<TITLE>15. Par 54-57</TITLE>L-54 That's the hope of Eternal Life. It's all God's promises right here in the Book. Every one of it is to you. This is His Word; this is Christ; this is His promise.
"Whosoever will, let him come, drink from the waters--fountains of waters of life freely." Not cost you one penny, every price is already paid. You'll have nothing in the world that you can--that you can offer for an excuse. Jesus went ahead as your sin bearer. He took your sins; He took your--all your iniquity; He put it up on Himself, went to Calvary. An innocent Man, the Son of God, went there and took our sins and was crucified. And God slayed Him at the cross because of your sins and my sins. And how are you going to answer to God the way you treat Him? How you going to answer to Him? What... How you going to give an account for your soul someday?
Say, "I went and joined and church, but I'll tell you, I knowed there was a way that they call Holiness and things. But I didn't think them people acted right." Come in and investigate a while. Just walk into the waters.

L-55 When I was a little boy, we didn't have many clothes. And we used to dare each other who would be the last one to jump in a hole of water. We'd all run back out to the old swimming hole. Well, I can tell you one thing, I was the first one in, 'cause I had the least clothes to take off. I just had a pair of overalls and had an old, fodder twine across it with a--with a nail in it. Yes, sir. And I'd run... We'd all be running. Each of them had to take off shoes and things, and take off a shirt, and maybe an undershirt. I didn't have to fool with that. Only thing I done is run just as hard as I could and pull that nail and jump right in. That's all, I was in.
And they'd always depend on me finding out how the water was. Well, if I held up one finger, that meant it was cold, "Don't come in, boys. Take your time." just a shivering... But if I held up two fingers, the water was fine. Boy, clothes went to flying every way and kids jumping in.

L-56 I tell you tonight, you that's never received the Holy Ghost, I got up two fingers. Brother, it's fine, the water of the Word, come on in. Lay off all the old self-righteousness, and all the old yesterdays, and the old parties, and the old friendships of, oh, long ago, sinful life, and lay it on the bank, and jump into that fountain filled with Blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins. Where sinners plunged beneath the flood, lose all their guilty stain. You'll never regret it. Oh, wash all my sins away.
 Ever since by faith I saw that stream
 Thy flowing wounds supplied,
 Redeeming love has been my theme,
 And shall be till I die.
 Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
 I'll sing Thy power to save,
 When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
 Lies silent in the grave.

L-57 Every promise in the Book is yours. Whosoever will, let him come. Come, everybody's invited. The promise is unto you and to your children...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... find out it's really fine. Yes, sir. That's why Peter said at the day of Pentecost, "The promise is unto you and your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." No Scripture's of private interpretation. That meant whosoever will, let him come.
The last book in the Bible said, "Whosoever will, let him come. And He that will take away or add to, the same shall be taken out of the Book of Life for him." We don't want to take anything away from it or add anything to it but invite everybody. Whosoever will may come.


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