<TITLE>05. Par 19-23</TITLE>L-19 And now, we who are once way off has been brought nigh by the washing of the water by the Word. And now, we are nigh unto God, even to be called sons and daughters of God. It does not yet appear what we shall be in the final end, but we know we shall have a body like His, for we shall see Him as He is.
That glorious hope rests within us to know that someday we'll never pray no more for the sick. There'll be no sick to pray for. We'll never preach a sermon of repentance, because there'll be no one there to repent; they'll all be perfect.
God help us today, while this is called day. May we press to the mark of the high calling in Christ. Send the Holy Spirit now and take the few words. I don't what to say, but You promised, "If you open your mouth, I'll fill it." You've meet this in the last twenty years of my life, and I pray that You'll grant it again today. I don't know what they have need of, what I have need of, but You know, and I'm committing it all to you in the Name of Jesus Christ that You'll get glory. Amen.

L-20 Now, I would like to speak just a few, a little while. I'll try to get out in time so that we can--we can get back to the service tonight. We're trying very hard, and truly, Christian friends, I know Florida is a hard place to catch. I was telling them in there. I...?... Really, but one of these days there isn't going to be any Florida. She's going to be sunk, and the things that you so worship now will perish.
That's only eternal God can save you, so if you're not where you think you should be, or where God says you should be, that's the point. "There's a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end whereof is the way of death."

L-21 Now, as His servant, I must be honest and know no person but Christ. And then I--I, as I told you, being illiterate and not knowing very much of what we call wisdom of this world, but I know Him Who has called me and redeemed me from a life of sin. And I have my fellowship and communion with Him. And I do know what He requires of the Christian, so that's why today, coming over I thought I would speak on this earnestly contending for the faith that was once delivered to the saints.
Now, is every one of us... Now, we're mixed up in here-- probably Protestant, Catholic in this little hundred and fifty group or whatever would be here: Protestant, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, and so forth. I have nothing against any of those churches, not a thing, and God knows my heart. I don't belong to any of them. I just come out and yet I belong to every one of them.

L-22 Here some time ago I was in Little Rock, Arkansas. Got the awfullest writeup I ever had in my life, the reporter wrote that a self-styled Baptist preacher, healing the sick, had caused so many ambulances that to--to block the streets, and so forth. And the streetcars couldn't moved and the buses through the street. Now, they really rode me good on that.
But in there... There was an old man got healed. He'd been on crutches for many years, had been stiffened up, and the next day he had a sign on those crutches walking down the street, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever," just a shouting away. And so when I was speaking on Sunday. And while speaking he raised up and said, "Say preacher."
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "You know, I don't understand something."
I said, "What is it, dad?"

L-23 He said, "When I heard you preaching, I was sure you was a Nazarene." He was a Nazarene too. He said, "I was sure you was a Nazarene." He said, "And then I seen all the Pentecostal people, and I thought sure you were Pentecost. And now I hear you say you were a Baptist." Said, "I don't get that."
I said, "Well, that's easy, dad. I'm a Pentecostal Nazarene Baptist." I like that. So that's--that's what it is. We just represent Methodist, Baptist, every--all of you, everybody. We're all one in Christ Jesus. But now, each one of us wants to think that our church is the church. You ought to do that. That's exactly right.


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