<TITLE>20. Par 126-130</TITLE>L-126 And while Peter stood up there... And Cornelius was going to worship that preacher. He was... Peter said, "Stand up. I'm a man like you are." And while Peter yet spake these words (of how they went back and begin to get... same things I'm talking about; how God promised to pour out the Holy Ghost)--while he spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on them. Whew. Yeah, that's what the Holy Ghost is, who it's for. Sure. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.
Now, notice. In Ephesians there was a Baptist brother. He was first a lawyer, smart, intelligent man, knowed the law, great man, a scholar. One day he got to reading the Bible; he seen there would come one by the name of the Messiah. And when he did that, why, he begin to hear about this Jesus, and he said, "I'm convinced. And I openly profess my faith that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God." He was a real Baptist. Here he come along, "I openly profess that Jesus is the Christ." He got to doing it so much that God called him into the ministry. God will always speak to a true heart.

L-128 And there was a little old tentmaker down there by the name of--of--of Aquila and Priscilla, a husband and wife. They was tentmakers. Acts the 18th chapter tells you about it. Paul--they were friends of his. They had received the Holy Ghost under the hands of Paul and his teachings. They heard there was a revival over there, so they went over. There was only about ten or twelve attending it. So he went over there to look at it, and he heard this preacher preaching with the sincerity of his heart; he said, "You know, I believe he'd listen to the Truth." So after the service was over, he called him around behind the tent and said, "Look, we got a little brother about so high, a little hook-nosed Jew and--but when he comes over, he'll teach you the Word of God plainly."

L-129 Well, after while... Paul was in jail at this same time (awful place for a modernistic preacher, wouldn't it?), but he was in jail; the Lord had him in there. So after the earthquake come, shook the jail down, he took the jailer and his household and baptized them all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and took off, come on over. And he'd just cast a devil out of a little old girl down there telling the fortunes. And then they was making a lot of money by her, so he just exposed their racket. So then they put him in jail for it; and the Lord shook the jail down, 'cause he had a bunch of people over there to hear the Truth. You can't bind God's Word; there's no matter what you do. That's... You just can't do it.

L-130 So he come over there to where this man was, and Aquila and Priscilla. Maybe they had some sandwiches, and right immediately after the sandwich was eat, they were going to the revival. Paul set back there, and held his little robe, and listened to this Baptist preacher preach, said, "That's fine what you preach, but there's some more of it." Said, "I want to ask you a question, Dr. Apollos. Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"
"Oh," he said, "we didn't know whether there was. What do you mean by the Holy Ghost? We're Baptists."
Said, "How do you know you're Baptists?" See?
"Why, we was baptized... We know only the baptism of John."
He said, "He only baptized unto repentance, saying that you believe on Him to come, that's on Jesus Christ." And when he heard this, they were baptized over in the Name of Jesus Christ. And Paul laid his hands upon them, and the Holy Ghost came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. Said, "whosoever..."


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