<TITLE>17. Par -</TITLE>L-23-7 And one day the old mother eagle come hunting him. I'm so glad that He come for me. He flew over the barnyard, looked down there, and He seen His little one, and He screamed. He said, "Honey, you're not a chicken; You're Mine." When he heard that voice, he looked up. That sounded good. His nature was an eagle. His nature...
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever."
"Amen," he hollered back.
"Love not the world or the things of the world. If you do, the love of God's not in you."
"Amen," he said, "That sounds good."
"When I come back over, honey, you can jump. Only thing you've got to do is flop your little wings of faith. It'll pack you."
"How am I going to get out of it, mammy?"
"Just flop your wings; that's all. You'll come right on out. Just take your faith, and step right out on it; go to flopping, because you are a eagle to begin with. Sure. You're a eagle to start with. Flop your wings."

L-24-1 She was sailing around above. "You look like one of mine down there where you're at." And the little fellow jumped on his feet and bounced up and down four or five times, you know, like he was clapping his little hands or wings together like that. And the first thing you know, he got his feet off the ground.
But you know what he did? This little eagle, she set right down on top of the post in the barnyard, right in the middle of a big Pentecostal denomination. You know what? Mother eagle flew around again. She looked at her, slacks on, bobbed hair, painted face. Said, "Honey, you look more like a Pentecostal buzzard than you do a Pentecostal eagle; You'll have to wash yourself a little more than that, or I can't even get you." That's right.

L-24-3 I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but I want to shear something off of you. Let me tell you, brother; what the Pentecostal church needs is cleaning from the pulpit to the pew. That's exactly right. Laying aside the weight... No wonder we can't have revival, eating the vulture things, staying home at night to watch some favorite television instead of going to your prayer meeting service, wearing these old... Women wearing these clothes and men taking a little sociable drink and telling dirty jokes and things among one another... What do you mean, men? God can't never reach down in a mess of stuff like that.

L-24-4 You may have the biggest churches there is in the country; you may have more money than you've ever got. That ain't got one thing to do with it. You might associate with what you call a better intellectual crowd; you might wear a better suit of clothes, but, brother, God wants a clean heart and clean hands. He wants a cleaned up church; then He can show Himself. When God spreads forth His great wings and shows His power that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, the eagle say, "Yes, Lord. That's what I want. I'm fighting for it. I'm coming to it." Sure. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-25-1 My, where did our time go? I just feel like preaching now. I just a... But I... But we just... Where...
Oh, what the Pentecostal church needs is a cleaning up. It needs a washing out. It needs a scouring out, a sanctifying. People, you are not of the world. You don't pattern yourself like other people. Don't try to pattern like some movie star. You're a daughter of God. You're a son of God. Don't try to be a Matt Dillon or somebody. Don't try to be a Peabody Ernie or ever what his name is, or some of those men. You're not... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
Love not the things of the world. If you love the world or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in you. I know, brother, that's sickening. That makes you sick.


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