Lawson Perdue - Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 3)

August 13, 2025 | S25 E3304 | 29:55

Pastor Lawson Perdue from the Charis Christian Center outreach speaks to viewers across the globe about the practical message of Jesus Christ

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 3) | August 13, 2025

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- praise the lord, friends, and welcome to the broadcast.
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I'm so glad that you're connected today.
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We are sharing today about the gifts of the holy spirit,
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And specifically the gifts of power.
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Thank god the power of the holy spirit
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Is present today in the church.
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And the holy spirit gives us gifts
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So that we can minister and share with others.
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Stay tuned and be blessed.
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Paul says this in verse 1.
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"now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,
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I would not have you to be ignorant."
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God does not want us to be ignorant in the body of christ
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Concerning spiritual gifts.
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How many of you are glad that there are spiritual gifts?
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And i find that there's lots of ignorance.
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But praise god we don't have to be ignorant.
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He goes on down in verse 4 and he says this.
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"now there are different gifts, but the same spirit."
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I thank god for the holy spirit
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That gives gifts to the church.
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I thank god 47 years ago i was baptized in the holy spirit,
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And it changed my life for good.
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You know, i grew up in a church
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That did not believe in the baptism of the holy spirit,
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That did not believe in speaking in tongues,
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That did not believe in the present-day operation
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Of these gifts.
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But i thank god, amen, that god brought me into this.
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Barbara grew up in the same kind of church.
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In fact, the pastor where she was,
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Opened the bible and read about speaking in tongues
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And said, "this does not operate anymore."
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And when barbara heard it, she was a young child.
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She thought, "that's in the bible, and that's for me."
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Hallelujah. so, we thank god.
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"different gifts, but the same spirit."
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And then he says,
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"there are different ministries, essentially,
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But the same lord jesus.
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And there are different operations, but the same god."
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Or different ways that we operate.
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I believe that's actually talking about
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The motivational gifts given by god the father.
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But they work all in all.
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But when we get to verse 7, he says this.
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"the manifestation of the spirit is given
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To every man to profit withal."
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In other words, when the spirit manifests himself,
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There will be gifts in operation.
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And it says he's given the manifestation
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Of the holy spirit to every...
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Every born-again believer,
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Especially who is baptized in the holy spirit,
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Has gifts that come from the holy spirit,
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And they're for the profit of the entire body.
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Hallelujah.
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So he says there's the manifestation of the holy spirit.
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And he says this. "for to one is given,"
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We talked about this last week,
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"by the holy spirit, the word of wisdom."
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It's not all wisdom.
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It's not talking about proverbs kind of wisdom.
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It's talking about a specific word of god's wisdom
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That is revealed by the holy spirit about the future.
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Hallelujah. not all wisdom, but just a word, just a glimpse.
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How many of you know just one word
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From god can change a life?
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The holy spirit knows the future
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Better than you know the past.
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Hallelujah. isn't that good?
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And he goes on and he says this.
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He says, "to another, the word of knowledge,
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By the same spirit."
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It's not all knowledge,
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It is a word of god's knowledge.
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Something that's not naturally known
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Or naturally understood,
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But it's revealed by the holy spirit,
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A specific word of god's knowledge.
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Now, we go forward.
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He says, "to another, faith,"
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We're going to talk about the gift of faith,
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"by the same spirit.
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To another, the gifts of healing."
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The literal greek here says, "the gifts of healings."
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There's more than one gift of healings.
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"the gifts of healings, by the same spirit."
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He says, "to another, the working of miracles."
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It's the working of miracles.
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How many of you're glad for the working of miracles?
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He says, "by the same spirit, the working of miracles."
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So, we're going to talk about that tonight.
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We're going to talk about the gift of faith,
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The working of miracles, and the gifts of healings.
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He says, "to another, prophecy.
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To another, the discerning of spirits.
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And to another, different kinds of tongues.
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To another, the interpretation of tongues."
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So, there are three gifts that see,
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They're the gifts of revelation,
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We talked about them last week,
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The word of wisdom, the word of knowledge,
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And the discerning of spirits.
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We define the discerning of spirits,
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To discern the presence or activity of a spirit,
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Whether good or evil.
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Right?
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Lester sumrall said, "it is not the discerning of devils."
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He said, "some people think they have that.
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And if they turned it around and used it on themself,
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They wouldn't use it anymore at all."
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Okay, that's a really good...
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Seeing that happen. praise the lord.
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So, that's a good word. amen?
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All right. then there's gifts of power.
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That's what we're going to talk about tonight,
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These gifts of god's power, which are the gift of faith,
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The working of miracles, and the gifts of healings.
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And then there are gifts that speak or gifts of inspiration.
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They are the gift of prophecy.
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1 corinthians 14, verse 3 says,
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"he that prophesies speaks to man exhortation,
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Edification, and comfort."
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In the simple gift of prophecy, there is no revelation.
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It's encouragement, exhortation, to build up. right?
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Edification.
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Edification means exhortation, encourage.
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Edification to build up, comfort. right?
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And then there is tongues. the gift of tongues.
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Now, the difference between praying in tongues
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In your personal prayer language.
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1 corinthians chapter 14, paul said,
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"when i pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit is edified,
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But my understanding is unfruitful.
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And he that prays in an unknown tongue edifies himself,
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But he who prophesies edifies the church."
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So, the difference in the gift of tongues,
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The gift of tongues is given
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For the edification of the body.
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Tongues plus interpretation equals prophecy. okay?
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And then the interpretation of tongues
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Is exactly what it says.
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It's when somebody gives a tongue
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That's for a group of people.
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Then there will be an interpretation of that,
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And it will encourage them, right?
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And so then there's prophecy. okay?
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So those are the three gifts that speak.
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Now, we go on down and notice what he says in verse 11.
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"but all these works that one and selfsame spirit."
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The same holy spirit that convicts us of our sin,
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The same holy spirit that works salvation in our life,
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The same holy spirit that produces fruit in our life
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As believers, gives gifts to the body of christ.
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And he gives gifts to the church.
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And these gifts operate by the holy spirit.
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They're given by the holy spirit,
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And they operate by the holy spirit.
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"these all work that one in selfsame spirit,
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Dividing to every man, or every believer,
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And especially spirit-filled believers, severally."
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He won't limit you to one.
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You can have several, okay? as he will.
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I believe these gifts are given as he will,
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And i believe they operate as he wills.
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Okay?
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So, you can put yourself in a place
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To be used by the holy spirit,
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But you can't turn these gifts on and off.
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They operate.
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I can tell many times after the fact,
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"oh, that was a gift of the holy spirit." (laughs)
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Because that wasn't just normal everyday praying.
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I was praying, but the holy spirit came
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And was working alongside me and those things did happen.
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Like sunday.
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Did you realize sunday there was a special anointing
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Of the holy spirit in this place?
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And i'm telling you that people got miracles and healing
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'cause of the holy spirit.
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There was a special anointing of the holy spirit.
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Luke talked about it in the life of jesus.
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He says, "jesus, people came to hear him
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And to be healed by him of their diseases."
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He says in luke chapter 5,
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"and the power of the lord was present to heal them."
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That's what we're talking about.
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Tonight, we're talking about power gifts.
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I like power. i like the holy spirit's power.
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I love the holy spirit, and i love his gifts.
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Maybe you don't, but that's your problem. amen?
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I'm not going to worry about that. okay?
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In acts chapter 1, verse 8, the bible says,
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"jesus said, 'you shall receive power.'"
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I love that word.
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"dunamis," the special, wonderful, miracle-working power
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Of the holy spirit.
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"when the holy spirit comes on you,
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And you will be witnesses unto me in jerusalem,
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In judea, a little farther away,
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Samaria, a little more out there,
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And all around the world.
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The holy spirit will work wherever you are
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And wherever you'll let him."
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Praise the lord. we need to let the holy spirit work.
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Now, i want to show you,
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When we talk about these power gifts,
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Really, it's connected to the spirit of might.
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Go with me to isaiah 11.
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I want to show you something really quickly right here
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In isaiah chapter 11.
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This is a prophecy of jesus.
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How many of you know jesus was anointed by the holy spirit?
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And jesus operated in seven of these manifestations
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Of the spirit, all of them,
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With the exception of tongues and interpretation,
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Because those gifts were not given yet.
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But it says here in isaiah 11, verse 1,
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"there shall come a rod out of the stem of jesse
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And a branch shall grow out of his roots,
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And the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him."
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There are seven aspects of the holy spirit,
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And they're listed right here.
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And they were all working in jesus, the spirit of the lord,
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The spirit of wisdom, and the spirit of understanding.
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That has to do with revelation, doesn't it?
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Right there. see that?
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And he says, "and the spirit of counsel,
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And the spirit of might."
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When we're talking about the power gifts,
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The power gifts are connected to the spirit of might.
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Years ago, when we were pastoring in kit carson, colorado,
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One night, god woke me up in the night
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And he gave me a word.
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I wrote it down on my best
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And he said, "i'm going to demonstrate the spirit of might
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To you and through you."
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Hallelujah.
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Now we've seen that happen. okay?
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Sunday, that's a little bit of what was here.
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It was unique. praise god.
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So i recognize that. i recognize it's the holy spirit.
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It's not us, but this word "might,"
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We'll talk about it in a minute.
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And he says, "the spirit of knowledge
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And the spirit of the fear of the lord."
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So, this word "might" is the hebrew word "gburah,"
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And it means strength, might, or mighty deed.
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So tonight, when we're talking about the gifts of power,
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The gift of faith, the working of miracles,
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And the gifts of healing, we're talking about power gifts.
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Again, i love the power of god. i love the holy spirit.
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I love the holy spirit, however he comes. amen?
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(uplifting music)
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On the gifts of the holy spirit.
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(uplifting music)
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(lively music)
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The word will produce freedom in your life.
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Psalm 138, verse 2 says,
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"i magnified my word above all of my name."
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Thank god his word is magnified. praise god.
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When you honor the word, you honor god.
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When you honor the word, you honor christ.
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You need to let the word of god
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Be the absolute standard for truth.
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Praise god.
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(lively music)
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So, what is the gift of faith?
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You see, there are different aspects of faith.
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This is what a lot of people don't...
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First of all, there's natural faith. right?
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A farmer, when he sows a seed and believes for a harvest,
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Guess what, he's got natural faith.
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If you don't think it takes faith
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To be involved in agriculture, you don't know.
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Okay? (laughs)
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There's natural faith. then there's saving faith.
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The bible says this in ephesians 2, verse 8,
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"for by grace are you saved through faith.
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And that not of yourselves, it is a gift of god."
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God gives you the faith to be saved.
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If god doesn't give you the faith to be saved,
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You're not going to be saved.
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How's that?
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Well, you hear the word and he gives you that faith. okay?
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So there's natural faith, there's saving faith.
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There's the fruit of faith. okay?
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Galatians 5:22 says, "the fruit of the spirit,"
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In verse 23, "is love, joy, peace,
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Longsuffering, gentleness, goodness..."
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The greek word is "pistis," it's "faith."
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- [congregant] amen.
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- i'm telling you that 'cause some people get all legalistic
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And they say "faithfulness."
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No. the greek word is "faith."
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Faith is a fruit of the holy spirit, and it comes from god.
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Now, i believe if you got it, you ought to be faithful.
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But there's a difference between just faith
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And faithfulness.
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Amen? you got faith in the faithfulness of god.
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That's what sarah had. okay?
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I just said that so you know there's a difference.
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'cause some of these new translations,
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They put faithfulness and not faith.
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The greek word in galatians 5:22 is p-i-s-t-i-s,
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"pistis," "faith."
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Okay?
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"have faith in god."
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Same word jesus used in mark chapter 11, verse 22.
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Just so you know.
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Okay, you can tell pastor lawson doesn't like religion.
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Okay, praise the lord. so, i'll go on.
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All right, so we'll keep moving.
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So, there is the gift of faith.
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There's natural faith, saving faith, the fruit of faith.
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But then there is the gift of faith.
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Now, the gift of faith is when god gives
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A special gift of faith.
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And that gift of faith works beyond
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Where your natural faith is or the fruit of faith is.
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Okay?
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And when the gift of faith, it's when god gives it,
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God does something supernaturally
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For you with no human strength involved.
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One of the best examples that i see in the scripture
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Is daniel in the lions' den.
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In daniel chapter 6, verse 22,
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When the king came down to check on daniel,
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He said, "daniel, are you okay?
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Is the god who you serve able to deliver you?"
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Daniel said, "oh yes, king.
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God sent his angel, and he shut the lion's mouth."
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Did you know there was a different gift
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Operating in daniel than in samson?
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Dr. sumrall said,
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"if they would've put samson in the lions' den,
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There would've been lion burgers for sale
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On every corner in babylon the next day."
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Hallelujah.
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Why? because samson operated in the working of miracles.
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And so with the gift of faith, you don't do anything,
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But god just gives you that gift
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And god does it supernaturally for you.
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No human effort.
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Samson and the spirit of god came on him.
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And we'll talk about this a little bit.
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It's one of the best examples.
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I used to have people really criticize me
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When i started out preaching
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Because they didn't like my boldness and my exuberance.
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And i'm still a little bold and exuberant,
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But not quite as bold and as exuberant
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As i was 35 years ago.
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Okay. so, anyway, i'm plenty bold.
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Okay? but i'm not quite as wild as i was then.
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But anyway, i'd say...
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Well, some of them would give me a hard time
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When i'd say, "you know, there was a different spirit
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Operating in samson than in daniel."
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And they just look at me funny.
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Sometimes you gotta give them an answer like jesus
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That they can't answer, and then they go, leave you alone.
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Praise the lord. okay?
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Hallelujah.
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How many of you love jesus?
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Okay, so the working of miracles is when god works
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Through a person or instrument
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To perform a supernatural act in an instant.
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An example from the life of samson
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Is in judges 15, verse 14 and verse 15,
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When the philistines had taken him.
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It says, "and they had him tied up in new ropes
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And the spirit of the lord came mightily on him."
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I loved samson when i was a little boy.
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"the spirit of the lord came mighty on him."
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And it says, "and the ropes became like burn flax."
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He broke them off, and he took the jawbone of a donkey
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And he killed 1,000 men.
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Wow. what a powerful anointing.
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That was the working of miracles.
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And then there are gifts of healings.
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Now, these are special gifts of healing
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For specific diseases.
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Okay?
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Now, when we think about these gifts of power,
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The greatest events in history of humanity
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Are marked by god's power.
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Did you know what?
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What would the bible be like
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Without the gifts of the holy spirit?
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It'd be a pretty dead thing.
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But we don't serve a dead god.
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That's what he's talking about right here.
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In 1 corinthians chapter 12, he said,
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"we're not talking about dumb, non-speaking idols.
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We're talking about a living god that speaks
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And that acts and that works."
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Hallelujah. so he shares about this.
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So, think about this.
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When god created heaven and earth,
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Did you know the gift of faith and the working of miracles
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Were in operation during the creation?
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The miracle of the incarnation.
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When jesus was born,
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There was the gift of faith and the working of miracles.
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That was a miracle.
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When jesus was raised from the dead,
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There was a gift of faith and the working of miracles.
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In fact, did you know that lester sumrall, oral roberts,
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Smith wigglesworth, all of these people that taught,
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They said if somebody is raised from the dead,
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There is a combination of the operation
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Of the gift of faith and the working of miracles.
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Now, andrew wommack kind of plays this down. okay?
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But he's raised at least three people from the dead.
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Now, if you go with what oral roberts, lester sumrall,
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Right, smith wigglesworth said,
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Then andrew wommack operates in the gift of faith
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And the working of miracles.
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Now, i believe that.
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And andrew will say this
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About raising someone from the dead.
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He said, "if you go to raise somebody from the dead,
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It's either there or it's not there.
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And if it's not there, it ain't happening."
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Do you understand?
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In other words, that's a gift of the holy spirit, right?
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And it operates as the holy spirit wills.
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You can put yourself in a place
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To be used by the holy spirit.
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Now, we've had people,
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Their heart stopped and it started again.
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Amen?
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Barbara had her little sister,
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When she prayed four years ago.
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Herb carter right here on the front row, sitting here,
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Two years ago in april,
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Just about this time on a sunday morning,
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His heart stopped out here in the entryway
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And the prayer team gathered around him and prayed,
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And his heart started.
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Hallelujah.
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Okay?
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So, we've had things like this happen. amen?
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And i recognize when these things happen,
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This isn't us, but this is the holy spirit
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That is working through us.
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And these are the gifts of the holy spirit.
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So, when jesus was raised from the dead,
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There was a gift of faith and the working of miracles.
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Now, we can see these power gifts
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All throughout the old testament in the life of moses.
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Did you know you could see the power of god
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At the burning bush?
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The rod of god. how many of you remember?
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Moses said, "what are we going to do?"
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God said, "what's in your hand?"
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What do you got in your hand?
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You got the word of god in your hand
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And the word of god in your mouth.
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He said, "do something. stretch that rod out over that sea."
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Hallelujah.
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All the plagues of egypt, they were the working of miracles,
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The crossing of the red sea.
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When they got across the red sea
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And they got into the wilderness
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And they came to the place where the water was bitter,
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God showed moses a tree in exodus 15,
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And he cast it into the water.
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And when he cast it into the water, the waters were healed.
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Did you know israel had a miracle every day?
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Manna and quail. 2 million people every day.
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How would you like to feed 2 million people every day?
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It was a miracle every day.
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Wow, that's amazing to me. okay?
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Joshua commanded the sun to stand still.
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He was out fighting the battle
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And some of his enemies were getting away,
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And so he just said, "sun, stand still."
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And the sun stood still and he finished the battle.
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Glory to god. what kind of faith is that?
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Now, you talk about...
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That's a gift of faith and the working of a miracle
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That all that obeyed him.
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Oh, i'll get my notes. they fell off.
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Praise the lord.
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So, we look at all these different examples.
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That's in joshua 10, in verse 12.
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Samson operated in the gift of miracles.
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There was a lion that came on him and he killed the lion.
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The spirit of god came on him
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And he killed the lion with his bare hands.
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Listen, barbara said she saw a baby bobcat
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In our yard today.
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Did you know what?
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Bobcats aren't that big,
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But i wouldn't want to wrestle with one.
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You'd get all cut up. that's the spirit of god.
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The power of the spirit of god.
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And then the philistines locked him in the city
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Thinking, "we'll get him."
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And the spirit of god came on him
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And he carried off the city gate.
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Wow.
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Wow. what amazing thing.
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And then we already read the verse and talked about it
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In judges chapter 15, verse 14 and 15,
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When he took the jawbone of a donkey and killed 1,000 men.
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You know, my mom used to teach second graders.
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I'm talking about seven and eight-year-olds.
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And i would come in sometime,
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And i'd start hassling with them.
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You know, seven and 8-year-old kids.
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And as a 14 or 15 teenager, i thought i was a big shot.
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But you get about 15 of them little second-graders on you.
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Did you know what they'll get you?
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Samson took a jawbone of a donkey
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When the spirit of god came on him and killed 1,000 men.
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That is the mighty holy spirit. that is amazing to me.
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So that is the working of miracles.
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David killed a lion, he killed a bear,
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And he killed goliath.
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Do you remember him talking to goliath?
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Goliath was such a loud mouthful.
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Did you know what?
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When the devil talks, you need to just talk back
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In the name of jesus.
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Hallelujah. don't listen to the devil.
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Don't give him the time of day.
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Amen. keep listening to god and doing what he said.
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Friends, i thank you for taking the time
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To watch the broadcast today.
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You know, paul said, "that my speech and my preaching
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Was not with enticing words of man's wisdom,
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But in demonstration of the spirit and of power."
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And we regularly see the power of god manifest
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In our ministry at charis christian center.
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If you need prayer today or if you want to become a partner,
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We would love to have you give us a call today.
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We have prayer ministers that are waiting
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Thank you, and god bless you.
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May the power of the holy spirit be with you.
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- [announcer] dive into the transformative teachings
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Of pastor lawson purdue in this four-part series
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On the gifts of the holy spirit
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At charischristiancenter.com.
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This life-changing teaching explores the nine manifestations
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Of the holy spirit from 1 corinthians chapter 12.
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Lawson Perdue - Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 3)

August 13, 2025 | S25 E3304 | 29:55

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