<TITLE>07. Par 27-30</TITLE>L-27 What it is then, when the minister comes to town to preach the Gospel in the fulness of the power of the resurrection, and the people walk the street and walk by and make fun of the Word of God. And the Holy Spirit has to bring that before the Father and say, "They even make fun. They won't listen; they are stiff-necked people. They're starchy; they're know-it-alls. They won't listen." And if the Holy Spirit (Here it is.), if the Holy Spirit would teach anything, it'll be out of that Bible, for He said, "When the Holy Ghost is come He will bring these things that I've taught to you, to your memory, and will show you things to come." That's the kind of Tutor we got, the Holy Spirit to reveal and to bring the discipline book of the Father, and reveal to you what God's plan is. Then when we step across them boundaries and turn away from it with a stiff neck, what does the Holy Spirit think when He stands before the Father to bring our character to Him. Can you see, brother, sister, why we're not progressing like we ought to? It's our own character that's a tearing us down. Now, we're children. Don't forget that. When you're borned again you're a child of God. We're children, but disobedient children.

L-28 Oh, I wished I had the voice and could stand here, and the time; we could lay on that for hours of the disobedience of the church to God. And the Holy Spirit is bringing that Word back and forth.
Now, but what if that child has done good? Oh, how the Holy Spirit likes to bring their character, how the teacher would like to come to the father and say, "Are you the father of this child?"
"I am."
"All right, I want to tell you. That little fellow is one of the smartest little chaps I've ever seen. Oh, even though he's youthful, he's just a... Oh, he's just a chip off the old block. That's all. He loves you. He's just exactly like you. He's about your business. He stands just exactly firm on what you say. Why, he's just--he's just like you." How that teacher likes to say that.
What do you think that father thinks? Swells out his chest, "That's my boy." O God, how I hope... I hope I can be obedient enough till the Father will be pleased with what I did. I hope that you're obedient enough to be--that it'll please God.

L-29 Then as that goes on, it progresses, time goes on, after a bit... Then when this child becomes of age, then if he's been a... And now, if he isn't an obedient child, he will never have nothing else but be a child.
And brother, Pentecost is fifty years old in America this year. I wonder: fifty years old.
When the child was disobedient it was still a son; it was borned a son. But the father could not put any confidence in it. So it never fell heir to any of the possession that the father had (but yet it was a son), because he couldn't trust it. But if he could trust it, he took that child and set a certain day, and put it out in a place in the street, put it on a shining robe, beautiful robe, had a big ceremony; and the father adopted that own child into his family. Or otherwise, for you teachers, it's the placing of the son that I'm talking of. That son was placed by a ceremony into position, and after that ceremony was said, that boy's name on the check was just as good as the father's. He was positionally placed to a position.

L-30 Now, I believe that the Pentecostal church has all nine spiritual gifts operating in it, but it's so mixed up. If we could only get quietened down, away from our differences and become one great united body, God would place those gifts exactly where they belong. Then you'd see miracles done, signs and wonders done. These gifts, like speaking with tongues, how we misuse that, just fly loose any time. Did you realize that that's wrong? Certainly it is, but put it in its place and let it be used exactly the way God intended it to be, it'll bring down the power and blessings of God. Out of place it'll cause confusion, like Paul said, say aren't you all crazy?" or so forth.


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