<TITLE>12. Par 33-35</TITLE>L-33 Christians sometime is looked down upon or made fun of, but we come as a warrior (Amen.), come sprinkled in the blood. The old rugged cross going before us, the morning star lighting up the way, why, we're on our road somewhere. Don't care what the world says: what God said. The field belongs to us; God said so. We're on the road. If we get knocked out on the battlefield here... If this earthly tabernacle is gone, we got one already waiting yonder. There's nothing to be scared about.
Yes, sir, everything belongs to us, because Christ has redeemed it all to us through Him. And He loved us, and we could not come to Him unless God drawed us to Him. He said, "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first. And all that comes, I'll give everlasting life, and will raise him up at the last day." What worry have we got at all? There's nothing to worry about, nothing to be scared about. Say, "Who's going to be President?" We'll have a depression. That doesn't matter to me. Only thing I know, God has spoke and said He's going to take me through, so I just took His hand, took His Word. So here we go on our road to the promised land. When we get to Kadesh-barnea, we just believe God's Word and move on. That's right. And oh, the glorious part, once in a while He gives us a big bunch of grapes for evidence (You know?) that we--that there's a land beyond the river that they call the sweet forever. Isn't that right? So live or die, what difference does it make? Let's just move right on.

L-34 Now, if we're living just a half way life, remember, that's no good. Let's just lay that thing down right now and say, "God, right this morning I'm coming and basing my faith upon Your Word. I don't care if I never shout in my life. I don't care if I never cry in my life. I don't care if I never have any kind of a demonstration; I'm basing my faith on Your Word; and I'm on my road to the promised land. And because the world told me, or somebody told me, if I didn't have a funny feeling when I got saved, or something like this..." Now, I'm not saying nothing evil against it. That's all right, but that isn't it. Amen.
My faith is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Blood and righteousness;
... all around my soul gives way,
Then He's all my hope and stay.
I want to be a Christian this morning because I've accepted God's provided way. His Word said so; I took it like that and that settles it. That's right.

L-35 The devil come, say, "Well, I had a funny feeling too, one time. Does that make me saved?" I don't know, but, brother, you have to meet this Word here.
Jesus said, "He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me has everlasting life." Oh, my. I just hear that rush...?... They... I'd like to--liked to have been standing there when I heard Him say that, wouldn't you? "He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me has everlasting life, shall not come into condemnation, but's passed from death to life." My, if that don't knock out all the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian, Pentecostals and all, I don't know what does. It just knocks everything out and makes a "He" out of it. Is that right? That's right. "He that heareth my Words (Let him be what ever he wants to. That's right.), believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life." Oh, my. Let the ship rock then and the old timbers squeak; going to wreck up one of these days anyhow; but it isn't going to wreck till it hits the other shore. That's just as true as it can be. She's going to make it in, just as sure as anything, 'cause God promised it.
Oh, my. When I think of that, it just takes all the scare away; takes all the fuss away; takes all the malice away. Makes that fellow who mistreated you look like your brother again. So let's get him by the hand. That's right. Oh, my. "Here she's done wrong, why, what difference does it make? I did too." Let me put my arm around them and say, "Come on, brother, let's move on up a little farther now, tighten up the old..."


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