<TITLE>14. Par -</TITLE>L-30-115 Oh, how we could dwell on these questions for hours, on one, but I wouldn't just the others. But notice, here's... How many would like to know what we believe of Cain, where and who Cain's wife was? Let's see. All right. I'll tell you what Cain done, and it's the only sensible answer you can figure: Cain married his own sister; he had to. For there was only one female on the earth then; the Bible only gives record of three being born, Ham, Shem... or not... I beg your pardon, was Cain, Abel, and Seth. But if there wasn't any... The Bible seldom records a girl's birth. You know that.

L-30-116 Now, I'm sure picking on the women tonight. But look, the world worships women, but women was the devil's instrument in the beginning. And an unjust one today is the best instrument he's got. She'll send more preachers to hell than all the bootleg joints there is in the world. Let a little flapper with a cigarette in the corner of her mouth, and her hair all cuticured up like that, and great big long eyelashes that blink up-and-down, brother, a little kind of nice-looking physique on her, watch what she'll do.
Preacher, you'd better cover yourself up with the Blood of Jesus Christ. That's right. Now, don't tell me; you're man. I've seen too much of it. Now, watch here. The best thing to do is keep your mind centered on Jesus Christ and let your thoughts be pure.

L-31-118 Like Paul said over in there, said, "It's... And we know that we have the power to lead a sister. I have power to do it," but said "I won't do it." See, he wouldn't do it. He said, "I know that the ministry should live by their--their... Not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn."
You know, we sometimes think, 'cause we're a preachers... (Not you and I, I don't say, brother) But preachers think because they're preachers that--that they're somebody bigger than one of the lay members of the church. You're no bigger, and you're no more in the sight of God than that drunkard that was converted a hour ago.
That's one thing the reformation never purged, was these things. I know I sign my name "Reverend." That's exactly right; that's just a--a custom thing of the day, but it shouldn't be done. "Reverend," and "Bishop," and "Doctor," and all those things are man-made titles, and they're nonsense. In the Bible they were "Peter," "James," "Paul," "John," and all the rest of them.

L-31-121 Paul said, "Now, here, I know I preach the Gospel, that--that--that's my duty." I'm a preacher, and he's a preacher; Brother Neville's a preacher, but it... That's our duties to be a preacher. Well, that's just what we're supposed to do. "But let me do something," Paul said, "that's beyond that." "Now, I've got a right to take up money," Paul said, "but I'm going to make tents just to show you I can--I can sacrifice." He said, "It's honorable; marriage is honorable among all; the bed's undefiled. It's good for a man to be married." He said, "I got a right to be married. Now, I could be married; I got a legal right to be married. But I just won't get married; I want to do another sacrifice to the Lord." See? Then he said, "Every man knows his calling. Let him do as... Some's eunuch for the Word of God's sake, and so forth."
We want to do something beyond our duty. And if you really born again of the Spirit of God and say, "That's my duty to go to church, I guess I'll have to go."... Oh, my. Well, I want to do more than that; I want to win some souls for Christ. I want to do something. I want to visit the sick or do something for Him. It's my duty to preach funerals; it's my duty to preach the Gospel; it's my duty to pray for the sick. Let me do something else; let me get out and do something where God will honor me by it.


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