<TITLE>03. Par 8-11</TITLE>L-8 Jesus Christ the Son of God, He was the Word of God here on earth. We know that He was God's Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us." People today try to liken Jesus unto a prophet. He was more than a prophet. He was the Emmanuel. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. He was... He was either the... He was either God Himself manifested in flesh, or the greatest deceiver the world's ever had. He was God. He was both human and God.
Coming off the mountain, He was hungry like a man, when He saw the tree He looked to find figs and there was no figs, and He said, "No man eateth from thee," turned around and walked away.
I wonder why He didn't wait to find out whether that tree was going to whither away or not? What did Jesus do to that tree? He merely called the life out of it. He didn't wait to see if it withered away or not. He knew it would whither away; He had said so. And the Word of God was in Him. And whatever He said, it had to come to pass because it was God speaking out of a man. And everything that God was, God emptied His entire Being into Jesus Christ. And everything Jesus Christ was, He emptied into the Church.
And that's what's the matter with the Pentecostal Church tonight, the full Gospel people, they just don't realize who they are. You don't realize the power that's right in this building tonight, but it's harnessed down by unbelief. That's the only thing. If God could ever get an avenue to work through you, it would be marvelous what He could do, but it's harnessed. You won't let it loose; you keep it with your un--with unbelief.

L-9 And I feel sorry for the American people. They have so much theology taught to them. One says, "Oh, well, it's this and the other one this." And you've got so indocumated till you--you--you hardly know what to believe. Brother, listen, and my, sister, listen tonight. Jesus Christ was always truth. His manifestation, His resurrection, His power has always been the same. And that's what's truth tonight, is Jesus said, "I am the Truth, the Way, the Truth, the Life." Is the resurrected Jesus Christ making Himself manifested by the power of His Word, proving that He is, what He said He was, so it leaves every--every doubt. A skeptic has no way of escape. He has to believe, or either just turn his back on God and say, "There is no God." That's the only way he can do, become an infidel.

L-10 Now, in this Jesus said, "No fruit grow on you."
And the next day when they come through the--by the tree... Of course the apostle Peter always watching for every little thing if he could think to look at, why, he looked over and he said, "Why, Master, behold the tree. Why, it's already withering."
Why Jesus turned to him and said, "Have faith in God. For if you'd say to this mountain, be plucked up and cast away and don't doubt but believe that it'll come to pass. You'll have what you ask for." Isn't that simple?
You--you... People look for faith today by somebody that's got some--something or another like to touch a totem pole, or to do something else, or say some hocus-pocus words over someone. That's religious superstitions. There's no truth in that. God's Word is the Truth. This is the Truth, and Jesus Christ is the Word made manifest.

L-11 People today are not watching... As we're going into India now... They... We was told by the authorities, some of the great authorities from India, don't come over saying we're missionaries. We've got all your tracts and know more about it than you do. See? They had religion before America was ever formed. They had Jesus Christ. Said, "What we want is somebody who can make the Word manifest. That's what we want to see it, someone who can make the Word be alive. The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life." See? So the Word manifest is what we need today.


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