<TITLE>05. Par 21-24</TITLE>L-21 Life, what is life? Well, life is the--what controls you. Life is what makes you what you are. And the life that is within you, makes you the written epistle, read of all men. So while we speak of life...
I was thinking sometime ago, way down in the southern states, when they had slavery, and when they would drive the slaves like animals. And--and they would put them up and auction them off like you would in a used car lot, and would make... And they'd come around, brokers, and would buy these certain slaves. And they'd come by and buy some big, heavy colored man and take him out and sell him to someone else, and make profit on them, just like you do on your cars and so forth today.
And there was a certain broker came by a--an old plantation and he said, "How many slaves have you got on this plantation?"
And the owner said, "About hundred and fifty."
"Is there any for sale?"
He said, "Oh, I don't know; maybe we could trade or do something." And when he went to look them over...

L-22 Now, the slaves were sold to the states here by the Boers, which were Afrikaans. And they brought them over here from Africa and sold them. And they were away from father, mother, babies, husband, wife, never would see them no more as long as time rolled on. And they were sad. And they would have to be whipped many times to make, work. They'd carry whips and stripe them with it to make them work, because they were sad and downtrodden.
And they noticed, this certain buyer, that there was one slave among them, that they didn't have to whip him, a young fellow, right up and at it, chin up, chest out, just ready to act at any time. And the buyer said to the owner, "I would like to buy that slave."
"Oh," he said, "but he's not for sale."
He said, "What makes him so much different from the rest of them? Do you ever have to whip him?"
He said, "Never."
He said, "What makes him so much different? Is he the boss over all the rest of them?"
He said, "No, he's just a slave."
He said, "Maybe you feed him a little better than you feed the rest?"
Said, "No. He eats out in the galley with all the rest of them."
He said, "Well, what makes him so much different from the rest of them?"
And the owner said, "Sir, I questioned that myself for a long time, until I found the truth. And this is the truth." He said, "I found out, that over in the homeland he is the son of the king of the tribe. And though he's an alien, and amongst strangers, yet he conducts himself as a king's son."

L-23 Oh, if it would make a negro, who knowed that his father was a king and he was an alien, hold hisself up to conduct hisself as a king's son, what ought it do to the children of God, the sons and daughters of God? We should conduct ourselves as real children of the king. We should be fearless when it comes to making the decision on God's Word.
If God says so, stand by. God said it. It can't fail. If God promised us Eternal Life, we have Eternal Life. He can no more lie than He can cease to be God.

L-24 And the one thing that I've found about ministering in the churches, I find two types of people: that's the fundamentalists and the Pentecostals. And I find fundamentalists, position, know where they stand, but they haven't got any faith. And Pentecost has got plenty of faith, but don't know how they stand.
It's just like a man's got money in the bank and can't write a check. The other one can write a check and hasn't got no money in the bank. If you could ever get them together!
If the Pentecostal people would ever recognize who they are... They are sons and daughters of God. All prejudices, and nominationalisms, and--and difference would be broke down, and they'd be hugging one another, and shaking hands, and the glory of God falling universally, if they would only characterize themselves and realize, that they are sons and daughters of God.


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