<TITLE>16. Par 51-54</TITLE>L-51 In this perplexed of time... Did you ever hear of the airplane wrecks, the ships running together, perplexed of times, distress in the nations, great sights, and sea a roaring, tidal waves that's never been knowed of? You're at the end time.
Here's the Holy Ghost here spreading forth It's Light just like It did back there in the days of the Jews. As it was back there, so is it now. They were the eastern people. The sun rose on them and showed signs and wonders of the living Lord Jesus.
He promised in the last days it would be light in the evening, and here we are in the western world at the west coast. It's all over, and the Light is shining down, and Christ raised from the dead proving Himself alive among us.

L-52 Simple, uneducated ministers speaking the truth, God confirming the Word... Oh, we got a lot of quacks; I know that. We have to admit that. We got a lot of fanatics there's nothing to. That's right, but just remember. Every time you see a bogus dollar, remember, there's a real one it was made off of. It only vindicates the truth. That's right. Only shows that there's a real one right in this evening time.
Peter said, "Lord, I'm scared of You. I don't know what to think about it; but if it be You, let me see it in the Word. Bid me come to You on the water. Let me hear Your Word."
Now, if you're scared of this baptism of the Holy Ghost, let me show It to you in the Word. See if It's for you. When the Holy Ghost there fell on the day of Pentecost, they begin to scream and act what you call, like what you call holy-rollers today. They were jumping, dancing, falling.

L-53 The Bible said they act like they were drunk. Is that right? Well, Peter stood up on a little old stump there, soap box, or whatever he was standing on, said, "You men of Judaea, you that dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known unto you and hearken unto my words: These are not drunk, like ye suppose, seeing it's the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoke of by the prophet Joel: It'll come to pass in the last days, I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh." On he went, "And they shall prophesy, and all the signs," he said. "And when they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts."
They wasn't scared of the spook any more. They said, "Men, what can we do to be saved?"
Peter said, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's afar off." Them in Shreveport, Louisiana, if you want to say it that way, or the uttermost parts of the world. Wherever the Gospel is preached, and God is calling people, the Holy Ghost is still the same for them. That's the Word. "Even as many as the Lord our God shall call..." That's the Word.

L-54 Then step out in the open and start walking. Amen. Step out of the--the little old theology you're wrapped around tonight and say, "God, I want the Holy Ghost. I don't care what anybody says."
Peter said, "Lord, if It's You..."
You say, "I'm afraid I'll make a mistake."
Well, you'll sure make a mistake setting where you are. That's right. You'll... I'll have...?... for man. I have--I have a lot of respect for Peter when he stepped out of that boat, and he did make a mistake.
He started to look around and said, "See, I got it, boys, I got it." And he started sinking. It ain't nothing you have to go around bragging about. It's something you want to run along and testify about and tell the world that Jesus Christ...?... Amen.
Don't brag on yourself. Brag on Him. Put Deity to Him where it belongs for His power and praise to Him, not on some preacher or upon anything else. Don't think that you're something great. It's God's mercy that called you to it. That's right.


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