<TITLE>13. Par 43-45</TITLE>L-43 Notice, certainly. Jesus said so. One day He was standing there casting out evil spirits, and the people come along and said, "Why, He's a devil. He's Beelzebub."
Jesus turned around to them: Because He was the truth, and presenting the truth, they wouldn't believe on Him. And God was confirming that He was with Him. He said, "If you can't believe Me, believe the works." And He was casting out evil spirits. He was looking out into the audiences and seeing the people, and signs and wonders were being done. The teachers come along, and knowing different... They knew different; in their hearts they knowed different. "God's not willing that any should perish, but that all might come to repentance."
The Holy Spirit moved, but because the prejudice, and church creed, they had to reject the Prince of Life. That same spirit is in the world today. I know it's solemn. That's what I want it to be: solemn. I want it to go so deep, that every person in here will see it. "But when the Holy Spirit's come, and who speaks a word against That, shall never be forgiven him in this world, or the world to come."

L-44 Now, Paul picks it up in the 5th chapter of Hebrews. He said, "If we sin willfully..." Sin is unbelief, then if we disbelieve willfully, after the truth has been presented to us, there remains no more sacrifice for sin, but a fearful looking for the judgment." Then if the Gospel truth has been presented to people and they turn their head and reject it, then Satan takes them to the post. They're willing to serve their creeds and so forth, stick their ear out, and bore it in there, and you'll never be able to understand the truth no more. That's the type, and there's the antitype.
Paul said the same thing, "If we disbelieve willfully--willfully after we've received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a fearful looking for the judgment, who will--fiery judgment shall devour the adversary." There you are: To reject the Holy Spirit of God, after you've received it, and believe and know, you hold back with prejudice...

L-45 Sinner will come into the audience, he will look around and say, "Aw, I tell you; there's nothing to that." Walk out just as stiff as he can be. Brother, one of these times you'll walk out for the last time.
And some people will walk into a meeting where they're seeing the Holy Spirit move, and say, "That's the devil's work." Do you realize the danger line that you're on. You say, "Well, I belong to the church. I'm--name's been on the book, and my mother's of a this, that; and my daddy..." That has nothing to do with it. Salvation's a individual affair between each and every individual.
Coming around and saying, after you've see the Holy Spirit presenting anything, you see sign and wonders, you see the love of God flowing, you see the works of the Holy Spirit, and deliberately turn around, and say, "I don't believe that," when you--down in your heart, you do want to believe it... But because that you can't accept it, because some dogmatic thing's got a hold of you here, you cross the line then, and taken to the post. I'm just telling you what the Scripture says.


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