Topic: Foundation & doctrine

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What does the story of the crow that kept walking around after it was untied illustrate?

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God, you know what? He’s your Redeemer. Did you ever see a pawn shop? Oh, that’s a horrible looking place. The devil put you in a pawn shop, and Jesus redeemed you; you’re free; get out of it. That’s right. He give you these things, but Jesus paid the ransom. And He paid the price; you’re out of the...

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Are believers who belong to different churches still brothers?

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If He can show me what’s wrong with people in their lives, He can show me where to go, and what to do, and how long to stay. And I’ve been so tied up though. I got into…Well, at first when I left the Baptist church to be interdenominational to help bring the brethren together, to do all that I could...

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Is God known by knowledge or by faith?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees, one of them was the knowledge. And the other one the Tree of Life. And when man left the Tree of Life and took the first bite off the tree of knowledge, he separated himself from God. And now he bit off gunpowder, destroys himself. He bit off an electricit...

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How is the Word of God related to the Gospel?

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Now, the Gospel, commonly believed, is the Word of God, and that is true in one sense. But the Word of God is not Gospel alone. The Word of God is the Seed that produces the Gospel. Jesus said a sower went forth and sowed seed. And some fell onto the stony places, and some fell by the wayside, and t...

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Does being a loyal church member make someone a believer?

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Now, there’s many has a profession that they believe, and today in my church, as in most all of our churches, we class a believer as one who is loyal to the church, and comes to church regular, and takes a—a place, a position in the church, and helps the church in its financial needs. But that’s ver...

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Is God under obligation to keep His Word?

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God is worth no more than His Word. And if His Word is no good, then He is no good. If your word…If I can’t put no confidence in what you say, you’re no good. But you’re just as good as your word is. And God is just as good as His Word is. And I, as a Christian believer, I believe that this Bible is...

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What should you do when discomforts make it hard to keep on praying?

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And I went over there, and I knelt down. Did you ever feel like, you know, the briers stuck you, and the floor was too hard? Did you ever have that? That’s the time to press on. That’s the devil trying to keep you from it. Move right on. As long as you’re doing right, you can’t be doing wrong. See?...

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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...