<TITLE>08. Par 25-28</TITLE>L-25 Now, when this Pillar of Fire was in Him at the end of His journey, He said, "I came from God, and I return to God." Then He came from the Pillar of Fire and returned back to the same, if He told the Truth, if He was the I AM, that was in the burning bush.
Now, let's see if that's Scriptural. A... Not very long after that, there was a--one named Saul, who later was called Paul. He was on his road to Damascus, and all of a sudden a bright Light flashed in his face, that was brighter than the sun, and even blinded Paul until he fell. And He said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?"
He said, "Who art Thou, Lord?"
He said, "I'm Jesus." Is that right? Back to the Pillar of Fire again, same One that delivered Peter out of the jail, not long after that.
Then in this last days, if He's come to the Gentile church, if this is His picture... George J. Lacy, the head of the FBI, examined it, the German examiners, Switzerland, all through the world, it's a...?... You'll see it tonight if He comes. And you'll see it. Now, if that is the Spirit of Christ, It'll have to bear the same record, It'll have to bear the same fruit, It'll have to do the same thing, It'll have to declare the same God; It'll be exactly the fruit of the vine, if we are His branches. Is that right?

L-26 Now, it just can't work through one; it'll have to work through all of us. We're all His Church. You Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Assemblies of God, whatever you are, we are His branches, and if we're in that Vine, we bear His Life, can't keep from it. And if that Pillar of Fire is the same Pillar of Fire, It'll act the same way It did when It stood here, made flesh and dwelled among us. It'll be in our flesh tonight, manifesting Itself. Is that right? Then we would see Jesus, the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
Let's watch how It manifested Itself in His day. Let's take now, we read out of St. John, the--I believe the 12th chapter, yes. Let's go back to the 1st chapter. You read it when you go home. Follow me now in the Scriptures, if you wish to, just for a few moments. Pardon me.

L-27 Now, notice, when Jesus was called into His earthly ministry, immediately, there was one converted and run for his brother. And when--when he got...
Am I speaking too loud there? Is that about to make you deaf? I've been used to speaking in outdoors, and stadiums, and things, and I don't mean to yell at you.
But when he went to his... got his brother, and he brought his brother back... And we know his brother to be Simon Peter. At that time he wasn't that name. So he came up into the Presence of Jesus. Let's watch him just a minute now, and see what Jesus was yesterday. And if we can find what He did yesterday, then He's got to act in His Church the same today, to be the same. Now, keep that on your mind.

L-28 And when Philip went and found... I mean Andrew went and found his brother, and he brought him to him, and His first thing when Jesus saw this man, the Bible said he was a ignorant and a unlearned man, didn't--couldn't even sign his own name. Ignorant and unlearned and became the head of the Church. What's our educational program got to do with that? See? A man who could not sign his own name had the keys of the heavens, and the Kingdom of God hanging on his side, Saint Peter. That's correctly. An old fisherman, didn't know his ABC's, probably couldn't count very far, couldn't even sign his name. The Bible said he was both ignorant and unlearned. The Scripture's right, St... That's in Acts 4. All right.


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