<TITLE>09. Par 7-10</TITLE>L-7 The Bible said, "We hid, as it were, our face from Him, yet we did esteem Him, smitten--smitten, stricken, afflicted of God." But the works that God was doing in Him, was outstanding, that the people knew that He come from God.
For even the great teacher said, that came to Him by night, Nicodemus by name. Said, "We know that Thou art a teacher come from God, 'cause no man could do these things that You do, 'less God was with him." They knowed beyond a shadow of doubt.
Now, the ministers of them days, said, now, "He's a psychiatrist. He's a--He's a mind-reader. He reads your mind. That's how He knows what's wrong with them people; He reads your mind." He did. And Jesus was a mind-reader. That shocked you, didn't it? But He was. He perceived their thoughts. Is that right? Well, what's mind-reading? See? Not one of these setting out here, one of these little women setting out on the corner, taking the palm of your hand; that's the substitute the devil's got, something to imitate it. That's the bogus dollar to the real dollar. See?

L-8 Everything God has done, the devil's made a substitute for it, made something bogus. See? And that's the reason the two spirits in the last days, come right along, be formal and fundamental they miss the Spirit altogether (You see?), like that. And some of these on the radical side go plumb off into isms with it, but right in the middle of the road runs the true Church of God, standing in and full of the power of God. There's where it's at.
Now, certainly, everything that God has, Satan has something to counterfeit it. See, he makes something off of it. And Jesus did perceive their thoughts, so therefore the great Orthodox of those days, said, "That Guy is the best fortuneteller in the country. He's Beelzebub, the prince of the devil." Is that right? Now, that's what the preachers said. And the great Bible teachers of that day said, "He is Beelzebub."

L-9 Now, let's see what the devil said. The devil said, "He's the Son of God. We know Who You are, the holy One of God." Is that right? And that case the devils had the more knowledge of God than the ministry did. Is that right?
When Paul and Silas was up there and they was doing some great works for God, there was a little old fortuneteller run out down the street, every day, and cried behind Paul. Said, "There's the men that tell us the way of life. That's men of God."
And here was the preachers, said, "They're impostors. They turn the world upside down. They're no good." And the... There was the ministry saying, "They're impostors." And the devil saying, "They're men of God." Which was right? See, the devil was right. Is that right? Sure he was. So you see, even them people...
You can get so much on the Word, you think, "Oh, the Word, the Word." That's right. But the Gospel came not in Word only; but through power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit, until the Word is made Life. See?
Wheat's all right in your hand, but you never get a crop out of it. You got to bury it, and let it take on new life. Is that right?

L-10 Now, the Word is right; this is God's way, of course. But just the Word, "The letter, killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life." See what I mean?
Now, and therefore, the enemy had to testify of God. In His ministry here He went forth, and things begin to happen. And then the churches all closed down on Him and said, "Now, if anybody goes over there to hear Him, we'll just get your... Hand your papers in. You'll have to go out. You're no more."
But there's some people by the name of Martha and Mary and Lazarus, brothers and sisters. And they heard Jesus, and they seen His miracles, so they didn't care whether He was--what the Orthodox said, what the church said, or nothing about it. They believed Him and they went with Him. And they believed Him, because they knew He was a Man of God. So He came to stay in their house, at--at Bethany.


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