<TITLE>12. Par 48-52</TITLE>L-48 Now, the Lord Jesus, when He was here on earth, the works that He did, which we've just quoted, He promised that He would come again before the end of time and would do the same thing. He said He would do it through His church. Now, He said, "I am the Vine. Ye are the branches." Now, the--the vine doesn't bear fruit. The branches bears fruit.
Now, if it's a pumpkin vine, it'll bear pumpkins. If it's a watermelon vine, it'll bear watermelons. If it's a cantaloupe vine, it'll bear cantaloupes. If it's a grapevine, it'll bear grapes. If it's a Christian vine, it'll bear Christ, the life of Christ, the works of Christ. See? Then our spirits has to be energized by something. I'm so glad to be in Him, tonight.

L-49 You don't know, little flock, how it makes me feel, know here, I'm forty-eight years old, an old man. And I've preached now for twenty-seven years. My shoulders are stooping. And oh, I realize I'm not that little boy that used to play marbles out here on the street. But there's one thing I do know; I--I'm His servant. I'd rather have that, than all that I know, for what good would anything else do?

L-50 I've tried to be honest with you people. I've tried to do everything that I could to be honest, and just, and true in your presence, and in the presence of God, because I know He watches us all the time. Now, if I could--I'll tell you now, this little message tonight, I tried to quit early, but I'm praying that God will take the rest of it to your heart. Hurry, hurry, hurry... Get out of Babylon just as quick as you can. Don't stay in the world. Get--get away from that nonsense. Get out; get out here, free with Christ. Get away from those things, for you don't know what hour that there may not be nothing, just powder left on this earth, just gasses, and the old world blowed to pieces. It can happen before this service closes, and it wouldn't contradict Scriptures at all. It would just fulfill the Scriptures. The Gospel's been preached. Here comes the last message.

L-51 Now, don't look for great things in the future. America has done sinned away her day of grace. That's exactly right. You mark it in your Bible's and find out whether I'm right or wrong. She's been on the downgrade now, for two years.
Billy Graham said at his breakfast, not long ago. He held the Bible up, he said, "Here's the standard. Paul went into a city and had a convert, come back the next year, and there was thirty." Said, "I go into the city and I have a revival of twenty thousand converts, and come back in six months and can't find maybe twenty." What's the matter? There just so many fish in the pond. There just so many that God knew before the foundation of the world and is predestinated to Eternal Life. When that last one comes in, that settles it.
There was just so many birds went into the ark. Just so many different animals went in that ark, and the door was closed by God. And it left the rest of them out. Though they tried to get in.

L-52 And my dear friend, if you're not in, you get in right now while God's a calling, 'cause the doors of mercy might close to the Gentile at any time. Now, and now what I do now will have--while I--I speak now, I've spoke and my words... If I'd preach for hours, it wouldn't mean half as much as one word from our lovely Christ. Now, but what I've preached, I've either told the truth or a lie. If I've told a lie, God will have nothing to do with it. If I've told the truth, God will stand behind His Word. (How many did you say? give out fifty cards?)


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