<TITLE>09. Par 28-29</TITLE>L-28 But Jesus can come to your town, and He's considered a holy-roller. Then what can you expect at the end time? Oh, yes. You invite Him. Sure. But when you invite Him, where do you bring Him to? In a little room upstairs, the garret, or go down in the basement and have a few little words. And if you're...?... get up of a morning and give a prayer meeting this morning, and Susie calls you up and tell you, "Let's go shopping," Jesus sets on the sideline. That's right.
And preacher, you--you who call your congregation to pray, Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian, expecting an old fashion revival to break out in your town, and some of you Pentecostals, too... And when Jesus comes to town, you tag Him as a fanatic and won't even cooperate with it. That's right. You won't have your hands on it. No, sir. How can you expect God to do anything for you, when you turn down the very Prince of Life? God, be merciful.
What this nation needs... It's got a lot of hogs in the wallow. It needs an old fashion washing out. Evangelists has crossed the country and people harden their hearts till the Gospel don't even have any affect on them any more. I believe the day of grace of this nation is finished. I believe it. Preach, persuade, bring the Gospel; it'll never attract them. A little handful of saints will gather out, but the world sets on the sideline and makes fun of it. That's the way you treat Him. No wonder He doesn't visit. Jesus only comes where He's welcome.

L-29 And here He was by the invitation, come, but you see the way they were letting them act. He went down; He... You invite Him to come. He comes to your church to have a revival, and the first time He does something, you want to put the person out. You want to run Him from your church. You don't want Him there.
He could come in and heal somebody sick, and you'll say, "Oh, there's no such a thing as that. Now, wait a minute, you're getting all worked up."
Some dear saint can get happy and raise up, with the tears running down their cheeks, and weeps in the Presence of God, what do you do? "Mm-m, Mm-m, usher, would you see that they get the door." You self-made Pharisee. That's right. [Congregation applauds--Ed.] Then you think God's going to take you home to heaven. That's the way that Jesus is treated.
And now, somebody can come around and say, "There ain't nothing to that bunch but a bunch of holy-rollers." And you, as a minister, hold your peace. Oh, brother, how can you do it? And when today the very cause, the very Gospel, the very Word, the very power of God in a straight Gospel power is talked about and made fun of in the city, letting Jesus set there with unwashed feet. That's right. Religious people, who call themselves religious, letting the Lord's Gospel be treated like that, they don't say a thing, just set there. "Oh, well, I'm Doctor Jones, you know." You're no more than that ungodly Pharisee. You might be doctor but I don't know what of. But that's it.


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