<TITLE>19. Par 52-54</TITLE>L-52 Why, they said, "Did ever you see such church man--manners? What, oh a crucifixion to dignity." Oh my! you don't even know what the speaking of dignity is. This is worldly, self-styled dignity that people talk about. About faith, they say, "Oh, I got faith." Humble and humilty, hardly know sometimes people does what it really means.
Notice, just quickly now. Oh my, I didn't know it was that time. We got to close, all right, one more little word. Paul said, look at him speaking, when Jesus left, he said, "In the last days, the perilous times shall come." The faith will be pretty slow then. He said, "They'd be heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God."
Oh, how I'd like to stop here about five minutes and push just as hard as I can against the modern churches, that's right. Lover of pleasure more than lovers of God. Ninety-nine percent of the churches in Jeffersonville, not in Louisville maybe, permit their people to go to picture shows, and all kinds of places like that, and worldly amusements; and come back and wonder why their churches and schools are so cooled off. Why brother, look what you're putting before them. And their members smoke cigarettes and take a little sociable drink now and then, and have card parties in the places.
And I went to a place here in New Albany, Indiana, Cy, when I was reading the meters up there, and there was supposed to be a Woman's Missionary Society, and the--a drunken bunch of sailors couldn't be telling the jokes that they were telling up there, of a great fine church in New Albany. Why, it just boiled my--to you holiness people, my righteous indignation. To you Baptists, I just got angry.
Now, I goes up to the top of the steps, and I said, "Did you say this was the Woman's Missionary...?"
And they threatened to call the Public Service Company on me. Said, "What's this to you?"
I said, "A whole lot, I'm a minister of the Gospel." Amen. "You stand out here. You're the ruination of Christianity." That's right. You... God, grant the day when men and women who profess to be Christians, live what they profess to be. There'll be a difference: a separation from the world.

L-53 That's what God wants today. You...?... when you chose your pastors, you want to get some of these little guys up here from the seminary that's got more intelligence than they got gumption to know how to control. They come in there and say, "He's a good mixer; he goes to the games and things with us." But God wants an old separator, brother, who will stand there and separate right from wrong. That's right.
When you go to get an operation, you don't go and get one of these little doctors that never had an operation before. You go get an old man who's had a lot of experience. Brother, when I want somebody talk to me about Christ, I want somebody that's been through the deep waters (Hallelujah.), somebody who has an experience to know, that's talked face to face with Him, and know what they're talking about. That's what we need today. That's right.

L-54 There they was, in all their dignity. Paul said they'd have a form of godliness, just as ritualistic, just as fundamental. "Well, we believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, preacher."
"Yes, sir. That's right."
"We believe in the second coming."
"Yes, sir."
"We believe in being converted. We believe in accepting Jesus Christ as personal Saviour. We believe Him as the Son of God, virgin born."
"Yes, sir. That's all right." All those things, you have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof." When, I say, "What do you think about Divine healing, praise the Lord, shouting, all the miracles and signs, and gifts back in the church?"
"Oh, that was for another age." Just exactly what the Holy Ghost said would take place. The Holy Ghost said, "Now, they'll have a form of godliness, but will deny the power thereof." He said, "From such turn away; for this is just like Jambres and Jannes that withstood Moses."


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