<TITLE>08. Par 23-25</TITLE>L-23 Jesus said, "Upon this rock I'll build My church; and the gates of hell can't prevail against it." What kind of a rock was it? Our mother Catholic church said it was upon Peter the rock. If that's right, he backslid a few days later. If it was just... The Protestant said it was upon Jesus the Rock.
Let me tell you my version of it. He said, "Who does man say I am?"
"One said you're Elias; and one say Moses; and one say this or the other."
He said, "But Who do you say?" It isn't what somebody else says; it's what we think; it's what you say. What's your opinion of it? God asks that question to every man here tonight. "What's your opinion of this thing that's going on?" Is it with the Word? Test it with the Word.
Peter said, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God."
He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon: flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven. Upon this rock..." What rock? Spiritual, revealed, revelation of the Word of God. "Upon this rock I'll build My church; and the gates of hell can't prevail against it."
Down through the ages we've had creeds, and denominations, and whatmore, but the church of the living God moves just the same. It's in the minority; I know that. But someday it'll be in the majority, when the redeemed of all ages rises to go with her to meet Jesus. It's the church of the living God.

L-24 The people say today like they did then. They say today, "Oh, the Bible says so-and-so, but..." There's no but to it. Jesus said it would be the same yesterday, today, and forever. The Bible says it, and that settles it. There ain't no if, ands, or nothing else in the way of it. It's Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. God's Word's eternal.
Some of them say, "Oh, I believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but the Holy Ghost, I don't believe they have to receive it today like they did then." See, they take the commandments of God and make them of non-effect to the people, teaching tradition of the church: creeds and denominations, and make it traditions. We shouldn't do it. We should stick with God's Word. If God's Word's true, then everything else is a lie to It. Let's stay with the Word.

L-25 And if the Word makes a promise, God keeps that promise. If we haven't got faith enough to make it come to pass, then just say we haven't got faith enough, "Pray for me that I will have." If we haven't got faith enough to take a little evening stroll like Enoch did and walk up home with Him, I'd never stand in somebody's way that did have that much faith. I'd bless God for that man that had that kind of a faith that could walk home with Him. Yes, sir. I'd never put a stumbling block in his way.
Enoch just got tired walking around; he'd had walked with Him five hundred years and did--and pleased Him all the time, said, "I'm just not adjusted to the earth so I'll think I'll go home with Him this afternoon," and just walked right on up through the sky. Oh, I wished I had that kind of faith. It's going to take that kind of faith at the coming of the Lord, to take a little stroll some afternoon out here and walk right on out home with Him. Yes, a man has that faith, I'd never put a straw in his way. I'd praise God for him just as hard as I could. Yes, sir, because we'll have to be that way before we are raptured with Him in the last days.


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