<TITLE>07. Par 50-57</TITLE>L-50 Many lives has been saved because of preparation for oncoming events. Sometime ago I was told that in Florida, the news man, the weather bureau sent out a newscast that there was a great storm coming. And one man was a poultry raiser, and he went to his neighbor and told him that the storm was coming. He ignored, and said, "Nonsense." And he just kept on. He never put up his chickens. He never went into the dugout. He never made any arrangements. And his neighbor did make the arrangements. But all of the one who did not take the warning, all of his chickens was blowed away and killed; his house was tore down, his stock was lost; he was sent to the hospital, all because he did not take heed and warning. He knowed the message was given, but he failed to take heed to the message.

L-51 That's the way it's come today with many of our people, with many of our churches. We know that the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. We know that the Bible teaches... Jesus said in St. John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me, though--the works that I do shall he do also; greater works than this shall he do, because I go to the Father." Now, we've been interested in other things, not taking warning, not taking heed. We have run, but not taking heed to the message. We've gone, but didn't know what to tell when we get there.

L-52 A few days ago when the churches of this world, when the Christian churches was brought to a shame and a disgrace, when the honorable, and notable, and God-fearing servant, Billy Graham, was brought face to face with the Bible. He had run, but had forgotten the message, when that Mohammedan stood to his face and told him, "If this be the Word of God, let's see you make It manifest." He had run well, great revivals, great things. But when it come to the place, he had--didn't have the message: "I am risen from the dead. I am the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Running, physically fine churches, many members, great denominations, but that's not the keynote. Watch what followed, "And these signs shall follow them that believe." Go, but didn't know what to tell... God never sent a man 'less He give him something to say. God always confirms His Word.
Going, but not able to tell when you get there. No matter how big your revivals are, how big your church is, or how much your denomination predominates the others, if you haven't got something to tell them, what have you got but a bunch of people gathered together like a lodge?
We got a message to tell the world, "Jesus is alive. He's not dead." Taking heed to the message...

L-57 In this great nation that we now are thankful for, the United States of America, in all of its chaos, in all of its vulgar, all of its bad points, still it's the greatest nation in the world, and in the beginning because it was set out right... It hasn't packed the message.
Many years ago, when it was in its infancy, a story comes to my mind, that the British was going to take the commonwealth of this nation. And there'd been a group of men that had assembled themselves together and was on duty, watching. And there was a horse stood hitched and a rider ready to mount at any minute. First thing he got was a sign that the British was coming, and he straddled his horse. What good would it do him to spur his horse? What good it--would it to beat the horse and try to make his way from that church to Boston, what good would it have done him if he didn't have a message to tell the people? How would they know to prepare themselves?


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