Welcome to the Line of Fire. Our digital school of the Word and Spirit class is now in session.

And by God's grace, you're going to get infused with faith and truth and courage to help you stand strong on the front lines on this listener-sponsored broadcast.

We're talking about getting to know the Holy Spirit, getting to know the Holy Spirit.

I want to share a few quotes from Christian leaders. Some of them, I know the author of the

quote and the quote itself. Some, I have the quote, and because I'm not 100% sure the author,

I'll just give you the quote.

But D.L. Moody, D.L. Moody said this, one of the great American evangelists in the 1800s,

and used by God also in England and Scotland.

The Spirit of God first imparts love.

He next inspires hope and then gives liberty. And that is about the last thing

we have in many of our churches. In other words, where is the liberty of the spirit? That's an

interesting thought here. So just a couple of random quotes. In other words,

not just the focus of our subject here, but some different quotes from Christian leaders,

as we're talking about the spirit. What is Paul write in 2nd Corinthians 3? Verse 17. Now,

the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom,

there is liberty. And Moody says that's about the last thing we have in many of our churches.

And he wasn't talking about speaking in tongues or prophecy. He was just talking about true liberty in Jesus through the Spirit,

not being found in many of our churches. Charles Spurgeon, one of the greatest preachers of all

time, also in the 1800s, he said, without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are ships without wind. We are useless.

Are we that dependent on the spirit in our ministries? Again, we'll talk later about tongues,

prophecy, healing, those things. But for all those who are vocationally doing ministry work,

it's when you do full time for others that are doing all kinds of other ministry work

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