them into the church, the next morning; you migh...

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What does Mark 11:24 say about the order of believing and receiving?

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Every seed will bring forth of its kind, is that right? Wheat will bring forth a wheat. Barley will bring barley. Corn will bring corn. Is that right? Well, Jesus said the Word of God was a Seed. Is that right? Now, Mark 11:24 a Seed then? Jesus said, “Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, be...

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What three things will ruin a minister?

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If you go to fool…If a minister, three things, if he goes to fooling with, he’s ruined. That is: first thing was money, then women, and then popularity. When he goes to thinking he’s someone, right then he’s on his road out. That’s right. For we’re all flesh, just like grass; there’s no good in none...

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Can faith change the predestinated will of God?

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The Spirit of the Lord come into the audience and just sapped my strength. And just as I started to go down, my brother run to me to catch me. And I looked; I seen Congressman Upshaw. And he’d been in meetings ever since he was a lad when he first fell and hurt himself. He wanted to be healed then b...

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How was the Son of God conceived in Mary?

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Jesus was the virgin born Son of God. We believe that. If we’re Christians, we have to believe that He was virgin born. And I believe the Holy Spirit overshadowed a little girl, Mary, and created that Blood Cell in her womb that developed into the Son of God. And I believe that God was in Christ rec...

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Did Jesus dress differently from other men of His day?

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Now, let’s look what kind of a group that was: of lame, halt, blind, withered. What a—a mass of disfigured humanity, waiting for the troubling of this water. Historians tell us that they’d even fight to get into the water, cut each other with knives to try to get ahead of the other one, to step in t...

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Can 'saved' in the Bible mean physically healed?

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Now, the same word in the Bible, translated, s-a-v-e-d, and healed, is the very same word all the way through the Scriptures. Anyone knows that. Now, well, when you’re—you’re saved, spiritually, or you’re saved physically…now, He said to the woman, “Thy faith has saved thee,” physically, saved you....

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What do the redemptive names of Jehovah show about whether Jesus heals today?

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So he said…he wouldn’t do it. So the moderator asked, and so he said, “All right, Mr. Best answer me this.” He said, “Was the compound names of Jehovah, Jehovah’s redemptive, compound names, were they applied to Jesus, yes, or no?” Well, that like to shook me off of the seat up there. Well, Mr. Best...

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Is the Angel that led Israel in the pillar of fire still leading the Church today?

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You know what I think, friends? I think that here’s where this is, in Exodus 13:21: And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud (a pillar of a cloud), to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by night and day: He took not away the pillar of cl...

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In what way is Jesus our Kinsman Redeemer?

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Now, when Jesus died at Calvary, He settled the sin question for ever before the Father, because He was a perfect Sacrifice for our sin. He was our Kinsman Redeemer. You Bible scholars know what I’m speaking of, like Boaz, when he was a…had to be a kinsman redeemer to redeem the lost estate of Ruth....

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On what basis does God save a person?

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Now, remember, it isn’t how much you cry; it isn’t how much you repent; it isn’t how loud you can cry to God; it isn’t how sincere you can be; it’s how much faith that you have when you come to Him. He doesn’t save you on the merits of your prayer. He doesn’t save you upon the merits of your righteo...

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Were angels still at work in the New Testament church?

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Somebody said, “Angels wasn’t in the New Testament. The Holy Ghost led the Church.” That’s true. But brother, Angels are always ministering Spirits in every age. You believe there’s Angels in the New Testament? How about Philip? What was It appeared to him? The Holy Ghost, or the Angel of the Lord t...

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Can an angel or a vision be seen by some people and not by others?

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Last night I was wondering how there could be anyone left in the building that wasn’t healed. Now, it may not be visible. Angels of God and visions appear before people, and sometime it’s not for everybody. Is that right? Look at the Magis. They were the only ones that seen that Star. It passed by e...

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Does what a person expects affect whether they are healed?

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And how many in here tonight is expecting to be healed tonight, let’s see your hands? Well, you’re not going to be disappointed then. If you…You just can’t be disappointed if you’re expecting it. If you’re not expecting it, you say, “Well, I’ll wait maybe tomorrow afternoon; I’ll get it tomorrow aft...

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What did Jesus mean in John 5:19 when He said the Son can do nothing of Himself?

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Now, the Jews questioned Him. He said, “Verily, verily…” Listen close now. Give me your attention. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself: but whatsoever things He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise. For what the Father does, He shows the Son.” Is that rig...

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Why did the demons at Gadara ask to go into the herd of swine?

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And one time, Jesus cast out some demons out of a man from Gadara, and they went into a herd of swine. Is that right? Demons are powerless unless they’re embodied. So they begged for mercy, even to go into swine. ’Cause Jesus wouldn’t permit them in a human body. So now, if you’re irreverent, keep y...

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Since Jesus paid the full penalty for sin, is everybody saved?

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Now, don’t think that I’m a Universalist that believes that everybody’s saved and will be; I do not, no, sir. I believe that all those—everybody was saved as far as God was concerned, for Jesus paid the full penalty for sin when He died. Now, it will never do you no good until you accept it. See? Yo...

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What can Satan not copy?

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A tree might have sycamore bark on it, but if it’s a bearing apples, it’s a apple tree. That’s right. It’s a apple tree because the sap, the life on the inside of the apple—of that sycamore tree is changed to apple trees life and bearing apples, in a kind of a… No matter what outward demonstration y...

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What does 'faith is the substance of things hoped for' in Hebrews 11:1 mean?

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I want to read just a little Scripture before I express that thought: Hebrews 11:1. Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen. Now, faith is the substance. Now, it isn’t just a—a makeup, or a thought, it’s a real substance. It’s something that’s just as real as...