Topic: Foundation & doctrine

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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...

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What are the three things that hinder a minister?

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Now, this is not to be—to be humble, or it’s not to show off, but from the bottom of my heart, I wished I had a place where I could work while in these meetings (That’s right.) so I wouldn’t have to even take up an offering or something. That’s the truth. I just dread the thoughts of taking up an of...

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Can God break His promise the way a person can?

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Now, Simeon believed because the Holy Ghost had promised him. He was looking for it. If you’re expecting it, you got something behind that you believe that God has promised it, then you got a right to expect it. Is that right? When God promises it… Now, I might break my promise, ’cause I’m a man. An...

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How does a paid pawn bill illustrate what Jesus did for us?

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If you had a watch in the pawn shop, somebody went down and—and paid the pawn bill, or ever what you had on it, and the man gave a receipt and sent it back and said, “Here you are it’s paid off,” you’ve got a right to go down, not pay for the watch again, go down show the receipt and take your watch...

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Which angel will announce the second coming of Jesus?

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Oh my, I can see our Master when He come with that blackness behind Him and saying: that He was an illegitimate child. But God sent a warning always before the coming. He sent a man by the name of—of John the Baptist. He was a great forerunner of Jesus. God always sends a forerunning before some gre...

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Why does God sometimes hold off answering a prayer until the last moment?

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Now, I could think of when Zacharias…God setting Hisself in order, getting His church ready…Zacharias, the great high priest—or great priest, rather, he was to burn incense. He had a home that was consecrated to God. God give us some more homes like that. Yes, sir. They believe God and waited on God...

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How did Mary respond to Gabriel's promise that she would have a child?

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Look, the priest doubted Gabriel’s word. But Mary…And he had something to believe that’d happened before that time; but Mary didn’t have nothing: never a baby had been born without being, well, like man and wife. But she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. And instead of doubting him, she s...

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How was Jesus both a man and God?

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The Bible said, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He was a man. When He come down off the mountain that night, hungry, and He was looking for some to eat around a fig tree. He was a man when He was hungry. But when He took five biscuits and fed five thousand, He was God. Halle...

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How does Jesus Christ compare with the founders of other religions, such as Mohammed and Confucius?

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And ten…I say five hundred years from tonight, this little group that’s setting here will be somewhere. That’s right. And wherever we are then, we’ll be where we’ll have to be to spend eternity. And tonight, it may be a decision time, and the last time that some of us will have to make our decision....

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What does it mean to take God at His Word, as Peter did when he let down the net?

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Peter, here, I can imagine seeing the people press upon him to hear the Word of God that came from his lips. He didn’t speak like an ordinary man. He was a great…he’s…he might not have been so forceful, but his words had such a weight, the people loved him. There was something different. I can imagi...

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What does Boaz redeeming Naomi and gaining Ruth show about Christ?

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He’s our Kinsman Redeemer. Isn’t that right? God was manifested in the flesh to take our place, to be a Kinsman to us. As in the Book of Ruth, and Exodus, and so forth, how it preaches, teaches there of how that we become kinsmen to God, and God came down and dwelt in His Son, Christ Jesus, became K...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith while James says he was justified by works?

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Now, if Abraham says, “I got faith in God,” but was afraid to offer his son Isaac, then his faith was no good. Paul justified Abraham by faith, Paul was talking about what God seen in Abraham; but James justified him by works, James was talking about what men seen in Abraham. See? God sees your fait...

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How was Jesus related to Jehovah?

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He said, “I and My Father are One. My Father dwelleth in Me.” Just as Jehovah…Just what Jehovah was, Jesus was, He was the expressed image of Him. He was God shaped out here, and all the powers of God formed into, and put in a human body. He said, “It’s not Me that doeth the works, It’s My Father th...

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Did Jesus use His own power to answer Satan when He was tempted?

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Now, He had all those fine gifts at His command, but when Satan found Him, He didn’t use those gifts. When Satan said, “If thou be the Son of God, change these stones to bread. Turn them into bread and eat, for you’re hungry.” He said, “It is written!” And he taken Him up on the pinnacle of the temp...