<TITLE>10. Par 90-97</TITLE>L-90 Now, we'll watch in there how they was doing. They had rejected... They come, putting down their stones. And they come to a place, they found a funny-looking stone. They couldn't use that stone, said, "That stone's no good." And they kicked it off over in a weed pile somewhere. They couldn't use it. It looked funny. And they tried to put their building up. And they come around to a place, and laid all the rocks, and lay them down this way. They come to a place, and they couldn't find now no stone to hit this corner. They kept on building and building and building. And the building got up so far, it couldn't go no farther for they needed a cornerstone. They looked through all the stones, trying to find a cornerstone, but they couldn't find any. And the first thing you know somebody went out in the weed pile, and the very stone they rejected was the chief cornerstone.
And that's what it is today, friends. The Methodist church is all right. The Baptist church is all right. The Presbyterian church, the Pentecostal, the Nazarene, the Pilgrim Holiness, whatever it may be, they're all right. But the thing of it is, brother, they rejected the real Cornerstone. That's why the Gospel hasn't gone to all the world through powers and signs and demonstration, is because the denominations has cut out the very power of the phenomenal, saying, "The days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing as Divine healing. There's no such a thing as speaking with tongues. There's no such a thing as any of the supernatural. That was for a day gone by."
And you'll find out, brother, that every one of them that does that, they lay right upon the shelf, and is no more than organizations of lodges. They have a bunch of joiners. That's right. But the Bible said, "They'd have a form of godliness, but would deny the power thereof; from such turn away."

L-93 But as churches, they find out all these denominations has tried to build. They can't build on nothing less than Jesus Christ and righteousness. And if you receive Jesus Christ, and say it's foolish...
Say, "Oh, I've received Jesus."
If you receive Jesus, you receive Something that tells you that this Word of God is inspired; and He's the same Lord Jesus tonight, performing and doing the very same things that He said He would do," or you haven't received the Lord Jesus. You've received some theology, but not the Lord Jesus. For when Jesus comes into your heart, there's something happened that you believe everything God says.
Not only that, but you know It's so. All devils in hell couldn't shake It away from you. Why, sure, you believe It. God's done said so and that settles it. When THUS SAITH THE LORD, you bank your hopes right there. Live or die, you believe It anyhow. You're ready to seal your testimony with your blood at any time, for you believe it's the truth. You know it's the truth, for God has said so. And Something within you knows it's the truth.

L-96 But now, if you just come in from a educational standpoint, and why, you might argue this and argue that, and say, "This is not, and that's not. And we don't believe this, and we don't believe that." You know, argue. You say, "Oh, well, I can't believe in such as that." Perhaps you hit the same thing in New Albany tonight; arguing against God. Why is it?

L-97 Listen a little farther, and find out the prayer these people prayed. Said:
 ... Why did the heathens rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
 ... truly Lord, of your son Jesus...
 ... grant unto thy servants...
When they prayed with one accord, said:
 ... grant unto thy servant, that... speak--speak the Word of God with boldness,
 By stretching forth the hand of your son, Jesus, to heal the sick...


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