<TITLE>26. Par 274-279</TITLE>L-274 Now, let's see what you're going to say to them. Now, be careful what you say, 'cause they can sling you in jail, boy. You're a--you're a religious maniac now, that they think. Now, let's see, you're proselyting; you're doing everything, so be very careful what you say.
 But Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
 If we this day be examined of the good deed done unto the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
 Be it known unto you all, and to... the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified, whom God raised up from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole.

L-275 Whew. Could you imagine a man trying to put some kind of a--a dictionary theology on the man like that? Brother, he stood, anointed and filled with the Holy Ghost. He said, "Why, you rulers, the very power of God that you profess to be, that same God raised His Son Christ Jesus to show the supernatural. And you with wicked hands have crucified Him."
You don't have to nail Him to the cross; just deny Him; you crucify Him again. They're doing the same thing today. You crucify Him.
Said, "Be it known to you..." In other words, "The same God that you've professed to represent, has raised this boy up." There they are. Said, "It's by Him this man's a living. If we be examined for what we done to that man," said, "be it known unto you it wasn't us. But it's through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, that this man stands whole today."
Now, let me tell you what else he said here.
 This is the Stone... (Oh, oh, brother, is he going to rub it in now.)... This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. (Listen.)
 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there's no other name under heaven given among men, whereby you must be saved.

L-279 Brother, I just kind of like Peter's preaching right there. What did he say to them in so many words? "Don't you know the prophet Isaiah, and many of the others spoke that the builders would reject the Cornerstone?" In other words, "This is the very thing, you rejecting is the very thing that God said you would do. Don't you know you're a part of it?"
And may I say with reverence, and may I say with respect, may I say with godly love, this very day, my dear brother and sister: The very thing that the Bible said that these men would do in the last days, "Have a form of godliness, but would deny the power thereof," there they are. The Cornerstone, rejected... Oh, my. Sure, I believe in the supernatural.
He said, "Neither is there salvation under any other name."
May I, instead of him this morning, standing and quote to this generation, "For except a man be born again, he can't understand these things, the Kingdom of God," as He said to Nicodemus of old.
You can't understand it; you'll never understand it, until God comes into your heart. And you'll be a part of Him, then you'll say, "Yes, Lord, every bit of the Word's inspired. I believe every bit of It. I believe It's the Truth. And here I am, Lord, to walk in the Light." As long as you're borderline out there, you can't believe it. You can't do it. May the Lord help you this morning to see the supernatural.


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