<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>55-0807E, Leading Of The Spirit Of God, Methodist Campgrounds, Campbellsville, KY, 96 min
L-1 Good evening, friends. Happy to be here tonight again in the service of the Lord. After the fine shower today on the outside, I trust that God will give us a shower on the inside, a spiritual shower. We've sing sometimes, "Showers Of Blessings." That's what we need, isn't it? Great showers of blessings.
It's usually kindly in line to give blessings, or to pass what we call, the bouquets at the end of the services, but this--this case, we won't have to do that. I never had the privilege of meeting personally any of the ministers and so forth, of the Association, who let us have this campgrounds for this little occasion that we've had these two nights. But if any of the trustees, or the--or anyone connected with it, with this--letting us have this place, we want to thank you, kind brother, with all of our hearts. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] And we will start the prayer meeting.

L-2 And remember... You love me? If you do, raise up your hands. And I will raise both mine up. I love you in Christ Jesus, undying love. Pray for me.
Now, the One Who can open the Scripture is not a man; it's God. So, may He open this blessed Word as we read from Saint Luke the 2nd chapter for a subject, and a text from another place. But in Saint Luke 2, about 25, we read this:
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon... the same was just and devout, and he waited for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he would not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when... they brought... the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Lord, now lettest... thy servant depart in peace, according to you words:
For my eyes have seen thy salvation.
In Romans 8 and the 14th verse:
For as many are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God.

L-3 Now, we will use for our subject tonight, "Expectations." And we will use for our text tonight, "Leading of the Spirit of God."
In the days of our text, it was quite a time in Jerusalem. The Israelites, the Jewish people had fallen away from their God, and had went out, and got formal and indifferent, claiming all the days of miracles were passed. And they read what Joshua done. They read what Moses done. But they had got down because there had been an increase in science, and in the--the people. Education had become a predominant thing.
It's too bad that those things has to substitute for the Holy Spirit. God have mercy.
I believe... I say this with reverence; I say this respect, and not using it for a crutch to support my ignorance: but I say that education has been one of the greatest curses that the religion of Jesus Christ has ever had. People substitute it for salvation. They think because the minister is very highly educated, speaks his words very well... What does God care about how you speak your words?


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