<TITLE>17. Par 62-64</TITLE>L-62 They say life begins at forty. That's a lie. Life begins at the altar. That's where life begins, Eternal Life, when you come to that Jesus Christ. Every promise is yours; it's all yours. It's to you. Maybe you haven't searched it. Maybe you haven't looked down the find out whether the promise is for you. You can't come and receive the Holy Ghost unless you really believe you're going to get it. Why, God's more anxious for you to get it then you are to receive it, more anxious; He wants you to have it. It's yours, it's your personal property.
He sent Jesus to die, that He might bring you to Himself that He--He might have something to worship Him. When He was El, Elah, Elohim, He was by Hisself. But in Him was attributes. Them attributes was to be a father, was to be God, was to be worshipped, was to be a Healer, was to be a Saviour, and all these things. You--your life displays them attributes. As soon as you come to Him, you become His son; you worship Him. It's what He really was to be, what He made you to do. Your purpose here is to worship God, and you cannot worship Him correctly till you worship Him in Spirit and in Truth: Saint John 4. That's what Jesus told the woman, "The Father's seeking such that will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth."

L-63 First, get the Truth, foundationally right. Jesus Christ is the only way to come, not by shaking hands, joining church; that's good. Shake hands, sure; join church, sure. But that's not it. Come to the Foundation first; lay yourself upon Him. And then after you've received Him, then shake the pastor's hands and join the church. That's right. After you've done these things, but get started right first. Get headed right.
Like David with his slingshot, he had to head that rock right first. See, you got take aim; you got to zero in. And if you want to zero in, put it on Christ Jesus. For He's the Way, the Truth, the Light, the Foundation. All of it is for you.

L-64 Here some time ago a woman here in the United States, poor old thing was so poverty stricken. They wondered what they'd do about her, and finally they sent the charity up to see what they could do for her. And when they come to her, they investigated and found out she was real poor, and had nothing to eat, and sold all of her furniture. And she was in terrible shape.
And they said, "Haven't you got any children?"
She said, "Yes, sir, I have one son."
Well, said, "Where's that son at?"
Said, "He's in India." And said, "He's a businessman over in India."
Well, said, "Why can't he take care of you."
"Oh," she said, "I tell you." (You know how mothers are.) Said, "He's such a darling boy." Said, "He writes me the sweetest letters that you ever read." And said, "And He--he--he writes me such sweet letters, I can't ask him for any help." Said, "I just couldn't do it. He tells me, 'Darling mother, how are you getting along?' and things like that." Said, "I--I just hate to tell him. And--and so I know he'd do anything to help me." And said, "Then he sends me some of the prettiest pictures I ever seen."
And said, "Sent you what? pictures?"
Said, "Yeah."
Said, "What kind of pictures?"
Said, "Wait just a minute, I'll tell you. I've got them in my Bible. I've been saving them for two or three years."
And she went back to the Bible and begin to bring them out. You know what it was? She was worth tens of thousands of dollars. Them's India money orders with picture on them. She didn't know what it was all about. But she found them in her Bible. She was rich and didn't know it, dying of hunger, dying of starvation, and--and up against charity, because that she didn't know what she had.


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