Topic: The Holy Spirit

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Is a person a Christian before they receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost?

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Now, I don’t mean to say you’re not a Christian till you get the Holy Ghost, get that. I mean that you’re—the Holy Ghost is the seal of your faith. You see? God—Abraham believed God by faith, and then He give him the seal of a promise. You see? And you believe God by faith and you’re justified by fa...

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Does a person have to tarry and wait to receive the Holy Ghost?

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Every man and woman here who has a need of God can receive it right now. Do you believe that? How many believes with all your heart now? With…Now, you sinners and people seeking the Holy Ghost, here’s what the Holy Ghost is friends, you that’s seeking It. You don’t have to seek and beg and tarry. It...

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In what form does Jesus come back to His people after ascending to the Father?

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When speaking in parables, they could not understand Him, but when they realized that God was showing Him things, they believed His testimony then that He come out from God. And now, I’m giving a testimony of the same Man tonight, that they crucified Him, and He had to die to take sin out of the wor...

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How can a person tell a gift of God from the devil's counterfeit?

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The Urim and Thummim was something that the lights flashed on a—on a breastplate of Aaron here over the twelve stones as the Urim and Thummim was over it. Now, the devil went and got a crystal ball to look into. See? The devil’s got a pattern of everything God has got. The Bible says so. Yes, sir. S...

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Can human theology take the place of the Holy Spirit?

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When the disciples went forth, the Bible said they went forth preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, confirming the Word with signs following. I was reading a tract today, was probably passed out in this church, concerning the broken cisterns. It was a very outstanding tract. I liked it v...

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What is the sign of a believer?

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We say the…“Oh, here’s the sign of the believer: He goes to church. He’s a good man. He pays his debts.” That’s fine. I have nothing to say about that. He educates his children. That’s dandy. I have nothing to say about that. But that’s not the sign of a believer. Even to preach the Gospel is not th...

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How does God confirm a person's faith?

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Why brother, it’s by faith you’re saved. Is that right? But listen. In accepting of your faith, God confirms your faith by the baptism of the Holy Ghost. If you say you believe, and you don’t get the baptism of the Holy Ghost, then you do not, it—it—your faith isn’t accepted in the sight of God. You...

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Does everyone who speaks in tongues have the Holy Ghost?

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I believe that everything speaks with tongues hasn’t got the Holy Ghost. But yet, I believe the Holy Ghost can speak with tongues. See? Sure. But then if there be someone speak with tongues, like a gift of speaking in tongues, would speak in tongues, then there’d be one interpret it. Well, then, tha...

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How can you tell whether a gift a man claims is really from God?

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Now, a gift has to first be recognized to be in the Bible. And then if it’s in the Bible, and the man claims it, then if God confirms that gift, that it’s the truth, then he ought to believe that the man is true. But if God—God doesn’t testify of that gift…Hebrews 11:2 said, “God testifies of His gi...

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What does the wedding garment represent?

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Brethren, there’s no big me and little you then, when you come by the way of the Door. And then He found a man back there that didn’t have a wedding garment on. He come in some other way besides of the door. And Jesus said, “Friend, what are you doing here?” And he was speechless. And you try to cli...

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Did the virgin Mary receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost?

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But the way the Bible said it, they were all with one accord, in one place, and suddenly there didn’t come a priest, there didn’t come a preacher; but there come a rushing mighty wind from above. And it filled all the house where they were setting. Big flames of fire set upon them. And they were all...

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Can a person speak in tongues and still not have the Holy Spirit?

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And you men and women here, just preach the Gospel. Don’t claim nothing that you can’t back up. For Satan’s going to bring you to a showdown. That’s exactly right. That’s right. Like people trying to impersonate the Holy Spirit. Many of them has went out and spoke with tongues and claimed to have th...

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What seal does God give to show that a person believes Him?

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Abraham believed God, but God give him the circumcision as a seal. And the Seal of promise that you do believe God, God gives you the Holy Ghost as a Seal to prove that you do believe Him. And if you people get all the superstitions away from your mind right now, God will seal you into His Kingdom b...

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In what form is Jesus Christ present with His church today?

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We’re strangers? We are strangers. Yes, ma’am. I just want to talk to you just a few moments because it’s just like when our Master was here, now see, Jesus rose from the dead, did He? You believe that? You ought to, being a Christian, you ought, you believe that. Jesus rose from the dead. Then He’s...

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Can the Holy Spirit bless a hypocrite?

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“But by their fruits ye shall know them.” There you are. See? Now, the same Holy Spirit can bless a hypocrite. That knocked some of you Arminians out, but that’s the Truth. That’s the Truth. Been taught holiness, which I believe in holiness, too. But the same Spirit, the rain falls on the just and t...

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What is the double portion that was promised to the church?

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Keep your eyes on Jesus. Watch. Jesus was a type of the church. He was standing one day and a woman run up, said, “Well, I want my son to set on one side and one on the other.” Said, “Can you drink the cup that I drink?” She said, “Yes, Lord.” Said, “Truly, you can. But can you be baptized with the...

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What was the manna laid up in the holiest of holies a type of?

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And now, watch, the manna kept falling. Now, Moses told Aaron, go out and take up several omer-fulls of it, and put it back in the holiest of holies around the ark, that after this, that every priest (Get it?), every priest coming into the priesthood could have a mouthful of the original manna that...

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Was the virgin Mary filled with the Holy Ghost at Pentecost?

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Now watch, that was our Manna that’s to carry the Holy Ghost Church down through the age till Jesus comes. Hallelujah. Notice, how long was it to last, you teacher who don’t know, your Bible? Peter said…When they begin to stagger and scream, the outside ecclesiastical full Gospel phenomenal, or fana...

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How serious is it to reject the Holy Spirit compared with rejecting the Father or the Son?

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Now, in the great Divine trinity of God, in the day…It’s all the One God, God in a trinity: the Fatherhood, the Sonship, and the Holy Spirit dispensation. Now, if a man rejected God in the days of Fatherhood, under Moses and the law, well, he was put to death, if he disobeys God, broke His command....

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Which comes first, God's Word or what God speaks through a servant's gift?

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Come to God sincerely. Don’t doubt nothing. Have faith in God. Now, when God shows, God will do. What God says, God’s under obligation to His Word. Now, Christian friends, this is first. This is God’s Word. Any kind of a ministry that’s built upon anything else besides This, is in error. That’s God’...