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 to the natural man; but he that hath the Spirit can discern spiritual things.

There are many kinds of power, and many spirits going out in the world today; and we are told to try the spirits; they are many. Everything is revealed by God through the blessed Holy Ghost. There is only one Spirit we want anything to do with; not our own spirit, nor any other spirit, but the Spirit of the living God. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God; and He will lead us into all truth, all the way; will lead us where we can get the truth. The child of God will be lead into the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire; the Pentecostal Baptism.

Then we can go from one deep thing to another. The Holy Ghost is sent to us by Jesus Christ, and all gifts come through the Holy Ghost. Jesus said He shall not speak of Himself, but of Me; He will speak to you and show you the things to come. We believe it. Glory to God!

This is the Holy Ghost who came at Pentecost, and turned Jerusalem upside down; and Jesus said that when the Holy Ghost came, He should abide with us forever, even unto the end. The work of the Spirit is foolishness to the natural man; he cannot comprehend it.

Unless you will hear the voice of God, the voice of the natural man will make you attribute what you see, to excitement, or to some other power. When the Holy Ghost is poured out there are always two classes; one is convinced and convicted, and accept it; the other says, if I accept, I will have to lead a different life, and be a gazing stock for the world; they are not willing to pay the price, so they begin to draw back. First they wonder at the strange acts, then when they won’t accept, they begin to despise. Every one who continues to despise the works of the Holy Ghost will perish.

There are many powers in the world, that are not of God, but are counterfeit; but where there is a counterfeit there is always a genuine. No one ever tries to counterfeit anything that is not genuine; that is a sure evidence that it is genuine.

The devil shows his power in a good many ways to deceive people; he tries to substitute some other power for the power of God. It was so in the time of Moses and the time of the prophets. God’s power was especially in the world at certain