<TITLE>03. Par 13-19</TITLE>L-13 But no matter how much he shouts in church, and how much he does this, that, or the other, and still hasn't got that, Paul says, "Though I speak with tongues of men and angels; though I have the--all these other things; and have enough faith to move mountains, and understand all the mysteries of God. And I've been through all the seminaries, and know it all, up and down one side and the other; and have not charity, it profit me nothing."

L-14 Not long ago, my little girl called me, when I was here the other time. It kind of give me a thought. She said, "Daddy, I want you to come home."
And I said, "Honey, from Texas I sent you a--a little doll." She said--she's just four years old. I said, "I sent you a little doll, honey."
She said, "I got it Daddy." And I said--She said, "I want you to come home, daddy."
And I said, "Well, honey, I sent you a little rabbit from down Chattanooga."
She said, "I got it, daddy." But she said, "I want you to come home." See?
And I said, "Well, honey, I--daddy..."
She said, "Daddy, I love you, and I love the gifts that you give me, but I want daddy."

L-15 That's it. All these gifts are wonderful, but I want Father. I love these gifts, the hearing and the manifestations, the praising God, and shouting, and healing, and speaking with tongues, and the interpretation of tongues, and all the different gifts. I love to set and watch them. I have not them, but I love to watch them in operation in the Church. But after all that, I want Jesus. I--I want it. His gifts are fine, but I want the Giver in here. See? That's right.

L-16 So Paul said it was possible for him to do those things without having the Giver, "Thou I speak with tongues as men and angels, and have not charity, it profit me nothing." See, see? All right.
Now, love one another. Above everything that you do, love one another. And as you love one another, you'll love God. See? You love each other and you'll love God. For God is love.
And a man that walks in love, walks in life. And perfect love casteth out all fear. Then if you can take Him at His Word, and not fear a bit about it. Say, "Lord, I love You; I know You're going to answer because You promised me You would, and I just know You're going to do it." See? And it takes away all fear.

L-17 Now, tonight I'm just talking for a little like this that you might know that these things that are going on and taking place in the meeting, are only vindications of His Presence being here.
And He is--He just isn't bound to my prayer or to the pastor's prayer; to any person in this building or anywhere else in the world that believes that He will answer prayer, that's who He will answer for. And a person might be standing here, with ever so gifted of God, and yet they could never do nothing for you, until first you believe that they were able to do it.

L-18 I want to read just a little Scripture before I express that thought: Hebrews 11:1.
 Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen.
Now, faith is the substance. Now, it isn't just a--a makeup, or a thought, it's a real substance. It's something that's just as real as any other sense of the body. There's these five senses that control this body, and there's two senses control the inward man. And that's faith and unbelief for the inward man, see, taste, feel, smell, and hear for the outward man.

L-19 Now, I believe the last time here I had a demonstration and showed you how that the different senses would operate.
For instance, like by faith, you'd say... Now, you don't have to see by faith. You say, "that shirt's white." All of you that have your correct sight know that if your sense is correct, it says it's white.
And now, they say, faith--seeing is believing. How many has heard that expression? "Let me see it and I will believe it." Oh, I--I can prove to you, that's wrong. That's wrong. Seeing's only one...


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