<TITLE>06. Par 46-53</TITLE>L-46 With our heads bowed, I would like to read from the sacred writings of the Bible, St. Matthew the 7th chapter, 13th and 14th verses. And may the Lord add His rich blessing as we read It.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destructions, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

L-47 Let us pray. O God, Who brought again the Lord Jesus from the death and from the grave, and has presented Him to us this morning as a living Sacrifice, we humbly dedicate our lives to Thee anew on the thoughts that You would be so mindful of us that while we were yet sinners, dead in sin and trespasses, You sent Your only begotten Son, made in the form of sinful flesh, to become a propitiation for our sins, that the Innocent, suffering for the guilty, might reconcile us together again in fellowship with Thee.
And, O God, if there is sin in our midst this morning, something that might hinder the Holy Spirit from bringing us the message of God to each of our hearts, we pray that, humbly, Lord, You forgive us of our trespasses. Cleanse us by the Blood of the Lord Jesus. Whom we know in ourselves we are nothing, and we confess that we are nothing; but Thou art holy; Thou art true, Thou are righteousness; Thou art the very Fountain of mercy. And we humbly crawl there today, as penitent souls. As a testimony has just went forth from Jamaica and from Puerto Rico, and where You have worked such great works, O God, it's the sign of the coming of the Just One.

L-49 How You delivered Brother Evans from the poison fangs of that serpent, because he was a believer, and Your Words are always true. Now, Lord, deliver us from the fa--fangs of death this morning, where the enemy has bitten and poisoned us. Let Thy healing balm this morning, Lord, saturate our spirits and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Heal the sickness of the physical bodies that's broken down by the powers of the enemy. All that's in Divine Presence, may they be healed.
Speak to us now through Thy written Word, Lord. Knowing not what to say, but Thou will provide it. And You warn us, Lord, and make us ready for Your coming. For we ask this in Jesus' Name and for His sake. Amen.

L-51 I'm always a little late, because I'm waited now. And Sunday school's, I guess, is out. But there's something about it, when I come home I just feel like I got plenty time. You know, we're in too much of a rush anyhow. So we just going to believe God.
Our Lord was giving this stern warning to the people of His generation, the people that were very religious. And He said, "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth to Life, and few there'll be that'll find It." Now, it wasn't because they wasn't religious. They were very religious. And because that they had trusted in the church, and in certain creeds, and denominations, and had believed to an extent in God, they thought everything was all right. But He was telling them that there would be few that would enter in.

L-53 And I'm wondering this morning if I could not liken that generation to this generation. See, it was at the closing of the Jewish dispensation, and He was referring back to different ones and different endings of different dispensations, and was telling them that the very thing that had been done in former dispensations was being done before them. And they failed to recognize it. And let's see some of the things that He was speaking about.
They, for instance, could not believe that God was in that Man. That was the biggest obstacle that they had to climb over, was how Him being Man yet made Himself God. They could not see how God could dwell in human flesh. And in all ages, in all times, God has always dwelt in man. Man is God's agent. In every generation God speaks to His people through human lips. He always chooses someone or something that He can use.


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