<TITLE>05. Par 18-21</TITLE>L-18 How many times we look at men who climb up in great ranks, like, and get high names. But sometimes, that's not what God calls high. Do you remember when John went--came preaching? The Bible foretold that every mountain would be brought low, and every low place would be lifted up. See? And when it come, you would think it would be coming out of heaven with fiery chariots. But what was it, but a poor man dressed in a piece of sheepskin wrapped around him; and out on the banks of Jordan, preaching, on the muddy banks, not even in the church. But God called that great.
And when Jesus said to the disciples that there wasn't one borned of a woman as great as John the Baptist... You take all the kings, and David, the prophet, and all of his great splendor, and Solomon; they didn't even touch John. And yet, he didn't even have a place to lay his head.
So you don't have to be rich and mighty in this world to be great in the sight of God. You only have to be humble in your heart. And God calls that greatness. He that's great enough to humble himself. That's a great person that'll--that'll take the blame for everything, that'll humble himself. That's greatness.

L-19 Then we find that this, what God said. Then it was pronounced from the pulpit here the first time. It done just exactly what It said It would do.
There come up... The Pentecostal church caught revival. And today, the Pentecostal church is the fastest growing church in all the world. Last year they registered (That doesn't include us and--and these out of the denominations.) one million, five hundred thousand conversions last year, which covered all the rest of Protestantism put together and Catholicism too. Catholicism only had, I believe, four hundred and seventy-five thousand, something like that, converts around the world. But Pentecost went a million, five hundred thousand. God's making His Church ready.
Men of no education, low degrees, rise up in the power, anointing of the Spirit, go out without any education or anything, and proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. That's what's great in the sight of God.

L-20 And we notice then that all these things set fire, and the Holy Spirit was true to His Word. After about five years of taking the people by the hand... Then one night in Queen City, in Regina in Canada, a man walked across the platform, and there, laid his life just as open as it could be before the Spirit. There was discernment as He promised.
And that's been around the world. It's printed in many, many languages, pretty near all around the world, till all the world knows about it. And then the enemy come in and made fun of it, and said it was mind reading, and there was impersonations come of it, and everything else. But in the midst of all of it, God moved right on just the same. God stayed true to His loyal promise. He will every time.

L-21 Now, we find, later then, one day, I was going a--a fishing, down at Dale Hollow with some men, Mr. Wood and his brother. And they were Jehovah Witnesses, and just had been converted and baptized into the faith. And while we were fishing over against the bank... I told you the story many times.
There... Mr. Wood said, "The..." (Banks Wood, the--one of our trustees here now.) Said about some old sister that used to feed them a slice of homemade bread and butter. She belonged to the Church of God. And said, "Lyle," to his brother, "We ought to go up and tell her that we got saved."
You know, there's just certain things that we can say that takes a hold with the Holy Spirit, just certain things that pleases Him just right. And when we say that thing...
I want you to notice, "What you say." If we could just find, what to say. Your words judge you. Your words condemn you, or your words will bless you.


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