<TITLE>06. Par 23-26</TITLE>L-23 Now, it must've been Moffatt; I think it was or some of the translators; I read it somewhere. It was more ridiculous than that. It said, "In My Father's apartment house is many apartments," like you're going up there to rent an apartment.
But in the original it's written like this, "In My Father's Kingdom is many palaces." But if you notice the tradition of the Bible was brought down to England, in the days of King James, when the translators translated it. And what it was, the kingdom was a house, and the king was a father. And all of his delegates, his--his subjects in his domain was his children. And so, making it so the people of England would understand, they translated it that way: "In My father's house is many mansions." That meant, "In My Father's Kingdom is many mansions."

L-24 And now, in the Bible time that's the way it was too. A man owned a great portion of land, and in this land he had many hired servants. And they were--they were scattered abroad, and they were... Then when this man, being a business man, running his farm or his place, his stock, his business... When a boy was born, that boy was his son by birth. But yet, that son did not fall heir to everything until he become of age and the father tested his character.
Now, in the Old Testament when this baby boy was born, the father hired a tutor, or a teacher, a raiser. And to get this raiser, tutor... Many of you know the Galatian letter, Paul writing like, to us. In this picking out this tutor, the father picked out the best man that he could find for the job, because he was certainly interested in his child. And any father's that way that's a real father. That's just the love of a parent to a child.
And this father went around and found the very best tutor that could raise his son, and could bring up his son, educate his son, and teach his son to follow in his father's footsteps. And this tutor was to bring messages to the father how the child was progressing.

L-25 Now, all that was a type of the church today. For when God brought us into His Kingdom by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and become a child of God, God sent us the best Tutor that there was in all heaven: the Holy Spirit. He is to nurture, and to bring up, and to raise, and to teach the church. Brother, we need Holy Spirit teaching and tutoring.
Now, now, if this child did good or if he did evil, think of what that tutor would do when he went in the presence of the father of the child and has to bring a report of disobedience. How that tutor must have blushed in the presence of the father. "Your child is not doing good. Oh, he's sassy; he's snoopy, and he won't behave. He won't try to listen. He won't try to learn. He just doesn't care." Oh, how that teacher must feel to stand and talk to the parent like that.

L-26 I often wonder, brother, sister, I hope... This is not meant to hurt, but it's meant to put something before you. How do you think the Holy Spirit must be, to go before God to bring our character, our fussing, fighting, making differences, separating brotherhood. How do you think it must be when He has to go before the Father and say, "Your child didn't go to church tonight. The bells rung, but he stayed home to look at television."
How it must be to say, "Your daughters, that you gave the Holy Spirit, oh, they're dressing so immorally, till they're making men on the street lust for them." How that must hurt the Holy Spirit to bring such a message as that. How it must be when He goes and says, "Father...?... How that they had meetings and they won't do this and won't do that. How I speak to their hearts to move them up and nurture them by the way, and they won't listen to it." How the Holy Spirit must feel.


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