Topic: The plan of God

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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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Do we seek God, or does God seek us first?

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“No man can come to Me except the Father draws him.” You said, “Oh, I sought God, I went seeking for Him.” No, no, God sought for you, not you for God. Human nature proves that. When Adam sinned, he didn’t start hunting God; he started hiding from God. And Jesus said, “No man can come to Me except t...

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Does Christ force Himself on anyone, or does He come only when invited?

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And every man that ever comes into Christ will have to invite Christ into your little house which you live in. He only comes by invitation. He doesn’t push Hisself on you. You say, “I don’t want none of that fanatical stuff,” all right, don’t worry, it won’t be there. But when you are willing and re...

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Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said then, “Serpent, because you did this, walked up…” He wasn’t a reptile. He was a beast, walked up, more subtle than all the beasts of the field. Bear me record, that’s Scripture. Walked up, like a man, and he had deceived her. And He said, “And because you did this, off comes your legs, a...

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How does the circumcision God gave Abraham relate to the Holy Ghost given to a believer?

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A-…God gave Abraham the promise, and he believed the promise, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness; but He give him the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the promise. Hallelujah! You believe God, by faith, that you are saved, and accept Him; and, whenever you do, God gives you the Holy Ghos...

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What does the word 'predestinate' mean?

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But we were ordained, predestinated. You know what predestinate means? “The destination of anything, was pre-saw by God.” Amen. That’s not skim milk now. Notice. I believe that stumped you. We better go over there just a minute. Turn over with me to Ephesians, the 1st chapter, and let’s read just a...

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What dispensation are we living in?

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We’re living, not in the Christian dispensation, but in the Holy Spirit dispensation. It’s the—the acts of Holy Spirit in the Church, the Church reaction to what the Holy Spirit is in Them. Marvelous day we’re living in, greatest time of all ages. We’re now living just at the closing of the scene of...

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When does a person receive their gifts and callings from God?

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Gifts and callings are without repentance. You absolutely receive them when you’re borned in this world. The Bible says that. How many believes in predestination, foreordination, election, calling, so forth? If you believe the Bible, you have to. Some of you didn’t put your hands up. I want to ask y...

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What does Jude 4 mean by men 'foreordained to this condemnation'?

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Jude, about the 4th chap—4th verse of Jude, said, “Men of old, foreordained to this condemnation, that turned the grace of our Lord into lasciviousness.” Correctly. Foreordained of old to this condemnation, God foreordained it to them; like Pharaoh, Judas Iscariot, and many of them. Don’t tramp on G...

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Is a person saved by their own will or by God's grace?

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Now, in Jeremiah I want to read a—a portion of the Word. I want to read from the 1st chapter, and the 4th and 5th verse of Jeremiah. And then from there, I will quote two or three Scriptures, and then try to get off the platform within an hour, if I possible can, so you have time to go home and get...

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Can faith change the predestinated will of God?

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The Spirit of the Lord come into the audience and just sapped my strength. And just as I started to go down, my brother run to me to catch me. And I looked; I seen Congressman Upshaw. And he’d been in meetings ever since he was a lad when he first fell and hurt himself. He wanted to be healed then b...

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What was the old custom of tearing a contract in two over a slain beast?

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In the old days, when a contract was made, you know what they did? Notice. God just telling me to say this, I don’t know. A person would go and write a—a contract on a piece of paper. They’d write the contract. And then on the contract, they’d write what it was they was going to do, then they’d tear...

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How is Christ's death at Calvary like a contract torn in two?

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Now, God made a contract with the peoples of this world. Therefore, He sent the Son of God and killed Him on Calvary. You believe that? “All we like sheep have gone astray. God laid upon Him the iniquity of all. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity; the chastisement of our...

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How does the old custom of tearing a covenant in two apply to God's covenant with the Church?

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Them days, when they made a covenant, they would take a lamb or a beast. They’d write a covenant out, two men between them. They would write it out what it was. And then they would kill a beast. And over this beast, they would tear this thing in two. One man would take one part and one the other. An...

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Can a gift from God be passed from one person to another?

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Now, it’s to my humble belief, that gifts are not handed out with hands. Gifts are foreordained of God. “Gifts and callings are without repentance.” You can say things, and try to make these things act right, and believe right, and to work right; but they are not unless God Himself is behind it. It’...

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Can God heal someone against their own will?

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Now, He promised that He would do these things, sending signs and wonders. And now, God has made that known to the people. Now, if you can get the vision of it, and will believe it, tonight will be your night to be healed. Now, if you doubt it, there’s no matter…If Christ Himself was wearing my suit...

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Can a spiritual gift be obtained through sincere prayer?

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Now, that’s the way the gift is supposed to be working. See? Now, I want you to notice this. It wasn’t my sincere prayer that brought this gift. Gifts are not brought by sincere prayers. Gifts are foreordained of God. They’re ordained and sent. Here at the Municipal Bridge. Sister, no doubt you know...