<TITLE>07. Par 18-20</TITLE>L-18 And Jesus was upbraiding those people and trying to condemn them, which He did condemn them. And many places where His outstanding miracles were performed, He said, "Oh, woe unto you, Capernaum, which is exalted into heaven shall be brought down to hell," and there's not even a sign of it today. And every city that He predicted that would be cursed, every one of them is in ruin today. And the ones that He blessed is still standing today. His Words are infallible; they're the Words of God. Then He turns and says, "Why didn't they believe the sign that was given them?"
Now God, through all ages has always had signs and gifts to men. In the days of Moses, in the days of Noah, in every generation He's had gifted men that's done signs and wonders among the people.
Now, if you'll notice, in the days of Moses, how that they refused to hear Moses, because they said, "Why, who made you a judge over us?" And for their penalty of unbelief, they was granted forty years more of punishment, because they would not hear Moses. And after they'd already seen signs and wonders that had been done among them, every one of them but Joshua and Caleb was refused to see the promised land, and all died in the wilderness.
It's a terrible thing to think of unbelief. Your eternal destination rests upon your faith. And your actions speak so loud that your words can't be heard: your attitude towards the things of God.

L-19 Notice, He gave a very striking statement here. He said the queen of the south, which was of Sheba, shall rise up in the generation--in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for she came from the utmost parts of the world to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
Now, in that day God had chose a man by election: Solomon. And him being king and with the gift, the people accepted it, because they almost were compelled to do it; he was the king.
In Moses' time they did not want to accept it. In Noah's time, Elijah's time, they did not want to accept it. And when God sends a gift... Now, I want you to get it. When God sends a gift, He will vindicate that gift. And if the people will receive it... They've got a right to test first, to look it over, like Nathanael did, and the woman at the well, and different places. But when it's proven to be from God, then if the people will reject it, there's nothing left but chaos. And if the people will receive it, it will be a golden jubilee for that people, if they will receive it. But it all lays to the people; God does His part.

L-20 Then if He sends the thing, it's up the people to receive it or to reject it. And each one, as an individual, not because of your church standing, but as an individual... It doesn't lay within whether your church accepts it; it's whether you accept it. Salvation is a personal work. It's a personal faith, not a universal church faith, but a personal faith in the Lord Jesus. No matter if father don't believe, and mother don't believe it, it's what you believe.
And notice, when they did receive it, then great signs and wonders and jubilee broke out. But when they rejected it, then darkness and gross darkness come to the people. And oh, people of this last day, can't you see why gross darkness is falling on this country? The Gospel of Christ has been rejected. You don't want to believe that, but it's a noted fact. It's the truth; it's too bad, but it's the truth. And I think that if that be the case, that each one of us should take inventory of our own experience and our own standings with God and see how we stand in His sight.


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