doubt your doubts - you have nothing to fear by w. v. grant sr

8/8/2019 Doubt Your Doubts - You Have Nothing to Fear by W. V. Grant Sr.

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WHAT GOD CAN DOFOR YOU

* * *YOU HAVE NOTHINGTO FEAR BUT FEAR

WHAT YOU CAN DOFOR GOD

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CONCERN ING YOURMIN ISTRY

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Chapter I

I want to have a confidential t al k wit h youthe work! God wants you to do for Him. If I kwere going to die the next two hours I would stito bring you this impor tant message , which II have received from God. I am praying that Gsend laborers into the great harvest field whichripe. The harvest is ripe and the laborers are few.people want to be foremen, but few want to be laThere are too many chiefs and not enough India

YOU ARE IN THE MINISTRY. Everyone wthe Holy Ghost is in th e ministry. That is whhave the Holy Ghost. God was speaking about youHe said, "But ye shall receive power, after theGhost is come upon You: and Ye shall be witnesseme both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Saand to the uttermost part of the earth," (Ac ts 1Suppose that someone would take a nice, newsandwich , before a crowd of real hungry peoplthrow it down in the dirt and s tamp on it ! Suwhile you were visiting your friend, he would slipin t he o the r room each five minutes and comlicking his lips. Then you would find that he hain there eating candy!God did not give you. the Holy Ghost just twith it like it were a ten-cent baby rattler, oruse to pac ify yourself. He gave you this power fministry. You use this power to deliver others.Today people have a tendency to divide thet ry . They call one preacher a deliverance mithe other they call a minister. I only r ead o f onof ministry in th e Bible. That is a deliverance miA Holy Ghos t ministry is a deliver,ance ministrchurch is here for only one purpose, that is tothe oppressed. Jesus died on th e cross fo r one pufo r the prison doors to swing open, that the cago free! The only reviva l we will ever have wirevival of healing the sick and cas ting out devilhas no other revival. That is the only minist ry

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the Apostles had. That is what the Ear ly ChurchEvery soldier has a gun. What for? I t is.not to just

at ! I t is made to pu t in use! I t is foolish for aldier to refuse to use his gun because he is not a capThere can't be captains unless there are some sol

What do you want with the power of the Holy Ghost?y did you seek this power? What a re you going towith this power? Do you think God would give menpower if he did not expec t the-m to use it ?ALL OF US DO NOT HAVE A PULPIT MINISTRY.ny people seem to think they are not in the minisy just because they are not a pastor or an evangelist.

think because they do not have th e g ift o f miror the g if ts o f healing manifested through theirthey cannot be used of God. The nine gifts in the

lfth chapter of I Corinthians a re the word of knowlthe word of wisdom, the discerning of spirits,vers kinds of tongues, interpretat ion of tongues,

gifts of healing, working of miracles, andBut the re a re o ther g if ts besides these . We readou t five min is te rial gifts in Ephesi ans four. Butare no t all the gifts which God has set in th eurch . We look over the gifts mentioned in Romanselve. God said if we would present ou r bodies a liv

g sacrifice , and not be conformed to the thingos ofworld, we can prove that good and acceptable willGod, and have these gifts manifested through ourHere we are told that God has dealt to EVERYthe measure of faith, that we can prophesy acding to this measure of aith. What win you do with

h is measu re of faith ? In both Romans twelve and Irinthians twelve, speaking of the gi fts, God sayseach one are members of the body of Christ. Alle parts are necessary. I t takes all the parts to makee whole. We can't say of any part of th e body that weave no need of it. Even in Ephesians four he saysese gif ts are given until we become a full grown

"unto the measure o f th e stature of Chr is t. " Weill need the ministerial gifts unti l t hen. This is that2

which is per fect . I Cor inthians thirteen says wneed all the spiritual gifts until then.If one member is missing that hinders th emembers from working. A church without the gilike a man that is blind, deaf, mute, crippled

without any mind. Weare all members one of annot members of an organization especially, bu tbers of an organism."Whether prophecy, le t us prophesy according tfaith." You usually pitch that over into th e lap ofone else and say that is for him. Bu t God plainly

that everyone of us may prophesy ( I Cor. 14). Swants YOU to prophesy. He said prophecycomfort people and edify them. ( I Cor. 14 :3), thwould cause sinners to fall on their face and coGod is in you ( I Cor. 14 :24-25). Since God saiyou to prophesy, theh all of His people must bea chance to prophesy!"Or Ministry le t us wait on our ministering (12 :7). God wants you to minister. I t may not be

pi t ministry. But you may minister in many hundredifferent ways. You may pray with the s inners ans truct the seekers. You may invite people to theclass. You may witness to people on th e job, at sin the street, on the t ra in , the plane, even whi leare on your vacation. You may minis ter to theman, ice-man, groceryman, postman, and to youployer. Send tracts in your letters. Send books andazines for Chr is tmas presents. You CAN mintherefore, you MUST minister!

"Or he tha t teacheth on teaching" (v . 7) If youon the Lord, keep prayed up, and are led by the Syou can teach. If you have th e Holy Ghost yousomething to give the people. "Give ye them to eaThe Bible said for the preachers to teach (28:20) . Timothy was instructed to teach. The deand elders are comm,anded to teach. The older w

are to teach the younger ones (Titus 2:3-4) . Whestop to talk to a young convert on th e street,him. When you write a letter, teach. When soms


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asks you a question, teach him. You are commandedto teach, so teach!"Or that exhorteth on exhortation" (v. 8) . Get along

with God, pray until you feel th e urge to exhor t; thenexhort! Exhort your - h u s b ~ n d ; exhor t your wife; ex-hort your children; exhort the neighbor. "These thingst each and exhort" ( I Tim. 6 :2). E;xhort one anotherdaily (Heb. 3 :13), 'Ti l I come give attendance to reading, to exhortation ... neglect not the gift that is inthee ..." (I Tim. 13 :14) "... but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching" (Reb. 10:25). To exhort means, as 'youurge, warn; and a d v i s e ~"He that giveth, let him do i t with s impl icity ."(v. 8) . So givihg is one of the gifts. Not everyone seeks

for thi s g if t, bu t it i s a blessed one! "I t is more blessedto give." Seek fo r this gift if you want God to love you;for God loves a cheerful giver. I know some folk wholove to give and have an urge t o give. Sometimes I believe they' have the min is try o f giving. Everyone is nottrusted with this minis try. Theywould not spend God'smoney wisely if they had a chance. They will not beled by the Spirit. I t i,s a very responsible place in whichto be. God will never be in debt to us. We cannot givewithout God giving it back to us (Luke 6:38). We cannot out-give God. :Show me a man who gives much andI will show you a man who has much.Many people intend to give to God when they get alot of money. But they always find a place to invest thatmoney so they can make "more money fo r God." Thesepeople never give much. They die intending to have alot to give God "someday."

One man told a minister th at if he had ten hogs hewould give the Lovd hal f o f them."What would you do if you had six hogs?""I'd give God two of them," answered the man."Suppose you had four hogs?""I'd give God two of them," answered th e man."What would you do if you had two hogs?""Listen here," replied the man, "You know good and

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well I have two hogs."Jesus said if we are faithful in that which is l iwould also be faithful in that which is much, th

ar e not faithful in that which is least we wouldfaithful in much.

Many people say they would give to the Lord ihad a million dollars. But if you are not faithfulcen ts how can you be faithful in more?"He that ruleth with diligence ..." (v. 8). Thepeople who think a :r.uler should not have salvati

they don't pray for rulers as God has commandeGod would have every ruler seek Hi,s guidanceruler of Argentina recently accepted Christ. Our fPr esiden t of the United States was healedswer to ,prayer when he was a boy with an incurabaccording to his doctors . MacArthur, our g rstatesman living, prayed and God guided him answered his prayer. This was the cause of manysons being spared on the battle field. Every govmayor, police, sheriff , and school teacher shoulGod for guidance. Every pastor, superintendenteacher must remember that the Holy Spirit cathem the ministry to rule. Each mother ,and dadthis gift to rule their children well. How canrule the Chu:r.ch of God if he ,cannot rule his ownly?

". . He that sheweth mercy with cheerfulnes(v. 8) If you can rightly shew ,mercy you have aual gift. But it takes the Holy Spirit to help youmercy many t imes. We must show me:r.cy to theard bootlegger and backslider. For God has me

, .us. If we have mercy we wIll want to \See sufhumanity healed by God's power! If we havewe will forgive people as God, for Christ 's sake, fous. Someone had mercy and helped us when wein sin. We must s top and help the o ther fellow win the same condition. Too many of us want to crthe other fellow.If we have mercy we will pray in the p raye r

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is a gift from God. We m,ay ALL let th e Holy Spiritintercede through us (Rom. 28:29). We ar e ALL COMMANDED' to shut ourselves in our secret closets andpray (Matt. 6 :6). If we say we know God and do notkeep His commandments we ar e a li ar and t he truth isnot in us ( I John 2 :4).

God said for us to pray one for another that we maybe hea led (James 5 :15). That includes YOU. He saidth e BELIEVERS can lay hands on the sick and t hey"shall recover." That includes YOU! (Mk. 16 :17).EVERYONE OF US MAY HAVE THE SPIRITUAL

GIFTS WORKING IN OUR LIVES. Speaking of thespiri tual gifts He says, "But the manifestation of theSpirit is given to EVERYONE to profit withal" ( I Cor.12 :7) . That means YOU.Paul commended the Corinthians because they came

behind in no gift ( I Cor. 1 : 7) . EVERYONE OF THEMHAD A GIFT ( I Cor. 14 :26)."How is it then, brethren? When ye come together,

E,VERYONE OF YOU hath a psalm, hath a doctrine,hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpreta-tion. Le t al l things be done to edifying. If we do thisthe sinner will be saved (v. 25).Neighbor, that doesn't mean everyone o f us exceptone. It -means you too! You ar e part of the body.God is speaking to you when He says, "Covet earn-

estly the best gifts." When He commands, "Desirespiritual gifts," He means YOU. When He says, "Earn-estly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints,"He does no t mean everyone except YOU.

God had you in mind when He said, "Teaching themto observe all things whatsoever I have commandedyou; and, 10, I am wit h you alway, even to the end ofthe world." (Matt . 18:20).What did He command them to do? He commanded

them to receive the power of the Holy Ghost (Acts1 :4). He says if we love Him to keep His commandments and He will send us the Holy Ghost (John14 :15-16).What did He command them to do? He commanded

them to preach, to heal th e sick by God's powe r, t o6

cas t out devils (Luke 10). He commands us to dsame thing (Matt. 28 :20).He was thinking of YOU when He said the becould do the works which Jesus did ( John 14: 12

He is so ar e we in th is world. He se t us an exthat we should fol low His ,steps. Weare to takeminist ry where He left off. He was the l ightworld . Now we are the lights of the world. He sabeliever could lay hands on the sick (Mark 1He said the "promise unto YOU AND t o your chto ALL that are afar off , even as many as th eour God shall call" (Acts 2 :39). If you have beenout of sin th e promise o f t hi s power is unto YOUWHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PRESENT CHUSETUP? Why do so many preachers have a nebreakdown? The setup is just l ike a machine wheof the p ar ts a re ou t of order. I t is more like a hbody with some of the members no t in operation.When oil in the machinery fail s t o flow th e m

er y fails to receive lubrication. Then the parworks burns up. Your brain, which is in constanwill break down if the proper fluid is no t pumpit ."Our church is going dead," said a pastor."You killed it," answered a wise minister."How did I kill it?" asked th e poor pastor. "I

done all I can. I led th e singing, played the mtaught the Sunday School, visited th e sick, and.."That is what killed it ! You tried to do every

yourself. All the other Christians died becausewere no t working."

A working church is a live church. A churchlets the pastor do everything will die a natural de

A soldier boy was sitting on a log in th e snow. Hfreezing to death! As he would have drawn hibreath the log moved! I t was not a log at all, Ianother soldier boy covered with snow, almost liHe jumped up and began to work to save h is life.he was saving him he saved himself! Workingh im f rom freezing.

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A spring of water that is busy running, giving of fwater, continually receives more. I t always has a freshsupply. There is no stagnant water.In the Early Church everyone worked, even the deacons and th e saints. If we have the New Testament experience we will see the New Testament results.The members should keep their pastor busy baptizing people on Sunday night whom they have won toGod during the week.Why do members watch television, vis it , talk, eat,until service t ime and then go to church in the natural

with everything on the ir mind? Why do they si t thereto be entertained? Why do they have the idea thatthey can pay the preacher to do their praying, preaching, visiting, and personal work? Paul' s members hadthe g if ts and were r eady to be used of God th e minutethey arr ived at church. Paul did not have to prime,praise, pull, and pump to ge t people to pray and praiseGod! Paul was not in a nervous tension, afraid thathe would be voted out . He did not seek to entertain themembers in order to keep them, so they wouldn't jointhe o ther side of the split!

We can't pull thi s thing off and pu t it on as suddenly as we do our overcoats. We can't leave it at th echurch house door to be picked up again at any time.We can't push a button and have the anointing as suddenly as we step on the starter of our car. We can'tl isten to people, hear the radio, or read th e newsp,aperall day and tell the people what God said when we ge tto church!THE REMEDY IS SIMPLE: Many times the members know that they will only be entertained by a privileged few who have per sona li ty and talents . Maybe

they will have a new song or a different program ora visiting 'minister, bu t most o f the time it is th e sameprogram. So the members don't fear God. They are notGod conscious. They don't fast and seek God to preparethemselves for the service.If they always have a chance to yield to God, an op

portunity in each service to obey the Spi ri t; if theyknow they have a place in th e service to obey the Lord8

they will prepare themselves in prayer. They wilhave something to contribute to the service. Whenge t a blessing they will return. If a sheep is fed hcome back again.When we are in one accord Pentecost will be pgated.

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Chapter II

Since we have learned that everyone is in the ministry in some way, or in some form, we need to also understand that God has a definite way in which He prepares us f or thi s life of service. I want you to knowthat from the very beginning He is mindful of YOU.He wants to train YOU. There is a schooling forEVERYONE of us. I believe in Bible schools, but theschooling of which I am speaking is Isomething that noBible school gives.God took Moses through the school on the back sideof the desert. Moses fir:st learned to take care of sheepbefore he was trusted with the care of God's people.

At the age of forty, after Moses had finished the highest school of the land, he said, "Look who I am!" Hebegan in hi.s own strength, with his own natural talents. After he had gone through God's school of train-ing he humbly said, "Who am I? " Then he went in thestrength and power of the Lord. He told the Lord hedid not want to go without His pre sence and power.Moses moved on his miss ion with the ministry of mir-acles.Jacob was sent through twenty-two year s of t rain-ing, unt il his old -nature was killed, unt il God gave him

a new nature. Then he had power with God. He waschiseled until he cried out to God and received a changeof att itude.David was trained in the wilderness several yearsbefore he went to the throne to rule. Every generalthe a rmy should first be a private and work himselfp, holding every office. Then he can understand eachhis men. A soldier a lways goes through the training

he gets to the front lines. Sometimes the sO'ldierif he is doing much good when he is stationed

f on some little island fo r several months. Bu t finallye battle comes around that way. If he sees no actionr awhile he is sti ll in the service, and his place is imEvery pastor should first get ,some experience in

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being a teacher, superintendent, or deacon. Thensay, "I sa t where they sit."Jesus was tempted in all points as we are. He

just how we feel. He went through thirty yearsparati0u for th e ministry. After I felt -my call inministy God led me into business and let mestand about dealing with people unt il I was thirtyof age before He let me take up this minis try.say that everyone must wait until they are thirtyold to preach. There are certa in phases o f t he mwhich takes different training than others.An old maid who never reared chi ldren is notfied to tell others how children should be rearman who never pastored can't t ell a -man how toA man who was never an evangelist should nottell us how to hold a revival. A man who never cdevils can't understand our actions sometimes.may be preachers; they may be good men, buhave never sa t where we sit. Jesus told His deven after they had been in the minis try of hthe s ick and cas ting ou t devils, "I have many thisay unto you, bu t you cannot bear them now."Peter could no t understand some of the thingsPaul went through, or some f his actions. Htempted to criticize. There are some things otheisters go through I don't understand, bu t I hatermined to never criticize them. "Speak evilman" (Titus 3:2). We will not ge t very fa r in thistry if we criticize the o ther man. To his ownhe stands or falls. I t takes all our time to keeselves straight. God has permitted me to go ththings which some of my best brethren could nderstand. Why did they misunderstand me? Bthe only thing which can cut a diamond is anothmond. Weare all diamonds in the rough being cshape. We will shine in e te rn ity!

Jesus said he of His own house lifted up hagainst Him. One day people said, "Hosanna, hosThe next day they cried, "Crucify Him, crucifyAt one time all forsook Him except His disciplethey also forsook Him!

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At one time Peter was misunderstood and came verynear losing his papers fo r going to another denominat ion to preach.

Paul was misunderstood. One day they thought hewas a god; the next minute they wanted to stone him!One time they wanted to pull their eyes out and givethem to Paul. Later they wanted to pull h is eyes out!One tinle they thought he was a criminal; the next minute they changed their mind and said he was a god!One time he said all men had forsaken him. Only Lukewas with him.Samson told the children of Israel he could whip

all his enemies if they would stay off him. When hewas bound his own people finally bound him.Job stood things pretty well until his wife turnedagainst him. David' s own son chased him into the wilderness. All these things ar e the making of a man'sministry. The servant is not above his Lord. When outsiders do something against us itJ does no t hurt us asbadly as when our own people misunderstand. Fo rawhile we may think they are backslidden, and we maythink they have gone wrong. Elijah at one time felt thateveryone was wrong bu t him. God was preparing himfor a work. We learn then to depend on God and Godalone. People won't do to depend on in many cases.A diamond cuts a diamond. Sometimes God permitstwo of His children with different personalities to berubbed together. This takes of f all the rough bumps.In th e last days some will fal l to tr y others. Some willeven b e ~ i n to ea t and drink with the drunken. Manywill fal l that others may be white, tried and foundfaultless. Our fai th can 't be shaken if it is in the r ightperson. The bride will not have a blemish. M"any people are not wil ling to be purged so that they may bringforth more fruit. We should always be willing to givethanks ~ everything. We should say "Amen, thank Y'lULord; this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerningme" a lthough we may not understand why God perit s things to come our way. He sees how we act incircumstance. He is faithful to never let us bete'mpted above that we ar e able. With the temptation

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(when it arrives) there is also a way for ourthat we may be able to bear it ( I Cor. 10:13). Heus able. He does not keep us from it. He gives usshoulders and lets us go through instead of let tstay weaklings and go around it. Daniel was nlivered from the lion's den. He went through it.grow, later on we C8,n look back and laugh atwe cry about now. What is a temptation and trianow would not eff ec t us a year f rom now. Thgrow! Ye shall grow in the grace and knowledour Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus learned obediencethings He suffered.After God showed me that I was to take up theJesus left of f He let me go through the school oknocks and knee-ology. I was chiseled, beat, misstood, talked about, kicked, hi t, and cursed.drew knives, guns , brick bat s, rocks, and ice picme. I said, "Amen, thank you Lord, this is theGod concerning me." Then one day God le t meSince then I have seen miracles, signs and woI have seen thousands filled wit h the Spirit. H

trust others with more than He can trust me.You see a beautiful watering trough that furrefreshing water for all the people. You ask itcame to be there. If it could talk it would say, "to be a t ree with my limbs proudly stretched out.cut down and sawed up! I was run through thewas planed in shape. I rea lly died! I t seemed thatruined forever. But now I had, by a millionrather be here in the shade to furnish cool, refrewater for all those precious, thirsty people passinLook at the bricks in the beautiful mansions. Icould talk they could tell a story. They werthrough fire once. Then they were cu t into shapthey were t aken out o f the fire at the r ight time.one had his eye on them. He would not let themin the f ire too long. If they could speak they wou"I'm glad now because I can shelter the tired,pilgrim from the -cold and heat."Gold is valuable in many ways, bu t did youthat it did not become pure gold until it was pu

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the fire? God said that He would pu t us over the furn-ace unt il we are pur if ied as gold(Mal. 3 :2). A refinerwatches th e gold closely. When he can see, his imagein it then at that second he pulls th e f ir e f rom under it.When Jesus sees His image in us, when all th e drossburns out, th en He removes the trials from us at thatsecond! Job says, "I shall come forth as gold." (Job23:10) .

Tha t t he tryi ng o f your fa ith being more preciousthan of gold." ( l Peter 1:7)

Jesus is coming after a purified people, without spotor blemish, or any such thing. He is coming for overcomers.

Overcoming one thing gives us power to overcomeanother . By overcoming that we receive power to overcome something else. There is a reward to him thatovercometh. If we overcome as Jesus overcame we cansi t with Him on His throne even as Jesus overcameand sa t with His Father on His throne. How can weovercome as He overcame? He overcame by saying,"I t is written." I t took t he Bap tism of the Holy Ghost

r Jesus to overcome. How can we expect to overwith any less? We are no better than Jesus . Theis not greater than his Lord. If we say we areenough without the Baptism of th e Holy Ghost we

e saying we are better than Jesus.If we are faithful in that which is little we will alsofai thful in much. If we are not faithful in little weill also be unfai thful in much. By overcoming thewe shall have 'more power t o overcome the

If we will overcome the backache that willlp us overcome something worse. I f we keep growg someday we can even receive a martyr's crown orsoul-winner 's crown. We may have power to escape

he Mark of the Beast or go to heaven without dying.ar e men of like passion as Elijah. He overcame andup alive. Enoch is a type of like rapture. He had

i s tes timony that he pleased God. He walked withthree hundred years.

How can we help ou r members through things whichhave not experienced, or things which we ar e not

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willing to go through? Not long ago I took onemembers and helped him ge t a job pastoring a cBut he was a novice. Being a young convert, wexperience, he soon lost th e chur ch and backshould have first le t him ge t some e ~ p e r i e n c e ining a class. He could have served as a deacon orperintendent. After he learned th e tricks of S ata smaller scale then he could have pastored.My dad at one time was a blacksmith. I sasharpen plows several times. Then he would tthem. He would pu t the plow into th e fire. If it wsoft he would pu t it into th e water to harden it.he would pu t it on th e anvil and chisel it. If it wehard he would put it back into the fire. Afterit would be the r ight cplor. I t was tempered justThen it could be used fo r plowing and cultivatingt hr ough any k ind o f wea the r, cold or hot, wet oin new or old ground.

After we a r saved, before God can use us veryHe first tempers us. He allows us to go into thof trials and temptations. If we ar e too soft Hus into th e water. We become soaked a n saturathe living waters of the Holy Ghost. Somet imbecome so hard that we criticize other people win th e same condition in which we used to be.God puts us back into th e fire. We then learn topathize with others. He puts us on th e anvil ansomeone chisel us and cu t us into shape. Thenwe are tempered just right He uses us to he lpgreat harvest field.

Sometimes the plow is not made of th e rightial. Sometimes people re fus e to be tempered.plow refuses to be tempered it is thrown into t hpile. I f we fail to be tempered; if we become liman of whom I was speaking, who failed in pasthe church, then we are thrown into the junk. Twhere many people ar e today.

The next chapter shows us how God gets usplace He can use us. Are you interested? Thenwith me.

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STAY IN GOD'S SERVICEWhy are we saved? Why do we have the Holy Ghost?

wants us to have it in His service. Some seem towe are going to heaven to float on a cloud andharp. But that is not the main thing . God saidwe would be as angels in heaven (Mark 12 :25).makes me feel good! He makes His angels minisspirits (Heb. 1 :4). So we are go ing to heavenminister.God can trust His angels to do what He tells themo do. All the rebellious angels have been cast ou t ofeaven. The Lord ended rebellion forever in heaven.

{s as the sin of witchcraft ( I Sam. 15:23) .will be no rebellion in heaven. God is also goingend it forever on earth.When God tells His angels to do something they do itaway. They don 't half do it. They don't argue

say they can 't . They don't testify that they failod everyday. They don't argue that they have to sinry day. They don' t go around telling people, "I can'tey God; the devil has been after me all day, praisename; I fail God every day ; p ray forme that Ill hold ou t faithful." Enoch had this tes timony thate pleased God. Hezekiah told God he had lived fo rim (Isa. 38 :3). Paul said, "I have fought a good

ght ." John said, "And whatsoever we ask, we reof Him, because we keep His commandments, andthose things that are pleasing in His sight" ( I John) . His commandments are not grievous. Only the

y of the transgressor is hard. The transgressor shalle dest royed (Ps. 37 :38) .I f we are fai thful in that which is least we will alsofaithful in much. I f we are not faithful in the leaste will not be faithful in much. If we can't serve Godptably down here how can He trust us with thathich is eternal? No, we'll be thrown into the junk ife fail. " I f therefore ye have not been faithful in themammon, who will commit to your truste true riches?" (Luke 16:11).WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD

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HERE WILL BECOME A PART OF US IN EITY. We build ou r own house.I know of a man who gave his son-in-law ato build a fifty thousand dollar house. This coput th e very cheapest material in it he could ficovered it up! He knew it would not l ast bu twhile.

Aft er i t was finished his father- in-law paidfifty thousand dollars. Then he said, "Son, thishouse. It is the one I promised my daughter anThe boy had to live in the house himself. So itus in this ministry. What we are here is what weup there. We'll give Him the same kind of sewe do here.The story goes that a well-to-do lady reachedand was surpr ised . Her wash-woman had amuch nicer than hers. The Lord told her thatthe material she sent up, and that was all shewant to give God the best material I save.If God can only trust us with a little hereonly trust us with a little up there, ( I Cor. 3 :

that wins many souls here will shine brighter u(Dan. 12 :3). "One star differeth from anoglory" ( I Cor. 15 :41).God trusts some of His angels to do more thanOne angel can bind the devil by himself, (Rev.One angel can pu t one foot on land and the o tan the sea and stop time forever! He will s topmoon, stars, clocks and watches. One angelthe lion's jaw! One angel can shake the prisofrom Paul and Silas. Another angel can slay 18and soldiers .Who knows? A mill ion years from now I maa certain planet and deliver two of God's prophepri son! I may be sent to walk through the liow ith a man of God! I may be sent to fight withon some planet. I may help pu t a stop to theof Armageddon.I want a soul winner's crown; eternity ist ime! I don' t want to be there without a reward3:12) . Some folks will have a crown of righte

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ome will have a martyr's crown. Stephen may beof me during the endless ages!

That is one reason I don't want to ever backslide. I'dse 'my reward which is coming to me for the lastnty-three years of service. That is not the mainbut that is only one.

A man' 'made a remark not long back that thirtyes before he died he would have as much as anyus. He was mistaken!Just think, when a Christian gives up and stops servng God, all he has ever done will not be rememberedmore. If you backslide one month and give up yourofession you have lost all' you have ever done for the

It would have been better to have never knowne way of righteousness than to know God and thenrsake Him ( II Pet er 2:21). Your work will be forten. Someone else can take your crown (Rev. 3:11).ou will have to start all over again and lay again theundation of repentance (Heb. 6:1). Like a soldier ine army you are "busted." You lose your stripes. Your

are gone!"When a righteous man turneth away from hisghteousness , and committeth iniqui ty , and dieth inem, for his iniqui ty that he hath done he shall die"zek. 18:26). "All his r ighteousness that he hathone shall not be mentioned" (v. 24)."Now are the works of the flesh manifest, which aree, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,dolatry, wi tchcraft, hat red, variance, emulations,strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders,unkenness, revellings, and such l ike . . . they whichsuch things shall not inherit the kingdom of God,al. 5:19-21)."Lest there be any fornicators, or profane person, asau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright,we know how that afterward, when he would have

the blessings, he was rejected; for he foundplace of repentance, though he sought it carefullyith tears, (Reb. 12 :16-17). "18

WHY DOES GOD NOT TRUST ME WITHA GREATER MINISTRY?You want to do more for God ? You can't undewhy He does not use y o in a greater way?First, the more you do for the Lord the moposition you receive. Satan will contest every movyou make. Some folk b r e ~ k under the smallest otion, yet they want to ~ d great things for God

can't s tand criticism; therefore the Lord can'tyou very much.After the lame man was healed at the GateBeautiful, Peter was thrown into prison. Pau

thrown into the jail because he cast the devilsthe fortune teller girl. After Lazarus was raisedthe dead the cold, cruel, clergymen had Jesus cruElijah called fire down from heaven and brounation-shaking revival, then Jezebel chased himthe wilderness until he wished he were dead. Wmen of l ike passion. The more Moses did for thethe more people murmured and complained. Whnumber of disciples are multiplied a murmuringamong the people.

PERSECUTIONS FROM WITHINOpposition usually comes from our own peoplsus' trouble came from His own house. Job did veruntil his wife told him to curse God and

Samson said he could whip his enemy if hiswould not fall on him. He was finally bound by hpeople. Joseph's own brethren sold him into slavGod appeared to me one night and said, "Bepersecutions from within and without I'll givsouls." In tent meetings across the nations weseen teeming thousands of souls surrender to Gotween' envy within the church and jealousy wOne old minister came up to me and said, "BGrant, I am for thi s. " I said, "I t looks like evewould be for this." "Well they are not," said thet er. Being surpri sed I asked why. "I don't knowsaid, "Unless it is for the same reason that Saunot for l it tle David." In one revival some Pente

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arisees' almost broke up th e meeting when they sawBaptist lady walk fo r t he f ir st time in twelve years.ey wondered why a Baptist should 'be ahead of themreceiving healing.A man was s a v e d ~ filled with th e Holy Ghost, devered from alcohol and tobacco, and healed o f t um orth e brain. He was called to preach. I helped him ge tnice church to pastor. He backslid when he fell undergreat pressure from th e people.

only then, the fire is reIlloved.If th e Lord could trust us with a great miniswould. He will tr y you on a smaller scale somIf you prove faithful in th e smaller things, thwill trust you with something greater. You aretimes disappointed because God cannot trust yoa greater ministry, bu t He is th e one who ispointed.

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PERSECUTIONS FROM WITHOUTA genera l in t he a rm y should first be a private, seror captain. A pastor can do better if he is firstteacher or Sunday School superintendent. How canou cas t th e devil out of o th er people if you cannotercome him in yourown life? "I f you are faithful inwhich is l itt le , you will also be fai thful in much."

Brother R. at one t ime in his ministry began tor opposition and fight back at criticism. A stormhi s tent away. He ha d a big set-back. Bu t whencame t o t he place where he did not stagger and fallder pressure God gave him better meetings than

Brother G. had much opposition, mostly f rom hiswn brethren. Bu t he is too big to fight back. So GodgiVJing him a great ministry. I t is th e little ma n thathts back. If a ma n is bi g in th e Lord !he knows thatwill do his fighting. Nehemiah would not fightack. He was too busy working fo r God. So he couldt "come down" to argue.God's grace is sufficient. Grace will come in proporon to ou r opposition if we trust God. We must go

th e maneuvers before we reach th e front lines.efore a brick is used in a fine structure it must firsto through th e fire and be tempered. When we ar eed, we will come forth as pure gold. Bu t t he f ir e firstrns out th e dross. The Lord watches over us as a reer watches th e silver. When th e refiner sees h isge in th e silver he knows it ds pure. He p ut s t here out then. When Jesus sees His image in us, whensees that we refuse to answer cri tic isms, then and

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Chapter IIIHOW CAN I DOUBT MY DOUBTS?

Faith comes by hearing the word of -God (Rom.Faith comes by hearing God's voice with theear. I t changes the whole man.'"This is my beloved Son . . . hear ye him."Many people can hear the preacher with their natural

"He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spiritunto the churches." Having ears to hear somenot.A pastor's wife 'phoned and told me that she wasoming several miles into the country to talk to mean affliction which she had for many years. Ithe Bible. God showed me a Scripture: "Now welieve, not because of thy saying: for we have hea rdhim ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ

the Saviour of the world" (John 4:42).When the preacher's wife arrived I had the messagefor her. I said, "You don't hear me. You need to hearHim for yourself. Go home and shut yourself up in aroom and stay there unt il He speaks to you."She did just that. About two days later she 'phonedme saying, " I t works. I heard from God. The growthis gone." Faith came when she heard God's Word. Sheheard with the Spiritual ear.The other night four deaf mutes came for healing.Three of them heard with the spiritual ear. They werehealed so they could hear a whisper. One of them received the Holy Ghost and preached plainly in tongueslouder than I preached.The other one was looking to me for something. Hefailed to hear with the inne r ear. He failed to receivethe fai th that comes by hearing.A deaf person must hear with his inne r ear beforehe hears with the natural ear.Abel heard with the spiritual ear. By faith he offereda better sacrifice than Cain. Abraham heard with theinner ear and was counted one of the faithful. Noahwas moved by faith as he heard with his inner ear.Read Hebrews Eleven and see that all those faith

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heroes were nlOved by the inward voice.He was ins tant ly healed without hands laid oHe was made perfectly whole and saved. Now hethat no man did it.His people will test him now. They will tryevil spi ri ts on him. If they cannot, they will bvinced that Jesus is alive today.The Hindus taught a woman to be a princesslife. She was bewitched. She has been possesseevil spirits since a baby. She cried all the time. Sthe clothes of f a policeman. She did not know whwas doing when she came to our services. Instanwas del ivered and now she is a happy Chris tian!the Hindus see that they cannot put the spirits bher they wiU be convinced that Jesus is real.the lady had been bound fo r eighteen years;she had gone to all the doctors and Hindu tempthis country, and failed to get help, Jesus instantcompletely delivered her yesterday. She becamepy Christian at once.The immigration officers, policemen, chiefat the hotel, and several leaders and business mcoming and wanting their folks prayed for. Theman was healed of a stiff leg.They say that South Afr ica will have either ror revolution. The revival is on. We have othepaigns scheduled.HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BE HEALE

I t is not the length of t ime you pray that heis faith that makes one whole. I well remember wwas in Oral Roberts'meetiilg in Fort Worth, Tewas not in the healing line. Brother Roberts hadme to stay at the door of the prayer-room to keboys from a cer ta in Bible School f rom prevent inseekers from receiving the Holy Ghost. The st~ e r e bringing their Bibles into the prayer-room,Ing down, reading their Bibles to the seekers tryshow them that the Holy Ghost was no t real.

Brother Roberts came walking by and tappedthe forehead and immediately walked on. He d

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that I stood there for a long time with the powerGod vibrating through my whole body! As a bucketwater would be poured on you, and go all over you,own to your feet, the power of God was that real, gong ove r my whole body! The severe throat trouble,me. I returned to the evangelistic field and worked

without a place to call home for about sevenI could then have two services each day foreight weeks straight, praying for people up to fivein each service! I t did not take long for the Lordo heal me, just a touch .

In a tent meeting in EI Paso, Texas, I was asked too outside the tent and pray for a woman, who hadbrought from California for prayer. She was notble to be taken out of the car. I went out the re to pray

r her, and found that she was already completelyaled! She went inside the ten t and began to run fo roy. She came back night after night to tell about theof God. People who were healed, as they were

t into Peter's shadow, were not p rayed for for a longThey did not expec t a long prayer. They received

they believed.While we were in Phi ladelphia scores of people werehealed,instantly,before they reached th e healg line. Amongst them was a lady who had been blind

n both eyes for yea rs, a man who had been deaf inears for more than a decade, a girl who had beenlind in one eye nearly all her li fe , a man that had hisr drum removed by a mastoid operation, and many

It was faith in God that healed them instead ofpraying.

We were in busine ss for twelve years , working longours. I have needed my wife hundreds of t imes toour cars. She tried to, bu t she could not. She wasoo nervous. She would scream, run out of the road,in the ditch. She would yell at me when I starteda car! I would drive eight hundred miles inne day. Fo r sixteen hours she would stay awake, lookeach move I made, and push the floor-board as hard

s I stepped on the brake. She was tense. and could not24

relax. I thought it was a habit that she could brefound out differently.In Memvhis, Tennessee she received a healinand went through Oral Rober t' s hea ling line f

tain troubles. Before he reached he r, for somehe started a fast l ine and ran the people throughpected my wife to be disappointed, bu t no! I wappointed because she was not disappointed!She had faith that a touch would do the work.pened to her according to her faith.Since that night my wife can sleep as I drivethe l imit for days at a time. She does not tr yback-seat driver. She does not say anything abpas sing cars. She is r elaxed and rested . She seea different woman.Soon Lorene began to drive the car her se ld rives and makes her way through Dallas eventhan I do. She drives through Dallas, Fort Worsome of the main c iti es by her se lf . She takes tone day each week to visit the sick and prays fopeople. Her nerves were healed without a longShe agreed wit h the minister of God. If two aganything that they shall ask it shall be done for tour Father in heaven.

When He met a man with a legion of devilssaid, "Go." The man was delivered (Mark 5:15)was no t a long prayer, but it did the work!Peter said, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ makethwhole." The man walked for the first time inyears.

Paul said, to a man who had never walked,upright on your feet." The man obeyed and wal

Elisha took no time wi th Naaman. When Nagreed with Eli'Sha he was healed of leprosy.If the man of God says, "There it is. Receive iyou say "He did not pray long enough" you aagreeing with him or the Lord. But when he

"There i t is," you say, "Amen, here it i s; I receiThen you are agreeing with him. It shall be doyou of my Father which is in heaven.

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HOW DO I KNOW WHETHER OR NOT I AMHEALED AFTER I AM PRAYED FOR?

We can know by hearing you talk. If you are notaled you will be saying things like these: "Keep pray-g for me." "If I am ever healed I will be gl:;d." "I

of someone that's in this condition that I'm in."trouble is mine . . . I can't sleep . . . I don't knowy I am in this condition."If you are healed you will say something like the

" It was not as hard a'S I was expect ing."God good to us 7" "That arthritis I had wouldot l et me sleep at night." "Now I am going to bringeone else for deliverance."But it is not necessary that you say anything at all.be sure that you do not claim that affliction any

Don't say that you are not healed. You are notected to testify to your hea ling unt il you can proveor until it has had t ime to develop.If people ask you how you are feeling just quote a

to them. Say, "I t is written." I know a manprayed for in Nashville, Arkansas, who had ar th-about fifty years. The pains tried to come backnight. He rolled the floor all night quoting a Scrip-I t was this: "The devil is a liar." The next morn-

g the pains were gone and he st il l has the victory.had been on full time pension for about fifty years,t now he is perfectly well!What must you ,say 7 I t is all right to talk to the Lord:ay, "You are the Lord that hea le th me" (ExodusSay, "By your str ipes I am healed." Say, "Yougive all my s ins and heal all my diseases." I t is notto say what God says.I t is all right for you to talk to the devil. Say, "Therd delivers me out of all my afflictions." Point to the

and say, "It is finished." Show Satan where it tookce. JesU's bore your sickness. Point and show Satanere you accepted your deliverance, just as you pointthe place and time you were forgiven of your sin.I pray for a lady and she comes up to me andys, "Do you think I am healed 7" I say, "What do you

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think 7" I t is merely what she thinks that countI know she has not accepted it. A question marka doubt.You must se t a t ime and a place for your delivePut it behind you just as you pu t your salvationyou. If a man says to me, "Keep p ray ing for mI will ge t rid of this sin," then I know that hesaved. Suppose immediately after I pray for hsays, "No one knows how sinful I am," or "Theof mine trouble me all nigh t. I won't sleep tonigcause of these awful sins which have me boundI won't believe that he is saved, because he dobelieve it. He does not have the right testimony.one knows that he is not saved. If you talk thaabout your pain and your sickness I don't considhealed.You have whatever you say. (Mark 11 :23). Wheart you believe; with the mouth you confessalvation. Salvation includes both soul and bodyfell soul and body. Jesus redeemed us soul and bodid not come to half way redeem us.

Satan will tell you that you rece ived a touch bdid not receive your healing. God says as manytouched were made whole. (Mark 6:56). Youeither say what Satan says or say what God sathat is of God speaketh God's words (John 3:34).soever you des ire when you pray believe that yceive them and you shall have them.There is no use to testify to people before yprove it. If you do, people and Satan will worry

most to death. Relax in the Lord. Be calm. Befor nothing. Wait until your healing develops. Wti l the natural sense can understand before youto the natural mind.The reason that you tel l your symptoms tois because you want sympathy. Nothing is so gbad bu t talking about it makes it more so. Thepains we confess the more pains we have. I advito wait in the presence of the Lord each day unshows you a verse. Claim that verse as your owmemorize it. Say it over and over until you bel

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o f them will probably be, "Who forgiveth all myiqu it ies , who hea le th all my diseases."WHICH WAY DO YOU VOTE?One man said, "I believe in election in this way. God

for me; Satan votes against me. Either way I voteis a two-thirds majority fo r me o r aga ins t me."your vote with God instead of the devil. If Godyou shal l recover, then you look up and say,Amen , I shall recover." You can have what you say11 :23).

God and the devil say opposite things. Each dayare saying what one of them says. You can't agreeboth of them. One 'Contradicts the other. I f you sayGod says, you have it according to His Word. I fsay what the devil says that is what you accept, as

man speaketh in his heart so is he.I t is a mystery how you cam talk doubt when Godys, "all things work together fo r God." How can youy you a re a fraid when God says that perfect love

out fear? If you say what God says you will saywill not fear whatm,an can do unto me. I will f e a ~o evil."How can you talk sickness and disease when God

"I am the Lord that healeth thee?" I f God'srd says, "By His s tr ipes ye were healed," then yousay what God says, and.it won't be wrong. God sayse inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." Make yOU;

say what God's Word says. If God says that Je-s bore your sickness, then you train yourself to say,ord, you have already borne my sickness."If you talk sickness you are on the downward roadill health and you a re turning your back on God'spromises, and His statements. When God says,am the Lord that healeth thee" that is a statement.I t is inconslistent for me to talk lack when the LordGlory says that He shall supply 'all my need. "Theyseek the Lord shall not lack any good thing." If 'talk lack I am turning a deaf ear to God's great pro:mes and statements. I must not t rample his promisesfoot!

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How can I talk failure when He says that Iall things through Christ who strengthens me toIf I say, "I can't," I am saying what the devil sGod says I can, then I must teach myself tocan."

Don't say, "I'm heading toward weakness." Lweak s,ay, "I am strong." Don't turn your back oholy Word!Las t n ight a lady'g ear was perfectly healed

it had been deaf forty years . A lame man leapeda man came to be prayed for who had a deaf eadenly he said, "I can't be healed because I havethirty years." He became fearful and ran away!as he said. He should have said, "He forgivethiniquities and hea le th all my diseases." Butsnared by his own words!

Why is there so much fea r, sickness, fa ilurlack? If we talk fear then we will have fear.talk'and think weakness you will never be stryou t alk and think God's promises you will havthat is powerful, fruitful, positive, relaxed, and

Nothing is.so good or bad, bu t talking about itit more so. His promises are stronger than the Hstronger than the sun in i ts s trength. Theyb right er th an the stars in the darkest night.and earth may pass away, bu t His promises shpass away. His word runs very swiftly. I t isset tl ed in Heaven . I t breaks the rocks to piecWord will never return void. I t will accomplish twhich it is sent. His Word is as sure as summerwinter. As sure as day follows night His Wordsure.

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