<TITLE>13. Par 51-54</TITLE>L-51 But you know what God said to Abraham? He said, "Abraham, rise up." Amen. I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe I am, but just leave me alone. I feel better this a way. So He said, "Raise up, Abraham. Look around." Said, "Look to the east, look west, north and south." Said, "Walk throughout the land, 'cause it's all yours (Amen.); look it over."
That's what's the matter with Christians. That's what's the matter with people. You don't know what you own.
You know, if somebody give me a--the Bible--this blessed Bible here is your possession. Everything that God promised in here is yours. It belongs to you. But maybe you say, "Well, the Lord saved me. Praise the Lord. I'm glad for that. I don't know about Divine... I don't know about these things."

L-52 My, could you buy a house without looking through it? If I own anything, I want to look around. You know the--the Holy Ghost is like a great big arcade. You know what a arcade is. And you're baptized into it. And if I own the arcade, I want to go on the shelf and see what I own, look around, look at this. If something seems to be a little high, I'll get me a ladder, climb up to it, look around, see what belongs to me.
And that's the way you ought to do as a Christian. Look through the Bible, see what the promise is. Every one of them is to the believer. Amen. Remember, when we used to sing the songs before we backslid, "Every promise in the Book is mine, every chapter, every verse, every line. I'm trusting in His love Divine. Every promise in the Book is mine." That's right. Yes, it's yours.

L-53 God's... If you're sick, God said He'd heal you. If you're a worried, God said He'd give you peace. If you're a sinner, God said He'd save you. If you been saved, He said He'd give you the Holy Ghost. Peter said so in the Gospel on the day of Pentecost, 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, 'cause the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's far off (all over the Prince Albert), and as many as the Lord our God shall call."
How can you take the blessed Holy Spirit out of this age then if ever--God's still calling, He's still giving the Holy Ghost. Amen. That's the truth. All right, the promise is to them that believe.

L-54 One fellow said to me not long ago, said, "Oh, preacher, I--I--I don't believe in Divine healing."
I said, "Well, you're a unbeliever. It's not for you anyhow. It's just for believers." That's right. It isn't for unbelievers. It's for them that believe. That's what salvation... The Holy Ghost is for them that believe, not for them that believe not, but to him that believeth. That's right. It's only for believers.
And everything God promised in the Book, we ought to take His Word and say it's the truth. Anything contrary say it's a lie: "Let every man's word be a lie and Mine be truth." That's what God said. And Abraham's children believe that, that's become God's children through Christ, receiving the same Spirit was on Christ comes on the church. "Can you drink the cup I drink," He said to the woman that wanted her sons, one one place there.
"Yes."
"Can you be baptized with the baptism that I've been baptized with?"
"Yes."
And He said, "You shall." That's right. "A double portion shall come upon you." That's true.


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