Topic: New Testament figures

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What did the centurion mean when he said, 'I am a man under authority'?

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Now, this centurion…A centurion was—is a man that’s over, I think the right word would be, over a century which would be a hundred men. And he was—put himself in the background. Now, I want you to do that: keep yourself in the background. Never be somebody that you’re not. I’ve often wondered, when...

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Did Jesus tell the woman at the well everything she ever did?

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Now, look. One time He seen a woman coming. He sent His disciples away. And He found a woman coming from a well, or to a well to get some water: Saint John the 4th chapter. And He seen this woman coming and she was a Samaritan. There’s a well there, near Samaria—Samari. So He…They all came to get wa...

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Why did Nathanael ask whether any good thing could come out of Nazareth?

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Why Nathanael knowing what a polluted city that Nazareth was, full of robbers, thieves, he said, “Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?” He said, “Come, see.” In other words, “Just come see for yourself.” That’s the best way. And I think if any man will approach God, as Moses did with...

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What if the man who asked Jesus to heal his son had not believed the word 'Thy son liveth'?

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Now, the man…I want you to notice something, get this point in mind. The man wanted Jesus to come down to his home and heal his son. But Jesus did not grant his request in the way that he wanted it. Sometimes He doesn’t do it for us that way. You might say, “If I can get in the prayer line…If God wi...

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Why did the Pharisees fail to recognize Jesus?

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Oh, my. No wonder you can’t believe. It’s no wonder you can’t believe. Quit asking Dr. So-and-so; take what Jesus said. Let that settle it. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. That’s the way the Pharisees and them, they had to go ask the priest whether it was all right to do this or do that...

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What healed the sick people that Peter's shadow passed over?

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Oh, brother, what’s in your hand? Why, it’s got right in you. It’s in your heart, It’s all over you, the Holy Ghost. Do something about it. Throw it out there and trust God. Say, “Certainly, God promised it to me, and I believe it.” Oh, what this world needs today…On the day of Pentecost, when they...

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Why did Jesus ask the woman at the well for a drink?

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Now, if our Lord Jesus was here tonight in a body of flesh, wearing clothes like we wear, He would do just what the Father would show Him to do. God was in Him, made Him Emmanuel. And whatever God would speak or reveal to Him, that He’d know. But now, when it come to the people, when He begin to spe...

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Did the virgin Mary need to receive the Holy Ghost at Pentecost?

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That’s the reason the virgin Mary had to go up, at the Day of Pentecost, and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, just like the rest of them did, because she was born here as a mortal and had to be born again before she could go to Heaven. Amen.

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What kind of illness did the man healed at the pool of Bethesda have?

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And in Saint John 5:19, when He passed by a pool of Bethesda, and there laid a great multitude of crippled, impotent folks, and He went through that crowd of people, and healed a man over there which was laying on a pallet, that we would call it today a little pallet laying on the floor, maybe somet...

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Why did Philip leave the revival in Samaria?

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Philip would have stayed in Samaria, very happily would he have stayed. What a revival he was having, preaching, healing, demons screaming, and people confessing their sins. And God called him right out of there to go out to the desert to meet one colored man coming down from Ethiopia. Is that right...

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How did Simeon know he would not die before he saw the Lord's Christ?

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…wonderful character, waiting for the consolation of Israel. I want to kinda speak just a moment about Simeon. Let’s take him as an old sage, wonderful old character. Some Orient theologians tell us…The historians tell us that he was in his eighties, white beard, white hair. And as he…?…go around, m...

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How did Mary respond when the angel told her she would have a Child?

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Now, He could reveal something to you, and if you don’t believe it, it’ll never be active in your life. You have to believe it. You have to take God at His Word just like Mary did when she…the angel met her and said, “You’re going to have a Child, knowing no man.” Well, instead of—of—of fussing abou...

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

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The first time that the Name of Jesus Christ was spoke through mortal lips, caused a dead baby in his mother’s womb to come to life and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. If It’ll do that to a dead baby, what ought It to do to a borned again Church? I don’t understand. Oh, my. He sa...

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Was Paul's thorn in the flesh a disease?

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And I will admit there is a sickness unto death. And that’s why prophetic gifts are in the church to know these things. But to say that our Father, that a man had rheumatism, arthritis, say, “Yes, Lord. I’m just glad to have it. Glad You give it to me. I embrace it. I love it. I glory in tribulation...

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Did Paul anoint the handkerchiefs and aprons he sent out?

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Look, if my baby was sick, and I wanted some man, that could come from…Now, many times, you believe in anointing a cloth. That’s all right; that’s perfectly all right. Anything that God will bless, I’m for it. Aren’t you? That’s right. See? Now, many people anoint the cloth, but if you’ll follow me...

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Why were the sick healed as Peter's shadow passed by them?

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You believe it? Look. A man, a Spirit filled, Pentecostal born, Holy Ghost man of God, called out, separated, stood under inspiration, knowing nothing about what Ananias and Sapphira had done, but when he came, they came into the building, the Holy Spirit revealed what had happened. And God rewarded...

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Did Jesus know Lazarus would die when He left Lazarus' home?

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Then I can see back there in them days, when Jesus went forth and demons screaming, signs a following, it got just about the time where our text begins now, and I want you to notice Him. There He was, and He went away from the home of Lazarus. And as soon as He left the home, sorrows and troubles co...

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How did the virgin Mary conceive Jesus?

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I say that He was the virgin-born Son of God, created by Jehovah. I believe that God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Hear the Truth of it and then worship Him in the Spirit. Now, and here’s what I believe: That virgin Mary, was just a little girl, seve...

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Why did the wise men see the star when the stargazers in every city did not?

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There’s…I guess you wonder why I’m stalling. See? I could feel that impact of faith moving. Just be reverent, as it’s getting near me. Now, the Angel of the Lord is coming near this platform right now; I can feel It moving down. It’s coming from this side here, right this a way, right down this a wa...

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Did the virgin Mary receive the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost?

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But when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all in one place in one accord, not saying, “I’m Methodist. I’m Baptist. I’m Lutheran. I’m this.” They were in one place and one accord. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound, not up the road, not from the seminary, but from heaven, a sou...