<TITLE>05. Par 16-19</TITLE>L-16 But God, and for the perfecting of the Church, has set in the church, apostles. You say, "Apostles?" Yes, sir. Now, how would people ever want to change their name and call themselves missionaries instead of apostles, I don't know. A missionary and a apostle is exactly the same thing, same word: "one sent", that's right. A missionary is an apostle.
So they a--apostle is a missionary. It's one that's been sent. And when a man feels led of God, and sent of God, to go to Africa, India, that makes him an apostle, and--or a missionary, whichever way you want to call it.
So there's apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelist, and so forth. Them are selected by God alone. No matter how much you go to school, how well you're educated, how well--what you want to preach, if God hasn't called you to be a preacher, you'll never make it. That's right. You'll just be a stumbling block in a real preacher's way. That's exactly. "Gifts and callings are without repentance." Correctly.
I'd rather my boy be a preacher than anything I know of, but God will have to do that. I--no one else can do it. That's right, God will have to do it.

L-17 And so now, in this, Jesus raised the... I want to know tonight before I start. How many in here really believe the...?... Jesus Christ did raise from the dead, let's see your hands, you believe it? All right. If He has risen from the dead, then He's got to be the same yesterday, today, and forever, is that right? Then He's got to be the same in principle, the same in power, and everything that He was, outside of a--of a--a corporal body, He is tonight. Don't you believe that? And He came from God. He's been here on earth. And He came from Spirit. He was with the Father before the foundation of the world. And He was the Logos that went out of God.
And then, when He... Then He was made flesh and dwelled among us. And then we could touch Him with our hands. Then He turned back to God again. He said, "I come from God and went to God."
Did you ever think of that, how God condescending down to love man? If you'd ever get the real picture of it in your heart, brethren, I'd tell you, it would rend your heart.

L-18 God in the beginning, in the--the Christ, in the Pillar of Fire, He settled on top of the mountain. And even when His Presence so close, that even the--a beast would touch that mountain it'd have to be killed with a--with a dart. Yes, sir, no one could touch Him.
Now watch, first He could not be seen; then here He comes in a mystic Light, and they could see Him. But no one could get close to Him. Then He reveals Himself, and comes down, and puts on human flesh, though borned a virgin birth, different from man, ordinary man. No one was ever born like that before. That was that same One was on the--and to Moses in the bush. He was a Rock that was with Moses in the wilderness. He was the Angel that was at the burning bush; He was the I AM. And so, here He was here in a human body then, manifesting Hisself in a body of flesh. He came down into this virgin body, because He's pure and holy, and He couldn't come in anything that was defiled.

L-19 So then He did that in order to give this human blood... Now, as some people said, "Oh, I was saved by Jewish--I... Jewish blood saved me." No, Jewish blood didn't save you. God's Blood saved you. He wasn't either Jew nor Gentile; He was God. And so, if it was a Jew, why--why then He--He had a... If His Blood was--was Jewish, then He had a earthly father. But His Blood was a creative Blood, which Jehovah God, His Father created a Blood cell in the womb of Mary, and it brought forth a Son, Christ Jesus, which was a Tabernacle place for Almighty God to live in when He was here on earth. And the Body was given at Calvary for a sacrifice to redeem you and I, un--under unconditional terms that God made with Abraham, that He Himself, might come back and live in us and love us, and we worship Him, and woo us to Him. That's exact...


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