<TITLE>05. Par 15-17</TITLE>L-15 They had confidence in their boat. Not long ago when we established this nation, we were a wonderful people. When this nation was established on Plymouth Rock, men got on their faces and they prayed and thanked God for a nation of freedom of religion, that they could worship God. We were young; we were in our infancy.
Then after that, they declared a Thanksgiving Day, where God blessed their grounds; they come in and offered thanks. We were young then; the nation was young. We were a great people when we were young, crawling, while we were in the cradle. But I'm afraid, after we've got big, we've went off without Jesus. We've opened up the bar rooms. We couldn't walk the straight narrow path. We make fun of the preacher, spit on his feet if we could. A Holy Spirit falls in our meetings, we know too much about it now. We know we got better churches; we got better buildings; we got better educated ministers. We got better speakers.
When we were young, God could deal with us. But when we get old, we know more about it than He does. And I'm afraid that our nation is moving on in its own self, leaving God out. We're sure to hit troubles.

L-16 The Pentecostal people, when you were young, out here in these missions around... When Dr. Bosworth here, Brother Bosworth, and many of the others, were little boys, preachers out here, you had little missions; you were made fun of, called holy-rollers. You were young; you had nothing. God was with you. You wasn't ashamed of the Gospel. You'd kneel in the street and pray with anybody wanted to be prayed for. You come to the altar, call the people up around the altar and stayed there until they were filled with the Holy Ghost, tears running down their cheeks. You went out, you lived godly.
But I'm afraid we've left Jesus behind. We've got bigger churches now. We got better things. We got big fine robed choirs; we got pipe organs; we got big fine buildings, and we've went off without Jesus. Don't you believe that?
When you were young you believed in Divine healing, you believed in the working of miracles. You believed in all the supernatural gifts. But after we got big, we learned more about it. We went off without Jesus, just like they did. And trouble come in. I don't see how God would have mercy on us. But He has.

L-17 When Jesus come and looked at the shore, and His boat was gone, He never just turned around and left them. But He climbed up the mountain, looking to see where they were. And He looked a way out in the sea, and there they was, trying to go in their own strength, trying to go in their own power, trying to go up on their own, leaving Him out. And they were in trouble.
That's where He look and see the--the church of America not long ago, when we were all tossed about with everything, and the churches being formal and denying the power and everything. Just as He did then, so has He done now. He sent us a revival. He give the Pentecostal church a revival. He gave the world a revival, a bringing back again, a blessing.
He climbed up the mountain, looked out. And I'm so thankful tonight that the Lord Jesus Christ climbed the ramparts of glory, far and above all the archangels, all principalities, and setting at the right hand of the Majesty of God tonight, watching this thing as she's tossing about. He seen while this America was established on freedom of religion. He seen the churches get formal and get away, but He didn't forget us.


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