138198742 zoe the god kind of life kenneth hagin

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Kenneth E. Hagin



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Contents

1 *hat s =oe>...............................................................................9

% *hat -appens *hen ?ou ;eceive =oe>..................................1

) @et =oe Aominate ?ou.............................................................%&

( ;uling and ;eigning in Union with od................................)

;eigning 2hrough ;ighteousness...........................................1



Do not become discouraged

because the truth does not dawn

on your spirits all at once.

But keep meditating on the facts of the Word.

The more you meditate on

that which is written,

nd the more you meditate

on that which is said as one shall speak

under the anointing

and the inspiration of the !pirit,

then little by little it will become real to you. nd as on the inside of you,

in your spirit,

in your inner man,

it takes shape and form,

it will reshape your own spirit,

until you"ll no longer be a

weakling, spiritually,

but you shall become strong,and be able to stand,

and do the works the #ord

has called you unto,

and rule and reign and dominate in life,

as a king by Jesus $hrist.

!o do not turn away e%en because you do not

fully understand or see.

But let your mind be open and your spirit berecepti%e and say thou,

&' blessed (oly !pirit,

un%eil the truth unto my spirit,

that ) may stand in the fullness

of the pro%ision of my *ather,

*or (e is my *ather.

) lo%e (im and (e lo%es me.&

nd so you will become that which (e has ordained that you should become, and rise

up to the le%el of the full pri%ileges,

and rights, and authority,

and dominion of a son of +od.

e-oice and be glad,

and speak forth the Word of *aith.



!peak unto those circumstances

that ha%e you bound.

nd command them to lea%e,

and so you shall be loosed.

!peak unto the storm that appears on the

horion of your life,

and say, &/eace be still,&

and there will be calm.

#earn what is yours,

and act upon it.

nd it shall become yours in reality.

Thank you, #ord Jesus0

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Chapter 11What Is Zoe?

*h did Desus come> 2o found a church> 2o improve onhumanit or to give us a code of conduct> !o, -e came for onepurpose+ &) am come that they might ha%e life, and that they

might ha%e it more abundantly& 5Dohn 1"+1"6.2he ree3 word translated ElifeE in this verse is oe.

1oe is the od#3ind of life.

2he Bible sas &*or +od so lo%ed the world, that he ga%e

his only begotten !on, that whosoe%er belie%eth in him should

not perish, but ha%e e%erlasting life& 5Dohn )+1'6. 7nd, &*or the

wages of sin is death2 but the gift of +od is eternal life through

$hrist Jesus our #ord& 5;om. '+%)6.2his eternal life -e came to give us is the nature of od.

Dohn +%' sas, &*or as the *ather hath life in himself2 so hath

he gi%en to the !on to ha%e life in himself.&

n Dohn 1+( we get the first intimation of what this life willdo for us+ &)n him was life2 and the life was the light of men.&

@ight stands for development. n other words, En him was lifeand the life was the development of men.E

/r, En him was oe2 and the oe was the development ofmen.E Dohn +%' could be translated, EFor as the Father hath

oe in himself so hath he given to the Son to have oe inhimself.E

2here are four different ree3 words translated ElifeE inthe !ew 2estament. First, there is oe. 2hen there is psuche.

2hat means natural or human life. Bios means manner of life.

7nd anastrophee means confused behavior.

t seems strange that the church has maGored on Emannerof lifeE or EbehaviorE rather than eternal life, which determinesin a ver large wa the manner of life.

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!o matter what manner of life or behavior ou have, if oudonHt have eternal life, it wonHt amount to anthing anwa.

ecei%ing eternal life is the most miraculous incident inlife.

/ften we call it conversion or the new birth. Some call itEgetting religion,E but thatHs not what it is, reall.

t is, in realit, od imparting -is ver nature, substance,and being to our human spirits.

t is described b the 7postle Paul in Second 4orinthians.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,18

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new reat!re:

o"# thin$s are %asse# away& beho"#, a"" thin$s are beome

new'

18 An# a"" thin$s are of (o#, who hath reoni"e# !s to

himse"f by )es!s Christ, an# hath $i*en to !s the ministry of

reoni"iation'

2his is the miraculous recreating of man. &Therefore if any

man be in $hrist....7 ?ou understand Paul is not tal3ing aboutthe bod, or the outward man, or the mind. -eHs tal3ing aboutthe spiritCthe inward manCwho is in 4hrist. od is actuallgiving birth to a new man.

n the new birth, our spirits are born of od. ore thanone of the prophets of the /ld 2estament prophesied that odwould establish a !ew 4ovenant with the house of srael. 2his

covenant is the !ew 2estament, as we 3now it. 4oncerningthis new covenant, <Ie3iel said+

++-I+. /0:20,27

20 A new heart a"so wi"" I $i*e yo!, an# a new s%irit wi"" I

%!t within yo!: an# I wi"" tae away the stony heart o!t of

yo!r f"esh, an# I wi"" $i*e yo! an heart of f"esh'

27 An# I wi"" %!t my s%irit within yo!, an# a!se yo! to

wa" in my stat!tes, an# ye sha"" ee% my !#$ments, an# #o

them'

*hat he is prophesing about is the new birth. 2he wordsEheartE and EspiritE are used interchangeabl. ?our heart is

our spirit.

*hen od is spea3ing of the heart of a man in -is *ord,-e is spea3ing of the real ou. 7 Scripture that is illuminatingon the subGect is First Peter )+(+ &But let it be the hidden man



What )s 1oe8 33

of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, e%en the ornament

of a meek and 9uiet spirit, which is in the sight of +od of great

price.&Peter, here, is tal3ing to 4hristian wives, and he mentions

the outward adorning of the flesh. -e sas, in effect, EAonHtta3e all our time on our hair and clothes. But see to it thatthe inward man, or hidden man of the heart, is adorned firstwith a quiet and mee3 spirit.E

Paul, in First 4orinthians 9+%&, sas+ &But ) keep under my

body, and bring it into sub-ection5 lest that by any means, when ) ha%e preached to others, ) myself should be a castaway.&

!otice something. EE 3eep under m bod and EE bring itinto subGection. *hat is he saing> EE donHt let m bod ruleme. EE is the man on the inside. f our bod were ou, hewould have said, E 3eep myself under.E -e calls the bod Eit.E

*ho is EE> EE is the real ou. 2hat is, the inward man orhidden man of the heart.

*ith most people, their bod rules their inward man. 2hatis what ma3es carnal 4hristians.

1 CORINTHIANS /:/

/ 3or ye are yet arna": for whereas there is amon$ yo!

en*yin$, an# strife, an# #i*isions, are ye not arna", an#

wa" as men4

-ere Paul is telling the 4orinthians the are carnal or bab

4hristians. /ne translation sas Ebod ruledE instead ofEcarnal.E -e tells them the are living li3e people who havenever been born againCmere men.

Paul sas something else interesting in writing to the;omans.

ROANS 12:1,2

1 I beseeh yo! therefore, brethren, by the meries of (o#,

that ye %resent yo!r bo#ies a "i*in$ sarifie, ho"y,

ae%tab"e !nto (o#, whih is yo!r reasonab"e ser*ie'2 An# be not onforme# to this wor"#: b!t be ye

transforme# by the renewin$ of yo!r min#, that ye may

%ro*e what is that $oo#, an# ae%tab"e, an# %erfet, wi"" of

(o#'

Paul wasnHt writing to the world. -e was writing to thesaints at ;ome. &To all that be in ome, belo%ed of +od, called



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to be saints& 5;om. 1+&6. -e said you do something with ourbod. f ou donHt do anthing with it, nothing will ever be

done.n our church teachings we have cluttered up some of this

until our minds are fuII and it is difficult to get the real truthover to people. -e didnHt sa, Epresent ourselvesE to od,because if ou are a child of od ou alread belong to -im.

?ou canHt ver well present to someone what alread belongs tohim.

2here is not a word in the !ew 2estament aboutdedicating ourselves or giving ourselves in this sense. But

ou find that if ou are born again, ou are -is. ;ou are. ;ou isthat inward man who has become a new man in 4hrist.

Second 4orinthians 5+1& sas, &Therefore if any man ....E *hat man is Paul tal3ing about> Aoes he mean the outwardman> !o, it couldnHt be the outward man, because he said, &... if

any man be in $hrist, he is a new creature.&

t is the life and nature of od coming into our spirit thatma3es ou a new creature. t ma3es the inward man a newman.

2he bod is not new. 2han3 od, at the coming of the@ord, we will have a new bod. 2his new man, the hidden manof the heart, is to dominate the bod. 2he bod is not todominate ou.

Paul not onl tal3s about doing something with the bod,but in ;omans 1%+% he tal3s about renewing the mind. -e iswriting to people who are born again and Spirit filled, et theneed to do something with their bodies and minds.

/ne of the greatest needs of church members toda is tohave renewed minds. ?our mind becomes renewed with the

*ord of od.

*e 3now this, then+ an is a spirit. *e 3now he is in thesame class with od, because od is a Spirit and because manwas made to have fellowship with od. *eHve never maGored onthis fact as we ought. 2herefore, weHve never been able to wal3in the light of eternal life as we ought.

Is the Spirit Perfect?



What )s 1oe8 3<

Some have wondered whether the reborn spirit, the newman in 4hrist, is perfect, or full developed after receiving

eternal life.2he spirit couldnHt be perfect, because Peter sas, &s

newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may

grow thereby& 51 Peter %+%6.

7nd Paul sas, &) ha%e not yet reached perfection& 5Phil.)+1%, The =ew >nglish Bible5 =ew Testament translation?.

7ctuall, the ree3 word used there for perfection means

Ereaching maturit.ESome people sa, EHm perfect and complete in 4hrist.E *ell,

es, ouHre a complete person, but ouHre not full grown. 2hereare alwas people who are promiscuous about permitting sin,and who want to e0cuse themselves b saing, Et was Gust mbody that sinned it wasnHt m spirit.&

But sin is a spiritual thing it isnHt a phsical thing. Paulsaid in writing to the 4hurch at 4orinth, &*lee fornication.

>%ery sin that a man doeth is without the body2 but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body& 51 4or.'+1$6. So if itHs without the bod, it has to be a spiritual thing.-owever, even fornication originates in our spirit. ?our spirithas to give our bod permission to sin or our bod canHt do it.

?ouHre the custodian of our house. ;emember Paul said,&But ) keep under my body, and bring it into sub-ection& 51 4or.

9+%&6. ?ouHre responsible for what that bod does. t all startsin our spirit. 2hatHs what Paul meant when he said, .. let us

cleanse oursel%es from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit& 5%4or. &+16. AonHt let things start in our spirit.

n ;omans '+' it sas, &Knowing this, that our old man is

crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that

henceforth we should not ser%e sin.& Some use that verse to sawe are alread redeemed, spirit, soul, and bod. *hat does that

verse mean>2he bod of sin Paul is tal3ing about is not the phsical

bod heHs tal3ing about the spirit man. ?ou are a new creature.2he old sin nature in our spirit is gone. 2he sin nature in

our flesh is still there.

2he problem is that the flesh nature still wants to do



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things wrong. t wants to 3eep on doing the things it alwasdid. )f your mind is not renewed with the Word of +od, it will

side in with your flesh and dominate your spirit. But if ou get our mind renewed, our spirit, through our mind, willdominate our body.

2he old man is the old spiritual man. ?ouHve still got thesame bod ou had and the same mind ou had. 2hat oldspiritual man had the nature of the devil in him. 2hat is thenature thatHs gone, or the bod of sin thatHs gone. t is up to usto put on the new man on the outside.

an as3 what the difference is between renewing ourmind and training our spirit. 7ctuall, if ou follow thoseprinciples involved in training the human spirit 5 have a tapeseries on the subGect6, our mind will become renewed. *hat

ou are doing in renewing our mind is training our mind tothin3 in line with odHs *ord. <ven if the *ord doesnHt seemto be registering on our mind, it will spea3 to our spirit,because itHs spiritual food. B meditating upon it, our mindbecomes renewed.

?ou see, because our spirit becomes new when ou areborn again, it will 3now things our head doesnHt 3now. ?ourspirit will tr to tell ou things the *ord alread tells ou but

ou Gust canHt see them. 2hatHs because our spirit pic3s up3nowledge from the Spirit of od.

!otice in Dames 1+%1 it sas, .. recei%e with meekness the

engrafted word, which is able to sa%e your souls.& 2hat used tobother me before separated spirit and soul 5-eb. (+1%6,because thought our soul was saved if ou were born again.

?ou see, our spirit has become a new man, but it is the *ordof od which will save our soul, or restore it.



Chapter 2 2What Happens When You Receive

Zoe?

1oe, then, means eternal life, or odHs life. 2his new 3ind oflife is odHs nature. t produces certain changes in man. ?ou

can see the effects of that life. 7lmost at once, ou can see it ina personHs habits. ?ou can see it in his speech. t changesconduct, corrects habits, and forms new ones.

remember the first church pastored. would wal3 out inthe countr, because didnHt have a car, sta Saturda nightwith a famil, preach Sunda morning and Sunda night, andwal3 bac3 into town onda morning. wore out four pairs of

shoes the first ear wal3ing to preach./nce in a while would catch a ride, but would wal3 part

of the wa ever time.

staed in the home of one particular famil and thoughtthis man was a 4hristian. never did as3 him, but Gustassumed he was a 4hristian. -e never missed church. -ebrought his famil to ever service.

-e was a good man. -e had famil praer at the table. -eeven read the Bible and praed in the home, and he had no badhabits.

-is two bos, both teenagers, said, E*eHve never heard ourdadd and momma fuss.E thought he was saved. E7nd not onlthat,E the said, EweHve never heard our dadd use foul languageor curse.E -e wouldnHt even use slang. f he happened to bewor3ing and hit his finger, he wouldnHt even sa Eshoot.E

So saw his life, his conduct and we Gudge b conduct a lotof times.

thought he must be saved, but never too3 time to as3him. /ne Sunda night we were having an open#air revival,

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and when the evangelist gave the altar call, this man came tothe altar. couldnHt believe m ees. had thought he was the

best man in the church.2he ne0t da the communit was buIIing. People were

saing, E2hat fellow went to the altar last night and heHs thebest man around. -e lives a better life than anone else. *ethought he alread was saved.E

But he said to me, E mother was old#time -oliness andshe raised me that wa. alwas abided b her teaching, but never had been saved. never had been born again.E

-e had adGusted his conduct, but there hadnHt beenanthing on the inside of him. People in town wondered if thewould see an change in him.

2he decided the didJ

En the first place,E the said, Ehe loo3s different. 2here is alight on his face that never used to be there.E 5!otice the Bible

sas this life is the light of men.6 Second, people heard adifference in his speech. -e was 3inder than ever. <ven thesinners could see a difference. 2here was a new element thatcame into his spirit even though he had alread been a goodman.

People who have this eternal life are called Etwice#bornmen.E 2he are Enew creation men.E 2he life of od will havean effect on our life, habits, and qualities.

!o criminals have this life, because if the have it, it willchange them. *eHve got hundreds of people on our mailing listwho are in prison, but theHre not criminals anmore.

/ne oung man wrote me from /hio and said, EHm still inprison, but want ou to 3now Hm the @ordHs free man. Hmfree on the inside and Hm getting out of here and when getout, Hm going to preach.E

saw him at a Full ospel Business enHs convention, andthatHs what he was doingCgetting read to preach.

*e had a fellow who graduated from our school who hadbeen in the -untsville Penitentiar in 2e0as. -e wrote me aletter and said he had gotten saved in prison. 7 ethodistminister would go in and have classes and give out m boo3sthere.



What )s 1oe8 3

2his oung man said, E got our big blue boo3 on faith,and since Hve become a new creature, Hve been ma3ing m

confession of faith. told all the guards and m fellowprisoners that was getting out 5it was time for m parole6.

E2he said, H?ou donHt get out the first time ou come up forparole when ou 3illed a policeman.H 5Under the influence ofdope he had shot and 3illed a policeman.6

E told them, H2he fellow who 3illed that man is gone. Hm anew man. havenHt 3illed anbod, donHt want to 3ill anbod,and am not going to 3ill anbod.H E

-e got out on parole, blessed be odJ -e came here toschool, graduated, and is out in the ministr toda. *e had himpreach and ou could tell the anointing of od was on him.2hatHs what the life of od will do for ou. -eHs no longer acriminal.

remember a dear sister down in Beaumont, 2e0as. Shewas an ordained 7ssemblies of od minister and was alwas

interested in those who were down and out. *hen she was Gusta oung woman in her )"Hs 5she is now with the @ord6, shewould go down in a red light district and win those girls to

Desus. SheHd get them saved. She would ta3e them home withher, dress them up, and get them Gobs.

She told m wife and me about one of them, a lovel girl.2his girl had spent two ears in a universit, but she got off onthe wrong foot and ended up down there.

2his sister got her saved and filled with the Spirit got hera good Gob, and got her going to church. She was a beautifulgirl. 7 businessman in the cit and in the church fell in lovewith her and wanted to marr her. But she was ashamed of herpast, so she left Beaumont and went to another town in 2e0as.She said, EAonHt tell him where went. Hm ashamed to tell himm past.E

-e came 3noc3ing on this sisterHs door, cring, and said,E*here did she go> Hm in love with her.E

E4ome in,E she said. E want to tell ouCshe is ashamed ofher past. dug her out of the red light district. She was aprostitute.E

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of od and a beautiful woman. love her. 2ell me where she is.Hll go get her. Hll sell m business here and weHll move

somewhere else.ESo he went and got her and married her. 2he sold his

business and moved to another cit. 2his sister said, E<ver4hristmas get a card from them. 2went#five ears have comeand gone, and hereHs what her husband wrote+ E2han3 ou fordigging this Gewel out for me % ears ago. *e have had %

ears of bliss a beautiful marriage. 2han3 ou so much. 2han3 ou for rescuing her for me. love her so. 7fter % ears,

believe love her more now than did then. /ur home is sobeautiful. /ur children are so beautiful. *eHre in church andwe love the @ord.HE

She said, E get several cards li3e that from men, than3ingme.E Bless od, the life of od changes ouJ

!o case is incurable. 2his eternal life will destro the causeof friction in homes and in ever department of life. t

eliminates selfishness and thereHs a new 3ind of love as well asa new 3ind of life that comes into man.

How The life of Go Chan!e "e

can remember when was born again as a Baptist bo onthe bed of sic3ness, on 7pril %%, 19)), Saturda night at %"minutes until $ p.m. in the south bedroom of (" !orth4ollege Street in the cit of cinne, 2e0as. Because hadgrown up sic3 and not able to ta3e care of mself, even the girlscould whip me. f e0erted too much energ, m heart wouldnHtbeat right and would pass out and fall on the ground.

/ur home was bro3en because m dadd left. 7s a oungster, told everbod met, E*hen get grown Hm goingto 3ill him.E 7nd, assuredl would have done Gust that. Butsomething came into me that changed me. Something came

into m spirit that made me a new man. t was the life andnature of od that changed me.

7fter spending 1' months on the bed of sic3ness, washealed 7ugust $, 19)( b the power of od b faith and praer.

2hen went bac3 to high school. had completed two earsbefore became bedfast. n September 19)(, went bac3 aftermissing a ear. But got hold of something. realiIe now that



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was unconsciousl led b the Spirit. 2here were two Scripturesthat told the @ord about ever morning as wal3ed down the

street to school, and sometimes would read them before went to school.

First would read Dohn 1+(, &)n him was life2 and the life

was the light of men.& 7nd Hd sa, EHve got the life of od inme. 2he nature of od is in me. 2he wisdom of od is in me.E

didnHt 3now anthing about the confession of faith. never had heard anthing li3e that, but m spirit impelled meto sa it, so would sa it. Second 4orinthians +1& was also afavorite Scripture of mine+ &Therefore if any man be in $hrist,

he is a new creature5 old things are passed away2 behold, all

things are become new.&

) told everbod met was a new creature. Some of thebos would tal3 and laugh about certain things we used to do.2he would sa, EAonHt ou remember that> ?ou were in on it.E would sa, E2he fellow who was with ou bos that night is

dead. 2he real man is living on the inside of me now Hve beenborn again and Hm a new creatureJE

told everbod met, EHm a new creature.E would stoppeople on the street and tell them was a new creature. 2hewould sa, E*hatHs that>E Hd start preaching and before ou3new it Hd have a crowd right on the street.

From the boo3 of Aaniel, either quoted or read this to the

@ord and made m confession on it+6ANI+. 1:/2

/ An# the in$ s%ae !nto Ash%ena9 the master of his

e!n!hs, that he sho!"# brin$ ertain of the hi"#ren of

Israe", an# of the in$s see#, an# of the %rines&

; Chi"#ren in whom was no b"emish, b!t we"" fa*o!re#, an#

si"f!" in a"" wis#om, an# !nnin$ in now"e#$e, an#

!n#erstan#in$ siene, an# s!h as ha# abi"ity in them to

stan# in the in$s %a"ae, an# whom they mi$ht teah the

"earnin$ an# the ton$!e of the Cha"#eans'5 An# the in$ a%%ointe# them a #ai"y %ro*ision of the

in$s meat, an# of the wine whih he #ran: so no!rishin$

them three years, that at the en# thereof they mi$ht stan#

before the in$'

0 Now amon$ these were of the hi"#ren of )!#ah, 6anie",

Hananiah, ishae", an# A9ariah:

7 <nto whom the %rine of the e!n!hs $a*e names: for he



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$a*e !nto 6anie" the name of =e"tesha99ar& an# to

Hananiah, of Sha#rah& an# to ishae", of eshah& an# to

A9ariah, of Abe#ne$o'

8 =!t 6anie" %!r%ose# in his heart that he wo!"# not #efi"e

himse"f with the %ortion of the in$s meat, nor with the

wine whih he #ran: therefore he re>!este# of the %rine

of the e!n!hs that he mi$ht not #efi"e himse"f'

? Now (o# ha# bro!$ht 6anie" into fa*o!r an# ten#er "o*e

with the %rine of the e!n!hs'

1 An# the %rine of the e!n!hs sai# !nto 6anie", I fear my

"or# the in$, who hath a%%ointe# yo!r meat an# yo!r

#rin: for why sho!"# he see yo!r faes worse "iin$ than

the hi"#ren whih are of yo!r sort4 then sha"" ye mae me

en#an$er my hea# to the in$'

11 Then sai# 6anie" to e"9ar, whom the %rine of the

e!n!hs ha# set o*er 6anie", Hananiah, ishae", an#

A9ariah,

12 @ro*e thy ser*ants, I beseeh thee, ten #ays& an# "et them

$i*e !s %!"se to eat, an# water to #rin'

1/ Then "et o!r o!ntenanes be "ooe# !%on before thee,

an# the o!ntenane of the hi"#ren that eat of the %ortion

of the in$s meat: an# as tho! seest, #ea" with thy ser*ants'

1; So he onsente# to them in this matter, an# %ro*e# them

ten #ays'

15 An# at the en# of ten #ays their o!ntenanes a%%eare#

fairer an# fatter in f"esh than a"" the hi"#ren whih #i# eat

the %ortion of the in$s meat'

10 Th!s e"9ar too away the %ortion of their meat, an# the

wine that they sho!"# #rin& an# $a*e them %!"se'

17 As for these fo!r hi"#ren, (o# $a*e them now"e#$e an#si"" in a"" "earnin$ an# wis#om: an# 6anie" ha#

!n#erstan#in$ in a"" *isions an# #reams'

18 Now at the en# of the #ays that the in$ ha# sai# he

sho!"# brin$ them in, then the %rine of the e!n!hs

bro!$ht them in before Neb!ha#ne99ar'

1? An# the in$ omm!ne# with them& an# amon$ them a""

was fo!n# none "ie 6anie", Hananiah, ishae", an#

A9ariah: therefore stoo# they before the in$'

2 An# in a"" matters of wis#om an# !n#erstan#in$, that thein$ in>!ire# of them, he fo!n# them ten times better than

a"" the ma$iians an# astro"o$ers that were in a"" his rea"m'

*ho did that> od did. od gave them wisdom. remindedod of what -e did bac3 there b giving that to them. 2hatod is in me. <ternal life is -is nature.

would sa ever morning, E have the nature of od, the



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life of od, and the wisdom of od in me.E f somebod as3edme would tell them. 2he thought was a nut, but would

tell them this as we wal3ed down the street to school.Sometimes a bunch of us too3 up a whole street there was nota lot of traffic. would tell them about it.

would sa, EAaniel had favor with the prince of theeunuchs 5we would call him the dean of the college6. od, giveme favor with ever teacher than3 ou for it. t is mine. !owimpart to me, because Hve got the life of od and the nature ofod in me, more wisdom than all the rest of the class. @et me

be ten times better off than the rest of the class.E

wasnHt bragging on me was bragging on what -e gaveme. stood at the head of the class. was the onl one whomade a Estraight#7E report card.

n fact, in one of our classes, was the onl one who madean E7E. !obod else made anthing higher than a E4E.

could read a chapter of a histor boo3 5the tested me to

see6, put the boo3 down, and get up and recite the chapterword for word.

didnHt do that because had developed m memor. didnHt 3now a thing in the world about memoriIation. did thatbecause loo3ed to m spirit.

*e never have developed our human spirits. *e never havewal3ed in the light of what we have.

/ne of the greatest miracles have ever seen along theselines happened in a church pastored. /ne of m SundaSchool teachers told me, concerning her oldest child, E sent herto school seven ears in the first grade. She couldnHt even learnto write her name. 2he school authorities as3ed me if wouldta3e her out of school. She never got out of the first grade.E

She was a big 1(#ear#old girl plaing with little & earolds, so the had to ta3e her out.

2he had no state school 5weHre tal3ing about the 19)"s,the Aepression das6. 2he had no special classes. 2he onl3ind of school the had in 2e0as was one for feeblemindedchildren. She didnHt even qualif for that.

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her mother, and wanted to get up where her mother was, shewould actuall get down and scoot along on her stomach under

the pews to get up front. *hen she would get there 5usuallthere was no one on that pew e0cept her mother6, she wouldstretch out li3e a 3id and go to sleep.

/ne night she went up to the altar 5nobod as3ed her to go? during a revival and 3nelt along with the others. 2here shereceived eternal life and the nature of od. nstantl there wasa drastic changeJ

Before, she wouldnHt bathe. f she got neglected 5li3e a % or) ear old6, her appearance was pitiful. She would come tochurch loo3ing li3e she hadnHt combed her hair in a month itloo3ed li3e the rats had slept in it. 7nd what clothes she hadwere hanging on her.

But overnight, the ver ne0t night, she came in, sat down,and acted as intelligent as an 1$#ear#old oung lad. -er hairwas fi0ed, she was dressed up, and she loo3ed nice.

?ou could hardl believe what ou saw. t changed her. tincreased the girlHs mentalit 9" percent overnightJ

2his was during the beginning of *orld *ar . She wentawa to visit some relatives, and while she was there she actedso nice and loo3ed so nice that a neighboring farm bo as3edher for a date. She had never had a date in her life. But hebegan to date her and li3e her and she began to li3e him. 2hedid hurr it up a bit, because he got drafted, but he as3ed herto marr him. She too3 him up on it. -e eventuall was sentover to the <uropean theater of warfare, still not 3nowing shecouldnHt even write him a letter.

She staed with his mother. -e wrote and said, Eomma,teach her to write. 2each her to write, H love ou.H wouldrather get a letter from her that said, H love ou,H signed b her,than for ou to write several pages of what she told ou to

write.ESo, her mother#in#law taught her to write. 2hen she came

back to live with her mother.

remember her mother said to me one night, EBrother-agin, want to show ou an eight#page letter she has writtenher husband b herself.E read the letter. She told him how



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said, E?es.E

She said, E*ell, because of the business, he was heavil

insured, and she received several hundreds of thousands ofdollars of insurance mone.E She pointed and said, ESee thataddition>E could see a number of new houses. 2he secretarsaid, EShe is building that addition to the cit. She handles allher own mone she is her own financier her own contractor.E

7nd she said, E<ver Sunda morning she pas her tithesshe puts all her offerings into the church. She is alwas on thefront pew with her three children. 2heHre the best dressed,cleanest, most manicured children in the church the best#behaved children in the church.E

2hat is one of the greatest miracles have ever seen.;eceiving eternal life and wal3ing in the light of it was whatmade the difference.

Seeing that, began to notice something bac3 there as abo preacher. saw a truth about eternal life. began to ma3e

predictions on how peopleHs children would turn out. hit it1"" percent. People can have eternal life, but if theHre notwal3ing in the light of it, their children wonHt turn out right.

children turned out e0actl li3e predicted the would.!ot onl that, but babies born to members of m church whohad this life turned out Gust li3e said the wouldCever singleone of them.

2han3 od learned as a teenager to remind the @ord ofAaniel ever da. od gave Aaniel and the three other children3nowledge and s3ill, because od 3nows everthing. wouldalso read the first chapter of Dohn nearl ever da, &)n him

was life2 and the life was the light of men.& didnHt have aree3 concordance then, but would sa, E2hat life is in me.E

?ou see, the Spirit of od was leading me right. ?ou tal3about being ledJ would ma3e that confession ever da as we

went to school. would sa, E2he life of od is in me. 2he lifeof od is in me. 2hat life is the light.E

3new light stood for development. t was the developmentof me. t was developing m spirit. t was developing mmentalit. would sa, EHve got od in meJ Hve got odHswisdom in me. Hve got odHs life in me. Hve got odHs power in



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me.E

There shouldn"t be any failures in us unless we while our

time away, not knowing what we"%e got and not confessing it.Begin to confess, E2his life is mine, praise odJ t is in me andit is wor3ingJE 2han3 od, it will wor3.

Wal#in! in the $i!ht of $ife

*e must learn how to wal3 in the light of eternal life toenGo the fullness and the realit of it. Sometimes we thin3 if

we have something in the spiritual realm, it should wor3automaticall. t doesnHt. n the natural thatHs even true. ?oucan have something in the natural and not 3now ou have itand it wonHt do ou an good. ?es, itHs in our possession, but if

ou donHt 3now it, it wonHt do ou an good.

Bac3 in 19(& was saving a little mone to bu m wife a4hristmas present. started with a L%" bill. had a secretpoc3et in m billfold, so put the bill bac3 there. 7nd, forgot

about it.

2he last church pastored was in the oil fields of <ast2e0as. got out there doing some business and ran out ofgasoline. didnHt have a credit card or anthing to bu gaswith. So had to call one of the deacons to come get me andbring some gasoline. -e came and got me.

Some time later was going through m billfold and found

the L%" bill. happened to loo3 into that secret poc3et andthere it was.

For a moment was astounded. thought, Where did that

come from8 Faybe +od put money into my billfold. 2hen itdawned on me had put it in there earlier.

?ou canHt sa didnHt have the mone. ?ou could fill up our gas tan3 in those das for L( or L, so could have filledup m gas tan3 four or five times.

had the mone, but it didnHt do me an good because didnHt 3now had it. 2hatHs so naturall and thatHs sospirituall. *hen it comes to spiritual things, people thin3, Ef

ouHve got it, ouHve got it.E

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of it. ?ou can have eternal life and not 3now what it reall is. ?ou can 3now ou are saved and sa, E*ell, Hm a 4hristian.

2han3 od Hm saved.E 7nd ouHll go to heaven when ou die.But ou canHt enGo the realit of it in this life because ou

donHt 3now what it is, or what it is supposed to do for ou. *ehave never maGored on this as we should.



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lways bearing about in the body the dying of the

#ord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made

manifest in our body.

*or we which li%e are alway deli%ered unto death for Jesus" sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made

manifest in our mortal flesh.

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2he 7postle Paul tal3s here about the life of od in ourspirits being manifested in our bodies. -e is not tal3ing aboutthe ;esurrection, but about something that happens in this

life. )"m con%inced that if one learns how to walk in the light of

life, and lets that life dominate him, he will li%e to a great age

Hif Jesus tarries?. 3now the outward man is decaing, all right,but this life can be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

/ne da a Dewish lawer came to Desus and said, +ood

Faster, what good thing shall ) do, that ) may ha%e eternal

life8& 5att. 19+1'6.

2his rich oung man who came to Desus represented themost Iealous branch of the famil of 7braham, the children ofpromise and of the covenant. ?et he 3new he did not have theone thing above all other things that made him right with od./n the great Aa of 7tonement, when his sins were forgiven,he went awa with the consciousness of the fact that somethinghad not been made right in his life.

2he hunger was still unsatisfied. 2he craving on the insideof him was still unmet. -e wanted, needed, and felt the lac3 ofsomething in his nature that seemed to have been lostsomewhere. t was something he 3new would round out andcomplete his Go and his longing.

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*hat was it> t was something greater than atonement. twas something greater than Gustification under the law. t was

something greater than mere forgiveness. 2he thing he cravedis maGored on in the ospel of Dohn.

t is a single word, and this word is the 3e to the ospel of Dohn. t is the word that unloc3s the divine side of the plan ofredemption. t is the biggest word of the ospel. t is the wordthat stands for the whole heart teaching of the ospel of thegrace of od. t is the word Elife.E

$hristianity is that di%ine act which changes a man from

the family of !atan to the family of +od instantly.

4harles . Finne would go into a cit and sometimes thewhole cit would be converted. an people said hisconversions would not last because the were too quic3Ctooinstantaneous.

But a greater percentage of FinneHs converts staed savedthan an group since the das of the 7postle Paul. t is a

historical fact that &" to $" percent of all the converts ofFinne were 3ept. n no other revival is that true not even inthe great Pentecostal revival. Finne taught an instantconversion, because thatHs what the *ord of od teaches.

@etHs loo3 at the nature of eternal life.

)OHN 5:20

20 3or as the 3ather hath "ife in himse"f& so hath he $i*en to

the Son to ha*e "ife in himse"f'

;emember, the ree3 word for life is oe. EFor as theFather hath oe in himself so hath he given to the Son to have

oe in himself.E

2hen eternal life is the nature of od. t is the being orsubstance of od.

*e are told in Second Peter 1+(. &Whereby are gi%en unto

us eIceeding great and precious promises5 that by these yemight be partakers of the di%ine nature,& 52hatHs odHs nature,isnHt it>6 &ha%ing escaped the corruption that is in the world

through lust.&

2he corruption from which we escaped is spiritual deaththe satanic nature. *e are made parta3ers of the divine nature,the nature of od the life of od.



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*e read in <phesians %+1, &nd you hath he 9uickened,

who were dead in trespasses and sins.&

7nd in Dohn +%( Desus said, &Verily, %erily, ) say unto you, (e that heareth my word, and belie%eth on him that sent me,

hath e%erlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation2

but is passed from death unto life.&

?ouHve got life now. ?ouHre not going to get it when ou getto heaven. 2han3 od ou have it now.

Dohn also tells us in First Dohn )+1(+ &We know that we

ha%e passed from death unto life, because we lo%e the brethren. (e that lo%eth not his brother abideth in death.&

From these Scriptures we see that eternal life is the natureof od and that to become a child of od means that webecome parta3ers of the divine natureCeternal life.

*hen we receive eternal life, the satanic nature passes outof us. Hm not tal3ing about the flesh now. Hm tal3ing about the

spiritCthe real ouCthe man on the inside.!piritual death ga%e man physical death or mortality for

his body. But the new birth gi%es eternal life to the spirit of man

now and the promise of immortality for our physical bodies at

the return of the #ord Jesus $hrist.

t is interesting to note how we can help others receive thislife.

)OHN 2:/,/1/ An# many other si$ns tr!"y #i# )es!s in the %resene of

his #isi%"es, whih are not written in this boo:

/1 =!t these are written, that ye mi$ht be"ie*e that )es!s is

the Christ, the Son of (o#& an# that be"ie*in$ ye mi$ht ha*e

"ife thro!$h his name'

Dohn said Desus did a great man things that are notrecorded in the ospels. But he recorded these things for this

purpose+ &that ye might belie%e that Jesus is the $hrist, the !on of +od2 and that belie%ing ye might ha%e life through his

name.&

2he obGect, then, is that we might have eternal life. 2hefirst step is to read what is written in the ospels that we ma3now that Desus is the Son of od. For if -e is the Son of od,then -e has made spiritual life available to spirituall dead



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men. n the <pistles, Paul tells us+

1 CORINTHIANS 15:/,;

/ 3or I #e"i*ere# !nto yo! first of a"" that whih I a"soreei*e#, how that Christ #ie# for o!r sins aor#in$ to the

sri%t!res&

; An# that he was b!rie#, an# that he rose a$ain the thir#

#ay aor#in$ to the sri%t!res'

Until we 3now this, see3ing eternal life will be in vain. Buthaving satisfied our intellects that Desus is the Son of od, that-e died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that -e rose

again according to the ScripturesCthen we can ta3e the ne0tstep. Dohn 1+1% sas, &But as many as recei%ed him, to them

ga%e he power to become the sons of +od, e%en to them that

belie%e on his name.&

;eceiving Desus is an act of the will of man, acting on the *ord. ?ou 3now that ouHre without a savior, without anapproach to od, without eternal life and ou Gust loo3 up tood and sa, E 3now that.E

But it is not enough Gust to ta3e Desus as our Savior. ?oualso must ac3nowledge -is lordship over our life. 2he reasonfor this is obvious.

*e have been the servants of the devil. *e have belongedto the 3ingdom or the countr of the devil. !ow we want toleave that countr and come into odHs countr and becomenaturaliIed citiIens.

But before we can do this, we must swear allegiance to thenew fatherland, so to spea3, and ma3e our absolute,unconditional brea3 with the old fatherland. So we mustconfess Desus as @ord as the new ruler of our heart life as wellas our intellectual life.

/ne of the difficulties that confronts people is that thewish to have Desus as Savior, but not as @ord. an people

want -im as their Savior from hell, but the donHt want -im astheir ruler on earth.

Hve heard ministers of the ospel, even Full ospelministers, sa the were afraid to ma3e Desus @ord of theirlives.

heard one sa, E was afraid -e might send me off to be a



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missionar. preached for ears and Desus reall wasnHt [email protected] 52hatHs a sad commentar, but it can be so.6

heard a well#3nown evangelist sa, E*hen made Desus@ord of m life 5and preached for ears before made -im@ord6, m life too3 on a supernatural aspect that it never hadbefore.E

an things have happened to 4hristians because thedidnHt let Desus be @ord. an marriages have been enteredinto that were all wrong because fol3s didnHt ta3e time to seewhat Desus had to sa about it and let -im be @ord.

/ne time heard a preacher telling about Desus on the Seaof alilee with -is disciples in the storm when Desus said,&/eace, be still& 5ar3 (+)96.

2he Bible sas there was a great calm. 2his preacherremar3ed, E!o matter what is going on in a church service, if

ou want there to be a great calm, Gust start tal3ing aboutmone, peopleHs children, or the home and marriage, and there

will be a great calm.E 2oo man times thatHs absolutel thetruth. *e get into trouble in these areas because we donHtlisten to what the @ord has to sa about them. 2he Bible sas,&The spirit of man is the candle of the #ord, searching all the

inward parts of the belly.& 5Prov. %"+%&6.

remember in one church pastored there was a beautiful4hristian woman. She was one of the most spiritual persons have ever met. Hve been in the ministr and 3nown pastors andpastorsH wives, and evangelists and evangelistsH wives, and thiswoman was more spiritual than an preacher 3new.

She 3new od. She 3new how to pra. She 3new how totouch od. She had the gifts of the Spirit operating in her life.But donHt care how spiritual ou are. donHt care how mangifts of the Spirit ou have operating in our life. donHt carehow well ou 3now how to get hold of od. f ou donHt ma3e

and 3eep Desus as @ord of our life, ou can get into trouble.-eHs the living *ord. od has given us the written *ord to

unveil the living *ord to us.

ive the *ord of od, the !ew 2estament, primaril, firstplace in our life. B so doing, ou are putting Desus first.

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of our life. @et the *ord have dominion over ou. B so doing, ou are letting Desus dominate ou.

!ow, this dear woman was the finest 4hristian in thechurch. 2here was no one who was more dependable or a betterpraer warrior. *e pastored there, moved awa, and od sentus bac3 several ears later.

*hen we returned we heard this woman had remarried,and we were glad about it. She was about ears of age andher first husband was dead.

/ne of her grown, married daughters was in the church,and she came over to help us unpac3 and straighten up theparsonage. wife as3ed her about her motherHs marriage.

7 loo3 of concern came across the girlHs face.

She said, EBrother and Sister -agin, thin3 ommamissed od.E nstantl we were greatl concerned. *e 3newthis woman was a precious woman of od.

She said her mother had ta3en a Gob in another cit. Shehad started going with a certain gentleman, and brought himhome for the children to meet.

E could see she was serious with this fellow,E the girle0plained. E as3ed, Homma, ouHre not about to marr thatgu, are ou>H

EShe said, H most certainl am.H said, H*e children donHt

care if ou are married thatHs fine. But the Bible sas onl tobe married in the @ord not to be unequall o3ed togetherwith unbelievers.H

EShe said he was a church member. But said, Homma, ouHve been around long enough ou 3now that ever churchmember is not saved. n fact, donHt want to be the Gudge, butthere are some people who are members of our Full ospelchurch who are not saved. tHs not church membership that

saves ouCit is being born againCreceiving eternal life.EHBesides that, donHt want to Gudge him. donHt want ou

to thin3 Hm opposing this, and Hve never seen him until toda,but thereHs something about him thatHs not right. -e loo3s tome li3e an old beer guIIler.H

Eomma said, H*ell, he does drin3 some. But he said he



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would quit if would marr him.HE

?ou 3now, these older girls are Gust as easil fooled as the

oung ones are. *hether ouHre old, oung, or middle aged, ifhe wonHt quit before ou marr him, he wonHt quit after oumarr him.

2his dear woman was such a spiritual woman, a fine4hristian, but donHt care how wonderful ou are, howspiritual ou are, how far advanced ou areCou are notimmune to being misled if ou get awa from the Bible.

So this girl said to her mother, E!ow, omma, ou 3nowbetter than that.E

-er mother said, E*ell, Hm going to fast and pra about itand Hm going to put out a fleece before the @ord.E

-er daughter said, E2hereHs no use putting out a fleece.2hereHs no need of fasting and praing. 2he Bible has alreadsaid not to be unequall o3ed together with unbelievers. 2he

Bible has alread said to be married onl in the @ord. *e donHtcare if ou are married, but find somebod of equal spirituale0perience to build a life with.E

2his woman fasted, praed, and put out a fleece. -er fleecesaid, Eo ahead and marr the fellow,E so she married him.

Somewhere in there Desus ceased to dominate her life. 2he *ord was no longer dominant in her life.

7 da or so later m wife happened to loo3 down the streetand sa to me, E2hat loo3s li3e Sister So#and#So.E

said, E!o, it couldnHt be, because sheHs living in anothercit ( miles from here.E

*e watched, though, and as she got closer we recogniIed itwas she. 7s she got to the edge of our ard, we could seesomething was wrong. -er ee was blac3. 7nd her nose waslarge and swollen. -er face was beaten up. B the time she hit

the parsonage porch, she was squalling and bawling li3e abab. She hugged m wife and me.

*e got her into the parsonageCinto the living roomCandfinall got her quieted down enough to find out what happened.

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something to drin3, and b the time he got home he had beenprett well Elit up.E

She said something he didnHt particularl li3e, so he hit herright in the middle of her face, 3noc3ed her down, Gumped ontop of her, and started beating her in the face. -e almost beather to death. -e tore her clothes nearl off. She had to run outof the house half#clothed and catch a streetcar to go across thecit to her daughterHs house. She had been in bed for 1" das.

EHll tell ou one thing,E she said. E*hen get up to heaven,Hve got something to as3 the @ord. Hm going to as3 -im wh-e put this off on me.E

said, E!ow Sister, ou 3now meCHve pastored ou before,and Hm not tring to be a smart alec3Cbut ou wonHt have towait until ou get to heaven. f ouHll Gust as3 me, Hll tell ounow.

Eod didnHt put that off on ou. ?ou wanted that old rascaland ou got himJ ?ouHve got him on our hands now. *hat are

ou going to do with him>E

*ell, that poor woman had a hard time. Hm sureC 3nowbeond a shadow of a doubtCthat it shortened her life. Shecould have lived longer. 2han3 od she did get him saved andhe died savedChe barel made it in. But Hm sure of this onethingCall the trouble and concern shortened her life.

*e can ma3e some choices for ourselves in life, but it is

alwas better to choose odHs best. t is alwas better to gowith od. t is alwas better to wal3 in the light of life.



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*or if by one man"s offence death reigned by one2

much more they which recei%e abundance of grace and

of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,

Jesus $hrist.

Gomans E53

*hat does this verse mean> t means that ever one of uswho has been born again and has received the life of od hascome into a 3ingl state. *e are accepted b od to reign as3ings in the realm of life.

*e are no longer servants in the realm of spiritual death,but we have passed out of death, SatanHs realm, into the realmof the supernatural or the heavenlies.

an was never made to be a slave. -e was made to reign asa 3ing under od. 2hat 3ingl being was created in the imageand li3eness of od. -e was created on terms of equalit withod, and he could stand in odHs presence without an

consciousness of inferiorit. !otice Psalm $+(,+ EWhat is man,that thou art mindful of him8 and the son of man, that thou

%isitest him8 *or thou hast made him a little lower than the

angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.&

n some translations there is a number or letter b theword EangelsE in this te0t. f ou loo3 in the margin ouHll findthat the -ebrew word here is >lohimGthe same *ord or namefor od. 2he -ebrew Bible actuall sas 5tal3ing about man6,

&Thou hast made him a little lower than +od.& 2hat means odhas made us as much li3e -imself as possible. -e made us in-is image. -e made us in -is li3eness. -e made us the sameclass of being that -e is -imself. -e made 7dam with anintellect of such caliber that he could name ever animal,

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vegetable, and fruit, and give them names that would describetheir characteristics. *hen od could do that with man, man

belonged to the realm of od.n the first five chapters of enesis, >lohim is the name for

od. an, then, was made in the li3eness of >lohim. -e wasmade with the life of od in him. od made manHs bod out ofthe dust of the ground, and breathed into manHs nostrils thebreath of life. 2he -ebrew word translated EbreathE is the sameword translated EspiritE all through the /ld 2estament.

od too3 something of -imself, which was spirit, the life ofod, and put it into man. ?ou see that life manifested in man.

?ou see it in his spirit and soul. ?ou see it in his bod, evenafter he had died spirituall.

od made man -is understud. -e made him 3ing, to ruleover everthing that had life. an was master. an lived inthe realm of od. -e lived on terms of equalit with od.

od is a faith od. 7ll -e had to do was simpl sa, &#et

there be light& 5en. 1+)6, and there was light. od createdeverthing e0cept man b spea3ing it into e0istence. -eHs afaith od.

!ow, od made man a faith man, because man belongs toodHs class. 7 faith man lives in the creative realm of od. 2hisis the end of the wea3ness messageJ

an lost his place b high treason against od. -e lost his

dominion over all the wor3s of odHs hands. -e lost hisdominion in the fall. *ith the fall went his dominion over hisspirit and soul.

But, m friends, if one is a thin3er or a student of histor,one 3nows universal man has ever earned for the return of hislost dominion.

-ereHs one of the most tremendous facts we have to face+

2here never has been a primitive people found upon the face ofthe earth who have not et earned for dominion. !ot a singleprimitive people has been found who did not have a golden pastwhere the had dominion, and a golden future where dominionwas going to be restored. 2hat is the tradition of universalman.

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an has shrun3 from bondage. an has rebelled against it.an has earned to gain master over phsical loss, over mind

loss, and over the loss of the spirit.2his long#ago desire to gain the lost dominion is seen in his

offerings, in his drin3ing blood, and in the priesthoods he hasappointed.

f ou stud histor, ouHll find that human blood wasnever actuall desirable to an people. *h did the drin3 it>2he dran3 it to be li3e od. 2he dran3 it that the mightbecome eternal or immortal. 2he desire for immortalit in thephsical realm lies in the heart of universal man. 7nd for thatreason, men dran3 it.

2he would ta3e an animal or another man, and ma3e asacrifice upon the altar of their god or gods. 7nd when thedid, the believed that the offering became identified with od.2he said, Ef we drin3 the blood of the man or the animal, wedrin3 the blood of od. 7nd if we drin3 enough of it, weHll be

od.E 7ctuall, thatHs not too far removed from the 4ommunion

table. *h do ou suppose that 3ind of thin3ing is in thehearts and minds of even primitive people the world around>

?ou see, it all dates bac3 to the beginning. ;emember thefirst two offspring of 7dam and <ve, 4ain and 7bel> ;ememberthat the both brought an offering to od and one was reGectedwhile the other was received> 2he offering that was receivedC

7belHsCwas an offering of blood, while the one that wasreGectedC4ainHsCwas an offering of fruits and vegetables.

So ou see, this 3ind of thin3ing has filtered down eventhrough primitive people, that blood has something to do withregaining master and dominion upon the earth.

7nd than3 od it doesJ *ithout the shedding of bloodthere is no remission of sins. *hen Desus instituted the @ordHs

Supper -e said+

ATTH+ 20:2028

20 Tae, eat& this is my bo#y'

27 An# he too the !%, an# $a*e thans, an# $a*e it to

them, sayin$, 6rin ye a"" of it&

28 3or this is my b"oo# of the new testament, whih is she#

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-e signified that when we eat that bread and drin3 thatcup, we parta3e of -im. *e are identified with od. *e are

actuall one with -im.an ancients became cannibals, not because the loved

human blood, but because the believed if the could eat fleshand drin3 blood the would be li3e od.

2his faith of universal man, reaching od#ward, cried outto od to ma3e union with -im a possibilit. an believedunion with od would give him dominion. 7nd it will. anhates defeat. -e wants to conquer death. -e dreams ofimmortalit and fears death and disease.

an believed that somehow od would give him this lostdominion. !ow ou can understand it was this universal3nowledge, the universal cr of man for union with Aeit, thatcaused the ncarnation. 7nd so the @ord Desus 4hrist cameinto this world. -e was od incarnated in the flesh.

Desus was od and man in union. -e was first a divine

being.

)OHN 1:1

1 In the be$innin$ was the or#, an# the or# was with

(o#, an# the or# was (o#'

But -e came and dwelt among us.

)OHN 1:1;

1; An# the or# was ma#e f"esh, an# #we"t amon$ !s'

-e was od incarnate in the flesh. So Desus was a divine#human being. !ow on the grounds of what the @ord Desus4hrist did 5that is, -is substitutionar sacrifice6, od is able toredeem us from our sins.

-e is able to redeem us from spiritual death. -e is able toimpart to us -is ver nature. -e is able to give us eternal life-is ver own life. -e is able to ta3e us into -is own famil, so

that we can call -im Father.Paul said, &) bow my knees unto the *ather of our #ord

Jesus $hrist, of whom the whole family in hea%en and earth is

named& 5<ph. )+1(,16.

?ou can tell the wa some people sa EodE that -eHs somefar#off creature somewhere. !o, -eHs EFather.E -e ma be EodE



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to the world, but -eHs EFatherE to meJ

n the new birth, we are brought into vital union with

Desus 4hrist. 7ll that most people thin3 the have in the newbirth is forgiveness of sins. 2he donHt 3now about being inunion with od.

<ven man in the great bod of Full ospel people do not3now that the new birth is a real incarnation. 2he do not3now the are as much sons and daughters of od as Desus.2he onl have a haI concept of what od has done, of what-e is to them, and of what the are to od.

Jesus was first di%ine, and then (e was human. !o (e was

in the flesh a di%ine6human being. ) was first human, and so

were you, but ) was born of +od, and so ) became a human6

di%ine being0 +od is li%ing in us0

2he incarnation that od has given through the new birthhas bestowed upon us the lost authorit we had in the ardenof <den. 7nd onl here or there has a man 3nown it or

preached it, or dared to assume it.

!o wonder Smith *igglesworth said, EHm a thousand timesbigger on the inside than am on the outside.E -e was realiIingthat he was a human#divine being. 7nd that the divine partwas a thousand times bigger than the human part.

@etHs loo3 at a few Scriptures so ouHll 3now od is living in ou.

)OHN 1;:15,10

15 If ye "o*e me, ee% my omman#ments'

10 An# I wi"" %ray the 3ather, an# he sha"" $i*e yo! another

Comforter, that he may abi#e with yo! for e*er'

1 CORINTHIANS /:10

10 -now ye not that ye are the tem%"e of (o#, an# that the

S%irit of (o# #we""eth in yo!4

1 CORINTHIANS 0:1?,2

1? hat4 now ye not that yo!r bo#y is the tem%"e of theHo"y (host whih is in yo!, whih ye ha*e of (o#, an# ye

are not yo!r own4

2 3or ye are bo!$ht with a %rie: therefore $"orify (o# in

yo!r bo#y, an# in yo!r s%irit, whih are (o#s'

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4orinthians6 and went into a little more detail. n Second4orinthians '+1( he said, &Be ye not une9ually yoked together

with unbelie%ers5 for what fellowship hath righteousness withunrighteousness8 and what communion hath light with

darkness8&

?ou see, the believer is called ErighteousnessE and theunbeliever is called Eunrighteousness.E

&nd what communion hath light with darkness8& -ere thebeliever is called ElightE and the unbeliever is called Edar3ness.E

2 CORINTHIANS 0:1515 An# what onor# hath Christ with =e"ia"4

*inally, the belie%er is called &$hrist& and the unbelie%er is

called &Belial.& That*s who we are+ we*re Christ,

Desus is the -ead and we are the Bod of 4hrist. ?our headdoesnHt go b one name and our bod b another, does it> ?oudonHt call our bod -enr Dones and our little finger @ouise

Simpson, do ou> ?our little finger has the same name as therest of our bod because it belongs to that bod.

/aul calls the indi%idual member of the Body of $hrist,

&$hrist.& nd he calls the unbelie%er &Belial.&

2 CORINTHIANS 0:10

10 An# what a$reement hath the tem%"e of (o# with i#o"s4

;emember that Paul alread said in First 4orinthians )+1',

&Know ye not that ye are the temple of +od, and that the !pirit of +od dwelleth in you8& -ere he sas it again. -e wants to getthat point across.

Hve got od the Father, od the Son, and od the -olSpirit living in me. *eHve never even maGored on that subGectbefore. *e have been too bus fighting over minor things.

Some of these great Bible truths that will release us, ma3e

us masters, and enable us to dominate and reign in life havebeen left untouched. *hen ou begin to preach on them, manpeople in 4hristendom will sit and loo3 at ou in amaIement. wouldnHt have dared suggest these things if hadnHt hadScriptures to bac3 me up.

(e"s in me. (e"s in you. There is a real incarnation in the

new birth0 )"%e come into %ital union with +od0



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*e are the temple of the living od. !ow, letHs get a pictureof the living od. @etHs go bac3 to the /ld 2estament and see

-im.2he presence of od 5the Dews called it the !hekinah? was

onl in the -ol of -olies. 7t least once a ear, ever male insrael had to present himself at the 2emple that od hadSolomon build. od wasnHt dwelling in them, so the had to goto where od was. 2hatHs the reason weHve got a bettercovenant established on better promises 5-eb. $+'6.

!o one dared approach the -ol of -olies e0cept the -ighPriest. /thers who tried would fall dead on the spot. /nl the-igh Priest, after the blood of innocent animals was shed forthe atonement of sin, could enter in.

an have thought that when Desus said on the cross, Et isfinishedE -e was tal3ing about our salvation. !oJ !oJ !oJ /ursalvation wasnHt finished when Desus died. ;emember -e saidto ar, &Touch me not2 for ) am not yet ascended to my

*ather5 but go to my brethren, and say unto them, ) ascend untomy *ather, and your *ather2 and to my +od, and your +od&

5Dohn %"+1&6. Soon afterwards -e appeared to the disciples,who were afraid, thin3ing the had seen a ghost or spirit. -esaid, &Why are ye troubled8 and why do thoughts arise in your

hearts8 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is ) myself5

handle me, and see2 for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye

see me ha%e& 5@u3e %(+)$,)96. *h did Desus tell ar not to

touch -im, and the disciples to touch -im> -e told ar wh+&) am not yet ascended to my *ather& 5Dohn %"+1&6.

So, salvation wasnHt complete until -e ascended into theheavenl -ol of -olies to obtain eternal redemption for us.

*hen Desus said Et is finishedE on the cross, -e wastal3ing about the /ld 4ovenantHs being finished. 7nd when -esaid those words, the curtain that sealed off the -ol of -oliesin the 2emple was rent in twainCor torn in halfCfrom top tobottom.

Flavius Dosephus, the Dewish historian, tells us that thecurtain was %" feet high, (" feet across and ( inches thic3.

Aid ou notice the Scripture didnHt sa the curtain was rentin twain from bottom to top> t said from top to bottom. Upthere %" feet in the air, an angel of od, or some heavenl



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somebod, got hold of the thing and ripped it apart. That

signified that the way into the (oly of (olies, blessed be +od, is

now open to e%erybody through the blood of Jesus0od moved out of an earth#made, man#made -ol of -olies

and -e dwells in usJ (e li%es in us0 ;ou are the temple where

the holy !hekinah presence of +od dwells.

*eHve never mastered that et. *eHve thought it sounded

li3e it could not be true. But, than3 od, it is trueJ Second4orinthians '+1' sas, &nd what agreement hath the temple of

+od with idols8 for ye are the temple of the li%ing +od2 as +odhath said, ) will dwell in them, and walk in them2 and ) will be

their +od, and they shall be my people.&

-ere are some further facts.

1 )OHN ;:1;

1 =e"o*e#, be"ie*e not e*ery s%irit, b!t try the s%irits

whether they are of (o#: bea!se many fa"se %ro%hets are

$one o!t into the wor"#'

2 Hereby now ye the S%irit of (o#: +*ery s%irit thatonfesseth that )es!s Christ is ome in the f"esh is of (o#:

/ An# e*ery s%irit that onfesseth not that )es!s Christ is

ome in the f"esh is not of (o#: an# this is that s%irit of

antihrist, whereof ye ha*e hear# that it sho!"# ome& an#

e*en now a"rea#y is it in the wor"#'

; Be are of (o#, "itt"e hi"#ren' ' ' '

Because we are of od, because we are born of od, we are

sons of od.1 )OHN /:1,2

1 =eho"#, what manner of "o*e the 3ather hath bestowe#

!%on !s, that we sho!"# be a""e# the sons of (o#: therefore

the wor"# noweth !s not, bea!se it new him not'

2 =e"o*e#, now are we the sons of (o#, an# it #oth not yet

a%%ear what we sha"" be: b!t we now that, when he sha""

a%%ear, we sha"" be "ie him& for we sha"" see him as he is'

1 )OHN 5:1,21 hosoe*er be"ie*eth that )es!s is the Christ is born of

(o#: an# e*ery one that "o*eth him that be$at "o*eth him

a"so that is be$otten of him'

2 =y this we now that we "o*e the hi"#ren of (o#, when

we "o*e (o#, an# ee% his omman#ments'

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are born of od. *e are in the famil of od. We are in union

with +od.

1 )OHN ;:;

; Be are of (o#, "itt"e hi"#ren, an# ha*e o*erome them:

bea!se $reater is he that is in yo!, than he that is in the

wor"#'

t doesnHt sa going to overcome them 5the forces of evil6,but ha%e overcome them. f weHve overcome one of them, weHveovercome all of them.

*e sa, Ef Hve overcome them, wh am having so muchtrouble with them>E Because you don"t know who you are in

$hrist0 Because ou donHt 3now that ou are supposed to ruleover themJ

;emember, weHre tal3ing about reigning as 3ings in life.Satan has been defeated. -eHs not going to be he has been

defeated. *hen Desus wal3ed the earth, -e won ever battlewith the enem. 2hen, after -e had satisfied the claims of

Gustice on the cross, -e met the devil in his own throne room,stripped him of his authorit and dominion, and rose from thedead.

n ;evelation 1+1$ Desus said, &) am he that li%eth, and was

dead2 and, behold, ) am ali%e for e%ermore, men2 and ha%e the

keys of hell and of death.& *here did -e get them> -e got themfrom Satan -e too3 the dominion and authorit that had beengiven Satan in the arden of <den b 7dam.

!ow ever man and woman who accepts Desus 4hrist isidentified with -im. -e did it for you. -e did it for me. -e didit as our Substitute. Satan can holler as much as he wants to.But ou withstand him donHt be the least bit afraid of him.

*ithstand him with the faith of Desus 4hrist.

2he trouble with a lot of us is we live up there in the faith

realm, but weHve gone down the bac3 stairs in the reason realm.

Some people are holding onto devilish reasoning. But when Desus died as our Substitute, we were identified with -im.2hat is the reason weHre overcomers.

+@H+SIANS 2:20

2 herein in time %ast ye wa"e# aor#in$ to the o!rse of

this wor"#, aor#in$ to the %rine of the %ower of the air,

the s%irit that now woreth in the hi"#ren of #isobe#iene:



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/ Amon$ whom a"so we a"" ha# o!r on*ersation in times

%ast in the "!sts of o!r f"esh, f!"fi""in$ the #esires of the

f"esh an# of the min#& an# were by nat!re the hi"#ren of

wrath, e*en as others'

; =!t (o#, who is rih in mery, for his $reat "o*e

wherewith he "o*e# !s,

5 +*en when we were #ea# in sins, hath >!iene# !s

to$ether with Christ, by $rae ye are sa*e#&D

EF!iene# means Gma#e a"i*e'G hen He was ma#e a"i*e

ba there, we were ma#e a"i*e'

0 An# hath raise# !s !% to$ether, an# ma#e !s sit to$ether

in hea*en"y %"aes in Christ )es!s'

?ouHre identified with 4hrist in what -e did. So when arewe to reign as 3ings> Auring the illennium> n Ethe sweet band bE> =o, in life0 2he potential is there, and it belongs to

ou. Hm going to live up to the full potential of what belongs tome in 4hrist Desus.

?ouHre the one who has authorit in our life. donHt haveauthorit in our life. 2hatHs the problemCweHre runningaround tring to find someone else to be 3ing. Hm not to be3ingCouHre to be 3ing in our own life.

*e have failed to realiIe what Desus did. *e have failed torealiIe who we are. *e have failed to ta3e advantage of whatbelongs to us. 7nd so, when trouble comes, we become fearful.

But no, blessed be od, hereHs wh weHve overcome+&+reater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world& 51

Dohn (+(6.

*ho is it that is in this world> Satan is the god of thisworld. Second 4orinthians (+( sas he is called the god of thisworld heHs here. 7dam was the god of this world, but he soldout to Satan and Satan became god. Desus, however, strippedSatan of that authorit. -e gave it bac3 to us.

*eHve sat around begging for authorit and we had it all

the timeJ *eHve sat around waiting for od to do something, et -eHs waiting for us to do something.

will never forget when the @ord appeared to me in avision in 19% in the state of /3lahoma. -e said, EHm going total3 to ou about the devil, demons, and demon possession.E

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stood before me as 3nelt. Suddenl an evil spirit that loo3edli3e a mon3e Gumped up between us and caused a blac3 cloud

to appear. couldnHt see Desus, but could hear -im. -e 3eptright on tal3ing. eanwhile, the spirit threw his arms and legsout and hollered in a shrill voice, E?a3et#a3, a3et#a3,

a3et#a3.E

-e 3ept on acting that wa and thoughts ran through mmind faster than machine gun bullets could fire.

thought, Dear #ord0 )"m missing what Jesus is saying

5instruction -e was giving me about dealing with the devil6. heard the sound of -is voice, but couldnHt distinguish thewords because of this Ea3et#a3E business. couldnHt see

Desus because the cloud was there.

2hen thought, Doesn"t Jesus know8 Doesn"t (e know )"m

not hearing (im8 Why doesn"t Jesus do something about it8

Why does (e allow it8

7renHt those the 3inds of questions as3ed all the time>

E*h did od allow it> *h doesnHt od do something aboutit>E

Finall, in desperation, spo3e to the spirit. said, Ecommand ou to shut up in the !ame of Desus.E

*hen said that, he hit the floor li3e a sac3 of salt+E3erplop.E 2he dar3 cloud disappeared, and could see Desus.2hen Desus said something that absolutel astonished me

something that upended m theolog. 5*e get so concernedabout theolog that we miss the Bible.6

Desus pointed to that little fellow ling there 5and not onlling thereChe was sha3ing all overCtrembling from head tofoot and whining6. Desus pointed to him and said, Ef ou hadnHtdone something about that, couldnHt have.E

#isten and reign0 #et it slip by you, and be in sla%ery0

n m astonishment, said, E@ordJ 3now misunderstood ?ou. Hm sure did. ?ou didnHt sa ?ou couldn"tGand pointedto that little fellow ling there still whimpering and sha3ing alloverC?ou said ?ou wouldn"t, didnHt ?ou>E

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!ow understand EthatE doesnHt Gust include the demon itincluded the dar3 cloud that shut off the vision of Desus and

heaven. t included communication that didnHt get throughCpraers, or whatever.

said, E@ord, 3now something happened to me. ?ou didnHtsa ?ou couldn"t2 ?ou said ?ou wouldn"t, didnHt ?ou>E

7nd ver emphaticall -e said, E!oJ didnHt sa wouldn"t2

said couldn"t.&

E/h, dear @ord,E said. E canHt accept that. tHs against

everthing ever believedJ tHs against everthing everpreachedJE

said, E wonHt accept an vision unless ?ou can prove it tome from the Bible particularl the !ew 2estament. ?ou saidin ?our *ord, H )n the mouth of two or three witnesses e%ery

word may be established"E 5att. 1$+1'6.

Ao ou thin3 -e got angr with me> !o, -e smiled so

sweetl and said, EHll go ou one better Hll give ou four.E-e said, E2hereHs no place in the !ew 2estament where the

4hurch or 4hristian believers are told to pra against the devil.2o pra against the devil is to waste our time.E

*hen -e said that to me said, EAear @ordJ Hve wasted somuch timeJE

-e said, E2he !ew 2estament tells believers themselves to

do something about the devil. 7nd if the donHt, there wonHt beanthing done. Hve done all Hm ever going to do about thedevil.E

2hat came as a real shoc3 to me. E!ow,E -e said, EHll give ou the four references which proved that. First of all, inatthew %$, when arose from the dead, said, ll power is

gi%en unto me in hea%en and in earth" 5att. %$+1$6. 2he wordHpowerH means authorit.E

f ou stopped reading right here ouHd sa, E*h, dear@ord Desus, ?ou do have authorit here on the earth.E

But -e said, E immediatel delegated authorit onearth to the 4hurch.E

AR- 10:1518

15 (o ye into a"" the wor"#, an# %reah the $os%e" to e*ery



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reat!re'

10 He that be"ie*eth an# is ba%ti9e# sha"" be sa*e#& b!t he

that be"ie*eth not sha"" be #amne#'17 An# these si$ns sha"" fo""ow them that be"ie*e& In my

name sha"" they ast o!t #e*i"s& they sha"" s%ea with new

ton$!es&

18 They sha"" tae !% ser%ents& an# if they #rin any #ea#"y

thin$, it sha"" not h!rt them& they sha"" "ay han#s on the

si, an# they sha"" reo*er'

?ou see, you"re authoriIed to do that.

2hen Desus said to me, E!ot one single time does an !ew2estament writer tell ou to pra to od or to e, the @ord

Desus 4hrist, to do anthing about the devil. <ver single timethe tell you to do it. ;ou"re the one who has authorit. ;ou"re

the one whoHs to rule.E

2he ne0t reference -e gave me was Dames (+&+ &!ubmit

yoursel%es therefore to +od. esist the de%il, and he will flee

from you.&

!ow, as Desus said, ou couldnHt do that if ou didnHt haveauthorit over the devil.

<phesians (+%& sas, &=either gi%e place to the de%il.& Desusquoted that to me, saing, E2hat simpl means, HAonHt let thedevil have an place in ou.H E -e said, E2hat means the devilcanHt ta3e an place in ou, unless ou let him. 2hat means

ouHve got the authorit.E

!ow letHs go bac3 to the vision saw. Aar3 cloudssometimes appear on the horiIon of our lives, blotting out thelight from heaven that is see3ing to shine in. *e sa, E*h didod permit that to happen to me>E 2hat dar3ness, ou see, canbe an illustration of man thingsCsic3ness, problems, ancircumstance. *e sa, E*h did od send this> *h doesnHtod do something about it>E 4an ou understand it> ;ou"re the

one who"s supposed to do something about it0

-uthorit. in the $ife of S'ith Wi!!lesworth

Smith *igglesworth once received a telegram urging himto visit a oung woman %"" miles from his home. -e wentthere and found her mother and father bro3enhearted becausetheir daughter had lost her mind. 2he said the devil had



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gotten hold of her.

Silentl the led him down a hall and up two flights of

stairs. Finall the reached a closed door. 2he girlHs fatheropened it, swung it bac3, and pushed *igglesworth inside.

-e said, E loo3ed in the room and there was a frail littlegirl, Gust in her twenties, ling on the floor held down b fivegrown men.E

*hen the girl saw him, the strength in that frail bod wasso great 5she was empowered b the devil6 that she overcame

the five men. 2he couldnHt hold her. She tore loose from them,faced *igglesworth with blaIing ees, and said, E?ou canHt castme outJ ?ou canHt cast me outJE

*igglesworth said, EDesus can, and -eHs in me.E 5-eremembered First Dohn (+(+ &+reater is he that is in you, than

he that is in the world.&?

*igglesworth 3new something about being in union with

od. -e 3new something about having the living od in him4hrist in ou. EDesus can,E he said, Eand come out in the !ameof DesusJE

2hirt#four of them came out and gave their names. 2hegirlHs mind was restored and she wal3ed down the steps and satdown and ate the evening meal. Praise odJ

2he !ame of Desus is greater than the forces of evil. 7ndthe reater /ne is living in ou.

/nce was preaching some of these truths in anotherstate. remember that a Full ospel Business enHs chapterpresident said to me, EBrother -agin, hearing this ma3es mefeel li3e could do anthing.E said, E?ou can go out and do itJE

7 da or two later, a man flew in who was going to spea3 atseveral chapters, including this manHs. 2he two of them weredriving to a brea3fast meeting in another cit, and the were

traveling quite fast. 52he speed limit was about & miles perhour then.6

t was not e0actl dar3 and not e0actl lightCthe couldnHtsee too well.

Suddenl a woman appeared in front of that big @incolnautomobile. 2he chapter president couldnHt possibl stopChe



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hit herCand her bod flew up over the windshield, over thecar, and landed bac3 down the highwa. -e quic3l pulled over

to the side of the road. t sounded li3e the had run into atruc3. 2he 3new ever bone in her bod had to be bro3en.

2his chapter president told me, E Gust sat there in shoc3. 7motorist going the other wa said he would notif theauthorities. 2he man who was with me ran bac3 to the woman.

7 nurse in one of the other cars that stopped said, H canHt find apulse beatCsheHs dead. 2hereHs no life in her.H 2he ambulancecame, and all at once could hear ou preaching, "+reater is he

that is in you, than he that is in the world." Before 3new what was doing, climbed out of the car, ran bac3 to the woman,laid hands on her, and commanded her to live in the !ame of

Desus.E

7fter the ambulance left for the hospital, the chapterpresident went on and drove his guest to the spea3ingengagement. 7fterwards the came bac3 through the samelittle town where the woman had been ta3en to the hospital.-er doctors told the men, E*eHre going to dismiss her we canHtfind a thing wrong with her. She doesnHt have a bro3en bone inher bod.E lor to odJ -ow big is od>



Chapter / / Rei!nin! Throu!h Ri!hteousness

Some have said, E donHt see anone reigning.E

2he reason is, reigning hasnHt been proclaimed. od said inthe /ld 2estament, &Fy people are destroyed for lack of

knowledge& 5-osea (+'6. -e is inferring that if -is peoplepossess 3nowledge of who the are and who od isCif the3now their rights, their privileges, and their dominionCthewonHt be destroed.

2he reason Satan is often able to reign in the lives of4hristians is because man times 4hristians do not realiIe thehave a part to pla. 2he Bible doesnHt sa Desus 4hrist willreign through ou it sas ou &shall reign in life by one, Jesus

$hrist& 5;om. +1&6.

an people thin3, EHve left it up to the @ord. -e is goingto do it.E

2he real truth of the matter is, -eHs left it up to us.

*hat are we supposed to do> @etHs find out our Gob. @etHsfind out our position. ;omans +1& also sas we have receivedEabundance of graceE and the Egift of righteousness.E

*e 3now a great deal about grace 5weHve heard thatpreached6 and weHve sung E7maIing race.E 7nd than3 od forthe grace of od. But weHve also received Ethe gift ofrighteousness.E

donHt thin3 the 4hurch as a whole 3nows what Paul istal3ing about when he sas that. *eHve heard ver littleteaching on the subGect. tHs receiving the abundance of grace

and the gift of righteousness that enable one to reign.

f ou donHt 3now what ouHve received, ouHll be hinderedin reigning. *hat does Ethe gift of righteousnessE mean>

First, it means ouHre made right with od. t means right#

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standing with od. *e used to sing a song, E!othing Between Soul and the Savior.E ?ou see, if thereHs nothing between,

thatHs what made it nothing between.t wasnHt something did it was m accepting -is

provision. f Hm in right#standing with od, then canHt everbe in an better standing with od. 2hatHs something we needto get into our spirits.

2he Bible tal3s about growing in faith, but not aboutgrowing in righteousness. Paul wrote to the 4hurch at2hessalonica, &;our faith groweth eIceedingly 5% 2hess. 1+)6.

First Peter %+% sas, &Desire the sincere milk of the word,

that ye may grow thereby.& *e could quote other Scriptures.But nowhere does the Bible tal3 about growing inrighteousness it alwas calls righteousness a gift.

;ou"ll not ha%e any better standing with +od when you get

to hea%en than you do now. Aid ou 3now that the newbornbabe in the 3ingdom of od has the same standing as an old

saint whoHs been living a separated, hol, sanctified life for $" ears> tHs all done through Desus in the new birth.

*eHre held bac3 b traditional teaching and church#ianit.n the denomination was raised in, we were famous forsaing, EHm so wea3 and unworth.E *e thought we were beinghumbleCwe didnHt 3now we were being ignorantJ

*e thought having a low opinion of oneself was reall

being humble. *eHd sa, EHll never amount to anthing ... Hm Gust a worm of the dust... poor olH me ... Gust a sinner saved bgrace.E 2hatHs partl wrongJ am saved b grace and was asinner, but Hm no longer a sinnerCnow Hm a saintJ Sometimes

ou hear 4hristians sa, EHm going to be a saint.E f ouHre bornagain, ou are one alread.

*e thought we were being humble. 7nd, of course, whenwe came to pra, we alwas told od how wretched and

miserable we were. *e didnHt have enough faith to believe odfor anthing.

2hen got the baptism of the -ol Spirit and spo3e withother tongues, got e0communicated b the Baptists, and cameover among the Pentecostals. 2he did 3now more about the-ol Spirit, but the didnHt 3now some other things.



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>li-ah 9ualify as an eIample of a righteous man8

2hen began to e0amine the /ld 2estament on the subGect.

2he )%nd Psalm sas, &Blessed is the man whose sin is co%ered2blessed is the man to whom the #ord imputeth not ini9uity.& saw that the blood of the animals of the /ld 2estament coveredmenHs sin it made an atonement for them. od didnHt attributethe sin to men -e gave them righteousness.

got into the !ew 2estament and found that the blood of Desus does not co%er sins. 2he !ew 2estament sas, &nto him

that lo%ed us, and W!(>D us from our sins in his own blood&5;ev. 1+6.

found in Second 4orinthians +1&, &Therefore if any man

be in $hrist, he is a new creature.& 3new immediatel oddidnHt ma3e an unrighteous new creature. 3new od didnHtma3e a new creature who could not stand in -is presence.

*e had felt when we came into the presence of od weshould get down and crawl on our stomachs. /r, we felt we

should hang around the front door of heaven, or sit on thecurbstone in front of our mansion and cr until od opened thedoor and invited us in. /r, we felt we should come up to thebac3 door of heaven li3e a tramp and tr to tal3 od intogiving us a handout. *e would sing, E-ere wander li3e abeggar through the heat and cold... poor olH me.E

But read -ebrews (+1'+ &#et us therefore come boldly unto

the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace tohelp in time of need.& got rid of m Espiritual inferioritcomple0,E as call it.

/f course the devil was right there to tr to stop m faithfrom wor3ing. -e said, E?eah, od made ou a righteouscreature all right, but remember when ou got mad and3noc3ed our food tra off our bed> t was after ou were bornagain that ou did wrong.E

got bac3 in the *ord. got hold of that verse in First Dohn %+1 that sas, &Fy little children, these things write ) unto

you, that ye sin not. nd if any man sin, we ha%e an ad%ocate

with the *ather, Jesus $hrist the righteous.&

7n advocate is a lawer, one who pleads our case. Desus4hrist the ;ighteous is m standing, even if Hve erred. Hve got



What )s 1oe8 EE

/ne up there whoHs going to plead. -eHs the sinning 4hristianHs 7dvocate.

Somebod said, E donHt li3e to hear ou sa that. believein living above sin.E *ell, do, too. Hve never seen anbod doit, but still believe in it.

!ow loo3 at First Dohn %+%, &nd he MDesus 4hrist the;ighteousN is the propitiation for our sins5 and not for ours

only, but also for the sins of the whole world.&

!otice Dohn is writing about 4hristians and their sin, but

he is not encouraging them to sin. -e alread said,E... write )unto you, that ye sin not.&

Hve had people tell me that this 3ind of preaching will givepeople a license to sin. But tell them, E!o, Hm not going togive them a license to sin theHll do enough sinning without alicense.E

f ouHre reall born again, ou donHt want to sin anwa. f

ou want to sin, thereHs something wrong with ou. A. @.ood gave this illustration in one of his sermons.

7 oung lad in 4hicago said to him, Er. ood, want tobe saved, but canHt give up dancing.E r. ood preachedagainst worldl dancing. 57n 4hristian is against it.6

r. ood, being wise, said, E*ell, little lad, ou Gustcome right into the inquir room 5weHd call it a praer room6and give our heart and life to the @ord Desus 4hrist, and then

ou can dance all ou want to.E

She too3 him at his word, went into the room, and gotsaved. Four or five das later she met him on the street. Shestopped, smiled, shoo3 hands with him and said, Er. ood, see what ouHre tal3ing about now. 2he Hwant#toH is gone.E

donHt 3now about ou, but Hm ElingE all want to HmEstealingE all want to Hm EcussingE all want to. Hm EhatingE

all want to Hm EhatingE everbod want to hate. !o, Hm nothating anbod there is no hate in me. 2he Ewant#toE is gone.f ouHre reall born again, the man on the inside doesnHt wantto do wrong.

remember the first time missed it after was bornagain. t wasnHt something serious, but it was wrong, and mconscience smote me. felt so bad. hadnHt wanted to do wrong.



EA 1oe5 The +od6Kind of #ife

hadnHt wanted to miss it or to fail. But, than3 od, provisionhas been made for us. f sin and lose m sense of

righteousness, blessed be od, -eHs up there and -eHsrighteous. Desus goes into the throne room of od and sas, Etoo3 his place shed m blood.E

/ne time when was ounger, read the verse, &The

effectual fer%ent prayer of a righteous man a%aileth much&

5Dames +1'6. wrote in red in3 beside the verse, Ef ever getto be righteous, then when it comes to praing, Hll be a whiI.E

*hen found out who was in 4hristCthat was therighteousness of od in 4hristC wrote in red in3 beside thatverse, EHm a whiI when it comes to praing.E 7nd Hve been awhiI ever since then. ?ouHre a whiI, too, if ou onl 3new it.

?es, Hm a whiI when it comes to praing. !ow what do mean b that> mean Hm effective. mean Hm beyond effective.Hve arri%ed0 praers wor3. 7nd ours will, too, when oubegin to reign. ?ou have received the gift of righteousness.

First of all, righteousness means right standing with od. have right standing with -im have fellowship with -im have communion with -im have union with -im and haveoneness with -im.

But it also means something else. f have right standingwith od, then nobod else can have an better standing. !oteven Desus 4hrist has an better standing with od than ouand do. Some sa, E/h, ouHre ta3ing something awa from

DesusJE !o, -eHs still got the same thing -eHs alwas had Hm Gust giving ou somethingJ 2hese are things that lift us and3eep our faith wor3ing.

*hen we 3now what Ethe gift of righteousnessE means, wecan stand in the presence of the devil and reign. *e can ruleover opposition, persecution, tests, trials, circumstances,povert, sic3ness, demons, or anthing else that would cause

us to be a failure.ost of the time, people have a little god about an inch and

a half high. 7nd the devil, to them, is about two and a half feethigh. The de%il is not bigger than +od0

Confession



What )s 1oe8 E

The de%il is not bigger than +od. $ircumstances are not

bigger than +od. Disease is not bigger than +od. Fy *ather is

greater than all. (e is my *ather, and (e li%es in me. (e"ll putme o%er. (e"ll make me a success. )"m not afraid of anything.

The +reater 'ne is in me. (e"s greater than tests and trials.

(e"s greater than any other power ) face. (e"s greater than any

force that could come against me. ) eIpect (im, in e%ery crisis

of life, to rise up within me. ) eIpect (im to gi%e illumination to

my mind. ) eIpect (im to gi%e strength to my body. ) eIpect

(im to gi%e direction unto my spirit. (e li%es in me.

The +reater 'ne li%es in me0 ) cannot be defeated.

) cannot fail.

Fy faith is in (im.

Fy confidence is in (im.

) am strong in (is power. 'h, glory0

AonHt forget who ou are. AonHt forget who -e is. AonHt

forget what -e has done. AonHt forget who and what -e hasmade ouJ

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