23-0317A_PUTTING ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD PT-4
(HIS HIDDEN POWER)
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Jos 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Jos 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Jos 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Jos 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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E-16 What we need today is a good old
fashion Saint Paul's revival and the baptism of the Holy Ghost like fell on the
day of Pentecost, to bring a people back to a living faith in God again. That's
exactly. I believe in confessions to raise up and accept Jesus Christ; that's
good. I believe in all that, but friends, we need something more than that.
Abraham believed God by faith, and He give him the seal of circumcision as a confirmation of his faith. And when you say, "You've got faith in God." God's under obligation, if your faith is right, to give you the baptism of the Holy Ghost right there to confirm that He has accepted your faith. Amen. That's right.
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E-17 Now notice, and little David,
and when he got ready to go out to fight the giant, why, the--the king, he
admired his courage, I guess. He said, "Now, son, I certainly admire your
courage, but you'll remember, we're not living in the days of Moses any more;
we're living in the days when these things are past." He said, "Come
over here; nevertheless, I'll equip you up." So he took his own armor off
and put it on the little boy, David. And he put his--his shield in his hand,
and the great big armor that he had almost weighted little David down.
And he said, "Why, here take this thing off me; I've never tried it yet. I've never proved it. I don't know what it is." But there's one thing he did have; he had a personal experience with a slingshot, that he knowed God was with him in that slingshot. That's what he needs.
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E-18 Saul found out that the ecclesiastical vest
of Saul didn't fit a man of God. And so it weighted him down. That's what the
trouble with a lot of men today, as I meet, as I cross the land, men of great
standing in high churches and things. They believe this message of deliverance;
they believe the message of the Lord Jesus and His power, but they're so
shackled down with church denominations till they can't see no farther than the
church, and they won't let them any farther. What we need today is somebody to
step out with some experience with a slingshot like David had.
David said, "I don't
know nothing about your theology, and about these swords, and so forth, but
your servant, with this slingshot I had an experience out there, that God let
me kill a lion with it and kill a bear with it. And if He will let me kill a
lion with it, surely that uncircumcised Philistine belongs to me this
afternoon." God give us some more ruddy boys with that kind of ruddy
experience, that'll take God at His Word, and believe Him for everything He
says is the truth. Amen. That's what we need tonight, my dear Christian
friends.
And now, I want you to notice, He went out and proved exactly that God was with him, because he had an experience that God could deliver the enemy into his hand by his slingshot.
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E-19 A little old fellow, one time,
by the name of Samson, a little curly headed fellow about like that. I see the
artist paint his picture sometimes with doors would hardly go across this
auditorium here. Why, it wouldn't be no mystery to me to see a man like that
pick up the city gates and walk away with it, a man of that size. It wouldn't
be no mystery or to slay a lion with his hands, a man of that size. But they
got the wrong slant. Samson was a little bitty fellow, a little curly headed fellow,
seven little curls hanging down like a little sissy, and he looked he was
anything else but what would be a man. But when the
Spirit of God came upon him, he could slay a lion or anything. But it taken the
Spirit of God.
And one day, when he was all backed up by the side of a hill, and a thousand Philistines was upon him, and he knowed nothing to do, but he picked up an old dry jawbone of a mule, and felt back to see if them seven locks was still there, he waded in with all he had, and slayed that thousand Philistines, with nothing else he had to give them. But he said, "I haven't got nothing but a jaw bone to give you, so I'll give it to you." And he slayed a thousand Philistines. What we need today is some people to get right down to real business with God.
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E-20 …..I remember a little fellow name
Shamgar, down there in--in the time of the judges. He didn't have nothing; he
wasn't a warrior. He didn't know nothing about fighting. The Philistines would
come over and steal everything they got. As soon as they got a little bit built
up, some supplies, then the Philistines would come in and rob them, take it
away.
That just about the way we do in revival meetings today. We'll go in and get a revival started, and as soon as the evangelist leaves, or the people get scattered out, then in comes the Philistines, and saying, "Now, the days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing as that. It's only theo... It's only psychology. It's--it's mental telepathy, or something in that order."
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E-21 Oh, my, I can see little old
Shamgar standing there and looking down the street, and here come them
Philistines marching up. He wasn't a warrior; he knowed nothing about fighting.
But one thing he did know, that he was a Jew, and he had a right; he was
circumcised and God was with him. So he grabbed this little old ox goad there.
That's all he had; he sure give it to six hundred Philistines, and killed every
one of them armored man with this ox goad in his hand, because he stepped out
on what was right and believed God.
What we need tonight is some more Shamgars. Isn't that right? Somebody who will step out on the Word of God, and say that it's the truth, [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] and don't be afraid. God will back up His Word; He's under obligation to.
***NOW, WHATEVER HE HAS
PROMISED IN THE WORD, THAT GOD WILL DO; FOR GOD IS UNDER OBLIGATION TO HIS
WORD.
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E-14 …..Don't never be weary in well-doing, for you will certainly reap in due season if you faint not. Always do that which is right. And whatever that God has said in His Book, you believe that; for you can hang your soul on any phase of the Word of God. You believe that, don't you? Now, whatever He has promised in the Word, that God will do; for God is under obligation to His Word.
*WE'RE WRESTLING WITH THE POWER AND THE
PROMISE OF GOD WHICH CAN BREAK ANY HOLD ON ANY DEVIL AT ANY TIME.
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E-67 But we're in a wrestling match. We're wrestling not with fine-dressed intellectual psychology, but we're wrestling with the power and the promise of God which can break any hold on any devil at any time. Jesus, our Lord, proved it when He was Emmanuel, God Himself made flesh among us. And when He met Satan, to show that Satan could be defeated by the Word, every time Satan would come to Him He said, "It's written. It's written." Oh, how I would like to take time here on some note I got wrote here, on the things that He said--how many times that He broke Satan's power with "It's written." (Oh, my.), showing that that fortified person behind the Word of God can scream out, "It's written, turn him loose. Turn loose, Satan, for it is written," if you're staying behind the Word. "If ye abide in Me, and My Word's in you, ask what you will." That's right. Can't be wrong; that's got to be right.
*YES, WE NEED THAT HIDDEN STRENGTH LIKE SAMSON HAD… IT WAS A HIDDEN POWER.
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E-68 Yes, we need that hidden
strength like Samson had. I've seen the intellectual picture of Samson somebody drawed. He
had shoulders, honest, I don't believe the man could've stood on the platform.
I never seen such shoulders. That'd
be no mystery, how he could pick up a lion and tear him apart; or pick up the
gates and walk up on the hill with it, or something like that. It wouldn't be no mystery a man that size.
But he was a little bitty, curly-headed shrimp, about like that, mama's little boy, little curls hanging down. But where that thing was, they couldn't understand where that... how he could take the jaw bone of a mule and upon them helmets about an inch and a half thick... And that old jaw bone would've broke the first lick, an old powder dry jaw bone. But he just knocked those Philistines right and left with it. What was it? It was a hidden power. See? Didn't know where it was at. See?
***THAT'S WHAT THE CHURCH TODAY, YOU GOT A HIDDEN POWER (OH, MY.), SOMETHING
THAT FORTIFIES THEM.
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E-69 That's what the church today, you got a hidden power (Oh, my.), something that fortifies them. What is it? It's the Word, the manifestation of God's grace with His people...?... Yes, sir. Yes, if you don't have the hidden power... Today we study in schools. We send our children to Bible school. That's all right (uh-huh), nothing against it, not a thing. But that's not what counts.
***PETER ..... YEAH, HE
HAD A LOT OF--OF STRENGTH IN HIS ARMS; BUT WHEN HE COME TO SPIRITUAL COURAGE,
HE DIDN'T HAVE IT… AFTER
PENTECOST HE WENT UP AND PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. HE SURE HAD COURAGE
THEN.
You know, Peter that
night, oh, how he had... When the high priest come up (his servant), he pulled
out his sword. He could duel. He pulled out his sword and chopped his ear off.
Yeah, he had a lot of--of strength in
his arms; but when he come to spiritual courage, he didn't have it. He denied the Lord's Word; because Christ was God's Word made
manifest. So he denied it.
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E-70 Oh, how I'd like to linger on that a few minutes, how that that Word...
He said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then
don't believe Me. But if I do the works of My Father, then believe the
works." He said, "You
hypocrites, you can see the signs in the skies (about, you know, rain coming
and so forth)." but said, "The
signs of the time you can't discern. For you... If
you'd have knowed Me, you'd have knowed My day." You find it?
And Peter seen all
that, and heard all that. And with an arm that could cut off that priest's
servant... He must have been a real swordsman, because
he was a servant to the priest, and he was a guard. He came out there, could
use his spear. But Satan was so, or--or Peter was so much better with
the spear, or with his sword than he was with his spear, he chopped his ears
off.
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E-71 But when it come to real
down-inside-of-him courage, he didn't have it. No, he didn't have it. When he
had seen that Word... Now, I'm going to get religious. When he had seen that
Word made manifest, and knowed that that was the day for it to be there, and
seen it proved exactly what God said it would do, and then with all of his
intellectual strength, with all of his physical being...
That's the way it is
today. Men who just walk up and put their name on a book, those who shake hands
with a minister... And when it comes to standing in the office and the boss
passes a drink, they'll take it. They're afraid of their job.
It comes to paying
your tithes into your church, you're afraid to do it, because you're afraid
you'll starve to death, even though, God's made the promise that He would take
care of you. All these things...
And when you come to the church, and the Holy Spirit falls amongst the people, and something in your heart tells you, "This is it. That's the Word." When you see the baptism and everything else brought out in the Word, you're afraid to take it. What's the matter? You're lacking courage, spiritual courage to stand up.
***THE WORD OF... GOD'S FIERY WORD WAS
BURNING IN HIS OWN FLESH. WHAT WAS IT? GOD IN HIM.
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E-72 So he didn't have it. He could duel. He
could say, "Now, I belong to So-and-so; I give you to understand."
But that wasn't what it was. But when he seen the Word manifested and then
denied It, oh, what a horrible thing that was.
But, brother, after Pentecost he went
up and put on the whole armor of God. He sure had courage then. Look
at that same guy: a believer on Christ, followed Him hour by hour; but he'd
only had seen the Word by letter; he'd only seen it manifested.
But now it was
in him. Glory. Hallelujah. The Word of... God's
fiery Word was burning in his own flesh. What was it? God in him. Amen. God, Christ,
the hope of glory made manifest in a man in flesh... God knowed what He
was doing. Yes, sir. It wasn't no more trust to this, or that, or the other,
but God Himself. Amen.
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E-73 Then he stood up there and he said, "Ye men of Israel, and you
that dwell in Judaea, hear my voice: These are not drunk as you suppose. This
is that which was spoke of by the prophet Joel; it'll come to pass in the last
days, saith God, 'I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and
your daughters... Upon My handmaids and maidservants will I pour out My Spirit.'"
Amen. No intellectual about that, he had
something.
What was it? He had the whole
armor of God on, not so much as the high priest's dress; but he had something
inside of him. The armor of God comes inside: the spiritual hidden power of God that
the intellectual eye doesn't see at all. Jesus never did say,
"Did you see it?" He said, "Did you believe it?" Amen. Oh, my.
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E-74 I've often made a little rude mistake.
Maybe... I didn't mean to do it, but maybe I said it wrong. But I always
said... Peter said
then, "This is that." And if this isn't that, I want to keep this
till that comes. I--I--I believe this is that though, 'cause it took a little
sinner like me and done something to me. It put a
love in my heart that's burning. Oh, my. And now, it's been burning for thirty
years and it's still burning, getting brighter all the time as I go towards
that place. Yes, sir. Oh, my, His Word.
Peter standing there denied Him, but just a few days later stood before the whole multitude. Why? Then he had the intellectual side, the sword. "We had a million more last year; we had so many in our organizations." But now he's got something inside. Oh, my. He's got the whole armor on. Oh, my. How wonderful. Oh, yes. All right.
***GOD MAKES HIMSELF PRESENT IN HIS ARMY THEN.
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E-75 Oh, God makes Himself present in
His army then.
Do you believe that? Now, God said, "I sent them the Word. Eve just
walked right over the top of It, disbelieved It. I made It manifest, and
they crucified it. I'm just getting
tired. I'm coming Myself." So here He come: God in you. God above
us, the Pillar of Fire; God with us in Jesus Christ; God in us, the Holy
Spirit. What is it? The same
Word, the same God. Amen.
No more trusting in anything else, God come Himself. This was a man-sized job, so He just brought it on down, He come down Himself. "They won't have to do nothing about it. Just let them surrender to me and I'll walk in them, talk in them, speak in them, work in them." Oh, my. That's it. "I'll do the do--I'll do the work. Just let them just humble themselves. Let them just empty up. I'll just beat my enemy out there through them." That's it. You can't do it in yourself now; you're not a match for him. But if you'll just let God do it, get the Word in you, then it'll all be taken care of.
***GOD DRESSED UP IN HIS CHURCH…THAT'S GOD'S
DRESS-WEAR, GOD'S PRESENCE, GOD'S SPIRIT (AND IF...) WORKING THROUGH MAN.
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E-76 Now, God fortified His army. What with? Himself, in the form of prophets, apostles,
teachers, pastors. What did He do? What was God doing? Listen, did
you ever think what that offices of the church is? It's God's dress, inside dress, an apostle, a prophet, a seer. Foresee, before Satan ever gets to it, done
told it. What is it? God dressed up in His church. These offices is God's
dress-wear. When you see those offices, pastors, teachers, evangelists,
what is that? That's God's dress-wear, God's
Presence, God's Spirit (And if...) working through man.
And if that office denies any of this Word, then it's not
God-dressing...?... No, not that. That's that wolf in sheep's clothing. Watch
that fellow. Beware of him.
But when he just takes what the Word says, remember, that's God, 'cause He's speaking His Word. See? But if He says, "Well, it isn't..." Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my, get going, sheep; get going.
*“I'M GOING TO MEET MY ENEMY IN MY
CHURCH. I'M GOING TO BEAT HIM ON HIS OWN GROUNDS.”
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E-77 What did He do that for? Now,
the world wouldn't believe that Man rose again. They didn't believe it in the
first place. They said, "Why, why, they--they stole Him away. His
disciples come, stole Him away. Yes. The--they didn't believe it. They seen
that. And God said, "Now, wait a minute, I'm going to come and be in it
Myself. I'm going to meet My enemy in My church. I'm going to beat him on his
own grounds."
He did that once. Yeah. You know what He did? He took Moses and set him right under the enemy's nose. Let the enemy feed him and raise him up right, like that. Went down, defeated the enemy and sunk him in the bottom of the Dead Sea. See? That's right. Sure He is. Then to think, "Oh, infinite God." What we got to worry about? He's God. Just go ahead and believe Him. Sure.
*HE WOULD COME AND VINDICATE HIMSELF IN
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E-78 Now. He said He would--what He
would do? He would come and vindicate Himself in His
church, and they would vindicate His resurrection by His works. See?
Yeah, John 14:12. I think that's right: yeah, John 14:12. Jesus said, "He that
believeth in Me, the works that I do shall he also."
See, what is it? Now,
you say, "I believe." That's just a word. But if you truly believe,
that's this. If
He is the Word, then you got to believe all the Word. "He that
believeth all of Me (just don't believe part of it, believe all of Me), then
the works that I do shall he do also," for He is still the same Word. So
if it's the same Word, it would do the same works.
If this Holy Spirit that's here today, if it isn't the same Word that it was in the beginning... If It is, It'll do the same works. That's the reason Jesus said, "He that believeth in Me, the works that I do shall he do also." Oh, I'd like to stay on that a little while, but getting too late. Why? The same Word, same works (See?), 'cause Jesus was God's works, we know that.
***OUR GREAT WARRIOR, GREAT TRIUMPH, WORD
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E-79 Matthew 28 said, "I'll be with My army. Not only that, but I'm going in My army." Oh, my. Think of it. Our great Warrior, great triumph, Word General in us. The Word Who was made flesh and triumphed over every devil, every sickness, even death, hell, and the grave, that same General is in us, with us. How long? "Till the end of the world," right on down. Think of it: the One that's leading the battle.
***EVERY POWER OF THE ENEMY'S DEFEATED.
Every power of the enemy's defeated. When He was here on earth, He took
the Word and triumphed over everything Satan had. He
triumphed over death. He triumphed over hell. He triumphed over the
grave. He rose up on the third day, and He's come back and now living in His
church, this great Word Warrior, the Warrior that was the Word. And that same Warrior that is the Word is in us, living
Himself, punctuating every sign of His resurrection and His coming. Amen.
He's doing it today in this evening time, when the great evening Lights are
begin to shine. Hallelujah. Great Warrior, Christ,
already triumphed. Ain't a thing for me to do, just follow. Amen. Every power
defeated. (Dodging a lot of Scriptures here.) I like that.
*WHEN YOU TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD YOU CAN
SHAKE EVERY DEVIL AWAY FROM YOU AND RUN FREE
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E-81 Let Him break the windows and
walls of your creeds down and come in one time. All the superstitions and
devils will fly...?... Glory. Things will change. We need no great intellectual giants; we just follow the Chief. Chief
come right down, and took the Word of God and broke right through it, said,
"Here you are."
You know, I'm told that a jet plane, after it goes so fast it gets to the sound barrier. And then it just has to quiver and shake until it gets through that sound barrier. And after it gets through there, she just runs free. Well, that's the way it is, brother. You just die out to everything, till you get through the sin barrier. That's the unbelief. Get through that, and everything will run fine. When you take God at His Word you can shake every devil away from you and run free, everything. Amen. Put on the full armor. Yes, sir.
***GOD DON'T PROVIDE ANYTHING 'LESS HE HAS
NEED OF IT.
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E-83 Here some time ago in the
army... When the nation first provided a helmet (Oh, my!), that little rookie
didn't want to wear that; it seemed unnecessary. But when he got in battle he
needed it. God don't provide
anything 'less He has need of it. Everything that He's provides for you, you
better take it 'cause you're going to have need of it.
A little rookie with a ninety pound pack on his back in a training... He's got his new suit on, you know, and he don't see any necessary packing that ninety-pound pack with all these picks, and shovels, and hand grenades, and everything else. But let him get in battle once. Time will come when you must have it. That's right.
*THAT'S WHY THE ALL-WISE GOD EQUIPPED HIS ARMY WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE
HOLY GHOST.
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E-84 That's why the all-wise God
equipped His army with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He knowed these intellectual giants would stand in this last days.
Hallelujah. He knowed they'd stand, and they'd be able to explain by their
great wisdom, powers of Satan. Peter
said, "They're like a roaring lion, devouring what he will." Yes.
But He said, "I'm not going to leave you comfortless. I'm coming again. I'm going to be with you." He equipped His army with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Said, "Go up there, every one of you and wait. (Luke 24:49) Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until--until you're endued with power from on high. After this, the Holy Ghost is come upon you, then you shall be witnesses of me in Jerusalem, Judaea (Acts 1:8), plumb on down to the utmost parts of the world."
*THAT'S WHY THE ALL-WISE GOD EQUIPPED HIS ARMY WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE
HOLY GHOST.
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E-84 That's why the all-wise God
equipped His army with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He knowed these intellectual giants would stand in this last days.
Hallelujah. He knowed they'd stand, and they'd be able to explain by their
great wisdom, powers of Satan. Peter
said, "They're like a roaring lion, devouring what he will." Yes.
But He said, "I'm not going to leave you
comfortless. I'm coming again. I'm going to be with you." He equipped His army with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Said,
"Go up
there, every one of you and wait. (Luke 24:49) Behold, I send the
promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,
until--until you're endued with power from on high. After this, the Holy Ghost
is come upon you, then you shall be witnesses of me in Jerusalem, Judaea (Acts 1:8), plumb on down to the utmost parts of the world."
***THAT'S THE REASON HE EQUIPPED THEM WITH
THE HOLY GHOST… YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU.
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E-89 He knowed what His army needed. That's the reason He equipped them with the Holy Ghost. They
knew they'd have to... He'd have to have them, they'd
have to have Him. Yes, sir. He knowed to be an
effective witness, they--to witness His resurrection they would have to have
the Holy Ghost.
Now, He said, Mark 16, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. (In other words, demonstrate the power.) And these signs shall follow them that accept the Gospel." See? Not just say intellectual words, no, no. They couldn't do that with intellectual words. That Word has to be made flesh, manifested. See? "These signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues, take up serpents, drink deadly things, lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Demonstrate the power of the Holy Ghost, the Word made manifest. "These things I'm telling you will come to pass (like quickening Word), come to pass." You have the power of the Holy Spirit in you. It's not you; it's the Holy Spirit doing it. See?
*YOU CAN TAKE THE SWORD OF GOD WITH FAITH
AND CUT YOUR WAY THROUGH TO ANY PROMISE THAT GOD MADE YOU.
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E-90 Now, to be an
effective witness of God you have to have the Holy Ghost, because without the
Holy Ghost you can't make that live. And you know what you'll do? You'll take some
intellectual giant's idea about it, and bypass it, and say, "That was just
for the apostles."
E-91 Oh, I'm glad of that. Yes, sir.
Yes, sir. You'd have to have the Holy Ghost to manifest
these evening lights. That's right. To make
Mark--Hebrews 13:8, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, real.
That's right. Put on the whole armor of
God. Don't use it for a dress, or just to parade up and down. But what is
it? Put on the
whole armor of God, and so that when you got the armor of God on, you can take
the sword of God with faith and cut your way through to any promise that God
made you.
If sickness stands in your way, cut it out of the way:
God's promise. If sin stands in your way, cut it out of the way. That's right.
The whole armor... If the devil shoots a dart at you, knock it off and keep on
cutting. That's right. "Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war, with
the cross of Jesus going on before." Hallelujah.
2Th 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
2Th 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
2Th 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Isa 41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Psa 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psa 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psa 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psa 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psa 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psa 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psa 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psa 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psa 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psa 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
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