The Holy Spirit
By Bob Gray, Sr
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Dr. Gray takes a misunderstood position held by many Charismatics and Evangelicals on the person of the Holy Spirit and opens up the Scripture to shed Biblical light on the work and person of the Holy Spirit.
Bob Gray, Sr
Dr. Bob Gray Sr. pastored for 33 years and has been an ordained Baptist preacher for 40 years. He pastored the Longview Baptist Temple for 29 years. He became their pastor in 1980. Since then the church’s attendance grew from a low of 159 to averaging 2,041 in 2008. Dr. Gray retired March 1, 2009 and LBT called his son Dr. Bob Gray II to be their pastor. The last year Dr. Gray pastored LBT they baptized 4,466 converts. In his 29 years of pastorate at LBT they had 1,116,887 people who trusted Christ for payment of their sins. 253,042 walked the aisles professing faith in Christ and 164,457 of those followed the Lord in baptism. LBT was the number two church in America in professions of faith and baptisms. $ 9, 328,835.69 was given to missions and $ 335, 584.81 to help the less fortunate in those 29 years. Dr. Gray had 506 trust Christ through his personal soul winning with 153 of those following the Lord in baptism in 2009. In his 29 years in Texas he has preached in every state in the union except for North Dakota plus 17 foreign countries. He has personally led 14, 957 to Christ and had 4,399 of those follow the Lord in Baptism in those 29 years. Under Dr. Gray’s leadership the ministries of LBT developed to include the following: TEXAS BAPTIST COLLEGE- a four-year Christian college LONGVIEW BAPTIST ACADEMY- A Christian school for bus kids INDEPENDENT BAPTIST WORLD MISSIONS- A local church mission board NATIONAL TEEN CONVENTION- A nation wide conference for teens NATIONAL SOUL WINNING CLINIC- 29 years of training pastors & workers THE BAPTIST MAGAZINE- 11 years of publishing During Dr. Gray’s ministry at LBT the bus ministry expanded by purchasing a 15,000 square foot building on Cotton street for maintenance of the buses. The church grew to owning 42 buses and operating 30 Sunday school bus routes. He led the church in four major building projects plus the purchasing of numerous properties. The church’s property value grew to over 17 million dollars. Dr. Gray attended the Galesburg-Augusta grade school and high school system of Galesburg, Michigan, and graduated in 1963. He was an All-Conference football player and second team All-State tackle. He attended Michigan State University 1963-67 and was employed in 1967 by Fisher Body Division of General Motors for seven years in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended Hyles-Anderson College in Crown Point, Indiana, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1976. He was employed by Hyles-Anderson College while working on his Masters Degree. Dr. Gray has received doctorates from Hyles-Anderson College, Tri-State College, and Texas Baptist College. He has authored 10 books as of this writing. Dr. and Mrs. Lee Ann Gray have been married for 45 years and have four children with ten grandchildren. Both of their sons are in the ministry. Dr. Bob Gray II was installed as pastor of LBT on March 1, 2009. Dr. Scott Gray is a faculty member at Hyles-Anderson College. The two daughters, Kim and Karen, are active in the ministry and personal soul winners. Kim is married to Mark Simmons, a deacon and Sunday school teacher at LBT. Karen is married to Tim Forgy, a Texas Baptist College graduate, and is employed as Youth Pastor for LBT.
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The Holy Spirit - Bob Gray, Sr
The Holy Spirit
By Dr. Bob Gray
Copyright Bob Gray, Sr 2010.
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All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Contents
Accept the Holy Spirit
Give me also this Power
Walking in the Spirit
How to Walk in the Spirit
Obed-Edom and the Power of God
Quench not the Spirit
The Body of the Holy Spirit
Yielding is Filling
The Renewing of the Holy Spirit
INTRODUCTION
Dr. John R. Rice and Dr. Jack Hyles emphasized many similar doctrines in the conferences they conducted through the years. Dr. Rice would preach on the Holy Spirit, and Dr. Hyles would preach on some practical aspect of the Christian life. Dr. Rice would preach on prayer, and Dr. Hyles would preach on soul winning. During the decades of the 1960’s through the 1980’s, their unique combination brought a revival to our nation in the areas of prayer, soul winning, Holy Spirit power, and church building. When Dr. Rice was promoted to his Heavenly home, Dr. Hyles kept these doctrines alive.
Both Dr. Rice and Dr. Hyles wrote exceptional books on the Holy Spirit. I am not challenging their books in any way. I am introducing to you my thoughts on the Holy Spirit. I believe these thoughts will provoke each reader to a desire to know the Holy Spirit as never before.
Our generation of fundamental Baptists is being attacked as we have never been attacked before. This is a diversionary tactic by Satan to get us sidetracked from the winning of the lost to Christ. If we fail this generation by softening our aggressive soul winning position, millions will be lost to an eternity in Hell. We must keep alive our personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Please carefully consider the contents of this book, and prayerfully examine your own relationship with the Holy Spirit.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank my wife of more than four decades. Your love and support have allowed the blessings of God to come, not only on our family, but also on our ministry. Lee Ann, I realize you did not marry a preacher; you married an accountant. Yet, your flexibility has allowed both of us to adjust successfully. Our four children and ten grandchildren all owe you a debt. Thank you for your faithfulness, despite years of ill health.
I want to thank my dear mother who, as of this writing, is 94 years old. Mama, I owe you a debt I will never be able to repay. I promise you that I will not let the wonderful truths you taught and instilled in my life die. I love you!
I want to thank my children for their love and loyalty to our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Kim, Bob, Karen, and Scott, you have displayed wonderful grace and courage while being in the spotlight. Sometimes it was good, and sometimes it was not so good, but you have never wavered in your love for your families and for the souls of men.
I want to thank the dear members of Longview Baptist Temple for their love and loyalty throughout more than a quarter of a century of service together. You have stayed by your pastor in the good days and the bad days. I am forever grateful.
I want to thank the dear staff of the Longview Baptist Temple. You have been so faithful in your labors for the souls of men. I owe you a debt of gratitude for the platform I have been given because of your labors.
I want to thank Mrs. Connie Vazquez for the many hours of labor over this and other manuscripts. You have provided encouragement and an expertise that has proven to be invaluable.
I would be amiss if I did not give acknowledgment to one of the hardest working staff ladies I have ever met in nearly 35 years of ministry. Mrs. Diana Ayres has been a faithful and loyal staff member for over two and a half decades. Your fiscal integrity and work ethic are unsurpassed.
Then may I say a special thanks to my Saviour. Anything that anyone in the family of God accomplishes in life is because of the mercy and grace of our Saviour.
Accept the Holy Spirit
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Probably the most perverted doctrine today is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. There has never been more unscriptural teaching and preaching on the Holy Spirit than there is today. We have television evangelists who use the Holy Spirit to line their coffers, and many sins are committed in the name of God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:9 says, But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
John 3:1-6 says, ¹"There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: ²The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of