<TITLE>07. Par 55-61</TITLE>L-55 And He referred to them, as being such a stumble, about Abraham. He said called them, "If you call yourself the children of Abraham, Abraham your father, he saw My day and rejoiced to see it." Abraham, the prophet... And no doubt that Jesus was referring to them that He had proved to them that He was Messiah, because the sign of Messiah was following Him. And it'd been that way through every generation, that the sign of the Messiah... But yet Him making Himself God, the Messiah Himself, that stumbled them. They could not understand it.

L-56 Now, when Abraham, who they called their father, met God, He was also in flesh; because He eat the meat of a calf, eat corn bread, and drinking milk, and butter, in the presence of Abraham, and yet He was God. Abraham recognized Him God and called Him Elohim, which is the Almighty Jehovah. A Man wearing clothes, with dust on His Body, and set under a tree for shade, and eat meat and drink milk... Then those cold, cruel-hearted, selfish, righteous Jews could not believe Him to be the Son of God, and called Abraham their father... And He was letting them know that He was doing the same things in His flesh, that God did in another flesh when He met their father Abraham. And Abraham believed it. And they couldn't believe it.

L-57 You see, when Abraham was setting under his tent because he had made a choice... And that choice is brought before every person that's born in this world. The tree of good and evil is set before every person. And when Lot, his nephew, and the herdsmen begin to argue about the grounds, Abraham, being a just man, said to them, "Just let there be no arguments among us. You just choose your way of going." That place comes into every believer's life. And it's before you this morning, and it's before me.
Lot didn't think that he was going to backslide, but he went to looking towards Sodom where things were easy. And there's many times that we look towards the easy way. "I'll join this certain-certain church, and, you see, nobody will say anything against it, because it's the biggest church in the city." The easy way, many times we do that when we're wrong.

L-59 Remember, if you follow Christ, you'll be hated by people, for all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions. And if you come to Christ, you'll not come by any church, or any denomination, or any creed. You'll come by the Blood; that's the only avenue in. And you cannot bring no one with you; you'll come alone and stand on your own confession and your own faith. You'll not ride in on the pastor, or on your mother's faith. You'll come as an individual when you come to God. And many times we make those foolish choices.

L-60 What if Lot, when he seen everything easy, he saw where there was much money and much popularity, because he'd be a stranger, and a smart man, educated, lot of psychology, and he could do certain things and yet maintain his religion. He thought, "I've got faith in God, so I'll just go down into Sodom and I--I'll make some extra money, and I'll become a great man, maybe a wonderful preacher." See, you have a choice to make.

L-61 And the laity has a choice to make. "I'll go down to this certain church. There's... Oh, everybody in town thinks this is the most... Why, the mayor of the city belongs to this church." Now, he could belong to a church that was really good, but still you have to judge that church and its people by the Scriptures. Sometimes they go because it's a popular way, the--the people dress better that go to certain places. And there's where we make a--a fatal mistake.


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