<TITLE>13. Par 78-81</TITLE>L-78 And now, if you can see it by faith, before the real desire ever strikes you, come forward, be identified with Him in baptism. And then, as you're planted in the likeness of His death, you shall also share in His likeness in the resurrection. For when He come from the grave, He was the same Jesus that went into the grave. And if we be in Christ (how do we get in? By Holy Spirit baptism.), at that day we'll come forth and share in His resurrection.
There used to be a little song that I used to sing years ago.
To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus,
On earth I long to be like Him.
All through life's journey
From earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.
From Bethlehem's manger came forth a Stranger; (A Stranger to the world.)
On earth I long to be like Him.
All through life's journey
From earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.

L-79 Share in His meekness, you'll share also in His power. Share in His obedience, and you'll share in His resurrection. Do as God says do. In my heart the greatest thing that I could think of is to be like Jesus Christ, to be identified with Him. There's why I baptize the people in the Name of Jesus Christ, because He is our Identification. We pack the identification. "Whatsoever you do in word or in deed do it in the Name of Jesus Christ, giving praise to God for it." And we are identified with Him in baptism.

L-80 Tonight, we're going to baptize, just in a few minutes, people here in the room that's here to be baptized. And if there's any desire in your heart that you want--have any great worldly ambitions, repent of them right now. Tell God you're sorry that you wanted to be some great worldly person. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Say, "Lord, my complete ambition is to be like Jesus. Come meekly, humbly. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] And then when you put your hands upon His head and by faith confess your sins, say, "Lord, I'm sorry I done it." Then what will happen? God will transfer all your guilt over on Him and take His innocence and put it back on you, and you stand justified in the Presence of God, because you believed on Jesus Christ, His Son. What a plan of salvation. Then you'll share in His glory. The goodness of God will come into your heart. The power of His resurrection will make you a new person. It'll satisfy every longing.

L-81 When I was a boy, I tried to do everything that I... I done everything I was big enough to do and a lot of things I wasn't big enough to do. I tried. I used to love... I do love to hunt. I thought, "That was it." I thought about... My daddy was a rider. And I thought, "If I could ever get west and break their horses..."
Well, brother, one time way back up yonder in the mountains in Arizona, bringing down a herd of cattle one night, I was setting there; and a boy named Slim had an old comb with a piece of paper over it. He was playing; another fellow setting there from Texas, with a guitar, strumming, and they come onto a hymn. I had my saddle off the horse, laying there under my head, using it for a pillow, and my blanket up over me--me laying there and still with my boots on, a pair of spurs holding me up off the ground. And he begin to strum:
Down at the cross where my Saviour died,
Down there for cleansing from sin I cried,
There to my heart was the Blood applied;
Glory to His Name!


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