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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">“<b>SPIRIT”
- PNEUma - 385x - Strong #4151 </b>
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PNE<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">* 7x - Strong #4154 +
7 cognates or derivatives = 402x)</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<b>UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM SELECTIVE REFERENCES</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.
Luke 11:13 (14-26) HOLY SPIRIT: MUST BE ASKED FOR. “If you
therefore, being evil, know </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">how</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to give gifts to your :children, how much more shall the Father who
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">is</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
from heaven give </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to them that ask him?” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
was a key verse that Oswald Chambers used in soul-winning. As soon as
he established to the mind of the seeker that he was a sinner - not
just because he had sinned - but that through Adam he had inherited a
“sin nature” - </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">then</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
he led them to pray for the Holy Spirit as He is set forth in the
“Peter Package” - Acts 2:38.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
John 4:24 (1-26) HOLY SPIRIT: KEY TO TRUE WORSHIP! “:God is
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
and who worship him </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>must</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
worship in </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and in truth.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
In the preceding immediate context, we learn that God seeks those in
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and in truth to worship him. We cannot worship God from our human
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
until </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">first</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
we have received the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of Christ. And as we go on like Rees Howells to let Him </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">possess</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
us, </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">then</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
our worship reaches into a dimension truly pleasing to God. The Holy
Spirit here is likened to an “artesian well”!</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
Acts 5:32 (17-42) HOLY SPIRIT: GIVEN ON BASIS OF OBEDIENCE. “And
WE are witnesses of these :sayings; also the Holy :Spirit, whom :God
has given to them that </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>obey</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
him.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is a key to successful marriage. For those who have this as the basis
of receiving the Holy Spirit, have </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">already</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
entered into “The Marriage Covenant”, by Derek Prince. This book,
along with “Shaping History through Prayer and Fasting”, I count
as two of his outstanding books. My wife Marie and I married on this
basis, and God has kept us for 61 years this month. </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">This</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the glue that holds a marriage together. Marriage is a Covenant in
the sight of God, and </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">not</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to be broken, apart from fornication. We have as many divorces inside
the church today as the world does outside. This </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">ought
not to be so</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
And it is the Holy Spirit moving in The Marriage Covenant that
ensures that it can change!</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
Acts 13:2 (1-3) HOLY SPIRIT: CHIEF AGENT IN MISSIONS. “And as
they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy
:Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
said, Separate me then :Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I
have called them.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Consider
the work of “The Presbytery”. Ordination through “laying on of
hands and Prophecy”, as important as this function is, is but one
of </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">many</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
functions that the Holy Spirit is pleased to perform through “The
Presbytery”. Commissioning missionaries and sending them forth is
another.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
Acts 15:28 (22-29) HOLY SPIRIT: JOINS WITH ELDERSHIP FOR CHURCH
SOLUTIONS. “For it seemed good to the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy
:Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these :necessary
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things.” </span></i></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">This</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is one of the most important functions of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in linking up with the Presbytery or Eldership - to </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">solve</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
church problems. The Judaizing controversy in the early church was
one of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">chief</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of these problems. And the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
takes precedence over the Presbytery in solving this problem.
Gentiles do </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">not</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
have to become Jews and be circumcised for full salvation, but just
keep the 4 conditions noted here, to have
table-fellowship with Jews. What
a serious problem, which still continues to this day, in spite of the
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit's</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
letter through Paul to the Galatians.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
1 Peter 1:12 (3-12) HOLY SPIRIT: CHIEF AGENT IN OT PREACHERS. “To
whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they
minister </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
very </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
which now have been announced to you through them that preached </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
gospel to you by </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
sent forth from heaven; which </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
angels desire to look into.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
1952 in Chicago I wrote my M. Div. (Master of Divinity) dissertation
on this verse. I stated: “In Homiletics here at Northern Baptist
Theological Seminary we are taught how to preach with notes, by
outline, by manuscript, extemporaneously, but not with the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sent forth from heaven.” It was on this 5</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
point that I wrote my thesis, and for a while, wondered if it would
be accepted so I could graduate! It was, and is in the Archive files
yet at my Alma Mater. If OT prophets all preached this way, how much
more need we as NT preachers - preach with the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sent forth from heaven!</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
2 Peter 1:21 (12-21) HOLY SPIRIT: BEHIND ALL BIBLE PROPHECY. “For
no prophecy was ever borne by man's will: but men spoke from God,
being borne </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">on</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
by </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy Spirit.</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">”
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
is important to see that the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- not man - is behind all Scripture. We are aware of the 33 known
Bible writers of the 66 books, but we often fail to see that shining
far above all of them - is the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit!</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Our Bible is </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">not</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
primarily the work of man - but </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">the
Word of God</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
How disconcerting once this dawns on us. One prominent
preacher-evangelist of yester-year - an Episcopalian - started out as
a Modernist. But when he received the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and Jesus as </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Lord</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holy
Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
changed his entire theology, and conformed it to a Bible-based state!</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">8.
Romans 5:5 (1-11) HOLY SPIRIT: THE ONE WHO SHEDS GOD'S LOVE IN OUR
HEARTS. “And hope puts not to shame; because the love of :God has
been shed abroad in our :hearts through the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Holy
Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
:given us.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Each
of these verses with context, has been established by Bible Numerics
through the 50 years of labor of Russian Dr. Ivan Panin. He is called
by one, “Russia's Gift to Christianity!” An English Plumber by
the name of Smith Wigglesworth found this verse to be extremely
helpful. When he found it impossible to forgive a brother
unexpectedly met, he would rush down an alley, and call on God -
“Quick God, give me a heavenly “love” transfusion! It worked!</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">9.
Romans 8:26-27 (26-39) HOLY SPIRIT: CHIEF AGENT IN EARTHLY
INTERCESSION. “And in like manner the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
also helps our :infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought;
but the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Spirit
himself</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
intercedes </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>mightily</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
for </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">us</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
with </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>groanings
unutterable</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">27</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and who searches the hearts knows what </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">is
</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>the
mind of the Spirit</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
because </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>he</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
intercedes for </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
saints according to God.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is one of the chief teaching verses of Rees Howells. He understood
thoroughly the help he received this way.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>10.
1 Corinthians 12:4 (4-11) HOLY SPIRIT: RESPONSIBLE FOR GIFTS OF
</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>SPIRIT</b></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
THROUGH US. “Now </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>there</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
are diversities of gifts, but the same </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>Spirit</b></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>.”</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
9 gifts of the Spirit from here, and the 9-fold fruit (one fruit, 9
sections, like an orange) - I link with the 9 Sacral Vertebrae. They
control our walking, Reproduction and Elimination. The Gifts of the
Spirit are balanced by the Fruit of the Spirit, and in this way are
aided in being for edification for other members of the body of
Christ.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11.
Galatians 5:22-23 (16-24) HOLY SPIRIT: AGENT OF THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT. “But the fruit of the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">fulness</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">23
</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">gentleness</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
self-control; against :such </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">there</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is no law.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">See
notes on the Gifts of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Spirit</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">12.
Ephesians 4:4-6 (1-16) HOLY SPIRIT: A KEY IN THE UNITY OF THE
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>SPIRIT</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
“</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">There is</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
one body, and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>one
Spirit</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
even as also you were called in one hope of your :calling; </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
one God and Father of all, who </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">is</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
over all, and through all, and in all.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">If
the 9 Sacral vertebrae are important as the Conclusive part of the
container for the Spinal Cord - then the 7 Cervical Vertebrae at the
top are especially important, for they connect the body with </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">the
Head, Christ</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
Notice the order from the bottom to the top. The 7 Unities start out
with us at the bottom, and immediately the 6</span></span></span></font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></span></font></sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
vertebra is the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Spirit</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
All our life as individuals and corporately commence with </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Him</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
Conversion itself doesn't cut the mustard. By Repentance and Faith,
we are just ready to start. In Acts 2:38, the Gift - d</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">o</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">-reA
of the Holy Spirit follows Repentance and Baptism. He is an Artesian
Well, evermore flowing up into eternal life.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Follow
through in the book of Acts each time this sequence is mentioned, and
it is impossible to miss the importance</span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">of
this. The 7 Unities mentioned here in the passage we are considering
can't be underestimated in importance. </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">13.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 (12-24) HOLY SPIRIT: CAN BE QUENCHED. “Quench
not the Spirit.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">As
we carefully read the biography of “Rees Howells, Intercessor” by
Norman P. Grubb, we find a number of times during his lifetime when
he quenched the Spirit. Disobedience is the chief culprit.
Unforgiveness is another. Jesus said, </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“For
if you forgive not men their trespasses - neither will your heavenly
Father forgive you your trespasses!” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
grieving takes place here. Out of the 7 requests in the Lord's Prayer
for us in the Sermon on the Mount, this is the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">only</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
one that is repeated. God knows how easily it is for us to fall short
here.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">14.
Revelation 2:7a (1-7) HOLY SPIRIT: MUST BE LISTENED TO IN THE
CHURCH. “Who has an ear, </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>let
him hear</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
what </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>the
Spirit</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
says to the churches.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Pastor
Bob Birch of Vancouver, Canada, scarcely preached a sermon, without
mentioning these 7 verses in Revelation 2 and 3. He knew how
important it was for each one of us to have </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">hearing</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
ears. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Meditation</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in prayer over the Word, helps to tune in our hearing. Obedience is
of absolute importance. Jesus said, </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“He
who </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>hears</u></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">these
sayings of mine, and </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>does</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
them - shall be likened unto a wise man who built his house upon a
rock.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">One
builds on the sand otherwise, and has a terrible disaster looming up
ahead. And when we </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">hear</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Spirit</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
speaking to the churches, then we are able to discern between soul
and spirit, and choose spiritual words rather than those of the soul
or flesh.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">CONCLUSION</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
The above selection of 14, represent the 385 total, and give a
window in a small way to what the complete Word Study would totally
represent. </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">That</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the definition. Our 14 but give a window. However, I believe it is
a true window into the thinking of God. You could in turn pick out
your own 14 references, and they likewise would give a valid window,
but would </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">not</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
be the total definition. To thoroughly know God and His Word,
requires a lifetime of praying over and meditating upon the Bible,
and </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">then</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
acting upon it. This is what God through Moses commanded Joshua to do
(1:8).</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
God bless us all, individually and corporately, as we seriously seek
to be well-pleasing to Him, having a “</span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">personal,
passionate devotion to Jesus,” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">and
a life of </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">fruitfully</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
doing His Word! </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
Numbers have asked to kept up to date on the progress of the Lord's
leading for our Pilot Prayer Team, leading to the fulfillment of
manifesting “Spiritual Star Wars” through an “Organic Automated
Laser-Telescope.”</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
above Greek Word Study on “Spirit”, is a window to see what Rees
Howells in a measure experienced when he submitted himself during the
Welsh Revival at the turn of the last Century - to be “possessed”
by the Holy Spirit. </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">This</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
as reduplicated in a corporate sense in 1937, 31 years later, is a
true picture of what God can do through a Team fully yielded to His
Spirit.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
article for the “Word Study” section of our Website, will shortly
be followed by one on the “History, Vision and Development” of
this concept. We received a request from “Prayer Canada” and its
founder and president to simply and clearly lay out how other Prayer
Teams can have God lift them to Higher Ground - and so walk in this
concept.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Our
Seattle area Team went through the first 3 of the above 14 points on
Saturday December 5, and then spent our time in prayer for this
Canadian request, and how to write a suitable answer to their
request. Later we discovered that a Prayer Team north of Minneapolis
prayed that God would do something on Monday December 7</span></span></span></font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></span></font></sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
to offset what happened on that date in 1941, “A Day of Infamy”
according to our President.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Hopefully
- the article given by the Lord on that day - will answer both the
Canadian request, and the prayer from Minnesota. - J.A.W.</span></span></span></font></p>
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