<TITLE>13. Par 47-50</TITLE>L-47 How true that is tonight, with a many little innocent Christian. You little girls, with this little Elvis Presley, rock-and-roll, and Pat Boone, and Arthur Godfrey stuff, the devil to hang it--put that rouge stuff on your face to get the boys to give that--that (wolves, that's what we are. That's true.), to give that whistle. You dress yourselves in little clothes like that, and say show that little body of yours. Oh honey dear, I've got two little girls at home too. God be merciful child. You don't realize, honey, that that's the trap of the devil. Don't never dress yourself so a man look at you like that. Keep yourself for your little sweetheart husband that's coming someday. God will give it to you.
And there the wolves of hell is right after you, and you're coaxing them along. And one day the jugular vein will be cut. You'll be gone. Then you'll stumble a couple of times, you're gone. Innocent, "Oh, just a little rock-and-roll won't hurt anything." And I noticed our YMCAs are teaching it. What's that "C" in there call for, is that Christ or Cursing? It's a disgrace. She's gone, the whole nation's polluted; it's rotten to the core, because the church let down. It ought to be a standard.

L-48 The deer... The dog has another technique to grab at the deer. If it misses it's ear, it'll grab it in the side. The hind quarters of the deer is heavier than the front quarters, and if he can grab him right in the flanks with those teeth, and take a big bite in the deer, if he's not a smart deer, he will--the dog will--in the mid-center of him or the wolf will throw the deer on the ground. If he misses this part, he will catch him in the side. But if the deer's real smart, and jumps quick. It can't slowly jump, it's got to jump fast. And if the little deer will quickly turn sideways, the--the dog will pull a whole mouthful out. And then if the deer's quick and fast, he will get away.
Listen, sister dear, if you're right on that verge, and the devil has dragged you, jump quick. Don't wait till the next revival. Jump now. If you've had your first rock-and-roll date, don't never go again, jump away from it quick as you can. If you've been dressing like you oughtn't to, dress decent, act like a lady, a Christian. The hounds of hell's galloping after you.

L-49 Then when she's grabbed... The little fellow will run as hard as he can, the blood's pouring out, watch here. He's got to find water. They're right behind him. He must find water. If he don't find water, he's gone. Let him find water, and he will live. But he must get to water right quick. And if he can pass over a stream... You hunters know what I mean. He will get his drink, run over the hill, freshens him up. He will come down and get a drink again, leave the dogs one way or the other, the hunter, either one. Back and forth and cross that river, he can live.

L-50 But think of David, when he said, "As the hart panteth for the waterbrook, so my soul thirst after thee, O God." If that deer don't get the water, he's dead. And if you can't get to Christ, not the church... The devil tries to put a false thing in you there, tries to make you satisfied, that great thirst in you, by saying, "Yeah, I joined church." That's just as almost as bad as doing something else. He tries to... "Oh, I'm a Presbyterian, I'm Pentecostal, I'm Catholic, I'm a Baptist." That don't mean one thing to God. You can be any church member and go to hell like a martin to its box.
Jesus said, "Except the man be borned again, he will in no wise enter in."
"Well, I pay my tithes; I do this." That's all right, brother dear.
"Well, I tell you, our church has got the biggest missionary offerings in the country." That's very fine. "We got the loveliest church there is in the city, more members." That's fine, but that don't have one thing to do with salvation, not one thing at all. God don't even recognize it. "Except a man be borned again of the Spirit, and of the water, he will in no wise enter."


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