<TITLE>08. Par 75-84</TITLE>L-75 Now, notice. Then when the great testings come Lot went down into sin. Remember, he went from the mountain down into the plain. He backslid, like the... A perfect representative of carnal Christianity today, so-called, choosing rather to take the road of ease, the flowery bed of ease, than to stand true in the time of trial. And he finally got in trouble. And you will too. When you choose that feather bed of ease, remember you are going to get in trouble, something. "Your sins will find you out." And God will catch up with you someday.

L-77 And one day the king, the Gentile kings of the great regions away came in and took Lot and his children, his wife, and all that he had, and escaped with them.
And someday, my frail friend, if you don't stay under the Blood, the kingdoms of Satan will overtake you and carry you away if you don't stay under the Blood.

L-79 And Abraham, a type of the just, he was so concerned about his nephew, a representative of the real true Christian that's tested, and tried, and been proven...
Now the women had a lot to do with it. Lot's wife was carnal, very carnal. She stands today in the fields there as a pillar of salt, as a disgrace to those who pass by.
Sarah, a beautiful woman, she wanted to do what God wanted her to do. She respected her husband, as we spoke so definitely on that last evening. And she stayed with Abraham regardless of what come or went. She stayed with him because he stayed with the promise. That's the thing.

L-82 Then when Lot was packed away, Abraham's heart went for him. And he gathered an army of his own servants and went after his brother. And a very beautiful type, they took their swords and chopped those kings down till there was not one of them left.
And that's the type of the Gospel preacher when he sees that sin has caught his church and caught the people. He takes the blessed old Gospel, the Sword of the Spirit, and he chops it and chops it until he cuts out sin from his church if he's a true servant of God. He removes all the nonsense, the tattling, the backbiting. He moves all of the things and carnal natures of the world that's creeped into the church. If he's a true servant of God he takes the Word and chops it from one side to the other until he's cut everything out.

L-84 And then when he had got Lot, his backslidden brother, and the children, and he was bringing them back to reconciliation; notice, this great King come down from Jerusalem and met him: Melchisedec. What type of Man was that? He was called the King of Salem. Which, any scholar knows that Salem was Jerusalem. It was called Salem before it was called Jerusalem. Who was this Man that met him, that thought he'd taken the right step? Who was this Person that stood by him? Watch Who He is. He is the King of Jerusalem, and He is also the King of Peace: third verse.
Without father, without mother, without descent, without beginning of days, or without ending of life;...


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