<TITLE>13. Par 40-42</TITLE>L-40 Heavenly Father, we've got so much to be thankful for, not only for an inheritage of the American citizenship that we have, which we are grateful for, for we believe it's the last great hold that You have in the earth before the coming of the Lord Jesus. It's open yet for the Gospel. But we see it honeycombed with communism, because cold, lukewarm churches, many of them, Lord, even today are selling out to the devil, compromising.
O Lord God, above everything that I can think of I thank You for Jesus Christ Who is our Saviour. For the true living church that lives within our heart, the Jesus had said, "The works that I do, shall you also. By this all men will know that you're My disciples. A little while and the world won't see Me no more; yet ye shall see Me, for I will be with You. I'll even be in you to the end of the world. The very things that I do, shall you also. Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." Those words are from the infinite God. Heavens and earth will pass away but those words cannot. How far? All the world. How long? Until the world's been evangelized, until He comes. "These signs shall follow them (into all the world) that believe on Me; In My name they shall cast out demons, speak with new tongues, or take up serpents or drink deadly things, it would not harm them; they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover." Many other great things did He say that would go with His church.

L-41 And today, when we see men taking the commandments of God and making them of non-effect to the people, trying to place them off in some far gone generation, Lord God, we are glad to know tonight, that there is people in the earth who believe that You still live, that believe that You're just the same today as You was at the beginning. And I'm sure, Father, if You could stand in the midst of the world tonight, and they cry out, "Oh, we great church of so and so," You'd point Your finger as You did then, say, "It wasn't so from the beginning."
We want the beginning. We want God's Word. We want it to live in our hearts and be real to our lives. Forgive us of our sins and our trespasses. O eternal God, let Thy Spirit dwell upon us tonight. And this message that's been preached, may it not fall upon stony ground, but may it fall into fertile ground, to hearts that'll receive it and will bring forth a hundredfold. Confirm Your Word, Lord, with signs and wonders. We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-42 I do not mean to be a rude, hard-cutting person. But I know what the world needs. I know what the Scripture says. I know that that's the Truth. My hopes is built absolutely upon THUS SAITH THE LORD. What He says, I believe.
Now, there's all different kinds of denomination of churches. I haven't not one ought against any. I love them all. They all belong to God. But what I'm trying to do is get this church to go back until they find that same Jesus, that same Jesus that once you started out with.
There isn't a person; there isn't a theologian in the world today but what would have to say that the Christian church begin on the day of Pentecost. Any Catholic priest would tell you that. Any Protestant preacher would tell you that. Even a Jewish rabbi would tell you the Christian church began at Pentecost. They was commissioned not to leave Jerusalem until they was endued with power from on high.
No man has the right to preach the Gospel until he's been filled with the Holy Ghost. Jesus wouldn't let the disciples preach the Gospel until first they received the Holy Ghost.


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