<TITLE>11. Par -</TITLE>L-165-101 Now, the firstfruits of the--of the church, the Holy Ghost church, the church that was to last these two thousand years till Jesus comes, the firstfruits come at Pentecost. It was ten days before Pentecostal time; it was forty days after the cleansing, after the killing of the sacrifice, until the ascension of Jesus Christ. He said, "Go up to Jerusalem and wait until you're endued with power from on high."
Acts 1--Acts 2, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were in one accord in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as a rushing mighty wind, filled all the house where they were setting. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and begin to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

L-166-103 And then the religious world on the outside, the great orthodox churches come up and seen those people staggering and acting like drunk people. And they come up and laughed at them and made fun of them, said, "Look at this bunch of Galileans. They're all drunk." See the misunderstanding?
And to my Catholic friend, the blessed virgin Mary was with them. And if God wouldn't let her come to heaven without receiving the Holy Ghost and being like that, do you think you'll get there anything less, sister? No. So let's get off our high horse; let's get off.

L-166-105 Don't pay no attention to what the world's got to say. Look what God's got to say. This is the Word of God. We have to build it according to this blueprint, 'cause He said to Peter, "Upon this rock I'll build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Everything else will take place. It showed the gates of hell would be against it, but it'll not prevail. And the people thinking they can stop it? You could stop the sun quicker. That's right. You can't stop it. God has ordained it to move on.
Here, when I first got converted, even my poor mother back there thought I'd gone crazy. My mother-in-law said, "He ought to be sent up to the insane institution." The preachers in the city said, "He'll burn down pretty soon." I--I've been burning a long time; it's sure still burning better all the time. Why? It can't burn down; it's God. Instead of burning down, it's spread around the world now.

L-16-107 Just the same thing He said when I baptized right down here on the Ohio River, many of you was standing there, twenty-three years ago, right on the Ohio River that Light, Angel, come right down to where we was at, and said, "As John the Baptist was sent for a forerunner of the first coming of Jesus Christ, your Message will bring the second coming of Jesus Christ." And it's done it. It's... He hasn't come yet, but look what it's done; it's swept the world around. See? And today now, just thinking, the--the effort that's went forth, there's been literally millions...
Even the Catholic "Sunday Visitor" spoke of it, of how many millions that come in around, just of the effort.
Others hear and they say, "That's the Truth. I'm ready to sell out right now to these things of the world and go preach the real Gospel."
And that's the reason they call us full Gospel, they make fun of full Gospel. But, brother, I don't want a half of nothing; I... It's got to be the whole thing to me. If part of it's good, the rest of it's good. The full Gospel...


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