<TITLE>23. Par -</TITLE>L-500-138 Now. Oh, my. Look over there that day when the enemy was coming in on David. And he give them all a flagon of wine and--and a--a good piece of meat and bread, And--and when the enemy was coming, they didn't know what to do; and they gathered out there; and all of Israel gathered together under circumcision. (Now, this is under the old Jewish circumcision.) And they lifted up their hands and said, "God, You are our God. You have protected us. You brought Moses the prophet, and You brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. You brought them up through the desert. When they were laying there, no one feared to touc--everyone feared to touch them, no one come near Your heritage. They was a-scared to." Yet they were in the minority, but everybody left hands off of them. For everything that got onto them, they got stung back. He said, "Oh, what a great God You are. And now, Lord, if we've sinned... Here's our wives; here's our little children; and we're in distress at this hour." Said, "Oh, what can we do? The enemy's a-coming." He said, "What can we do?"
And while they were praying the Spirit fell upon one out there in the audience, and he prophesied, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, you'll not fight; stand still. (Amen.) Go down by a certain way and meet them there." And He caused confusion among them, and they killed one another.
There you are. Predestinated to be chosen in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world. Now.

L-500-Q-104 104. You said that a person could live so close to God that he could not sin while here on this earth. Then explain I John 1:8 to 10.
Let's see I John 1:8 to 10. If I had a little more time to look these... I had it; I just didn't take it, friends. I--I was trying to--to get out... Well, I'll find John after while. I'll... It'll be on the other side of Hebrews, of course. All right. I John 1:8 to 10--1 John 1:8 to 10...
If we say... we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive... our sins, and... cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and the word is not in us.

L-501-141 Well now, wait my dear brother. Just turn right over to the 3rd chapter here and the 9th verse. You're right on the same page in my Bible: 8th verse to begin with:
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinned from the beginning. For the purpose the Son of God was made manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (Just what I been talking about, see?, God's predestinating, knowing you.)
Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he's--he's--because he is borned of God. (That's just what the Word says. Now, if you'll watch here.)
If we say... we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and the word is not in us.
Now, some people say, "Well now, here's just a good little girl or good little boy. They never sinned to begin with." You're borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies. When you're born in this world, you are a liar, you're a thief, you're everything there is, just all the sin, not a thief, 'cause you haven't stole. But you're--but you're having... You're not a liar, because you've not lied. But that spirit is in you when you're borned, because you're of the world. That's the reason that you can't have reformation, to reform; you've got to die and be born. And you cannot have birth without crucifixion. You can't have resurrection; you must be crucified to the things of the world in order to be resurrected in Christ.


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