A Sermon by Reverend Hollis Ray Mathis

reetings, holy children of God, in the wonderful name of our lord and saviour Jesus, the Christ. The sermon subject for today is:

The Holy Ghost

THE LORD GOD SAID THESE WORDS TO HOSEA HOS:4:6 MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. THE HOLY GHOST IS KNOWN AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, THE COMFORTER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION. THE HOLY GHOST IS LISTED AS THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY. MT:28:19 GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST. THERE IS ONE GODHEAD, AND IN THE GODHEAD ARE THREE DEVINE PERSONS, GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST. COL:2:9 FOR IN HIM (JESUS) DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY. 10. AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHICH IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER. WE, FUNDAMENTALIST, THAT USE THE HOLY BIBLE AS THE AUTHORITY UNDER CHRIST, BELIEVE THAT WE WORSHIP ONE GOD IN TRINITY, AND TRINITY IN UNITY: NEITHER CONFOUNDING THE PERSONS, NOR DIVIDING THE SUBSTANCE: FOR THERE IS ONE PERSON OF THE FATHER: AND ANOTHER OF THE SON: AND ANOTHER OF THE HOLY GHOST, BUT THE GODHEAD OF THE FATHER, OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST, IS ALL ONE: THE GLORY EQUAL, THE MAJESTY COETERNAL: SUCH AS THE FATHER IS, SUCH IS THE SON, AND SUCH IS THE HOLY GHOST. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A TRINITY IN UNITY. WHEN THE LORD JESUS CREATED MAN, HE CREATED MAN A TRINITY IN UNITY BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. THE BODY CAN DIE, AND THE SOUL LIVE ON. IF A MAN GOES INTO A WOMAN AND COMMITS THE SIN OF ADULTERY, THE OUTWARD MAN OF FLESH AND BLOOD WILL GET UP AND WALK AWAY, BUT THE INWARD MAN, THE SOUL, SHALL BE DESTROYED. PRV:6:32 BUT WHOSO COMMITTETH ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN LACKETH UNDERSTANDING: HE THAT DOETH IT DESTROYETH HIS OWN SOUL, WHEN THE SPIRIT LEAVES THE BODY, THE BODY DIES. JMS:2:26 FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO. WHY IS THE HOLY GHOST CALLED THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. THE WORD, "OF" MEANS AS RELATED TO, OR PROCEEDETH FROM. JESUS CHRIST PRAYED TO GOD THE FATHER TO SEND THE HOLY GHOST. JN:15:26 BUT WHEN THE COMFORTER IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND UNTO YOU FROM THE FATHER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE FATHER, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME: WHY SHOULD A PERSON SEEK TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST? THE HOLY GHOST BRINGS LIFE TO THE INWARD MAN, THE SOUL. THE ANOINTING THAT THE HOLY GHOST BRINGS WILL TEACH US, AND BRING US INTO ALL TRUTH. THE HOLY GHOST GIVES US POWER, THE POWER TO LIVE THE SIN FREE LIFE, THE POWER TO TEACH OR PREACH, OR WITNESS OR WHATSOEVER THE LORD CALLS US TO DO. THE HOLY GHOST GIVES US THE POWER TO REMIT SIN, AND TO RETAIN SIN. WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES TO DWELL IN THE ELECT OF GOD THEY CAN TRULY LOVE. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS IN THE HOLY GHOST. WHEN THE ELECT OF GOD RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST IT IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE. WHEN A CHILD IS BORN INTO THE WORLD, BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM, THE CHILD IS ALIVE PHYSICALLY, BUT DEAD SPIRITUALLY. THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL IS DEAD. IT IS THE HOLY GHOST THAT BRINGS LIFE TO THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL. JN:3:3 JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 4. NICODEMUS SAITH UNTO HIM, HOW CAN A MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD? CAN HE ENTER THE SECOND TIME INTO HIS MOTHER’S WOMB, AND BE BORN? 5. JESUS ANSWERED, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 6. THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH; AND THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT. WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD? ROM:14:17 FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT MEAT AND DRINK: BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST. IT IS THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL THAT SHALL LIVE IN ETERNITY. THE OUTWARD MAN OF FLESH AND BLOOD SHALL PERISH, 2COR:4:16 FOR WHICH CAUSE WE FAINT NOT: BUT THOUGH OUR OUTWARD MAN PERISH, YET THE INWARD MAN IS RENEWED DAY BY DAY. WHEN A PERSON RECEIVES THE HOLY GHOST, AND THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL COMES TO LIFE, THEY BECOME A NEW CREATION. 2COR:5:17 THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW. WHEN THE ELECT OF GOD RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, THE ANOINTING THAT HE BRINGS WILL TEACH US, AND BRING US INTO ALL TRUTH. 1JN:2:27 BUT THE ANOINTING WHICH YE HAVE RECEIVED OF HIM ABIDETH IN YOU, AND YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU; BUT AS THE SAME ANOINTING TEACHETH YOU OF ALL THINGS, AND IS TRUTH, AND IS NO LIE, AND EVEN AS IT HATH TAUGHT YOU, YE SHALL ABIDE IN HIM. WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES TO DWELL WITHIN A PERSON, POWER COMES TO DWELL WITHIN THAT PERSON. POWER TO PREACH, OR TEACH, POWER TO WITNESS, OR WHAT SO EVER THE LORD CALLS A PERSON TO DO. ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENS TO THE ELECT OF GOD IS THE POWER TO LIVE THE SIN FREE LIFE. YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE SPIRIT FILLED CHILD OF GOD BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT WILFULLY TRANSGRESS THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 1JN:3:9 WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; FOR HIS SEED REMAINETH IN HIM; AND HE CANNOT SIN, BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD. 10. IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL; WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER. AFTER THE DEATH, BURIAL, AND THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, JESUS CAME TO HIS DISCIPLES AND BREATH ON THEM, AND SAID RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST. THE RECEIVING OF THE HOLY GHOST GIVES THE SAINTS OF GOD THE POWER TO REMIT SIN, AND TO RETAIN SIN. JN:20:22 AND WHEN HE ( JESUS) HAD SAID THIS, HE BREATHED ON THEM, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST: 23. WHOSE SOEVER SINS YE REMIT, THEY ARE REMITTED UNTO THEM; AND WHOSE SOEVER SINS YE RETAIN, THEY ARE RETAINED. WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES TO DWELL WITHIN A PERSON THESE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT SHALL RADIATE FROM THEM. GAL:5:22 BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, 22. MEEKNESS TEMPERANCE: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW. WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES TO DWELL WITHIN THE ELECT OF GOD IT IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE. EPH:1:13 (SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE) 14. WHICH IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THE PURCHASED POSSESSION, UNTO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY. AMPLIFIED BIBLE. EPH:1:14 THAT (SPIRIT) IS THE GUARANTEE OF OUR INHERITANCE (THE FIRSTFRUITS, THE PLEDGE AND FORETASTE, THE DOWN PAYMENT ON OUR HERITAGE) IN ANTICIPATION OF ITS FULL REDEMPTION AND OUR ACQUIRING (COMPLETE) POSSESSION OF IT TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY. WHAT MUST THE ELECT OF GOD DO TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST? WE MUST REPENT? I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A MAN CAN REPENT OF HIS WILL , IT IS GOD THAT CALLS HIS CHILDREN TO REPENTANCE. ROM:8:30 MOREOVER WHOM HE DID PREDESTINATE, THEM HE ALSO CALLED: AND WHOM HE CALLED, THEM HE ALSO JUSTIFIED: AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIED, THEM HE ALSO GLORIFIED. 31. WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? WHEN GOD CALLS HIS CHILDREN TO REPENTANCE IF THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THEY WILL COME INTO THE PROMISE THAT THEY SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF GOD, THE HOLY GHOST. ACTS:2:38 THEN PETER SAID UNTO THEM, REPENT, AND BE BAPTIZED EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. IF A PERSON HAS REPENTED, AND BEEN BAPTIZED, AND STILL HAS NOT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, IT MAY BE THAT THEY WERE NOT BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. I BELIEVE THAT THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE MASTER KEY TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ACTS 19:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHILE APOLLOS WAS AT CORINTH, PAUL HAVING PASSED THROUGH THE UPPER COAST CAME TO EPHESUS: AND FINDING CERTAIN DISCIPLES, 2. HE SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED? AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, WE HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS HEARD WHETHER THERE BE ANY HOLY GHOST. 3. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, UNTO WHAT THEN WERE YE BAPTIZED? AND THEY SAID, UNTO JOHN’S BAPTISM. 4, THEN SAID PAUL, JOHN VERILY BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE, SAYING UNTO THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE ON HIM WHICH SHOULD COME AFTER HIM, THAT IS, ON CHRIST JESUS. 5. WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, 6. AND WHEN PAUL HAD LAID HIS HANDS UPON THEM, THE HOLY GHOST CAME ON THEM; AND THEY SPAKE WITH TONGUES, AND PROPHESIED. 7. AND ALL THE MEN WERE ABOUT TWELVE. THE HOLY GHOST MUST BE RECEIVED BY FAITH. ONLY THE ELECT OF GOD THAT HAS BEEN ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE HAS THE POWER TO BELIEVE. ACTS:13:48 AND WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS, THEY WERE GLAD, AND GLORIFIED THE WORD OF THE LORD: AND AS MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED. THE CHILDREN OF SATAN CANNOT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SEE HIM. JN:14:16 AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOR EVER; 17. EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT SEETH HIM NOT, NEITHER KNOWETH HIM; BUT YE KNOW HIM; FOR HE DWELLETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU. GOD, BY JESUS CHRIST HIS BLESSED CHILD, CREATED ALL THINGS THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, AND IN EARTH. EPH:3:9 AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD HATH BEEN HID IN GOD, WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY JESUS CHRIST. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD JESUS CHRIST CREATED THE SPIRITUAL PART OF MANKIND THE INWARD MAN, THE SOUL . BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD GOD ELECTED, SELECTED, HAND PICKED US TO BE HIS VERY OWN, AND PREDESTINATED US TO BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY OF FAITH. BY GRACE ARE WE SAVED. EPH:1:3 BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HATH BLESSED US WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST: 4. ACCORDING AS HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE; 5. HAVING PREDESTINATED US UNTO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL. WHEN JESUS CHRIST CREATED THE MAN ADAM , HE BREATHED INTO THE NOSTILS OF ADAM , AND ADAM BECAME A LIVING SOUL. ALL HUMANITY WAS IN ADAM ALIVE BOTH PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. WHEN ADAM TRANSGRESSED THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, SIN WAS IMPUTED UNTO ADAM , BECAUSE OF OUR PHYSICAL UNION WITH ADAM SIN WAS IMPUTED UNTO ALL HUMANITY. WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD DEPARTED FROM ADAM ALL MANKIND DIED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH. 1COR:15:22 FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, EVEN SO IN CHRIST SHALL BE MADE ALIVE. WHAT IS SALVATION? WHEN THE ELECT OF GOD ARE BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND RECEIVE THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND THE RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST WE ARE IN A SAVED, AND SANCTIFIED CONDITION. TI:3:5 NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE ELECT OF GOD TO BELIEVE, AND BE BAPTIZED AND NOT HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST. YES, IF A PERSON IS NOT BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. I BELIEVE THAT THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE MASTER KEY TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ACTS 19:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHILE APOLLOS WAS AT CORINTH, PAUL HAVING PASSED THROUGH THE UPPER COASTS CAME TO EPHESUS: AND FINDING CERTAIN DISCIPLES, 2. HE SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED? AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, WE HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS HEARD WHETHER THERE BE ANY HOLY GHOST. 3. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, UNTO WHAT THEN WERE YE BAPTIZED? AND THEY SAID, UNTO JOHN’S BAPTISM. 4. THEN SAID PAUL, JOHN VERILY BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE, SAYING UNTO THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE ON HIM WHICH SHOULD COME AFTER HIM, THAT IS, ON CHRIST JESUS. 5. WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS. AND THEY SPAKE WITH TONGUES, AND PROPHESIED. 7. AND ALL THE MEN WERE ABOUT TWELVE. WHY THE LAYING ON OF HANDS? WHEN THE ELECT OF GOD ARE BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, THEY BECOME A MEMBER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. 1COR:12:27 NOW YE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR. AND WHEN THE ELECT LAY THEIR HANDS ON THE CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, THE BODY OF CHRIST IS TOUCHING THE CANDIDATE. AND I BELIEVE THAT JESUS TAKES OF THE SPIRIT THAT IS ON THE ELECT, AND PLACES IT ON THE BROTHER THAT IS SEEKING THE HOLY GHOST. IN THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES MOSES IS SPEAKING TO GOD. NM:11:14 I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR ALL THIS PEOPLE ALONE, BECAUSE IT IS TO HEAVY FOR ME. 15. AND IF THOU DEAL THUS WITH ME, KILL ME, I PRAY THEE, OUT OF HAND, (ON THE OTHER HAND) IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN THY SIGHT; AND LET ME NOT SEE MY WRETCHEDNESS. 16. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GATHER UNTO ME SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, WHOM THOU KNOWEST TO BE THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND OFFICERS OVER THEM; AND BRING THEM UNTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, THAT THEY MAY STAND THERE WITH THEE. 17. AND I WILL COME DOWN AND TALK WITH THEE THERE: AND I WILL TAKE OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS UPON THEE, AND WILL PUT IT UPON THEM; AND THEY SHALL BEAR THE BURDEN OF THE PEOPLE WITH THEE, THAT THOU BEAR IT NOT THYSELF ALONE. NM:11:25 AND THE LORD CAME DOWN IN A CLOUD, AND SPAKE UNTO HIM, AND TOOK OF THE SPIRIT THAT WAS UPON HIM, AND GAVE IT UNTO THE SEVENTY ELDERS: AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN THE SPIRIT RESTED UPON THEM, THEY PROPHESIED, AND DID NOT CEASE. MEDITATE OF THIS SCRIPTURE. PRV:27:5 OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE.


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