<TITLE>06. Par 45-53</TITLE>L-45 And another year passed. And the managers... I forgot about It. He said, "We're going to India. Tickets is already here."

L-46 I started off, forgot It till I got to Lisbon. One night, that, I thought I was dying. The next morning I started, go over to the bathroom, to take a bath. Oh, I was so sick, I could hardly stand up. There, that Light hanging there in the bathroom, said, "I thought I told you to, 'Go to Africa, first.'"

L-47   My meetings has been slowly failing since that time. Though I went to India, with nearly a half a million standing there, but that wasn't doing what God said do. I feel that my meetings will never be a success until I go right straight back and make that thing right. No matter what I do, it's Africa, first, 'cause you've got to do it. There lays God's Eternal Word, laying there. I knew better than that. But I've got to go back. And I feel that this coming year is the time I'll crawl out of the shell, by the help of the Lord.

L-48 This glorious, old Gospel who has been growing easy, like an oak tree, but I believe she's about ready to spread forth her branches now. I believe It, this great Message and great thing. I believe that the Lord will let us shake the world again for the glory of God.

L-49   You've got to do what God told you to do. And Abraham went right on, took his folks with him. He loved them. That's the human part. But after while, by and by, his father died and he buried him. Then he had his nephew, then quarrels and arguments come up. And, finally, Lot took his choice and went down into Sodom. And you notice Abraham, he didn't fuss with Lot. He said, "We are brethren. We must not argue. But you lift up your head and you go any way you want to go. If you go east, I'll go west. You go north, I'll go south." That's the Christian attitude, be willing to give the other man the best of the deal. Always present it to him, let him take his choice.

L-50 For why? What made Abraham do it? He knew that he was promised by God that he would inherit the whole thing, anyhow. Amen. So, then, a tent or a cottage, why should we care? The whole thing belongs to us. "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." It all belongs to us. God said so. So give the man the best of the choice, if he wants to. Maybe that's all he'll ever get. But it all belongs to you, the heirs of salvation by promise. It's all yours.

L-51   So, Sarah, the most beautiful woman in the land, she sat up there on the hillside with her husband like she should have done. She plain, well, might have wore plain calico dresses, or ever what you want to call it. While, Mrs. Lot dressed up like a millionaire. And her husband was the mayor of the city. He was a judge that set in the gate. She had everything; attended all the sewing circles and card parties that there was went on in Sodom and Gomorrah. But Sarah was more pleased to live with her husband on meager fare, and know that she was in the will of God, than to enjoy the riches of... or the pleasure of riches for a season. That's right. That's when God visit.

L-52   And one day, you, just as sure as you take the wrong road, it's going to catch up with you someday. You might think you'll get all right. You might think you're getting by, but you're not. May seem like it's all covered over, but it isn't covered over. God knows everything. He knows whether you really mean your confession or not. He knows whether you really mean that you believe Him and are saved, and accepted Him, and you are dead to the things of the world, and you're alive in Christ. He knows that.

L-53   Now, we notice Abraham, I want you to notice this real spirit. Oh, the whole blessed thing here is grace. I want you to read with me now from the 14th chapter of... Exodus, just a moment.


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