<TITLE>02. Par 4-6</TITLE>L-4 I would just like to have a good old fashion homecoming type; it's just where we just get together. And get Angie, or... Is Sister Angie here this morning? Get her out, so her and Sister Gertie can sing, "Homecoming Time" for us once and "Keep Holding On," and that seems something like the beginning of a revival again, Sister Gertie. A lot of water's went down the river since we used to sing that here.
I had a birthday yesterday, and I--I know I'm no boy no more. I said, "I'm past twenty four now, so... And then that's just my years... I don't count the ones I was literally, naturally born in physical; I'm just counting my spiritual years. You see? It's about twenty four years ago, I was borned again. And that--that's eternal, and it'll... It's one great blessed birthday. And I... It'll never run out. That's one thing sure.

L-5 Now, I want Sister Gertie, if she will, before we bring the little ones up for a baby's dedication...
Now, many times in the Bible, we find out the only place that I know of in the Scripture, where the order of babies... Now, a lot of people sprinkle them you know, and call it the baptism and so forth, which that's--that's okay. But I always just tried like to stay just the way the Bible says it, you know. And in the Bible they never baptized little children; neither did they sprinkle them. They just brought them to our Lord, and He took them in His arms and blessed them, and said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of heaven."
And the--the strange thing was now, that I just turned right down in the Bible just exactly where that's at, Mark 10. Just... Here it is right before me. And so, the Lord brought the little chil... They brought the little children to Him, and He just blessed them, and said, "Suffer the little ones to come to Me, and don't forbid them for such is the Kingdom."

L-6 Now, we know that our Lord has gone to glory, and His spirit returned back in the Church to carry on the message until He comes again. We're looking for that. And the way we do it here, is just bring the little ones up, and we bring the elders of the church up, and I take the little ones and dedicate them to the Lord.
Now, I think it's such a sweet little service to see those little bitty fellows, 'cause it's... No matter how young we are or how old we are, one of those little ones has just got a place in our heart. Isn't that right?
Now, when we come to God, that's just the way we are in God's heart. And we never leave that stage. We're always little children.
When Abraham was ninety and nine, he was still just a little baby to God. God told him said, "I am the Breast that you nurse from, Abraham. (See?) Just--just lean against Me and nurse, and everything will be all right." And He changed Abraham back to a young man again just by holding on to His Words.


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