Vinny,

That was very timely for me and I thank you for posting it.

I once heard someone tell some real good stories of Smith Wigglesworth and I
decided I must get some more stuff of his to read.  Now I know I *must*.

Anyone got any books?


--
Carol



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> Subject: [anzac] SMITH WIGGLESWORTH SAID...
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> > "Deliverance to the Captives"
> > -Smith Wigglesworth.
> >
> > After I had received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost (and
> > I know that I received; for the Lord gave me the Spirit in
> > just the same way as He gave Him to the disciples at
> > Jerusalem), I sought the mind of the Lord as to why I was
> > baptized. One day I came home from work and went into
> > the house and my wife asked me, 'Which way did you
> > come in?" I told her that I had come in at the back door.
> > She said, "There is a woman upstairs and she has
> > brought an old man of eighty to be prayed for. He is
> > raving up there and a great crowd is outside the front door,
> > ringing the door-bell and wanting to know what is going
> > on in the house." The Lord quietly whispered, "This is
> > what I baptized you for."
> >
> > I carefully opened the door of the room where the man
> > was, desiring to be obedient to what my Lord would say
> > to me. The man was crying and shouting in distress, "I am
> > lost! I am lost! I have committed the unpardonable sin. I
> > am lost! I am lost!" My wife said, "Dad, what shall we do?"
> > The Spirit of the Lord moved me to cry out, "Come out,
> > thou lying spirit." In a moment the evil spirit went, and the
> > Lord said to me, "This is what I baptized you for."
> >
> > There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy
> > Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives. The Spirit reveals,
> > unfolds, takes the things of Christ and shows them to us,
> > and prepares us to be more than a match for satanic forces.
> >
> > When a man is born of God, is brought from darkness to
> > light, a mighty miracle is wrought. Jesus saw every touch
> > by God as a miracle, and so we may expect to see
> > miracles wrought today. It is wonderful to have the Spirit of
> > the Lord upon us. I would rather have the Spirit of God on
> > me for five minutes than to receive a million dollars.
> >
> > The devil knows that if he can capture your thought life, he
> > has won a mighty victory over you. His great business is
> > injecting thoughts, but if you are pure and holy you will
> > instantly shrink from them. God wants us to let the mind
> > that was in Christ Jesus, that pure, holy, humble mind of
> > Christ, be in us.
> >
> > I come across people everywhere I go who are held bound
> > by deceptive conditions, and these conditions have come
> > about simply because they have allowed the devil to make
> > their minds the place of his stronghold. How are we to guard
> > against this? The Lord has provided us with weapons that
> > are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds
> > of the enemy, and by means of which every thought shall
> > be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. The
> > blood of  Jesus Christ and His mighty name are an antidote
> > to all the subtle seeds of unbelief that satan would sow in
> > your minds.
> >
> > Our blessed Lord Jesus is still alive, and continues His
> > ministry through those who are filled with His Spirit. He is
> > still healing the broken-hearted and delivering the captives
> > through those on whom He places His Spirit.
> >
> > Every trial is a blessing. There have been times when I
> > have been pressed through circumstances and it seemed
> > as if  a dozen road engines were going over me, but I have
> > found that the hardest things are just lifting places into the
> > grace of God. We have such a lovely Jesus. He always
> > proves Himself to be such a mighty Deliverer. He never
> > fails to plan the best things for us.
> >
> > At one time I was so bound that no human power could
> > help me. My wife was looking for me to pass away. There
> > was no help. At that time I had just had a faint glimpse of
> > Jesus as the Healer. For six months I had been suffering
> > from appendicitis, occasionally getting temporary relief. I
> > went to the mision of which I was pastor, but I was brought
> > to the floor in awful agony, and they brought me home to
> > my bed. All night I was praying, pleading for deliverance,
> > but none came. My wife was sure it was my home call and
> > sent for a physician. He said that there was no possible
> > chance for me -- my body was too weak. Having had the
> > appendicitis for six months, my whole system was drained,
> > and, because of that, he thought that it was too late for an
> > operation. He left my wife in a state of broken-heartedness.
> >
> > After he left, there came to our door a young man and an
> > old lady. I knew that she was a woman of real prayer. They
> > came upstairs to my room. This young man jumped on the
> > bed and commanded the evil spirit to come out of me. He
> > shouted, "Come out, you devil; I command you to come
> > out in the name of Jesus!"
> >
> > There was no chance for an argument, or for me to tell him
> > that I would never believe thart there was a devil inside of
> > me. The thing had to go in the name of Jesus, and it went,
> > and I was instantly healed.
> >
> > I arose and dressed and went downstairs. I was still in the
> > plumbing business, and I asked my wife, "Is there any
> > work in? I am all right now, and I am going to work." I found
> > there was a certain job to be done and I picked up my tools
> > and went off to do it. Just after I left, the doctor came in, put
> > his plug hat down in the hall, and walked up to the bedroom.
> > But the invalid was not there. "Where is Mr. Wigglesworth?"
> > he asked. "O, doctor, he's gone out to work," said my wife.
> > "You'll never see him alive again," said the doctor; "they'll
> > bring him back a corpse."
> >
> > Well, I'm the corpse.
> >
> > Since that time, in many parts of the world, the Lord has given
> > me the priviledge of praying for people with appendicitis; and
> > I have seen a great many people up and dressed within a
> > quarter of an hour from the time I prayed for them. We have
> > a living Christ who is willing to meet people on every line.
> >
> > Oh, if you would only believe God! What would happen? The
> > greatest things. Some have never tasted the grace of God,
> > have never had the peace of God. Unbelief robs them of
> > these blessings. It is possible to hear and yet not conceive
> > the truth. It is possible to read the Word and not share in
> > the life it brings. It is necessary for us to have the Holy
> > Ghost to unfold the Word and bring to us the life that is
> > Christ. We can never fully understand the wonders of this
> > redemption until we are full of the Holy Ghost.
> >
> > Are you oppressed? Cry out to God. It is always good for
> > people to cry out. You may have to cry out. The Holy Ghost
> > and the Word of God will bring to light every hidden, unclean
> > thing that must be revealed. There is always a place of
> > deliverance when you let God search out that which is
> > spoiling and marring your life. That evil spirit that was in the
> > man in the synagogue cried out, "Let us alone!" It was a
> > singular thing that the evil spirit had never cried out like
> > that until Jesus walked into the place where he was.
> > Jesus rebuked the thing, saying, "Hold thy peace and
> > come out of him," and the man was delivered. He is just
> > the same Jesus, exposing the powers of evil, delivering the
> > captives and letting the oppressed go free, purifying them
> > and cleansing their hearts.
> >
> > God is compassionate and says, "Seek ye the Lord while
> > He may be found." And He has further stated, "Whosoever
> > shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Seek
> > Him now, call on His name right now, and there is
> > forgiveness, healing, redemption, deliverance, and everything
> > you need for you right here and now, and that which will
> > satisfy you throughout eternity."
> >
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