<TITLE>05. Par 265-277</TITLE>L-265   Now, now the picture, here.
... not laying again the foundations of repentance from dead works, and... faith towards God,
... the doctrine of baptism,... laying on of hands,... resurrection of the dead,... eternal judgment.

L-266 Now, remember, you notice that word used again? We used it this morning, "Eternal judgment." When God once speaks, It's Eternal. It cannot be changed, a bit. So, the judgment is Eternal, It's always the judgment. And no matter what generation we're living in, one generation will live, and one... will all live, and it's forever, for whatever time, and this and that. But the judgment of God is still Eternal, He has to, because He spoke the Word. When God speaks a Word, It has to be Eternal. That's right.

L-267   Now let me read that out of the Greek for you. Listen how it reads.
Therefore leaving--leaving the principles of the doctrines of Christ, the atoned One, we should push--push towards the...
Now, I can't read it. It's blurred out. "And not laying again the form..." Here we are.
... not laying again the form of reformation from the works causing death.

L-268 Now, this lexicon is absolutely not any interpretation, at all. It's just the Greek word for what the English says. And it said, "Now we don't want..." Listen here, see.
... not laying down foundations of reformation from works causing death.

L-269 Now if you'll get that in your mind, that he's speaking here, that, "Forms of reformation causes death." Paul said, "Leaving the principles, go to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith towards God: doctrines of baptism, laying on of hand, resurrection of the dead, Eternal judgment. Reformation forms causing death," was the right words. That's actually what Paul wrote. See what he's trying to do?

L-270   Now, all these things, like baptisms: one is baptized backward, one forward, one in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, one Jesus name, one this way, and that way, and all these different little things of baptisms.

L-271 And of laying on of hands: "Bless God, I got the gift of laying on of hands. Hallelujah! You, you can get It this way. Hallelujah!"

L-272 Laying all of that aside, because that's dead works, these reformations, reforming. See? He is speaking of another class. Now he said, "Let's get away from that, and go on to perfection." You get It? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-273 And the church is still lingering back in those things. That's what they were trying to do. The early Hebrew church was trying to say, "Well, I was baptized by immersing, and--and I was got this, and this, and all these things."

L-274 He said, "Now, lay all of that aside, leaving it behind." But, now, did he say we shouldn't do it? Now listen to what he said about that.
And this will we do,... God permit.

L-275 And the original said the same thing.
This we shall do, if God will permit us, see.
This we shall do, if God permit us.

L-276   Baptisms, laying on of hands, and things, but that isn't perfect. That's only the carnal reform. And that's where the churches leave off at, today, is on that carnal reform. One of them said, "Oh, well, the water, the word baptism means this and it means that."

L-277 And they set up organizations: and one sprinkles, the other one pours, the other one baptizes face forward, the other one backward, and all those things; some of them laying on of hands for the sick, and some making apostles, and some making prophets and so forth, by laying on of hands; and preaching the resurrection from the dead, and which is all right; and the supreme Deity of Christ, that's all right. "But," he said, "all these are formal reformations. We're just been reforming. Now let us go on to perfection." You get the picture? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]


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