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– What Is The Holy Ghost - Samuel Dale
EPHESIANS 4:17-30
17 ¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
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20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
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21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
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22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
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24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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27 Neither give place to the devil.
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28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
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51 That's what the Holy Spirit is. It's your Assurance; It's your Protection; It's your Witness; It's your Seal; It's your Sign, that I'm heaven bound. Don't care what the devil says, I'm heaven bound. Why? He sealed me; He gave It to me. He sealed me into His Kingdom, and I'm Glory bound. Let the winds blow; let Satan do what he wants to; God's done sealed me till the day of my redemption. Amen. That's what the Holy Ghost is. Oh, you should want It; I couldn't go on without It. So much could be said there, but I'm sure you know what I'm speaking of.
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52 Now, also let us turn to John 14 just for a minute. I just love the Word; It's the Truth. Now, the Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost... What is the Holy Ghost? It is the Spirit of Christ in you.
Now, before we read, I'd just like to say a few commenting words here. What is the Holy Ghost? It's a Seal. What is the Holy Ghost? It's a Covenant. What is the Holy Ghost? It's a Sign. What is the Holy Ghost then? It's a--the Spirit of Jesus Christ in you. See? "A little while," said Jesus, "and the world sees Me no more, yet ye shall see Me; for I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world."
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108 A man that's ever received the Holy Ghost don't care whether he begs for bread or not: doesn't make any difference to him, he's a heaven-bound creature. He don't--he's got no ties here at all. That's right. He don't care; let come, let go, what may. Let them criticize, make fun, lose your prestige, what do you care? You're on your road to glory. Hallelujah. Your eyes are set on Christ, and you're on your road. You don't care what the world says. That's what the Holy Ghost is. It's a Power; It's a Seal; It's a Comforter; It's an Advocate; It's a Sign. Oh, my. It's the assurance that God has received you.
How much time have I taken? I've got just eight more minutes. All right. Let me... I got a lot of Scriptures here. I don't guess I can get them in, but we'll--we'll try our best.
Now, after a man has been filled with the Holy Ghost, is it possible that persecutions and things would cause him to have to come back and... Now, he ain't going to lose; he's still a son of God; he'll always be, because you're sealed how long? [Congregation answers, "Until the day of redemption"--Ed.] That's right. That's what the Bible said.
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148 A Roman comes over here and he scratches his head; and a German comes over here; a American goes there. Why? You got the spirits of them countries you come from. That's what makes us so much different to the world. You're from above. You're born; you're--you're a citizen of another Kingdom. You believe it? That's what the Holy Ghost is, is to make you a citizen of the Kingdom of God.
Then if you are a citizen of the Kingdom of God, how does It make you act? Like God does in His Kingdom. Now, what does God do in His Kingdom? It's holiness, righteousness, purity of thought, purity of mind, power, and love, going to the lost, healing the sick, performing miracles, doing great things. Then to the world you look crazy; they say, "Them guys are off at their head." See? But you are a citizen of the Kingdom.
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113 Now, notice this. Now, you don't know what It is. But these fellows said, "Well," they--they said one thing they know, "we know that they're ignorant," some more nuts (You see?) like the little German said he was. See? Said, "They're ignorant and unlearned, but they've been with that fisherman, that carpenter down yonder, called Jesus; I'll tell you; because they're doing the same things He does."
That's what the Holy Ghost is, is Jesus living in a ignorant fisherman, a carpenter, or whatever: ignorant preacher, whatever it is. It's a man that wants to be ignorant to the things of the world and let the--Jesus come into him, the Spirit of God, the Seal, the Comforter. He don't care about prestige; all thing he wants is God.
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57 Who is that Spirit then? What is the Holy Ghost? It's Christ in you, the Comforter; that's the Holy Spirit. "And when the Comforter has come, He will do the same things that I done while the Comforter is in Me. I'll pray the Father, and He'll give you this Comforter. You know the Comforter; the world don't know Him (never will), but you know Him because He dwells now with you (Jesus speaking), but He shall be in you." So there you are; that's the Comforter.
... shall be in you.
I will not leave You comfortless: I will come to you. (I will not... Now, that's the Comforter, Christ. That's what the Holy Ghost is; It's Christ.)
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye shall see me: because I live, you... live also.
Oh, we could go on and on, but let you know... What is He? He's a Seal; He's a Sign; He's a Comforter. See what all He is. The seed of Abraham inherit It.
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48 Now, notice, but in this, the Holy Ghost is a Sign--I mean, and the Holy Ghost is a Seal. It's a Sign that God gave to His chosen children. To reject It is to be cut from the people, and to receive It is to be finished with the world and all the things of the world, and to be a product that God has put a Seal of approval on.
I used to work on the railroad out here with Harry Waterberry. And we would go down to load a car. My brother, "Doc," standing back there helps--loads cars. When a car's being loaded, they go through that car (the inspector); and if he finds anything loose, where it would fall and break, or anything that would destroy; he'll not seal that car until that car is so completely packed, until it's so packed down, and so in order, that the shaking of the ride won't bother the product that's on the inside.
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154 When the moon and stars is gone, and the earth has weeped itself into the--the mountains, and the deserts and everything has--has--it's no more, and the world's a-toddling like a drunk man coming home at night, and the stars refuse to shine and fall from the heavens, and the moon turns into blood, and the--the sun blushes and hides its face, when they see the Son of man coming, you'll shine in the righteousness of Jesus Christ to come forth from the grave as a young, beautiful woman to take your mate and live forever and forever and forever; and all eternal ages you'll still be living. That's what the Holy Ghost is for.
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31 You let me talk to a man two minutes; I can tell you whether he's received the Holy Ghost or not. So can you. It separates them; It's a Mark; It's a Sign. And the Holy Spirit is a Sign. And it's... Any child that refused circumcision in the Old Testament, which was a foreshadow of the Holy Ghost, was cut off from amongst the people. He could not have fellowship with the rest of the congregation if he refused to be circumcised. Now, pattern that to today. A person that would refuse to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost can have no fellowship among those that has the Holy Ghost. You just can't do it. You have to be a nature.
Like, it's... My mother there used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." Well, it's an old proverb, but it's a true one. You don't see doves and crows fellowshipping. Their diets are different; their habits are different; their desires are different. And that's the way it is with the world and with a Christian when you have been circumcised by the Holy Spirit, which means to cut off a flesh.
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38 You are so different when the Holy Spirit comes on you, until the mind of this world don't like you, and they're against you, and they don't want nothing to do with you at all. You're borned of another world; you are just as much an alien as--ten times more alien than you'd be if you'd go in the farest flung regions of African jungles. You're different when the Holy Spirit comes. And It's a Sign. It's a Mark amongst the people.
Now, you say then, "Brother Branham, that sign of circumcision was given to Abraham (that is true) and to his seed." Yes. All right.
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54 The Spirit of God in His church, what for? What did He do it for? This is a little on tomorrow night's subject, but what did He do it for? Why did He... What did the Holy Spirit... What--what did He come for? What did He come in you for? What did He come in me for? Was to continue the works of God.
"I always do that which is pleasing to My Father. I come not to do My own will, but the Father that sent Me; and the Father that sent Me is with Me. And as My Father has sent Me, so send I you." Oh, my. The Father sent Him, went in Him. The Father that sent Jesus came in Him, worked through Him. The Jesus that sends you goes with you and is in you. And if that Spirit living in Jesus Christ made Him do and act the way He did, you'll have some general idea how It'll do when It's in you; 'cause that Life cannot change. It'll go from body to body, but It cannot change Its nature, for It is God.
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E-67 And to you here who have received Him as your Saviour, and you want to be filled with this power of His Presence, that He might speak through you and work to save others... That's what the Holy Ghost is for, is to work through you for the salvation of others, to edify the church. The promise was to you. Peter said on the day of Pentecost, "Repent, every one of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins." That's what you've done. "And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you, and your children, and to them that's far off, even to as many as the Lord our God shall call." The promise is to us. And now, the promise is to you. It must be.
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103 Oh, my. I was talking on power of prayer, power of speech, power for a holy life. Amen. That's what the Holy Ghost is to do.
Some of you people walking along, saying, "Well, I just can't quit drinking. I just can't quit this." The Holy Ghost comes to live in you to make all these "can'ts" get away from you (That's right.): make women stop cutting their hair, make them quit wearing shorts and slacks (no excuses), make them quit tattling. Oh, yes. That's what It's for, to make you a holy life. It'll follow the instructions of the Bible every time.
Woman say, "It's just too hot. I just have to wear these. Gives me a headache if I let my hair grow." But there's no excuses with the Holy Ghost. It's there to make it so. It'll follow the Word just exactly. That's what the Holy Ghost is to do. It's to make you man turn your head from them half naked women and quit lusting after them. Yeah, church members... That's what It's to do.
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106 It's to quit making you smoke, and drink, and be--want to be a big shot. It'll take that out of you. It'll humble you when you do that. That's what the Holy Ghost is for. It's for a holy life (That's right.): make you quit gossiping; make you quit playing cards, shooting craps, and all these other things that you do around the corner. It'll make you quit your carrying on the way you're doing, living untrue to your wife. That's what It'll do. That's right. It'll quit making you want to marry somebody else's wife. That's exactly right. That's what It is. It's to make you live a holy life. That's what the Holy Ghost is power for, to set your affections on things above where God stands at the...?... The mind of Christ in you. You can't help from seeing those things. When you look at them, you turn your head. That's right. It's to make you...
You say, "I can't do it. Oh, I just can't do it." Sure, you can't. But the Holy Spirit come for that purpose. That's what It did. It come to take it out of you, all of them old habits and things that you're doing. That old back biting, separating yourself, saying, "Bless God, I'm a Methodist. I won't have nothing to do with them old holy-rollers." The Holy Ghost come to take that out of you.
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50 Same Holy Spirit that saved the Lutherans, that sanctified the Methodists, that baptized the Pentecostals, is now setting in order the coming of the Lord Jesus. When it'll be so powerful, that Body will come into this group of church that'll draw the rest of them from the grave. There'll be a resurrection. That's what the Holy Ghost is for.
What is the Holy Ghost? Without us they cannot be made perfect. They lived in one day under that; we live in another day. "When the enemy comes in like a flood, I'll--the Spirit of God will raise a standard against it." See?
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342 Now, Elijah didn't say, "Go get some vessels and borrow a lot of oil, and we'll see if we can't get a good sale price on it, and you get a little more and you can pay the neighbor back like that." He said, "Just get the empty vessels. That's all you need."
That's what it was at Pentecost; they had empty vessels so God could fill them up. Brother, this day demands that. This day's got to have that. We'll have that or perish. I'm going to close now. Listen. We've got to have that or perish. Yes, sir.