<TITLE>11. Par 42-45</TITLE>L-42 Now, when that old dead rod was brought in there and laid in the Presence of God Himself, what happened? It budded; it blossomed, and it yielded fruit, showing that we borned in... That rod was off of an almond tree, and when it was cut off it died. And when man was cut off from God, he died spiritually. But once brought into the place of God, before the Presence of God, he comes to life and he yields life. He yield blossoms. He yields fruit.
Jesus come to the tree to look for fruit on it. It had everything but fruit, and that's what's the matter with our churches today, we got everything but fruit. We can shout; we can speak with tongues; we can argue the Scriptures; we can teach our theology, but when it comes to fruit bearing, the tree is very lean. What is the fruits of the Spirit? Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, patience. It shows many is still outside on the first altar. You're still open to the public. You're still listening to hear what John's got to say about it, what the neighbor will think, or something for yourself. But once behind the veil and the curtains is dropped, you're hid in God through Christ. See?

L-43 Notice, what a beautiful picture of the sinner, laying in the Presence of God. Now, this rod laying there, it was refreshed. It was fragrant, brought the fragrance of the blossom, and it yielded fruit. The buds came forth. Now, a beautiful type of that is given earthly speaking.
The first thing that we have to do before we can have a crop, we have to have seed. And the seed placed in the ground will yield it's fruits. Is that right? Now, the first thing we have to do is to receive Christ.
Now, the tree had to be an almond tree to start with. And Christ, you have to receive Him before you come into this place. And then in the Presence of this great God, then these things take place. What... see the Word, Christ was the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Christ comes into the life of the human being.

L-44 Now, notice, the first thing was a refreshment. What makes the seed grow? Did you ever get up of the morning and find the dew that fell down from heaven and refreshes the earth? How does it refresh it? When it's at peace. The dew don't fall in day time. The dew falls in the night time, when everything is at peace. The dew can never fall on you, my brother, as long as you're fussing, and arguing, and stewing about the things here on this earth. Get alone with God and let the dewdrops of mercy fall upon you in the stillness. Precious memories, how they linger, how they ever fill my soul; in the stillness of the midnight secrets unfold. How that God can get His believer with the curtains dropped around him alone to himself, He will bring down a refreshing from heaven, that there's no other person, or no other way in the world ever know it, only he that's laying there.

L-45 Did you ever walk out of the morning in that real fresh, cool feeling? God has refreshed His earth. Fragrance, did you ever go into a rose garden? Down my place they got a lot of honeysuckles. The honeysuckle don't smell much along in the heat of the day, but it's early of the morning, when all the air has been purified, then that aroma of the honeysuckle... Let a man be out fussing, fighting, stewing, and you'll never get much of aroma from that of the gospel, but let him get alone one time in the stillness of God.
Every man that comes to the pulpit ought to dwell alone first. Then comes the fruits, yielding forth it's fruits. Every man that stays in the Presence of God, into this great secret place, hid away will yield the fruits of righteousness, peace, love, joy, longsuffering, goodness, gentleness, patience. Don't fuss about these other things. Get that in your life, and you'll never get it until you hide away with God into that land of adoption.


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