<TITLE>25. Par 263-270</TITLE>L-263 Every man or woman that's born of the Spirit of God, sure, you can backslide. But, brother, if you're a child of God, you can't stand the things of the world no more, 'cause your digesting things has been changed.
Peter said, "Lord, where would we go to?"
When He said, "Do you want to go also?"
When the rest of them turned away, said, "Where would we go to? What could we do? You're the only One that has Eternal Life. Then where can we go?"
Here He is, standing here in His power, anointed with the Holy Ghost, an apostle and prophet now. Hallelujah. Oh, how I like to see it. "Howbeit some of them believed," because they had It, they ordained to Everlasting Life, when this preacher preached.

L-267 What did he do, Brother Neville? Right amongst those bunch of howling hypocrites, right amongst that bunch of wolves that would've pulled him, piece by piece because of religious traditions, Peter cast his net out in here, said, "There might be some fish in there." That's right. When he throwed his net out there, begin to pull it. He said, "The God of our fathers, who went with Abraham from Ur down into Chaldea (yes, sir.) has sent His Son, Lord Jesus, Who the heavens must receive unto the restoration of all things." Said how they... Said, "You took the Prince of Peace with cruel hands has murdered and crucified." Said, "By faith in His Name this man's healed." That's why I believe in the supernatural.
He throwed his net out there and he pulled it. And when he did, howbeit some of them in there was fish. The rest, the turtles, run on off with the snakes and so forth. They bounced on back. But there was some fish in there too.
 Howbeit many... believed the Word;... (They was ordained to Everlasting Life. Yes, sir.)... believed; and the number... of men was about five thousand.
What a net-full he got. Yes, sir. Maybe out of a million, but he got--he got five thousand out of it. Notice, he doesn't care what kind of a looking pool it was. He throwed his net right on in it. That's right.

L-270 And we don't care whether it's bootleggers, whether it's prostitutes, whatever it is. Throw the net. You don't know who's in down in there. You don't know. You can't judge. No man can judge. But you can throw the net, and pull them to the altar, say, "Here it is, Lord. I've done my part now." If it's a... And if she's a fish to begin with, she'll be a fish forever. Yes, sir. If it's a spider to begin with, it'll be a spider forever. If the rein--reincarnated Son of the living God reins His power down and captures that person to the altar, the Gospel net's around. Watch.
 And it came to pass on the morning, that the rulers, and the elders, and the scribes,
 And Ananias the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and... many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?
"Are you a Baptist? Are you a Presbyterian? By what power? What church you with? What's your authority? What seminary did you come out of? Who are you anyhow? Show me your credentials. Let's see who you are." Same thing. "By what authority have you got men out here preaching like that? Are you here in the name of the Sanhedrin? Are you here in the name of the--of the Sadducees, or the Pharisees or the Herodians, or the Publicans? Or, who are you?" There you are. "Have you done this?"
"And Peter, just fresh from the seminary?" 8th verse. "Peter, with his Bachelor's degree, with his Doctor's degree?" No. Oh, my. The Bible don't read it that way. Here's what happened to Peter:
 ... Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost...
Oh, he had growed out, not just a little bitty place like that; he'd growed all the way out. Filled... Anything that's filled is all the way full. Peter, not sprinkled with the Holy Ghost, but "Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost."


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