<TITLE>17. Par 58-60</TITLE>L-58 Now, Paul speaking here that God foreordained, and elected us before the foundation of the world.
Listen. What if you had a call like Abraham had received? Wouldn't you be... If God met Abraham and told Abraham about anything at all, Abraham... God gave Abraham the covenant without any conditions, no...?... at all. He said, "Abraham, not I will if you will." He said, "Abraham, I have. I've already done it."
If He'd meet you in that position, would you believe Him? Sure you would. Let me tell you; every man and woman in here with the Holy Spirit's in their heart, has met God the same way Abraham did. God called Abraham without any... He just selected him. And He give to Abraham the covenant and Abraham's Seed also, which is Christ, which you have in your heart today by the shedding of the Blood at Calvary, bringing you into fellowship. You are the Seed of Abraham with the Holy Spirit. God eventually called you.

L-59 Who was you? A little sinner out here. And old stooped up yonder, and passed by a good Holy Ghost meeting, say, "That bunch of holy rollers." That's who you was. Are you so aristocratic in your blue Cadillac, running down the street like that? thought you was too good to eat with the rest of the people, or something, 'cause you was just a little bit better than somebody else, all alienated from God? belonged to some of these big churches, and hiding behind churches where you're trying to hide your sins?
God, by sovereign election, called you into this wonderful fellowship. You lost all your pride, everything. You lost all your dances, and big parties, and come lovely into the Lord Jesus. Oh, but God predestinated you before the foundation of the world to be a fellow citizen of the Kingdom of God.

L-60 Now, just a moment. About five more minutes. if you'll be real reverent, I want to present something to the full Gospel church. Listen close.
 ... before the foundation of the world, that He--we  should be holy and without blame before him in love:  (4th verse of Ephesians 1.)
 Having predestinated... (or other words,  foreknowing)... us unto the adoption of children by  Jesus Christ to himself, according to the pleasure of  his good will.
Now, let's take the laws of the Old Testament for a shadow. And will you bear with me just a moment now, before closing?
Now, under the law of the... order of the law of the Old Testament, which was a type of this today, the new, God...
In a family of man, when a child was born in the family, as soon as the boy was born, he was the son of that family. The father loved him, of course. And then, if you'll get over in Galatians and so forth, you can read where the adoption and so forth, the placing of sons...
Then the father had so much work to do over the whole kingdom, he placed a tutor, or a teacher over the son. And this tutor brought word to the father all the time how the child was progressing. A teacher, anyone knows that was the Old Testament rule, a tutor. Paul speaks about the law being just a tutor to bring us to Christ, or an educator.


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