<TITLE>08. Par 28-32</TITLE>L-28 Now, we notice all down through the age how God has always recognized that one thing, that Blood. That's the only thing that'll--that'll--He will accept will be the Blood.
Now, after Eden, after the children of God was driven from the Eden because of their sins, God made a way just to stand between until the day of full redemption would come. The oldest Book in the Bible is Job. Now, the old, old Gospel, this old-time Gospel, it don't have to have fancy words; it must be laid out in its simplicity and accepted on those grounds, it'll bear results. You believe it? Yes, sir. Just accept it in its simple way. Nothing all broke up. Nothing great and high that you can't reach. The Kingdom of heaven is right at your hand.

L-29 Many times we make it so complicated with creeds, and different things to deal with, different isms, and things that we've made up inside of our fleshy mind; and we many times through that, drive sinners far away from God. But just make it simple that little children would understand, and then it'll lift up Christ, and He said, "I will draw all men unto Me."
Notice. Job the oldest Book in the Bible, he was a righteous man. God said there was none on earth like him. And when he got into trouble, and God turned Satan loose upon him. Did you notice how that God had to do it first?
Here sometime ago I was amazed as I was standing in an eastern country, oriental country, and I heard this Scripture of Saint John the--the 5th chapter, where Jesus said, "I am the door to the sheepfold." Always wondered how that could be, that Jesus, a Man, could be a Door to His sheepfold. I couldn't understand it till I got into the country and seen what it really was.

L-30 It's amazing to see how the Bible seems when you go into the land where It was written and see how the--our western interpretation of It is many times contrary to the eastern tradition. And how they did it, the shepherd has a fold, and he drives his sheep in there; and after the sheep is in, he lays down in the door. Therefore, no sheep can go out, or no wolf can come in 'less it comes over the shepherd. Think of it, how safely you are.
Few nights ago I woke up, and I had a sermon on my heart of resting. I didn't have no audience, so I had a one woman audience, my wife. I woke her up. I said, "Honey, I just got to preach to you a minute." I did about three hours. Oh, resting...

L-31 The Christian experience is based solemnly and wholly upon rest. "Come unto Me all ye that labor and heavy laden, I'll give you rest." We're tossed about with everything until you come to Christ, then it's all finished. Resting in Christ, perfectly. No matter what comes or goes, nothing can touch us without it comes over the Shepherd. He has to permit it.
The Bible said, "All things work together for good to them that love the Lord." Has to come over Shepherd first. Said, "I'm the door. No man can come in without Me accepting it." Let me--let me tell you that when God permits anything, it's working to your good. So would sickness be the same thing? Certainly, that God might heal you to show a great testimony, give you a little something to move on for. "All things work together for good."

L-32 Noticing then how beautiful that the shepherd laid himself at the door to be the go-between or the block... I thought then in my text of Job, how that Job being tested and tried, how that he knowed that he was righteous, because he had offered the sacrifice, the burnt offering and stood firm on it. No matter how many of his church members said, "Job, you're wrong. You're a secret sinner," Job knew that he had confessed his sins and had offered God the appropriate offer, the one that God had required to be offered, the burnt sacrifice. He knowed he was righteous in the sight of God.


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