26-0515A_TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD PT-6 (GOD KEEP HIS WORD)

Mat 4:23  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 

Mat 4:24  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 

Heb 10:16  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 

Heb 10:17  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 

Mat 24:32  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 

Mat 24:33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 

Mat 24:34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 

Mat 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 

Job 8:5  If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 

Job 8:6  If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 

Job 8:7  Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 

Psa 7:10  My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 

Psa 25:8  Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 

Psa 31:23  O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 

Psa 31:24  Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. 

Pro 7:14  I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 

Pro 7:15  Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 

Isa 55:6  Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 

Isa 55:7  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Isa 55:8  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 

Isa 55:9  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

Isa 55:10  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 

Isa 55:11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Isa 55:12  For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 

*HE WANTS CHRISTIANS TO BE CHRISTIANS. MAKE YOUR CONFESSION AND STAND THERE. 

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-29    Now, I believe that God is everywhere. And as I looked at the eagle, I thought, "Now, what would that old bird raise up there to stop me from shouting? And I happened to notice him, that one thing, he seemed like he wasn't afraid. That's one thing that's godly about him.

God don't want cowards. God wants men to be men, women to be women. He wants Christians to be Christians. Make your confession and stand there. That's the idea. Not scared to say this and scared to say that. Keep your convictions. Be what you are. That's what God wants you to do. Be what He wants you to be and don't be cowardly about it.

 

*WHAT OUGHT A MAN TO DO WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST, WHEN HE FEELS THE SPIRIT OF GOD OPERATING RIGHT, BLESSING HIM...

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-31    Brother, if God give an eagle wings to take him from danger to safety, and as long as he could feel those wings operating right, what difference did it make what kind of a danger he was in? What ought a man to do with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, when he feels the Spirit of God operating right, blessing him, and giving him the deep things that he desires in the love that he desires of God; to fellowship, to walk with him. What can the devil put before you?

Paul said, "O death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory? But thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Even death and the grave could not, nothing like scare that old apostle. He knowed he had fellowship with Christ. Yeah, but, "Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

 

*AN INFIDEL NOT--SEVERAL YEARS, SIXTY, OR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO PASSED THROUGH THE NATION, AND HE WAS MAKING CONVERTS TO INFIDELISM...

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-34    Just one more little thought on my mind comes this. An infidel not--several years, sixty, or seventy-five years ago passed through the nation, and he was making converts to infidelism. And he was so smart the preachers was afraid to attack him. But one day while he had been taking a Europe trip, he broke down and come back. He went up into the mountains to take a rest. And one day while walking out, he looked at the rocks. And he said, "Oh, rocks, are you there according to the book of science? Are you there according to the Word of God?" And he got so under conviction that he knelt down there in the path and gave his life to God.

The Bible said, "If they hold their peace, the rocks will immediately cry out." Something's going to teach people about God. I've watched birds, and animals, and can see God in His universe. We could hold that for two hours.

 

*...GOD IN HIS WORD. THE BIBLE SAID THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A SEED THAT A MAN SOWED. 

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-35    God in His Universe, now God in His Word. You believe God is in His Word? The Bible said that the Word of God is like a seed that a man sowed. Now, you people here in California raise a lot oranges, citrus fruit. Did you know that that little tree when you plant it just about that high, half inch high, that every bushel of--of peaches, apples, oranges, grapefruit, everything that that little tree will ever bear in all of its life on the earth, is in it when you set it out? That's right. Certainly it is; it's a seed, and the life is in the seed.

The only thing you'll have to do is to water the seed. Well, I... You put me on record tonight in these recorders. I have no apology for this remark that I'm fixing to make. I believe, and can prove, that the right mental attitude towards any Divine promise of God will bring it to pass. Yes, sir. The right mental attitude, but you've got to have the right attitude. The--the attitude is what brings the results. If you say, "Yes, yes, I believe it but I don't know now." That's not the right attitude. The right attitude is to receive it, and say it's "THUS SAITH THE LORD." Then it's right.

 

*...WHEN A CHRISTIAN ACCEPTS GOD'S WORD, AND THE WORD IS MADE MANIFEST TO HIM BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE NEED OF IN THIS WORLD, IS GIVEN TO YOU RIGHT THEN.

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-36    Now, I believe that everything that you have need of when you receive Christ... And Christ is the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us." God keeps His Word. Hope we get to it this week or next week one. God keeps His Word. He is duty bound to His Word. His Word can never fail. And I believe that when a Christian accepts God's Word, and the Word is made manifest to him by the Holy Spirit, everything you have need of in this world, is given to you right then.

 

*... WHEN A MAN GETS BORN AGAIN, GOD GIVES HIM A CHECKBOOK WITH JESUS' NAME SIGNED AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY CHECK, AND THAT CHECK IS GOOD FOR EVERY REDEMPTIVE BLESSING THAT JESUS DIED FOR.

I believe that when a man gets born again, God gives him a checkbook with Jesus' Name signed at the bottom of every check, and that check is good for every redemptive blessing that Jesus died for. If you're not afraid to fill it out and turn it in. And I believe that we are planted in Christ, not stuck out, but we're planted in Christ, and I...

You take a little tree and plant it; there's only one thing you have to do to that tree; that's water it. And it has got to drink. It's got to drink more than its portion. It's got to drink till it swells out. It pushes out leaves, pushes out branches, pushes out oranges, pushes out oranges again. It's has just got to drink, drink, drink, drink, and push out.

 

*...THE CHRISTIAN'S GOT TO DO, IS JUST TO SET DOWN BY JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORD.

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-37    And I believe that's what the Church, the Christian's got to do, is just to set down by Jesus Christ and His Word. And I believe that He is the inexhaustible Fountain of Life that man can be planted in Him, and drink, and push, and drink, and push, till every Divine promise in the Bible will be made manifest to him. Amen. Every promise in the Book, everything is God's.

 

*...THEN THE GREAT CHURCH OF GOD WOULD STAND TO ITS FEET.

As I said the other night, crossing this world, preaching, I've found two classes of people: one the fundamentalist and the other the Pentecostals. The fundamentalist positionally knows where they stand, but they've never received the Holy Ghost, so they haven't got any faith of what they know. That's right. And the Pentecostals has received the Holy Ghost, but don't positionally know who they are. That's right.

GOD.IN.HIS.WORD_  OAKLAND.CA  SATURDAY_  57-0323

  E-38    It's just like a man that's got money in the bank and can't write a check. And the other one can write a check, but ain't got no money in the bank. If you could get them both together, you'd have it settled. Amen. If you could get Pentecostal faith in the fundamental church, or fundamental teaching in the Pentecostal church, you'd have it made. That's right. Then the great Church of God would stand to Its feet.

 

*THEN THOSE LITTLE GROUP OF DISCIPLES WENT UP THERE IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND GOD KEPT HIS WORD.

But you have the right, the God-given privilege to every Divine promise in the Book is yours. Yes, sir. I know that to be the truth by experience. God's in His Word. How we could say...

How Jesus said, "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you're endued with power from on high. After this the Holy Ghost is come upon you, you'll be witness to Me in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, uttermost parts of the earth." Luke 24:49. Then those little group of disciples went up there in the upper room, and God kept His Word.

 

*CAN GOD KEEP HIS WORD? IF HE DOESN'T, HE'S NOT GOD. IF HE DOES, THEN IT'S WORTH EVERYTHING TO TURN LOOSE AND TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD.

JEHOVAH.JIREH_  OAKLAND.CA  TUESDAY_  57-0326

  E-71    And we watch. He laid the wood on Isaac's back, perfect type of God in Christ, as Christ packed His own altar up the hill. Here goes little Isaac up, and he begins to get curious, and he said, "Papa?"

He said, "Yes, my son? Here I am."

He said, "We got the wood, and we got the fire, but where is the lamb that you're going to offer?"

Could you imagine that father with his only son as he walked up the hill with him, without a quiver in his voice he said, "My son, God will provide for Himself a lamb for the sacrifice."

There you are. See, he was still believing. He knowed Who God was, and He was able to keep His Word.

Do you believe that, tonight? Can God keep His Word? If He doesn't, He's not God. If He does, then it's worth everything to turn loose and take God at His Word.