<TITLE>23. Par 88-90</TITLE>L-88 Look, now Peter said the same thing. He... They said... He said, "This is that; this is it." He said, "Now, repent all of you, and be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. You shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you (now we're royal priests), and to your children, and to them that's afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
Every one will come through this--the formula, come up and really repent, and be baptized, look up to God, He will give you not a mouthful, but a heart full. Not a something, not some emotion or some psychology, but the real Holy Ghost, the original that fell on the day of Pentecost, just the same thing, yes, if you follow the prescription.
Just like giving medicine, so many doctors today... What if you took a--a druggist and didn't fill out the prescription the way the doctor wrote it. You know what'd happen? It'd kill you. That's what's the matter you got so many dead church members. Glory. Brother, don't tamper with it. That's what the doctor wrote. Just take it the way it is. That's all is to it. Got too many quack druggists. Yes, sir.

L-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?

L-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."
Oh, there are people almost everywhere,
Whose hearts are all aflame.
With the fire that fell on Pentecost,
That cleansed and made them clean;
Oh, it's burning now within my heart,
All glory to His Name!
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them! (Aren't you glad of that?)
Though these people may not learned to be,
Or boast of worldly fame,
They have all received their Pentecost,
Baptized in Jesus' Name;
And are telling now both far and wide,
His power is yet the same,
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them.


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