<TITLE>07. Par 20-23</TITLE>L-20 Now, if you're borned again, you're a child of God. And now, notice this: Every one of us would like to say that that was our church. Our church is the church that contends for the faith.
If I'd go to a Catholic tonight, he'd say, "Certainly, we're the mother church. We're the one who has the faith that was once delivered to the saints."
If I go to the Baptist church, the church that I was ordained in, they'd say, "Sure, we are the fundamental teachers; we have absolutely the apostolic faith."
And if I go to the Methodist, my mother's church, now they'd say, "Certainly, we are the apostolic church. We have the faith that was once delivered to the saints." I go to church after church, and each one would want to say that was their church.

L-21 But now, Jude's told us to contend for the faith, "the" faith, not "a" faith, "the" faith that once was delivered to the saints. Now, there's only one sensible way to do that, isn't it friends, that's go right back and find out what kind of a faith they had, and then when we find what kind of faith they had, then earnestly contend for that.
Now, as a Baptist, I'm going to lay mine, and if whatever you are lay yours down, and let's look at what the Bible says, then we can get it.

L-22 Now, we couldn't go to the Old Testament. Because they wasn't called saints in the Old Testament. They were saints in the New Testament. Therefore, we'd have to begin from the New Testament. Well, then the New Testament was based upon Christianity, which come from Christ. And Christ was the first 'Ministrator of the faith that we should contend for, because it was the faith that He introduced to the world.
Christ born, virgin born Son of God... John was between the law, and the--and the dispensation of grace. Luke 16:16 said, "The law and prophet were until John, and since then the Kingdom of heaven's been preached." And John saw him coming, just an ordinary man.

L-23 Now, let's start right here with John. What did Jesus look like any different in man, in statue, figure, or whatevermore? Did He look like or was any different from any other man? As far as we have record in history or the Bible, none of it ever gives one day that Jesus ever attended school. Never did it says anything about His diploma, says nothing about His education. 'Course I suppose He had it. Being raised in a poor home, He probably didn't get very much of this world's schooling; He didn't need it. Now, but His wisdom at the age of twelve just confused the teachers of theology. They couldn't understand that how this Boy, twelve years old, why, would just unroll the Scriptures there in such a way and prove to them things that they didn't know nothing about. See, they were teaching it from a intellectual standpoint, and Jesus knew it by direct revelation.
And may I say this, my brother, sister, with all love in my heart, that the real true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is given by spiritual revelation, only way you could know it.


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