<TITLE>09. Par 82-92</TITLE>L-82 Now, now we might as well get started right here, notice, a good place to start from.
When a little confusion comes in the church, you don't run over to one side and pout now. If you are, you sure ain't a priest. See, you pray through: spiritual sacrifice, the fruits of our lips giving praise to His Name. See what I mean?
"Well," you say, "I just don't feel like going to church." But you're a priest. It's your duty. You've got to be there.
"Well, I just don't feel like taking a part in the service." You're a priest, making a sacrifice, a spiritual sacrifice, not giving somebody some hand-me-down, as they call it today. That's all good, I have nothing against it. Not going to get somebody to come to church; that's all good; I have nothing against it. But it's you, you making the spiritual sacrifice, the fruits of your lips giving praise to His Name.
When you see the time coming that everybody blaspheming and saying these things, and doing things wrong, what do you do, walk away? You're supposed to stand there with a spiritual sacrifice, saying, "The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin, makes me a new creature in Christ Jesus."
"You're crazy, fellow!"
"According to what you say. It's all right. But to me it's the power of God unto salvation. I believe It." See?
Now, you say you believe in Divine healing? "Oh, uh, I don't believe... Better ask our pastor."
What do you think about it? You're the priest now. You're the guy to say, "Yes, sir. I believe It, because God's Word says it's so."
"Do you believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
"Yes, sir!"
"How do you know?"
"I've received It." That's right. A spiritual blessing... The Holy Spirit that fell on the apostles, the same Holy Spirit falls now.
You say, "Just for the apostles?" We'll settle that in a little while, see whether it was or not.

L-91 All right. A spiritual priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices...
Now, now the 8th verse of... the 7th.
 Behold, he cometh with clouds...

L-92 Now, let me stop here just a moment. "Clouds," doesn't mean that He's coming on a big thunderhead, as mama, bless her heart, she is sitting here somewhere... When I was a little boy, she used to set and tell me, said, "He's coming on. A great big cloud's going to raise someday, and God's going to come."
And now, the clouds that He is coming... If we just had the time to get all this back, and get the real background of the whole thing... Now, the cloud He's coming in, is not a cloud like a thunderhead, but it's a cloud of glory He's coming in. See, see?
Now, when Jesus was overshadowed by God on Mount Transfiguration, clouds overshadowed Him and His raiment... See? And when Elijah would come down, a cloud come down and received him up, not a--not a Pillar of Fire, not... I mean, not a thunderhead, but a cloud of glory.


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