<TITLE>02. Par -</TITLE>E-1d      And now, I... As a preacher, you know, I always... I said I was a spare tire. That's when you got a puncture, you know, or a blowout or something; you put the spare on. Sometimes it's not too good, but--but... Now, we haven't got a puncture or a blowout, but we're using "spare" anyhow.
Now, I would like to read some of the Gospel, the glorious Gospel of our Lord. I like to tell about it what I know. Don't know too much, but what I do know, I like to share it with others. And you know, that's the way the Gospel is: we have to share it with others. Any good thing, we should share with somebody. When you go to have a great big dinner, and you like to have your neighbor to come in, and say, "Share it with me." And you kindly share things, mutually, all along.

E-1e      It's kind of a--a day of that now. And then another tie--time that we're living now, is a--is a day of impersonation (See?), or matching, I'd call it. Paint your steps red, and watch what your neighbor will do. He just has to paint his red. See? You swap that Chevrolet for a Ford, Ford business will get good. That's right. That's just the way... Everybody wants to match the other one. That's right. They want... Always said, I didn't care whether my trousers matched my coat, or my tie matched my coat. I want my experience to match God's Bible. So that's kind of matching we ought to do: match up with the standard of God and then...?... things will be right.

E-1f      Now, before we... We can lay down the l--lids of His Bible. We can open up the Bible lids, but we cannot open up the Bible: there's only One can do that; that's Christ. The Bible is in the hand of God, on a Throne, like that. And--and there was no man in the heavens, or no man in the earth, or no man beneath the earth, was worthy to--to take the Bible, to open It, or to loose the seven seals that was sealed on the back side of It. And John begin to weep and--and one of the elders said, "Weep not, for the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world was worthy and able to come and take the book out of the right hand of Him that set upon the throne. And to open it and to loose the seals thereof." And that's the Lamb of God that was slain before the foundation of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. May He come this afternoon and open our understanding. May He take the things that's written in this Book and give them out to the people just as they have need of it.

E-1g      My son, he--he met me there, a few moments ago and drove me around in another car, and he said, "What are you going to preach on, this afternoon, daddy?"
I said, "I don't know yet." I just have to wait till I get to the pulpit, and then whatever He tells me, then I start from right there. Sometimes I go from Genesis to Revelations hunting something. But just like a dog on a trail... How many ever seen a Beagle Hound trail? Let's see your... Oh, just look at the brethren I have here. Then, you take a dog and you're trying to get him on the trail and he--he just can't find it. He's just going along. After awhile he stops. He's ears comes up, and his eyes bulge out; he's got the scent, and away he goes. That's the way they have to do. Isn't that right? Just wait till we hit place, and then let the Holy Spirit take it. That's--that's the way. Oh, He's wonderful.


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