<TITLE>04. Par 13-15</TITLE>L-13 Notice now, I know in the presence tonight, is many clergyman. And I realize, my brethren, that most fine ministers, taking this text, refer to it to the second coming of Jesus, the order. And that is true. But the entire Bible is so inspired to every phase of the Bible dovetails together. You could take this text and preach anything from it, because it's a part of God's Word. Anything that goes in the Bible will hook with this.
And tonight I want to take it from a little different standpoint. In the Old Testament we read of the placing, or the adoption of a child. When a child was born into a family, that didn't make him yet a heir of all things. And I think that's where most people today make their mistake. I think that's where the Pentecostal people made a mistake, if you'll pardon the--the rude saying. There's where the Methodist made a mistake, the Lutherans, it's where we've all made a mistake.

L-14 The Lutherans said, "The just shall live by faith. And if you just believe it, you've got it." No, that's different.
Paul, in Acts 19 said to those people, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed?" So that lets that out.
The Methodists said, "You've got it when you shout." That is your early Methodist. "When you shout you got it." And they found out, many shouted who didn't have it.
And the Pentecost come along, or the restoration of the gifts, and they said, "When you speak with tongues you've got it." But they found out, many spoke with tongues who didn't have it.
Those things are all right, but you can never major on a minor. That's an attribute of the Holy Spirit (That's right.), any of those emotions, which I believe in every one of them. But that's not it yet. The Holy Spirit, when you receive It, is the Person of the Lord Jesus dwelling in you. And Jesus said, "By their fruit you shall know them." The fruit that--that their branch bears tells what vine it's in.

L-15 Now, in the Old Testament when a child was born in a family, he was a child when he was born. Now, we take that literally, which is true. When a child is born, he's a son. And when you're borned again of the Spirit of God, you become a son of God. But don't stop there, you've just begin.
Now, to get a little background to this picture, let's go back in the Old Testament. And you notice in the King James it says this: "In My Father's house is many mansions." That sounds strange. I think one translator made it more ridiculous than that: "In My Father's apartment house is many apartments."
But doesn't it sound strange that "in My Father's house is many mansions." A mansions setting, many mansions, millions of them setting in a house... Well, in the days of the early translators, translating for King James, they translate according to their words of that day. A king was considered a father; his domain was his house. And that's very Scriptural. The right translation is this: "In My Father's Kingdom is many palaces." That's the right translation. Notice, but "in My Father's house (in His domain), is many palaces."


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