<TITLE>11. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 Now, read the prophets; read the Christ; and find out if any man ever did anything by his own will or his own thoughts. He always did it according to what God showed him to do. No man can take glory, not even to the Son of man. The glory goes to God alone.
Now, that was Jesus yesterday, if He's the same He's got to be the same today. Now, notice this, in close now. We see what He did yesterday. Now let's take His Words just before He died and then rose. He said, "A little while, and the world will see Me no more." All that has ever read that Scripture say, "Amen." "A little while and the world (That's word there is 'kosmos' which means 'the world order, the people of the world.'), the world will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me (That's the Church.), for I (personal pronoun) will be with you to the end of the world."

L-39 "A little while, and the world won't see Me no more (That's the physical being.) yet the Church will see Me: for I'll be with you, even in you to the end of the world." Listen to this promise: "And the things that I do shall you do also; and more than this shall you do." I know the King James gives "greater," but the right translation is "more." No one could do anything greater than He did; He's--He raised the dead; He healed the sick; He stopped nature; He did everything. No man could do greater. But they could do more of it, because He would be in the Church universal. "More than this shall you do; for I go to My Father." He ascended on high, led captive captive, give gifts to men.
Now, if Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, if He doesn't act the same, do the same in every principle, then He is not the same. If He does it, then He is the same. And if He doesn't do it, then His Word's no good. If He does do it, He's the infallible God of heaven. And He deserves our love and our attention, if He does do it.
And to me, this is either the Word of God or it is not the Word of God. And don't you ever be guilty of being ashamed of the Gospel, to place your soul on any phase of that Book. God's obligated to His Word, certainly He is. But you can't do it wishy-washing around. You've got to come out and be exactly what you say you are.

L-40 Now, if Jesus Christ, God's Son, will come into this audience tonight... Now, it's going to be hard, for it's your first night. And Jesus, no matter if He stood here, wearing this suit that He gave me, He could not heal you tonight. Anybody know that? It's already a past tense. He's already did it. If He stood here with this suit on, you'd come to Him, say, "Lord Jesus, won't You heal me?"
He'd say, "My child, I did that nineteen hundred years ago when I paid the price for your sickness."
"Will You forgive me Lord, of my sins?" "I did it child nineteen hundred years ago, do you wish to accept it tonight?"
It's a finished work. But you've got to accept it as your own personal property. It's a love gift that God has given you. But He would still be the same in His power to manifest Hisself, God working through Him. He works through His Church just like He did through His Son.

L-41 And if He will do that, and do the same things that He did when He walked the shores of Galilee, how many in here say, by an uplifted hand, "It will increase my faith; it would give me better hopes. I believe it would make me a more of a staunch Christian. And I'll try by the grace of God to live a better life. I'll try to have more faith, testify, be a better member of my church, if Jesus will appear here tonight and do that."? Let's see your hands, all over the audience. The Lord bless you.
Now, you see what a challenge it is? Does anyone want to come here and take the place? You're welcome. But it's a thing that... It's God's Word. How the world can't see that. How you just been intellectually blinded to the real Spirit of Life. Christ will keep His Word.


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