<TITLE>05. Par 19-21</TITLE>L-19 May the Lord bless the Words of His Bible. It must have been a--an awful hot morning. They had no sleep through the night; they had gathered at a little oasis. And all night long the cattle bawled, and the--the horses nickered, and the children cried, and the people murmured: no water to drink. And they were out in a desert alone. And they'd searched through all the springs around the place, and all the springs had went dry, and there was no water.
Their sin had brought them into this condition. They had forgotten all that God had did to them, and did for them, and had went off to murmuring against God and His prophet. And it had brought them out into this wilderness, where it was a desert: no water, nothing for their children, no food to eat, no water to drink. It's a horrible thing when people sin, a very striking type of today in the world. Then we find also that they'd easily forgotten that the God that had promised them to take them to the land, had been the God that sign--gave all those signs and wonders and miracles.

L-20 If we could stop (Wish we could, but we can't), pause on that for a few minutes. God makes a promise, then He confirms that He's going to fulfill that promise by keeping all of His Words and showing Himself present. How beautiful that God is doing the same thing right here at this Chautauqua. But you see, our... We're on our road to the promised land. God promised to supply all their needs from Egypt to the promised land. God promised to supply all our needs until we meet--reach the promised land. And there would not be any sickness among us, if we'd kept God's promises. But we have sinned.
What is sin? Disbelieved. Unbelief is the only sin there is. Drinking, smoking, gambling, committing adultery, that is not sin; that's the attributes of unbelief. See? Righteousness is the attribute of salvation. But people can quit smoking, drinking, and everything, and still not be saved. See? So sin is a mark that the peo--person that does it is not a believer. The Bible said, "He that believeth not is condemned already." So before you... If you never lied, stoled, or done anything in your life, you're still a sinner to begin with. You're... You don't have a chance outside of Christ; He is the Way.

L-21 And these people had got altogether away from God, and He'd cut off their water supply and their food supply. And that's very similar of today: that God has cut off the great blessings from the church that He promised the church, that He would be with them... Listen, "He'd be with us, even in us, to the end of the way. The works that I do shall you do also. I'll never leave thee nor forsake thee. I'll be with thee always, even unto the consummation," all the way.
Now, why isn't He in the church today that people taught, "Where is that God of history, that God that rose up?" He's only waiting for His people to come back to Him and get right. Then you'll see the God of history come in, when the people gets right.


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