<TITLE>09. Par 30-33</TITLE>L-30 And that was so at the beginning, and it's so now. Because he was deceived by trying to sew fig leaves together to make hisself a way, and reject God's way. And that's what he's still doing: sewing his creeds together, and making this and that, and big churches and places to try to deceive man by. The Bible said he would do it: "Have a form of godliness and deny the power thereof..." So you see, it's... You've got to be a slave one way or the other.
But we who are bond slaves to Jesus Christ, we are slaves of joy. I'm so glad that I got shackles on me, that shackles me away from the things of the world, that I could become a slave to Jesus Christ, to serve Him in love. And you, my brethren and sisters, who are like precious faith, who's been borned of the Holy Ghost, that's had the Blood of Jesus Christ to sanctify and cleanse you from all the filth of the world, that die daily to the flesh, crucify it, putting it away, and becoming a slave to your own body to serve God, we look for a City to come. Blessed be the Lord.

L-31 We are looking for a City whose Builder and Maker is God. When this old robe of flesh we'll drop and rise and seize the everlasting prize, and shout while passing through the air, "Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer." That's what we look for. We look for the day that when we'll be delivered from this old body of corruption. And it'll not be slavery any more, but we'll be in the arms of Him, and in the care of Him, and in the image of Him Who loved us and gave His life for us, that He might wash us by the Waters through the Word to make us presentable in the Presence of God. His presence goes with us; the Angels of God are encamped about those who fear Him.
And we know that He's here tonight. And if we, all the days of our life, we serve Him in holiness, but we're slaves to Him. If you haven't become a slave to God yet, to Christ, a bond slave in His love, let us bow our heads, and you think it over just a minute.
 Would you be free from your burden of sin?
 There's power in the blood, there's power in the blood;
 Sin's stains are lost in this life-giving flow,
 Oh, there's wonderful power in the blood.
Won't you human being, won't you people that's present here tonight, cut loose of the fetters of Satan. He just wants to keep you bound far enough, that he can--he can hold you.

L-32 When the children of Israel was going out of Egypt, Pharaoh said, "Yes, you can go worship, but you leave your children behind. Leave your cattle behind." What did he want to do, leave something back there so they knowed that they'd come back for it. That's what Pharaoh, the devil's still saying to the children.
But I like Moses' statement. He said, "We won't leave one hoof behind. We'll go; everything that we've got will go."
That's the way. Let your pride go. Let your everything that you've got go. Take everything with you. Don't leave nothing back in the world. Surrender all to Christ while we pray.

L-33 And while we're praying, would anybody like to be remembered in prayer? Raise up your hand, say, "Remember me, God." Oh, that's good. God bless you. "I want to be marked by God. I want to be His bondservant. I want to be so in love with Jesus, that all the things of--desirable in my life of this world will be crucified, and I'll be more like Jesus each day. I'll be so much like Him, till others will see Jesus in me. That's the way I want my life hid." Is there others who would raise their hands that hasn't. God bless you, all around, up in the balcony. That's good. God bless you. Let's bow our heads humbly now and pray. Whatever you have need of, just ask. "Ask abundantly that your joys may be full. Ask and you shall receive; seek and ye shall find; knock; it'll be opened unto you.


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