<TITLE>02. Par 5-8</TITLE>L-5 And now, David, positionally he was born by election, which God said, "Gifts and callings are without repentance." And he was born, elected a servant of the Lord. And when he was a--a little boy, Israel had, during that day, had got away from God. They'd went out and chose themself a king. They wanted to act like the rest of the nations, like the Gentiles. God was their King, but they wanted to act like the rest of the people. That's when they got in trouble.
And whenever you try to impersonate someone else, look out for trouble. You can... Brother Upshaw had a little slogan he used to say, "You can't be nothing that you hain't." That's right. "You can't be nothing that you hain't." So just keep that in mind. And so when you come to try to impersonate something, why, you're just putting on. God knows about it, and the people knows it also. And so just might as well just be yourself.

L-6 And if Israel had just stayed in that condition, but they said, "Well, now looky. The rest of the nations has got a king, so why can't we have a king?" That's what happened to you Pentecostal people when you thought, "Well, the rest of the churches, they all go to shows. And they--their women cut their hairs off, and they--they wear short dresses, and they say they're Christians, why can't we?" There you are. [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Thank you, I'm glad to hear you say that. Thank you. That's right.
An old Methodist preacher used to sing, "We let down the bars, we compromise with sin; we let down the bars; and the sheep got out, but how did the goats get in?" You let down the bars, that's--that's it. That's true. Now, don't think I've got a measuring stick; I have not. But I--I have seen what the Gospel does to a person when it really gets a hold of them. It makes you look different, act different, dress different, walk different, you're different all the way around. That's right. And just let down the bars once and watch how the goats get in.

L-7 But now, Israel wanted to impersonate the other people. And that's what the church wants to do, to impersonate, become a backslidden condition. And in this condition then, what did they do? They got them a king. And they selected this king. They went to find their king, and when they did they found the biggest, handsomest man they could find, great big, seven footer with black shaggy hair, and dark sparkling eyes, that would be attractive to the people. And they thought, "He will make a wonderful king."
But as God said to Samuel, "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart." When Israel selected their king, they wanted a great big handsome, strong looking fellow with big shoulders, and straight, standing head and shoulders above all of his army. But when God selected His king for them, a little old ruddy, sapling looking kind of a fellow, look like a little sissy. And that was God's pick of it. What a difference. See the difference in it? That's just the way God does things sometime. He does it in such ways that's so contrary, so different from what we think.

L-8 The doctor say, "Well, that case is going to die with TB. How can they ever get well?" That's the doctors opinion. He's looking at it from a medical standpoint. But not from God's standpoint. "I'm the Lord that healeth thee." That's the next thing. See?
One looks at it from one way; one looks at it from the--from wisdom sense, and the other one looks at it from spiritual sense. So it's just whichever way you base your faith. If the doctor says it's finished, and you believe that, that settles it. That's right. But if the doctor says it finishes, and you don't believe it, because God said something different, watch what happens. See? Just depends on which way you let yourself go. Who you yield your members to, that's whose servant you are.


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