<TITLE>17. Par 131-138</TITLE>L-131 And if we love the world or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in us. "Many are called; few are chosen; for strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to Life, and but few there'll be that'll find it. Many will come to Me in that day and set down in the Kingdom," said Jesus, "with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But the children of the kingdoms will be cast--cast out, and say, 'Lord, have not we did this in Your Name? Have not we preached? Have not we been Doctor So-and-so and Reverend So-and-so?' I never knew you. Depart from Me you workers of iniquity; I didn't know you. Not all that saith, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter in. But the ones that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven, that's the one that goes in."

L-132 There you are, entering into this promised land. How do we get into it? We are predestinated to it, the church, by the foreknowledge of God. Has been predestinated to what? To His honor, by His grace, to the glory and worship and glory of God. Papa, setting back there in the beginning, self-existent, nothing around Him, wanted something to worship, so He foreordained and predestinated a church, and before the foundation of the world, and put their names in the Lamb's Book of Life when they was slain before the foundation of the world, that they might appear to His glory and to His praises at the end of time, when will gather all things in that one Man, Christ Jesus. Whew. Glory. That's it. That's just... And that's it right there, my brother, sister. Don't you never move from that.

L-133 God by His election grace called you. God by His election grace sanctified you. God by His election grace and His power baptized you and put you into this land of rest. They which have entered into this rest has ceased from their going astray. They ceased from their works like God did from His. They have joy unspeakable and full of glory. The Tree of Life is blooming in them. They have long-suffering, gentle, goodness, patience, faith--faith--faith, meekness, gentleness, and so forth. The Tree of Life is blooming in them because their hope is anchored in Christ Jesus, the witness of the Holy Ghost bearing record with signs and wonders following the believers. "These signs shall follow them that believe." As they go along, they heal the sick; they cast out devils; they speak with tongues; they see visions. They... And they walk with God; they talk with God. No devil can move them; they're steadfast, looking for Eternal Life. Forgetting those things that are in the past, they press towards the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. There they are. There you are. That's that church.

L-134 How did they get there? You can't say, "Well, Lord, you know, one day I started smoking cigars, and I fell down, then I thought I'd..." Oh, no, no, no, no.
Predestination He called us and when we followed Him is when we say, "God, we were lost and undone. We didn't even have a mind to even save ourself. We were as... Nature was pig; we were pigs to begin with."
You go out to a pig pen and look to an old sow, and say, "Now, look here, old gal, I want to tell you something. It's wrong for you to drink slop."
She'll say, "Oink-oink." See? Now, that's just as much as you have of saving your ownself. That's exactly.

L-138 You say, "Lady, you shouldn't wear clothes like that; you should dress neatly. You should do this. You should not go to... You should not have these card parties. You shouldn't smoke cigarettes. You shouldn't do this. Mister, you shouldn't carry that."
Says, "Oink-oink. I belong to the Oink-oink." Uh-huh. "Oink," that's just about as much as they know. "Well, I'll let you know I'm just as good as you are. Oink-oink." See, they reject the leadership of the Holy Ghost, for the Bible said that if you love the world or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in you.


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