<TITLE>07. Par 28-30</TITLE>L-28 I think that's it today. This old fashion preaching of the cross, the baptism of the Holy Ghost, signs and wonders and miracles in their true state, it isn't very attractive today. People call you "crazy." And lots of times, if you'll polish it up and get a little order here and a little bit there, thousands times thousands will come to listen to some orator, someone who's polished in grammar. And they'll applaud to it.
But, church today, let's not listen to the applauding of the world; let's keep our minds on the teacher, the Holy Spirit, see what He's a bowing to. Will He sanction this? Is He giving His sanction to our preaching? Is these signs that He said would follow, are they following our ministry?
Here's what He said: "These signs shall follow them that believe." Mark the 16th chapter, His last commission, the great commission to the church, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. He that believeth not shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that believe..."

L-29 Don't stop just at that first quotation, for you add, "That's all." But it wasn't so from the beginning. Jesus said, "And ("And" is a conjunction) these signs shall follow them that believe. In my Name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. And if they should take up serpents or drink a deadly thing, it shall not harm them. If they lay their hands on the sick they shall recover." That's the way it was at the beginning. May we ever remain true to the great commission. Let us pray.
It wasn't so from the beginning: for man to shake hands with another, and call himself a Christian upon them basis. It wasn't so from the beginning: to join a church, or say a certain creed, and call yourself a Christian. It wasn't so from the beginning. And if that's all that you have did, my dear friend, and you're standing here today and maybe have not even done this, and you in radio-land, I speak also, the hour has come that God must speak.
The enemy is coming in like a flood. The Bible teaches that the Spirit of God will rise up a standard against it. If you would like to be included in this prayer, saying, "God, take me back to an experience like they had on the day of Pentecost," would you raise your hands, you in this visible audience? The Lord bless you. Literally hundreds of hands are going up. And you out in radio-land, if you would like to be included in this prayer, will you raise your hands out in the radio-land, and let God give you an experience like it was on the day of Pentecost.
Let us stand to our feet here in this visible audience with our hands up to God, and say, "God, take me back to the beginning. Take me back to an experience like they had on the day of Pentecost, that the holy fires of God condemned sin, and burned out all the dross, and men and women were made new creatures, and their hearts were on fire." May God answer that while we pray.

L-30 Lord, these few broken words I commit unto Thy hands. And when You were here on earth, You found things going on that wasn't according to the Scriptures. And You strictly told them, that it wasn't so from the beginning. Lord God, grant today that every man, woman, boy, girl, that's standing with them hands lifted just now to Thee with a heart's desire to have an experience like they had at the beginning... May the Holy Spirit come like a rushing mighty wind and fill every crevice of their heart and giving it to them their great desire. We ask it in Jesus' Name.


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