<TITLE>11. Par 44-48</TITLE>L-44 What good does it do to--to paint fire to a freezing man? Show him a picture of a nice big warm fire and the man's a freezing; that's something that was. That's what people are trying to keep you alive by today. No wonder we got a failure in America of--of religion. No wonder the magazine says the spiritual on-go is a burst. Is because that they failed to represent the right thing to them. They're trying to teach them of a historical God.
But what we need today is a God resurrected from the dead and on hand right now to do whatever He promised He would do to confirm His Word. And we need delegates out there in the audience who's willing to rest their soul on any Word that God said and put it to action. Amen.
That's what we need today. That's what we need is men and women who stand up to the forefront there and call the devil a liar, and say, "Jesus Christ stripped you and robbed you of every right you had, and I'm in Christ Jesus, and the world belongs to me." Amen. Right.

L-45 What good does it do to have a bird to have wings as long as you've got him in a cage? He can't fly, he don't need no wings. If you got him in a cage. Oh you... That's the way a lot of these people are. They're in a cage, taught the days of miracles is past, "Oh, there's a God, oh, yes we believe that Jesus was His Son; I've accepted Him as personal Saviour. But I tell you all those things is back there in the old days, they're past. The days of miracles is past." What good's your wings going to do you? What good's your faith going to do you, if you can't turn it loose? What good's your faith going to do if you can't put it in action? Certainly, if I believe Jesus lives today, I'll put it in action. Amen.

L-46 He lives today; He's the same Jesus; certainly He is. If the blind Bartimaeus could trust Him, I can to. If the woman with the blood issue could touch His garment, I can to. For He's open and willing; He's begging and accepting. "Whosoever will, let him come and drink from the Waters of Life freely." What we need today's a revival of that type.
Oh, you might take your bird and feed him very good orthodox food, oh, yes. You might give him fish bone birdseed and everything else, but what good is it going to do him? What does fish bone do, what does birdseed do, develop wings. What good's his wings, if you got him in a cage?
That's the way it is today. You--you might send your seminary boys in there, and teach them all kind of theology, and all about this, that, or the other, but if you're afraid to turn your faith loose to trust God, what good does it do to teach them. Amen. What we need's to turn loose. Let your faith go in action.

L-47 I like David. He knowed that the--Samuel the prophet had poured the oil on his head. Come up there to the army that day, and there stood old, big old Goliath over there making his boasts, and the armies of God all backed up with their theology. That they were Israelites and circumcised and so forth, but a-scared.
Oh, that reminds me of the church today: scared to make a move. He come out and made a boast, but the wrong man heard it ('fore them). A little old scrawny runty looking boy about like that with a little piece of sheepskin wrapped around him, said, "You mean to tell me, you cowards will stand here and let that uncircumcised Philistine defy the armies of the living God?" He was ready to put what he had to action. Hallelujah.

L-48 That's what we need tonight is to get somebody who will take what you got and put it to action. Let your faith go. Why, he said, told Saul, said, "Your servant was herding his Father's sheep, and a lion come up to get a--a lamb, and I took the slingshot and knocked him down; he rose up against me; I took my knife and killed him."
He said, "A bear went after another one, and I took it out of his mouth." He said, "God helped me to do that, how much more will He, that uncircumcised Philistine who's defying the armies of the living God." Amen, I like that. Yes, sir.


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