<TITLE>09. Par 28-32</TITLE>L-28 An old fellow down south once, he said--said to the old slave he said, "Mose, what do you mean by heartfelt religion?"
He said, "Well, boss, it's good."
He said, "There is no such a thing as heartfelt religion."
Mose said, "Boss, there's just one thing you made a mistake in." Said, "You ought to have said, 'There's no such a thing as heartfelt religion as far as you know.'" But he knowed different.
That's right. Felt... I don't mean you have to feel it to receive It now. But after you got It, you feel It then. Amen.

L-29 Little old fellow, one time, built a barn, a farmer, oh, my, a beautiful barn. And, but, he was the laziest farmer in the country. He had tractors and things, and he let his farm grow up in weeds. And there was another farmer over from him, didn't have very much of a barn, but he was industrious farmer, so he raised a lot of alfalfa, put a big halo up full. That year, there was a little calf born in each barn, the new barn, the big church where they have the... Excuse me. I oughtn't to have said that. See? But anyhow, I like little old missions and things, where you can really get down and shake hands, and, you know, and feel good. Big church is all right, if they got God in there. But if we get our...
You know, today, that's the trouble of it. We've got... We're putting all the answers on a big church, in the stead of on Christ. That's what's the trouble.

L-30 And you know, this great big, fine barn, there was a little calf borned over there, but the poor little fellow didn't have nothing to eat but weeds. All they could feed him was weeds. But over in the other barn, wasn't so good, it had a few cracks in it, and kindy old and shabby looking, but the little calf over there had good hay all winter long. When springtime come, they turned them both out in the corral, and when they got into the corral, the little fat calf, he just as fat and round, vitamin fed, you know. He was really feeling good. So he just begin to buck, and cut up, and jump around, have a great big time, that spring wind blowing, you know, like a rushing, mighty wind. You know what I'm talking about. And coming down, he was just having a good time, all vitamin filled up. You know, that's the way a good church is, when it's all fed up with the Word, and when the Holy Ghost really goes to falling. You know, they go jumping around a little.

L-31 And the first thing you know, the little calf over on the other side, so weak the little fellow couldn't hardly stagger out. The wind about blowed him down. But he peeped through the crack of the fence, and looked over there at that other calf was and he said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, such fanaticism." See? He'd got sour; that was all.
That's what's the matter with a lot of people, even right here in California (Amen. That's right.): undernourished, lacking of vitamin. Read the Word. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word." Don't build yourself upon emotions, upon excitement, upon big churches. Build upon the solid Rock Christ Jesus, and His Word. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away." He came to redeem.

L-32 Job here, in the speaking of Him as a Redeemer, how that everything had gone wrong for him, seemingly... You know, God hasn't promised a flower bed of ease, but He's promised a lot of mountains, but He's promised grace to go over every one of them. I like Job speaking.
Watch. After Job went through his trials and testings, as they come upon every child of God, first has to be tried, tested. In other words, they have to be trained like child training, take some whippings, straighten up. You know how to act then, how to conduct yourself as a Christian. God gives you a little bit of whipping once in a while, turns you around a few times; you know what it's all about, lays you on your back, so you can look up. Sure.


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