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.
Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
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E-8 And that's the way tonight. Many
of you here may seem like that your time of deliverance is way away. But
sometime when it seems the farthest away, and the darkest of hour, that's when
you receive help from God. There's an old God dishonoring proverb which says,
"God helps those who help themself." That's an error. God helps those who can't help themself. If you could help yourself, you
wouldn't need God's help. But God has mercy
on those who cannot help themself.
And Simeon, he wasn't ashamed of his testimony. Why? Because the Holy
Spirit told him so.
Now, if I wanted to base the thought here for a few moments, which I
will for just a moment, I'm going to take the word: "Expectancy."
And usually a person gets what you expect. Many people comes to
meetings, they go to church. Say, "Why, I didn't see nothing. I didn't
expect to see anything in the first place." That's the reason you didn't
see nothing. "I didn't get helped. I didn't expect to." You usually
get what you expect to get. If you come to the service and you're expecting to
find something to criticize, a religious service, Satan will be sure that you
see it. He will show you something that you can go away and criticize the
meeting.
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E-9 And if you come expecting to get help from God, God will
meet your expectancy. He
always does. Wherever you go, whatever
you do, what you expect brings your faith. If you come saying, "Well, there's nothing to
it," that's just the way you'll go back home, with nothing to it. If you
come tonight saying, "Well, if I don't get prayed for, I'll go home and
won't be healed," that's just the way you'll go. If you come here tonight saying, "I come for one
sole purpose, that is to contact Christ for my body or my soul," you'll go
home just as happy as you can be, for you'll contact Him.
Now, no matter what the
opposition looks like, Christ is the answer. Faith brings Christ. Notice, could you remember? Eighty
years old, white beard, white hair, and yet the old man went around telling
people that he wasn't going to die until he seen the Lord's Christ. What a
beautiful picture of faith.
Faith
knows no defeat. Faith is perfect. Faith brings things when there is no things
to be brought. Faith creates. Faith takes doubt away, takes negative and makes positive. How
beautiful. The old man had a basis for faith. Faith is not mythical, something
mentally worked up, it's an absolutely, fundamental result that happens in a
persons heart. When faith is
appropriated, then it is something in the person's heart. But it can't be based on, say,
"Well, go touch a tree and you'll get well," or--or, "Pray to
the--the post." It's got to have a foundation.
*EXPECTATIONS USUALLY IS
BASED UPON A FAITH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH BEFORE YOU CAN EXPECT ANYTHING.
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E-14 .....I'm going to use a subject of "Expectation."Expectations
usually is based upon a faith. You have to have faith before you can expect
anything. And now, like many of the servants of God in the Old Testament...
Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word.
2Th 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Psa 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Psa 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. Psa 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Psa 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psa 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
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.
Isa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Psa 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. Psa 59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Joh 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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52We find here that God has always had
overcomers. He's had overcomers in every age. There's always, every time, in
every age that there's been on the earth, God has always had somebody He could
put His hands on, as a witness in the earth. He's never been without a witness,
though sometimes just one. But somebody overcome, now, like the saints of old.
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66Oh, my beloved friends, don't let that
door shut. Jesus said, "As it was in that day, so shall it be in the
Coming of the Son of man." (Thank you, brother.) "So shall it be in
the Coming of the Son of man." Now, there's somebody is going to get
caught outside that door.
Many of them might have had good
intentions, and, "Some day, if such things happen, we'll go in with
Brother Noah, 'cause he's a fine fellow." But, you see, it caught just
eight inside.
67Now, think hard now. If you are laying
around, getting doty, get in. Hurry, quick, 'cause the door might close at any
time.
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68And there's always been an
ark in God's economy. There was an ark in the days of Noah, for the saving of
His people. There was an ark in the days of the law, ark of testimony. In the
days of the law, they followed the ark.
And there is a third dispensation
now; like Noah's time, Lot's time, and now this time. There is an ark now. And
that ark is not a denomination, neither is it a good works that you do.
"It's by one Spirit," Romans 8:1, "we are all baptized into one
Body, in the domain of that Kingdom, one Spiritual baptism." No matter how
good, how bad, whatever, you're in that Kingdom by--by Holy Ghost baptism. See?
That's the only way you overcome. It's all that is under the shed Blood is
overcomers, 'cause you cannot overcome, yourself. It's He that overcome for
you. You're resting.
69"How will I know then, Brother
Branham, that I'm in There?" Watch what kind of a life you're living. Just
look around. See if it's just lived out of you, automatically. Or, you have to
strain and pull, see, then you're doing it. But don't try to do it. Did you
ever try? Yeah. Don't.
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70Just like putting a little
baby's arm in a sleeve hole, you see. He's just up, down, over, and everything
else. See? He can't do it. "Put on your coat, honey." He can't do it.
Little arm is up, down, around. It takes your steady hand.
Oh, how glad I am, I can just
yield my hand to Father, say, "Lord Jesus, I can't get in There. You help
me. Put the coat on me." I quit trying. Just let Him do it. See?
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71If the little baby keeps
trying, "Oh, I can do it. I can do it." And he's just everywhere. He
can't do it.
Neither can you, neither can I,
but if we'll just hold still and let Him do it. Just yield to Him, "Here,
Lord, here I am. Just--just let me be nothing. I--I yield. You put my hand in
the right place." That's the victory. That's overcoming.
72The thing you have to overcome is yourself,
your idea, your thing, and surrender yourself to Him. He overcome for you. He
knows the way; we don't.
73But in Noah's time there
was eight overcomers, and that's what went in. They were caught inside.
Now look, friends. I believe
they're taping this. And if it's on television, or not tel-... pardon me, a
tape. Whatever you do, who is listening now, or who will listen hereafter, the
hour is very late, and you do have good intention, but be caught inside. Now,
don't struggle. "Not him that willeth, or him that runneth, but God."
Just let God. Just yield yourself to Him and walk on, with a perfect, satisfied
faith, that, "What God has promised He is able to perform." Not
joining one denomination, another denomination, running this, that, or the
other, trying this. Just yield yourself to God, and walk with Him, peaceful, quiet,
not interrupted. Just keep on walking with Him. That's right.
74That's what I told our brother that just
had the--the breakdown. See? "Just yield to Him. He's here, He Who knowed
what you have done, and what caused your being and doing this way, and all
that. He knows all about you, and now He's just told you back just what to do.
Now," I said, "only thing you have to do is just go do it. That is,
forget all about the past, walk, live for the future, in the Glory and Presence
of God.
Eight overcomers.
75 In the days of Daniel's time,
there was four overcomers that could stand the test of fire and lion.
Now, we're expected to be tested.
That's a good lesson for my--my brother back there, also. "He that cometh
to God must first be tested." Tested (what?) with the Word. That's God's
test. Do you believe it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] "He
that cometh to God must be tested." That only shows a true child, then,
see, be tested, and when the test comes on. You can't overcome 'less there's a
test give to you. And when test is given, it's to see whether you can overcome
or not. And Jesus said, "To him that overcometh," the test. The test
is the greatest thing that ever happened to you. I believe it's written in the
Scripture, Peter said, that, "Our trials are worth more to us than
precious gold." It's a testing time. It's one good evidence to us that God
is with us, when we're tested, for all children of God are tested and tried.
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76And Daniel, a man, a prophet.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel was the prophet, and that was the size
of the Church in that day, I mean, the Bride. There's lots of church, about two
million of them went down there. But there was... That was the size of the
overcomer. And them overcomers was put to the test. And every overcomer has to
be put to the test. When they said, "You take back what the Word says, or
either be throwed in the fiery furnace." They refused anything but the
Word.
77And when Daniel was given
a test, that he should take back what the Word said, that they should lean
towards the temple, as Solomon prayed, and He would deliver them from all
things. God would hear from Heaven if they'd lay... look towards the temple and
pray. And said, "If any man prays within these amount of days... And we
are Medo-Persians, who cannot change or alter our laws. That man will be
throwed into the lions' den."
78They set a trap for him. I believe that
prophet knew that. But they set a trap for him. He walked humbly. When it come
time for him to pray... When, he knowed, at the home place in Jerusalem, there
was a burning sacrifice on the altar. Daniel wasn't afraid of them spies.
Raised up the shades, and threw back the shutters, and knelt down on his knees,
and throwed his hands up to God and prayed. Why? Live or die, he had the
victory. And, therefore, so much victory till the lions couldn't eat it. He--he
overcome.
79The Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, had so
much victory until the lion... till the fire couldn't burn them. You know,
victory is a hard thing to burn out, or eat up, or anything. See? So, they,
they had it.
515-2{346}Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of a man. And if you've got a spiritual
mind... (Now, listen to this revelation). That spirit, that man that he made a
revelation of--or he made an image of by his revelation was Daniel--a religious
man being worshipped (See it?), because he named him Belzar, wasn't? Or
Belteshazzar, which was the name of his god. And he made a image of that god,
which was the image of Daniel, and Daniel refused to bow to his own image. See,
see? And here it is again. See?
Now watch. The Gentile kingdom
was issued in in the days of Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar, a Gentile king,
putting church and state together by taking a holy im--a image of a holy man
and forcing worship to it. The Gentile kingdom ends in the feet with a
handwriting on the wall by a political power that's united church and state
together to force kissing images again (You see?), same thing: image of a holy
man. Sure.
You know, Israel started out, I could say the same thing and bring it in
here. They started out, two million strong, and ended up with two men. Right.
They saw the works of God. They saw the manifestation of the Spirit. They saw
great, mighty miracles being done there in Egypt, and everything, and started
out. But it--it wasn't in their heart. They didn't overcome. They just come
out. And Jesus said, "And they perished in the wilderness," and are
Eternally dead. "Every one of them is dead," that means Eternal
separation. Every one of them rotted in the wilderness.
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85But there was two men,
Joshua and Caleb. And when it come to the showdown, the obstacles was so great
till they looked like grasshoppers side of them. Joshua screamed out with
Caleb, and said, "We are more than able to do it." Why? "God
said so." And they were overcomers. They overcome. They was the ones that
was privileged, out of that whole great organization of people, to take the
real, elected Bride into the promised land. Joshua and Caleb in the front lines
out there, as the two generals, led them right down to the river, and crossed
the river, over into the promised land. Why? They believed the Word, no matter
what.
86Then, Dathan raised.
Dathan, rather, raised up, and so did Korah, and they tried to say, "This
man is trying to make himself above all the rest of us; he's more holy than the
rest of them." After God had thoroughly vindicated the man. They said,
"We'll just start a group of people. We'll make this, that, or the other.
We'll make our organizations. We'll do." And they died and perished.
But those men had that Word of
the Lord, and they stayed with It, and they went over.
"Not he that starts; he that
finishes." Many start the race, but there's One finishing it. There'll be
many churches start, many groups of people. There'll be one Group finish.
That's the overcomers.
87Lot's day, yes, she had to
have that one great, long look back. "Oh, I'm leaving So-and-so down
there, them fine times we used to have. I'll never forget it." And she was
caught, shut out, like it was in the days of Noah. She was shut out, without
mercy, and she perished. And the--the lump still stands there today. They claim
(I don't know) you could break a piece off of it and it'll grow back, a salt
pillar. You ever see that picture of Sodom And Gomorrah, you'll see the original
pillar of salt that stood there.
88Now, there's a difference between a pillar
of salt and a Pillar of Fire. See? You have to turn one way. Yeah.
89Notice, in John the
Baptist's time. In John the Baptist's time, there was found six that had
overcome. All ages, they've had overcomers. In John's time they had six, that
was Joseph and Mary, Zacharias and Elisabeth, Simeon and Ann. A man and a
woman, a man and a woman, a man and a woman; see, type of Christ, the Church;
Christ, the Church; Christ, the Church; Christ, the Church. See? See?
90Notice, it starts from the natural man. No,
Mo-... Joseph, the natural man, Joseph, what was he? A carpenter. Then the
priest, what was he, see? A minister in the house of the Lord; Zacharias. And
from that, to Simeon, a prophet and a prophetess. See?...?... Justification,
sanctification, baptism the Holy Ghost. Amen. Don't you see it? [Congregation
says, "Amen."--Ed.] Perfectly. Six overcome. All the rest of them,
they offered their sacrifice and everything, but these were Elected. They
overcome.
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E-53I... One way, you feel like you want to
scold them, yet you're sorry for them, because they've been listening to
something else that's contrary. But always come back and see if it's THUS SAITH
THE LORD. If it's the Bible, then that's certain. And every ounce of It is
certain. Not even one little phase will ever fail: as much as Lot's wife would
turn her head at her own screaming children and grandchildren, burning up in
the flames of hell. God's wrath and judgment poured out upon Sodom, and the
poor grieved-heart mother just turned her head and looked back. But the Angel
said... Now, the Angel, the Messenger of the hour to their people said,
"Don't even look back," and she disobeyed that Messenger and just
turned her head. And she stands yet today.
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92See, as I said at the beginning, you are
born defeated. And that birth can never bring you to--to Life, because you're
born defeated. And you're in a defeated world, amongst defeated people, amongst
defeated creeds, defeated denominations. You've got to come to victory some
way.
103Jesus told us how to do it. He overcome.
Means... Overcome means "to stand the test," that's right, like all
the old saints did. Like Jesus did, amidst of all of His enemies, He stood the
test. Everything He was tested against, He stood it. In the very face of
sickness, and Him being Messiah, He healed them. In the face of death, He
brought it back to life. In the face of Calvary, His Own death, He defeated it
by surrendering Himself. Why? By the Word. Said, "You destroy this Temple,
and I'll raise it up in three days." The Word said so. See? And in the
presence of death, He defeated it. He overcome death. In the presence of hell,
He defeated hell and overcome hell. Yes. In the presence of the grave, He
overcome the grave. Why? All by the Word, and humility. Oh, my! There's the
real Man. There's the One to make your example. See? He defeated everything,
overcome it.
104Look. Temptation was for
Him. You know that? The Bible said, "He was tempted in all points like we
are, yet without sin." He was tempted by--by drinking. He was tempted by
women. He was tempted by everything that could be tempted by. He was tempted by
everything that we are. He was a Man, and yet you couldn't put a mark on Him. Yes,
sir.
105Overcome means "to recognize the Devil
in every one of his tricks." Lot of people says, "There is no Devil.
It's just a thought." Don't you believe that. There's a real Devil. He's
just as real as you are, anybody. A real Devil, and you must recognize him
real. You must know he's a devil. Then, the same time that you--you recognize
him, and know that he's a devil and he's against you, then, to overcome, you must
recognize that the God in you is greater and mightier than he is, that the One
that's in you has already overcome him. And, by His grace, you are more than a
match for him. Amen. There's real overcoming, when you recognize.
106You look back, say,
"I'm doing this and I'm doing that," then, no, you--you, you're
defeated.
"But there's no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, that walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." Then you realize that you've overcome.
And you know that he's a devil.
You can't say, "I got a sickness, and I--I--I--I don't believe it is a
sickness." Oh, yes, it is a sickness. You got cancer, you "don't
believe it is a cancer." It is a cancer. It is a cancer.
But, remember, "Greater is
He that's in you than he that's in the world." You must realize that the
Holy Spirit that's in you has already overcome this thing. And He's in you, and
you can overcome by Him. That's exactly sensible, exactly the way the Scripture
is written. Overcoming!
107Notice, overcome! The God that's in you
is greater than the one that's in him. The god of the world is not as great as
the God of Heaven, which is in you, no more than darkness can stand in the
presence of light.
108Now, darkness cannot stand in the presence
of light. I don't care how dark it is, light will put it out. It can't stand.
Glory! But you take as much darkness you want to, and try to stand against
light one time, see what happened.
That's the One that's in you, is
Light. And the one that's in the world is darkness. So, the Light has proved to
overcome the darkness, and the man that's in Christ and knows that he's overcome
the things of the world. Amen. It has no more ties to you, at all. You're free.
"Walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, and the Blood of Jesus Christ
cleanses us from all sin, and we have fellowship one with another." There
you are.
109"He that's in you is
greater than he that's in the world." Now, if you look back, you're
condemned, then you're still in the world. But if you're living above that,
then He that's in you has led you above the darkness.
Like the lily, he's above the
darkness of the mud. He's above the darkness of the muddy waters. He's in the
light, reflecting the beauty that was put in him before he left the mud. Amen.
110Now I--I feel like a shouting Christian.
What was in there by God, at the beginning, it pressed its way through,
overcome. It overcome the shell. It overcome the mud. It overcome the waters.
It overcome everything, and was an overcomer, and reflected the beauty and
Glory of God.
111That's the way every
believer does. That's the way Noah did. That's the way Lot did. That's the way.
Look what a mess he was in. That's the way Moses did. That's the way Joshua
did. That's the way Daniel did. That's the way Shadrach, Meshach did. That's
the way John the Baptist did; Zacharias, Elisabeth. That's the way that Simeon,
that's the way that Anna, every one of them did. They overcome the mud that
there was around them and packed into them. Stuck their head above the thing,
and shined forth the Glory of God. That's what a real Christian does.
112Remember, Jesus showed Her how it's done.
Forty days of temptation, He was tempted above any man that ever could be
tempted, in the temptation of Jesus Christ. Watch. He showed us how it's done.
Now I will close, just in a few
minutes.
113Look. He showed us how it's done. How did
He do it? By the Word. That's how He done it, for He was the Word. And Jesus
said, "If ye abide in Me, and My Words in you," you're back to Word
again, the Word of promise. What is the Word of promise to every Christian?
"Greater is He that's in you than he that's in the world." Then how
do I overcome? Not me, but the Word that's in me. The Word is God. Then I
overcome the things of the world, because it's the Word in me. "If ye
abide in Me, My Words in you, then just ask what you will." Just keep
pressing up. You're coming to the top, as sure as anything. See? You got to
come to the top.
114His forty days of
temptation, by God's Word He overcome. I want to express something here just
for a few minutes. Satan made three major assaults upon Him in that temptation.
Watch. It's always in them three. Don't forget it. See? He made three major
assaults, from the highest to the lowest. He tried his best to conquer Him. But
He was the Word. Amen. What did He use? Himself, the Word. Satan's three major
attacks or assaults upon Him, but He met it with the Word. Every attack, He
could make it with the Word. Watch this now, from the highest to the lowest.
115The first he made his
attack upon, to use His great power. Which, He knowed He was the Word. He
knowed His position. You believe He did? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]
"I the Son of man." He knowed His position. And Satan come and want
Him to use His Own power on Hisself, to feed Him, want to feed Hisself. He was
hungry. A man gets hungry, he can do almost anything. He'll steal, rob, beg,
borrow, anything. See? He had that appetite. And Satan used his first great
major assault upon Him, to take His power that He had been given to overcome
with and use it on Himself. He didn't use it on Himself. No. He used it on
others. That's right. He used it on others, not Himself. It wasn't for Him.
Though, He could have done it. He certainly could have done it.
129Then, the second assault.
I'll hurry. Just looks like the time just goes so fast. The next great assault
was, that he made upon Him, that He would be a show-off.
And how that does hit God's
servants, to be a show-off, to show what you can do. "Glory to God!
Hallelujah! I'm a deliverer! I'm so." See? See?
130"Come up here, on top of the temple,
and set down here." He tempted Him to do it. Now, remember, He was tempted
to do it, hard. Said, "Now, if You want to be something before the people,
stand up here on this temple, jump off." See? "I'll give You a
Scripture for it, because it's written, 'He'd give the Angels charge over Thee,
lest, any time, dash a foot against a stone. He'd bear Thee up.'" To make
Him a show-off, to show His authority.
131No true servant of God ever does that. You
see a man showing off, his chest out, and all like that, just remember, there
is something wrong there. No. God don't want that. Jesus set the example. He
could have done it. He certainly could have done it, but He didn't do it. No
servant of God is a show-off, of himself, to try to take God's power and show
himself above somebody else.
132You remember Moses did that?
Remember it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] God give him power to
do whatever he wanted to; made him a prophet. He walked down to that Rock, and
he smote the Rock the second time. That was against God's will.
God said, "Speak to that
Rock. Don't smite it again. You break all the--all the--the type here. The Rock
is only going to be smitten once." But he spoke of the weakness of the
Word when he did that; That wasn't sufficient. Yeah. The Word was what was
going on. That Rock was the Word. See?
133 He, first time, he smote the Rock and the
waters come forth. And then they got thirsty again. He said, "Now go back
and speak to the Rock." It was only smitten once. See?
"The insufficiency of the
Word," Moses testified to it. "The Word wasn't right; He had to be
smitten again."
134So Moses went down there and smote the Rock
like that, said, "Come forth!" Didn't come forth, so he smote it
again, and said, "Come forth! I command you to come forth." And the
waters come.
135God said, "Come up here. Come here.
You glorified yourself. You took My power; instead of sanctifying Me, you
sanctified yourself. Now you're not going over in the land. Look over, see what
it looked like; but, here, you're going to leave right here." Oh, my!
There never has been one like Moses, you know. No, no.
But, oh, Delilah, the first thing
you know... Samson oughtn't to have made his first stop. When Delilah flirted
her eyes at him, he ought to have turned his head and walked on. Eve stopped
just for a moment and she got in trouble. Samson stopped for a moment and got
in trouble. And when the world presents something to the church or individual,
don't stop; keep moving on. That's what the church needs tonight, is don't stop
for these intellectual, classical prides, is keep moving on in the Holy Ghost.
Just keep pressing on, going on...?...
And I'm praying to God, that
through the battles that I know that you've had a coming along this way; it's
rugged, but it's the blessed way, isn't it?...?... I just... If you--if there's
no battle, then there's no victory. But you've got to have a battle to have
victory. If it was just given to you, it wouldn't be--wouldn't be no--wouldn't
be a victory. But he that overcometh is the one who has the victory. So Jesus
came to the earth; He had a battle; He won the victory. And tonight we have a
battle, and with Christ, we can have the victory. Now, the Lord bless you.
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.
2Pe 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2Pe 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2Pe 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
2Pe 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Mat 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mat 1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Mat 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Mat 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
Mat 1:5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Rom 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Rev 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Rev 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
Rev 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Psa 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Psa 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Psa 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1Pe 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1Pe 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
*GOD HAS A TIME AND A REASON
FOR THAT TIME TO FULFILL ALL HIS WORK. THE.REPROACH.FOR.THE.CAUSE.OF.THE.WORD_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-16 SUNDAY_ 62-1223
11-2 God has a time and a reason for that time to
fulfill all His work. God knows just exactly what He's going to do. We don't. We just have to receive It as He gives It to us. But
He knows, and there's nothing going to go wrong
with what He--He's planned to do. It's all has to come about. There has to be sometimes rugged and hard things to only
bring out the real true nature of the object.
You know, rain is born
in a jagged, ragged, lightning strowed, thundering skies. And if we didn't have
rain, we wouldn't live. But you see what it takes
to bring rain? Thunder, lightning, flashing, anger; and out of there comes
rain.
A seed must die, rot,
corrupt, smell, and go back to the dust of the earth in
order to bring forth new life.
*AND THE BEATER ALWAYS HAS TO
BEAT TILL HE--HE SEES HIS OWN IMAGE REFLECTING IN THE GOLD.
It takes the pounding of gold, turned over and over, back and forth,
and pounded until all the dross is taken out of it. Not because it
shines, 'cause iron pyrite, what is known as fool's gold, shines like real
gold; but you put the two together... You set them out to one side, you can
hardly tell them apart; but put them together, you can tell it. And the beater always has to beat till he--he sees his own
image reflecting in the gold.
*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. THE.REPROACH.FOR.THE.CAUSE.OF.THE.WORD_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-16 SUNDAY_ 62-1223
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.
*THOSE THINGS ARE PUT UPON
US, TRIALS AND WONDERINGS; IT'S TESTING TO SEE HOW WE WILL REACT ON A ACTION.
11-6 And God sets a time and has a
purpose for everything that He does. There's nothing happens just accidentally
to those who love the Lord and are called according to His calling. See,
we are predestinated. And everything works just right for that; because He cannot
lie, and He said that was so, that everything has its time, its season, and it
has its way; and God is behind every move.
And sometimes you think that everything's going wrong. It's up to us. Those things are put upon us, trials and wonderings; it's
testing to see how we will react on a action.
*I BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE
THINGS HAD A MEANING. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE POWER? ...THEN HOW DO YOU
REACT TO THAT ACTION?
12-2 I come back and told Brother Fred, went to the church
that night in the auditorium and announced it to the people, and the next night
it happened. And then standing there when He told me upon some mockers. He
said, "It's in your hands. Do with them; whatever you say will happen
right now."
There you are. For somebody irreverent, ungodly, and they were making
fun and scoffing at the meeting, a young man and a young woman. And he
was trying to--vulgar love make with her in the building, and everybody's
attention while I was trying to preach. He'd pull her head back and climb up in
her lap, and throw her head back and try to kiss her, and going on like that in
the meeting, drawing the attention.
And the Holy Spirit
said, "Now, he's--they're in your hands. What will you do with them?"
There was a holy hush. Everybody set deathly quiet. And I thought, "O God,
what must I do?"
Then I remembered if
it happened in the warning of the Holy Spirit two days before. I said, "I forgive you."
Now,
that was what He wanted me to say. See, because after
all, I--I've been guilty, maybe not of that, but I--I--guilty. And guilty of
the least is of the whole. So I said, "I forgive you." And there's
witnesses setting here now was there then. Then the Holy Spirit fell through.
12-7 Now, you see, I believe that
all these things had a meaning. What would you do with the power? How
would you... See, the reaction of an action,
something that is come as an act, then how do you react to that action? Do
you understand what I mean? What would you do? And maybe all of this has worked
up to where we're at now. I don't know. I--I just can't say.
*GOD'S ANOINTED WORD HAS
ALWAYS BEEN REPROACHED, AND THAT'S THE REASON IT'S SO HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND...
But there's always
been some way... And remember, that the reproach of--of the Word has... The Word has always bore a reproach. All through
the ages, God's anointed Word has always been
reproached, and that's the reason it's so hard for people who doesn't
understand would know how to accept that reproach.
1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore.
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1Th 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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.
Eph 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ecc 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Ecc 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Ecc 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Psa 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psa 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psa 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Psa 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psa 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Psa 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psa 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psa 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psa 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psa 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Psa 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psa 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psa 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psa 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Psa 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Isa 3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Mat 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Mat 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Mat 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
1Sa 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1Sa 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
1Sa 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1Sa 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1Sa 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
1Sa 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1Sa 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
1Sa 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
Joh 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
Joh 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
Joh 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
Joh 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
Joh 1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
Joh 1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
Joh 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
E-26 So today, I feel, in the face of... Our
nation has more membership-Christians than the nation's ever known of. But did
you know, last year according to the statistics that there hasn't--the--no
seminary--one just barely compared with the year before, but every other
seminary, or school, or Bible school fell under its quota of ministers. Where
young people with calls in their life to go out into the field, and so forth,
that goes for their training, and so forth, how they used to stand in line to be
enrolled in the schools; and now you can hardly persuade them in. There's
something wrong somewhere. See? I believe with all my heart, without any,
hoping not to be saying anything wrong, but I believe it's because of a lack of
interest, concern--not enough concern. There's too much concern about making a
atomic bomb, too much concern about who is going to get on the moon first,
and--and... I ain't caring about getting on the moon. I want to get in heaven,
is where I--I want to get.
E-28 Now, this falling away is
a lack of concern for the body of Christ. I believe that maybe the right thing
hasn't been presented. So many young students that would take a call in life
sees so many failures out here, and really see that the order and program of
the day has failed. Not... Christ hasn't failed, but the system that we have
created has failed. Christ's program hasn't failed, but the people's system has
failed. Now, Christ has a program that we must enter in.
If you're--know that you're
perfectly convinced, then you're concerned about what you're talking about. How
can a man preach the Gospel who's not really convinced that he's absolutely got
the Truth? How could you do that? But when you are convinced that you know...
And how can you be convinced, if it's not according to the Scripture? You must
be convinced, and then you're concerned. That's what makes a--you concerned is
because you are convinced.
26-0817P_CONVINCED THEN CONCERNED PT-4 (KEEP GOD FIRST ALWAYS)
Joh 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Joh 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Joh 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Psa 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
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 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
*NOW, THIS FALLING AWAY IS A
LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST.
E-26...I believe with all my
heart, without any, hoping not to be saying anything wrong, but I believe it's
because of a lack of interest, concern--not enough concern. There's too much concern about making a
atomic bomb, too much concern about who is going to get on the moon first,
and--and... I ain't caring about getting on the moon. I want to get in heaven,
is where I--I want to get.
E-28Now, this falling away is a lack of concern for the body of
Christ. I
believe that maybe the right thing hasn't been presented. So many young
students that would take a call in life sees so many failures out here, and
really see that the order and program of the day has failed. Not... Christ
hasn't failed, but the system that we have created has failed. Christ's program
hasn't failed, but the people's system has failed. Now, Christ has a program that we must enter in.
*GOD WON'T HOLD YOU
RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING A SINNER. HE WILL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR REJECTING THE
WAY OUT.
THE.MIGHTY.CONQUEROR_ JEFF.IN
SUNDAY_ 56-0401M
E-18And He was so
rejected by the people, He didn't have a place to die. The earth refused Him,
and heavens couldn't have Him because He was coming a sinner, not with Own sin,
but with our sins upon Him. He was
bearing the sins of the world upon Him, so He was rejected in heaven. And the
earth didn't want Him, and they had to lift Him up between heavens and earth,
and let Him die outside of heaven and outside of the earth. What a Saviour.
How could you turn down such a Person as that for modern theology, or
for the persons of people when you know that you've got to stand in His
Presence in that day of judgment to give an account for your life? God won't hold you responsible for being a sinner. He will
hold you responsible for rejecting the way out. You can't help being a sinner. You were
borned... Your nature's a sinner,
but you can help it. Jesus made the way for you.
*AND WHEN YOU FEEL THAT
LITTLE BUZZER DOWN IN YOUR HEART WARNING YOU,
E-32And when you feel that little buzzer down in your heart
warning you, then you better stop right there and take inventory. Like I was--been preaching along
through the nights of the people drifting away from God. When you hear the Word, come right back. It's truly the
Word of God. There's a little buzzer rings; you better listen to it. Don't walk across that, 'cause you'll never get any farther till you come right
back here where you left Him.
You'll... Where you leave Christ at
by failing to obey His Word, right there He will leave you. Or you don't leave... He don't leave
you; you leave Him. See, you
always leave--leave Him, because He's got you in the path, He's trying to lead
you. But see, when you leave Him, then you have to come right back
where you left Him at, to start again.
*GOD IS ALWAYS CONCERNED IN
LITTLE THINGS, THE SAME AS BIG THINGS.
SPIRIT.OF.TRUTH_PHOENIX.AZFRIDAY_63-0118
62Now, I hope this don't sound sacrilegious, but, just to
show the--the concern of God. God is always
concerned in little things, the same as big things. I want to say this
for the benefit of some of these fine preachers. That may be... And I throw
myself in it.
63Now, we would, every one, like
to be a Billy Graham, but we... And we'd every one like to be an Oral Roberts.
But, we, we're not a Billy Graham or an Oral Roberts. We
are God's servant in the field that He has placed us in. See? No matter how
little it is, or how great, it's just the same in the sight of God, always the
same, to act right in the place where you're at. Always, it's a great thing to
follow the Lord.
SPIRIT.OF.TRUTH_PHOENIX.AZFRIDAY_63-0118
64I would rather win... or go and have a church with fifty
people in it, in the will of God, than to go have five thousand out of the will
of God. Sure. God can do more with a man in His
will, in one hour, than He could with a man out of His will, in fifty years. See? He is stumbling and staggering,
like shooting in the dark. But when a man is really
in the will of God, and knows his calling, he should abide there.
*SO YOU MUST REMEMBER; WE
MUST KEEP GOD FIRST ALWAYS.
E-36...Isn't it
strange? We'll get sick; the baby will be so sick till we just don't know what
to do. Mother will wring her hands. And her and dad will say, "Oh, God,
we'll serve You if You'll just heal this baby." And the baby gets well. Then you forget about it. See, see? So easy to forget about it.
Yes, sir.
And you'll see a accident that just almost takes your life and you'll
say, "Oh, if I would've died... Lord,
thank You for sparing me. I'm going to serve You." Then forget about it (See?), until one's done caught you. See? And then--then it's too late. See,
you--you always... The people usually
forget God. They don't always do it, thank God for that. But mostly it's so
easy to forget when everything's going good. Then you know, He said if you would neglect Him, and wouldn't serve Him,
then when your calamity comes He'd just laugh at you. You see? So you must remember; we must keep God first always.
*HE'S GOT GRACE IN THERE FOR
ALL THESE THINGS; GOT GRACE IN THERE FOR YOUR HEALING.
CONVINCED.THEN.CONCERNED_TEMPE.AZTHURSDAY_62-0118
E-79God's got grace there to make you women get your hair
long; got grace in there to make you men see that she does it. He's got grace in there for all these things; got grace
in there for your healing. That's right. He's God. If it isn't, what are
we playing about? What are we carrying on about? We're a sounding brass and a
tinkling cymbal, and become a salt that's lost its savour. Certainly.
*BUT IF IT'S HIS PROMISE, HE
MUST KEEP IT IN ORDER TO BE GOD. AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH GOD; IT'S WITH YOU
AND I.
CONVINCED.THEN.CONCERNED_TEMPE.AZTHURSDAY_62-0118
E-89God keeps His promise, brother. Certainly He does. If
it--if it isn't God... If--if it isn't God's promise, then He don't have to
keep it. But if it's His promise, He must keep it
in order to be God. Ain't nothing wrong with God; it's with you and I. God
promised in the last days that what He would do, how He would manifest Himself
in the last days.
*WHEN THE CHURCH IS OPEN,
EVERY SOLDIER OUGHT TO BE IN HIS RANK AND IN HIS PLACE.
FORSAKING.ALL_ TEMPE.AZ
TUESDAY_ 62-0123
E-16... And now, if
you have church at your own church here tomorrow night, don't come down. But if
you don't have church, we'd be glad to have you. We always want the people to stay at their post of duty,
regardless. When the church is open, every soldier ought to be in his rank and
in his place.
*JUST WANT TO LET THE DEVIL
AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW WHAT SIDE HE WAS ON...
FORSAKING.ALL_ TEMPE.AZ
TUESDAY_ 62-0123
E-74I 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 and said, "Why do you go to church? You can't hear what the
preacher says. You can't hear none of the songs. Why do you go to church?"
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.
*HOW THEY COUNTED THEIR LIVES
NOT EVEN NOTHING TO THEM. THEY STAYED ON THEIR FACE DAY AND NIGHT PRAYING TO
THE LORD.
PRESUMING_ PHOENIX.AZ
WEDNESDAY_ 62-0117
E-60Now, we look back
and see the Pentecostal church at the beginning. We think about the Pentecostal
thirty, forty years ago. We think about the Pentecostal post-Nicene council. We
think about them in the early ages of Irenaeus, St. Martin, Columba, Justin,
Polycarp, all those sainted men. And we feel that, seeing them, that we got the
same blessing they had, so we can perceive that we can just go right on like
they do. We perceive that we can do the same things that they did. But we can't
do it under these circumstances, under these conditions that the church is in
now.
PRESUMING_ PHOENIX.AZ
WEDNESDAY_ 62-0117
E-61Look what those men
did. Look what those churches did, what a sacrifice it was, what they had to
give up. How they counted their
lives not even nothing to them. They stayed on their face day and night praying
to the Lord. They
went everywhere they could, and searched for every--every crack and corner they
could get to, testifying of the Kingdom of God to the people. And today, we just expect the pastor to bring it in his
briefcase, or
the evangelist, and "Bless God, I belong to the church.".....
*GOD WILL HOLD YOU
RESPONSIBLE, MY FRIEND, AT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, IF YOU DON'T SATISFY THAT
THIRST WITH DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN OF THE INEXHAUSTIBLE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE.
THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE_ TACOMA.WA
SUNDAY_ 57-0728
E-36And notice, again.
What makes you try to have a big time like that? It's because God has made you
to crave life. God made you up, your makeup. There isn't a man or a woman on
earth tonight, neither there--was there ever a man or woman on earth tonight, or
on earth at any time but what had a craving for something, a thirsting for
pleasure. And God made that thirst
in you. And He made that thirst so you would thirst after Him. And how dare you to try to quench that
blessed holy thirst that God has put in your heart to thirst after Him, and try
to satisfy It with sin. How dare you to try to quench that holy thirst for
something by some vulgarity program on television, instead of going to the
Church of the living God. How dare you to pour whiskey, cigarettes, and dope
into your body, and use your eyes for lust to try to satisfy that blessed holy
thirst that God put in you to thirst after Him. God will hold you responsible, my friend, at the day of
judgment, if you don't satisfy that thirst with drinking at the fountain of the
inexhaustible fountain of Life. "Let him that's athirst, come. Whosoever will, let him come and
drink from the waters of Life, freely." That's what your thirsting for.
You're running from church to church. Every time a little something
happens, you run to it. A little "ism" can rise up and you take after
it. Oh, it's so good to come to the
fountain filled with Blood drawn from Emmanuel's vein, when sinners plunged
beneath the flood lose all their guilty stain.
Isa 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isa 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Isa 17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
Isa 17:13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Psa 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
Psa 115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psa 115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psa 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
Psa 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Psa 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psa 115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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