<TITLE>10. Par 27-28</TITLE>L-27 So Peter got up, perhaps, never even eat his dinner, and away he went up. And Cornelius had seen a vision, and he called all of his people the elect, brought them in, and set them, probably took the wash bench, and everything, pulled out the chairs, and set all the people around. And Peter came in and begin to testify and tell them how the Holy Spirit fell on them on the day of Pentecost.
And while Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on the Gentiles. That's the faith that was once delivered to the saints. And they all begin to speak with tongues, and magnify God, and glorify God, having the same kind of a meeting like they did on the day of Pentecost. Peter said, "Can we forbid water, seeing that these receive the Holy Ghost like we did at the beginning." So he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. And he tarried with them several days.
Along this time was a--a very indifferent man, Paul, with a Bachelor's degree and a D.D. and a Ph.D. that knowed all about all of theology. He said, "I'll take that bunch of people and, crazy people..." That's what he said, "Heresy." What is a person that's heresy, a heretic? Cuckoo, crazy. Said, "I'll arrest every one of them. They don't even know what they're talking about."

L-28 Paul was down here in the natural realm with his Ph.D. See? He didn't know... He had an intellectual faith, but he didn't have a Divine faith. There's quite a difference in me having an intellectual faith than a Divine faith. There's where you, my Baptist friends, fail to go on. You get the intellectual faith by that, but it must be a Divine revelation of Jesus Christ to you that just came out of the heart. The intellectual faith is not enough. That's all right, but it only brings you to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a personal experience of the birth, the new birth, regeneration, making a new creature in Christ.
Notice, Paul jumped on his steed, and down to Damascus with some letters from the high priest, said, "I'll arrest every one of them heretics. I'll bring them back."
Look how the Gospel got spread. It didn't set still like it is today. Brother, when they seen the works of God doing performed to those apostles, away they went. They were really on fire. They were doing something. Probably Philip's revival produced a great thing.
And when over there Paul on his road to Damascus from Samaria over to Damascus, God had done called a man, and filled him with the Holy Ghost, and give him the gift of discernment. And his name was Ananias.
So Paul on road down; that's the faith that was once delivered to the saints. Paul on his rode down, trotting along down on his big old steed, just a bluff, pulling out great big old things. "I wish I'll get down to the big...?... I--I'll take care of them. I will stop all that rare noise and them visions and that--all that prophesying. I'll put a--I'll put a end to it."


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