Topic: Sin

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Did Jesus use His own power to defeat Satan in the temptation?

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I want you to notice how simple this is. When Jesus co—was here on earth, He was Emmanuel. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. God was manifested in the flesh in Jesus Christ, and He was the Emmanuel. And when He walked along here on earth, He had powers. What the Father was, He’d ma...

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Why do some people not believe in Divine healing?

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Our Lord is here tonight. Many are standing, been standing for quite awhile, no doubt. And I feel sorry for you, to have to stand like that. Someday, there’s some of the brothers out on the field that…well, they—they probably was a little more prosperous in the financial ways than I was, and they go...

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Why has there been no revival in America?

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But you know what? We set sometime, “Well, that was very nice. Yes, Lord. We appreciate that, Father.” Go home, as if it was just one of the regular routines of the day. Why? Brother, sister, if it was in Africa, and the Holy Spirit would move out through that audience there, and call somebody, and...

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Are drinking, smoking and gambling sins?

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As I said last night. Drinking, smoking, gambling, all those things isn’t sin. It isn’t a sin to gamble, it isn’t, or, gambling isn’t sin, rather, smoking isn’t sin, drinking isn’t sin, swearing isn’t sin, it’s a attribute of sin! Because you’re a sinner, that’s the reason you do it. If you was a Ch...

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What should someone do who thinks they have crossed the separating line?

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I just want to say, there’s so many people passing through here that’s suffering with mental oppression, demon manifestation, but oppression: Satan. I seen a vision break before me of a young lady. She went back there, and set down a few minutes ago, that thinks she’s crossed the separating line. Do...

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Does the devil come against a person right after they are baptized with the Holy Ghost?

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Now, look. Then I seen John, when he came out there and begin to preach, my, just with repentance, as hard as he could preach. Laying at the axe to the root of the tree, and every tree that bringeth forth not good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the sea. And then notice, or into the fire, rather....

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What does 'go and sin no more' mean?

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Now, the Bible said, “Go and sin no more, or a worse thing would come upon you.” Is that right? That means, “Go and disbelieve any more.” Sin is unbelief. See? That’s the first thing. That’s all there is to it, is unbelief, is sin. ’Cause when you believe… Jesus said, “He that believeth shall not be...

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Why did Jesus meet Satan's temptations with 'It is written' rather than the gifts God gave Him?

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As I was speaking this afternoon of the Deity of Jesus Christ, the Father in Him, all God was—give His gifts into His Son that it might be manifested in the earth. When He met Satan, He never used one of them. He brought it down to show that the weakest of Christians… Satan comes in and says, “If…”...

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Does it matter how close you get to sin, as long as you don't actually sin?

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You remember…How many remembers old toboggan slides? See? You kept sliding around—laid the toboggan down and slide around and see how close you could come. All at once, gone. It ain’t how close you can walk to sin without sinning; it’s how far you can stay away from it. The old Scotchman said, one t...

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What does it mean that 'the worshipper once purged' has no more desire of sin?

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Now, we know drinking and carrying on is sin; but the whole thing is because of unbelief. ’Cause if you believe God, and Jesus Christ to be His Son, you are absolutely not going to do those things. You believe that? “He that’s born of God does not commit sin.” See? All right. You must believe. The w...

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What does a person go to hell for?

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Here not long ago, I was preaching in a Methodist church, one night, and I thought the Lord was firing me up good. And I was just a preaching away, and I said, “You don’t go to hell because you get drunk. You don’t go to hell because you commit adultery. You don’t go to hell because you smoke cigare...

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Does God send people to hell because they are sinners?

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Now, then if He should take me as His servant. And now, He never spoke this directly to you, but it’s just the same as directly to you. But He never said, “Mrs. So-and-so at a certain age and a certain time…?…” But then, He has a prophetic gift that He sent into to His Church in these last days to s...

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What three things does Satan work on when God blesses a minister?

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An old minister has been hanging around here on the street; I met him the other day up here on the street, jumping just as high as he could singing, “Old Time Religion.” Name’s John Ryan. Got long hair and beard; he’s been around here for a few days. He—he was—rode an old bicycle down there. And he...

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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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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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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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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...

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Can a person sin away their day of grace?

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Now, Jesus here was speaking, He said, “Father, the time has come.” Now, there’s seasons for everything. Do you believe that? You sow in a certain season, and you reap in a certain season. And there’s seasons when the time comes that’s right for things to happen. Do you believe that? The time came o...

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What is iniquity?

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Jesus said, “Many will come and say, ‘Lord, have not I…’” He said, “I didn’t know you.” No, you never…See? Many will confess and say, “I have cast out devils in Thy Name, and in Thy Name I prophesied,” preachers and so forth, and everything. He’d say, “Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. I didn...

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Does even a small sin need to be confessed?

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But the least sin should be confessed, always, no matter what, how little it looks to you, it’s sin in the sight of God. Look how little the first sin was, but look what it did to the human race. When the first sin was committed, look at the difference. When the message came to Heaven that, “Your so...