<TITLE>03. Par 8-10</TITLE>L-8 The world today is being gripped by two great forces, two great religious forces that is soon coming to a head or a showdown. It's well represented in our Scripture reading tonight, of the two sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob. And when they represent both these forces, and they both come from the same father and same mother. The holy one that was foreordained of God, Isaac, and was told by God to his father twenty-five years before he was born he'd have this child, by a separated and consecrated mother Rebekah, a virgin. And these two sons was in the same womb. They came to the world fussing and fighting, at war with each other. And they've been at war with each other ever since and will be till the end time. And the world is seriously gripped tonight in these forces.
Now, the remarks that I have to say, and some Scriptures I have written here, and so forth, I want every one to know that when sometimes I refer to a condition of church, or a denominational, or something, many times my brethren mistake me when I say that. I'm not referring to Spirit filled men who stand as shepherds and feed the flock of God, that's ordained by the Holy Ghost to do so. I'm talking about carnal believers, who try to take the place of these men.

L-9 And we find out that Esau truly represented the carnal believer. He was a earthly man, and was of the earth, and was very religious inclined. He had his religion just like the world has today. Most all people that you talk to, they got a religion of some sort, whether they attend their church or not. But they, maybe once a year, or the women like to go on Easter to show their new bonnet, and the--the men like to go once in a while when they're having something and going on that will entertain. And they was at a baby, sprinkled and name's put on the book of the church, and they are property of the church. I never could go for that. We... Man is not property of the church, neither is man property of the state. Man is property of God: sons and daughters of God, we belong to Him because we are bought with a price. And what a precious price, the Son of God.
But Esau well represented that group of being religious, "And I'm just as good as the next one, and my religion's as good as yours, and I'm well satisfied."

L-10 But Jacob, his twin brother, by election, which was by predestination by foreknowledge, came into the world and was a spiritual man to represent the spiritual people. And he was--had spiritual discernment of what was right and what was wrong. And if you will understand, that the entire Church of the living God is built upon the revelation of Jesus Christ. How did Abel offer unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, if it had not been revealed to him what the sacrifice was required--what sacrifice was required, rather?
When the disciples were asked, "Who do you say, I the Son of man am?" Peter, without hesitation, burst forth like a man speaking in tongues, said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Jesus said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. You never learned this through any intellectual educational program, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed this to you. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock (Not upon Peter, not upon Himself, but upon the spiritual revelation of Who He was), upon this rock I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell can't prevail against it." Showed they would be against it, but it'll never prevail. So the Church will--spiritual Church will move right on into eternity, just as sure as there's a God that ordained it to be there.


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