IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 1 (PDFDrive)

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LESSON 9
IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 1
By Andrew Wommack
Second Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” The phrase “in Christ” is a terminology
that is used over 300 times in the New Testament, always referring to a vital, union relationship
with God. Once that takes place, you become a new creature. Some translations actually say “a
new creation.”
This leads to a critical issue that I believe is imperative to understanding your new
identity in Christ: It did not take place in the physical realm. It isn’t talking about your physical
body, saying that it completely changes, that your looks change. If a person was fat before they
were saved, they’ll still be fat afterward, unless they go on a diet. It also isn’t talking about your
mental or emotional part—what most people consider to be the real “them.” If you weren’t too
smart before you were saved, you won’t be too smart after you’re saved, but you will still have a
lot of the same memories and thoughts.
There is a third part, and according to this scripture, by process of elimination, it has to
be the part of us that is changed—our spirit man. A scripture that verifies this is 1 Thessalonians
5:23 where Paul is praying for the Thessalonians, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.” That passage shows that we have a spirit, soul, and body. The body part
is very obvious. It’s the part of us that is seen, our outward persons. We all recognize that there
is another part beyond that—our emotional, mental part—which Scripture calls the soul. We
know that even though a person may not physically touch you, they can touch you by their
words, either in a positive or negative way. Most people are in tune with the physical and soulish
parts, but according to Scripture, there is another part, which is the spirit.
The spirit is the part of us that is changed and is new after salvation. It is actually the life-
giving part. James 2:26 says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
also.” That shows that it is the spirit that actually breathes life into our physical bodies. It is where
our life comes from. In Genesis 2 when God created Adam and Eve, Adam’s body was complete, but
then God breathed into him the breath of life. This word “breathe” in Old Testament Hebrew was
the exact same word that we use for breath, and it is translated “spirit” in other places. God created
the physical body and the soulish person of Adam, but then He breathed into him the breath of life
and he became a living soul. The spirit is the part of us that gives life.
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Prior to salvation, before a person made a total commitment of their life so that the
Lord came into them, the spirit within them was dead. Ephesians 2:1 says, “And you hath he
quickened [made alive], who were dead in trespasses and sins” (brackets mine). We know we
were alive before we were born again, but the word “dead” is speaking of spiritually. Death
in the Bible doesn’t mean ceasing to exist, as some people today think of it. It literally means
“separation.” When a person physically dies, they don’t cease to exist. The Bible teaches that
they go immediately into the presence of God or into the presence of hell. The soul and spirit
continue to live, but there is a separation from the physical body, which dies and decays.
When Genesis 2:17 says “In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die,” it didn’t
mean they would die physically but spiritually, that they would become separated from God.
The spirit, the part that God breathes into us, which actually gives life and motivation, became
separated from God’s supernatural life…His holy and complete life…what the Bible calls zoe life
or “life in an absolute or abundant sense.” Man then began to degenerate. He still functioned,
but he was functioning independently, separately from God. That’s really what causes all the
problems in our lives…all of our emotional stress.
When a person comes to the Lord, they receive a new spirit and are born again, which
is the terminology Jesus used in John 3:5. In the same way man is born physically with a spirit,
soul, and body, when he is born again, he receives the Spirit of Christ. Galatians 4:6 says, “And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father.” God literally places His Spirit inside of us, and we now have a new quality of life, a new
identity, and are a totally new person in our spirits.
The rest of the Christian life is learning in your soulish, mental realm what has taken
place in your spirit. The truth is, one-third of your salvation is over when you receive Jesus
Christ as your Lord. Your spirit becomes completely changed. It is the exact same spirit you
will have throughout eternity. It already has love, joy, peace, and is full of the presence of God.
There is no lack or inadequacy in your spirit, but you have to perceive that, which is the reason
studying the Word of God is so vital to the Christian life. You are a totally brand-new person,
but until you get knowledge, you won’t change. Victory in the Christian life comes when you
are able to look into the Word, which is Spirit and life, see who you are, see what God has done,
and begin to believe it.
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DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone be in Christ, they 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 –
are what? Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new.
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What happened to the old things?
EPHESIANS 2:1-5 – And you
hath he quickened, who were
dead in trespasses and sins.
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What things have become new? [2] Wherein in time past ye
walked according to the course
of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
4. Read Ephesians 2:1. What was your condition before the spirit that now worketh in
you were born again, or made alive? the children of disobedience.
[3] Among whom also we all
had our conversation in times
past in the lusts of our flesh,
5. Read Ephesians 2:2. As an unbeliever, how did you fulfilling the desires of the flesh
walk, or live? and of the mind; and were by
nature the children of wrath,
even as others. [4] But God,
who is rich in mercy, for his
6. Read Ephesians 2:3-5. What is God rich in? great love wherewith he loved
us, [5] Even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by
7. Read Ephesians 2:4. Why is God so merciful? grace ye are saved).
8. Read Ephesians 2:5. What did God do for us while we

were still dead in trespasses and sins?
9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?
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QUESTIONS
10. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Can you relate with any of 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11–
these descriptions on this list? Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators,
11. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is the word “were” a past, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
present, or future condition? nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind,
[10] Nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers,
12. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. When you became “born nor extortioners, shall inherit
again,” what three things happened to you? the kingdom of God. [11]
And such were some of you:
but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified
13. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is this a past, present, or in the name of the Lord Jesus,
future condition? and by the Spirit of our God.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:17 – But
he that is joined unto the Lord
14. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. “He that is joined unto the is one spirit.
Lord is __________________with Him.”
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone be in Christ, they are what?

A new creation
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What happened to the old things?

They are gone
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What things have become new?

All things
4. Read Ephesians 2:1. What was your condition before you were born again, or made alive?
I was dead in trespasses and sins
5. Read Ephesians 2:2. As an unbeliever, how did you walk, or live?

I followed the ways of the world, I obeyed the devil (the prince of the power of the air),
and I lived in the spirit of disobedience
6. Read Ephesians 2:3-5. What is God rich in?

Mercy
7. Read Ephesians 2:4. Why is God so merciful?

Because of His great love for us
8. Read Ephesians 2:5. What did God do for us while we were still dead in trespasses and sins?
Made us alive together with Christ
9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?

By His grace
10. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Can you relate with any of these descriptions on this list?
Yes
11. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is the word “were” a past, present, or future condition?
Past
12. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. When you became “born again,” what three things happened
to you?
You were washed, made holy, and justified (made righteous) before God
13. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is this a past, present, or future condition?

Present
14. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. “He that is joined unto the Lord is __________________
with Him.”
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LEVEL 1
LESSON 10
IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 2
By Andrew Wommack
In our last lesson, we discussed what it meant to be born again, that in our spirits, our
hearts are changed. We used 2 Corinthians 5:17, which says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” We began
to see that when we are born again, a total transformation has taken place in our spirits, and
the only way to know what has transpired in our spirits is through the Word of God. We can’t
perceive it through external things, and we can’t perceive it through our emotions, because that
is in the soulish realm. But in the spirit part of us, there is a total transformation.
Let me use a few scriptures which show the things that took place when a person
received Jesus into their life. Ephesians 4:24 says, “Put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.” When a person is born again, their spirit becomes
righteous and truly holy. The Bible actually speaks of two types of righteousness.
There is a righteousness you produce through your own actions, and you must maintain
that type of righteousness in relationships with other people. If you don’t live right and do
right, your boss may fire you or your spouse may divorce you; so you need to have your own
righteousness. God, however, doesn’t accept you based on your external righteousness. God
literally gave you His righteousness.
In 2 Corinthians 5:21 it says that God the Father made the Son to become sin for us that
we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. So there is a righteousness which goes far
beyond our external righteousness and is based on what God did for us. We literally received
the righteousness of God by faith in Christ. We were created in righteousness and true holiness.
We aren’t growing into that righteousness; we are already righteous. A simple definition is that
we are already in right standing with God.
God is pleased with us based on Christ, not on anything else. Our spirits are where the
change took place. We’re already created in righteousness and true holiness and are brand-new
creatures. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works.” In our spirits, we are perfect and complete. There is no sin or inadequacy. Ephesians 1:13
says, “After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
Some of you may think, Well, when I first believed on the Lord, I did believe I was totally
forgiven and cleansed, and everything was fine. But since that time, I have sinned, I have failed
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God again. If you did, you failed in your actions and your mental and emotional part, but your
spirit did not sin. It was sealed just as a woman puts fruit into a jar and then puts paraffin over it
to make it airtight and to keep all impurities out. God sealed you, so when you were born again,
you received a new spirit, and sin does not penetrate your spirit. You have a new identity. For
you to have relationship with God, you have to fellowship with and worship Him based on who
you are in your spirit not in your flesh.
This is really the great transformation in the Christian life, that a person has to change
their identity. You have to relate to God based not on what you do in the physical realm, not
what you think in your mind, but by who you are in the spirit based on what He has done for
you. That’s a completed work, something that does not fluctuate (change back and forth). You
were created in righteousness and true holiness. That is the spirit part of you, and to fellowship
with God, you have to worship Him in spirit and in truth. You have to stand in this identity of
who you are in Christ.
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SCRIPTURES
QUESTIONS
1. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. The only way we can know 1 CORINTHIANS 6:17 – But
that total transformation has taken place in our spirits he that is joined unto the Lord
is by the Word of God. What does this verse say has is one spirit.
happened to us?
EPHESIANS 3:17 – That
Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being
2. Read Ephesians 3:17. Where does Christ now dwell? rooted and grounded in love.
1 JOHN 5:12 – He that hath

the Son hath life; and he that
3. Read Ephesians 3:17. How does this happen? hath not the Son of God hath
not life.
COLOSSIANS 1:26-27 –
4. Read 1 John 5:12. Who must we possess to have salvation? Even the mystery which hath
been hid from ages and from
generations, but now is made
manifest to his saints: [27]
5. Read Colossians 1:26-27. What is the mystery that To whom God would make
was hidden from ages and generations but is now known what is the riches of the
made known? glory of this mystery among
the Gentiles; which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
6. Read Ephesians 4:23-24. What was created in EPHESIANS 4:23-24 – And
righteousness and true holiness? be renewed in the spirit of your
mind; [24] And that ye put on
the new man, which after God
is created in righteousness and
7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. Whose righteousness do true holiness.
we possess?
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 –
For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
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QUESTIONS
8. Read Ephesians 1:4. What is the standing of the EPHESIANS 1:4 – According
believer before God? as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him
9. Read Ephesians 1:6. How were we accepted? in love.
EPHESIANS 1:6 – To the

praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. The only way we can know that total transformation has taken
place in our spirits is by the Word of God. What does this verse say has happened to us?
Our spirits have been joined unto the Lord
2. Read Ephesians 3:17. Where does Christ now dwell?

In our hearts
3. Read Ephesians 3:17. How does this happen?

By faith
4. Read 1 John 5:12. Who must we possess to have salvation?

The Son (Jesus Christ)
5. Read Colossians 1:26-27. What is the mystery that was hidden from ages and
generations but is now made known?
Christ in us, the hope of glory
6. Read Ephesians 4:23-24. What was created in righteousness and true holiness?
Our new man (our born-again spirits)
7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. Whose righteousness do we possess?

God’s righteousness in Christ
8. Read Ephesians 1:4. What is the standing of the believer before God?
Holy and without blame
9. Read Ephesians 1:6. How were we accepted?

In the Beloved (Jesus Christ)

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LESSON 11
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS?
By Don Krow
Today we want to look at the subject of “What Happens When a Christian Sins?” The
Bible tells us in 1 John 1:8-9, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.” As Christians, we will eventually stumble and we will eventually sin. What
makes us different from what we were before conversion is that now we have a new nature. It
grieves us to sin. We don’t want to sin; we want to live a righteous life. But what happens when
we do sin? Do we need to get saved again? Is that what the Bible is teaching? In that case, we
have no security, and in some sense, we’re worse off than the world. At least the world is not
tormented by a sin conscience. As believers, sin is not to be our focus of attention. Hebrews 10:2
states that through the sacrifice of Jesus, the believer should have no more conscience of sins. In
other words, sin should not be the focus of our lives. God should be our focus.
Romans 4:2 says, “For if Abraham were justified [declared righteous] by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God” (brackets mine). If salvation was based on our merit, the
things we do, then we could brag. We could say, “Hey, Lord, I really appreciate what you did on
the cross, but remember the things I’ve done!” So throughout eternity, we’re going to pat Jesus
on the back and pat ourselves on the back for the things that we’ve done. No! God has designed
salvation in such a way that there will be no boasting or glory on man’s part. The only glory and
boasting will be in the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:27). The gift of eternal life is indeed a gift, and
it cannot be earned (Rom. 6:23).
Romans 4:2 says that if Abraham were justified by his own actions, he would have some
reason to boast, but that’s not what happened. How does the Scripture say a man is saved? By
his own performance? By his own works? By the things he does? How was Abraham counted
righteous, or declared righteous? Was it through the things he did or didn’t do, or was it that
he simply believed, trusted, and relied on God through faith? The Bible says in Romans 4:3,
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
What holds me in position and keeps me from perishing, even though there are times
when I fail and sin? It is that Jesus bore all of my sin on the cross, and through faith in Him (not
by my own works), I am justified (made righteous before God).
Romans 4:6 says, “Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom
God imputeth righteousness without works.” David of the Old Testament is saying there will be a
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day through a new covenant when God will impute righteousness, right standing, without man
working for it. Then he said in verse 7, “Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered.” This is the clincher: “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin” (Rom. 4:8). It doesn’t say He might not, sometimes He will and sometimes He won’t. It says,
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” In the Greek that’s what is called an
emphatic negative. It means He’ll never, not ever put sin to our account. This is the good news of
the New Covenant. Hebrews 10:16 says, “I will put my laws into their hearts [on their heart] and in
their minds [upon their mind also] will I write them” (brackets mine), and part of that agreement
is that God says this in verse 17: “And your sins and iniquities I will remember no more.”
What holds you in position, in righteousness and right standing, even when you
sin and don’t have time to confess it? It’s your faith in Jesus Christ. His name is Jesus,
and He saves people from their sins (Matt. 1:21).
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QUESTIONS
1. Read Romans 4:5. God justifies (makes righteous) ROMANS 4:5-6 – But to him
people who are ____________________ . that worketh not, but believeth
on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted
2. Read Romans 4:2-3. God put something to Abraham’s for righteousness. [6] Even
account (when he believed) which he did not have as David also describeth
before. What was this? the blessedness of the man,
unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works.
3. Read Romans 4:22-24. If we believe as Abraham did, ROMANS 4:2-3 – For if
what will God put to our account? Abraham were justified by
works, he hath whereof to
glory; but not before God. [3]
For what saith the scripture?
4. Read Romans 4:6. God puts righteousness (or right Abraham believed God, and it
standing) to a person’s account: was counted unto him
A. According to their works for righteousness.
B. Apart from their works
C. According to how nice they are ROMANS 4:22-24 – And
therefore it was imputed to
him for righteousness. [23]
5. Read Hebrews 10:14. How long are believers perfected Now it was not written for
before God? his sake alone, that it was
imputed to him; [24] But for
us also, to whom it shall be
imputed, if we believe on him
that raised up Jesus our Lord
from the dead.
HEBREWS 10:14 – For

by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them
that are sanctified.
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QUESTIONS
6. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness is received: ROMANS 5:17 – For if
A. By earning it by one man’s offence death
B. As a gift reigned by one; much more
C. By working for it they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life
7. What does the word “gift” imply? by one, Jesus Christ.
8. To trust Jesus to be your personal Savior, you must

trust Him to take you all the way to:
A. Church
B. Heaven
C. Russia
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read Romans 4:5. God justifies (makes righteous) people who are __________________.
Ungodly
2. Read Romans 4:2-3. God put something to Abraham’s account (when he believed)
which he did not have before. What was this?
Righteousness, or right standing, with God
3. Read Romans 4:22-24. If we believe as Abraham did, what will God put to our account?
Righteousness, or right standing, with God
4. Read Romans 4:6. God puts righteousness (or right standing) to a person’s account:
B. Apart from their works
5. Read Hebrews 10:14. How long are believers perfected before God?
Forever
6. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness is received:

B. As a gift
7. What does the word “gift” imply?

Something freely given, without cost to the person receiving it
8. To trust Jesus to be your personal Savior, you must trust Him to take you all the way to:
B. Heaven

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LEVEL 1
LESSON 12
INTEGRITY OF GOD’S WORD
By Andrew Wommack
Mark 4 is a tremendous chapter about the integrity of God’s Word—the power, the character,
and the faith in it. There were at least ten parables taught during this one day. You have to compare
Mark 4 with Matthew 13 and Luke 8 to come up with that. There were a number of parables, one of
which was about the sower sowing seed. In Mark 4:26, it says, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man
should cast seed into the ground.” Remember that in verse 14 it says this seed is the Word of God.
God isn’t really teaching you how to be a farmer, but is using a natural thing to illustrate spiritual
truth. Verse 27 says, “And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up,
he knoweth not how.” Now, I believe that’s important. It says the man doesn’t really understand. He
doesn’t know how this is happening.
Some people say, “I just don’t understand what you’re talking about. How can reading
the Word of God really change me and cause God’s life to come alive inside me?” I don’t totally
understand it, but I know it works. I don’t understand how you can put a tiny seed in the ground and
have an entire stalk of corn come up with ears of corn on it and reproduce a hundredfold. Nobody
fully understands it, but it works, and I tell you that this works. Reading God’s Word and letting it
begin to saturate you changes your attitude, your experience, and your perceptions.
Verse 28 says, “For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself.” The earth was made to incubate
seed, and to germinate and release that life. Your heart was made for the Word of God—it really was.
God’s Word was created to be placed in your heart. Just taking a Bible and holding it close, putting it
on your coffee table, or carrying it with you doesn’t have any virtue. It doesn’t release power in your
life. You have to take the Word, make it a seed, and plant it in your heart. When you do that, your
heart is designed to bring forth fruit of itself. It will automatically change the way things work in your
life. The verse continues, “First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.” This implies
that there are stages or steps to growth and maturity. People come to me all the time expressing that
they’re believing God for something really good, a godly thing I can agree with. But if they have
never done anything, if they have never led a person to the Lord, I can guarantee they aren’t going to
have a television or radio ministry within the next few weeks.
You have to do things in steps. There are stages to receiving from God, and that’s what this
parable is illustrating. First of all, you have to start, and then comes the hope, and then the faith,
and then it produces results. There are always steps to victory. No one is going to go from zero to a
thousand miles per hour all at once. Though it may be a godly desire, it isn’t going to work that way.
This Scripture is showing that the kingdom of God is like a seed. The Word has to be planted in your
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heart, and growth comes in stages: first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. The next
verse says, “But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the
harvest is come.” There are stages, but eventually there will come a time of fruitfulness and maturity.
The point is made in verse 35, “And the same day when the even was come, he saith unto
them, Let us pass over unto the other side.” Jesus had been teaching them all day about the power
of the Word, how the Word is like a seed, and how it will release God’s life into your life. He’d been
teaching them this in at least ten parables, so here He gives them a test. He tells them, “All right,
here’s the word from the Lord—let’s go to the other side of the lake.” He didn’t say “Let’s get into
the boat, go halfway across the lake, and drown,” but “Let’s go to the other side.” Then He got into
the boat and went to sleep. The story goes that a great storm came and water filled the boat. You
have to remember that this wasn’t a cabin cruiser with berths below deck where Jesus was dry
and didn’t know what was going on. It was an open boat and Jesus was asleep, sloshing around
in the water. The reason this was significant is because He knew what was going on, but He was
still trying to sleep. The disciples got upset, came to Him, and said, “Master, don’t you care that
we perish?” In other words, they were saying, “Do something! Get a pail and bail water! Row, do
something! You’re not pulling your weight!”
Many times people do the same thing with God today and say, “God, why haven’t you done
something?” God has done something. He’s provided everything we need through the atonement
of the Lord Jesus. He has produced His Word and given us all these seeds. It’s our job to sow them
into our hearts. He’s given us the Scripture, and it’s our job to take the seed, put it in our hearts, and
meditate on it until it releases life. But the disciples wanted to wake Jesus up and say, “Why don’t
you do something?” He got up, rebuked the wind and the waves, there was a calm. Then He turned
around and said to His disciples, “Why are you so fearful? How is it you have no faith?” He didn’t
say, “Hey, guys, I’m sorry. I should have done something.” No, His part was to teach them the Word
and give them promises, and it was their part to take the Word and believe the promises. God has
provided everything through Jesus coming to this earth. He gave you everything it takes to succeed
in every area of your life in seed form in the Word. All you have to do is take the seeds of the Word
of God and plant them in your hearts through reading it, meditating on it, thinking on it, and letting
it take root on the inside of you. As you do that, you will be able to stand up and stop the storms in
your life.
I believe God’s best was for these disciples to take the teaching Jesus gave them that day and
say, “Let’s go over to the other side.” They could have said, “According to everything He taught to us
today, this is a promise. This is the Creator of the universe who said let’s go to the other side, not let’s
go halfway and drown. They could have taken that word, mixed it with faith, and rebuked the wind
and the waves. That’s exactly what Jesus said: “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” You know
what? We need to believe God’s Word and act upon it.
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QUESTIONS
1. Read Matthew 13:19. If we do not plant God’s Word MATTHEW 13:19 – When
into our hearts, what will happen to it? any one heareth the word of the
kingdom, and understandeth
it not, then cometh the wicked
one, and catcheth away that
2. Read Joshua 1:8. When should we meditate on which was sown in his heart.
God’s Word? This is he which received seed
by the way side.
JOSHUA 1:8 – This book

3. Read John 6:63. According to this verse, God’s Word is of the law shall not depart
_____________________ . out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day
and night, that thou mayest
4. Read Matthew 4:4. Mankind should live not by observe to do according to
physical food alone but by _____________________. all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou
5. Read Ephesians 6:17. God’s Word is like what kind shalt have good success.
of weapon?
JOHN 6:63 – It is the spirit
that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words
6. Can a sword do damage to its enemy? that I speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life.
MATTHEW 4:4 – But he

7. Read Romans 8:6. When we give proper place to God’s answered and said, It is
Word in our lives, we will have __________________. written, Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God.
EPHESIANS 6:17 – And take

the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God.
ROMANS 8:6 – For to be

carnally minded is death; but
to be spiritually minded is life
and peace.
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QUESTIONS
8. Read 2 Corinthians 3:18. What we set our attention on 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 –
is what we become full of. What should we set our But we all, with open face
focus on? beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read Matthew 13:19. If we do not plant God’s Word into our hearts, what will happen to it?
The wicked one will take it away so it cannot produce in our lives
2. Read Joshua 1:8. When should we meditate on God’s Word?

Day and night
3. Read John 6:63. According to this verse, God’s Word is __________________ .

Spirit and life
4. Read Matthew 4:4. Mankind should live not by physical food alone but by
__________________.
Every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
5. Read Ephesians 6:17. God’s Word is like what kind of weapon?

A sword
6. Can a sword do damage to its enemy?

Yes
7. Read Romans 8:6. When we give proper place to God’s Word in our lives, we will have
__________________.
Life and peace
8. Read 2 Corinthians 3:18. What we set our attention on is what we become full of. What
should we set our focus on?
The Lord and His glory

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LESSON 13
GOD’S NOT GUILTY
By Andrew Wommack
Today I want to share one of the most important things God has ever done in my life. It
seems people automatically believe everything that happens to them is from God, that He controls
everything. The reason for this is that by definition, God is supreme and all-powerful, and they just
assume He controls everything that happens in their lives. Even unbelievers believe it. There are
many Christians who promote this doctrine, and it has become ingrained in their lives. I believe
what Scripture teaches is contrary to this, and it’s very important that you learn this lesson. James
1:13-17 says, “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own
lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death. Do not err, my brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
These verses make it very clear that God is the author of the good things. Jesus said in John
10:10, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” If it’s good, it’s God; if it’s bad, it’s the devil.
That’s very simple theology. The reason this is so critical is because James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” This says we have to submit, or yield
control, to God and resist the devil. The word “resist” means to actively fight against.
When people believe everything that happens in life is totally from God—for example,
sickness, failure in business, losing a job, rebellious children, or divorce—that puts them in the
position of being passive. If they really believe God is the author of a situation and is using it to
punish them or change them, they would be fighting against Him if they resist. Yet, James 4:7 says to
resist the devil and he will flee from you. You have to submit yourself to God. This shows that certain
things are of God and certain things are of the devil. There is a force of evil in this world, and not
everything that happens in your life comes from God. If you don’t understand that, you will end up
submitting to the devil, and actually empowering Satan.
I want to bring out a passage in Romans because it is misused so often. I’ve actually been
to funerals where people don’t know anything about God, don’t go to church, and know hardly any
Scripture, but they know this one. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” This has been
interpreted to say that whatever happens in your life, God does it and works it together for good
in some way. I actually was at a funeral for a young boy and girl who had been mixing alcohol and
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drugs, got into a car, drove too fast on a slick road, slid around a corner, hit a telephone pole, and
were both killed. The preacher quoted this Scripture, “We know all things work together for good,”
and said God must have a purpose in doing this. God didn’t kill those teenagers, and in a sense, you
can’t even say the devil did it. It was the teenagers. I’m sure the devil enticed them to rebel against the
standards their parents and others had taught them, but ultimately it was their choice. They’re the
ones who did the dope and alcohol; they’re the ones that hit the telephone pole. That was a natural
thing, and God wasn’t the source of it.
What does it mean when it says “we know that all things work together for good”? First of
all, it didn’t say we know all things come from God and work together for good. It says all things
work together for good but puts qualifications on it: “to them that love God.” This Scripture doesn’t
work for a person who doesn’t love God. That is so obvious that it should go without saying, but it
is amazing how people apply it toward instances like these young people who were doing drugs and
alcohol and were in total rebellion against God and His principles. This says it only works together
for good to those who love God, and to those that are the called according to his purpose.
In 1 John 3:8 it says, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.” God manifested Himself to destroy Satan’s work. That’s His purpose, and it will
only work together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose; that is,
those who are walking in this calling, are resisting the devil, and are out to destroy his works. Those
who are resisting the devil and living for God can say that regardless of what the devil does in their
lives, God can turn it around and use it for good.
We need to start discerning that God does not control everything in our lives. There is an
enemy that comes to kill, steal, and destroy, but Jesus has come to give us life. We have to choose life
and willfully recognize that God’s not guilty of everything that comes into our lives.
If God was a physical human being who did the things He is accused of, such as putting
cancer, deformities, depression, sorrow, and grief on people, I guarantee there isn’t a government
on earth that wouldn’t arrest, imprison, or try to stop Him. Yet we think God, who is much more
merciful than any person we’ve met or imagined in our lives, is going around striking people and
doing this. There are some things that are demonic attacks and some that are natural, and not all
disasters are God ordained. The insurance companies write in their policies “acts of God, such as
earthquakes and pestilence.” No, God is not the author of all these things.
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QUESTIONS
1. Read James 1:13. Does God cause men to be tempted JAMES 1:13 – Let no man
by evil? say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot
be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man.
2. Read James 1:17. Where do good gifts come from?
JAMES 1:17 – Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from
3. Read John 10:10. Who is the thief? the Father of lights, with whom
is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning.
4. Read John 10:10. What are his purposes? JOHN 10:10 – The thief
cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have
5. Read John 10:10. What is the reason Jesus came? life, and that they might have it
more abundantly.
JAMES 4:7 – Submit yourselves

6. Read James 4:7. What is the result of submitting therefore to God. Resist the
yourself to God and resisting the devil? devil, and he will flee from you.
ROMANS 8:28 – And we

know that all things work
7. Read Romans 8:28. Does Romans 8:28 say that all together for good to them that
things are from God? love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose.
ACTS 10:38 – How God

8. Read Acts 10:38. Is sickness from God? anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were
9. Read 1 John 3:8. What was the purpose that the Son oppressed of the devil; for God
of God was manifested? was with him.
1 JOHN 3:8 – He that

committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that
he might destroy the works of
the devil.
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read James 1:13. Does God cause men to be tempted by evil?

No
2. Read James 1:17. Where do good gifts come from?

The Father of lights
3. Read John 10:10. Who is the thief?

The devil
4. Read John 10:10. What are his purposes?

To steal, kill, and destroy
5. Read John 10:10. What is the reason Jesus came?

To give us life more abundantly
6. Read James 4:7. What is the result of submitting yourself to God and resisting the devil?
He will flee from me
7. Read Romans 8:28. Does Romans 8:28 say that all things are from God?
No
8. Read Acts 10:38. Is sickness from God?

No
9. Read 1 John 3:8. What was the purpose that the Son of God was manifested?
To destroy the works of the devil

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LESSON 14
THE POWER OF A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE
By Don Krow
Mark 16:15-16 is known as the Great Commission. Jesus said to His disciples, “Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” In Acts 8, verse 5 and 12, we see how this
commission was worked out through the preaching of Philip in Samaria. “Then Philip went
down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them…But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.”
The question is, did these people of Samaria become Christians according to Mark
16:15-16? Yes, they did. Philip went to the city of Samaria, preached Jesus Christ, and through
faith in Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. According to the Great Commission,
we could say these people were saved, but had they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
The Bible speaks about John baptizing in water, but only Jesus Christ could baptize with
the Holy Spirit. According to the Scripture, people believed, were saved, and water baptized,
but they had never received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:14-17 says, “Now when the
apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto
them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”
We can see from the scriptures that just because a person has believed, been baptized,
and saved doesn’t mean they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has come
into their lives—in John 20:22 we see that the Holy Spirit regenerated the disciples—but it was
on the Day of Pentecost that they were baptized with the Holy Spirit and empowered by God.
There is a difference between the quickening of the Holy Spirit in salvation and the baptism of
the Holy Spirit when He comes upon an individual. There is an immersion in the Holy Spirit
that comes upon individuals and empowers them. Even though a person has been saved, it
doesn’t mean they have been baptized with the Holy Spirit.
In Acts 19:1-2 it states, “And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said
unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, we have not
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.” Paul said, “Have you received the Holy Spirit
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since you believed?” They said, “We don’t know anything about a Holy Spirit.” Paul said, “If you
weren’t baptized with the Holy Spirit when you believed, what were you baptized with?” They
said, “We were baptized with John’s baptism.” I believe Paul explained more perfectly about
Jesus being the Christ, and these believers then identified with Jesus through water baptism. In
verses 6-7 it says, “And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon them;
and they spake with tongues and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve.”
Even though these people were disciples who believed in the Messiah who was to come,
they hadn’t been baptized with the Holy Spirit. A person can be born again and water baptized
without having been baptized in the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate and
distinct experience from conversion.
Although I can baptize a person in water, I can’t baptize them in the Holy Spirit; only
Jesus can do that. If you have never asked Jesus to baptize you with the Holy Spirit, why don’t
you ask Him now? Luke 11:13 says, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
Why don’t you ask Him today?
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QUESTIONS
1. Read Mark 16:16. Now read Acts 8:5 and 12. Did the MARK 16:16 – He that
people described in Acts 8:12 become Christians? believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
2. Read Acts 8:14-16. Had these people received the ACTS 8:5 – Then Philip went
baptism with the Holy Spirit? down to the city of Samaria,
and preached Christ unto them.
ACTS 8:12 – But when they

believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the kingdom
of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
ACTS 8:14-16 – Now when

the apostles which were at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and
John: [15] Who, when they
were come down, prayed for
them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost: [16] (For as
yet he was fallen upon none of
them: only they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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3. Read Acts 19:1-5. Are these people believers? ACTS 19:1-5 – And it came
to pass, that, while Apollos was
at Corinth, Paul having passed
through the upper coasts came
to Ephesus: and finding certain
disciples, [2] He said unto
them, Have ye received the
Holy Ghost since ye believed?
And they said unto him, We
have not so much as heard
whether there be any Holy
Ghost. [3] And he said unto
them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Unto
John’s baptism. [4] Then said
Paul, John verily baptized with
the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people, that
they should believe on him
which should come after him,
that is, on Christ Jesus. [5]
When they heard this, they
were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.
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4. Read Acts 19:6-7. Had they received the baptism of ACTS 19:6-7 – And when
the Holy Spirit? Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost
came on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied.
5. Read Luke 11:13. What does Luke 11:13 say we need [7] And all the men were
to do to receive the Holy Spirit? about twelve.
LUKE 11:13 – If ye then, being

evil, know how to give good
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in gifts unto your children: how
tongues, what are they doing? much more shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. When a person speaks in 1 CORINTHIANS 14:2 –
tongues, what are they doing? For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God:
for no man understandeth
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16-17. When a person speaks him; howbeit in the spirit he
in tongues, what are they doing? speaketh mysteries.
For if I pray in an unknown
9. Read Acts 2:4. When someone speaks in tongues, tongue, my spirit prayeth, but
is the Holy Spirit speaking or the personal my understanding is unfruitful.
individual speaking?
1 CORINTHIANS 14:16-17 –
Else when thou shalt bless
with the spirit, how shall he
10. Read Acts 2:4. Who is giving utterance to the person? that occupieth the room of
the unlearned say Amen at
thy giving of thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou
sayest? [17] For thou verily
givest thanks well, but the other
is not edified.
ACTS 2:4 – And they were

all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
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1. Read Mark 16:16. Now read Acts 8:5, 12. Did the people described in Acts 8:12
become Christians?
Yes
2. Read Acts 8:14-16. Had these people received the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
No
3. Read Acts 19:1-5. Are these people believers?

Yes
4. Read Acts 19:6-7. Had they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
No
NOTE: This shows this experience to be distinct from salvation.
5. Read Luke 11:13. What does Luke 11:13 say we need to do to receive the Holy Spirit?
Ask
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
Speaking to God and speaking mysteries
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
Their spirit is praying to God
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16-17. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
Blessing God with their spirit and giving thanks (praising God)
9. Read Acts 2:4. When someone speaks in tongues, is the Holy Spirit speaking or the
personal individual speaking?
The person is speaking
10. Read Acts 2:4. Who is giving utterance to the person?

The Holy Spirit

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LESSON 15
HOW TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
By Don Krow
We’re going to talk today about how to receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 10:1 says, “There was
a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band.” This
was a military rank, probably a captain over a regiment. Verse 2 continues, “A devout man, and
one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God
always.” He was righteous, did things that were right, feared God, gave much money to people
in need, and the Bible says he prayed to God always. But we are going to find out, and it will be
amazing, that even though he did things right, even though he feared God, and had a prayer
life, he didn’t have a personal relationship with God though Jesus Christ.
It says in verses 3-6, “He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day [about
three o’clock in the afternoon] an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy
prayers and thine alms [giving] are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to
Joppa, and call for one Simon whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose
house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do” (brackets mine).
This man, although he was God-fearing, righteous as far as doing things that
were right, and had a prayer life before God, was sent an angel who told him to send for
Simon Peter who would tell him what he must do. We see in Acts 10:43 exactly what Peter
was instructed to tell him: “To give him all the prophets witness, that through his name
[through the name of the Lord Jesus] whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of
sins” (brackets mine). Isn’t this amazing? This man who had all these things to his credit
didn’t have a personal relationship with God through the person of Jesus Christ. God said,
“The things you’re doing are great, they’re wonderful, and they are a memorial before me,
but I tell you what I’m going to do. I’ve sent an angel down to tell you to send for a man
named Peter, and he will tell you what you must do.” In Acts 10:43, when Peter went to
Cornelius’ house, he said, “Whosoever believeth in him [the Lord Jesus Christ] shall receive
the remission of sins” (brackets mine).
Now look what happened here. “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word” (Acts 10:44). Cornelius was receiving as he heard of faith in
Christ, and he put his faith in Christ for the remission of his sins. As soon as he did, the Holy
Spirit fell upon him and all those that were in that house. It says in verse 45, “And they of the
circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
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Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.” How did they know that? “For they heard
them speak with tongues, and magnify God” (verse 46).
Every time the Holy Spirit falls on an individual in the New Testament, a gift of the Holy
Spirit manifests and gives evidence that they have received the infilling of the Spirit. In the New
Testament, they usually spoke in tongues or prophesied.
I got down on my knees one evening in a field in Dallas, Texas, and said, “God, I don’t
know about all this speaking in tongues and the baptism in the Holy Spirit that people are talking
about, but if there’s a way I can praise you, a way I can magnify you, a way I can go beyond my
human English language, I want it. I started worshiping God, and as I did, the Holy Spirit gave
me a language, an utterance that I hadn’t known or learned. The Bible says in Acts 2:4, “And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.” Who did the speaking? They did. Who gave the utterance? The Holy Spirit.
Luke 11:13 says, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” All you have to do
right now is ask, believe that you receive, yield yourself to God, begin to worship the Lord, and He
will give you an utterance to worship and praise Him in a language you have never learned.
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QUESTIONS
1. Describe some of the terms that the Bible uses for salvation. JOHN 3:3 – Jesus answered
and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born again, he cannot
2. Read Acts 11:15. How does this verse describe the see the kingdom of God.
experience of the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
ACTS 3:19 – Repent ye
therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted
out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
MARK 16:16 – He that

believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
COLOSSIANS 2:13 – And

you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of
your flesh, hath he quickened
together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses.
ROMANS 8:9 – But ye are

not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if
any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his.
MATTHEW 25:46 – And these

shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.
ACTS 11:15 – And as I began

to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on
them, as on us at the beginning.
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3. Jesus’ disciples received the Holy Spirit (John 20:22), JOHN 20:22 – And when he
but a few days later were actually baptized with the had said this, he breathed on
Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). Look at and compare these them, and saith unto them,
facts (John 20:22 and Acts 2:1-4). Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
ACTS 2:1-4 – And when

the day of Pentecost was fully
come, they were all with one
accord in one place. [2] And
suddenly there came a sound
from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all
the house where they were
sitting. [3] And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like
as of fire, and it sat upon each
of them. [4] And they were
them utterance.
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4. Read Acts 1:8. What is the purpose of the baptism ACTS 1:8 – But ye shall
with the Holy Spirit? receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in
5. Read Acts 2:38-39 and 1 Corinthians 1:7. Is the all Judaea, and in Samaria,
baptism with the Holy Spirit for us today? and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
ACTS 2:38-39 – Then Peter

6. Read Luke 11:13. If you have not received the baptism said unto them, Repent, and
with the Holy Spirit, what should you now do? be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy
7. Read Acts 2:4. Will you ask, receive, speak, and Ghost. [39] For the promise is
worship God in the prayer language that God gives you? unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord our
God shall call.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:7 – So
that ye come behind in no gift;
waiting for the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
LUKE 11:13 – If ye then,

being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?
ACTS 2:4 – And they were

them utterance.
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ANSWER KEY
1. Describe some of the terms that the Bible uses for salvation.
Being born again (John 3:3), conversion (Acts 3:19), believing and being baptized
(Mark 16:16), having been forgiven (Col. 2:13), having received the Spirit of Christ
(Rom. 8:9), and eternal life (Matt. 25:46)
2. Read Acts 11:15. How does this verse describe the experience of the baptism with the
Holy Spirit?
As the Holy Spirit falling on someone
3. Jesus’ disciples received the Holy Spirit (John 20:22), but a few days later were actually
baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). Look at and compare these facts (John 20:22
and Acts 2:1-4).
In John 20:22, the disciples received the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2:1-4, the very same disciples
were then filled with the Holy Spirit (which is an inward and outward immersion)

See Acts 1:8.
4. Read Acts 1:8. What is the purpose of the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
To empower for service (or witness)
5. Read Acts 2:38-39 and 1 Corinthians 1:7. Is the baptism with the Holy Spirit for us today?
Yes. The gifts of the Holy Spirit will cease at the second coming of Christ, but not until then
6. Read Luke 11:13. If you have not received the baptism with the Holy Spirit, what should
you now do?
Ask for it
7. Read Acts 2:4. Will you ask, receive, speak and worship God in the prayer language that
God gives you?
Yes, I will speak, but the Holy Spirit will give me the utterance (the language)

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LESSON 16
THE BENEFITS OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES
By Andrew Wommack
One of the things that happened when the baptism of the Holy Spirit first came was that
all the people who were there spoke in tongues. Acts 2:4 says that on the Day of Pentecost, they
were filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Consistently all the way through the book of Acts, there was a manifestation of God’s presence
when the people received the Holy Spirit.
Of course, there is much more to the Holy Spirit than speaking in tongues, but it
is one of the important manifestations. First Corinthians 14:13-14 says, “Wherefore let him
that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he might interpret. For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.” When you pray in tongues, your
spirit prays. Once you speak in tongues, pray that you interpret so your understanding will
become fruitful.
I can give my own personal testimony that when I received the baptism of the Holy
Ghost and started speaking in tongues, it changed my life dramatically. I believe when I got
born again, Christ came to live inside of me and He deposited everything there, but when the
Holy Spirit came upon me, it started to manifest to me and other people. There are a couple of
things that happened. The first year I prayed in tongues, my mind told me it was crazy, that all
I was doing was wasting time. It took faith for me to pray in tongues, which is the reason Jude
20 says you build yourself up in your most holy faith. It takes you out of natural thinking and
reasoning and puts you into a supernatural realm of faith.
Another thing I experienced was that when I prayed in tongues, people I hadn’t thought
of for years would come to my remembrance. I’d start praying for them, and within a day or two,
they would contact me and I’d find that something miraculous had happened. This happened
so many times that I finally began to put these things together and realized that when I was
praying in tongues, I was praying with wisdom that went beyond my mental ability. My spirit
that knew all things and had the mind of Christ was praying for people in ways that I could
never do with my own physical understanding.
One day I was praying in tongues—as I said, it took faith for me to pray in tongues—and
I was battling some thoughts like, You could be speaking in English and doing some good instead
of speaking this gibberish. I had to deal with these thoughts and put them down, and I just kept
praying. A guy I hadn’t seen for four years knocked on my door. He came in, didn’t say hello
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or anything, sat down, and began to cry and pour out his heart because he was having a lot of
problems. I sat there thinking, Boy, I should have been praying in English. My next thought was,
How would I have known to pray for him when I hadn’t seen him in four years? Finally, it just
dawned on me that I had been praying, and God had been preparing me. I had been interceding
for him in a way that I couldn’t have done if I were praying with my understanding. Suddenly, a
revelation began to come to me and I told him, “I can tell you what your problem is.” I finished
his story for him and gave him his answer.
You have to understand that this was back when I was in a denominational church. He
didn’t know what had happened to me and I wasn’t sure. It scared us both. But it was the power
of God in manifestation, and He used it supernaturally. That is what this means: When you pray
in tongues, it’s your spirit praying. Your spirit has been born again, has the mind of Christ, and
knows exactly what to do. It has an unction (anointing) from God so that you know all things,
and there is no limitation in your spirit. If you could walk in the power and revelation of your
spirit, it would transform your physical life. One way of doing that, though not the only way,
is to just start speaking in tongues. Recognize and believe that when you do, you’re building
yourself up in your most holy faith, that your spirit is praying the hidden wisdom of God, and
the perfect revelation of God is coming. Then, according to 1 Corinthians 14:13, pray that you
can interpret. That doesn’t mean you have to stop praying in tongues and pray in English to
interpret; it just means your understanding becomes fruitful.
If you give a message in tongues in a church service, you have to stop and interpret
in English. When you’re praying by yourself, what I do is pray in tongues and trust that God
is giving me revelation. Sometimes my attitude just changes. I don’t have a specific word, but
suddenly I see things clearly and get a different perspective. It may take a week before I get the
full revelation, but I believe the time spent praying in tongues and believing I interpret is a part
of it.
Speaking in tongues is important for many reasons, certainly more than to prove you’ve
received the Holy Spirit. It should be a part of everyday life. It is a way to communicate directly
from your heart to the Father, bypassing your brain with its doubts and fears. It builds you up
in your most holy faith and releases the hidden wisdom of God. I just pray that all of you will
be able to flow in this, release your faith, and receive the full benefit of speaking in tongues.
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QUESTIONS
1. Read Jude 1:20. What great benefit is received by JUDE 1:20 – But ye, beloved,
praying in the Holy Ghost? building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost.
2. Read Acts 2:4. How many people were filled with the ACTS 2:4 – And they were
Holy Spirit? all filled with the Holy Ghost,
them utterance.
3. Read Acts 2:4. What did they do as a result of being filled?
For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but
4. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. What part of you is praying my understanding is unfruitful.
when you pray in an unknown tongue?
For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh
5. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in an not unto men, but unto God:
unknown tongue, who are they speaking to? for no man understandeth
him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries.
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person prays in an 1 CORINTHIANS 14:4 – He
unknown tongue, do people understand what is being said? that speaketh in an unknown
tongue edifieth himself; but
he that prophesieth edifieth
the church.
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When you pray in an
unknown tongue, your spirit is speaking what? 1 CORINTHIANS 14:16 –
Else when thou shalt bless
with the spirit, how shall he
that occupieth the room of
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:4. When you pray in tongues, the unlearned say Amen at
you do what? thy giving of thanks, seeing
he understandeth not what
thou sayest?
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ANSWER KEY
1. Read Jude 20. What great benefit is received by praying in the Holy Ghost?
When I pray in the Holy Ghost, I build myself up
2. Read Acts 2:4. How many people were filled with the Holy Spirit?
All of them
3. Read Acts 2:4. What did they do as a result of being filled?

They spoke in tongues
3. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. What part of you is praying when you pray in an unknown tongue?
My spirit is praying
4. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in an unknown tongue who is he

speaking to?
God
5. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person prays in an unknown tongue, do people

understand what is being said?
No
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When you pray in an unknown tongue, your spirit is speaking what?
Mysteries, secret things (New Century Version), intimacies just between me and God
(The Message)
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:4. When you pray in tongues, you do what?

Edify myself (build myself up)
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16. When you pray in tongues you are doing what?
Blessing and giving thanks to God

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8. Read Ephesians 2:5. What did God do for us while we

9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?

1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone be in Christ, they are what?

2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What happened to the old things?

3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What things have become new?

5. Read Ephesians 2:2. As an unbeliever, how did you walk, or live?

6. Read Ephesians 2:3-5. What is God rich in?

7. Read Ephesians 2:4. Why is God so merciful?

9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?

13. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is this a past, present, or future condition?

1 JOHN 5:12 – He that hath

EPHESIANS 1:6 – To the

2. Read Ephesians 3:17. Where does Christ now dwell?

3. Read Ephesians 3:17. How does this happen?

4. Read 1 John 5:12. Who must we possess to have salvation?

7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. Whose righteousness do we possess?

9. Read Ephesians 1:6. How were we accepted?

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HEBREWS 10:14 – For

8. To trust Jesus to be your personal Savior, you must

6. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness is received:

7. What does the word “gift” imply?

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JOSHUA 1:8 – This book

MATTHEW 4:4 – But he

EPHESIANS 6:17 – And take

ROMANS 8:6 – For to be

2. Read Joshua 1:8. When should we meditate on God’s Word?

3. Read John 6:63. According to this verse, God’s Word is __________________ .

5. Read Ephesians 6:17. God’s Word is like what kind of weapon?

6. Can a sword do damage to its enemy?

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JAMES 4:7 – Submit yourselves

ROMANS 8:28 – And we

ACTS 10:38 – How God

1 JOHN 3:8 – He that

1. Read James 1:13. Does God cause men to be tempted by evil?

2. Read James 1:17. Where do good gifts come from?

3. Read John 10:10. Who is the thief?

4. Read John 10:10. What are his purposes?

5. Read John 10:10. What is the reason Jesus came?

8. Read Acts 10:38. Is sickness from God?

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ACTS 8:12 – But when they

ACTS 8:14-16 – Now when

LUKE 11:13 – If ye then, being

ACTS 2:4 – And they were

3. Read Acts 19:1-5. Are these people believers?

NOTE: This shows this experience to be distinct from salvation.

10. Read Acts 2:4. Who is giving utterance to the person?

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MARK 16:16 – He that

COLOSSIANS 2:13 – And

ROMANS 8:9 – But ye are

MATTHEW 25:46 – And these

ACTS 11:15 – And as I began

ACTS 2:1-4 – And when

ACTS 2:38-39 – Then Peter