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The Pillar And Ground Of The Truth

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Today we’re having Brother Dave Hickman on the program. His message is The Pillar And Ground Of The Truth.

Prove it! What? That every one of these people; every one of these writers in the New Testament spoke in tongues. Well, prove they didn’t ! Do you think every one of them, all these writers, maybe ran into Paul at one point or another? I would say so. Well what did Paul say when he ran across you? He said, Have you received the Spirit since you believed? And then, if they said no, he said, Well you’re supposed to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and he laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues. So that’s what happened if you ever ran into Paul. So if any of these writers ever ran into Paul, I guarantee you that, if they were not already baptized in the Holy Spirit, it happened to them. And what did Jesus say?, You shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now. He said, Tarry here until you are endued with power from on high. Tarry here until you are baptized in the Holy Spirit. Don’t go anywhere else. There’s no going beyond, until you are baptized in the Holy Spirit.

You may be in presumptuous sin. You may be presuming that you’re sent when you’re really not. Are you sent without the Spirit? Do you have any kind of seat in the Church; any kind of ministry in the Church, without the provision through Jesus Christ, our baptizer? You know, Jesus Christ is the one who baptizes you in the Holy Spirit. These gifts are gifts of the Spirit. You do always resist the Holy Spirit. If you’re resisting the gifts, you’re resisting the Holy Spirit. It says that the Christians have one or two gifts; several gifts. And what is it? We’re the Body. So why? So you can be a member of the Body; so the Spirit can use you in the Body. You can be a member; you can come into that Church having something to give; having the Spirit of Grace; having the grace to give to those who are in need there. There’s people in that Body who need that ministry.

It’s not just some preacher who loves the preeminence; who’s set first. Let me just tell you something: If you are a single leader; a singular leader in the Church, you’re usurping Christ’s seat, because Jesus Christ is first in the Church! He’s the Head of the Church, not you; not any man. Amen. It says by the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established; let the prophets speak two or by three and let the others judge. There’s always plural leadership in the Body. Every word that’s spoken; every word preached; every word taught needs to be tried and proven. How do you prove it?

It says try the spirit, whether it be of God or not. How do you try it? You try the spirit with the Word. You don’t try the spirit with your spirit; you don’t try the spirit with the will of a man; you don’t try the spirit with anything but the Word. Amen. And you prove all things, it says. Prove all things; hold on to the good. It says, Have nothing to do with any appearance of evil. Put it out of your Body! Put that wicked one out of your Body!

If you’ve got some preacher that’s preaching without the Spirit, he’s got no seat; he’s got no place in your Body. Amen. You see, the true Gospel is the Gospel with the Holy Spirit sent down from Heaven. And then it says, Having not the Spirit: carnal. You’ve got yourself a carnal gospel. You’ve got yourself a carnal preacher. You’ve got yourself carnal Christians, and you’re coming in there with sin all over you, into that Body; into the Church of Jesus: His holy people, with sin on you. You come in there with that sin on you; that presumptuous sin; that uncleanness. God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. God is in the business of bearing witness to the truth; He’s in the business of making manifest: whatsoever makes manifest is light. Light shines and makes darkness manifest. You can’t continue in the true Church without your sins being exposed. Amen.

You can’t just keep walking in that and think you can get by with being a member of His Body. If you’re wondering why the Spirit is never using you in that body, or the Spirit is never using anything but the preacher, well I’ll guarantee you there’s all kinds of sin in that place., and number one is unbelief. Amen. It says When you come here, one has a Word, one has a song, one has a tongue, one has an interpretation, one has a gift, whatever the gift is that you have. That’s what the Body is for: it’s for the operation of the members in particular, Amen. And everybody should come with something. You should be continuing in His Word, being filled with His Spirit; being instructed of the Spirit, and established in the present truth. And when you come, you should be prepared; with your heart prepared to worship in Spirit and in truth and to speak, Lord willing, in Spirit and in truth; to bear witness to the truth; to bear witness to what Christ has done, Amen, to give Him glory; to give Him honor; to give Him praise; to give Him thanksgiving; to give Him true worship, in Spirit and in truth. That’s the true Church of the Living God: the Pillar and the Ground of the Truth. Amen. When God revealed that to me: the Church of the Living God is the Pillar and the Ground of the Truth, I saw the lies in the Church and I was angry at those lies! This Church is supposed to be the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, not a bunch of liars! Amen. So Go! Take this truth; continue in that Word; be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, and open your mouth in His name, and He’ll fill it, Amen, with His Word: Jesus Christ and Him crucified, and He’ll send you forth out into the world, every day, every week, Amen, and you can be used of Him to bring glory and honor to the name of Jesus, Amen; to please the Father. Hallelujah! And what pleases Him? Without faith it is impossible to please Him. Your faith!, your faith pleases Him, thank God. And we’ll talk about your faith next, Amen.

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life, Amen, according to your faith, your faith!, be it done unto you. Amen. God responds to faith; He responds to your faith. Amen, Amen. Without faith it’s impossible to please Him. Faith pleases God; faith glorifies God, Amen. Do you think if it pleases Him, do you think it’s going to glorify Him? Amen, Amen. Absolutely it will glorify Him when you believe Him. It says, With the heart man believes unto righteousness, with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. See, faith, out of the abundance of a heart of faith, the mouth speaks and confesses Christ; Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Song by Dave: And The Angels Shall Rejoice

If you’re thinking about tomorrow,

And your yesterdays are full of sorrow,

And you just don’t know where you’re going,

If you don’t know just what to do,

But you know this world is not for you,

There’s a place to go

Where there’s rivers of living waters freely flowing.

And it’s not so far away, the Word of faith;

It’s in your mouth and in your heart,

The price was paid.

So confess Him with your mouth,

And believe Him in your heart,

And you’ll find a way:

I Am the way;

You’ll find the truth:

I Am the life.

And the angels shall rejoice with praise

Over one sinner saved.

And though you’ve gone so far from Him,

He died for you

And He rose again.