Holy Spirit Seminar — A.C. Valdez Sr.

I just want to tell you that I look upon this as a great privilege to make some kind of a contribution, such as I'm able, after having ministered all these years in the keeping with the times, charismatic movement, because there's no difference today in this move of the spirit than there was 69 years ago, or even before that.

It's the same people, and they received the same experience. There's differences in what we went through by virtue of the fact that we were misunderstood in those early days. And for that reason, we were branded as fanatics.

I was called a fanatic before I knew what the word meant. I had quite a time with one fellow one day, and he said, along towards three o 'clock in the afternoon, he said, by the way, are you a fanatic?

And I thought, that sounds pretty good. I said, yes, I guess I am. So we were misunderstood. And that, I think, is the big difference. We were branded as fanatics because we were persecuted for what they didn't understand at all.

See, now that's the only difference. We got the rotten eggs and tomatoes and vegetables, and you folks today, after 69 years, are looked upon as just way up at the top. With churches valued at $250 ,000 all the way across the country, and up to $3 million.

And that's the difference, my friends. But it's a blessing to me, in particular. See, after all these years, to stand before you with all of this background, experience, and to be able to give you some of the history.

Now, I'm not going to give you any history today, I don't think. But I just want to give you some guidelines. And you might say a skeleton of truth on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And then, later on, you that have written out your questions, we'll endeavor to answer as many as we can, up to about 4 o 'clock, and it's 20 minutes past 2 now.

So you see, we haven't got an awful lot of time. Now, speaking of the Blessed Holy Spirit, we call God the Holy Spirit. Because we believe that God was manifest in Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. And it's one God manifest in three persons, we all believe that, say Amen.

The Holy Spirit in Creation and the Old Testament

And we find right from the very beginning, the Spirit of the Lord resting upon the face of the waters. That's the first reference in the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis. Now, there's the first reference to the Holy Spirit resting upon the face of the waters.

I remember my dear friend John Davidson, Dr. John Davidson of Australia, over 50 years ago when I was there. He said that he went into that word moved upon the face of the waters, and that it was brooding.

So I gathered from that the brooding presence of the Holy Spirit. The brooding presence of the Holy Spirit, I thought that was a good expression. Then, all through the Old Testament, we find God the Holy Spirit manifesting himself through special characters.

Now, no different than today. Excepting for the fact that he manifested himself through special characters under the Old Testament economy. Like, take for instance, Bezalel in the days of Moses when they were constructing the tabernacle in the wilderness.

The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, filled him to give him wisdom and knowledge in the construction of things made of stone and wood and brass and silver and gold. And he seemed to be at the head of all of the construction work.

But isn't it a marvelous thing that the Holy Spirit, God gave the Holy Spirit to Bezalel for that purpose, for construction work. I thought that was marvelous. And then I thought of New Guinea, across from Brisbane, Australia.

There, they not only need missionaries to work from village to village and preach the gospel to them in a very simple form, but they need constructors. They need men that know how to work on jeeps. And bodybuilding.

Because, you know, the missionaries, they went into the canyons and they found a lot of jeeps that our soldiers left there during World War II. They were rusted, they were just frozen. And they took them apart, soaked them in oil, rasped the rust off, put them back together again.

And they're using about ten of those jeeps now. That our boys had to leave in the canyons there. And so, the Spirit of the Lord came upon an elderly man, 72 years of age. A bad case of heart disease. But he begged to go to New Guinea to work on these bodies.

Because you could see right through the bodies, they were all rusted through, you could look right through them. And Pastor Greenwood, who was the pastor of Richmond Temple at the time, he said, Brother, we can't let you go.

He said, to start with, you have heart trouble. And he said, you're 72 years of age. Well, he said, look, Brother Greenwood, I'm a bodybuilder. And I can go over there and I can put new bodies on those jeeps.

And he said, whether you consent to me going or not. He said, I've got to die somewhere. Why not die there? I'm going. So he went. He went. I believe the Spirit of the Lord came upon him to do this work.

He went over there and he rebuilt those bodies. I want to tell you, they look like new jeeps. So you see, it's amazing how the Holy Spirit can give us wisdom and knowledge to do things like that in construction.

In fine inlay work such as they had in the tabernacle in the wilderness. Isn't that a marvelous thing? Then all the way through the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit came upon prophets, priests, kings, special characters like Samson.

Samson and Empowerment by the Spirit

Now, you know, there's a lot of folk that believe that Samson was a great big fella. Strong, muscular, rippling muscles. And it's very disappointing to the ladies that like to visit the art galleries.

And see that great muscular giant that the artists make of him lying down in the lap of Delilah. It's a beautiful picture. I've seen it all over the world. Every time I go to a new country, a large city, I head for the art gallery.

I'm not an artist, but I love to look at pictures like that, fine paintings. But you know, I have no indication in scriptures that Samson was a great big muscular fella. Whoever told you that he was a great big giant with a lot of muscle?

You never gathered that from the Word of God, did you? Of course you never. For that reason, I believe that I have more right to believe. That he was a little skinny, frail, maybe sallow complexion, willowy looking.

His legs rippled as he walked. See what I mean? Yes. Well, you say, Brother Val, yes. Remember, he killed a lion with his hands. He tore him to pieces, just like it was a little tender kid. Remember that he ran down 300 fox?

He killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass. He'd have to be a giant. Oh, no. The Bible says the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson. That's right. According to the first chapter of 1 Corinthians, he chose the weak things of the earth.

The things that were not to bring to naught. Things that are, that no flesh should glory in its presence. So I have more right to believe that he was a little skinny guy than you have to believe that he was a great big giant.

Because it didn't take his muscle. Whoever could dream of a man fighting with a lion? Impossible. The king of the beasts. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson and he grabbed that lion. I believe by the tail and gave him a little jerk.

And that was the end of him. And maybe he threw him into space and he could be in orbit right now. Who knows? That's right. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson. That's what makes the difference, folks.

Can you say amen? Praise the Lord. Oh, how I rejoice in this glorious baptism of the Holy Ghost in fire. What is it for? After that the Holy Ghost has come upon you, you shall receive power. To be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the world.

That's what it's for. Every minister of the gospel should have the baptism of the Holy Ghost. To keep people from going to sleep. Amen. Bless the Lord. I've never seen anybody sleeping in a real honest to God Holy Ghost meeting where the Spirit of the Lord is moving.

Their minds are quickened. We're alert. And we sing these beautiful songs. He love lifted me. And hallelujah, hallelujah. And so on. And we just revel and enjoy the comfort of the Holy Ghost. No idea, no desire to sleep, I tell you, in a Pentecostal meeting where God is pouring out His Spirit.

So all the way through the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was manifested on prophets and priests and kings and special characters. Now under the New Testament economy, it's different. All flesh, the Bible says.

Pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. That doesn't mean that the ungodly and all. But everyone that has a disposition towards God. Everyone of his own free will that accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.

The Holy Ghost manifests Himself to him. It doesn't make any difference about his race, creed, or color. If he has a disposition towards God, if he's hungry and thirsty after the righteousness of Jesus Christ, Jesus said, He shall be filled.

Hallelujah. And that's exactly what it takes. It takes a fervent spirit. A fervent spirit to receive the Holy Spirit. That's right. Now this word fervent has its root in the Latin, which means boiling hot.

It's the effectual boiling hot prayer of a righteous man that availeth much. And boiling hot is 212 degrees. Amen. Don't you ever let anybody tell you that these charismatics are a bunch of ignorant people.

To start with, we've got to have 212 degrees. Amen. That's just getting started. Glory to God. We just keep going up from there. Can you say amen? Amen. Hallelujah to Jesus. Now the first reference of the speaking in tongues is found in Isaiah, the 28th chapter, and the 11th and 12th verse.

For with stammering lips and other tongues, or will he speak? And for all that they will not hear me, saith the Lord. Just think of it. He speaks there of opposition to the reception of this wonderful experience.

Will I speak? The Holy Spirit speaking through his people. And there's over 750 years between that prophecy and the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians where it refers to this same experience. Which proves that Isaiah 28, 11, and 12 is the same as the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians experience.

Biblical Terms for Sanctification and Spirit Baptism

Praise the Lord. Now, the first thing I want to do now is establish the name of this experience. And my reason for that is this. I believe in sticking to Bible names and Bible terms and the language of the Bible.

Oh brother, sister, if you just jot down every one of those things, you wouldn't make any mistakes. Where people get into trouble is departing from the language of the Bible. You see? I remember a precious holiness people that used to teach sanctification as a second work of grace.

Which became a substitute for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Now you see, sanctification is a scripture term. A wonderful scripture term. And it's a wonderful experience. Sanctification is a progressive work of grace.

It starts at conviction and winds up, according to God's word, the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ. He gave some prophets and teachers and apostles for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry until we come into the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ.

That's sanctification. We start as babes in Christ that desire the sincere milk of the word and we begin to grow into the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ. And that's why the apostle says, we are his workmanship.

Aren't you glad that you're his workmanship? We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus under good works. We are his workmanship, that means, this is the picture. You're the rough stone. Created in Christ Jesus, Jesus is the model.

See? The Holy Spirit is a sculptor. And he has his chisel in one hand and his mallet in the other. And he doesn't look at some other preacher. He looks at Jesus, the model. Can you say amen? And then he looks at you, brother, and then look out.

The chips begin to fly. Amen. As he begins to shape us and make us look more like Jesus all the time. So, sanctification is a progressive work of grace. We walk in the light. In other words, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with the other.

And the blood of Jesus Christ, God's son, cleanses from all sin. So we keep walking in the light, growing in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. That's sanctification, my friend. But these people called it the second work of grace.

You can't find that term in the Bible. But you see how they went astray? See how they went astray? They made that a substitute for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Therefore, they never sought the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Now, sanctification merely means this. Separation for a holy purpose or use. Okay? And as we get light on God's word, we're continually being separated from those things that are not for us. That Jesus don't want us to partake of.

That he doesn't want us to touch or handle. Amen. Or experience. Hallelujah. And we keep walking in the light and growing in grace. Now, sanctification in that light is proper, beautiful, wonderful teaching.

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is different. It's an endowment of power for service. An experience subsequent to our conversion, regeneration. The born-again experience. Praise the Lord. And that we need.

Whom he justified, they may also sanctify. And whom he sanctified, then he seals unto the day of redemption. And the seal unto the day of redemption, my friends, is the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire.

The Name and Promise of Spirit Baptism

Now, let's go from there to Matthew 3 .11. If you want to jot it down, Matthew 3 .11, Mark 1 .8, Luke 3 .16, Acts 1 .4 .5. And then Acts 11. Read the whole chapter. That was where Peter was called on the carpet by the brethren at Jerusalem.

And he was answering their accusation because he had preached to the Gentiles. He said, while I was yet speaking, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Then he continued, seeing that God gave unto them the like gift as he gave unto us at the beginning.

Who was I that I should withstand God? It amuses me. For some Catholics and some Protestants. How can the Lord give that particular organization that's always believed this and that and the other, the baptism of the Holy Ghost?

I'm not going to argue with the Lord. I take the same position that Saint Peter did. Seeing that God gave unto them the like gift as he gave unto us at the beginning. Who am I? A .C. Baldass. That I should withstand God.

I think the Lord knows what he's doing. Hallelujah. And as far as I'm concerned, it's most amusing to hear Catholics. Their viewpoint about some of the Protestants in this charismatic movement and charismatic among the Protestants about the Catholics.

Some don't think the Catholics are going on fast enough. And others don't think, the Catholics don't think that some of the Protestants are going on fast enough. But I want to tell you folks. If you're going to look for that kind of trouble, you can find it in both.

That's right. I know because all of my people are Catholics. See? And I know what my poor old daddy had to go through. That's right. He read in the Bible that there was only one mediator between God and man and that was the man Christ Jesus.

Only one! And he began to cry like a baby. You know why? You know why. Yes, sir. Because I want to tell you right now. He loved the Virgin Mary and he still, as long as he lived, loved the Virgin Mary and why not?

And she was honored for the position that God gave her. Because she was the mother of Jesus. Amen. Conceived by the Holy Ghost in the Virgin Mary. And so, he got leveled out along that line. But he finally wound up with just one mediator.

And that was the Lord Jesus Christ, you see. But what a tussle he had. He cried like a baby. This may make you laugh. You shouldn't, but it may. But, you know, he used to cry and say, I can't give up that woman as a mediator.

I can't do it. And he used to cry like a baby. See what I mean? Now, let me tell you something. Don't you point your finger at the Catholics for being slow. I've been watching the Protestants too. And remember, I've taken the position as interdenominational.

And I tell you, my position is unique. I can look at the whole picture, see. You'd be surprised what a tough time I've had. Getting a lot of these Lutherans and Presbyterians under the water. Oh, brother.

I remember the head of the youth movement on the Pacific Coast among the Lutherans. It took six months of praying with that man before he decided that the word baptism meant submerged, immersed, dipped.

And he used to bring scholarly men, lettered men to me to prove that it could be the other way, see, sprinkling. One time a great big fellow, very hefty man, lettered gentleman of the ministry. He came to me and he said, Brother Valdes, now you said dipped.

Couldn't that have reference to a dipper? I said, my brother, I'd have an awful time getting you in a dipper. And I think he weighed about 350 pounds. Well, so much for that. But you know, he was finally convinced after about six months.

Talk about slow going among the Protestants. I want to tell you, they've been plenty of slow giving up their traditions. So let's all be patient with each other. And I remember when he finally came to me and said, Brother Valdes, I'm convinced.

I want to be baptized in water. Good. I'm going to have a baptismal service. It was in the Redwood Empire, Eureka. I had a great big Redwood tank. And I said, I'm having a baptismal service tonight. Oh, but he said, Brother Valdes, it's got to be running water.

Running water, brother? Well, I said, I have to do something about that then. And then all of a sudden, Eureka, an idea struck me. I said, I'll tell you what we'll do, brother. It's got to be running water.

If it's running water, is that all right? He said, yes. I said, I'm going to baptize you last and then I'm going to pull the plug. I said, is that all right, brother? And he looked at me for about a whole minute until I began to get embarrassed.

And then finally I said, is it all right? Yes, I guess that'll be all right. As long as it's running water. So I got him under the water, praise the Lord. Symbolic of his death, burial, and resurrection.

Identification in his death, burial, and resurrection. A real testimony to the world that we've been planted together with him in the likeness of his death. And now we're going to be in the likeness of his resurrection.

But how slow. How slow to get that man moving. So let's not be critical with each other. Look, we begin to take on all of this extra thing that we call tradition. Since we were youngsters. It's been instilled right in us.

See what I mean? And I want to tell you, it takes holy ghost conviction. Divine revelation to get it out. Blessed is the man that don't know anything about religion at all. And finds the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.

And receives the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire. And a clear vision of walking in the light of God's Word. And into the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ. Because it's not plain and simple. That's what it's all about.

Now, the name of the experience. Matthew 3 .11, Mark 1 .8, Luke 3 .16, Acts 1 .4 .5. Being assembled together with them, Jesus. He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father.

Which saith he, John indeed baptized you with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. So not many days hence on the day of Pentecost. They received that wonderful Pentecostal experience.

Pentecost is not a church, it's an experience. Let everybody say Amen. Amen. And so when you see on a front door a Pentecostal church. That just means that they have accepted this particular truth. The baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire.

And they preach it in that particular place. That's what they mean by that. But it's not a church, it's an experience. Praise the Lord and a marvelous experience. That's supposed to help us to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.

As never before. Hallelujah. The Holy Spirit always exalts Jesus. He doesn't speak of himself. He always speaks about Jesus. So when I hear people that claim to be full of the Holy Ghost. And they begin to speak about me, me, me.

And I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I done this. And I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. I know brother that they need another dip if they ever did receive something. That's right. Because when the Holy Ghost comes. He comes to exalt Jesus.

Can you say Amen. Oh Hallelujah. Jesus is the central attraction. Let everybody say Amen. Amen. So the name of the experience is baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire. That's the name. And it's everything that the name implies.

Baptized, immersed right in it. It's a marvelous experience. With the Holy Ghost and with fire. Praise the Lord. And my friends. Everything that the name implies. Was received in the way of experience on the day of Pentecost.

Pentecost, Tongues, and Fresh Infilling

And you just listen to it. Word for word. When the day of Pentecost was fully come. They were all in one accord. Now that's very necessary. They were all in one accord. Nobody wanted to leave. Nobody was looking at their watches.

And insulting the preacher. By. Oh brother. I can't think of anything worse. Than to look down the congregation. When you're about two thirds through. And you see people like this. Yawning. And looking at their watches.

I can't feature anything like that on the day of Pentecost or before the day of Pentecost. They were all in one accord. Oh brother. That means that they were there for no other purpose. Waiting. For the descent.

This was to be. The greatest historical event. My brother. Of the church. All in one accord in one place. When suddenly. There came a sound from heaven. As of a rushing mighty wind. Now before I go any further.

We have preachers today that are lettered men. That have only been in the way a short time. That's trying to explain scientifically. How to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. You can't do that. Because when you're explaining scientifically.

You're applying your thoughts to the law of the mind. And this experience has nothing to do with the law of the mind brother. No sir. I agree. With the scientific explanation of the law of the mind. When you say.

That we never say one word. Unless our mind first suggests it. Then we bring into play. Our lips. Our tongue. Our vocal cords. And our breath. To bring that word out. And to make it intelligible. You see what I mean.

Now that's a scientific explanation. Of how this physical body works. And the law of the mind. See. The law of the mind. The physical body. Cooperating. Working together. With the law of the mind you see.

That's alright. But that's only applicable. To the law of the mind. This physical. Anatomy my brother. Has nothing to do with the power of God or this experience. Now then. Keep that in mind. Keep that in mind.

They were all in one accord. And in one place. When suddenly. There came a sound from heaven. Now you try and scientifically. Explain that sound from heaven. Huh? Try and do that. Sound from heaven is a rushing mighty wind.

Try and explain that scientifically. There appeared unto them cloven tongues like as a fire. And it sat upon each of them. Explain that scientifically. And it sat upon each of them. Now here's the best part of all.

And they were all filled. With the Holy Ghost. It doesn't say to start talking in tongues right away. No sir. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. I wouldn't give two cents for an experience. Of.

Stammering lips. If you weren't first filled with the Holy Ghost. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. And began to speak. With other tongues. As their mentality began to suggest words. Is that it?

Uh uh. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. And began to speak with other tongues. As the Spirit. David. To say that you've got to give a scientific explanation. To help poor God do his work. Makes me feel that the God you're serving.

Is very impotent. He's not my God at all. Hallelujah. My God is sovereign God. Can you say amen? My God is all powerful. Can you say amen? My God doesn't need your help. Can you say amen? To be discouraged.

If you just stammered a little bit. When you got blessed. And somebody said you had the baptism. Don't you be discouraged. Because you can't lose anything that God's already given you. But you can add an awful lot to it.

See what I mean? God's reservoir. Of potential along this line my brother. It's inexhaustible. And it's the high privilege of every. Spirit filled Christian. To get a fresh infilling. Every new day of your life.

There's only one baptism the Bible says. But there's many infillings. After the day of Pentecost. They met together at Jerusalem. And they lifted their voices together. In supplication. The house shook.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost again. Every new day of your life my brother. You can have a fresh infilling. And you can keep these rivers of water. Because that's all you need. Saint John 7. 37 to 39.

In that last day, the great day of the feast. Jesus stood up and cried saying. If any man thirst. Let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me as the scripture has said. Not as some man has said.

He that believeth in me as the scripture has said. Out of His innermost being. Shall flow rivers of living water. But thus spake He of the Spirit which they should receive. The Holy Spirit is what He is referring to.

Hallelujah. So my brother. It's a river experience. Can you say amen? Amen. Hallelujah. It's not a dry experience. And nobody has to tell you when you've received it. Oh, I've seen some of the most pathetic cases.

You received brother. You received. I heard you stammer. I heard. I heard. Oh did I? I did. Did I? Brother that's pretty. That's tragic. When God's reservoir is so full. Do you know what's the matter?

There's a brother came to me last January at the convention. He said, Brother Valdes, you was up in the state of Washington. And he said, for years I haven't received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I was seeking the Lord.

And he said, you came along and you said. Do you know why a lot of you folk. That have been saved for years and haven't received the baptism. Do you want to know what's wrong? And a lot of hands went up.

I said, you're too lazy. Of course, you've got to be careful what you say. Because some people are hypersensitive. He said, Brother, you said I was lazy. And he said, that made me so disgusted. I went home.

Am I lazy? That's the reason why I don't receive the baptism. I'm lazy. He was lazy spiritually. And he was. There's no question about it. And he said, he made up his mind. That he was going to pray through.

I don't believe in caring for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. To receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Do you know what I believe in caring for? To give God a chance to prepare the vessel. So that the Holy Ghost can come in.

Right? That's what you're caring for, Brother. When you're ready. We have the type in the Old Testament. Why the priest, he had to go to the labor and bathe himself. And make himself clean. Physically.

Then he had to kill the sacrifice. Then he went into the temple. With the blood of this sacrifice. This spotless sacrifice. Which symbolized the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And he began to sprinkle.

The corners of the altar. And the holies of holies. Before the cherubs. And after everything was sanctified. And clean. Then. God spoke. To the high priest. There was no question about it. He wore a robe.

And on the borders of this robe. A pomegranate and a bell alternately. All the way around the border of his robe. And when God received. The sacrifice. And everything. The temple was cleansed. Sanctified.

Set apart. For a holy purpose or use. Then God Almighty began to settle down upon the priest. In the temple. And he began to shake under the power of God. Just like Pentecostal people do today. That's right.

And what happened? The pomegranates and the bells began to ring. And the Israelites were listening on the outside. To see if their sacrifice had been accepted. And when they heard the bells ringing. Brother there was a big shout.

In the camp of Israel. Likewise my friends today. The temple must be clean. God does not live in temples made with hands. I don't care how beautiful the building is brother. God is not going to make that his temple.

The Believer as God’s Temple

That was under the Old Testament economy. But under the new covenant. Ye are the temples of the living God. As God has said. I will walk in them. Isn't that marvelous? I will dwell in them. They shall be my people.

I shall be their God. Come out from among them therefore. Sayeth the Lord. And touch not the unclean thing. And I will receive you. And I will be unto you a father. And ye shall be my sons and daughters.

Sayeth the Lord Almighty. Isn't that beautiful? I'm about to have a spell. And I'm teaching this afternoon. Glory be to God. Oh, Hallelujah. Oh, let's get our hands up and praise Him. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Oh, glory to God. Glory to God. Wonderful to be in Your presence, Lord. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord.

Amen, Jesus. Glory to God. Now, I just want to say one more thing. And then I'm going to ask one of the ushers to pick up the questions. And I'll endeavor to answer the questions. But I want to speak to you for a few moments on the emotional side of this experience.

Emotion, Worship, and the Pentecostal Experience

One of the things that we've been accused of. And it's so ridiculous. It will make you laugh. And I hope you do. I hope you laugh. I hope you laugh hard tonight. But I'll tell you about it. One of the accusations is that we're just ignorant people.

Uneducated. We don't know any better. And we're extremely emotional. We're emotional. And that's what makes us fanatics, you see. We're emotional. That's why we make a lot of noise. That's why we praise the Lord out loud.

Emotional. Now, listen. From the beginning of this outpouring in 1966, 69 years ago, that was the main charge. They're just a bunch of emotional people. I want you to watch this. You know what a lot of folk ought to do that go to church?

They ought to make a lot of word study. Just take out your dictionary. And get the definition of words. What's wrong with emotion? What is emotion? Listen to the definition. Any strong movement. Well, I hope this is a strong movement.

They call it the third world power movement today. So it's got to be pretty strong to call it that. Think of it. Any strong movement, perturbation of the conscious mind. Now watch. The power of feeling.

You want to do away with that? Power of feeling so you can't feel nothing at all? Listen to this. Sentiment is the next one. Do you want to do away with sentiment? You take sentiment out of a football game, brother, and nobody would go.

They wouldn't go to watch a boxing bout if there wasn't a lot of sentiment. No, sir. You picked your man and possibly you're betting on that man. And there you are and you want to see him win? Sentiment.

Sensibility. Do you want to do away with sensibility? Not unless you want to be a hundred percent nut. Sentiment. I like that definition. Because that's emotion. Now look, brother. When you come to church, don't have any sentiment.