<TITLE>02. Par 6-8</TITLE>L-6 But what brings faith should be initially, first, the Word. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God." Now, besides the Word, God has set in the Church gifts to manifest His Presence with His people, and His attitude towards His people, that they may have faith in Him. Do you believe that, if you do, would you say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] That is Scripturally as well as I know how to place it.
Now, some... I have no criticism to offer to anyone or any churches. If they can have whiskey stores on every corner, and places of amusements in every city, we should have churches on every corner doing their bit for the glory of God. And we have no time to criticize them, no matter how much we may different with them, yet we should love them and try our best to bring a unity of brotherhood among men. That has been my alternative.

L-7 When I stood by the grave of a great man gone on, and his church came up, was a great church for awhile, and then the first thing you know, it begin to cool off, and all things that he once taught, look like cast aside. And the first beginning of the ministry when Brother Roberts, Brother Jaggers, and every one of them come set right where you're setting tonight, saw what God was doing, came and talked it over. We prayed together, and they went out and done great work across the nation, to whom I give God thanks and praise for each of these men. They feel--I feel like they're my children. Many of them are much older. But yet, I feel like they're my children. For by inspiration they saw what God could do and the possibilities, and in there they won souls and souls to God everywhere. And only eternity will reveal the great results. Many people by hearing the Word, believe.

L-8 Now, the way that I have faith in God is first by His Word. And if any vision, or any person, would speak anything that was contrary to the Word, then don't hear it. This is the fundamental foundation of all God has said to His Church. And every person's faith must be built sovereignly upon the Bible. That's right.
Now, God winks at our ignorance sometime, of things that we do that's not just exactly right; He gets glory out of it just the same. So just keep still, let God have... Go ahead, He will take care of the rest of it. But in there... Now, that is the Word to the nation, to the people, to everybody. That's right.
But then, if God has set in the Church a Divine gift, that gift is a direct Word to God to the individual, something personal. If I could have a revival here for three or four months, and every night tell experiences all night long of what I seen taking place, I wouldn't touch the edge of it, of how that people who's been through prayer lines and so forth, and then come back. And how God would reveal to them and tell them just exactly the thing they should've done back a long time ago, or something they ought to have done, or did not do, or something. And in that, found the way to Divine healing...


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