<TITLE>26. Par 205-212</TITLE>L-205 The church is supposed to be predestinated unto the adoption of children, where a man--God can take a man and adopt him into the family and give him something that... First, try that and see if it's right. The Bible said try the spirits. This man claims a certain thing; try it and see if it's right. If it's as right, move right with it. Then say, "Lord, send us something else." Keep moving (See?); just keep moving say, "Every fellow take his place." Then you're going to see the church of God begin to get its place. Then's when the Philistines will go to backing up. The shorts will go off, hair will grow down, faces will be washed; cigars will be missing. That's right. When the church begins to get into its mighty power, when they have an Ananias and Sapphira, few of them. Yes, sir. You'll see when that holy church stands together in its power, positionally placed as sons of God, adopted into the family of God, powerful church standing there in its glory. Oh, that's what He's coming for.

L-206 See how far we are off, brethren? You can't even get together on Scripture. And any man, any man that can't see water baptism in the Bible, in the Name of Jesus Christ, he's either blind or something mentally wrong. And there's where the big fight is.
I'll--I'll tell any person that'll bring me any Scripture where anybody was ever baptized in any other name besides the Name of Jesus Christ, in the new church. Or, if he was baptized any other way, he had to be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ, to get the Holy Ghost. You come show me. There's not no such. There's no such a commission. When Jesus said over there, "Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Father, Son, nor Holy Ghost, neither one's a name, none of them. Peter turned, right ten days later, said, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins." And everywhere in the Bible.

L-208 And then here was some was baptized down there some other way by John, just unto repentance. Paul said, "You got to be rebaptized again. You got to come again."
"Oh, but we been baptized by a great holy man, John, who baptized Jesus."
"All right, this is the Gospel. This is the Spirit of God that's been to be revealed to me. I am an apostle of the Lord, and if a angel from heaven comes and preaches anything else..."
Let me read that. The Bible said, "If an ang..." Paul said, "If an angel from heaven said anything else... Bishop, archbishop, pope, overseer, whatever he may be, if he preaches anything else besides This that I've preached unto you, let him be accursed." There's no... We have no such customs as that. No, sir. You just... There's just no such thing. Get we... And then--then (See?), why is it people can't see that? Why is it people won't--won't--won't believe that? [Someone in congregation says, "Predestinated"--Ed.] See? Somebody hit it right there, Gene. "Predestinated," exactly. Why? "All the Father has given Me will (What?) come to Me." How exactly. "All the Father has given Me will come, will come to Me."
What's the matter with me, and me trying to find here? Here we are. All right.

L-212 Let me just read this verse and then I'll tell you what Paul, the things that... The very message I preached tonight, here's what Paul said on predestination, on water baptism in Jesus' Name, the Holy Ghost baptism, the setting in the church, and so forth. Here's what he said:
I marvel... (telling these Galatians)... that you're so soon moved from him that called you unto... grace of Christ,... (I am so ashamed of you, in other words, that you let somebody come in and twist you away from that.)... unto another Gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would prevent the Gospel of Christ--prevent the real Gospel of Christ.


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