KEYS TO THE OUTPOURING OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT

CHAPTER FOUR

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<And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, what meaneth this? Others mocking said, these men are full of new wine. But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.” (Acts 2:1-18).

FALSE CLAIMS OF PENTECOSTAL ARTICLE

May the Lord add the blessing to the reading of His precious Word? For a subject: “Keys to the Outpouring of The Spirit.” There are many today that profess around the world, to have the article of Pentecost, but have no knowledge about the Keys to that Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I believe that a people who has the genuine article will know something about the Keys. And I want to show in a few scriptures how the keys were employed, and without the keys of the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, nobody could have received the article of Pentecost.

To receive the article of Pentecost, after the first coming of the Lord, a man had to come in contact with those keys, and the keys are useless, without a hand to turn it. If you drop the keys before your door, and just command the keys to open the door, it would not work like that. It takes the correct hand to turn the keys, and only then the keys are of any value. Millions today claim the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the article of Pentecost, and they even work signs, wonders and miracles, and they think the initial evidence of the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues, some think that it is the fruits of the Spirit, and these same people that claim the article of Pentecost live contrary to the Word of God.

St John 16:13 <…when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…>

Because it is the Spirit of truth. And what we have today is a multitude of people, professing to have God tabernacled in them, like the early church, and live contrary to the Word of God, they are even baptized wrong. That is the first commandment that was given by Brother Peter after the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Sprit fell.

Acts 2:38 <…Repent, and 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 Ghost.>

And there are people today that refuse the Name of Jesus Christ in baptism, and claim the article of Pentecost, now that is a false claim. There are women with high heeled shoes, condemned by Isaiah 3.

Isaiah 3:16 <…walking and mincing as they go…>

There are women today with pants on, right in the Full Gospel churches, chopped off hair, mini skirts, wearing shorts, half-naked and claim to have the Holy Ghost. Now that is not the Holy Ghost, it is a dirty ghost. They live in adultery, live in fornication, and the pastor himself cannot say anything about it, even because he has a nasty ghost too, even because he is guilty of adultery and fornication, his very wife is attired in the wrong type of clothes with paints as Jezebel, bobbed hair, slits in their clothing, pants, living immoral, hugging up men, who are not their husbands, breast to breast, right after the service and in the church. All tables are full of vomit and there is no place clean.

It was prophesied in Isaiah 28:8 <For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.>

Because the Lord offered them the real rest and they did not accept it.

I am not talking about that modern article of today, with a powerless church, an article that will cause people to live nasty, and have tempers like a buzz saw. I am talking about the genuine article of Pentecost. The initial evidence of the Holy Ghost is not speaking in tongues, there is no scripture that brings that out. The Bible said that tongues is the least of the gifts. Now these same people that speak in tongues and claim to have the Holy Spirit, deny the Word of God. It is recorded:

I Timothy 2:12 <But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.>

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 <Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.>

Those same people claim to have the Holy Ghost and deny the very Word. The Holy Ghost cannot deny His own Word. If you have the Holy Ghost in you, He will Guide you into all truth, and if you don’t have the truth, and the Lord leads you to a man or a people that have the Word of God, and you are elected from the foundation of the world, you would respond to that Word. If people have what they claim to have, they must understand about the keys to the Outpouring of the Spirit. I want to show you how this key was employed, in New Testament times, in the early church.

Is it not strange, that God would send down to Joppa, to find a particular man? O glory to God! The Lord specified who to send for, while there were other apostles in the land like John, James and others. There were others who had received the Holy Ghost like Phillip, the evangelist, and many others, but out of all those men, tired as Peter was, the Lord specified him unto Cornelius, in a vision by an angel,

Acts 10:32 <Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter…>

Oh, there were many Simons around but their surnames were not Peter. There was a Simon that was living in that house near the sea. Peter was tired from his evangelical ministry, but he went over and raised Tabitha, by just calling her name. She sat up on the bed and He presented her alive. (Acts 9: 40-41)

He was in Joppa, the Lord had him in the right place, and the angel of the Lord, appeared unto Cornelius, being commanded of God. “Go tell Cornelius, be very specific in your instruction, send men to Joppa, and ask for one Simon whose surname is Peter, for he lodgeth with one Simon the tanner.”

God knows you by name, whether you are relaxing, fishing, or in the ministry. The Almighty looks down and He knows everyone of us by name. My God! When our alms and our prayers come up to Him for a memorial, He will call us by name, and He promised that in the end time, that even though we fall asleep He will call us by name. There was a man called Lazarus, his alms came up to God, his prayers were stored-up in a vial, and he lay sick and died but then the Lord came and called him by name out of the grave.

St John 11:43-44 <…Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth…>

Even because the Lord called him by name. We have some brothers and sister that have departed this life but the Lord will call them by name, that is fantastic to me, children. The Lord knows every one of you by name, think of that. He knows everyone of us by name and you are represented in one of the stars of heaven.

The spiritual seeds of Abraham are represented in the stars, and you have a name by which the Lord knows you. He knows your nature, He knows your inside, He knows your good parts and He knows your bad parts, and when He sees your bad parts, He winks at it. Oh my! See the love of God!

Acts 17:30 <And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.>

When you take those chances on the Word and think that you are hiding from God! The Lord looks down there and closes His eyes and say, “Stupid little fellow; repent, repent; turn from your wicked ways; you are too naughty. I will put a chastisement upon you.” You can hear the love of God. He knows us by name; and He knew Peter by name, and He knew the ministry of Peter and He knew what was the commission that He gave to Peter.

Just suppose they had brought the next Simon. Suppose that solider did not hear the instruction right. Cornelius came down there and instructed them properly. He took a whole evening, the angel appeared at 3 o’ clock, and maybe he instructed them in the night, they were to take their journey the next day. I imagine that Cornelius wanted to be so specific, he said, “Do not mix up the two Simons.” If he had sent for the next Simon, he would not have the blessing.

He sent for that Simon whose surname was Peter, and although the other Simon was a good brother with a wonderful spirit, a humble attitude, a humble brother, and no doubt had a humble family. Peter thought it best to go and spend a little time with that Simon, who used to tan skins of animals: sheep skins, goat skins etc. Perhaps Peter thought that this brother’s spirit was so nice, ‘he may not have much money but he has a nice spirit, and we can communicate together.’ His house was open to Peter. The Lord was looking at his hospitality. Now, the Lord knows where you are friend, He knows where you are spending vacation, and He knows where you are working. He knows who is your partner, and He knows your ministry.

That angel came down there and the solider was instructed correctly. I guess that Cornelius emphasised over and over, “Go and get Simon Peter! Not the tanner!” It meant something very important, even because Simon the tanner did not have the ministry of Simon Peter. Yes! It was a special gift. Look at the kind of ministry Peter had, he came down and imparted the Holy Ghost. The formula to receive the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the article of Pentecost, is “to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.” (Acts 2:38) Not the titles of Father Son and Holy Ghost like the Catholic Church. Anybody that is baptized in the titles of Father, Son and Holy Ghost is baptized into the Catholic Church, because it is specified.

Acts 2:38 <Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and 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 Ghost. >

Matthew 28:19 < Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing

them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. >

Father is not a name, Son in not a name, Holy Ghost in not a name! But Peter knew the Name. On the Day of Pentecost, he said, “Be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.”

NO OUTPOURING, NO RAPTURE

The angel specified which man to bring from Joppa. They went down and got that man. Though an angel appeared he could not preach the gospel of salvation, but he sent for a man to preach, because the Bible says,

Romans 10:14-15 <…how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?>

There are thousands who came from Bible schools, and yea millions, with PHDs and LLDs but are not ordained of God, to preach the gospel. A Bible school is not ordained to send you, it takes the Lord. It takes the Lord to anoint you, it takes the Lord to call you, and to reveal His Word to you. Peter was an ignorant and unlearned fisherman, and the Lord used him in a ministry, that I will discuss with you now. He used him in a ministry even greater than many of the apostles. I am preaching on, ‘The keys to the Outpouring of the Spirit.’ And this is very important to us who are looking forward for the Outpouring of the Spirit. There will be another Outpouring of the Spirit before the Rapture takes place, we are confident of that, and we are sending this message to Africa, to India, to the Philippines, to Europe and the rest of the world to notify them, that there must of necessity be another return of Pentecost, another Outpouring of the Holy Spirit before the Rapture takes place! No Outpouring, no Rapture! And hear that loud and clear! No Outpouring, no Rapture! We must have that Outpouring before we have the Rapture! Yes sir! If we don’t have that Outpouring there is no power to change our bodies!

Romans 8:11 <But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.>

People are sitting waiting on the Rapture everywhere and they do not have the power to transform their bodies. We are waiting on the Rapture, but we are most urgently waiting on another article and that article is another return of Pentecost. Oh glory to God! But I have news here for you tonight! Though we wait on the rapture, and though we wait on the outpouring of the spirit, there are keys to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost; and in order for you to get that outpouring in China, in Japan, in India, in Africa, and throughout Europe, and the rest of the world, you must come in contact with the keys to the Kingdom of God!

KEYS TO EARLY CHURCH

It is not only an outpouring but it is the keys to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost! Oh, glory to God! The keys to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, my beloved, it belongs to the church, it was given to the early church, and the keys were employed, the keys were in operation. Acts 10 shows how those keys were employed with a group of people that were not yet even baptized, and had not known about the coming of John the Baptist nor Jesus. Jesus was crucified right on the hill over there at Calvary.

Jesus was in Caesarea, when he asked Peter, Mark 8:27 <…Whom do men say that I am?>

That was in Caesarea and Cornelius belonged to Caesarea but it so happened that he never even heard of Jesus, and if he ever heard, he heard of him as an ordinary man, but this is another thing, the keys went to work. Why did the angel of the Lord, pick out Peter, out of all the apostles? “Cornelius, send way up to Joppa and fetch Peter out of the tanner’s house!” He was near the seaside relaxing. In essence, “Tell him, ‘your rest is over.’ You are going down with us; you send for that man, tell him to come down with you. Cornelius don’t go up, send men to Joppa.” And if you notice in your scripture, Cornelius sent those men, but when they reached there God told Peter

Acts 10:20 <Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. >

Yes, Cornelius became the mouthpiece of the Almighty! And when he sent those men, God sent them, because he obeyed the vision, and the angel.

God sent for Peter, because Peter was given the keys to the kingdom of God, and the kingdom of God is the Holy Ghost.

Romans 14:17 <For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.>

Acts 1:7-8 <…they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you…>

The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven is none other than the Holy Ghost, and Peter had the keys to the Kingdom of God, as a result of that God knowing what he had in mind for Cornelius, sent for Peter. It happened that we know what God has in His mind now, to give you and I, but Cornelius did not know that; but God knowing the blessing that He wanted to bless Cornelius with, the gift of the Holy Ghost as the first man among the gentiles, he had to send for the right man! The angel could not outpour the Spirit! My God! He could not preach the gospel, though he was a mighty angel that came down from heaven. He could only bring the message and tell the man who to send for, to tell him the way of Life. You better hear a preacher and live, or reject that preacher and die.

PETER TURNED THE KEYS

You say, “I am not following any man.” Cornelius never said that. He took the soldiers and sent for the man! How can you hear without a preacher? He sent for the right man. Yes. If he had brought down Simon the tanner all he could have done is some tanning for him; but he sent for Simon Peter, the man with the keys to the kingdom of God, a man who knows how to turn those keys. God needs a hand to turn the keys!

The keys are useless until you get a hand to turn it! In other words, get a man who is familiar with the Holy Ghost; who knows the will of God, who knows the formula, of leading people into the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, a man that is acquainted with the Holy Ghost! He knows what God wants done for the hour, the time and the season! A man that would not trust anything, but who is anchored upon the Almighty. And Peter’s heart was anchored upon the Almighty, and when he could not get his food in time, he went up on the housetop and prayed a little bit. Peter perhaps thought “Though I am hungry, I will not quarrel with the sisters, and ask them why do they cook so late. I am going to pray a little bit until that time comes.” And then he fell into a trance, which is, he was caught into a different dimension.

KEYS TO KINGDOM – A REVELATION TO LOOSE

THE OUTPOURING

And he saw a vision. Do you see how the Lord works? The Lord sent for him, he went up there, he had the keys to the kingdom. What are the keys to the kingdom? He had the plan to the outpouring to the Holy Spirit; he was acquainted with the gift of the Spirit. He had a revelation given to him of how to impart that outpouring. Before he was given those keys he was asked a question. While everybody was confused about the Son of man and the coming of the Lord, Jesus looked around to them and asked;

Matthew 16:13 <…Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?>

In other words, “What are people saying about Me, the Son of man?”

Matthew 16:14 <And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.>

Lord they are saying all kinds of things, you are John the Baptist raised from the dead, you are Jeremiah.

“But whom say ye that I am.”

The Holy Ghost overshadowed Peter and gave him a certain revelation, and he said,

Matthew 16:16 <…Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.>

In other words, “You are God tabernacled in human flesh and You are the first coming of the Lord.”

My God and my Lord! The keys to the kingdom is a revelation of the coming of the Lord. That is the only revelation that could have loosed the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon the people on the Day of Pentecost.

Beloved, the keys was the revelation of the Son of man. The only time that Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom is when he confessed that revelation. So now the revelation itself concerning the Son of man and the coming of the Lord was the keys. That was the keys to the outpouring, do you not see that? John the Baptist, came and then the coming of the Lord took place, and only when a man caught a revelation of the first coming of the Lord, then and only then Pentecost could have come, the outpouring could have come on the Day of Pentecost.

Now, I am talking about the first coming of the Lord and the early church. That was the keys to the kingdom and Peter made that confession. When he made that confession, friend, that was the keys to the kingdom. Now since he had the keys to the kingdom, and God was going to pour out His Spirit upon the gentiles, he needed the man with the keys. He did not want Simon the tanner, he wanted Simon Peter, because on earth He gave him the keys, he had to be present if this door was going to be opened to the gentiles. The keys were needed to fit the lock on the door. The gentiles needed Peter who had the keys to the kingdom, to turn the keys on the door.

Now, let us see how he is going to use it and why when he spake, the Holy Ghost fell upon them. Do not think that it was a magic, like the sorcerer’s, for it was God in operation. He made a promise while He was there, that “I give you the keys, Peter.”

Glory to God! Here we locked the church and one of the caretakers has the keys. I could not send to Port-of Spain to an office, to anyone and say come down here and open the church. No, I have got to find the man with the keys, you are the janitor, you closed the church and carried the keys in your pocket, and its quite down in Joppa, you come down here from Joppa now and open up the church doors.

Now its not keys to put in your pocket, it is keys to put in your heart, its hearts’ keys. Peter had the keys, he received them by understanding one God, Son Of Man, and the first coming of the Lord. He and he alone had the keys at that time. Let us see if the keys are really what I said.

Peter’s first words of exhortation stated,

Acts 10:36 <The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)>

For He is Lord of all and then he came right down telling them about John the Baptist and how Jesus died for the remission of sins. He presented the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord of all to the people at Cornelius’ home.

They believed the Messiah and that Jesus Christ is a greater God than all the Roman gods, for He is Lord of all. Peter very well knew how many gods the Romans worshipped, so he put that in, right there in the very first statements. “You want it, take it or if you do not want it, leave it.” They started catching on right there, and believed that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.

The keys were already turned in their hearts, from heart to heart the keys were working and then he said, “If you believe this you shall have remission of sins.”

Now notice another little thing here, Peter was not the apostle to the gentiles. Who was the apostle to the gentiles? Paul was a chosen vessel and a light unto the gentiles. He was the apostle to the gentiles but Peter had the keys. When the door was going to be opened, he had to turn the keys because he had the keys. Then he turned over to Paul, in other words, “Paul the door is opened, fix to suit.”

Paul led millions of gentiles and even imparted the Holy Ghost, to them, showing you that Paul also had the keys, and when he went up to Ephesus he said,

Acts 19:2 <… 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.>

Acts 19:3-4 < And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

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.>

He rebaptised those people, laid his hands upon them and they received the Holy Ghost, showing you that the keys did not stay in one man’s hand, it went on to another apostle because the keys was a revelation of the Son of man and the first coming of the Lord.

While Peter yet spake the words, the keys were already turned, because they accepted the Lord, as Lord of all and that turned in the hearts of the people and opened up the door to the gentiles, and the Holy Ghost just came upon them.

GODHEAD EXPLAINED

Now, you cannot believe that God is a trinity and get the genuine born again experience, nor can you get the genuine article of Pentecost by believing that there are three gods. No sir! Three gods is heathenism.

Mark 12:29 <…Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.>

John 4:24 <God is a Spirit…>

If it is a trinity it got to say, ‘God is three spirits’, but God is not three spirits. God is a spirit and He was manifested as a father in the Old Testament and He was manifested as the Son in Jesus Christ. When God was incarnated, then after His death burial and resurrection, He came back on the Day of Pentecost, one Spirit that dwelled in a Pillar of Fire, the same Spirit that dwelled in His Son Jesus and the same Spirit that came on a hundred and twenty on the Day of Pentecost, One God.

You cannot believe a trinity and have the genuine Holy Ghost. No! You got to find the keys. It is a revelation of the Son of man, Jesus Christ, one God, one Father of all. Now, you could not be confused over there in Africa and India thinking that it is two persons in the Godhead, under the message and have the genuine article of Pentecost.

God is not two persons there is only one person of the Godhead and He was manifested in flesh and that flesh was called the Son of God, Jesus Christ. The flesh was not God, but the Spirit was God and to prove that the flesh was not God, He said,

Mark 15:34 <…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?>

And then he died on Calvary.

John 4:24 <God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.>

If the flesh is God, then God died. But God cannot die, and does not sleep.

Psalms 121:4 <Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.>

Jesus was slumbering and sleeping on a boat, but God was waking. Some people cannot divide the Spirit from the man, but it took a revelation to Peter, and the Lord said

Matthew 16:13 <…Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?>

He said in so many words, “Man, you are God hiding in human flesh and you cannot fool me.” Phillip, who did not have a revelation, said,

John 14:8 <…Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.>

God spake out of Jesus and said,

John 14:9-11 <…Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.>

Now God is very simple, God was hiding in Christ, God was hiding in Jesus. The vessel that He hid in was a man born from the immaculate conception, born from the virgin Mary, but God was hiding in Him. The flesh body died on the cross, they put Him in a sepulchre, and then the God that left Jesus on the cross came back inside of Him and He rose again from the dead, then He ascended into heaven. His body now lays on the altar of sacrifice for mine and your sins and the Spirit that dwelled in Him came back on the Day of Pentecost.

Instead of God abiding in one man, He went into a hundred and twenty, but to have Him come inside of you, all have got to come in contact with the keys to the kingdom. The door was ready to be open on that day at Cornelius’ house, and they had to send for Peter, not the tanner. A lot of people have the tanner around the world, all organisations have Simon the tanner, most of the assemblies in the world following the message have Simon the tanner and some of them have Simon the sorcerer. I want to show you how the keys were employed again.

KEYS EMPLOYED IN SAMARIA

Acts 8:4-10 <Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

And there was great joy in that city.

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.>

We have lots of great power of God. All that you hear about today is, this man of God, this woman of God, the great power of God. The whole bunch of them are no more than Simon the sorcerer. You deny water baptism in the Name of Jesus and work signs and wonders you are Simon the sorcerer. If you allow women to wear mini-skirts, high heel shoes, lipstick and bob off their hair and call William Branham a devil, you are Simon the sorcerer. I am telling you the truth. If you believe in a Bible school you are Simon the sorcerer. If you carry a preachers’ licence and a doctor of divinity certificate, a PHD and a LLD, you are Simon the sorcerer and you better look for Simon Peter. There was a Simon coming to challenge Simon the sorcerer, he was in Jerusalem and he was letting Simon the sorcerer have his way until he got down there.

Another thing that I observed is that a man anointed with the Holy Ghost, one of the seven called Phillip, he went down there and he had great power to work signs and wonders and miracles and even converted Simon. He was not converted but he caused him to join,. We have a lot of joiners but few converts. Simon was a joiner, he joined the group for selfish motives and these brothers went down there and they turned Samaria upside down. The woman that Jesus left there and said unto her:

John 4:14 <But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.>

I am sure she was in that crowd there. Jesus knew her.

The outpouring was going to come to Samaria and she had a revelation, she had a revelation that Jesus is the Christ, she was waiting for that outpouring, she was waiting on the moving of the waters, and these brothers went down there. Oh my God! Great evangelist, great man, I am talking about powerful men, they made the cripple legs straight, they cured the palsies, thousands crying, were demon possessed and Phillip the evangelist just spoke the Word and he said “Come out of them.” There was great deliverance and the Bible says,

Acts 8:8 <And there was great joy in that city.>

Simon the sorcerer lost a lot of his disciples and when he seen that he lost his disciples he came in very sanctimoniously, and he said, “I want to be baptise myself.” Later that devil left Samaria, went down to Rome and he was a leader of the nicoliatans in Rome. He was instrumental in forming the Catholic Church.

My God, you are talking about those devils and those nicolaitans. Phillip, after he preached the gospel with such great power, signs and wonders, he had a problem and the problem was that he stopped short of Pentecost, he stopped short of the article of Pentecost. Let me tell you something, friend, you could be a servant of God, you could do a lot of signs, you could do a lot of wonders, you could lead many people to Jesus Christ, and their salvation, but then, when the need comes to talk about the article of Pentecost that is another subject.

Acts 8:13-14 <Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.>

Why was the great apostles so moved to send Peter and John? They knew something, they were right there when Jesus told Peter, “Unto you do I give the keys to the kingdom of God.” Him alone.

<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.>

Here is the operation of the keys to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit; the door had to be opened by certain keys.

Amongst the Samaritans, Phillip the evangelist came to a full stop, after all the miracles, all the signs, and preaching about the Holy Ghost, that came on the Day of Pentecost, preaching that “It’s unto you, and unto your children and to as many as the Lord our God shall call, and even to you Samaritans, and all the Jews, it is for you.”

And they said, “Well, give us it, we are ready for this outpouring of the Holy Ghost, Phillip.” Phillip backed up no doubt. Peter and the apostles at Jerusalem knew that Phillip would find himself in some trouble down there, and they called Peter and said, “Peter, you better go down there with the keys to the kingdom and open up the door to the Samaritans, and take John with you. There is no harm in John laying hands upon them but you have the keys. But since you have the keys, go down there and impart the Holy Ghost unto the Samaritans.” The Bible said,

Acts 8:16 <For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.>

Phillip came to a full stop. Peter went down to Caesarea there with John. Two stalwart men and pillars of the temple. My God! They landed down in Samaria and the whole crowd, thousands of people were waiting on these two men, because they heard that these men could impart the Holy Ghost. You could imagine the joy. Great joy was in the city, everybody was in line to receive it.

Oh God! Its coming again, children. People are going to line up for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. My God! And we are right in shape for it today. We believe that this promise is unto us, and unto our children, and to them that are far off and to as many as the Lord our God shall call. He has called us with a mighty calling. He called us unto Eternal Life, He called us for another outpouring of the Holy Spirit, He called us unto the rapture. The church must have the keys to the kingdom of God, and there must be a hand to turn the keys.

The opening of the seals released the keys to the kingdom. That was one of the great reasons for the opening of the seals.

Beloved, how will we feel to know that after we heard the gospel in such a fashion and having the Holy Ghost in our midst, experienced the joy of the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, promised a greater measure of the Holy Ghost for the rapture, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and we know that the outpouring took place, where it was ordained to take place and we have a man with the genuine article coming to us. I tell you, what you never cleaned up in years, you will then clean it up. I am telling you, what you never repented for in years, you will then repent: the bitterness, the strife and the contentions will be put down immediately. People come right up to the brink. They are very “chance-taking” people. The human nature is very adventurous, it will come right to the edge of hell and then run back. But do not do that, friends, you better shape up. It shall come upon us suddenly, suddenly, friends! Think of that great joy over at Samaria. A man with the keys to the kingdom of God.

The keys were in the early church, and that is why Peter went down amongst the Samaritans, turned the keys, and went down to the gentiles and turned the keys. It got to run right. Look at Pentecost, the Bible said,

Acts 1:15 <And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty.>

Peter the spokesman was trying to put the church in order. He told about what Judas done and how he ended. He put things in order; he cast lots and appointed Matthias. The Bible said:

Acts 2:1-2 <And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were

all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.>

Peter was the spokesman, he employed the keys before, in the upper room. The Holy Ghost came to them and the keys came out in Peter’s sermon after the day of Pentecost.

Acts 2:14-17 <But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.>

Acts 2:36 <Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.>

That is the keys to the kingdom, his declaration of who Jesus was, the coming of Christ, the Son of man revealed was the keys to the kingdom. There were devout men living at Jerusalem, from all nations. They had not known John the Baptist nor Jesus, by revelation. But they were devout men and those devout men started to mock, but then Peter started to preach to them and as he preached to them they understood and said.

Acts 2:37 <… Men and brethren, what shall we do?>

He turned the keys and he said;

Acts 2:36 <Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.>

That is the revelation of the Son of Man, the revelation of the first coming of the Lord; that is the revelation which is the keys to the kingdom of heaven. That is the only revelation that would have unlocked the outpouring of the Holy Ghost in the house of Cornelius, unlocked the door to the Samaritans, and did unlock the door to the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost.

All had to come up to that revelation of the first coming of the Lord. It is the only revelation that would unlock another return of Pentecost to any people upon the face of the earth. It is tied up in the Son of Man.

Though these men were devout, even like Cornelius, they had no revelation on the coming of the Lord, Peter declared that revelation to them and they were convicted.

Acts 2:37-38 <Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and 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 Ghost.>

That is the formula, friends. If you are baptised any other way, you do not have the Holy Ghost. On the day of Pentecost, what is it that loosed it? The keys to the kingdom, which was a revelation of the Son of Man, the coming of the Lord. What loosed it at Samaria? Peter came down there and he turned the keys and the outpouring came.

What opened it in the house of Cornelius? They had an outpouring of the Holy Spirit because they had a revelation of the Son of man. That revelation was so strong that it bypassed water baptism and they got the Holy Ghost, and only were baptised in water after they received the Holy Ghost.

It would be no different today. There are devout men around the world waiting for the moving of the waters, not even knowing that God sent a prophet, Malachi 4: 5-6, that the seals are opened. They do not even know there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit before the rapture, and doubtless that they are taught that there are keys to the kingdom of God, but there are keys to the kingdom of heaven. I boldly proclaim that, those keys are in the church today, by His grace. I thank God for His grace today, thank God for His mercy, and as long as those keys are turned in your heart you are a candidate for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. As long as you have a revelation of the Son of man and as long as those keys are turned in your heart, you are a candidate for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and you will receive the token and not perish, but whosoever does not receive that token would perish today and go through the tribulation.

EVERYTHING FROM UNDER THE TOKEN WILL PERISH

Quote W.M.B.: 9-5 And we've come up through justification and so forth, but this is the time that the Token has to be applied. I told you last Sunday, I had something I wanted to talk to you about; this is it. The time that when you just can't play with it. It's got to be done. If it's ever going to be done, it's got to be done now; because we can see that the wrath is about ready to pass through the land, and everything from under that Token will perish. (The Token 63-0901).

THE TOKEN MUST BE APPLIED – WITHOUT IT YOU WILL PERISH

Quote: 35-3 Notice, they were not just yet come together to talk about the message. They come together to apply the blood, to apply the token. That's what you must do. Pastor Neville, and to this congregation, trustees, deacons, to you brethren, it's time that we laid aside all the foolishness of the world, time we laid aside everything else. We've seen enough now, that we're positive, sure, and the Token must be applied. Without it, you're going to perish; you must perish. That is the only thing. Oh, don't come together, say, "I believe it." Get beneath it. Get into it. How to do it? By one Spirit we're baptized into the Body of Jesus Christ. Everybody believe with all your heart. See? He was not responsible for any out from beneath it. (The Token 63-0901m).

EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THE TOKEN OF THE HOLY GHOST WILL PERISH

Quote: 30-2 All outside of the token of the blood perished…And everyone outside of the Token of the Holy Ghost will perish. (The Token 63-0901).

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