26-1002A_IN HIS PRESENCE PT-4 (GOD'S PRESENCE UNRECOGNIZED)

 

26-1002A_IN HIS PRESENCE PT-4

 (GOD'S PRESENCE UNRECOGNIZED)

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. 

Luk 17:26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 

Luk 17:27  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 

Luk 17:28  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 

Luk 17:29  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 

Luk 17:30  Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 

Luk 17:31  In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 

Luk 17:32  Remember Lot's wife. 

Luk 17:33  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 

Luk 17:34  I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 

Luk 17:35  Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Ecc 12:11  The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 

Gen 6:1  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 

Gen 6:2  That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 

Gen 6:3  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 

Gen 6:4  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 

Gen 6:5  And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 

Gen 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 

Gen 6:7  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 

Gen 6:8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 

Gen 6:9  These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 

Gen 6:10  And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

Gen 6:11  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 

Gen 6:12  And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 

Gen 6:13  And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 

Gen 6:14  Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 

Gen 6:15  And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 

Gen 6:16  A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 

Gen 6:17  And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 

Gen 6:18  But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 

Gen 6:19  And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 

Gen 6:20  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 

Gen 6:21  And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 

Gen 6:22  Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 

Gen 7:1  And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 

Gen 7:2  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 

Gen 7:3  Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 

Gen 7:4  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 

Gen 7:5  And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 

Gen 7:6  And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

Gen 7:7  And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 

Gen 7:8  Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 

Gen 7:9  There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 

Gen 7:10  And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 

Gen 7:11  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

Gen 7:12  And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 

Gen 7:13  In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 

Gen 7:14  They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 

Gen 7:15  And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 

Gen 7:16  And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 

Gen 7:17  And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 

Gen 7:18  And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 

Gen 7:19  And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 

Gen 7:20  Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 

Gen 7:21  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 

Gen 7:22  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 

Gen 7:23  And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 

Gen 7:24  And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 

 

26-0928P_FORSAKING ALL PT-2 (GOD REQUIRES TO FOLLOW HIM)

Mar 10:27  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. 

Mar 10:28  Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 

Psa 22:4  Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 

Psa 22:5  They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 

Psa 22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 

Psa 22:7  All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 

Psa 22:8  He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 

Psa 22:9  But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 

Psa 22:10  I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. 

Psa 22:11  Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 

Psa 22:12  Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 

Psa 22:13  They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 

Psa 22:14  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 

Psa 22:15  My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 

Psa 22:16  For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 

Psa 22:17  I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 

Psa 22:18  They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

Psa 22:19  But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 

Psa 119:86  All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 

Psa 119:87  They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. 

Psa 119:88  Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. 

Psa 119:89  LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 

Psa 119:90  Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 

Psa 119:91  They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 

Psa 119:92  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 

Psa 119:93  I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 

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. 

Luk 14:31  Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 

*BUT GOD REQUIRES YOU TO FORSAKE ALL, TO FOLLOW HIM. 

100 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—a—a baby now, by Sarah.”

101 Why, they, his doctor friend, would have said, “The old man is off at his head.” But he had 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.

102 And if that bunch of people wanted to laugh at him and think he had gone off at his head, they do every believer that way. All of Abraham’s Seed has the same thing. That’s right. Sometime 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 GOT UNBELIEF IN IT, YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE YOURSELF. 

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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...

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  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.

105 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 is contrary to…The creed is contrary to the Word, you’ll have to forsake that. You’ll have to forsake everything.

* AND GOD NEVER DID BLESS ABRAHAM UNTIL HE TOTALLY OBEYED HIM.

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  E-49    And God never did bless Abraham until he totally obeyed Him. Abraham wanted to take his daddy along. And the old man was a fly in the ointment all the time. Finally he died. Then Lot, there was strife and everything. And then, as soon as Abraham fully obeyed God and separated himself, and let Lot go on down there in the good lands, wherever he wanted to go, down in Sodom, then God appeared to Abraham, and said, "Lift up your eyes. I give the whole thing to you."

Abraham was the one who separated. He was the one who separated all to follow--to follow God. And he is the father of faith. He is the one that we believe to be the faithful one. The promise was made to Abraham and his seed. We being dead in Christ are Abraham's seed, heirs with Him according to the promise.

*FORSAKING ALL, WHAT DO I GET?”

62-0123 — Forsaking All 

82 “But,” you say, “what do I get then, forsaking all? Forsaking all, what do I get?”

83 You can expect the world to make fun of you. You can expect the world to call you all kinds of unhonorable names. They’ll call you anything that they can call you. You’ll be despised and rejected.

84 Jesus, because of Him being Emmanuel, God dwelling in Him, it made Him so odd to His own church till His own church excommunicated Him as soon as He come in. They was the one who hung Him on the cross. They was the one who condemned Him. He loved people. His whole heart was for people. But He had to forsake everything, in order to follow God.

85 And so do we have to forsake everything, in order to follow God.

*I THINK THAT’S WHAT CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO DO TONIGHT. FIND OUT WHAT YOU’VE GOT.

62-0123 — Forsaking All 

96 I think that’s what Christians ought to do tonight. Find out what you’ve got. If something gets just a little high up, that I can’t reach it, I’ll get me a stepladder and climb up to it. And if something seems a little out of reach, in the Bible, that God has promised, I’ll stay on my knees and climb Jacob’s ladder till I reach it, ’cause it’s mine. God gave it to me.

*IF GOD PROMISED TO GIVE ME THE DESIRE OF MY HEART, AND THE DESIRE OF MY HEART IS THE RIGHT THING...

62-0123 — Forsaking All 

97 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.

everything that’s contrary to Him, and follow Him.

2Co 4:6  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

2Co 4:7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 

2Co 4:8  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 

2Co 4:9  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 

2Co 4:10  Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 

2Co 4:11  For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 

2Co 4:12  So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 

 

26-0925A_IN HIS PRESENCE PT-3 (GOD'S PRESENCE UNRECOGNIZED)

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. 

Joh 15:3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 

Joh 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

Joh 15:6  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 

Joh 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

*... JOAN OF ARC, IN FRANCE, THE LITTLE LADY THAT WAS REALLY... SHE LED THE REVOLUTIONARY IN FRANCE, BUT SHE WAS REALLY A--A SERVANT OF CHRIST.

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8    For instance, you Catholic people here tonight, you remember a few years ago, Joan of Arc, in France, the little lady that was really... She led the revolutionary in France, but she was really a--a servant of Christ. What did your church do to her? Burnt her at the stake, as a witch, because she seen visions and was spiritual. The Catholic Church burnt her, as a witch, at the stake, because she was spiritual and seen visions. A few years afterwards, they found out that that woman was a saint. So of course you done great penance, you dug up those priests' body that condemned her and burnt her, and throwed them into the river. Of course, that, you done great penance for that, for digging up these priests' body.

9      Now, in the days of the prophets, what happened? They did the same thing. They didn't recognize them till they had done come, ministry had finished, took out of that the Elected, and then after they were gone they recognized that there had been a prophet among them.

 

*... JESUS, HE CAME TO THE EARTH. ... ABOUT ONE--ONE NINETIETH OF THE WORLD KNEW THAT HE WAS EVEN ON EARTH AT THAT TIME, AND YET THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.

10    Jesus, He came to the earth. Endowed within Him was the Father, God. "I and My Father are one. My Father dwelleth in Me. It's not Me that doeth the works, but My Father. And if I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not." Now, if you notice when He came, about one--one ninetieth of the world knew that He was even on earth at that time, and yet the Saviour of the world. And then they never recognized Who He was, even the church or no one else, hardly, until they had crucified Him, buried, and rose on the third day, before they ever knowed Who He was.

*... PEOPLE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT UNTIL IT'S PASSED, AND, THEY, BECAUSE THAT IT NEVER FITS THEIR THEOLOGY, IT NEVER FITS THE TIME OF THE DAY.

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  11      It comes in and goes out, and people does not recognize it until it's passed, and, they, because that it never fits their theology, it never fits the time of the day. See, what it is, they're always living in a glare of another age, always.

12    The reason they didn't accept Jesus, because they were living in the glare of the Law. And when Jesus came, was not contrary to the Law, but come to fulfill the Law, well, they couldn't accept Him because His Message wasn't exactly the way they had it all creeded out, and it was called then traditions. And He didn't come according to their traditions. He didn't keep their traditions. And really He upset it, and tore it up, and--and done things that was contrary to it, insomuch that they thought He was breaking up the churches. And they couldn't receive Him because of His Message. And we all know today that He come exactly in the line of God's prophecy, but they didn't know it then.

 

*WHY DIDN'T THEY, WHY DIDN'T THEY DO IT? BECAUSE THEY HAD IT FIGURED OUT SOME OTHER WAY.

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  14      Now, Jesus being there so Scripturally identified by the Scriptures, and the Scribes and Pharisees of that day could not recognize Him. Why didn't they, why didn't they do it? Because they had it figured out some other way. That's where Jesus told them, "Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have Eternal Life, and they are they that testify of Me." See? Now He come exactly with the Scriptures. But they had it figured out maybe that if He would come, the Messiah would probably do what Moses did, or what Noah did, build them an ark or something, else. But, reason He come the way He did, they hadn't figured out; in the Scriptures with their traditions, did not teach them; so the people were so confused they didn't know what was going on.

*AND THAT COULD BE THE RAPTURE.

39    Now look. You know, the--the Coming of the Lord is going to be a secret coming. He said, "There will be two in the bed, and I'll take one and leave one," that's where the--the night is. "Two in the field, I'll take one and leave one."

40    You know, there is so many people disappear every day, off the face of the earth, that nobody can account for. One of these days it might be that people might say, "Well, you mean the tribulation, the thing is on us now? I thought the Church was to go before the tribulation." They don't realize and understand that the Rapture could take place and they would know nothing about it; it's the secret going of the Church.

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  41      And, think, people will go right on preaching, saying they believe they're getting saved, and adding in the church, and building churches, and going on just like they did in the days of Noah, and so forth, and not know it; and the Rapture done past, "it's already happened and you didn't know it." There is hundreds of people disappear from the earth and people know nothing about where they went to, they can't account for it; somebody was going somewhere, they never hear from them no more. And that could be the Rapture.

 

*YOU BETTER BUCKLE UP THAT ARMOR. YOU BETTER TAKE THAT WHOLE WORD OF GOD AND HOLD ONTO IT, AND QUIT THIS HOLLYWOOD ACTING AROUND HERE.

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  42      I tell you, friends, just because that we are members of the church, or something like that, that doesn't mean too much to us. You better buckle up that armor. You better take that whole Word of God and hold onto It, and quit this Hollywood acting around here. It's got right into the church, and it's a shame. But Hollywood glows, just makes a bright light, and the church today is trying to compare with Hollywood. Christ is not in Hollywood. Christ is in the individual. Hollywood glow or... Hollywood glares, while the Gospel glows with humility. God ain't in these great fine fancy places and all this stuff that we see. He comes in in humility, in form of meekness and gentleness, pass right through.

43    And if you're acquainted with the Word, you'll see It. He that has an eye, to hear, "let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches," see now, now today, which was identified.

*...THE CHURCH IS GETTING SO WORLDLY AND SO INDIFFERENT, AND SO THEIR MINDS SO MUDDLED UP WITH TELEVISION,...AND STAYING HOME. THAT SHOWS WHERE THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS ARE.

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  52      Look at the day we're living in, what's promised for this day. Where are we? We've moved on up. The Pillar of Fire moves, and the children of Israel moved with the Pillar of Fire or they went back to Egypt. We have got to move with the Word.

53    And today we're getting so slothful, the church is getting so worldly and so indifferent, and so their minds so muddled up with television, and We Love Sucy and some of these old things, and staying home. That shows where the people's hearts are. And you can tell them these things are wrong, and they think you're crazy. What is it? "Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God." See?

 

*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...

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.

 

26-0921P_FORSAKING ALL

Mar 10:28  Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Luk 18:19  And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 

Luk 18:20  Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 

Luk 18:21  And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 

Luk 18:22  Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 

Luk 18:23  And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 

Luk 18:24  And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 

Luk 18:25  For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

Luk 18:26  And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 

Luk 18:27  And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. 

Luk 18:28  Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

*WHAT GOD REQUIRES: FORSAKE ALL AND FOLLOW HIM. THAT’S GOD’S REQUIREMENT.

62-0123 — Forsaking All

73 But that’s exactly what God requires: forsake all and follow Him. That’s God’s requirement. We’ve got to do it too. Sometime we’ve got to forsake our very thoughts. If our thoughts about anything is contrary to God’s Word, we’ve got to forsake our own thinking and follow Him. And the only way we can follow Him is follow His Word, obey It. And God’s request and God’s requirement is that we forsake all and follow Him.
76 Jesus said, or the Scripture says, “He that loves the world, or the things of the world, the love of God is not even in him.” Right. It takes, forsaking all.

* THE GOD WHO WROTE THE WORD IS THE WORD. AND THE WORD IS IN YOU, AND IT CONDEMNS YOU.

    62-0123 — Forsaking All

77 There, when you are willing to forsake all and follow Him, then, “If ye abide in Me, and My Word in you, you can ask what you will and it will be done for you.” But, you cannot, knowing that those things are wrong. You know they’re wrong.

78 The Bible is against them: card-playing, cigarette-smoking, drinking, wearing immoral clothes. And, then, claiming to be a Christian. If that spirit in you does not condemn that, then there is something wrong with the spirit that’s in you. Because, the God Who wrote the Word is the Word. And the Word is in you, and It condemns you. It’s got to. And if it doesn’t, you’re being deceived. How can the Holy Spirit write something, and you turn around and do contrary to It, and say the Holy Spirit is leading you? You can’t do it. So, smoking cigarettes, drinking whiskey, playing cards, cutting hair, wearing shorts, all these other things, are wrong, sinful wrong, and you’ll never get anywhere until you quit it.

*THERE, THEN YOU’RE FORSAKING ALL, TO FOLLOW HIM.

  62-0123 — Forsaking All

79 .....No wonder we can’t have a worldwide revival. No wonder we can’t have a pentecostal revival. Something has happened. That’s right. We’ve let down the bars, and things are taking place that should not take place. Therefore you must forsake all, to follow Christ.

80 You must forsake your own, your own ideas. You must cope with His Word. And never will the Holy Ghost ever deny any Word It ever spoke. And the Bible is wrote by the Holy Spirit. The Bible said so. And if…The Bible Words is God. “In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”

81 Now the Word is made Spirit, dwelling in us, “For I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world, the consummation.” Now, if that same God that wrote the Bible is in you, you’re not your own, you’re dead to the things of the world, you’re dead to your own thoughts, and “the mind that—the mind that was in Christ be in you.” There, then you’re forsaking all, to follow Him. Not your own thoughts; what He says. “Not My will; Thine, Lord.” Then you begin to line up with God’s Word.

 *SO JUST REMEMBER, AS LONG AS HE’S BLASTING AT YOU, YOU’RE A FEW JUMPS AHEAD OF HIM YET, AND JUST KEEP ON GOING.  

62-0123 — Forsaking All

86 We, 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 is a flowery bed of ease. Because, no Christian…

87 The Bible said, “All that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions.” So if—if you’re not suffering persecutions for Christ’s sake, then there is something wrong.
88 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. Yeah. So just remember, as long as he’s blasting at you, you’re a few jumps ahead of him yet, and just keep on going.

89 “But all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions.” He said, “Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for so persecuted they the prophets which was before you.” That’s right.

* OH, YOU—YOU SHOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD, HAPPY BECAUSE OF IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN BEAR THE REPROACH OF HIS NAME.

90 Don’t go with a hang-down face, and say, “Well, I oughtn’t to have done it. I guess, they—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.”

91 Oh, you—you 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.

* YOU FORSAKE THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD, AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND GOD WILL REPAY YOU SO MANY TIMES.

92 But I want to say this, too. (Hurry up, as quick as we can.) God will not, in no wise, be in debt to any man. God won’t be debted to any man. If you have did that for God, forsaken all, God will repay you a thousand fold. Right. God will pay it back. You forsake the things of the world, and the world, and the things of the world, and God will repay you so many times.

*EVERYTHING THAT GOD PROMISED, IS YOURS.

94 Let’s take, first, the father of faith, Abraham. Abraham forsook his own land, the property he owned, and everything else. He was called out of Chaldea, the city of Ur. And he forsook his land, his home, his people, and all, and followed God. He had to forsake everything, leave it behind. He forsook his—his land, his property down in Chaldea, in Ur. He forsaken his property, and God gave him the whole promised land. God pays back with a lot of interest. He gave him, up there that day, when He met him, He said, “Rise up, Abraham. Look east, north, west, south, I give it all to you, it’s all yours.”

95 That’s the matter with Christians tonight. God gives it to us, but we’re afraid to investigate it. When you become a Christian, you’re an heir to every promise in the Bible. That’s right. Everything that God promised, is yours. It’s just like a great big arcade, and by one Spirit we’re all baptized into this arcade, which is Christ. Well, if I…If somebody give me something, I’m going to look around and find out what I own.

* HE—HE GAVE HIS STRENGTH. HE BECAME WEAK, THAT HE MIGHT BE OUR STRENGTH.

153 Now, yes, sir, He—He gave His strength. He became weak, that He might be our strength. He is our all sufficient Strength. We don’t need no other strength but the strength of the Lord Jesus. “He is my Strength from day to day. Without Him I would fall,” said the poet. How wonderful!

154 What you forsake; what you receive, for what you ever forsook! My! Forsake the world. Forsake your own ideas. Forsake your doubts. Forsake your flusterations. Forsake it, and receive Him. Believe Him.

*JUST WANT TO LET THE DEVIL AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW WHAT SIDE HE WAS ON.

166 I read a little article in the paper the other day, where an old man…He was both deaf, dumb, and blind, and he went to Sunday school every Sunday. And they asked him, by braille, said, “Why do you go to church? You can’t hear what the preacher said. You can’t hear none of the songs. Why do you go to church?”

167 And he said, “I just want to let everybody know what side I’m on.” Just want to let the devil and everybody else know what side he was on. I think that’s good. Yes, sir.

*HE GAVE AND FORSOOK HIS OWN LIFE. HE GAVE HIS LIFE, TO SAVE YOURS AND MINE.

168 What else did Jesus do? He gave and forsook His own Life. He gave His Life, to save yours and mine. Because that He—that He gave His life…He didn’t have to lay it down. He done it willingly. He didn’t have to do it, but He done it willingly, because He could save you. And now He’s the only one that can save you. There’s nothing else can save you.

169 I know there’s a denomination that says that their church saves you. “You’re saved by the church.”

170 You’re saved by Jesus Christ or you’re lost. Yes, sir. Nothing you can do, not one thing you can do, only repent of your sin. Jesus Christ is the Saviour. Yes, sir. He gave, He gave His life for you.

Pro 19:14  House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. 

Pro 19:15  Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 

Pro 19:16  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Jas 5:13  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 

Jas 5:14  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 

Jas 5:15  And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 

Jas 5:16  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

Jas 5:17  Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 

Jas 5:18  And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 

Jas 5:19  Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 

Jas 5:20  Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

 

26-0918A_RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BELIEVER

Luk 8:11  Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 

Luk 8:12  Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 

Luk 8:13  They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 

Luk 8:14  And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 

Luk 8:15  But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

1Th 2:13  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 

Exo 3:2  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 

CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY.OF.GOD.REVEALED_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-7  SUNDAY_  63-0728

104      So, my opinion, the first thing that He made was Angels. And then they worshiped Him, and that made Him God. And He started from there. As in previous Messages I have tried to explain it, break it down. And now, then, when Angels began to worship Him, that was before there was even a molecule in the earth. There was nothing. It was all darkness. There wasn't no sun, nor no moon, no stars, no nothing, then He was God. As He asked Job, "Where was you when I laid the foundations of the world, see, when the morning stars sang together, the sons of God shouted for joy? See, now, where were you?" See? That was way back before the earth.

WHO.IS.GOD_  CLEVELAND.OH  TUESDAY_  50-0815

E-17    And in there... Now, see, this is just like a child playing before the door. It was the Son of God, the Logos. And I can see Him out there, and He spake, and said, "Let there be light." And there was nothing. But there was something happened, and a atom turned there and begin to whirl around this a way. The sun begin to come into existence, because He said, "Let there be." There's the authority.

Where did He make it from? I don't know. There was nothing to make it from. But He believed His own Word, and there was light. I can see a piece fly off of that; it's a meteor. After a few million years, or a hundred billions of years, if you want to call it, and it circled way out. I see Him standing there watching it. And it falls down in here. He stops it after it falls a few million years, and let it hang there in orbit. Here goes another one flying off the sun. It goes over here and hangs down, stops it there.

THE.ANGEL.OF.GOD_  TOLEDO.OH  FRIDAY_  51-0720

When God spoke, this--the--the--the dirt that you set over tonight, that's God's Word. God just said, "Let there be," and His Word materialized. Is that true? Where did He get the dirt, if it wasn't? He just spoke it, and it's God's materialized Word formed the earth that you set on. Oh, how wonderful, how past finding out. It's by faith that we believe Him. God believed His own Word, and it formed the world. If we had time to go into those things.

BLIND.BARTIMAEUS_  KLAMATH.FALLS.OR  WEDNESDAY_  60-0713

The very seat that you're setting on is God's Word made manifest. The very earth that you walk on is God's Word made manifest. The dirt on the ground is the Word of God. Amen. Oh, my. This building is the Word of God; this desk is the Word of God. God created it. He created it with His own Word.

There wasn't nothing to make it out of; He said, "Let there be," and He believed in His own Word. And there was a world come into existence. Oh, my. I'm ready to hang my soul on any phase of it and say it's the truth. Yes, sir. He said, "Let there be" and there was, because He's God. He made His own Word come to pass. He still makes His own Word come to pass. He always did, and He always will. He will stand by His Word; what God promises, God will do.

 

 

26-0914P_EXPECTANCY PT-3 (MAKES HIMSELF MANIFEST)

Luk 2:26  And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 

Luk 2:27  And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 

Luk 2:28  Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 

Luk 2:29  Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 

Luk 2:30  For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Pro 8:34  Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 

Pro 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. 

Pro 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. 

*GOD'S WORD TELLS US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205E

  E-25    .....God's Word tells us what we can expect. And if we receive this Word without any doubt mixed into it, we will receive what we come for. But if you go away saying, "Well now, just as expected, I..." Well, you won't see a thing. But if you come expecting to see the Lord Jesus manifest Hisself amongst the people, you'll go away satisfied. You certainly will. You'll know that something happened.

But if you say, "Well, I... just as I expected, just another, oh, an evangelist standing up speaking," and that--then that's what--all you'll get. You usually get what you're looking for.

So open up your heart tonight, and take down the umbrella, and just, oh, just receive God in your heart.....

 

*AND REMEMBER, MESSIAH ONLY COMES AND MAKES HIMSELF MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIM.

SIRS.WE.WOULD.SEE.JESUS_  LONG.BEACH.CA  WEDNESDAY_  61-0208

  E-53    Now, there's only three races of people on the earth. That's Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people; and that day, which was considered Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan. Now, the Gentiles, we Anglo-Saxon, we were heathens in them days. We worshipped idols,  Romans, and so forth, with clubs on our backs; and we wasn't looking for no Messiah. And remember, Messiah only comes and makes Himself manifest to those who are looking for Him.

The reason we don't see these things today, we're not looking for Him. We're looking at our churches, our denominations, our great structures, how much we're growing. Get your eyes off of that. Look to the Messiah. We're at the end time.

 

*AND THAT'S THE ONLY HOPE THAT WE HAVE, THE ONLY SUBSTANTIAL HOPE THAT WE HAVE, IS ON THE WORD OF GOD.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

  E-15    And I've often quoted this, that God is obligated to His Word. I like to read just a word or two of It, because what I say will fail, because I'm man, but His Word cannot fail because it's God. What... God is ever called on the scene at any time to make a decision... And the first decision God makes has to be the same decision every time.

Now, there's where you must solemnly base your faith, on THUS SAITH THE LORD. You must believe it, that it's God's Word. And that's the only hope that we have, the only substantial hope that we have, is on the Word of God. And now, God being infinite, and cannot make a mistake, and He's perfect, therefore, all of His... all of His promises must be perfect as He is perfect. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." the Word itself. So therefore, the Bible is the Word of God. It is God Himself placed upon paper.

For no man is any better than his word. If I can't take a man's word, I just can't have any dealings with him. He must be honest, he must be truthful, and especially as he professes to be a Christian.

 

*BUT IF YOU'RE LONGING, AND LOVING, AND WILLING, AND EXPECTING, GOD IS HERE TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU.

EXPECTATIONS.AND.LEADINGS.OF.THE.SPIRIT_  EDMONTON.AB  SUNDAY_  57-0811E

       People come to the meeting; they see the precious Lord Jesus and every power that He used when He was here, move in the people. Some of them say, "I don't see that." No wonder, you wasn't expecting to see it. But if you're longing, and loving, and willing, and expecting, God is here to reveal Himself to you.

 

*THEY HEARD THE BIBLE; THEY BELIEVED IT, ACCEPTED IT, AND IT TAKEN PLACE.

JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205E

  E-79    .....There come hundreds of people that the day before was on crutches and wheelchairs with seven of them great big African vans, as long as them two posts together, piled plumb high, full of that, coming with their hands up. Been at war with one another in tribes, walking the next day singing, "All things are possible; only believe." Twenty-five thousand healed at one time. Why? They wasn't all indocumated with everything. They were virgin. They heard the Bible; they believed It, accepted It, and it taken place.

*NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND YOUR OBJECTIVE, AND YOUR MOTIVE, AND THEN THE WILL OF GOD.

JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205E

  E-16    See, you've got to know positionally, first, Christ, where you stand. You are heir to this. It's your personal property; it belongs to you. It's God's gift to you. Nobody can take it away from you; it's yours. "What you ask the Father in My Name, that I'll do." Who can deny anything there? "Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' don't doubt in your heart but believe that what you've said shall come to pass, you can have whatever you said." What promises, not limited just to healing, but to whatsoever.

Now, you've got to find your objective, and your motive, and then the will of God. And if it is the will of God, and your motive's right, and your objective is right, then the mountain will fall. But outside of that, you could scream till you got hoarse and died, and never would move. See? Your... First thing, it's got to be the will of God; the next thing, it's your objective in going and do it; and then the motive you have. You want to be some big person...

 

*THAT'S THE LITTLE GROUP THAT GOD SHAKES TO GET READY TO GO.

SIRS.WE.WOULD.SEE.JESUS_  LONG.BEACH.CA  WEDNESDAY_  61-0208

  E-8    Now, let me warn the people again and again. Do not expect the last shake of God in the church to be a universal thing. It isn't going to be. It's to the church. It's the great things that'll happen with the people in the little minority. That's the little group that God shakes to get ready to go. Them are gone anyhow. See? Now, that's Scriptural and Bible.

 

*OH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, THAT GREAT RAPTURE AND APPROACH OF OUR LORD JESUS.

JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205E

  E-33    But there is a shelter. Oh, it's not made out of steel, but it's made out of feathers: under His wings. Oh, I like that shelter, sweetly, peacefully abide, knowing this: that as soon as--'fore that bomb even gets a whistle to start, on His wings He will bear us up. Oh, that's what I'm looking for, that great rapture and approach of our Lord Jesus. And to see it coming so close, our hearts just jump for joy. To know that, it's a joy.

2Ti 4:7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 

2Ti 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Mat 18:20  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

2Th 3:5  And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.