Topic: The church & ministry

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What about a Christmas play in a Holy Ghost church?

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Well, if it’s about Christ, it might be all right. But if it’s about Santa Claus, I don’t believe in him. I—I done growed—I done growed away from that. I don’t believe in Santa Claus at all. See? And some of these little Christmas things they have, I think is ridiculous. And…But I think they’ve took...

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Can you find anywhere the apostles took Communion after Pentecost? Did Paul mean people do not discern the Word? Holy Ghost was the only way to worship God? If you take wine and crackers, sickness and sleep fall on you?

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Now, here is maybe a place that I believe the dear person that asked this is no doubt deeply and sincerely in this, what they’re asking, or they wouldn’t ask it. And I—my Brother or Sister, whoever it was, I answer it just as deeply and sincerely as you answered it—or asked it. I want you now to tu...

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Why do churches who baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost and admit women preachers to preach, why do they have so much power and authority?

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Now, that’s a ticklish thing. Now, I know that I’m speaking to people that’ll different with this, but as a Christian I must say it. There is no Scriptural authority in the Bible for water baptism in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. There never was one person ever baptized in the Bible in th...

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Why should Christ appear to me as I was about to take the Sacraments?

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Well, no doubt your heart was just in tune and you was coming sacredly up to God to do it; and that’s why He appeared to you. See, that’d be the only reason I know. I couldn’t say no more than—than what that…Let’s see.

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Do you think it is right for women to do personal work outside the church?

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Yes. That’s just a question, just a…not a scriptural question, but…Certainly, I do. Yes, sir, we’re all workers together. Women have their places, and certainly they do. Yes, sir. Just do all the personal work you can do, and God will bless you for it. All right, now let’s see:

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I do not understand the light on water baptism, in the 28th chapter of…19th verse, of Matthew. What does this mean?

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Well, now, maybe it won’t take me but just a minute. And lets have somebody turn with me if you will, to Matthew, the 28th chapter, and the 19th verse. And we’ll find out, just what the person is…twenty-five…Now, This will make you strong if you’ll just stay with It. It’s—It’s good, you see. It isn’...

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So the Holy…Does the Holy Ghost still given by the laying on of hands? The disciples did this, Peter, Paul, and so on, and is it still possible? Paul received It in this manner.

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Yes, dear brother, sister, whoever wrote the—the note. The Holy Ghost is absolutely to be received by laying on of hands. Now, many people call me…as I’ve been marked as a Pentecostal, saying I was Pentecostal. I never belonged to a Pentecostal organization. I’m absolutely free from all organizatio...

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If two-thirds of the people of the world heard…not heard the Gospel yet, the Word of the Gospel, how much did the… Beg your pardon. It’s wrote with ink, and I’ve been perspiring here and it’s run into it. Let’s see. If two-thirds of the people of the world has not yet heard the Gospel, how can our Lord come now, being they hadn’t heard the Gospel, two-thirds of them? Well, that’s exactly right. I’ll tell you what I think.

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Here not long ago, when Dr. Reidhead, the President of the Sudan Mission, the greatest full…the greatest apostolic…No, I beg your pardon. The greatest fundamental mission in the world, the Sudan Mission. Dr. Reidhead, with so many degrees till he didn’t even know how many degrees was upon him, come...

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Now: When we’re…When we live far from here to attend…We live too far from here to attend the tabernacle. Where do you recommend we attend, assembly ourselves together, seeing that the churches are after the mother church, or, Catholicism?

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My dear brother or sister, whoever wrote it, I wouldn’t tell you what church to attend. But what I would do, this, my brother, sister, I…If you haven’t got the baptism of the Holy Spirit, see, well, you get the baptism of the Holy Spirit and then you go to some congregation where there’s other peopl...

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Last night you spoke of “the great multitude that no man could number, from every tribe, nation,” that are—are mentioned in the 7th chapter of Revelation. Did I understand you, correctly, to say that “They are the Bride of Christ”? Yes, you understood me. They are the Bride.

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Now if you’ll notice, just exactly in Revelation 7, he saw the hundred and forty-four thousand. Now, I’m not accusing you of this, my brother, but the hundred…Usually a Jehovah Witness is the one that believes that hundred and forty-four thousand will be the Bride. And that’s an error! John knowed e...

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Please explain if a Christian should observe feet-washing, and baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ (Name) instead of the name of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Please.

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All right. I had about three of those in here that asked that same thing. Of feet-washing, well, I might as well start on that. All right, now you may different, that’s all right. Let me just read a few, just a moment. Or if you want to read it, get Saint John, the 13th chapter, just a moment. I wa...

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I have two boys (one, two; and one, five), and they have been sprinkled. Should they be baptized by immersing?

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Well now sister or brother, whoever you are, that’s up to you. I’ve got a little girl…My little boy, Billy Paul, was sixteen years old, and I baptized him in the Name of the Lord Jesus right here. My little girl was eight years old. She come to me and got up on my lap, and she said, “Daddy, I want t...

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Will only those who have the baptism of the Holy Ghost be in the Rapture of the Church, or will all believers be indicated?

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We ain’t…we haven’t got time to justify that. But, brother, only the Holy Ghost Bride will be in the Rapture. See? The Bible…?…the others won’t be lost. Look! Who’s going to judge the earth? Saints. Daniel said, “I saw Him, come to the Ancient of Time, and—and He came with ten thousands times ten t...

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But doesn’t God have respect for the baptism of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”? Isn’t there people being baptized in the name, in these names, have received the Holy Spirit? Did Jesus come to glorify the Father? Wouldn’t this baptism be recognized?

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Yes, Jesus came to glorify the Father. Look in Saint John the 14th chapter. I’m just about…I got…If you’ll just wait just about three more, we’ll have it over, I believe. Look, then we get some new ones tomorrow, then, ’cause I’ll really get some back from tonight, I believe. Notice, this is church,...

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Brother Bill, please tell me how to—to obtain the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is by prayer, surrendered life, accepting It as we do healing? I know what it is to have faith for healing when you prayed for me here. Do you pray and lay hands on, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost? I was baptized in the name of “the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Please tell me if I should be rebaptized in the Name of Jesus, as you spoke recently. Now, my dear Christian friend, I’m not telling you what to do. I’m only laying the Scripture down. And you know what, how the Holy Ghost can come right now while we’re speaking. The Holy Ghost is a gift of God. See? That’s a gift of God. It could come while we’re speaking. And I’ll tell you, when…If the people was taught right,… Some of you old-timers here, let me ask you something, you old-timers that’s been in the tabernacle. Watch when I baptize people. And you ministers take this for an example. I’ve taught those people till they had that life cleaned up before they went to that water, and I had them believing that God was obligated to keep His promise; as soon as they was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit was right there to receive it. And when they come up out of the water, they received the Holy Ghost. That’s right. If you just…

Answer

Shepherds, teach your sheep, get them in the Bible here. Get away from that old textbook of some church, and get down here in the Bible where God taught, and you won’t have those troubles. Yes, laying on of hands is how we can receive the Holy Ghost, by some anointed person laying on of hands.

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Will you please tell us how our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ expects us to come into the house of our Lord to worship?

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All right, that’s a good one. That’s a very essential one to any church. God expects you to come to the church house…Now, that’s just a question, just a right out question. It isn’t a Scriptural; it…yet it is. Wait, I’ll tell you what He said. The first place, if you want Scripture, the people are s...

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Question: Why should a vision of God come before me when I was about to take the Communion at my church? Over. (Well, it’s just a lady’s name; yes, it’s a lady’s name,) A…Why should a vision of God come before me when I was about to take the Communion at my church?

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Well, I wouldn’t know, sister, unless it was this: If you seen Jesus Christ appear in a vision at your church when you were taking the Communion, He was letting you know this: that you were taking Him in a symbol. The Communion is to represent the body of Jesus Christ; and you were taking Him as a s...

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I was baptized at the age of thirteen. Should I be again?

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Now, that’s a—that’s a nice little question to ask. Well, now, friend, I always leave that to the person. Remember, I don’t know…There’s one that I do know who wrote it, that’s this one right here, and the man handed it to me himself. And somebody asked me a question back there that I should answer...

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What is the greatest need of the church today?

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You, would you like to know what I think the greatest need of the church today? Would you like…What I think…Where I think the lacking is? Is a no soul travail. The people are not broke up enough. They’re…There—there’s no burden seemingly. And you give me someone that’s just so tore up about lost sou...

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Is the Apostles Creed found in the Bible?

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We got today the Apostle’s Creed. I challenge that to the Bible. There is no such a thing as Apostle’s Creed. If there’s any Apostle’s Creed in the Bible, it’s found in Acts where He said, “Repent every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. You shall...