<TITLE>23. Par 151-155</TITLE>L-151 One more Scripture and I'll promise you I'll close. And I'll leave the rest of it till tonight. Leo, you can catch that tonight then.
Let's go to Ephesians just a minute, just read this one Scripture, then I am going to leave it with you. We find out what the Bible said now about this. I'm going to take this great teacher Paul, which is--there's never been nothing like him. He was the apostle to the Gentile church. All right get Ephesians 1.
Now, we're going to close just in a minute. Listen to this, my dear friends. Listen at Paul preaching to the same kind of church that I am this morning.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of... (The Presbyterian church? The--the what church?)... the will of God, to the saints... (The sainted ones);... which are at Ephesus,... (Now remember, they're scattered all over the world, but this is the group at Ephesus he's talking to. Now, he ain't talking to the world; he ain't talking to local church members; he's directing this to the sainted ones. You see?)... and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: (How do we get in Christ Jesus? By one Spirit we're all baptized, living faithful. How do you know you got the Holy Ghost? We're going to get on that maybe tonight. See? All right.)... in Christ Jesus:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and... the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places...

L-153 You know, it don't take a lot of hollering; it don't take a lot of screaming. That's all right, nothing against it; that's all right. It don't take that. It takes a--a submitted heart, setting in heavenly places, feasting on the things of the Spirit. Now, what does the Spirit feast on? Emotion? Not altogether; It brings emotion. See? But you could...
You remember--you remember the vision about the rain and the wheat, the tares? Remember, when the--a-needing rain, there's a little cocklebur, he's got his head hanging down; the wheat's got its head hanging down. When the rain comes, both of them jump up and shout: same rain, but by their fruit you shall know them. Look.
Grace be unto You from--from God our father... (Now watch.)
According... (The fourth verse now.)... According as he hath chosen us in him... (At the last revival? Huh? When we become a member of the Baptist and the Methodist? No.)... has chose... before... (they had the meeting. Yeah.)... before the foundation of the world,... (He chose us right then. Now, we didn't choose Him; He chose us. See? He chose us then before the foundation of the world.)... that we should be holy,...

L-155 How was we holy? Not through what we did, but what He did for us, 'cause we can't be. How can you make a pig a lamb? Brother Roy, you raise pigs and lambs both. You can't--you can't--you can't mix them. The pig just--he get around there and eat all kinds of stuff that he can. He'll get out on the manure pile and eat a belly full. Well, you don't feel bad about that; you think that pig's just all right; he's just a good pig; that's all. But you don't see a lamb around there. He couldn't invite him over for dinner; he wouldn't come. No. What's the matter? 'Cause he's a pig. You go tell him he's wrong. "Bless God, I'm a pig; you keep on your own ground. You go down there and be a holy-roller if you want to." There you are. "If you love the world or the things of the world the love of God's not even in you," said the Word.


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