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Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Joh 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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*AND IN THE TIME OF STRAIN, IN THE TIME OF PERPLEXITY, IN THE TIME OF
DISTRESS, IN THE TIME OF PERILOUS TIMES, THEY FOUND COMFORT IN KEEPING THE
WORD.
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80 ….. That was His Word. That's what we inherit is the Word. And in the time of strain, in the time of perplexity, in the
time of distress, in the time of perilous times, they found comfort in keeping
the Word. The Word is God's Comfort. When you know, and can walk down
even to the valley of the shadow of death, and know that God said so; that
settles it. God said so.
You can't say,
"Why, the pastor said it," or, "The church said it."
You can say, "God said so." That's the comfort we get. That's where I can find comfort now. That's where you found your comfort. God said so. "He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die. Believest thou this?" See, It's comfort. It's the comfort we get.
*BUT YOU KNOW HIM, AND HAVE SEEN HIM. AND
HE DWELLETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU."
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84 Noah. I spoke of him, I believe,
this morning, the comfort he must have gotten, though in the midst of
criticism.
Certainly.
"And the world cannot receive Him," Jesus said
so, "because it knoweth Him not. But you know Him,
and have seen Him. And He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
Noah had met God. He heard God. He had God's Word. So it didn't make any difference what anyone else said; Noah had God's Word. So It was a comfort to him, when the critics would come, was going on what they were doing, criticizing him, and science, saying, "How can waters fall from the skies, when there's none up there? We can prove there's no water there. You're a fanatic, Noah. Why, I can prove to you that you're a fanatic. Look at here, where's there any water? Show me." They might've had glasses that could've seen a hundred and twenty million years of light space, as we have today. So you know it had never rained. But yet Noah was comforted, because he had God's promise. Amen.
*THEM THAT'S WILLING TO RECEIVE CHRIST,
CHRIST DOES SOMETHING WITH THEM. IT'S THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST THAT--THAT
ANCHORS US AND SECURES US INTO HIM.
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106 Some of them says, "Then
why don't you get you a church where great flocks of intelligent people come,
well dressed and well groomed, and can pay you well, and things like that, and
preach the Gospel? Why do you preach to a bunch of poor people? And you're half
starved, and so forth, and all like this." They say that to the preachers
who stand for Truth. But, oh, brother, I can't tell you. "Won't you get an
intellectual crowd, somebody who knows their abc's?"
It don't make any difference what kind of a crowd it is. Them that's willing to receive Christ, Christ does something with them. It--it's that crowd. It's that person that maybe don't know his abc's. But if he doesn't, He knows Christ, and that's the difference. See, it's--it's not the--the--the standing, the blue blood that you claim to have. It's the Blood of Jesus Christ that--that anchors us and secures us into Him.
*IT'S
OUR BUSINESS TO BELIEVE HIM, AND OBEY HIM, AND FEEL COMFORTABLY WHILE WE ARE
RESTING UPON HIS PROMISE. "GOD SAID SO. THAT SETTLES IT."
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122 Moses knew. When Moses had that
responsibility of two million people, when he led them out of Egypt, how's he
going to feed them: two million people, with the--the women packing a little
bunch of kneaded bread on top of their head? For forty years of journey, how's
he going to feed them? How many babies could be borned each night in a group of
people like that? How many old and infirmed? How many clothes will they wear
out? "Where will I get the clothes? Where will I feed them? I've come to
them, as a leader. How will I be able to do it?"
Moses rested upon this, 'cause God said, "Surely I'll be with you." That's
his comfort, "Surely I'll be with you."
That's all they
needed. But Moses rested upon the comfort of God's promise, "I'll surely be
with you, Moses." So then it's
not up to Moses to see how they're fed.
"How You going to do it, Lord?" Moses didn't ask
that question.
It's not my business to ask the questions. It's not your
business to ask the question. It's our business to
believe Him, and obey Him, and feel comfortably while we are resting upon His
promise. "God said so. That settles it."
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