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                          THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD

The title of this CD is The Greatest Book in the World.  I'll be quoting scriptures from the King James Bible.  

My name is Fred Hoehn.  I've been a Christian since I was 4 yrs. old.  The Lord Jesus baptized me with his Holy Spirit when I was about 13 or 14.  There is a calling on my life and an anointing from God to preach and teach.  It's not just something I want to do, it's something God wants me to do, and I don't dare say no to God.  The Bible says the fear of G is the beginning of wisdom.     (Pr xx)  

The Lord made me a promise when I was a youth.  He told me that my seed would be as the sand of the sea.  I'll win many souls for Jesus.  I'll get many people healed.  I'll get many people baptized with the Holy Spirit of God.  I'll cast out demons from people.  I'll help people go to heaven.

Now, we send our children to school, and one of the first things they're taught is the alphabet, the letters from a to z.  Why do we want our children to know the alphabet?  Because they need it for reading.  

If you're in the medical profession, you have medical books.  If you're a lawyer, you have legal books.  If you're an engineer, you have engineering books with engineering formulas in them.  If you're a housewife, you probably have a cookbook in your kitchen with recipes for how to make a pumpkin pie and things.  

A construction inspector needs his National Electrical Code.   

My career was in electronics, and I have books on that subject.  Someone might say, "Well, I'm a farmer, and I don't need books."  Well, I guess you could be a farmer and not use books, but there are lots of books on the subject, and probably you'd make more profit with your farm if you'd read some books on the subject.  "Every prudent man deals with knowledge," the Bible says. 

There are no doubt professional people who depend heavily on their books to use in their work.  If something happened to those books, they would go out and buy replacement books.

But there's one book that stands out from them all.  Above every other book in the world, is the Holy Bible.  If a law were passed that you could only have one book, the book you should have is the Bible.  Every book has an author who wrote the book.  The author of the Bible is God.  

But someone might say, "No, men wrote the Bible."  If I sit down at a typewriter and type a letter to my friend, would you then say, "Oh, Fred's typewriter wrote a letter?"  That would be incorrect.  No, the typewriter simply reproduced on paper my keystrokes.  The typewriter did no writing.  I'm the author of the letter.  

Similarly, men were just the typewriters that God used to write the Bible.  "Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," the Bible says.  Men spoke and they wrote what God wanted them to say.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God..." the Bible says.  

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.  Those are called your minor prophet books in the Bible.  Each of those guys was probably a smart guy, but the only reason we need to know what they had to say is that they were speaking for God.  That's why those men are important, because they were messengers from God to us.  

God's book, the Bible, tells us how we got here in the Book of Genesis.  In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.  On the sixth day, God created the first human being, Adam.  On the seventh day, God rested. 

That man, Charles Darwin, who thought we got here some other way was dead wrong, and is no doubt burning in hell at this time, for it is written, "All liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone."  Darwin's friends, who have followed his lies and rejected God and the Bible, will share hell with Darwin.     

Adam and his wife, Eve, sinned against God by eating a fruit God had said not to eat.  With sin came death, and they were put out of the Garden of Eden.    

The Bible tells us about the greatest man who ever lived on earth, The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, says John 3:16.  Now there are other scriptures that say we Christians are sons of God, but we're not sons of God in the same way Jesus is.  Jesus was present with God at the creation of the world, even before the first man, Adam.  

In the Old Testament, the people were told to sacrifice animals for their sins.  But then, about 2,000 years ago, God sent his Son Jesus from heaven to earth.  He came to earth as a baby, born of a virgin.  He lived a sinless life.  He taught the people, healed the sick, raised the dead, cast demons out of people.  False accusers and an unjust judge got him crucified on the cross.  The blood of Jesus paid our sin debt.  They put his body in a tomb.  The third day, God raised Jesus from the dead.  He now sits at the right hand of God in heaven.    

No greater man has ever lived, an no man will ever surpass Jesus in greatness.  

In John chapter 3, Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews came to Jesus at night.  Jesus got right to the point, and told him, "You must be born again."  Everyone gets born once, but you have to get born-again.

You could say, "But what if I don't get born-again?"  Well, then you end up in hell for the rest of eternity, and eternity has no end.  

Someone could say, "That seems pretty brutal."  No doubt it's very brutal to be in hell, but you see, God has made arrangements so that we don't have to go to hell.  The arrangement God has made for us is Jesus.  Please accept my Jesus as your savior.  Say a little prayer telling him you accept him as Lord and Savior.  He will hear from heaven, and you won't go to hell, if you stick with Jesus.  

Romans 3:23 tells us, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

Romans 6:23 tells us, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Romans 10:9,10 tells us, "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you're saved, for with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made for salvation.  

This is the gospel message, the good news from God.

Jesus said, "Broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there are who go that way, but restricted is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and few there are who find it." (Matt chapt 7)  Jesus tells us that most people go to hell, but you don't have to be one of them.

Confess Jesus with your mouth, and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, and you're saved, you're a Christian. 

Don't put it off until some other time.  "Now is the day of salvation," the Bible says.   

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In 2 Timothy 2:15, we are told to Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that doesn't need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  God's word must be rightly divided.  We do that by comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.  The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself.

This 2 Tim 2:15 is the Apostle Paul in a letter to a young man, Timothy.  But it's not just young Christians who need to study the Bible, no, it's all Christians. 
 
Smith Wigglesworth was an important man of God a century ago.  He recommended not reading Bible commentaries.  I believe he's right.  

A professing Christian I met in California had what he thought was a very good Bible commentary.  As he was showing me something in his commentary, it was basically explaining away a miracle Jesus had done.  No, I don't need a commentary that explains away a miracle as though it wasn't really a miracle of the Bible.

Someone else referred to an expository dictionary of New Testament words.  I was looking at that book, and it tried to say how it was actually O.K. to call men father on earth, even though Jesus said, "Call no man father on earth."  So, I'm not going to use that book that teaches contrary to the Bible.  

And we are told to "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," in Philippians 2:12

God doesn't want us to be sloppy Christians.  If you've only been a Christian for 2 or 3 days, you probably don't know many scriptures.  But people who've been Christians for a long time should be able to tell others what the Bible says on various subjects.  

If someone asks you where in the Bible is a certain book of the Bible, can you tell them whether it's in the New or Old Testament?

Not long ago, on the TV program Jeopardy, the question was asked, "What vocation is referred to in the 23rd Psalm?"  Do you know?  It starts out, "The Lord is my shepherd."

We Christians are given instuctions in Ephesians chapter 6 to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, to Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

 Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

One Bible teacher has said, these are the four categories of demons.  

 Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
 Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
 Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
 Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God.  That's why we need to know the Word of God.  In the days when wars were fought with swords, no soldier would go to battle leaving his sword at home.  No, the enemy will have their swords.  You'll be at a serious disadvantage without your sword, the word of God.    

 Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

In Thessalonians, we're told to pray without ceasing.  Just don't stop praying.  

Jesus said, "Men ought always to pray and not faint."  And Jesus himself prayed a lot while he was on earth, sometimes rising early in the morning to pray, or sometimes praying all night.  

Tim Ruthven came to the U.S. from New Zealand with a message from the Lord for American Christians.  The Lord told him to teach about "quiet time."  Have a time every day for seeking the Lord, and you can read some in the Bible.  Of course, we can pray all through the day, and we should, but have a special time each day for seeking the Lord.

For most people, it's probably best to do that early in the morning.  If it doesn't get done in the morning, it might not get done at all that day.  Enough days without seeking the Lord, and you'll become weak as a Christian.  The enemy loves to find a weak Christian.

The Bible says the devil goes around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he can devour.  

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On the last track there, I mentioned taking the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.

When Jesus began his earthly ministry, the Bible tells us how Satan came and tempted him three times.  Each of those times, Jesus answered Satan with scripture.  Jesus said to Satan, "Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written," and then Jesus quoted scripture to Satan.  We should be ready to do like Jesus, and use the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God against the enemy.  

Now in Acts 10:38, the Bible says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."  

This scripture shows us that Satan, or, the devil, is the oppressor of people, but Jesus is the healer.  

I spoke a moment ago about casting out of demons.  I quoted Luke 10:19, where Jesus gave us authority to cast out demons, and Mark chapter 16, where Jesus said believers are supposed to cast out demons.  

How is that done, the casting out of demons?  It's done the same way that Jesus did the casting out of demons, or devils.  You open your mouth, and command them to go in the name of Jesus.  Let's say the person needing deliverance is deaf and dumb.  They can't hear, and they can't talk.  You say, "You deaf and dumb spirit, I command you to come out in the name of Jesus."

But when Jesus cast demons out of people, he said four things.  He commanded the demons to come out, and not to return to that person, and not to hurt the person, and to hold their peace, or in other words, be silent & not say anything.  We don't need to hear what demons have to say.   

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Now there is a problem that men have that doesn't seem to be as much of a problem for women, and I mean pornography.

Jesus said, "He that looks at a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."  So we see that pornography is sin.  

Another scripture in I John 
 1Jo 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
 1Jo 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
 1Jo 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

I mentioned God wants his Christians to have the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the speaking in unknown tongues.  When you ask God for that, don't expect him to take control of your lips & tongue & vocal chords.  

The importance of claiming Bible promises out loud over self & family & for finances

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