<TITLE>11. Par 37-39</TITLE>L-37 The others didn't have to have a feeling. They had faith. They didn't need a sensation. Thomas had to have some evidence. They needed no evidence. The written Word was written, and they had faith in the written Word. Not special hard, brother, that's what Phoenix needs--faith in the written Word.
And He said, "Thomas, now, you've had all the feeling and sensation, and you say you believe." He's got many children, Thomas has. He said, "Now you believe. How much greater is their reward, who has never seen, or had any sensation, and still believe?" I want to be on that side--the greater reward.

L-38 Today, I was talking to the--my manager, Mr. Moore, while we were having a little fellowship together, and I said, "Brother Moore, what do we need?" And as we was riding along the street in the car, I said, "Brother Moore." I was trying to get him to answer something. I wanted to place him on the Scriptures--not that he needs to be, because he is. But I wanted him on this certain subject, I was going to ask him. I said, "Mr. Moore, you know what we need?" I said, "In the days when the gathering of the people was in Egypt, God sent them a prophet. And when God sent them a prophet, the devil sent them some false prophets." That right? Sure did. "And then when the gathering of the people was again, at the time of liberation, when Jesus was coming, God sent them a prophet, and the only difference they could tell... And there was a false prophet raised up."
Now, remember Gamaliel said so; he took four hundred people, and led them out into the wilderness, and they all perished, supposedly to have been some great guy himself. He wasn't with the Word. But John was with the Word. John said, "I'm the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Brother, that old Baptist preacher with a sheepskin jacket wrapped around a pair of little hairy trousers on, he preached repentance, and preached the Word of God like man hasn't since, hardly. He was a true prophet. He stayed with the Word, and there was a false prophet in the land at the same time, who led a bunch of--raised a bunch of fantastics in fanaticism, to go out and get ready for a rapture, somewhere, and they perished in the wilderness.

L-39 Every time the people are gathered together at the end of the road, at a junction, God sends a true prophet, and the devil sends a false prophet. And I said, "Brother Moore, we need a prophet." I wanted to see what he said. He looked at me a little bit. I said, "And we got a true Prophet. And that true Prophet is the Holy Ghost. He is a spiritual Being. God sent the Holy Ghost to lead the church."
And Jesus said, "When the Holy Ghost is come, He will show you things to come, and will bring these things to your memory, which I've taught unto you." And the true Holy Ghost will teach the Word of God, and stay with the Word, and warn of things to come. That's right. And we've got a Prophet, but what do we do with Him? He tries to direct us to the Word. We go off to draw a crowd.


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