<TITLE>13. Par 47-51</TITLE>L-47 Here's Israel offering the same offerings that Balak's offering up here on the hill. One's offering a ram, saying, "We believe that God will send His Son someday in the world."
Here, up here on the hill, just as fundamental as they was, "We are offering the ram believing God will send His Son."
Notice. Then all the princes of Moab stood around the smoldering sacrifices, worshipping God, just as fundamental as it could be, Scripturally, just as good as the other group had.
And there's where it is today, friends. People can be just as fundamental in your doctrine. I know men that would, and thousands of them... Probably there's many of them setting, listening at me right here today and I hope this cuts you till you can't stand it.

L-48 Look. You can be just as fundamental... I wouldn't... People preach the virgin birth, the death, burial, resurrection, second coming. That's true. I couldn't fuss with you about that. You believe it, and it's the truth, and I do too.
So did Balaam. So did Israel. But what Balak seen--failed to see there, down here in this camp, they had signs and wonders a following them. That's what they failed to say today. They're just as fundamental as we are. They believe it just the same way we do. But they deny that there is a resurrection power working among the people.
Well, did the Holy Ghost speak that it would be that way? Paul said, "In the last days they'd be heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but would deny the power thereof." Hallelujah.

L-49 There it is back in the beginning. There was a middle age. It was that same group of fundamental believers that put Jesus Christ on the cross and killed Him, because He had signs and wonders, and they didn't believe it; that same spirit lives among the churches today: a religious people, not a bunch of infidels, fundamental, place it right out there, and they're exactly right.
But they have the form--form of godliness, fundamentally right, but denying the power thereof. The power of what? The power of healing, the power of shouting, the power of speaking in tongues, the power of interpretating, the power of the Church moving just like It did in the beginning. And brother, sister, we are contending for the faith that was once delivered to the saints. Hallelujah. You believe it?

L-50 Contending for the faith. Sure I'm a fundamentalist. I believe what the Bible said, like the Baptist, the Methodist, and Presbyterian, Church of Christ and all them believes. But brother, you're leaving out the real thing. You've got the thing laid out there in letter, and that's right. But you haven't got the Spirit with it to quicken the letter. There's where it's at. So Church, that's why I'm--take my stand today with a holy-roller. Because it's the truth.
Looky there. Why, Balak said, "Why, they're not even organized." Organized, that's what the people say today. "Well, I belong to the Methodist. I belong to the Baptist." And the Pentecost, just as bad, same thing. "I belong to the organization."

L-51 Let me tell you something right now. God never did fool with an organization. He never did and never will. No, sir. Every...
I'll--I'll just call any historian's attention right now. There never has been a church in all the ages that every... failed... when they failed to see the power of God, and get the miracles, and things out of their church, God lays her on the shelf, and she never does revive again.
He laid Luther there, Methodists there, Baptists there, Presbyterian there, and the Pentecost is on it's road there, right now. But out of that conglomeration of the whole thing, God will raise up another undergrowth there, like He did when He said, "I will restore, saith the Lord."


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