21-0312A_Is Your Life Worthy Of The Gospel Pt-2 (ACCEPT IT, TAKES THE SEAL OF GOD)
WE'VE GOT TO BE LED BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
We cannot do that. We've got to follow, every day, every hour of the day, every step of the way.
We've got to be led by the Lord Jesus Christ. If we don't, we take an organizational life.
And a life that doesn't follow Christ, daily, is not worthy.
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Let us bow our heads.
Lord Jesus, many years ago, when Christianity was
born in the form of a Man called Christ, the anointed Messiah, Jesus was His
Name. The people brought
their little infants to Him, that He might lay His hands upon them and bless
them. And He said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid
them not, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven." This lovely little couple,
their grandparents and them have been true followers of the Word.
Lord Jesus,
I bring, and hold to You, tonight, the pastor and I, this lovely little David
Jonathan West. I give him to You, from the mother and daddy. I present him to
You, Lord, for health, strength, a long life of service, to honor God Almighty,
Who brought him into this world. May the blessings of God rest upon him. May
the Holy Spirit rest upon the child. If there is a tomorrow, may he carry the
Gospel that his parents and grandparents so cherish today. Grant it, Lord. Now,
in the Name of Jesus Christ, I give You this child, in a dedication of its
life. Amen.
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I believe they want to take a picture of the little fellow. [A camera
clicks--Ed.] I jumped, too.
God bless
you, sister. May you ever love and cherish the Lord Jesus, and the little
fellow be raised in the admonition of God, and have a wonderful little boy. I'm
sure. God be with you.
I believe he
dropped his little pacifier? Did they get it? Oh, my!
Now let's
sing that little song, Bring Them In. Everybody, together now, for the little
fellow. All right, sister.
Bring them
in, bring them in,
Bring the
little ones to Jesus.
20 I don't know better hands to put them in.
Do you? The hands of the Lord Jesus!
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Now, I know it's hot out there. I want to say to the janitor, my brother,
Doc, or other, them takes care of it. Some of the sisters are ruining their
skirts on the--on the grease that's on the chair. How many got some of it on
them? I know, there's my wife, my two daughters, little Betty Collins, Mrs.
Beeler, some of them. It's something, grease on there. If you take a look at
it, Doc, when you can. It's, I believe, it's where they... It's grease or
paint, or something, right where they work up and down, the seats. And it
isn't? [Brother Edgar "Doc" Branham says, "There's no grease on
them, to get it off from."--Ed.] Well, I--I don't know what it is, then.
Something I just... Is mentioned to me, and I said I'll mention it to--to Doc.
All right.
Now,
Wednesday night prayer meeting. Is any other? You've announced? You got your
announcements in, Brother Neville? Announcements all in.
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Now, if the Lord willing, next Sunday morning, I want to speak on the
subject of indicting this generation for crucifying Christ. You say, "This
generation couldn't have done it." We'll find out whether they did, or
not, according to the Word. Now, next Sunday morning, if the Lord is willing.
If, now, if--if--if something occurs...
23 I'm supposed to be in Houston this week,
also, in a convention, that take me through Sunday, so I don't know whether
I'll be able or not. But we got a couple more Sundays to play on, before it,
anyhow. Then we go to Chicago for the convention, or meeting in Chicago, the
last week in this month. And then I have to take the family back to Arizona,
for--for their vacation is over and the kiddies has to go back to school.
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Now, how many enjoyed the reading of the Word, and the blessings of the
Lord? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] We all do, so greatly.
25 Now, it's hot, and I know some of you goes
back home tonight. I know Brother Rodney and Charlie, and them, has to drive a
long ways. And wait a minute, you're on vacation, aren't you? Well, I hear
you're going fishing.
"The
Lord don't lot time to the man when he's fishing. You don't get any older while
you're fishing." So, now, you girls go with them. See? And I'll come down
and join you, if I can. And you know, "The good Lord," they said,
"don't lot time to a man when he's out fishing." Do lot of it when
you--when you feel all twisted up. It's the best thing to relax on, I ever
found in my life, is to go fishing.
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I had a little card, one time, from Mr. Troutman. Anybody ever remember
Mr. Troutman, the ice company in New Albany? He had a little card on there,
said, "Out fishing." And went ahead, say, "A man that has...
Every man, his brothers, out fishing. With a helping hand, they'll always land,
out fishing." Had about eight or ten different things. Then when he got
down at the bottom, said, "Man is closer to God when he's out fishing."
So I think that's about right. "The rich and poor are all the same, out
fishing." See? "A helping hand, he'll always land, out fishing."
And everything was about, "Out fishing."
27 Well, I'll tell you another fishing I've
been doing for about the last thirty-three years, has been fishing for the
souls of men. May the Lord help us to win every one that we can find.
THREE EXODUS
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Now, tonight, this is taping. Now, this morning, (if Jim is here, or
taping), I--I think, on the tape, somebody called my attention to it, I said,
"The second exodus." I didn't mean second. It's, "Third
exodus."
The Holy
Spirit in the form of a Pillar of Fire, God coming down in manifestation,
brought out the first exodus, and--and back in... brought Israel out of Egypt.
The second exodus was Christ bringing the Church out of Judaism.
And, The Third Exodus, is when
the same Pillar of Fire takes the Bride from the church. See? Out of the natural; out of the spiritual; and the Spiritual
out of the spiritual. The three, see, the Spiritual out of the church, rather. Then we get the three, the
three ages of it.
29 Now, tonight, I wanted to make another
tape, and that was called: Is Your
Life Worthy Of The Gospel? Probably wouldn't take very long. Well, just
some Scriptures and notes I got here, but first we want to read God's Word.
Before we do that, we just bow our hearts to Him just a moment.
THAT
THEY MIGHT KNOW WHAT TYPE OF LIFE IS REQUIRED OF THEM TO LIVE.
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Lord Jesus, any man, physically, or woman, or child, can move back the
pages of this Bible, but there's no one that can reveal It but You. I pray, Lord, of taking this text as
it's placed upon my heart to send out across the nations, for the people, that they might know what type of life is required of them to
live. For, so many has asked me, "Is the
Christian Life a life of church service? Is it helping the poor, the needy? Or
is it a constant member? Is it a loyal loyalty to the church?"
and such questions. Father, may the correct answer come tonight, through
these words, as we make an endeavorance to--to bring them to the people. In the
Name of the Jesus Christ, we ask it. Amen.
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Now turn in your Bibles, to the Book of Saint Luke, and we'll start at the 14th chapter and the 16th verse,
to read some Scripture for a basis, for a background, for this that we're going
to try to lot about thirty to forty minutes on. Now, the 16th verse of the 14th chapter of Saint Luke.
Then said he unto him, A certain man
made a great supper, and bade many:
And sent his servants at supper time
to say to them that were bidden, Come; for--for all things are now ready.
And they all with one accord begin to
make excuses. The first said unto him, I... bought a piece of ground, and I
must need go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have bought five
yoke of ox, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
... another said, I have married a
wife,... therefore I cannot come.
So the servant came, and
showed his lord all these thing. Then the master of the house being angry said
to his servant,...
Notice, it's not servants. "Servant."
... Go out quickly into
the streets and the lane, and the cities, and bring in hither the poor, and the
maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou has commanded,
and yet there is room.
... the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come
in, that my house may be filled.
For I say
unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
SO HE WENT OUT AND COMPELLED THE
GOOD, BAD, AND INDIFFERENT; THEY SHOULD COME IN.
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Now, did you notice, there was
three pulls, or three turns, of it? When they went out, first, and call to them
that were... or bidden to come, and they didn't do it. So there went out a
healing campaign, went out to get the blind and halt. And still there were room, so
he went out and compelled the good, bad, and indifferent; they should come in.
33 Now, you read another parable of this, something on order of it, in Matthew 22:1 to 10, if you'd like to read it, later on. But I--I drew this subject from there: Is Your Life Worthy Of The Gospel?
NOW, JESUS HERE IS SAYING... MAN HAS
ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE EXCUSES, NOT TO RECEIVE GOD'S WORD OF HIS INVITATION
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Now, Jesus here is saying... Man has always tried to make excuses, not to receive God's
Word of His invitation. Though it be firmly proven to them, that
it's--that's it's His Supper and His invitation, but man is constantly making
excuses. And if you read Saint Matthew
22, you'll find that the excuses were made there, also. And--and they
try...
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went back into all ages. Went back into the age, and said a man bid them,
and--and had a vineyard. And we find that parable. And how he sent his
servants to collect from this vineyard. First servant come, what did they do?
They run him off. The next servant come, they also stoned him. And they run
servant after servant off; the cruel men. The king sent, finally, his son. And
when his son came, we find out, that, "They said, 'This is an heir. We'll
kill him, then we'll have all things.'" Then Jesus said to them, "The king sent forth and slew those
murders, and burnt their cities."
IF
YOU STEP OVER THE BOUNDARIES OF MERCY, THEN THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT, AND
THAT IS JUDGMENT.
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Now, we see, when God gives a man
an invitation, and to do something, or to receive the invitation that He's
given him, and he returns it down, then there's nothing left, after mercy is
spurned, but judgment. If you step over the boundaries of mercy, then there's only
one thing left, and that is judgment. And we find that man has done that in all ages. It's happened, most
every age, in the Bible.
BUT
GOD MADE THE WAY, BUT THEY HAD AN EXCUSE. IT WASN'T ACCORDING TO THEIR--TO
THEIR MODERN THINKING.
37 When
God sent Noah, His servant, and made a way of escape for all the people who
wanted to--to be saved. But the
people only laughed and scorned at Noah. But God made
the way, but they had an excuse. It wasn't according to their--to their modern
thinking. It didn't... It
wasn't the way they wanted it, so
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They made excuses in the days of Moses.
They made excuses in the days of Elijah. They made excuses in the days
of Christ. And they make excuses today.
THE CHURCH, WHO HAS BEEN BIDDEN TO
COME TO THE FEAST, AND WON'T DO IT, THE SPIRITUAL FEAST OF THE LORD.
39 Now, Him speaking directly to Israel, the ones that was called to the
feast, that I would also apply today to men, the church, who has been bidden to come to the feast, and won't do it,
the spiritual feast of the Lord. And they won't do it. They don't
want to do it. They've got other things to do. They find excuses.
40 Now, if Israel, two thousand years ago,
would accepted the invitation that they were given, they wouldn't be as they
are today. Two thousand years ago, Israel turned down the invitation to come to
the wedding supper, and they turned
it down and went into judgment. But, as Jesus said, they stoned
and kill the prophets that was sent to them, by making excuses, now, the
excuses they made in each day.
AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL.
AND THEY SCREAMED OUT. THEY WAS SO SURE THAT THAT MAN WAS WRONG, UNTIL, OH,
THEY CONDEMNED HIM.
41 We find, in the days of Jesus, that He didn't--He didn't affiliate with any of them. They said, "When did this Man get this learning? What school is He from? Is not This the carpenter's Son? Isn't His mother called Mary? Is His brothers, Joses and James, so forth? And isn't His sisters with us? Then where did this Man get this authority to do this?" See? Other words, He didn't affiliate with them. So they said, "He's Beelzebub. He's a Samaritan. He's got a devil, and He's mad. He's a--He's a... He's a Man that's got an evil spirit, on the line of religion, and has drove Him crazy. And that's what. He's out there like a wild man. Don't pay any attention to Him." And we know what happened to Israel. And they screamed out. They was so sure that that Man was wrong, until, oh, they condemned Him. He said, he said, "Let His Blood be upon us and upon our children." And It's been there ever since.
AND, BY DOING SO, HAD MADE THE WORD OF GOD OF
NO EFFECT.
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Jesus was trying to tell them that their excuses was what killed the
prophets, and what killed the righteous that come. They accepted their creeds that men had given
them, instead of taking the Word of God.
And, by doing so, had made the Word of God of no effect.
43 Now, you've either got to say, in this, that This is God's will and God's desire, or either something else that you can crop up, that's better than what This is. Now, you have to take one or the other. You can't serve God and mammon. And you've got to say, "This is the Truth," or "That's part of the Truth," or "It isn't all the Truth," or "It isn't put together right," or "It isn't interpreted right."
And the
Bible said, that, "The Word of God is no private interpretation." No
one else is supposed to put an interpretation to It, It's written just the way
God wants It interpreted. Just what It says, That, that's what is supposed to
be. Just take It the way It's said, way It's wrote down Here.
44 Now, they accept their creeds. They make God's promises of no effect to them. They bypass That. They'll skip away from It.
NOW, IF RUSSIA HAD ACCEPTED THE
PENTECOSTAL BLESSING, SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE HOLY GHOST FELL IN
RUSSIA, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMMUNISTS TODAY.
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Now, if Russia had accepted the
pentecostal Blessing, seventy-five years ago, when the Holy Ghost fell in
Russia, they wouldn't have been communists today. Now, seventy-five years ago, they had a great revival in Russia. God
come among them, and they had great revivals, way into Siberia. And
what did they do? They rejected It. And today, the country is gone, and the
churches can't have church, only under permission. And they are doomed into judgment. Has gone off on
this wild tantrum of communism; sold out to the Devil.
Fifty years ago, the Holy Ghost fell
in England.
46 Fifty years ago, the Holy Ghost fell in
England. Just after
that come George Jefferies, and F.F. Bosworth, and Charles Price, Smith
Wigglesworth, those great warriors of the faith, fifty years ago, and offered
England the Holy Ghost revival. But what did they do? They
laughed at them, put them in jail, called them crazy, thought they had lost
their minds. The churches refused the people to come hear them. And they healed
the sick, and cast out devils, and done great works. And because that England, as a nation, rejected the Gospel, her--her
sins is knowed throughout all the world. There's hardly a--a more of an
apostate nation in all the world, even including Rome and France, than England.
She's a mother of apostasy. Right where Finney and many of the
great men preached, in the--the Haymarket, and Charles G. Finney, and Wesley,
and on down, and she turned It down.
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And now, even last week, or two, in the papers, you find out where
their great men has so weakened to the--to the sex of women, until spies come
in. And their head man found some more of them. The magazines has packed
it. Their sin of scandal, right in their government, has sowed their
disgraceful name across the world. Why? She rejected the Truth. She had
her excuse, and she's finished. England is all washed up, with God, long time
ago. If...
AMERICA, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, WHEN THE
GREAT HEALING REVIVAL CONTINUED ON FROM PENTECOST, BROKE OUT IN THE NATION, AND
THERE WAS A REVIVALS ON THE CAPITAL, WASHINGTON, DC.
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fifteen years ago, when the great healing revival continued on from pentecost,
broke out in the nation, and there was a revivals on the capital, Washington,
DC. The presidents, vice-presidents, great people, governors; great
things taken place, governors and--and men were healed. Like, Congressman Upshaw had been a cripple for--for sixty-six years,
and they could not turn their face and say it wasn't so. It was right before them, but they turned
It down.
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And, tonight, that's the
reason this nation stays. She is doomed. There is no hope for it, at all. She's crossed the line between judgment and mercy.
And she's elected in what she has here, to control the nation. And she is
rotten, to the core. Her politics is rotten. The morals of this nation
is lower than anything I can think of. And her religious system is
rottener than the morals. She
becomes, in doing this, she has now joined herself, all these churches, and of
the nation, into the federation of churches, and has taken the mark of the beast.
What a thing! Why? Christ give them
the opportunity, "Come to My feast," the feast of pentecost, which
means "fifty."
HE
BID THREE TIMES. THREE TIMES, HE SENT OUT, AND THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO THE
FEAST…RUSSIA, ENGLAND, AMERICA.
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When the Holy Spirit poured out on Russia, they was called to a feast
of pentecost, spiritual feast, and they turned It down. England, the Holy Ghost was poured
out upon them, and they turned It down. America, the Holy Ghost was poured out upon them,
and they've turned It down.
51 He bid three times.
Three times, He sent out, and they did not listen to the feast.
Then He sent again, and He said, "Go
and compel those people to come. The table has got to be set. The table is
ready. There is still room." And I believe, that, maybe, maybe
within the next few months, or something, or year, or whatever it is, God is
going to send another shaking across the country, for there is somebody still
out there, somewhere, that's a predestinated Seed, that the Light has to fall
on, somewhere, somewhere in the world. The
nation, itself, is gone.
LOOK AT OUR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM TODAY.
HOW CAN IT BE THAT THE CHURCHES CAN EVER GET INTO THE CONDITION THAT THEY ARE
NOW?
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I was looking in this week's Life magazine; down at, well, down at
Little Rock, the other day, or, rather, Hot Springs. And there I seen, I
believe it was a governor of the state of New York, with some kind of a
striptease over in Honolulu, dancing with her, now. And here, below that, was
another renown man. Oh, what a disgrace! Look at our nation today. Look at the
condition of our--of our nation. Look where she's went to, how low she sunk.
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at our religious system today. How can it be that the churches can ever get
into the condition that they are now? Is because they have rejected and refused the
Message of God, the invitation to come to the feast. Could you call
a life like that worthy of the Gospel? Could you call a life, that could set
and permit their--their people to do the things, to smoke cigarettes?
THAT MAN WOULD TURN OVER IN HIS GRAVE
IF HE KNOWED THAT CHURCH HAD GOT IN THAT CONDITION.
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The other day, down here, a certain church, a little league team was
playing down here at the park, and my brother-in-law's little boy is a pitcher
for one of the teams. And so he was out there pitching, and there was a church
league playing. And there was the pastor with these little fellows, out
there on the ground, playing. And the pastor smoked cigarette after cigarette,
of a real neighborly church right here by us. And could you imagine a man...
And even people setting in the audience noticed it. But it's getting so
that they don't even pay any attention to it.
55 A certain great church, a Baptist church, that I know of, let's the church out from Sunday school, fifteen extra minutes, so that the pastor and all of them can stand outside and smoke, before they come back in to serve the duty of the Lord. John Smith, the founder of that church, prayed so hard, that God send a revival, till his eyes swolled shut at night, and his wife had to lead him to the table and feed him with a spoon. If... That man would turn over in his grave if he knowed that church had got in that condition. What is it? They were bidden to come, and turned it down. That's the only thing. And you remember, Jesus said, in here, that, "Those that were bidden, and turned it down, would not taste His supper."
WHEN GOD SENDS THE HOLY GHOST AND
KNOCKS AT A MAN'S DOOR, AND HE DELIBERATELY TURNS IT DOWN, SOMETIME HE'S GOING
TO TURN IT FOR HIS LAST TIME…
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When God sends the Holy Ghost and
knocks at a man's door, and he deliberately turns It down, sometime he's going
to turn It for his last time, and then you won't be a privileged character.
You can set in a church and listen to the Gospel, and agree with the Gospel.
You might do so much as say, "I know It's right," but never put a
finger on It, to help It, yourself. See? You just listen to It, 'cause
you say, "I believe It's right." That's just sympathizing with It.
I could say, "I believe that's a ten thousand dollars." That don't mean I got it. See? I could say, "That's good cold water," but refuse to drink it. You know what I mean?
AND
TO REFUSE TO DO IT, ONE DAY YOU'LL CROSS THE LINE BETWEEN JUDGMENT AND MERCY,
AND THEN YOU WON'T BE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO COME AND RECEIVE IT.
And this is Eternal Life. And to refuse to do it, one day you'll cross the line between
judgment and mercy, and then you won't be have the privilege to come and
receive It.
57 To you people who come here. I'm not responsible for those who... or--or other ministers are speaking to. But, if It's right, you owe your life to It. What more could you ever find, that would be more of a benefit to you, than to know that you can have Eternal Life?
WHAT IF I WAS GIVING AWAY CAPSULES
HERE, THAT, SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN, SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT THIS CAPSULE
WOULD MAKE YOU LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS?
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What if I was giving away
capsules here, that, scientifically proven, scientifically proven that this
capsule would make you live a thousand years? Well, I--I'd have to get a militia out here, and swarm them away
from the place. You wouldn't have to make an altar call for it. You just have to beat them away from it,
to live a thousand years.
BY
REJECTING THE DAY OF VISITATION, IT SEPARATES YOU FROM GOD.
And, yet,
scientifically proven that the Eternal God, all His power of His resurrections,
which promise you Eternal Life, and Satan will put his legions out there and
keep you away from It. See? Yet, you
can look, and sensible enough to look in the face of It and see It's right, but then turn It down. See?
59 Something, some kind of an excuse. "It's too hot. I'm too tired. I will, tomorrow." Just some kind of an excuse, that's all they do. By rejecting the day of visitation, it separates you from God.
AND,
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY HAD WHAT THEY CALLED THE JUBILEE YEAR. THAT WAS WHEN
ALL THE PEOPLE, THAT WAS SLAVES, COULD GO FREE WHEN THE JUBILEE SOUNDED.
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Now, we notice. And, in the Old Testament, they had what they called the
jubilee year. That was when all the people, that was slaves, could go free when
the jubilee sounded. And
then if a man did not go out, if there was some excuse that he could give, that
he didn't want to return to his land, then he had to be marked in the ear, with
an awl, by the post in the temple. And then no matter how many
jubilees come along, that man was sold out. He could never no more come back as
a citizen in Israel, no more. What did he do? He rejected his invitation. He didn't have to pay nothing. The debt of
his slavery was over. His family
was free. He could go right back to his homeland and get his own possession.
But if he refused to do it, then he wasn't lotted no more with Israel, and his
possession was give to another.
TO
REJECT THE SEAL OF GOD IS TO TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
61 Now, the same thing in the natural applies
to the spiritual. That, if we, as inheritants of Eternal Life, and we hear the
Gospel and know that It's true, and we reject It, and refuse to do it or to
listen to It, we take on the mark of the beast.
62 Now, somebody said, "Now, there's
going to be a--a mark of the beast, it's going to come some day." Let me
tell you. It's already come. See? As
soon as the Holy Ghost begin to fall, the mark of the beast begin to take
place. See?
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only have two things. One of them, is, accept It,
takes the Seal of God. To reject It, takes the mark of the beast. To reject the Seal of God is to take the
mark of the beast. Everybody understand? [Congregation says,
"Amen."--Ed.] To reject the
Seal of God is to take the mark of the beast. For, the Bible said, "All that
was not sealed by the Seal of God took the mark of the beast."
THE
MARK OF THE BEAST, IF WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE, IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE
MADE MANIFEST, WHEN YOU REALIZE IT'S WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
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go free could go. Them that didn't, was marked.
Now, you see, the mark of
the beast, if we talk about it in the future, is when it's going to be made
manifest, when you realize it's what you've already done. See? And so is the Holy Spirit, It's to be manifested. When we
see the Lord Jesus coming in glory, and feel that transforming power, and see
the dead rising out of the grave, and know, in a second longer, we'll be
changed and have a body like His. It'll
be made manifest. Then, to see those who rejected It, will be left down, out.
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Didn't Jesus said the virgins went out to meet Christ? Some of them fell
asleep, the first watch, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, to the seventh watch. But, in the seventh
watch, then came forth the sound, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh. Go ye
out to meet Him." And the ones that were sleeping, awakened.
All the age back, to Pentecost, woke up. See? From the seventh age, the seventh
church age, all the way back through, woke up. And these that were in this church age, a living, they were changed.
And they went in.
At the very time they went in, the sleeping virgin come and said, "We want to buy some of your Oil."
THAT
THOSE SLEEPING VIRGINS ARE NOW TRYING TO RECEIVE PENTECOST, TRYING TO RECEIVE
THE HOLY GHOST.
66 But
they said, "We just got enough for ourself. Go to them that sell It."
"And
while they were trying to receive this Oil, the Bridegroom came." There has never been a time in the
history of the world, that the Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists,
Presbyterians... The papers are full. The religious papers are praising God,
that those sleeping virgins are now trying to receive pentecost, trying to
receive the Holy Ghost. And don't the people realize that it will not happen,
according to the Word of God? "While they were trying to come back,
the Bridegroom come and took away the Bride. And they were cast into outer
darkness, for judgment," because they rejected their invitation.
67 All peoples are bidden to come. God, in every age,
has sent out His Light, and It's been rejected.
WHEN
GOD IS MAKING A VISIT TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE PEOPLE, RECEIVE IT THEN.
68
And, now, today is no different from any other day, to reject the day
of the visitation. When God is making a visit to the Church and to the people,
receive It then. Don't put it off till next year, the next revival. That's the hour, "Today is the day of salvation."
69 And remember, God has never sent a Message, in any day, but what He vindicated It with the supernatural. Jesus said, Hisself, "If I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. But if I do the works, you believe the works if you can't believe Me," and when you see it clearly cut and--and made manifest.
NOW
SHE TAKES HERSELF TO THE CONFEDERATION OF CHURCHES, TO GO RIGHT IN TO TAKE THE
MARK OF THE BEAST.
70 Now
the time has come that she rejects It, then she's bored in the ear with an awl,
then she'll never hear It. Now she takes herself to the confederation of churches, to go
right in to take the mark of the beast.
71 "One of the great ambitions," somebody give me the paper just now, this new pope has said, "is to unite the churches together." They'll do it just as certain as I'm standing here. And the Protestants fall for it. See? Because, the church... The Bible said, Paul, the prophet of the Lord, said, "That day will not come except there come a falling away, first, and then the... before the man of sin will be revealed. He that setteth in the temple of God, upholding himself, all that's above God; he, as God," forgiving sins on the earth, and so forth. How that this thing happened! But it couldn't happen until the falling away, until the church begin to get away from the spiritual feast, draw itself back and organize itself. And then the revelation didn't stay with the church.
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72
Remember, Israel walked, day and night, by the Pillar of Fire. When that
Pillar of Fire moved, they moved with It. And remember, It was a Fire at night,
and a Cloud at day. So It might come, day or night, any time. But, wherever It
was, there was a propitiation made, that they would not fail to see It. It was
a Light at night, and a Cloud in the day time, and they followed It. Yes, sir.
The same thing!
73 Martin Luther saw It. What did he do? He
come out of Catholicism. But what did they do? They built a little fence
around, said, "We're Lutherans. This is it."
74 Then Wesley saw It moving away from there.
He went. What'd they do? Built a little fence around it, said, "This is
it." What'd the Light do? Moved right on, again.
75 Pentecost saw It. What'd they do? Moved out of the Wesleyan and Nazarenes, and so forth. What do they do? They build little fence around it, called, "We are oneness," and "We're trinity," and "We're the United," and all this. What did He do? God moved right on out of it. See?
AND A LIFE THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW
CHRIST, DAILY, IS NOT WORTHY.
76 We cannot do that. We've got to follow, every day, every hour
of the day, every step of the way. We've got to be led by the Lord Jesus
Christ. If we don't, we take
an organizational life. And a life
that doesn't follow Christ, daily, is not worthy.
77
A man that's a Christian on Sunday, and goes to church, sets back
there and thinks he owns the church because he does this, that, or the other,
and on Monday will steal and lie. And women that'll go out on the public
beaches, and--and out upon the streets, with immoral clothes on!
78 I thought of--of the first lady, wouldn't
even put on makeup, to go before the pope; and come back, and set a waterhead
haircut spree for the women in the nation. And all these dresses, that, when she's become mother, every woman in
the country wants to wear one of them mother-type dresses now. That's
right. It's examples. And they know that those people would do that. They
take on a spirit of the world. And that don't belong in the Church of the
living God.
79 Women
ought to look to Jesus Christ. You ought to look to Sarah and them of the Old
Testament.
AS
LONG AS YOU DON'T DO IT, DON'T NEVER TRY TO CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN, 'CAUSE
YOU'RE NOT.
80
Now, they got so that... I was
preaching the other night, somewhere, about women to obey their husband. Obey? Yeah. That went out of the
marriage ritual, a long time ago. But they ain't going to do that. No, sir.
They live in America, and they let you know so. They're not going to obey. But, as long as you
don't do it, don't never try to call yourself a Christian, 'cause you're not. I
don't care how much you dance and speak with tongues, if you don't obey your
husband, you're out of the will of God.
81 A
woman that wears shorts and does these things that she does on the street,
don't call yourself a Christian. You want to have the world and still hold your
testimony. You cannot do that in the Presence of God, when you know better than
to do it.
