<TITLE>09. Par 30-32</TITLE>L-30 Oh, my. And that disgrace is all because that she was told that tap dancing, and all the other nonsense that goes with a sinful, backslidden life, was all right, by a backslidden preacher. That was the cause of it. And she spit into his face in the days of her death.
And what will she do, yonder, where they have to stand in the Presence of God and give account for everything that's done. And God will require at that preacher's hand that girl's soul. Certainly, it is true.
Oh, brother, what we need in the church today is an awakening. Arise, and rise out of sleep, and shake yourselves, and realize that the day that were living in.
Now, not long ago, when those--that taken place... That still hangs on the record in Jeffersonville, of how that girl went out of life.
Now, a borderline, lukewarm... They try to make it smooth. That's the way this--this Jehoram was, just a borderline preacher. And, he, every way the people... If they wanted to do this, well, all right, they want to do that, all right. But yet he claimed to be a--a Christian or a believer.

L-31 And first thing you know, there was Moab rebelled against Israel. So then he called for help.
Now, the king of Judah was Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat was a righteous man.
Now, I want you to notice how easy it is sometimes on a little persuasion for a Christian to get in the wrong company, trying to be pity. "Well, I tell you, I will just go down to the pool room. I won't play any pool, but I'll go down there. I'll go to the dance with Susie, because she's a good girl, and maybe I'll win her to the Lord." You'll never do it, doing that. That's right. Show your colors. That's right. Don't get on the wrong ground.

L-32 That's what's the matter with the Pentecostal church tonight. They've got on the wrong ground. That's the reason that in the church tonight, the people... It used to be wrong for the people to do certain things. Now, it's not wrong; they do it anyhow. You got on the wrong grounds. You got with the wrong crowd.
Show me your company, I'll tell you who you are. Let me walk into your house. Let me see what's laying over on the table. Let me see how that Bible's marked up. Let me see where it's all "True Stories." Let me listen to what kind of music you're playing on your radio. Let me see what kind of pictures you got in your house. I'll tell you what you're made out of. Yes, sir. That's what your soul's a feeding on. Regardless of what your testimony is, your fruits prove what you are. That's right.
Oh, it's the truth. Your soul feeds on something. And whatever the characteristic of your soul is, that's what it'll--it'll show forth. That's the reason Jesus said, "By their fruit you shall know them." You took a lot of advantage of saying, "I spoke in tongues. I got the Holy Ghost." If your life didn't type up with it, you didn't do it; you've either got the devil or the flesh. I'm talking to the Pentecostal people.
Now, you Baptist ought to shout a little, and you Presbyterians. Sure, that's right.
Now, I don't care what kind of a sign... You might've cried tears like a crocodile, and you might've moaned at the bench. That don't mean you're saved. Your life proves what you are.


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