<TITLE>04. Par 12-16</TITLE>L-12 There is many things that we could be honored by. A certain minister might invite us to a certain church, and it would be an honor. A certain society of the city might invite us to their place, and it would be an honor. Or I'd say this: what if our beloved president, Dwight Eisenhower, invited the best Democrat there is in Tifton, to come visit him? Though he differed with him in politics, it would be an honor for him, because President Eisenhower is calling.
And I'd say this; if he did do such a thing, we would boast about it all over the country, that President Eisenhower invited us to come to the White House to talk over matters with him. Why, the newspapers would pack it; the radio would be filled with it; the television would blast it everywhere, because that President Eisenhower invited us to come to the White House to talk it over with him. What an honor! We surely would not turn it down.

L-13 But think, that God invited us. The God of heaven invited you and I (poor finite people, poor), and invited us to come to Him and talk it over of Eternal Life: "though our sins be as scarlet, yet they shall be white like snow." It's beyond anything that I could ever imagine, that God, trying to reason with the creation that He made. But He invited us to come.
And He certainly has been turned down by many people. And if we do turn such an invitation down, then we could not expect to be blessed at His coming, at the judgment.
In other words, God's saying something like this: Come and let's just set down and talk it over. I like anything like that.

L-14 Sometime ago in Phoenix, Arizona, there was a couple of Indian girls came into the meeting, and sang a song at the stadium out there, and said, "I Would Like to Talk It Over With Jesus, And Tell Him All of His Mercy's." And I thought of that song, and of this Scripture: "I'll Like to Talk It Over With Him."
Reminds me of an--an old colored man, one time, was singing a song. And just before he got through, or got started singing, he said, "You know," he said, "I've told the Lord a long time ago, that when it come my time to go, that I didn't want no trouble down at the river. If there's anything wrong, let's talk it over now." And I think that's just about as good expression that I could find. "I don't want no trouble at the river." It's going to be a dismal morning. When that ship pulls out, I want to have my ticket in my hand and know that it's covered, know that everything's all right, 'cause there won't be no time to talk it over then. Better talk it now.

L-15 God said, "Let us reason this together." Reason... If you're sick, let's reason it out with God. If the doctor said that you can't get well, then let's take the case to God and set down, and--and reason it out with Him: "Lord, I've done wrong, but if You'll just let me get well, I'll serve You all my life." Just talk it over with Him. And I think it'd be a good thing for us to do that before the services tomorrow night: have a little "talking it over" with Christ.
In other words God says, "Come let us have a conference together, meet in a conference and let's talk that out."

L-16 Usually, we hear so much lately, about conferences being held everywhere. And what is a conference?
We heard of here, some time ago--many of you people of my age, remember in the World War II, they had what was called The Big Four Conference. Where the big four free powers of the world met together in a conference. And then they had the Geneva Conference. They had the Paris Conference. (Mr. Eisenhower has just been to the free world, having conferences.)
And God calls for a conference. All these great rich things in the Word of God... It makes us rich people to know that God has give us an invitation to come talk it over with Him before the time.


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