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1 -'CCC::_ 1 : ' ' # : : 1 ( r l '!* CHARU: S FLLMCJ\E--SU1mAY DECE}m Z 1933 l' RGHTEOUS DESRE Acs 19&8-20 : ' c ' : 'c c ' 'c!: UN'TY SCHOOL OF CHR\ST\AN\T'( UN\TY ARCH\VES

2 C0 CHARLES FLLMORE--SUNDAY DECEMBEB :- RGHTEOUS DESRE : '! Acs 19:8-20 \' 1 wll call your aen1orl or jus a rew momens o l he lesson whch s ound n hs 19h chaper o Acs? We are sudyng he hsory o Paul and oday we nd hm : n Ephesus Ephesus as you know was one o he gre& ancen ces was noed ror he emple o Dana one or he seven 1 2'- +- : ' wonders o he world And comes o me ha our c1ass- j caon o he Wonders o he world have been rased! proporon o our conscousness rrom an earhly sandard o an aeral eandard or a sprual sandard We don' h ha here s LY ecal cause ror wondermen n any gree ele oday on he earh The grea wonders oday are n he ar he ransporaon he eang Co up o apace by 01r ransporaon ao11es s one o he oc :'! \

3 3 ' : : wonders o he world Elecrcy s anoher wonder and he :) : rado anoher wonder Here you can see all o he wonders oday are n he ar 1 c Kr Wlson announced ha he would lke o have you a )' he meeng a vanhoe mple ongh promply because he $ waned o close esrly He ddn' ell you why bu he rac ls he s gong o ake he ar A gals he s gong o r17 1 o New York C7J be here a 11O n he mornng sn' : : J z { ha Yonderrul' YO11 wou]dn' have beleved ha a rew years!'? ago When we lved n Ephesus--a good many o us dd--r j 7oU had old hose Epl:esans abou ha hey would }ave! 1 laughed you o scorn mpossble So we should rejoce c 1 ha we are begnnng o ge away 'rom he earh We are begnnng o ouch he nner eher n whch we &1'e gong -! J o etenuall lve We came ou o he eher now we 8r e :

4 : a - 1 gong back no Jesus has already prepared & place or hose who come up o Hs sandard so le us ge alve and begn o hnk more abou he hngs or he eher he sprual hngs 1 and no 80 much abou maeral hngs :n hs way we shall como o an undersandng o he ruh abou ourselves and abou hese grea orerunners hese so-called sans They [ were people jus as we are 6 ' { low Ephesus was a Genle cy and was gven over o c dolary super son and all-round sense lbery Hsory co [ ' Cc c :! says ha Paul spen over wo years here d here s no : doub ha he was n he begnnng lly receved He red o ge he message beore he Jews n her synagogues bu hey would no lsen o hm Fnally he wen o he school : o Tyrannus a Greek and he augh here r or he space o : wo years ):

5 '1 : J The Epsle o Paul o he Ephesans s accouned : ' * as hs mos app eel snd passonae exhoraon o rgheousness Wha he reonse was he grea aposle bas never saed remember readng once n a newspaper abou Paul du Cha11lu he Arrlcan explorer He sad once he was n New York Cy a ngh and an noxcaed man walked up and asked hm o help hm o hs hone On he way he an asked sranger wha mgh your name be'- ' ț : 8 Paul repled My l1bme s Paul 'l'he drunk a once oocbne voluble n hs pleasure a meeng Pa11l He paed hm on le beck and aslred o kss hm and when asked he cause o hs rejocng he sad he always waned o 8ee Paul and ask hm he ever go any answer o hem leers he wroe o he Ephesans Tha s he only response ha have ever heard ha he go - Now we are meaphyscally analyz1ng no only he experences : ) c: - 1 '

6 ::' 9 o hese gre eaehers o r ual ruhs bu her ṫ loeeles where hey worked They all have a sprual j sde may some hnk ha we ere drawng on our magnaon - or psrallels bu as you delve deeply no he cause o! hngs you wll rnd ha every cy represens an aggregaon C j ' o deas and here s always a domnan dea here e same hng has been rue l down he ages Now Ephesus represens he aggaon o deas peranng 10 1 r o he maeral sense worsmp o e man and as we smy : we nd ha s carred ou by s name Ephesus means desre or appeal or hngs ha ere relgous The srange L > hn s ha man nerpres hs relgous deas n maer1al ways n hs nancy bu as he grows older n spr ual undersandng he ges away rrom he sense sde no he Spr bu always has o be brough abou by some 1 rucon some gudng lgh c '

7 11 ': j h1s s he place a we nd Ephesus n oday n hs ' ' me ha aul was here--abou he Jeer 51--Ephesus was grealy n need or hs prua1 lre She had hs grea r j 1 -emple or Dana n whch housands worshped end burned 4' ncense and made o:erngs They had mes apponed n whch he devoees were -o pass be:ore he dol and he press sood wh her lle :re and he ncense and each devoee: was expeced o ake a lle pnch o ncense and bn ṭ &! 1 : c : be'ore he dol and he ddn' deah was he penaly $ :- So here n Paul's le vas a gr ea maeral obsacle o be = () me and requred grea orce o' characer and co'rage o J cr W > 1 - '- : LL 0 mee ocr -J «86 We have ha same hng n ourselves Ephsus represens Z 0:)- he desre o man or sprual hngs bu n he expresson z -- : or ha desre he reduces hs dea o a emporal base And % here s here we are warned o beware o look only o he W o 1

8 -- ' D _- : - C :\: ': : sprual sde low he power o he Spr was mal1es n Paul's word [ 1 : He dd erch he ruh bu he resuls were no caalogued He au& and we ere old ha all persons n Asa and Asa *0- Mnor had he ruh gven o h Bu hov many receved ha ruh? How many ool: as wan nended n Spr? : No very many They?l en ed he ouer manesaon They waned he sgns So we &re old ha God wrough speca acles by he hands o Paul n oher wards Paul healed He had he Spr he knew hovl o make conac wh hs ' nner lle arce and hs body lke b o Jesus was :c : charged wh sprual energy- le ere old l1a nsomuch l r ha uno he sck were carred awy rom hs body : or aprons and he BB eases depared om hem and he evl xo sprs wen oun Ths s a common occurrence among hose who have developed *

9 15 aprunl magnesm you wll or sprlunll1e ey have he poler o mpar o all hngs There ere culs? n he \vorld oday sendng ou blessed srcles or aprons and handkerches ha have been blessed by hose who are 1 \ supposed o be sprually endowed We don' advocae hs pracce o Paul's don' know ha he dd They jus probably# saw hs power and begged or hose hngs ' 1 Ve hav6 n o'ur Uny work persons consanly asklng J 16 ' ' : us o bless ceran Ercles o clohng nd send o hem o pu aro-und abou her &11n bodes Ths s a roundabou way o he Spjr o ruh Tre ac s ha we have whn 1 us ye undeveloped power bu le cn use he orce o h1 nne le snd ncorporae no our conscousness would a\1aken hese sleepng acules and we n urn : would genere ha sprual le whch belongs o everyone 1' o us - '

10 E J7 : 1 :: loy hs lne o copy s exempled agan n hese people They ddn' ge a he prncple hey go he eec We are old ha ceran srollng Jevs ook upon hem o name over hose who had evl sprs he name o Jesus sayng : adjure you by Jesus Y/hom Paul preaclreh You see hey } j dldn have any conscousness n hemse1ves So we have a way : o lookng o ohers ar he expresson or hs nner power : and we don' ge resuls There s always a reacon ṭ 18 c ' r - Ve are old ha hele were seven sorls o one Sceva c a Je7 n che pres who dd hs and he man wh he '!: evl spr sad Jesus blow and Paul r know bu who { \ are ye? And he Lun n whom he evl spr was -1eaped on! hem 81ld ne-sered boh o hem Gnd prevaled agans hem :! so ha hey 1 :d ou o ha house nalred Blld wo-lndedn : : You Can call l1ell evl sprs bu hey are error hou[!)ls ha have become xed n conscousness and hey

11 ' : 11'\ C\ 1 ' won' recognze anyh1n bu n superor hough They won' reac o r:h:1 oher say does no good o ake n 8 ceran & \ saenen o Truh ha has done marvelous hngs ror ohers a-'r1d MenaJly repea o ge he smne resuls You won' do -j j unless 'You develop he po\ver mh1n you as hese ohers!- have done ' s n good deal lke a rad1o rece1 v1ng se You mus!! have 'Y ubes all all ve You mus ma1re he proper conac 20 Then you can roll orh he musc you can express he lle! and he lgh and he hee11ng power So we see ha we mgh z - r '= ge some very prorable lessons ou o hese experences o cncj) } :1:> :rw ' Paul's We n'ls be 1lled wh he Holy Ghos or he Holy 0 8 Sp' as Paulr as n O'der o do hese works and we {!!! * ' :::z should know also wha some 01 he elemens are ha lead up o h1s Holy Spr expresson You should no do he g se1shly nor you should no do w1h an opposng combave

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