<TITLE>12. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 Here some time ago there was a woman, who belonged to a very prominent denominational church, lived close. And I'll give you this little story. And she... I--We always doubted her experience. She lived around church. She was a pianist. She played the piano, a very nice woman, but intellectual faith. See? She just reasoned that she was all right.
There was an old boy that went to this church that really had an experience with God. They kind of got to be sweethearts, and he finally married her. They moved off. And she continued her job playing the piano. And after while his job changed, and they had to go plumb out to another city. In this city she become the pianist of this certain denomination, big well-known denomination church in this city. She become the prominent piano player.
And while they was out there playing the piano, she was, she begin to notice the neighbor girls that belonged to the same church. They all wore these little un... disgraceful clothes, get out and mow their yard, with these little old... I'm persuaded that you women don't do that up there. They do it down below the line in Indiana. I don't think you'd do it in Michigan. See? I think you got too much self respects, but--and let your children wear such things. The Bible said, "It's an abomination in the sight of God to do so."
And they--they get out and mow the yard. She thought, "Well, I can do that. You know..."
"Because why?"
"The other girls do it."

L-39 Now, see, what was it? Her faith in God was intellectual. It was reasoning. Your mind will reason, but your heart don't reason. You're heart believes what God said's the truth. Your mind said, "Well now, if the other girls can do, or the other boys can do it, and they go to church, ain't I as good as they are? Can't I do the same things they do?" Because she reasoned.
But we got to cast down reasons, till it's contrary--if it's contrary to God's Word.
Well, she went ahead and it kept on that, and after while, the rest of them all smoked cigarettes, so why couldn't she? Well, the rest of them went to church.

L-40 'Course, I know you Michigan women don't do that, I don't believe you would. But, she did it: smoked cigarettes, the littlest thing that women ever done. That's right. And the most sabotaging thing she ever done. Eighteen percent, I mean the babies before eighteen months old, ninety percent of them die, if they raised on the breast, they have to be given artificial, by cattle, and so forth. That's right, nicotine poisoning. What are we going to have in the next generation?
Don't fear about Russia coming over here and doing something. It's not the robin that pecks on the apple; it's the worm at the core. Our own rottenest is what's killing this nation. It's our own morals. It ain't other countries. It's... We're killing ourselves through our immoral living and things and calling ourselves Christians. Woe unto us. That's right.
You better listen to the Gospel and listen to Jesus Christ and get your heart right with God.

L-41 Notice. And then this woman... After that, there was a little slicker moved in the neighborhood with his hair slicked down. And--and so she kind of thought he was a cute little fellow. And you know, it become a little innocent, every night before they'd go to bed, she'd slip out to take the things out in the back yard, and he would kiss her good night across the fence. Oh, it was very innocent, of course. Sin's very innocent looking to start with. Oh, there was nothing to it, just a neighbor.
And the first thing you know, she left John, her husband, and married this guy. And he had a wife and baby, broke up a home. Well, she reasoned that there was other women in the church who had the second husband, why couldn't she? That's reasoning, but the Word says it's wrong. And the very soul that was telling her it was wrong, she was grieving it away. And the Bible said, "The soul that sinneth shall die." And what is sin? Unbelief. There's only two things. That's faith and unbelief.


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