25-1215P_LIFE PT-4 (PATH OF LIFE)

Psa 16:11  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

Psa 63:1  A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 

Psa 63:2  To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 

Psa 63:3  Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 

Psa 63:4  Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 

Psa 63:5  My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 

*"SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE."

THE.PATH.OF.LIFE_  S.GATE.CA  THURSDAY_  62-0621B

  E-31    .....David here was speaking of life. "Thou will show me the path of life." Did you notice it? "Will You show me? or, Could You show me? I hope You show me; "Thou will show me."

I believe that every one that God has called will hear and will come. Now, I believe that that's what we are facing now in our meetings. We can only sow the seed. Some will fall by the wayside; some will fall one way, and some fall another. But some will fall on good ground. That is right. "Show me the path of life."

*...NO MATTER WHAT ANYTHING ELSE IS, LIFE IS THE GREATEST THING THAT ANYONE CAN ACHIEVE--IS LIFE...

THE.PATH.OF.LIFE_  S.GATE.CA  THURSDAY_  62-0621B

  E-32    Now, life is the greatest thing that we could achieve. There's nothing no greater than life. If I could go to glory this morning, and we could all go up there, and I could meet Abraham.

"What's the greatest thing there is Abraham?"

He'd say, "Life." There... no matter what anything else is, life is the greatest thing that anyone can achieve--is life. What would you give for life?

I've got a book at home. And I--I believe it was wrote by Brother Nugent, a chaplain from the prisons. And he gives the testimonies in this book of the great people that's died on earth and from the time of Christ down. And he gives the testimony of the wicked great, and the testimony of the spiritual great on the other side of the book. And I was reading there, I believe it was bloody Mary of England, where she said, "If I could... I'd give my kingdom for five minutes more life," the kingdom that she'd put so many to death because--and so forth, and yet, she would give that kingdom for five more minutes of life.

*...THE MOST BEST LIFE IN THE WORLD, NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S UP OR DOWN, IF WE'LL FIND GOD'S PATH AND WALK IN IT...

LIFE.STORY_  HAMMOND.IN.  SUNDAY_  52-0720A

  E-2    And we each one have a life that God has given us, and we must live it. And I... to my humble opinion, if you'll get this, I think the most best life in the world, no matter whether it's up or down, if we'll find God's path and walk in it, where God has ordained for us to walk... If we always, we find victory no matter... I think of blind Fanny Crosby when she was sitting there in the darkness, the question was once asked, "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He?"

And I think of all the men, and great men down through the ages, any man that ever amounted to anything mostly, were men and women who believed Jesus Christ. Isn't that right? And I think of how the prophets wrote of Him and how the--the ancient men, they foretold of Him, and how the patriarchs, how they... The rulers who raised against Him was brought low, and so forth.

*THAT'S WHAT MOLDED THAT CHARACTER.

LIFE.STORY_  HAMMOND.IN.  SUNDAY_  52-0720A

  E-3    And I think down through the age, I think of the father of our nation, George Washington, how he trusted God. I think of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, of course, I don't... I'm not a politician, but Lincoln was my favorite amongst all the presidents we've ever had. He had to come up the hard way, maybe because I had to come that way is the reason I sympathize with Lincoln: splitting rails, and writing in the dirt, and--and so forth. And the only books that we believe that Lincoln ever had until he was twenty-one years old, was the Bible and the Foxe "Book of Martyrs." That's what molded that character.

Let me see what you read; let me go in your office, in your house, and see what you read, I will about tell you what you are. That's right. See, everything's with nature. And you keep the Bible laying close for your children, read It yourself, be an example. That's what I didn't have in my younger life. But by God's grace I want to put that before my children. And if there is another generation, may they put It before theirs. And now, if we could think today...

I heard you when I come in last night. My heart was thrilled when you was singing: "All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name," let angels prostrate fall.

  E-7    Markers for others to travel... Think of Lincoln, when he was shot there because of his gallantry and standing for humane and what was right and for God. Told when he was going to die, when they... The bullet that went through his... below his... in his body there, and--and he was smothering to death, he said, "Turn my head towards the setting of the sun." He said, "Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thine will be done," repeating the model prayer as he went out to meet God. Oh, my. What are we? Men and women...

*...DOCTOR DEWITT, WHEN HE WAS DYING, HE WAS STANDING BEFORE HIS CONGREGATION; HE WAS TRYING TO REPRESENT JESUS CHRIST AS BEING THE GREATEST OF ALL ...

LIFE.STORY_  HAMMOND.IN.  SUNDAY_  52-0720A

  E-4    Just late, Doctor Dewitt, when he was dying, he was standing before his congregation; he was trying to represent Jesus Christ as being the greatest of all, He was God, He was Emmanuel, and how His power should be in the Church and would make them quit their selfishness. He was a pastor of a great church. And his congregation even was against him. They were waiting here for conference so they could vote him out, and so forth, and send him away.

But his heart was a bleeding. And so then while he was preaching his heart out one day, he had a heart attack, fell forward. There happened to a physician in the church, come to him and said, "Doctor Dewitt, you just have a few minutes longer to live. You can't make it."

He called for two faithful deacons who held up his hands. And he got his hands up and stood him to his feet, and said, "Let me stand on my feet, as long as there is breath in my body."

  E-5    Behind him was the cross that represented the cross--the cross of Christ, back there, by his baptistery. And he stood up like that; he said, "If I have one word I want to say, is this:

All hail the power of Jesus' Name, let angels prostrate fall.

Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all."

He started staggering backwards like that, when he went backwards, he throwed one arm around one side of the cross, and one, the other, and throwed his head down, and went to meet the Lord. Hallelujah. That's the way to go.

AS.I.THOUGHT.ON.MY.WAY_  CHICAGO.IL  WEDNESDAY_  59-0610

  E-44    Lord, what can we do? We either think on our ways now and make it right, or maybe before morning it'll be too late. Our hearts will be fluttering, death will be meeting us, and we'll be like the young colored man, and he--we couldn't pray. But while we're normal, while we're sitting here with the introductory song playing, "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood," may we think on our ways and turn to Thy testimonies. Guide our feet to that path of life, that bloody path that Jesus trod all the way from Pilate's judgment hall to Calvary. May we deny ourselves, pick up His cross, and follow after Him. As we're thinking, may the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts, and may we turn from our selfish way to the ways of the Lord.

Mar 8:34  And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 

Mar 8:35  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 

Mar 8:36  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 

Mar 8:37  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 

Mar 8:38  Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Psa 34:1  A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

Psa 34:2  My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

Psa 34:3  O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 

Psa 34:4  I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 

Psa 34:5  They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 

Psa 34:6  This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 

Psa 34:7  The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Psa 34:8  O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Psa 34:9  O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 

Psa 34:10  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. 

Psa 34:11  Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 

Psa 34:12  What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 

Psa 34:13  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 

Psa 34:14  Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 

Psa 34:15  The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 

Psa 34:16  The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

Psa 34:17  The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

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. 

Psa 34:20  He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 

Psa 34:21  Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

Psa 34:22  The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.