The benefits of your salvation have been bought and paid for! But in order to access them, you will need help. That is exactly why God gave you the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. . . . When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:7 and 13, New King James Version).
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…
> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.
> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE
> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
> IF IT HADN’T BEEN
FOR THIS MINISTRY,
> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M GOING TO BEGIN
A SERIES TALKING ABOUT
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND I’VE GOT A BRAND…WELL,
THIS ISN’T A BRAND-NEW BOOK,
BUT IT IS A FREE BOOK,
THAT I’M GOING TO OFFER
TO ANY PERSON
WHO WOULD LIKE THIS.
THIS IS A COMBINATION
OF A TEACHING
ON WHAT TRUE SALVATION IS;
THAT’S THE FIRST PART,
THE NEW YOU,
AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS TALKING ABOUT
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND SPECIFICALLY THE GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND I’M JUST GOING TO SPEND
THIS ONE WEEK TEACHING ON THIS.
BUT I TELL YOU,
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BECOME AWARE
THAT THEY NEED SALVATION.
THEY HAVE PRAYED
AND THEY’VE ASKED JESUS
TO FORGIVE THEM OF THEIR SINS.
THEY GET SAVED,
BUT THEN THEY GET STUCK,
AND YOU KNOW,
THAT’S WHERE I WAS FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
I WAS BORN AGAIN
WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
I MEAN, THE VERY FIRST TIME
THAT I REMEMBER GOD NAILING ME
OVER A SIN THAT I HAD DONE,
I REPENTED,
AND I GOT BORN AGAIN AT HOME.
MY DAD LED ME TO THE LORD,
AND I MEAN,
I WAS TRULY SAVED
BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT DAY
I WENT TO SCHOOL
AND MY FRIENDS COULD TELL
THAT I WAS DIFFERENT,
AND THEY SAID,
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
AND I SAID, I GOT BORN AGAIN.
I GOT SAVED.
AND I REMEMBER MY FRIENDS
MAKING FUN OF ME
IN THE THIRD GRADE
FOR SAYING THAT I WAS SAVED.
AND I MEAN, IT WAS A GENUINE
CHANGE IN MY LIFE.
BUT I WASN’T TAUGHT ABOUT
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND BECAUSE OF IT,
I WAS SAVED AND STUCK,
AND BASICALLY, I BELIEVED
I WAS BORN AGAIN.
IF I WOULD HAVE DIED,
I WOULD HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN,
BUT I DIDN’T HAVE ANY POWER
TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE,
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHERE
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE BORN AGAIN.
IT’S ESSENTIAL TO BE BORN AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE JESUS
YOUR LORD,
AND I’M NOT MINIMIZING
THAT ANY AT ALL,
BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE
TO BEING SAVED
THAN ONLY GETTING
AN INSURANCE POLICY
AND A GET OUT OF HELL FREE CARD.
THERE’S MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
IN BETWEEN THE TIME
WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN
AND WHEN WE DIE TO GO
TO BE WITH THE LORD
OR HE COMES BACK AND GETS US,
THERE IS A LOT OF LIVING
TO BE DONE, AND I GUARANTEE YOU,
JUST BECAUSE YOU GET SAVED,
BECAUSE YOU’VE MADE
JESUS YOUR LORD,
DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE DEVIL
IS GOING TO LEAVE YOU ALONE.
IT’S ACTUALLY JUST THE OPPOSITE.
NOW, IF YOU MAKE JESUS
YOUR LORD,
IF YOU TRULY RECEIVE SALVATION
AND EXPERIENCE BEING SAVED
FROM YOUR SINS,
YOU JUST HAVE A
BIG TARGET DRAWN
ON YOU.
SATAN IS GOING TO COME
AND TRY AND MESS WITH YOUR LIFE
AND MAKE YOU SO INEFFECTIVE
AS A WITNESS THAT IT WILL HINDER
OTHER PEOPLE FROM G…COMING
TO THE LORD THROUGH YOU.
HE WILL FIGHT YOU.
IN SOME WAYS, YOU WILL HAVE
EVEN MORE PROBLEMS
THAN WHEN…BEFORE
YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.
OF COURSE, NOW
THE DIFFERENCE IS
THAT GOD HAS THE ANSWER
AND YOU CAN TRIUMPH
IN EVERY SINGLE THING.
YOU CAN OVERCOME
EVERY OBSTACLE
THAT THE DEVIL PUTS IN YOUR WAY,
BUT I’M JUST SAYING THAT SATAN
IS GOING TO OPPOSE YOU,
AND UNLESS YOU LEARN
HOW TO DRAW ON
THE SUPERNATURAL
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU WON’T WIN IN THIS BATTLE.
YOU NEED THE SUPERNATURAL
POWER OF GOD.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
ISN’T JUST DIFFICULT OR HARD,
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU,
IN THE NATURAL,
JUST IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH,
TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
WHEN SOMEBODY SMITES YOU
ON ONE CHEEK;
JESUS SAID,
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
WHEN PEOPLE REVILE YOU,
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BLESS THEM
AND TO PRAY FOR THEM.
THAT IS SUPERNATURAL.
THAT IS NOT HUMAN.
IN YOUR OWN HUMAN ABILITY,
YOU JUST CANNOT LIVE
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
ISN’T DIFFICULT,
IT’S NOT HARD,
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU
IN YOURSELF,
AND THE GOOD NEWS
IS GOD DIDN’T LEAD…LEAVE YOU
BY YOURSELF.
THERE’S SO MUCH ON THIS
AND I’M ONLY GOING TO DEVOTE
ONE WEEK WORTH OF TEACHING
ON TELEVISION TO THIS,
BUT THERE IS SO MUCH.
THE 14TH, 15TH, AND 16TH CHAPTER
OF THE BOOK OF JOHN,
IS JESUS SPEAKING
TO HIS DISCIPLES THE NIGHT
BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXION,
AND HE’S SPEAKING TO THEM
AND PREPARING THEM
AND TELLING THEM
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME
ALL OF THE OPPOSITION
THAT’S GOING TO COME THEIR WAY,
AND THERE ARE LIKE FIVE OR SIX
DIFFERENT TIMES
IN THOSE THREE CHAPTERS
THAT HE TALKED TO THEM
ABOUT THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT I AM NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU
COMFORTLESS,
I’M GOING TO SEND
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO YOU
AND HE WILL EMPOWER YOU,
HE WILL SHEW YOU
THINGS TO COME,
JOHN 16:13,
THAT HE WILL BRING THINGS
TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE,
JOHN 14:26,
AND ON AND ON IT GOES.
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS,
HE…HE PREPARED THEM
AND TOLD THEM
ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING,
AND THEN ON THE DAY
OF PENTECOST,
AFTER THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS
AND AFTER THE DISCIPLES
WERE BORN AGAIN,
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST
AND THESE MEN WHO HAD
BEEN UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF JESUS
FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS,
THEY HAD WITNESSED
ALL OF THESE THINGS,
AND YET THEY WERE, DUH-SCIPLES.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE,
HE…HE TOLD THEM
IN THE 14TH CHAPTER,
HE SAYS, WHERE I GO YE KNOW,
AND THE WAY YE KNOW,
AND THOMAS SAID UNTO HIM,
LORD, WE DON’T KNOW
WHERE YOU’RE GOING,
HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?
THREE AND A HALF YEARS
SITTING UNDER HIS MINISTRY
AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE
WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE.
I…THAT’S THE REASON
THEY WERE CALLED, DUH-SCIPLES.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS WERE DULL.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ON…
WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED,
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES
REMEMBERED HIS PROPHECY
THAT HE WOULD BE RAISED
FROM THE DEAD,
SO THEY WENT TO THE ROMANS
AND THEY TOLD THE ROMANS
THAT WE NEED SOME GUARDS
TO GUARD THE TOMB
BECAUSE THIS MAN HAS SAID
THAT HE WOULD RISE
FROM THE DEAD
AND HIS DISCIPLES
COULD COME GET THE BODY
AND TAKE IT AWAY
AND THEN TELL PEOPLE
HE’S RAISED FROM THE DEAD
AND IT WOULD MAKE
IT EVEN WORSE.
SO, THE ROMANS GAVE 16 SOLDIERS
TO GUARD THE TOMB.
THE PHARISEES REMEMBERED
HIS PROPHECIES,
BUT DID YOU KNOW
HIS OWN DISCIPLES
DIDN’T REMEMBER
THAT HE HAD PROPHESIED
HE WAS GOING TO RAISE
FROM THE DEAD?
WHEN…ON THE RESURRECTION DAY
THE ANGELS TOLD THEM,
SAYS, DON’T YOU REMEMBER
WHAT HE TOLD YOU?
AND THEY HAD TO REMIND THEM.
THEY WERE SHOCKED.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS JUST,
YOU KNOW, MADE MISTAKE
AFTER MISTAKE AFTER MISTAKE,
BUT ONCE THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME,
ACTS, CHAPTER 2,
THEY WERE INSTANTLY
TRANSFORMED.
PETER PREACHED A MESSAGE
IN…IN ACTS, CHAPTER 2,
THAT SAW 3,000 PEOPLE
BORN AGAIN.
HE WAS ABLE TO GO BACK
TO OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
TO VERIFY THAT JESUS
WAS THE CHRIST.
HE QUOTED DAVID AND SHOWED
THAT DAVID WASN’T TALKING
ABOUT HIMSELF,
DAVID HAD DIED,
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE MESSIAH,
THAT HIS BODY WOULDN’T SEE
CORRUPTION,
THAT HE WOULD BE RESURRECTED,
AND I MEAN,
THESE MEN WERE JUST TOTALLY
TRANSFORMED.
THEY HAD RUN.
PETER HAD DENIED
THAT HE EVEN KNEW THE LORD
THREE TIMES,
AND YET NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN,
HE WAS BOLD
WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT
BEFORE THE SCRIBES
AND THE PHARISEES.
HE STOOD THERE BOLDLY,
AND HE SAYS,
YOU JUDGE YOURSELF
WHICH IS RIGHT,
SHOULD WE OBEY GOD OR YOU?
AND IT SAYS,
THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF THEM,
THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.
THESE GUYS WERE LITERALLY
TRANSFORMED
THROUGH THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT YOU HAVE COME TO A PLACE
THAT YOU’VE ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT JESUS DIED
FOR THE FORGIVENESS
OF YOUR SINS
AND SO YOU’VE RECEIVED
THAT FORGIVENESS.
YOU ARE SAVED.
IF YOU WERE TO DIE
RIGHT THIS MOMENT,
YOU WOULD GO
TO BE WITH THE LORD,
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE
THIS BOLDNESS.
YOU DON’T HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE.
YOU DON’T HAVE POWER
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THE WAY
THAT IT’S TALKING ABOUT.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT JESUS SAID
TO HIS DISCIPLES.
THESE ARE SOME OF HIS
VERY LAST WORDS
BEFORE HE WAS ASCENDED
INTO HEAVEN.
HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES THIS,
IN ACTS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 4,
IT SAYS, AND, BEING ASSEMBLED
TOGETHER WITH THEM,
COMMANDED THEM
THAT THEY SHOULD NOT DEPART
FROM JERUSALEM,
BUT WAIT FOR THE PROMISE
OF THE FATHER, WHICH, SAITH HE,
YE HAVE HEARD OF ME.
SO, THIS WASN’T A SUGGESTION.
THIS ISN’T JUST, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS…WOULD MAKE YOUR LIFE
BETTER.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO LIVE
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
NO, IT’S A COMMAND.
HE COMMANDED HIS DISCIPLES
TO NOT DEPART FROM JERUSALEM,
BUT WAIT FOR THE PROMISE
OF THE FATHER, WHICH, SAITH HE,
YE HAVE HEARD OF ME.
FOR JOHN TRULY BAPTIZED
WITH WATER;
BUT YOU SHALL BE BAPTIZED
WITH THE HOLY GHOST
NOT MANY DAYS HENCE.
WHEN THEY THEREFORE
WERE COME TOGETHER,
THEY ASKED OF HIM, SAYING,
LORD, WILT THOU AT THIS TIME
RESTORE AGAIN THE KINGDOM
TO ISRAEL?
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,
IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW
THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS,
WHICH THE FATHER
HATH PUT IN HIS OWN POWER.
BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER,
AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST
IS COME UPON YOU:
AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES
UNTO ME BOTH IN JERUSALEM,
AND IN ALL JUDAEA,
AND IN SAMARIA,
AND UNTO THE UTTERMOST
PARTS OF THE EARTH.
SO, HE WAS SPEAKING
TO HIS DISCIPLES
AND HE TOLD THEM TO WAIT
AND NOT GO ANYWHERE
OR DO ANYTHING
UNTIL THEY RECEIVED
THIS BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAME UPON THEM.
NOW REMEMBER,
THAT JESUS HAD JUST BEEN RAISED
FROM THE DEAD.
FOR 40 DAYS HE HAD WALKED
ON THIS EARTH
AND HE HAD INSTRUCTED THEM.
THEY HAD THE GREATEST NEWS
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
THAT THE MESSIAH HAD COME.
HE HAD DIED FOR OUR SINS.
HE WAS NOW RESURRECTED,
AND HE WAS GOING BACK
INTO HEAVEN.
THIS IS THE GREATEST NEWS,
AND JESUS SAID,
DON’T GO ANYWHERE,
DON’T TELL ANYBODY
UNTIL YOU RECEIVE POWER
TO BECOME A WITNESS.
NOW, THAT’S AMAZING.
AND YOU KNOW,
THE…THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE
IN THE CHURCH TODAY
IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE HAD AN EXPERIENCE
WITH THE LORD TO THE DEGREE
THAT THEY’RE BORN AGAIN
AND IF THEY WERE TO DIE
THEY WOULD GO TO HEAVEN,
THEY DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD,
BUT THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN EMPOWERED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO BE A WITNESS,
AND I COULD SPEND WEEKS
VERIFYING THAT,
BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING OUT AND SAYING
SOME OF THE RIGHT THINGS,
BUT THEY’RE SAYING IT
IN THEIR OWN STRENGTH
AND IN THEIR OWN POWER.
THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED
THIS POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JESUS SAID, YOU WAIT
UNTIL YOU HAVE THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
COME UPON YOU
AND THEN YOU WILL
BE MY WITNESSES.
IF THIS WAS TRUE
FOR THE APOSTLES THAT HAD SPENT
THREE AND A HALF YEARS
WITH JESUS,
THAT HAD HEARD TEACHING
LIKE WE HAVE NEVER HEARD
OURSELVES,
IF THEY HAD SEEN JESUS
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND YET HE SAYS,
DON’T DO ANYTHING
UNTIL THE HOLY SPIRIT
EMPOWERS YOU.
IF THAT WAS TRUE OF THEM,
THEN I GUARANTEE YOU,
IT SHOULD BE TRUE TODAY.
AND YET WE HA…
I WOULD DARE TO SAY
THAT THE MAJORITY OF MINISTERS
WHO ARE OUT REPRESENTING GOD
AND TELLING THE WORD OF GOD
ARE NOT FILLED WITH THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THEN EVEN SOME
WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE BAPTISM
AND HAVE THIS INFILLING,
THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THEY’RE MINISTERING
UNDER THEIR OWN STRENGTH
AND POWER,
AND THAT’S THE REASON
THAT IT’S JUST SOUNDING BRASS
AND TINKLING CYMBALS
AND IT’S NOT RELEASING
THE POWER OF GOD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY
THAT ARE OUT TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING
IN THEIR OWN STRENGTH
AND IN THEIR OWN POWER
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IN THE VERY BEGINNING
OF JESUS’ MINISTRY, OVER HERE
IN JOHN, CHAPTER 2,
JESUS WENT TO JERUSALEM
THE FIRST TIME
AFTER HE HAD BEEN BAPTIZED
BY JOHN THE BAPTIST
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAD DESCENDED UPON HIM
AND HE MINISTERED IN JERUSALEM,
AND IT SAYS,
IN JOHN, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 23,
NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM
AT THE PASSOVER,
IN THE FEAST DAY,
MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME,
WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES
WHICH HE DID.
BUT JESUS DID NOT
COMMIT HIMSELF
UNTO THEM,
BECAUSE HE KNEW ALL MEN,
AND NEEDED NOT
THAT ANY SHOULD TESTIFY OF MAN:
FOR HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN HIM.
NOW THINK ABOUT THIS.
JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH
TO DRAW MEN UNTO GOD
AND TO BECOME THE SACRIFICE
AND TO PROCLAIM HIMSELF
AS THE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS,
AND HE WANTED PEOPLE
TO BELIEVE ON HIM.
SO, THIS IS HIS VERY FIRST TIME
AFTER HE BEGAN
HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY IN HIS…
IN JERUSALEM.
PEOPLE SAW THE MIRACLES
AND THEY BELIEVED ON HIM,
BUT JESUS DID NOT
COMMIT HIMSELF
UNTO THEM
BECAUSE HE NEEDED NOT
THAT ANY MAN SHOULD TESTIFY
OF MAN.
HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN HIM.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY
OF SAYING THAT JESUS KNEW
OUR FALLEN NATURE,
OUR CARNAL SELF,
AND IF WE AREN’T EMPOWERED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THERE IS NOBODY
THAT IS ADEQUATE
TO REPRESENT HIM.
WE CAN’T DO IT
IN OUR OWN STRENGTH
AND IN OUR OWN POWER.
WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO TAKE OUR WORDS
AND TO EMPOWER THEM.
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN JEREMIAH,
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14,
THE LORD WAS SPEAKING
TO JEREMIAH AND HE SAID,
BECAUSE YOU SPEAK THIS WORD
I WILL MAKE MY WORD
IN YOUR MOUTH FIRE,
AND THE PEOPLE WOOD,
AND IT SHALL DEVOUR THEM.
YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THE WORDS
EMPOWERED AND ANOINTED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE,
THAT THEY MAY EVEN BE SPEAKING
TRUTH,
BUT THEY ARE SPEAKING IT
IN THEMSELF.
JESUS WOULD NOT COMMIT HIMSELF
TO THESE PEOPLE.
NOW JESUS WANTED PEOPLE
TO BELIEVE ON HIM
AND TO ACCEPT HIM
AS THE MESSIAH.
HE…THERE’S MANY TIMES
THAT HE SHOWED THAT,
AND YET HERE WERE PEOPLE
WHO BELIEVED ON HIM.
DID YOU KNOW,
IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MODERN
DAY EVANGELIST
AND YOU HAD PEOPLE BELIEVE
THE MESSAGE,
MAN, YOU WOULD HAVE EQUIPPED
THEM WITH TRACTS,
YOU WOULD HAVE SENT THEM OUT,
YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THEM
EVANGELIZE THE CITY, AND YET
JESUS DID JUST THE OPPOSITE.
HE WOULD NOT COMMIT HIMSELF
UNTO THEM BECAUSE
HE DIDN’T WANT
PEOPLE MINISTERING
OUT OF THEIR OWN ABILITY,
OUT OF THEIR OWN SELF.
YOU MUST BE EMPOWERED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I’M SPEAKING PRIMARILY
TO MINISTERS RIGHT NOW.
TO REPRESENT GOD PROPERLY,
WE NEED GOD TO ANOINT US,
BUT THIS IS TRUE
ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
JUST FOR US TO LIVE
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE,
TO WITNESS TO OUR FAMILY,
TO WITNESS TO THE PEOPLE
AROUND US,
WE NEED THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,
DON’T GO ANYWHERE,
DON’T TELL ANYBODY UNTIL YOU
RECEIVE THE POWER
FROM ON HIGH,
THIS POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST
TO ENABLE YOU TO BE A WITNESS,
AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
TEN DAYS LATER
IN ACTS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1,
IT SAYS,
AND WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST
WAS FULLY COME,
THEY WERE ALL WITH ONE ACCORD
IN ONE PLACE.
AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME
A SOUND FROM HEAVEN
AS OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND,
AND IT FILLED ALL THE HOUSE
WHERE THEY WERE SITTING.
AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM
CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE,
AND IT SAT UPON EACH OF THEM.
AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED
WITH THE HOLY GHOST,
AND BEGAN TO SPEAK
WITH OTHER TONGUES,
AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM
UTTERANCE.
AND MAN, THIS GOT NOISED ABROAD.
THEY WENT INTO THE TEMPLE AREA
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
SHOWED UP AND
THEY WERE ASKING,
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THOUGHT
THE PEOPLE WERE DRUNK,
BUT THERE WERE
DIFFERENT NATIONS
THERE,
AND THEY HEARD THEM PREACHING
THE GOSPEL,
NOT IN THE LANGUAGE
THAT THESE PEOPLE KNEW,
BUT THEY WERE SPEAKING
A LANGUAGE
THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN BEFORE.
IT WAS NOT…OUT OF THEIR HEAD,
IT WAS OUT OF THEIR HEART,
AND THEY WERE SPEAKING
THE HIDDEN WISDOM OF GOD
TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
NATIONS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES.
MAN, IT WAS MIRACULOUS.
AND IT DREW PEOPLE,
AND THEN PETER STOOD UP
AND BEGAN TO EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED,
THAT THIS WASN’T THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE DRUNK,
BUT INSTEAD IT WAS THE FILLING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT THESE WERE THE GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND BECAUSE
OF THIS DEMONSTRATION
OF THE POWER OF GOD,
3,000 PEOPLE GOT SAVED THAT DAY,
AND THEN JUST A
FEW WEEKS LATER,
5,000 PEOPLE GOT BORN AGAIN
AND THE CHURCH WAS BIRTHED
WITH THIS SUPERNATURAL POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THE REST
OF THE BOOK OF ACTS,
YOU CAN GO THROUGH
ALL OF THESE THINGS,
AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WHO RECEIVED THE MESSAGE
AND GOT BORN AGAIN,
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM
RECEIVED THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
TODAY WE SEE THE CHURCH
BASICALLY PREACHING SALVATION
ONLY,
FORGIVENESS OF SINS ONLY,
AND AGAIN, THAT’S IMPORTANT
AND I AM NOT SAYING
THAT…WE SHOULDN’T PREACH THAT,
BUT WE SHOULD NOT ONLY
PREACH THAT.
WE OUGHT TO BE TELLING THEM
THE SAME THING
THAT JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES,
THAT YOU NEED
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU NEED POWER FROM ON HIGH
TO BE ABLE TO LIVE.
AND WE NEED TO BE LIVING
PEOPLE…LEADING PEOPLE,
NOT ONLY INTO MAKING
JESUS THEIR SAVIOR
AND RECEIVING SALVATION,
BUT WE NEED TO LEAD PEOPLE
INTO RECEIVING
THIS SECOND EXPERIENCE
WHERE THE POWER OF GOD
COMES UPON YOU
AND YOU ARE EMPOWERED,
AND THERE’S MANY THINGS
THAT HAPPEN,
BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
SUCH AS SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
SUCH AS PROPHECY,
SUCH AS HEALING,
MIRACLES,
CASTING OUT OF DEVILS,
DISCERNING OF SPIRITS,
ALL OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
WE NEED TO BE EQUIPPED
WITH THIS WHOLE POWER,
AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S GOING
TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY,
SO, YOU’RE SAYING
THAT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO BE BORN AGAIN?
NO, I’M NOT SAYING THAT.
I’M SAYING,
YOU CAN BE BORN AGAIN
AND NOT HAVE THIS BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND YOU CAN STILL GO TO HEAVEN.
AND YOU CAN EVEN GET THERE
QUICKER IF YOU DON’T HAVE
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
BECAUSE YOU AREN’T
GOING TO HAVE
THIS POWER
THAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT,
AND THEREFORE,
YOU’LL DIE EARLY
OF SOME SICKNESS OR DISEASE.
AND YES, YOU CAN STILL
GO TO HEAVEN
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO?
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE
IN THIS LIFE WITHOUT THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT ENABLES YOU TO OVERCOME
AND GIVES YOU SUPERNATURAL
UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY
AND SHOWS YOU THE FUTURE,
AND ON AND ON.
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS NOT FOR HEAVEN.
IT’S FOR THIS EARTH,
AND I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU NEED
THIS BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS,
IT’S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT PASSED AWAY
WITH THE APOSTLES.
I WAS RAISED IN A CHURCH
THAT TAUGHT ONLY
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
AND ONCE YOU GOT SAVED,
YOU WERE SAVED AND STUCK,
AND THEN WE USED TO SIT AROUND
AND SING,
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN,
WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE.
FURTHER ALONG WE’LL KNOW
ALL ABOUT IT,
AND ALL OF OUR VICTORY
WAS ALL RELEGATED TO HEAVEN.
THE ONLY THING
THAT COULD HAPPEN NOW
IS THAT YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN
AND IF YOU WOULD APPRECIATE IT
PROPERLY,
THEN YOU COULD HAVE JOY
BECAUSE YOU KNEW
THAT IF WORST CASE HAPPENED,
YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN,
AND THAT’S GOOD.
IF THAT’S ALL THERE WAS
TO SALVATION,
I WOULD PREACH THAT
BECAUSE THAT’S MORE
THAN WE DESERVE,
BUT THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT,
NO, WE HAVEN’T ONLY
BEEN FORGIVEN OF OUR SINS
AND PREPARED FOR HEAVEN,
BUT WE’VE BEEN EMPOWERED
TO BE A WITNESS
AND TO EXPERIENCE ABUNDANT LIFE
RIGHT HERE IN THIS LIFE,
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
ON YOUR OWN.
YOU NEED THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU NEED THIS POWER
THAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT,
YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER,
AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST
IS COME UPON YOU:
AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES
UNTO ME.
YOU NEED THIS.
I WAS BORN AGAIN
WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD,
BUT I WAS 18 YEARS OLD
WHEN I RECEIVED THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND MY LIFE CHANGED MORE
OUTWARDLY WHEN I RECEIVED
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAN IT DID WHEN I RECEIVED
SALVATION.
NOW I’M NOT SAYING
THAT SALVATION
ISN’T AS IMPORTANT.
SALVATION IS, IN ONE SENSE,
THE MOST IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THAT’S THE FRONT DOOR.
THAT’S THE ENTRANCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS DEPENDENT
UPON YOU BEING BORN AGAIN
AND HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.
SO, I’M NOT SAYING
THAT BEING SAVED…
BEING BAPTIZED…UH,
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
IS NOT IMPORTANT,
BUT I’M SAYING,
THAT’S NOT ALL THERE IS.
MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,
I WAS SAVED TEN YEARS BEFORE
I RECEIVED THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BUT WHEN I RECEIVED
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
MARCH THE 23RD, 1968,
MY LIFE CHANGED
MORE OUTWARDLY
THROUGH THAT THAN IT DID
THROUGH THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
NOW INWARDLY, WHEN I GOT SAVED
AND FORGIVEN OF MY SINS,
I WAS COMPLETELY BRAND NEW
AND CHANGED ON THE INSIDE,
BUT I DIDN’T HAVE ANY POWER
TO MANIFEST IT IN MY LIFE.
WHEN I RECEIVED THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND SPOKE IN TONGUES,
MY LIFE JUST…IT’S LIKE
THE AFTER BURNERS KICKED ON.
REVELATION KNOWLEDGE
CAME UNTO ME.
GOD STARTED SPEAKING TO ME.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
INCREASED 1,000 FOLD,
AND I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY
THAT ANY GOOD THING
THAT’S EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE,
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WAS ABSOLUTELY A PART OF IT,
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD
A SEPARATE EXPERIENCE
FROM JUST FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD
A SEPARATE TIME
WHERE THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
UPON YOU,
THEN YOU ARE MISSING
THIS BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
NOW, I’VE GOT A LOT MORE
TO SHARE ON THIS
AND I’M GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT IT ALL WEEK.
I HAVEN’T GOT TIME TO TELL YOU
EVERYTHING I KNOW,
BUT TODAY I’VE BEEN JUST TRYING
TO SHOW YOU
THAT YOU NEED THIS POWER
IN YOUR LIFE.
BEING SAVED AND FORGIVEN
IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL,
AND IT’S WONDERFUL,
BUT YOU NEED POWER.
YOU NEED POWER,
AND THAT’S WHAT THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ABOUT.
I’VE GOT THIS BOOK ENTITLED,
THE NEW YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND IT WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
THAT I’VE TALKED ABOUT,
AND THIS IS MY FREE GIFT TO YOU.
I HAVE PUT OUT MAYBE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF THESE
TO MANY PEOPLE AND I HAVE SEEN
LOTS OF PEOPLE’S LIVES CHANGED.
THIS IS A GIFT.
WE ALSO HAVE A PACKAGE
WHERE YOU CAN GET STUDY GUIDES
AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS.
OUR ANNOUNCER WILL GIVE THAT
TO YOU,
BUT THIS IS MY FREE OFFER
TO ANYONE TODAY
WHO WOULD CALL.
OF COURSE, IT DOES
COST US MONEY
TO DO THIS.
IF YOU COULD HELP US,
WE APPRECIATE IT,
BUT I’LL SEND THIS BOOK TO YOU
AS MY GIFT TODAY.
LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER,
AND THEN PLEASE CALL
OR WRITE TODAY
AND JOIN ME AGAIN TOMORROW
FOR THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO CALL IN,
AND I KNOW THAT GOD IS SPEAKING
TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE,
AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD THE LORD
TOUCH YOU TODAY,
AND IF YOU JUST NEED SOMEBODY
TO TOUCH AND AGREE WITH YOU,
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
IF ANY TWO OF YOU
AGREE TOUCHING
ANYTHING THAT THEY ASK,
IT SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM
OF MY FATHER.
SO WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE,
I MEAN POWERFUL PEOPLE,
WHO LOVE GOD
AND ARE EQUIPPED IN
THE WORD OF GOD,
THEY ARE THERE TO PRAY WITH YOU
AND HELP YOU.
THE NUMBER IS 719-635-1111.
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>> YOU CAN GET
ANDREW’S BOOK TITLED,
THE NEW YOU & THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN EITHER ENGLISH OR SPANISH
TODAY ABSOLUTELY FREE
AS A SPECIAL OFFER
WHEN YOU CALL OUR HELPLINE
AT 719-635-1111
OR GO TO OUR WEB SITE
AT AWMI.NET.
THIS OFFER IS LIMITED
TO ONE FREE BOOK
PER HOUSEHOLD
AND IS AVAILABLE IN THE US, UK,
CANADA AND AUSTRALIA
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
CONTACT US TODAY
>> TO RECEIVE THIS FREE OFFER.
HELLO, I’M ANDREW WOMMACK,
AND THE LORD LED ME
TO WRITE THIS BOOK ABOUT,
THE NEW YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THIS IS WHAT WE GIVE
TO EVERY PERSON
AT OUR MEETINGS
WHO GETS BORN AGAIN
OR RECEIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO, THE NEW YOU PART
IS ABOUT WHAT TRUE SALVATION IS,
WHAT HAPPENS.
THE HOLY SPIRIT PART IS ABOUT
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
AND WE HAVE THIS IN BOOK FORM
RIGHT HERE.
I ALSO HAVE CDs, I HAVE DVDs,
AND THEN WE HAVE
THIS STUDY GUIDE,
WHICH IS THE SAME MATERIAL
AS THE BOOK,
BUT REFORMATTED IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN TEACH
OTHER PEOPLE.
SO LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER
AS HE GIVES YOU
THIS INFORMATION,
ABOUT HOW YOU CAN RESPOND
AND RECEIVE THESE MATERIALS
TODAY.
>> TODAY’S SERIES
IS AN ABBREVIATED VERSION
OF ANDREW’S TEACHING TITLED,
THE NEW YOU & THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THIS TEACHING, IN ITS ENTIRETY,
IS AVAILABLE
ON A CD OR DVD ALBUM
MADE FROM OUR DAILY
TELEVISION BROADCAST.
BOTH WERE MADE
FROM THE ORIGINAL
5-WEEK BROADCASTS.
THIS TEACHING IS ALSO AVAILABLE
IN A COMPANION STUDY GUIDE.
EACH OF THESE
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ARE AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT.
THIS ENTIRE SERIES
IS ALSO AVAILABLE
FOR AUDIO DOWNLOAD
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FROM OUR WEB SITE.
GO TO AWMI.NET TO SEE
ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN GET
THIS TEACHING.
YOU CAN ALSO GET
THESE PRODUCTS
IN THE NEW YOU
& THE HOLY SPIRIT PACKAGE,
WHICH INCLUDES THE BOOK,
STUDY GUIDE,
AND YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER
THE CD OR DVD ALBUM.
THIS PACKAGE HAS
A CATALOG VALUE
OF $75,
BUT YOU CAN GET IT TODAY
FOR A GIFT OF $50 OR MORE.
YOU CAN BECOME
A GRACE PARTNER
OR ORDER RESOURCES
THROUGH OUR WEB SITE
AT AWMI.NET.
WHILE THERE, YOU CAN DISCOVER
MORE PRODUCT DETAILS
AND DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL
FREE RESOURCES.
YOU CAN ALSO ORDER RESOURCES
OR RECEIVE PRAYER
BY CALLING OUR HELPLINE
AT 719-635-1111.
OUR HELPLINE IS OPEN
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
24 HOURS A DAY,
AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
FROM 7:30AM TO 6PM,
>> MOUNTAIN TIME.
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YOU KNOW,
THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME
A HUGE VISION
AND WE’VE BEEN BLESSED UP
TO THIS POINT,
BUT I’VE STILL GOT SO MUCH
THAT GOD’S LEADING ME TO DO.
I’M BELIEVING GOD
FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS.
WE’VE ALREADY GOT OVER
$120 MILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS
IN JUST THE LAST NINE YEARS,
BUT I’VE GOT AT LEAST
A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS’ WORTH,
MAYBE 200 MILLION
DOLLARS’ WORTH OF BUILDINGS
STILL IN MY HEART
FOR OUR STUDENTS,
FOR AN ACTIVITY CENTER,
WE’VE GOT A NEW
STUDENT HOUSING
THAT WE’VE GOT
A PRELIMINARY DRAWING OF
THAT IS SHOWING YOU A LITTLE
IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS ONE WOULD HOUSE ABOUT
120 PEOPLE.
OUR OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE
SMALLER WITH MAYBE
SOMEWHERE AROUND
40 PEOPLE PER DORM,
BUT WE NEED THIS
STUDENT HOUSING,
AND WE NEED PEOPLE
TO BECOME PARTNERS.
I’M BELIEVING FOR
10,000 NEW PARTNERS.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT
AND IF THE LORD SAYS SO,
JOIN WITH US AND HELP US
CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES
THROUGH CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.
♪ MUSIC ♪
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>> I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT GOD BROUGHT YOU HERE
>> FOR A PURPOSE.
>> DON’T RUN AWAY
FROM GOD SAYING
I HAVE MORE FOR YOU.
I HAVE A PURPOSE AND A DESTINY
YOU HAVE NOT YET EVEN BEGUN
>> TO IMAGINE.
>> GOD’S GOT MORE HEALING
FOR YOU.
HE’S GOT MORE REVELATION
>> FOR YOU.
>> HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO YOU
THROUGH THE WORD.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT YOU?
DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
IN CHRIST?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE?
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