<TITLE>06. Par 21-24</TITLE>L-21 Reminds me of a man in Louisville, here about two years ago. He got something wrong with one of his ears. And he was doctoring with a--a local doctor, and the case begin to get advanced. And he couldn't understand it, so he sent him to a specialist.
And the specialist said, "I do not know what the disease is."
So they sent him to an ear specialist at St. Louis. Upon arriving, he found out that the old doctor had retired and he lived down in New Orleans. So he got on a plane and flew down to New Orleans. And he inquired around until he found this old doctor. And he said to him, "I have an ear condition that they are afraid it's a certain disease." I don't know what it was, and if--if I would speak it, I wouldn't know what I was saying; and I doubt whether you would know it either; so only thing it would just be, it was an ear disease of some kind. Had a name on it, a great, long name...
And however, when the old doctor looked at his ear he said it--that's what it was, and it was an advanced case.
The young man said then, "Doctor, will you operate on me and try to save my life?" For if it goes farther, it goes into the brain; and then he was hopeless.
Well, he said, "Young man, I'm too old. I could not perform that operation, and there's just one doctor left in all the world, that I know of, that could perform that operation."
He said then, "Where can I find him?"
He said, "He's in New York at this time, going over to Europe for six months' vacation. And if you wait till he comes back, you'll be dead. You cannot wait till he returns; you must get a hold of him now."
And the young man become frantic. He said, "Do you know any way I could get a hold of him? Call someone; do something."

L-22 Now, could you imagine that young man to have said to that doctor... After diagnosing his case and telling him that he was on the road to death, just his case was advanced, and then that he must do something, and there was only one person he could get to to save his life, could you imagine that young man to said, "Very good speech, doctor. That was very striking. I will come back to hear you again at some convenient season." No, sir, his life was in danger. And there was only one doctor could save it, and he wanted to know who it was.
If we'd just be as much concerned about our soul tonight; that man was about his life and his ear condition... There's only One that can save us, only one Way, and Jesus is that Way. No other way that we know but through Jesus Christ. He is the Way to God. He's the Way to Eternal Life. Now, He is the only Way.

L-23 Secondly, He is the truth. Now, many people... I've went into churches, and I've heard them say, "We have the truth. Our creeds are right; they were handed to us by our fathers. We have the truth. We do certain things." And others say. "We keep these kind of days; and we keep these months; and we do this; we got the truth."
Altogether, it's wrong. Jesus said He was the Truth. Jesus said in St. John 17:17, "Sanctify them, Father, through the Truth. Thy Word is the Truth. And in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us."
He is the Truth. There may be other truths; but Jesus is that real Truth, that heavenly-born Truth, God's eternal Truth sent to us, the only Way and the only Truth. Other things may be true, but Jesus is that Truth of God, the truth of God's salvation. The truth of God's plan is Jesus Christ. The Way, the Truth...

L-24 Thirdly, He is the Light, the only Light. Oh, I know we have Russellites, Campbellites, and what kind of lights, but Jesus is the true Light. He is the Light cometh into the world that we might not have to walk in darkness, but walk in Light. He is that eternal Light.
Oh, when I think of it, there is really only one plant giving life. That's the sun, s-u-n. And in wintertime, when the leaves goes down off the trees...


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