<TITLE>13. Par 44-47</TITLE>L-44 And today we come out of count going to church, hearing Doctor so-and-so, or Brother so-and-so speak, doing things like that, or joining a fine church, with a nice group going on, nice revival. We call that doing something good. That isn't it.
God looks on the heart. And the heart of Jacob, he didn't care what anything come and go, there was one solid purpose for him, that's to get that birthright.
There's a real believer today. Let the world call you whatever they want to; let them say you're a fanatic if they want to. They called Jesus Beelzebub. "How much more will they call you," He said. "Blessed are ye when men shall persecute you, say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, 'cause great is your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets before you." You see it?
Now, what is the Seal of God then? Ephesians 4:30 said, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit." The what? Ephesians 4:30, you that's marking it. "Grieve not the Holy Spirit."

L-45 Now, I know some of them says it's this or that, or the other, but when... No matter. The Bible said, "Let every man's word be a lie, and Mine be true." Some says keeping days is the mark, and some says doing this is a mark, and some says being witness of this is a mark. But the Bible said, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day of your redemption." How long? Until the day of your redemption.
How can it be done? Could God make a mistake. Could He give a man the Holy Ghost, and Him be an infinite knows from the beginning to the end, would give a man the Holy Ghost and promise him Eternal Life, and then turn around and take it away from him? That would make Him finite like me and you, subject to mistakes. But thanks be to God, our heavenly Father makes no mistakes. Certainly, He can't make a mistake. From the beginning He was infinite, and He will be at the end. He can't make mistakes. He's perfect.

L-46 Notice, now I'm going back into the--into the Hebrews again. "Now be ye therefore perfect..." Now, I'm going to skip over now, and go into the Revelation.
"And he caused all both great, old, young, male and female, bond and free, to receive a mark in their forehead and in their hand. And he deceived all except those whose names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life." He deceived all, the whole earth: the religious cults, he received the pretended Christian; he deceived the church member; he deceived the moral man; he deceived the good man; he deceived the so-called preacher; he deceived the so-called Christian. He deceived all with his great propaganda, saying, "We're all one big church, and we ought to all unite together, and have the things of the world and the church and state uniting, what are... We'll settle all wars forever."
Thousands of mothers, millions of them, would say, "That's the thing we want." Watch where it comes from, sister. Watch where the backgrounds of it is. "And he deceived all whose names were not written in the Lamb's Book of Life."

L-47 Now, are you ready? Here it is. It's a double barrel, and a heavy load. Listen at it. Now, he deceived all whose names were not written in the Lamb's Book of Life from the time they joined the church? from the time in the revival? Their names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life when they come into the church? No. "Names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life from the foundation of the world." Amen. That does it. You get it?
That's been looked over for hundreds of years amongst teachers. But look, the Christian's name was not written in the Lamb's Book of Life when He came to the altar. The Bible said his name was written in the Lamb's Book of Life all the way from the foundation of the world. "No man can come to Me except My Father draws Him. And all that comes, I'll give him Everlasting Life, and will raise him up at the last day."


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