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

ABSOLUTELY FREE

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 ♪

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> 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?

♪ MUSIC ♪

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