Relationship to The Scriptures

In this part of the sermon: He reviews previous sermons, reiterating the interpretive principle that teaching portions of Scripture regulate understanding of historical accounts, and four foundational…

Compares avoiding excesses in the Spirit's work by ignoring Him to freezing to death to avoid fire, or having no heater to prevent a fire, arguing for a 'happy mean' in engaging with the Spirit's work.

Some people are so anxious to make sure they never go off into excessive aspects of the Spirit's work, they totally ignore His work. Well, the one safe way to make sure you never get burned by fire is to freeze to death. But I think there's a happy mean. We're trying to strike one of them by putting in a new heating system and causing you a little inconvenience.

6:54 - 7:16 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin shares a personal anecdote from a retreat where he observed a supposed work of the Spirit that lacked any clear presentation or glorification of Christ, concluding it was…

Martin recounts observing a meeting at a ladies' retreat where people engaged in repetitive singing and emotional displays, but without any clear exposition of Christ or Scripture, leading him to conclude it was not the work of the Holy Spirit.

I had to preach at a ladies' retreat at a conference ground where there was another retreat going on simultaneously. And there was a meeting going on Friday evening. It was supposed to be a meeting in which the Holy Ghost was present in real power. Everybody supposed he was getting blessed.

11:12 - 11:30 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Introducing the fifth principle, Martin expounds John 14-17, showing how Christ identifies the Comforter as the 'Spirit of truth' and declares both Himself and God's Word as…

An analogy of identifying Mr. Jones by his 'big smile and red checkered jacket' to explain how Christ's identification of the Comforter as the 'Spirit of truth' means the Spirit is inseparably linked to truth.

Back up to verse 12. I have many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now, how be it, when the Spirit of truth is come, he shall guide you, and to all the truth he shall not speak from himself, but what things whoever he shall hear, this shall he speak. Three times in this teaching portion on the work of the Spirit, our Lord identifies the Comforter as the Spirit of truth. That would be like if I were to say to my kids, now kids, when Mr. Jones comes to the house, the man with a big smile and a red checkered jacket he will give you some candy. Now if I talk to them that way, the ki...

17:46 - 18:45 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He demonstrates that the Spirit of Truth inspired the Old Testament (2 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16) and promised to inspire the New Testament through the apostles (John 14:26…

Compares the Holy Spirit's 'dictation' in inspiration to a person dictating to a typist, arguing that it doesn't make the human author a 'robot' but ensures accuracy while allowing personality.

all the truth. Now they were conscious of this that's why Paul could say in 1 Corinthians 2 and verse 13 as that apostle born out of due time he could say the things we speak we speak not in words which man's wisdom teacheth but in words which the Holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual with spiritual. He was conscious that the very words he used to express divine truth were under the direction and in that sense I'm not reluctant to use the word dictation of the Holy Spirit I know some people don't like it you know that makes man a robot well it doesn't I have someone who does my dictation I d...

31:35 - 33:03 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin identifies the incarnation of Christ and the inspiration of Scripture as the Spirit's two once-for-all works. He then presents 1 John 4 (confession of Christ in the flesh)…

Martin recounts missionary Raymond Frame's experience in China with a native preacher claiming spiritual power, whose doctrine led to emotional experiences but contradicted biblical truth. Frame tested the 'spirit' using 1 John 4, revealing it to be demonic, underscoring the importance of testing spirits against the truth of Christ's incarnation.

It's the spirit of antichrist. Now there was a group of missionaries in China who were forced to take this seriously. And I'm giving you now in a couple of minutes the digest of an incident referred to in a tape by Mr. Raymond Frame, missionary of OMF, formerly China Inland Mission, who was in China prior to the taking over of China by the communists.

38:48 - 39:15 Read in full sermon

The point: Beware of false spirits of love that psychologically and emotionally defuse people, making them susceptible to error.

Quotes the saying that 'the devil will float 1% error on a log of 99% truth' to warn against underestimating the subtlety of error and the need for discernment.

If you think the spirit of error is such that you can recognize at the first glance you're terribly naive. Someone has said the devil will float 1% error on a log of 99% truth just so long as he can get that infectious error into your spiritual bloodstream. All right, now we've laid out the principle. I've made you think hard and I think you've been with me.

46:34 - 46:55 Read in full sermon