<TITLE>04. Par 15-19</TITLE>L-15 See how Christ in David, weeping out? Oh, the whole Old Testament is just--it's just the lives portraying Jesus. Now, today after Jesus was here and represented Himself on earth as God... He was God's manifestation to humanity to come and take its place and to--to bring humanity back to Him.
Now, in the... Now, in His Church in the last days, He's portraying His Divine will through the operation of spiritual gifts, and so forth, in His Church, by the gift of preaching, teaching, and so forth, prophecy, and other Divine gifts that He has.

L-16 Now, dear beloved friends, we have to admit that many of those gifts are impersonated. Why, we--we know that they are just pretended. But yet there is a real gift. There's many preacher that enters the pulpit, just for what money he gets out of it. I hate to say that. But that's true. They admit it. That's right.
"Why, I wouldn't go over there. Well, look at the money I'm making here." See? Why, they wouldn't do it. Sure. And it's for money. But there's a real genuine minister of the Lord Jesus, who would lay on his stomach and drink branch water, and eat soda crackers, in preference of fried chicken every day, to preach the Gospel and to stay in the will of God. That's right. A real minister...
Well, where you see the--the--the negative, there's bound to be a positive somewhere.

L-17 And now, if you'll notice, and humbly saying this... Now, gifts and callings are placed in the Church by God, God alone. No seminary never made a preacher. God had to call His preacher. Don't you believe that? Why, sure.
He might learn... Oh, he might get a--a Bachelor of Art, or he might be a Doctor of Divinity, but that don't make him any more of a preacher than when God spoke to his heart. That's right. That's true. And so I believe that.
But God sets in the Church, first apostles, and then prophets, and so forth. God places in the Church... Now, those Divine gifts in the Church are for the Church and the perfecting of the Church, to call the Church to one big Body. And any true minister will never draw lines: "Just because you don't believe with me, you're not in it." We will all recognize one another as brothers because Jesus died for all of us. And God loves us all. Don't you think so? That's right.

L-18 Now, groups of men draws barrier lines. Now, it's all right to have denominations, but recognize the next man too. He's your brother. See, that's the way. Is get love in your heart and you'll do it.
Now, notice. In this... Now, if I might illustrate something to you... I know it's going to question in your mind, so when others question after it's gone... Visions is not no great outstanding phenomenal; it's just something God has done.
Now, we're going to give a little illustration here just for a moment. For instance, we were all little boys and girls and we were standing tonight, and there was a great circus in the city. And it just happened to be that--that some of you brethren were stronger, bigger shoulders and could lift a bigger weight than I could. Well now, if there is a weight to be lifted, you better lift it.

L-19 But perhaps, God made me just a little taller than you. That don't make me any more human than you, don't make me any more a child of God than you. It just makes something... "Who taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?" See? Not what you do, what God has done...
See, I'm not much of a legalist. I--I believe that it's sovereign grace of God. That God does...
Well, now perhaps there's a carnival coming by or a circus, and we all want to see that circus. Well, we haven't got the money to go in. We can't see it. So maybe on my tiptoes, I can look through a little knothole up here and tell you all what's going on. Now, remember I'm drawing a illustration.


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