The Power of God - Part 1 — Kathryn Kuhlman

Catherine Kuhlman, the power of God.

Dying to Self So That Jesus May Be Exalted

And my wonderful Jesus, I pray that not one person shall see Catherine Kuhlman, not one. Not one in this place of worship today, whether they're here in the main auditorium or whether they're watching through closed circuit.

Not one. Not only here in this service today, but throughout the world. Catherine Kuhlman died years ago. Died to the flesh. Died to self. That Jesus might be lifted up. And I pray that not one person throughout the world at any time shall ever get their eyes on my service.

We're here to lift up Jesus. And may he get great glory unto himself. Now open our understanding to the deep truths of the word, for there's nothing more important than your word. Standing to the word today.

Knowing the Personality of the Holy Spirit

And may we understand the personality of the Holy Spirit better than we ever have before. For Jesus' sake we ask it. Amen. I shall speak only very briefly today. I say that and I make up my mind it's going to be so brief.

And then suddenly I find out that the briefness says, so don't hold me to any time, whatever you do. And I learned a long time ago that you can always trust the Holy Spirit. And you can never use the Holy Spirit.

But it's a beautiful experience when the Holy Spirit uses the vessel. And that's what I want him to do today. And just the very minute, be assured, the very minute that I feel the Holy Spirit is ready to pour out of himself upon the healing of sick bodies, we'll stop immediately for all that secret of following the Spirit.

I'm going to do very practical, and that which I do have to say this afternoon, because I think that we need some good practical teaching in this all-important hour. And we are living in the church's greatest hour.

The Church’s Greatest Hour and the Closing Dispensation

And I say that without fear of contradiction. Amen. Minister of the gospel. The pastor of every church. Every priest. Every rabbi. Catch the glorious vision of the hour in which we are living. This without fear of contradiction.

The church's greatest hour. I wish I could stand on the highest mountaintop. I wish I could give you facts regarding the word of God. And remember something. Remember, I say this word to you. I make this statement on the authority of God's word.

It means no defense. Know that. I'm not here to defend the word of God, because the word of God needs no defense. We live in the closing moments of this dispensation. This is the hour when we lift it as we call on the Spirit upon all flesh.

That's the why of all of these miracles. That's the why of the great manifestation. That which is happening here in the services. That which is happening here in America is happening around the world.

The Jerusalem Miracle Service and the Global Outpouring

One of the greatest thrills of my life was several months ago, when we had that great miracle service in Congress Hall in Jerusalem. And the Lord carried us. We're going back again next year. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

I always wanted to do it because I knew that after the rapture of the church, I wouldn't have the privilege. Because I don't expect to be here after the rapture. You can stay here if you want to, but I'm going to be gone.

I want you to know something. When the Holy Spirit leaves, I'm gone. I'm not going to hang around. I'm not going to hang around here. Do you want to know the only thing that's holding the whole thing together is still the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world?

When the Holy Spirit goes, when the church goes, don't look for me. I'm not going to be hanging around here. Not the privilege of just holding one great miracle service where it all began with the coming of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem.

And that's where it's all going to end, too, you know. All this is exciting in Congress Hall. And I know that many, many of you people have been in Jerusalem. You've seen Congress Hall. But to have been in Congress Hall packed to capacity, the thousands and, you know, that balcony all around, that great auditorium, packed to capacity.

They locked the doors and then auditoriums around with fields and then the great overflow on the outside. Hungry for God. Seven nations represented in just that one service. That's what's happening today is what I'm telling you.

It's an exciting hour. It almost looked like a United Nations meeting because I was speaking in English and they had little booths set up where the interpreters were talking to those in their own language and headphones all over the place and the delegation there from France, of Catholic sisters, all in beautiful habits.

Thirty-seven nations. Thirty-seven different languages. And I was speaking in the American language. They were sitting there. They were speaking of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We wept together.

We laughed together. We were blessed in the Spirit. I still contend that the Holy Spirit speaks a universal language. I believe that. Suddenly and before when the power of the Holy Spirit began to sweep that great audience and remember there were Catholic priests there from all over the world.

Friends of the Greek Orthodox Church there. Men in their clerical robes. High authority of all denominations. The clergy. Without differences when it came to theology. It almost began falling in that place.

Little differences. Differences in doctrinal truths. We forgot them. Straight. Hundred prostrate under the power of the Holy Ghost. In the last days I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh. Happened twenty-five years ago.

That could not have happened fifteen years ago. That did not happen ten years ago. That, my friend, is happening today. This marvelous coming out. This glorious, wonderful coming out. Catholicism is experiencing a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

All Protestant churches are experiencing a great outpouring of the Holy Ghost. A great coming out. Thousands of men and women are receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I want to go on record as saying there is no one in the whole world, no one ever stands behind the sacred desk who believes more in the baptism of the Holy Spirit than the one who is speaking to you just now.

The Baptism, Fruits, and Gifts of the Holy Spirit

I believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I believe in the fruits of the Spirit. I believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I'll go so far as to say that I believe that there are more than just the gifts of the Spirit that are mentioned in the Word of God.

For he giveth the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, without measure. There's more. There's so much more than most of us fully realize. I see that I don't have the ability. I'm so thin in trying to express what I see, what I know in the Spirit.

I pray for more of the Spirit than the one who's standing before you just now. I'm known for food, for my body. And I've been mighty hungry sometimes in my life. I've never known food for my body. I've never known such a craving for water as I hunger of the things of the Spirit.

Humility Before the Manifestation of God’s Power

And I have only tapped the surface, that's all. Just the surface, every musical surface. But I've seen the wonderful manifestation of His power. And I've stood old, knowing that I had nothing to do with that which has happened.

Not in that surface whatsoever. I've stood there almost like a spectator. And I've watched the moving of the Holy Spirit. Being like a little child, it's the best way I can express it. Standing on the seashore, picking up a little pebble here, with my little bucket and shovel, a little shovel of sand there.

Then when I look up, I see that vast ocean before me. Those of us who are a part of this great charismatic movement. Call it whatever you will. I really don't know whether that's the right word to use or not.

I don't know. It's like when I talk about the slain power of God. I don't know what to call it. And so I just call it going under power. I don't know what else to say. Because these are spiritual things.

These are spiritual things. Man's intelligence. And greater than man's vocabulary. Sometimes in the midst of this great outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we get hung up on the ecstasy of it all. We get hung up on the thrill of it all.

The ecstasy of it all. That experience is marvellous. And I believe in the speaking in an unknown tongue. I have to believe it because it's in the Scripture. But I'm going to tell you something. The Christian needs how to be taught to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Discerning the Spirit from Fleshly Manifestation

To give you instructions how to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And the baptism of the Holy Spirit is something more than just a lot of babbling. Something that's unintelligible. Remember, he's perfect wisdom.

He's perfect knowledge. And anything that the Holy Spirit does is absolute perfect. He speaks in a perfect language. Much that we label the Holy Spirit is not of the Holy Spirit at all. It's the flesh.

And much of our manifestation, my friend, I'm sorry to say, is the flesh. In the midst of this ecstasy, I'm afraid there are those who are being disillusioned. You think you have been filled with the Holy Spirit, received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

But my friend, having been filled with the Holy Ghost is the life that you live after that baptism. Something more than noise. It isn't how loudly one prays. Sometimes the one who shouts the loudest has the least on the inside.

They use it as a crutch. Some of the greatest prayers that I've ever prayed in my life. Some of the greatest answers to prayer that I've ever had in my life. Burden was so heavy I couldn't speak an audible word.

Word was so... Look at my being up to here. What was said wasn't audible. It came from here. And he heard the cry in that falling tear. Let's learn how to worship. Let us learn this glorious personality of the Holy Spirit.

Spiritual Pride, Bigotry, and the True Work of the Spirit

Many a person who professes the baptism of the Holy Spirit who know nothing about the person of the Holy Spirit. And I want to say something about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I must say this because I think it's so often among the brethren.

Those who are in a great movement. And this is all important because this which is happening is happening around the world. It's the great outpouring. And remember all the forces of hell will not stop it.

You can't stop it. It isn't going to be able to stop it. It's something that's timely. It's something that's scriptural. It's something that's sacred. We talk about the power of the email one. I think we've gotten so negative in our news media.

We've gotten so negative about things around us. We've gotten so negative. I think that Watergate has completely turned the whole world into something that's negative. For lovers, stop thinking negatively.

This is our greatest hour. To get you to see something. To see the unknown tongue. With it, for so many, there comes a spiritual pride. And all that you can think about, I have all that there is for me.

Because I've received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, I've spoken in an unknown tongue. Pilate, be careful. The greatest sin, I think, among the Christians is spiritual pride. Spiritual bigotry. And I've seen among them who've made the greatest profession spiritually, they were as dried up as last year's corn shocks.

The Cost of Following the Holy Spirit

Some, since the Spirit has departed, they get up and shake themselves. For they wish not that the Spirit hath departed. I want to say this. And I cannot give you any more than I've finished myself. I'm only sorry I can't give you more.

One of these days I may be able to. But I'm so hungry for more. I never hold a miracle service. Never. But what I receive are fresh, fresh in feeling of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit. Experience. Following Him as many as are led of the Spirit.

It'll cost much. But it's worth the price. And I'm going to say to you in the next several minutes, it'll cost much. I weighed the cost a long time ago. It's going to cost the death to sell. It's more than, it's more than just the thrill of a moment.

I'm not talking about that ecstasy of having been baptized with the Holy Spirit. Lay down and Jesus Himself baptized you in the Holy Spirit. It's as though your feet were no longer touching the ground as you walked.

Nice, the glory of it all. The glory of it all. Still in an old way. This mortal has not yet put on immortality. That which is corruption has not yet put on incorruption. Responsibility before men than ever before.

Spiritual Experience and Responsibility Before Others

For along with these wonderful spiritual experiences, there also goes responsibility. Wanting to trust. Never trust you with more. Until you have proven He can trust you with that which He's already given you.

Becoming Dead to Self and Following the Spirit

Led of the Spirit. And when you are led of the Spirit, it means that you follow. Know what it means to be led of the Spirit. Know what it means to be so dead to self. That you no longer have a will of your own.

Talk to the folk who know nothing about that which I am saying. Nothing. There are women in this place who are part of this great charismatic movement. About what I'm talking about, when I talk about two wills becoming as one.

Place forward the cassette and turn the tape over for the remainder of the service.