The Baptism of the Holy Spirit Part 2 Kathryn Kuhlman

Now, when it comes to your conversion, remember, when it comes to your conversion, that, my friend, is a definite experience. It's a definite transaction. That is it. You're born again. There's that wonderful new birth experience when you become a new creature in Christ Jesus. An heir of God and a joint heir with... Christ Jesus and the mighty creator becomes your heavenly father. And you're born into the body of Christ. That's a definite transaction. I belong. He's my heavenly father. I am his by adoption. that I know to whom I belong. But when it comes to the Holy Spirit, it's something that's constant, this fellowship, this fellowship, this constant communion. And if you're trying to measure up to some experience that you received a way back there and you say, I got it. I got it. I got it. No. It's a daily communion with him. Daily. Daily. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Oh, you're ministers in this place. Have you stood before your people with an anointing? Until you feel that anointing from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. You're so under the anointing, my brother, that literally your ears hear. But he is speaking to your mouth. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, I stood there. And he's taught me. As he has spoken through my lips and my ears have heard. And I knew it wasn't Catherine Kuhlman. I knew. I knew it wasn't Catherine Kuhlman. If he only knew me a little better, he would understand why I'm so sold on the Holy Spirit. I'm so sold on the Holy Spirit, I do not know how better to say it to you. I'm so sold on the Holy Ghost. It just becomes worse and worse. The choice of words that you speak, my brother. So far as the intellect is concerned. It was a masterpiece. But how many were saved? What was the result? Was there a supernatural manifestation? Wherever you find the Holy Ghost, wherever you find the presence of the Holy Spirit, Always be the supernatural. Always. Know that. And the supernatural does not come through a great organization. Sometimes I think we've organized ourselves to death. I mean that. Sometimes I think we're so organized. that the Holy Spirit can't get in. He can't work. It'll be the greatest day that the church has ever known when the church gets to the place where it no longer is completely dependent on organization. Yeah. The Holy Spirit must have freedom. The Holy Spirit must have liberty. And wherever you find the Holy Spirit, you know, I'm going to say something and I hope that I'm not misconstrued. I hope I'm not. What I'm about to say, I've never seen more holy laughter. I'll get it out in a few minutes, but I want to throw this in. I have never... I've never, in all of these years, have seen more holy laughter. And there is such a thing as holy laughter. And in miracle services, holy laughter. That's the reason I tell you the Holy Spirit is such a colorful personality. I'm so glad I had sense enough never to write a book on theology, on doctrine. I'm so glad I've been pressed and pressed by different publishers who come from New York City and they've asked me to write a book on doctrine. Well, I'll tell you, that's one smart thing I did. Because you see, Had I written a book on doctrine, about six months later, I'd have to call them all in and say, I made a mistake. That's right. Because as you watch the Holy Spirit work, as you watch Him work, He's so colorful that it isn't always the same, not really. You can't put Him... in a certain category and then put a fence around him. And that's exactly what we're trying to do in some of our little circles. We're trying to fence him in. We're trying to put a fence around the Holy Spirit and keep him in this fence because it's our idea. And we believe it thus and so. And it isn't long before he jumps a fence and all that you've got is a fence. And he's gone. And he's gone. Some of you Pentecostal people were dead sure that nothing would ever happen. In a first Methodist church, such as you saw last night, your theology has told you that if you were not filled with the Holy Spirit in the assembly of God's church, then you didn't get it. How many know I'm right? Keep your hands down. And you say, come to my church. Come on, come on. You'll get it. You'll get it. You'll get it. Come on to my church. You'll get it. You'll get it. Come on. You'll never be filled in the First Methodist Church. You'll never receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the First Baptist Church. Never. Never. You'll never see the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. Never. In the denominational churches. The Bible doesn't say that. And there you are in your own little circle. We have him. We got him. And we have a corner on him. And you never this, you'll never get him. Look out, look out. One of these days you may awaken to find out that you are the one from whom he has departed. He's bigger than denominational lines. The Holy Spirit is greater than man's idea. The Holy Ghost is greater than our own preconceived idea. Know that. When he's so powerful, Jesus knew. I think of that over and over again. Who knew the Holy Spirit better than Jesus? He'd been with him from the beginning of time. Jesus knew him. Jesus knew his power. And the Holy Ghost is the power of the Trinity. Knowing the power of the ghost is Jesus William. Before Jesus ever offered himself to the Father to be given, he first of all offered himself through the Holy Spirit to be given. But he knew his power. I'm not talking about something that is just mediocre. I'm coming back again. to this holy laughter is happening. But you want to know something? I see it so much among those in Catholicism who are just coming into the light of the Holy Spirit. We've had so much of the holy laughter recently. I watched this. Like I told you, all that I know about the Holy Spirit is I see him and watch him. And watch him. And you get to know him. You watch his personality. You know what pleases him. You know what grieves him. You just know and you know instantly. It's as though you're in the presence of someone that you know so well and you know when they're grieved. And you know when they happen, you know when they're pleased. I follow him that carefully. And sometimes I think he's allowed this wonderful holy laughter to come forth from some of these precious folk because they have been released from the bondage they were in. This bondage, this bondage, this bondage. You're no longer under bondage when the Holy Spirit comes in. This bondage that men and women are living in. I pray to God you'll come from out of that bondage. Come out from that bondage. Some of you are bound. in spiritual darkness. Some of you are bound by some organization. Literally bound. Your heart cries. Everything within you cries out. You're hungry. You're hungry. But the bondage that you're in, this terrific bondage, Bound by people. You're bound by organization. You're bound by those in higher authority than you are. Many of you in Catholicism, you've been bound so long. Some of you have been bound by sin so long. And sometimes I think this wonderful holy laughter that we see is glorious if you've never heard it. It's different. It's different than any laughter. It's different. It's the laughter of freedom. It's the laughter of liberty. But everything is in good taste. When the Holy Spirit does it, and always remember this, if you never again hear me speak to you, in a heart -to -heart talk regarding this person, the Holy Spirit, he is never unseemly in his actions. Never. Never. If it's revolting, it's not the Holy Spirit. Know that. Know that. If it's revolting, it is not the Holy Spirit. If it's obnoxious, it's not the Holy Spirit. Like it's the flesh. When it's holy, it's something that's contagious. It's something that's beautiful. It's something that's wonderful. for everything the Holy Spirit does. I have such high regard for him. I've never known him to ever manifest himself in a revolting way. It's perfection. It's perfection. And I know there are things that happen in the flesh. and labeled as the Holy Spirit cannot be the Holy Spirit for it's contrary to his personality and his beauty and his loveliness.