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the smell of smoke on them. You can go

into a convenience store and get the smell

of smoke on you, but they didn't even have

the smell of smoke on them. The Lord's

presence was with them. And the apostle

Paul is saying, "I'm alone. Nobody stood

with me. Nobody came to testify. Nobody

came to give a word in my defense,” but

Paul said the Lord was there — and he kind

of thought that was enough.

You've heard me tell this story. I don't

believe in debates, but I did do a debate one

time. In Selma, Alabama, at the Picket

Auditorium on August 1st and 2nd I

debated with another denomination, and I

guess I allowed myself to be provoked into

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