<TITLE>16. Par 63-66</TITLE>L-63 Sometimes... Now, God, He's good God. Oral Roberts says He's a good God. And that's true. He is a good God. And yet, He's more than a good God; He's a God of wrath too. Don't you think He's too good now, that He won't--He won't keep His Word and He will excuse you. He never does that. His holiness requires Him to be just. He's a just God besides a good God. He's good, but He also requires justice. And His law requires Him to be just. He must keep it. So then, He's also... He's a God of wrath.
And now remember, when... If you wouldn't take my word for it, or I wouldn't take your word, that would settle it. But not God. God sends gifts into the Church to still, to be sure that everyone will be without an excuse.
Some of those gifts are... Oh, well, there's--there's nine spiritual gifts that goes into every local body. How many believes that? I Corinthians 12. That's speaking with tongues, interpretation of tongues, and gifts of prophecy, and--and a discernments, and all the different... wisdom and knowledge, and--and gifts of healing. And all that goes into the local body.

L-64 And then there's five ministerial offices. How many believes that? Sure. And that's first, apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists. How many knows that?
Now, how can you say there's a pastor or evangelist without saying there's a prophet? How can you say there's a prophet when there isn't an apostle? See, some people like to say, "Oh, there's pastors, and evangelists, and teachers, but they don't want to say prophets. The same God said, "teachers and evangelists," said, "prophets." He keeps His Word. We don't penknife It, just preach It. That's what it is... God's up... It's up to God to take care of His own Word. Don't you believe that?

L-65 Now, a prophet and a gift of prophecy is two different things. How many knows that? A gift of prophecy works through the church; a prophet is borned a prophet. Jeremiah was borned a prophet. Even before he was ever formed in his mother's womb's, God made him a prophet, ordained him a prophet over the nations. John, seven hundred and twelve years before he was born, Isaiah saw him, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness." Jesus Christ was a woman's seed from the garden of Eden. He couldn't be nothing else but Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Moses was borned a prophet. See? Prophets are not made. It isn't laying on hands and giving gifts, it's something that God give. God has set in the Church (See?), first, apostles, then prophets. Others are local gifts that goes into the church.
Now--Now, the Lord is with us we believe, and will do these things for us.

L-66 Now, Jesus, one time in His ministry... Now, He had the fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelt in Him. How many knows that, it's the Spirit without measure? We have the Spirit by measure. But if the Spirit of--it's--of God is in me, the same was in them, in Him, in you, It'll work the same way. It's the same Spirit, but not as much. It's the same Spirit, not as much. Just like a spoonful of water out of the ocean: it's the same chemicals is in the spoonful there is in the whole ocean, but just not that much of it. He had It without measure, we have It by measure. All the fullness of God was in Him. God was in Christ, Himself, reconciling the world to Himself.
Now... (All 50 there?) All right. Okay.


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