<TITLE>17. Par 175-185</TITLE>L-175   Now what's the sabbath?
... all tables are full of vomit... no one clean.
Who shall he teach knowledge?
Not worldly knowledge; spiritual knowledge!
Who shall he teach knowledge?... whom shall He make... understand doctrine?

L-176 "Oh, bless God, our organization don't believe This. They wouldn't put up with That."... care what your organization believes. What does God's Word say about it? "Oh, well, our pastors, you know, are educated." Oh, sure. Certainly, got so much education, they left God out of it. Truly, for you can tell them the Word and they'll walk around and say, "Well, I don't believe It just that way." Oh, you sissified thing! Let me tell you.

L-177   Looky here.
... who shall he make... known doctrine? them that are weaned from the breast, and... them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

L-178 The other day, a neighbor of mine come. He said, "Billy, a certain pastor here in the city, the most lovely little person you ever seen..." Said, "Wife and I were setting with our pajamas on, about midnight, and that little pastor run in and he--he--he drank some coffee with us and he took out over to the other neighbor's house, and he shook hands with them. They was having a little card game, and he sat down and played cards with them." Said, "Oh, he was the most sociable little fellow you ever seen." Said, "Oh, we love him. We wouldn't get rid of him for nothing."

L-179 I stood there a little bit, I thought, "Well?"

L-180 Said, "Oh, don't you think that every church needs a man like that?" Huh! I couldn't answer that. He said, "In another little place," said, "they had such a lovely place. This minister and his wife, lovely people, went out and deal with the children so much till they had a--a Bible school." And said, "They just had so many, just overflowed the thing with little children." Said, "My, he can tell all kinds of little stories to the little children."

L-181 I said, "That's nice. That's awful nice."

L-182   I went back. I just come from Canada. I thought, "Here I am. My! People... What's the matter with me? I don't do that." I went to washing on my car. I thought, "God, I'm getting to be an old man, and here I am. I've fought. I've cried. I've begged. And anything I get is a big blaspheme."

L-183 Anything, let somebody say something bad about you, "Oh, the old holy-roller," something like that.

L-184 I thought about that. And a Voice come to me, said, "Them men is all right if they're doing that, but I never called you to do that. I called you to take the Sword and stand there like Joshua and challenge, brother. Not fool around with some old society or some church organization, but challenge the Devil. Stand in the forefront, make right right, and wrong wrong. Preach the Word and find out who has got the faith to believe It. Lay her out there."

L-185 I got to speeding up on that car, all time, washing. I said, "Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord." Felt good then. "It's all right, Lord, I'll grip her a little tighter, and I want to die with It in my hand."
... who can I make known doctrine? (Listen.)
... tables are full of vomit...
... them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Now watch.
For precept as that upon--upon precept, precept upon precept;... line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and with other tongues will I speak to this people.
To whom it is said, This is the sabbath wherein ye shall cause the weary to rest;... this is the refreshments: yet they would not hear.
For the word of the LORD came unto them, somebody preached It, precept upon precept,... upon precept; line upon line,... upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.


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