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Deu 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Deu 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Mat 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
*FAITH IS BY HEARING THE
WORD, THE WORD OF PROMISE.
18 Faith is by hearing the Word, the Word of promise. If you don't have a promise, then you
venture out upon your own faith. But, if
you can take a promise of God, that's God's promise to you.
19 The woman that touched His
garment, had no promise of that. But
her faith, without a promise, got her healing.
20 Now, if she could get her healing, by her faith, without a promise in what she was doing, how much more ought we to get our healing, by faith in a promise that God is manifesting and vindicating before us, and has brought it to us by His Word, come around and confirmed His Word!
*BUT, YOU CANNOT BELIEVE
UNTIL SOMETHING IS WITHIN YOU, TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE.
11 And I
truly believe that every Word of God, every promise that He made, is true.
12 And it's
to anybody who will accept it. And now there is some who try to accept it, and cannot. There is others
who can accept it. And some get it
without half trying. Now,
that, we have to preach the Gospel that "healing is to all," yet we
know it's not. It is to all if they can
receive it, but we know that they all cannot receive it. I just want to be as honest with you as
I know how to be.
13
We have to
preach salvation the same way, that "salvation is for all," but we
know that all cannot receive It. All
man cannot see these things. Jesus said, "Blessed are
your eyes that can see, your understanding, for there is many that cannot
understand It."
14 And Divine healing is for people who believe. But, you cannot believe until Something is within you, to make you believe.
*THERE'S A HOLY SPIRIT THAT
MAKES YOU LOVE TO SERVE GOD.
E-111 Now, if you're smoking cigarettes, and so forth like
that, and claiming you got the Holy Ghost, shame on you. You men... You say,
"Why are you picking on the women?" You men that'll let your wives do
that, oh, mister, and calling yourself a Christian, shame on you. I know this is rough, but brother, it's--it's trimming
time. It's time for the Holy Ghost to come, take His bride. And if it don't
line with His Word, then there's something wrong.
E-112 You who've fallen away, stay home on Wednesday nights, and won't come over here to church, watching television, and the other nights of church, think... You--you really say... And if you have to come to church you have to force yourself to do it, because you think it's a law you do it; you ought to do it, it's honorable to do it. And if you don't love to do it, there's something wrong. There's a Holy Spirit that makes you love to serve God.
*AND HOW BLESSED ARE YOUR
EYES THAT DO SEE, AND HEAR, AND UNDERSTAND; FOR YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND...
E-20 And the antichrist spirit is a religious spirit; don't
forget that, dear people. And how
blessed are your eyes that do see, and hear, and understand; for you cannot
understand, unless God reveals it to you. For the whole church is built upon a spiritual revelation
of Jesus Christ being the Son of God.
Every time you hit it, you hit mixed multitudes, especially when
supernatural's done. Moses went out of Egypt with supernatural; a mixed
multitude went.
Joh 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Mar 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
1Pe 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1Pe 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1Pe 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
1Pe 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Pe 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
* OH, YOU--YOU ALL SHOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD, HAPPY BECAUSE OF IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN BEAR THE REPROACH OF HIS NAME.
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E-39 Now. What do I get in return? We don't expect... Sometimes I think we ministers make it a little too much flowers for the--the convert. "Oh, come to Christ. Everything is lovely." But you see, it isn't like that in the way that--saying that everything's a flowery bed of ease, because no Christian...
The Bible said, "All that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." So if--if you're not suffering persecutions for Christ's sake, then there's something wrong. If the devil ain't after you, he's got you. That's all, because as long as he's after you, that's a sign he hasn't got you yet. But if he isn't after you, it's a sign he has got you yet. So just remember, as long as he's a-blasting at you, you're a few jumps ahead of him yet, and just keep on going.
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E-40 But all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. He said, "Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad for so persecuted they the prophets which was before you." That's right. Don't go with a hang-down face and say, "Well, I oughtn't to have done it, I guess they--the--I--they... I just can't stand for somebody to talk about me, and say I'm old fashion, I'm this, that, or the other." Oh, you--you all should be exceedingly glad, happy because of it, because you can bear the reproach of His Name. And by keeping His commandments, it caused you to do that.
* HE SAID, "ALL THAT LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST SHALL BEAR A PERSECUTION," THE REPROACH OF THE WORD.
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13-1 Can you remember the disciples returning back and rejoicing because they figured that they were counted worthy to stand the reproach of His Name? He said, "All that live godly in Christ shall bear a persecution," the reproach of the Word.
You always have to stand this reproach in order to give your testing to see. Every man that comes to Christ must first be child-trained for the--for the purpose that God has ordained you for. And remember, if you could just keep quiet... Remember, if He's called you for this, there's nothing that can keep it from happening. There's not enough devils in torment but what God's Word will be made manifest. You're born for a purpose. And nobody can take your place. You might have impersonators and everything else, but they'll never take your place. That's right. God's Word will triumph. It cannot fail.
There's where every Christian ought to stand, knowing that--that... And trials will come up and seem every way to you. But remember, God has a purpose, and it all will work right.
*BUT HE THAT WILL FORSAKE ALL AND FOLLOW HIM, GOD PAYS OFF IN THE BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS OF RICHES.
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E-59 I belonged to a fine organization, a fine church, one of the best there is in the country. But they said, "Billy, you're going to lose your mind and become a holy-roller."
Right there, I said, "You might as well take my fellowship card right now, because I'm going to follow the Holy Spirit." That's right. True. Then you have to forsake everything (That's right.), to follow Him. But he that will forsake all and follow Him, God pays off in the bountiful blessings of riches. There's--there's nothing to compare with it. All right.
* THEY'D FORSAKEN THEIR OCCUPATION TO FOLLOW THE LORD JESUS TO SEE HIS POWER, SEE THE SIGNS.
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E-60 Now, the disciples forsaken their nets and fish nets full of fish, their occupation. They'd forsaken their occupation to follow the Lord Jesus to see His power, see the signs. Those men were trained men. They knowed what the Messiah was supposed to do. They'd read back in the Bible; they understood just what Messiah was going to do. They knowed it was time for it to happen. And when they seen this Man rise on the scene Who fit the picture, then they were ready to forsake everything to listen to what He had to say; 'cause if it was the Messiah, then it was life for them; because they'd been invited to follow Him. So they'd forsaken everything.
*...TO WALK IN THE LIGHT OF GOD. IT LEADS YOU TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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E-51 He got Palestine, Abraham did--or the--Israel did. He got Palestine for a land. They left the old land down there and got Palestine, a land flowing with milk and honey. Yes, sir. What did they leave? They left the hot sun under the taskmaster down in Egypt.
What did they get for leaving that warm sunshine down there? They got to walk in the Pillar of Fire's light, leaving that hot sun down there to walk in the Light of God's Pillar of Fire, what an exchange. I'd like to take that exchange, wouldn't you? A Pillar of Fire. Walk in the natural sunlight, where they was driving under taskmasters, to come out there and walk in God's Light, under the power of the Holy Spirit, a Pillar of Fire that was leading them to a promised land.
Same thing today: walk out of the light of this world, the things that's of the world, to walk in the light of God. It leads you to the promised land.
*GOD'S GOT A HEAVEN FULL OF ANGEL'S FOOD TO FEED YOU.
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E-52 They also left the old garlic pots of Egypt, flesh pots down in Egypt. What did they get when they forsook them old flesh pots? They got to eat Angel's food, manna come down out of heaven to take the place of garlic. Now, if you have never eaten nothing but garlic, let me tell you something. God's got a heaven full of Angel's food to feed you. That's right. Angel's food, that's what they got instead of that, instead of the old garlic of Egypt.
They left the muddy waters of Egypt. What did they get out there? To drink from the rock that was smitten in the wilderness, of the pure crystal waters of God. They left the old muddy waters of Egypt, the old denominational upside down muddy waters.
Mat 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Mat 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Mat 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Rom 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
*...THAT OUGHT TO BE THE
THRILL OF THE CHURCH, IS THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; SEEING THE GOD THAT
MADE THE PROMISE STANDING AMONG US, FEEL HIS PRESENCE AND SEE HIS WORD...
54 Oh, the greatest pleasure I know of, is to be to pray until I
can realize that I'm in the Presence of God, and recognize it. I think that
ought to be the thrill of the Church, is the Presence of the Holy Spirit;
seeing the God that made the promise standing among us, feel His Presence and
see His Word, and see It vindicated. It ought to give faith, to make cripples walk, blind see,
deaf hear, dumb speak.
60 That's the way the church is getting! God has shook every promise in the Bible, before them. Still we just sit and stare, looking. "What? Show me a sign, will you?" And it's going on all the time, right around us. Bringing the Presence of God, it ought to illuminate us. When God made a promise, He stands by that promise. Yes, sir.
*...WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
HIS PRESENCE. AND NOW HOW YOU RECOGNIZE HIS PRESENCE, IS WHEN THE PROMISED WORD
FOR THIS AGE IS MADE MANIFEST...
76 If we could only do that tonight, people! If we could only realize that He is appearing to us in these meetings, for one purpose, that's, to release our desires that we have in Him, to us. But we've got to recognize His Presence. And now how you recognize His Presence, is when the promised Word for this age is made manifest, not the promised Word of Moses' age or any other age. Is the promise of the Word for this age!
*GOD, IN ANY AGE, WHEN HE SENT HIS
MESSAGE, WHICH WAS HIS WORD, AND IDENTIFIED IT TO THAT AGE...
133
Peter, Nathan,
or Nathanael, rather, and the woman, they recognize it. They, they--they
recognized His sign, Messianic sign.
134 Same now as these things I'm saying. Then to this age, Jesus said... Now watch, He is referring back now, telling them of an age. God, in any age, when He sent His Message, which was His Word, and identified It to that age; the people that believed it, it was a great time for them; the people who did not believe It, went into chaos. It's always been.
*...JUST BEFORE THE COMING OF
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE, THE GREAT SON OF GOD, GOD SENT AN ANGEL DOWN.
E-39
.....So God always sends
angelic beings to warn the world. He... I believe that there's angelic beings
in the earth today, are warning the world of judgment to come ... But anyhow, did you notice, before
the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, which is a perfect thing of today, God
sent Angels down there to call Lot out? Is that true?
E-40
Look, just
before the coming of the righteous One, the great Son of God, God sent an Angel
down. And that Angel come to a
home that was a respected home. If you want Angels to visit your home, be like
Zacharias' home. Him and Sarah was living upright before the Lord, keeping all
the statutes and all the commandments of the Lord, living in perfect obedience
to the Word in the light that they had. And Zacharias, his office was to wave incense, burning
incense at the altar while the people were praying. And while he was waving
this incense, standing on the right hand side of the altar stood Gabriel, the
great Archangel.
Now, Angels can come, but when you hear of Gabriel coming, be ready, something major's on the road. Gabriel announced the first coming of Jesus. And Gabriel will announce the second coming of Jesus. That's right.
*AND JAIRUS, A LITTLE FELLOW UP THERE WITH
A DEAD DAUGHTER...BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST, AND HIS
PRESENCE WAS IN HIS HOUSE.
77 Now we find out He went right on. And Jairus, a little fellow up there with a dead daughter, she, he believed what He said was the Truth. Now remember, he was a priest, and he was forbidden, 'cause it had been strictly told, "anybody that associated with Him would be put out of the synagogue." Well, whether he was put out or whether he wasn't, he was satisfied that God was present in Christ, and that was the Word. And what did it do? It released to him the resurrection power that was in Him; amen, brought forth a girl that was dead, and laid out, because he recognized that God was in Christ, and His Presence was in his house.
*WHEN GOD GOES TO DEALING WITH THE HUMAN
HEART, THERE IS NOTHING GOING TO STOP IT.
152 But, you see, when God goes to dealing with the human heart, there is nothing going to stop it. Husband, wife, children, pastor, nothing else can stop it when a person is really hungering for God. They're going, anyhow. So she got ready, to make ready.
*HE DWELLS IN HIS WORD, AND HIS WORD
COMES INTO YOUR HEART AND SPEAKS ITSELF OUT, AND DECLARE.
173
You know, what's
the trouble today, there is people, many people, with the people that's belongs
and just go to church and have a creed. See, they've seen so much just false,
so much just statues, and so much of big fine buildings. And--and, we, let's
not--let's not never get off in that kind of a tantrum. See, God don't dwell in big buildings; He dwells in your
heart. See, God don't dwell in intellectual
education; He is far from it. He dwells in humility, in your heart.
174 He dwells in His Word, and His Word comes into your heart and speaks Itself out, and declare. He interprets His Own Word through you. He is trying to find somebody He can get a hold of, to show that He is still God. See? And He is, He will do that if He can just get somebody He can speak to. If He can get another woman with a blood issue, He can still speak the same thing. He can still do the same thing, making known, declaring. We're in the Presence of God, not recognize It.
*THEN IN HEAVEN TODAY WE'RE A
GLORIFIED IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST PUSHING OUT TO IT.
E-85
What you have to
do with the tree, you take the tree and you plant it in the ground, and then
you have to water it; and as you water it, it doesn't do nothing but drink,
drink, drink. It has to drink more than its portion. And more it drinks the
bigger it swells up. It just pushes out limbs. Then it pushes out leaves. Then
it pushes out blossoms. Then it pushes out apples. Is that right?
And that's the way a Christian is. We are planted together in Christ
Jesus, Who is the inexhaustible Fountain of Life. We're planted in Christ, and we just drink, and drink,
and drink, and push out; and everything we have need of for the earthly
journey: Divine healing, the power of God, and all these other things is in
every individual in here that's received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, for
you're planted in Christ. Hallelujah. The Holy Ghost baptism, yes, sir, and everything you have need of for this life's journey, even
the rapture is right in you then.
E-86 Don't resent that? That's the truth. The rapture is in us now. I will prove it by the Gospel. "Those who He called He justified, and those who He justified, He hath glorified." Hallelujah. Then in heaven today we're a glorified in the Presence of God right now. I'm just pushing out to it. Amen. Glory. God's in His Word. You believe it? All right.
*HE DON'T CLOWN FOR
ANYBODY... IF HE WOULD HAVE SAVED HIMSELF, HE COULDN'T HAVE SAVED OTHERS. HE
GAVE HIMSELF SO HE COULD SAVE OTHERS.
80 That's that same old devil, the
same one said, "If Thou be the Son of God, command these stones to be made
bread."
81 The same old
devil, when he had His eyes covered up, they hit Him on the head with a stick, and said, "Now,"
passed the stick, one to the other, and said, "tell us who hit You, and
we'll believe You if You're a Prophet." He never. He
don't clown for anybody. Yeah.
82 Same one, when He was on the
cross, said, "If Thou be the Son of God, come off the cross and prove that
You're the Son of God." He could have done it.
83 They paid Him the
greatest tribute He ever had, there, but they didn't know it. They said, "He saved
others; Himself He can't save." If He would
have saved Himself, He couldn't have saved others. He gave Himself so He could
save others. See, they didn't recognize the Presence of God. That's all.
84 Now it releases the power to heal, and what? It will release the power to open your eyes to recognize Him, or blind your eyes so you'll never recognize Him. What opens the eyes of one, close the eyes of the unbeliever.
*EVERY BORNED AGAIN CHRISTIAN
IS A TESTIMONY TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, A STAR TO REFLECT THE POWER AND
HOLINESS OF THE LORD JESUS: TO REFLECT HIM IN HIS LIFE...
90 What are we today then? We are
stars. Every borned again
Christian is a testimony to the Lord Jesus Christ, a star to reflect the power
and holiness of the Lord Jesus: to reflect Him in His life, to perfect Him in
His speech, to perfect Him in His healing power, to perfect Him in His
resurrection, to reflect Him in every way that He was reflected to us by God
the Father. We are
stars.
Watch. What kind of a star should you be? This Star was not guided by Its own power. It was guided
by the celestial powers of Almighty God. And if we're ever going to reflect sinners to Christ,
we've got to be guided by the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:1 said, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them
that's in Christ, that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit." If we're going to be a star to reflect the Light of
Christ to bring sinners to Him, we've got to be guided by the Holy Spirit. That's right.
92 And we cannot be an ordinary. We
have to be unusual. We cannot be usual, because God's people are a peculiar
people. They've been through the ages.
Although peculiar, yet the Star was brilliant, not brilliant in world's educational, world's affair, but brilliant as sacrifice before the Lord. We prostrate ourselves, as the Magis did in the Presence of the King of kings, to reflect His Light.
*...WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
HIS PRESENCE. AND NOW HOW YOU RECOGNIZE HIS PRESENCE, IS WHEN THE PROMISED WORD
FOR THIS AGE IS MADE MANIFEST,...
76 If we could only do that tonight, people! If we could
only realize that He is appearing to us in these meetings, for one purpose,
that's, to release our desires that we have in Him, to us. But we've got to recognize His Presence. And now how you
recognize His Presence, is when the promised Word for this age is made
manifest, not the promised Word of Moses' age or any other age. Is the
promise of the Word for this age!
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Mar 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
*IF GOD PROMISED TO GIVE ME
THE DESIRE OF MY HEART, AND THE DESIRE OF MY HEART IS THE RIGHT THING...
E-44
If Divine
healing is promised in the Bible, and I’m sick, I’ll stay there till God gives
it to me, ’cause it’s a promise. God promised I’d forsake the world, He give me
the Holy Ghost, I’ll stay right there till He gives It to me, because He
promised it. If God promised to give me the desire
of my heart, and the desire of my heart is the right thing, I’ll stay there
till God gives it, because it’s a promise. And I’ve forsaken all the world. I
want to walk after Him, and He will pay. I know that to be truth. It’s
exactly right.
*GOD REQUIRES YOU TO FORSAKE
ALL TO FOLLOW HIM; FORSAKE EVERYTHING THAT'S CONTRARY TO HIM AND FOLLOW HIM.
E-46 Could you imagine them agreeing... an old man, here,
seventy-five years old with a sixty-five-year-old wife saying, "You know
what? I met God out here, and He told me I was going to have a baby now by
Sarah." Why, the--his doctor friend would've said, "The old man's off
at his head." But he'd already bought up the pins, and birdeye, and
everything else getting ready for it, because he knew he was going to have it.
That's right. Nothing to it. Why? God promised it. Right. And if that bunch of
people wanted to laugh at him, and think he'd gone off at his head...
They do every believer that way. All of Abraham's seed has the same thing. That's right. Sometimes your church will even turn you out, your clubs, your--your places you belong to, your fellowships in the neighborhood, your associates. Sometimes your boyfriend or your girlfriend will turn you down. But God requires you to forsake all to follow Him; forsake everything that's contrary to Him and follow Him.
*EVERYTHING THAT'S GOT
UNBELIEF IN IT, YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE YOURSELF.
E-47 Now, Abraham forsaking his
people, what did he get in back of it? What come besides that? He become the
father of many nations. God made him the father of many nations. What
little he gave up, then look what he become. Jesus said, "He who will
forsake... Me will have fathers, mothers," and so forth. Look what Abraham
got by forsaking all and following Him. Yes, sir, the father of many nations...
E-48 But first he had to separate himself from all unbelief, and even from his cold, lukewarm, church member brother, Lot. He had to forsake himself for that. Everything that's got unbelief in it, you have to separate yourself. Anything, if it's a creed... If you're in a church, and all you're depending on is a creed, and don't believe the Word, and if the Word's contrary to--the creed's contrary to the Word, you'll have to forsake that. You'll have to forsake everything.
*...FOR THEY FORSOOK THE
BOASTING PHYSICIANS TO BE WITH THE GREAT PHYSICIAN.
E-54 They left them boasting physicians of Egypt, saying,
"We are the smartest men in the world today." They left the boasting
physicians to be with the Great Physician. Amen. I'd like to see some physician
today carry on like that Great Physician did. Them people was in the wilderness
for forty years, and they come out without a feeble one among them. There
wasn't a feeble person among them, forty years. There was over two million of
the people that come out at that time.
How many babies is borned every night? How many sick? And they did... I'd like to go to Dr. Moses, and look in his satchel, and see what kind of prescription he give them. Wouldn't you like to see that? I imagine there's a lot of doctors would like to look in upon that prescription. Well, I can tell you. I've read it. You want me to tell you what it is? "I'm the Lord that heals all thy diseases." That's all he had. That's all he needed, for they forsook the boasting physicians to be with the Great Physician. Yes, sir.
*...THEY FORSOOK THEIR FISH
NETS TO WALK WITH HIM...
E-57 ...The disciples, what did they forsake? They had nets, fish nets. They forsook their fish nets to walk with Him, and see His signs and miracles, and His power of being the Messiah. Anybody that wouldn't give up a day's fishing to follow that, there's something wrong. They left their nets full of fish. They started to pull, and had the biggest catch they ever had. And they forsook every bit of it to follow Him, because they believed in their heart that He was Messiah, and they wanted to follow Him to see if the signs would follow Him as Messiah. And they got to see it.
*I'D FORSAKE ANYTHING IN THE
WORLD; I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, TO SEE JESUS CHRIST MANIFEST HIMSELF;
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MANIFESTED IN MY LIFE
E-58 I'd forsake anything in the world; I don't care what it is, to see Jesus Christ manifest Himself; especially when it's manifested in my life, that I know that I've passed from death unto Life, and I know that He is the Messiah. I know by taking Him at His Word that He has saved me from a life of sin, and I know that the Holy Spirit dwells within me. I see His signs everywhere pointing, that I know that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Forsaking all, I'm willing to forsake anything.
*IT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO
TAKE EVERYTHING BETWEEN YOU AND GOD, AND WALK WITH HIM ALONE.
38 And God called Abraham to separate himself from all of
his kindreds, and to walk with Him. Brother, sometimes it means leaving a
church. It meant that to Paul. He had to leave his church. Meant that to many.
Sometimes it means to leave home. Sometimes it means to leave father and
mother, and forsake all. I don't mean to say it does every time, but sometimes
it does. It means that you've got to take
everything between you and God, and walk with Him alone. Oh, that blessed,
sweet communion, that fellowship that you have when you separate your thing,
selves, from the things of the world and the carnal believers who is making fun
of you, and walk alone with Christ!
39 How many times that I've thanked God! He said, "I'll
give you fathers and mothers in this present world. I'll give you friends and
associates. And I'll never leave you, neither will I forsake you. Though the
whole world turns its back on you, I'll go with you, to the end of the way."
40 What a blessed
privilege, that man has that challenge to follow the Lord Jesus, to separate
himself from all his carnal associates, to follow the Lord. And if any person seems not to
behave themself rightly, and to present themselves as Christians, but love the
carnal things, it's best for you to hunt another partner right away. That's
right. And if no one will walk with you, there is One who promised to walk with
you. That's, the blessed Lord Jesus, He will walk with you.
* AND I DO THIS SO THAT WE'LL
FORSAKE ALL UNBELIEF, AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD...
E-61 I tell you, brethren, sometimes we have to speak against sin; it's not to hurt the person; it's to bring them to recognize, bring them to a spot to recognize. Like our Lord, we don't mean to hurt or be bad; God knows that. That wouldn't--that--never that being my soul, but it's to try to get people to recognize what's going on, what's happening. See? And I do this so that we'll forsake all unbelief, and the things of the world, and come back, and be a real sweet, humble Christian and live for Him.
*..."IF YOU'LL FORSAKE
ALL AND FOLLOW ME, I WILL GIVE YOU MOTHERS, FATHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS AND SO
FORTH, AND LIFE ETERNAL."
E-12
.....And then
when I become a minister, I believed that that Word was the Truth. Then I was an
outcast in my Baptist church. They said, "You'll be a holy-roller some of
these days." So then when I come to find out there was somebody that
believed it all like I did, it was just like putting on a glove on a hand. It
just fit exactly. So then He said, "If
you'll forsake all and follow Me, I will give you mothers, fathers, brothers,
sisters and so forth, and Life Eternal." So to come among you this way... I love
you.
E-13
Sometimes I
preach pretty rough because I--I see that somebody getting out of line. You
see, you're supposed to do that. A
real daddy will. Why, he'd shake you and say, "Here, get back here in
line," if he's a real true father. So sometimes your pastor has to wade down on something.
Just love him that much more, because he's a real father to you (You see?),
trying to keep you lined up; because he's watching over your soul, which the
Holy Ghost has made him the overseer of the church. And you must always watch
that.
Luk 14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Luk 14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Luk 14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Heb 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Heb 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
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