<TITLE>04. Par 27-38</TITLE>L-27 And may I stop here to say that the church of the living God is built upon Divine revelation, not upon denomination, organizations, not upon creeds or doctrines, but on spiritual revealed truth of the living God.
Abel, in the garden of Eden had it when the church begin. How'd he know to bring a lamb? Why didn't he bring fruit like Cain did? But it was revealed to him.
Jesus once speaking, said, "Who does man say I the Son of man am?"
"Some said You're Moses, and Elijah, so forth."
He said, "But Who do you say I am?"
You see, it doesn't rest upon what somebody else thinks; it's what you know to be the truth. "What do you say?" That question would meet every one of us in the face tonight, "What do you say?"
And Peter quickly speaking up without one hesitation, said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
As Jesus Who knowed the secrets of all hearts, for He was none other than Jehovah manifested in flesh, and He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has did this. And upon this rock I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against It."

L-33 And we people as we come on, we Lutheran want to walk by faith, we Methodists want to shout to get It, you Pentecostals want to speak with tongues to get It, but that's ten million miles from It.
It is a Divine revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Person of His Being made manifest in the heart, "Upon this rock I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." It works perfect with Matthew 24--5:24--or St. John 5:24, "He that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life; and shall never come into condemnation, but has passed from death unto Life." Not because you had any move, any emotion; but because you have been the privilege of having Christ revealed to you from heaven, "Upon this rock I'll build My Church."

L-35 And then, Jacob, when he died, his son had his body packed up, and he was buried with Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, and Job, in the holy lands in Palestine.
Then Joseph, being a prophet, he prospered down in Egypt. He knew God. God had revealed Himself to him. And when he died, said, "Don't you bury my bones down here, but put... when... Someday God will surely visit you." Why? He rested solemnly upon the Word of God to Moses, "Four hundred years they'll serve this nation, but I'll bring them out." He rested solemnly upon the Word.
And what a beautiful illustration here. if you'll notice, every Hebrew passing by with his back beat to pulp by slave drivers, and when he looked upon the bones of his prophet Joseph, he knew someday they were going out. For those bones were left there for a memorial, that someday they would go out.

L-38 It's been about fifteen or eighteen years ago when Billy Paul, the little boy about five years old, hardly so much... We had a little flower we was taking to his mommy's grave at day break one morning on Easter, just as the sun was coming, peeping up; or just before daylight, it was, then going to the service. And as we walked down to the grave, the little fellow took off his hat as we moved to where his little sister and his mother was buried. And he begin to snub and cry, and he said, "Daddy, is mommy down there in that hole?"
I said, "No, son. She is not down there in that hole. She's a million times better off than you and I." He said, "Will I see mommy again?"
I said, "By the grace of God, if you desire it, you can see her again." Said, "Will her body ever come up from this grave?"
I said, "Honey, close your eyes, and I'll tell you a little story. Many hundred years ago this morning, there was a tomb left empty." I said, "It's a memorial to those who sleep in God will Christ bring with Him when He comes." Without a shadow of doubt, I rest solemnly upon God's eternal promise.


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