<TITLE>08. Par 27-29</TITLE>L-27 The Holy Spirit speaking in the Scriptures tonight, said that we might serve Him all the days of our life in holiness before Him; that's cleanliness, holiness. But today, you can mention the word, "holy," and people laugh at it. See how Satan's got it all wrapped up?
But you are a slave. And if you are a Christian, you're a slave. You're a bond slave of the Lord Jesus. If there's two people of you, both spirit and body... And if you cater to the flesh, you're a slave of the devil, and you'll crucify the soul that's in you. For the Bible said, "The soul that sinneth, that soul shall die." And you have to crucify the flesh in order to be a bond slave in your flesh to be a servant of Jesus Christ. So, you're a slave any way you take it. And you'll... You can't get away from it.

L-28 So you're a slave; you're marked. And the Bible said in the last days, there would be two marks. And every person on the earth would have one or the other. You just can't get out of it. One's the mark of the beast, the other one was a Seal of God. And the Seal of God is the Holy Spirit, God's provided way for His Church. Ephesians 4:30 said, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you're sealed unto the day of your redemption." And to reject that Holy Spirit is to take on the mark of the beast. All that didn't have the Mark of God had the mark of the devil. So, you're marked. You're either marked a bond slave in the love of God, or you're marked a slave to the things of the world of the devil.
That's hard. But we are slaves, and we want to serve Him all the days of our life. A slave is a servant. In order to be a servant of Jesus Christ, you have to be a slave to yourself, to crucify... Oh, God, let it sink in. Crucify yourself, and your flesh, and your desires, that God might take hold in your heart to move you and motivate you. That's the slave of Christ, the bond slave called--Paul called it. He said he was a slave to the Lord Jesus, a bond slave in service for the Lord Jesus, going about daily, crucifying the flesh to be a slave for Jesus Christ, rejoicing because he was a slave. That's it.

L-29 We try to stand by the church. The church, the church, that's all you hear. The church... There's only one Church, and that Church, you don't join It. It has no creeds. You're borned into that Church by the Holy Spirit. Your birth brings you into that Church into the fellowship of that Church. So, in this we become slaves to Christ.
Now, you've heard the old legend of the devil calling all of his imps together, to have a council down in hell one morning. And he said, "What can we do? I want the smartest, the most brilliant of my imps to come around my throne." Said, "How can we deceive that bunch of human beings."
And one little smart like imp stepped up, and he said, "Master, I have the idea all drawed out."
He said, "Then what is it?"
And he said, "We'll go up there and cause a cyclone to destroy every one of their churches. That's how we'll deceive them."
And another imp, which was much more smarter than he was, stepped up and said, "How foolish can you speak. That's the only place we've got him deceived at, is at the church."


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