<TITLE>08. Par 26-28</TITLE>L-26 Now, we know that it's nice to have churches. That's wonderful. We know it's nice to have denominations. They're wonderful. It's nice to have--to have seminaries. It's wonderful. But Christ never told us to build any seminary or anything like that. He said, "Preach the Gospel."
And the Gospel isn't Word only, but through power and manifestation of the Holy Spirit, which would produce the signs of Mark 16 when He said, "Go into all the world; preach the Gospel to every creature. These signs shall follow them." The Word Itself is dead until It becomes into a action and produces life.
And except a corn of wheat fall into the ground, it abides alone. And then when the Word is brought into a heart of faith, that makes that every promise in the Bible live again. See? It--it'll... It--it's got to live. It's a germitized Word, and It must live if it's received in the right place. Under the right conditions, every seed will live again, if it's put under the right condition.
And brethren, may I say this with reverence and respect to you as my brethren, knowing that maybe before night we'll all stand at the judgment seat of Christ in heaven... And look, may I say this: That it's the atmosphere always that brings forth the--the product. See?

L-27 The hen, the actual way for a hen to have her chickens, is for the hen to lay the egg and then cover it with her body. And that makes the warmth of the hen's body hatches the egg. But you can put it under a--in a incubator. It's the same warmth and atmosphere. See? It'll produce that chicken just the same. And I don't care whether it's under the Methodist, or the Baptist, or the Presbyterian, the atmosphere of the Word... If the Word, which is the egg, and if the right atmosphere... If it's in a Presbyterian or wherever it's at, it'll produce the same results. It'll produce the borned again child. You know that is right, brethren. Whether it's under the Pentecostal, the Full Gospel, or wherever it is, it's the--it's the attitude that we take towards God's Divine Word.

L-28 Now, many of you has heard of John Sproule. He was a good friend of mine. He said at Alsace Lorraine, one time when he was being taken out by the guide through a garden, and he saw a great statue of Christ. And said he stood off and criticized it. He said, "What was the sculptor meaning?" Said, "Looky there." Said, "Why, there's no sufferings. There's nothing. It just looks like plain, just a..."
And while he was criticizing it to his wife, the guide walked up and said, "Mr. Sproule, perhaps you're criticizing that, the--the work of the sculpture."
He said, "Yes." He said, "I don't see why he hung that up there. It doesn't look anything like it would show any sufferings of Christ."
He said, "Sir, it's the way you're looking at it." He said, "Now, it's got an altar down here." Said, "Now, you come down here now and kneel down." And he kneeled down. Said, "Now look up." Oh, he said his heart would break. There was the features of the suffering and all of Christ when he looked up. He said, "You see, sir. It's the way you're looking at it."


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