<TITLE>09. Par 33-37</TITLE>L-33 I stood and looked at them poor old trees all blistered there. That wind come down again. I thought, "God, what do You send the wind for? You hear them moan and groan?" And the winds blowed again, whew. And they went, "O-o-o-o-o."
I said, "Sounds spooky like a lot of these D.D.'s standing by and say, 'Oh, Divine healing wasn't in the atonement, and all that there nonsense of shouting and going on.'" Just what Joel said, "You're taking the joy from the sons of God." Amen. Restore that joy. God said He would do it. And I thought, "Lord, that's just about what Joel spoke of."

L-34 Then I happened to think of another Scripture. "But I will restore, saith the Lord." I thought, "Lord, what do You send the wind for, if they're going to moan and howl and go on like that? If You send an old fashion Pentecostal wind down like that fell on the day of Pentecost, what in the world do You send it for if they're just going to moan and refuse it and reject it?"
But I happened to notice. There come up some new undergrowth. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] When that wind hit them, they wasn't moaning and groaning. They was just flexible, and jumping, and rejoicing, and shouting, having an old-time Holy Ghost meeting. Why? They were flexible. They had life. They was moving with the wind, just rejoicing. They wasn't moaning about it. They were rejoicing, frolicking, jumping, having an old-time revival.

L-35 I said, "Thank You, Lord. I'm glad I'm that backwash they call that." Hallelujah. Oh, my soul can stay clear with God. And when the Holy Ghost comes down, I won't moan and groan and take sides against It. I'll agree with It, and frolic with It, and live with It, and speak with It, and sing with It, and shout with It, and die with It." Hallelujah.
Mighty rushing wind come from heaven like a wind, filled all the house where they were setting. All the fundamentals begin to groan, but He had something coming up. "I will restore," saith the Lord.
Here comes some more pine trees coming up. They was ready to catch right into the wind, just frolic and having a good time. I said, "If that don't put me in mind of a good, old fashion Holy Ghost meeting."

L-36 And there stands them bunch of fellows, out there moaning and groaning and saying, "Why, we're older than you are. We know more about it," saying the Doxology, and repeating the Apostles' Creed. Where you ever find that I... I challenge anybody to show me the Apostles' Creed in the Bible. The Apostles' Creed was "Repent every one of you, be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for the promise is unto them." That's your Apostles' Creed. Yes, sir.
But today, people are, "Oh, no. We... Our minister has a D.D. and he has a Ph.D." D.D. stands for dead dog. Let me tell you, what we need today, is a man alive. We need some baptized saints of the Holy Ghost, men and women who believes in the power of God, who when the Holy Ghost falls will sway right into it and say, "Yes, Lord. Hallelujah. That means me."

L-37 Their neighbors set around it, or mammy, or pappy, or whoever it is, say, "Why, you disgrace me." You can't help it. You're alive. The wind just shakes you, and rolls you back and forth, up and down and around and around. What a meeting. Amen.
You believe it? Sure. I had to get the Holy Ghost before this gift was manifested. That's right. Oh, yeah.
She's dead and dried up. That's right. And every time they start doing that, God sets them right on the shelf. In the Pentecostal churches, following right straight in line.
When God seen back there in the Old Testament... The first thing you know, a Pillar of Fire went forth. Israel followed that Pillar of Fire. I say it reverently. I believe you got the picture of it on the paper tonight, same Pillar of Fire, the Angel of God, the Angel of the Covenant...


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