<TITLE>25. Par 227-234</TITLE>L-227 Now, what did Paul say in Galatians 1:8? Now, he done that. How many knows that's the Truth, say "amen"? [Congregation says, "Amen"--Ed.] And he said, "If an Angel from heaven," let alone a preacher out of a church or a denomination... "If an Angel from heaven comes and preaches any other Gospel than this, let him be accursed. As I have said before, so say I again, though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel than this that you have already heard." See where the cankerworm's eaten it down? See? "But if an--an Angel preaches any other thing than what this is, let him be unto you accursed." That's right. Let him be cursed; don't even pay any attention to him.
And if a pastor, if a missionary, if a--an evangelist, or anybody, tries to constrain you to be baptized any other way but in the Name of Jesus Christ, let me say with Paul, let him be accursed. If any man tells you, "Shake hands with the preacher and you'll receive the Holy Ghost," let him be accursed. For the Holy Ghost is a birth. They want that self-styled...

L-229 Anybody knows, as I've said before: a birth is a mess; I don't care where it's at. If a birth's in a barn, it's a mess. If it's in the house, it's a mess. If it's in the hospital in a pink, decorated room, it's a mess. A birth is always a mess.
And the new birth is nothing less; it's a mess: crying and boo-hooing, just crying, stammering lips, and all kinds of going-on. It's a mess, but it brings Life. It's the only way that you can do it.
Don't you take no shaking-hands or putting your name on some church book, and say, "I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heavens and earth, and Jesus Christ the Son, the holy Roman Catholic church, and the communion of saints." If you do, you're witnessing you're a spiritualist.

L-232 Anything that communes with the dead, I don't care what it is, is a devil. There's only one Mediator between God and man; that's the Man Jesus Christ. And He is not dead, but He's alive. And He's here now; He rose from the dead. All the other Catholic saints and Protestant saints, and whatevermore, is dead and in the grave. They may be in glory. If they was saints, they are there. I don't care where they're at, if you commune with them you're absolutely transgressing the laws of God and going through a devil that's not a saint. Certainly. The Bible said so.

L-233 The palmerworm eat that off too, but God's going to restore it back to a true living Spirit of God that don't communicate with some Saint Jude, and Saint This, and Saint That, and Saint Cecilia, and all these others, and some of these saints. It'll be the Spirit of Jesus Christ that'll come back and manifest Himself and do the very same thing. "I will restore, saith the Lord." And I thank God today, upon the church branch up here, there's a little Life begins slipping up through there; It's manifesting Itself. God will restore the full Church back to Its right--right stature again before the coming of the Lord.

L-234 Lord Jesus, the service is Yours. I'm only responsible for the Word and preach It. Now, it's been done. It's in Your hands, Lord. I pray that in Christ's Name, that You'll receive these things, and in the light It's been preached in, Lord. May, if any conscience is hurt, may it be healed by the Balm of Gilead. And may those, Lord, setting here that's been sprinkled, poured, or immersed in three gods, let them see their error, Lord. I can, no matter how much I'd preach...
When You preached and done the same thing, and yet their eyes were blind. "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him." And though You'd preached and done the miracles, and proved that You was the Messiah, yet they could not believe, because Isaiah said that they'd be that way.


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