<TITLE>05. Par 17-20</TITLE>L-17 One memorial that I'd like to refer to now is in Ohio. And there was an infidel; I forget his name. I got the picture somewhere there in my collection at home. Where he was so firmly against Christianity, till he wanted a memorial built to him after his death, with his foot on the Bible pointing down like that, and saying, "Away with religious superstitions and up with modern science." And when he was dying he said, "If I've been wrong serpents will crawl out of my grave." And when he died they were still shoveling the dirt into the grave, and they killed two or three big vipers.
And today in that graveyard, a minister taken a picture recently and brought it to show me, and hanging over the chains around his lot... The graveyard is a beautiful place. But his mound is nothing but a snake mound. And no matter, even into the fall and winter, serpents still crawl from his grave: a memorial. God forbid me ever have a memorial like that or any of you.

L-18 So there is memorials though, great memorials. I'm thinking of Joshua, the mighty warrior. What a great man he was, who took the armor of Moses as a leader of these two million Jews. Moses, being the selected, the called out, separated for a service, and Joshua to step in and take that man's place was certainly a great thing to do, to fulfill the shoes of this prophet, a mighty warrior, called, predestined, and ordained of God. Four hundred years before he ever come, God said He would deliver and would visit them. And what a warrior Moses had been. Never a man ever took the shoes of Moses to fulfill them until Jesus Christ could do it. And he said hisself, "The Lord your God shall rise up a prophet among you liken unto me. And it shall come to pass, if you'll not hear this prophet, and whosoever will not hear this prophet will be cut off." All right.

L-19 Now, this great memorial... And Joshua had come down to the river. And after Moses was dead, Joshua took his place. And God was with Joshua. And He said, "Now, sanctify yourselves, wash your clothes, and set apart, and come not at your wives, and on the third day God's going to do something."
Oh, I... One of these nights or Sunday services, I want to preach on that third day and show you what power is in them--that three. I mentioned it this morning in the prayer. Everybody had three things in the numatics of the Bible.
Now, "On the third day you shall see the glory of God." Now, it go--went to show he knowed positive what he was talking about, because he mentioned just exactly the time when it was going to happen. And I can imagine how Joshua felt when he stood out there before all those Israelites. Now, his word must be true and there was a swelling Jordan.

L-20 You see, a man's character is made known by his works. Whatever you are, your works prove what you are. No matter how much you testify, whatever you say, pro or con, that has nothing to do with it; your works tell what you are, tells what you are inside. Every job that you do manifests what you are. And you business men, if you just do a patched up job, see what I mean, just a halfway job, don't do that. If you can't do it right, don't do it at all. That's right.
When you come to Christ, if you can't absolutely sell out lock, stock, and barrel, and come to Christ, don't come at all. But when you really want to be a Christian, stand out, make it real. That's what God wants you to be. And that'll--that'll prove... Your works will prove what your character is. Your character is known by the works that you do.


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