<TITLE>08. Par 64-72</TITLE>L-64 In the days when He was here on earth, one of the reasons why that they could not receive Jesus of Nazareth, and believe Him, and--and get their deliverance, because it was too unusual for them. It was... He brought His deliverance. God had sent them deliverance. And it was so unusual to them, that they--they didn't want to accept it, because it didn't come just the way that they were used to receiving religion.
And it's a very outstanding conditions exists the same today, very striking to see the parallel of it. The people of today are wondering, "Where is the God that opened the Red Sea? Where is the God that made the lepers well? Where is the God that set the captive flee--free?" And yet it's right at hand, and they don't want to receive it. Why? The same reason they had. It's too contrary. It's unusual. They--they want...

L-66 In that day if He would've brought them creeds or some form that they had to go through, some rituals and so forth, they would've gladly received it. But because He brought it in the way that He did, the people didn't want to receive it in the form that He brought it.
That's the same way it is today, exactly the same. They--they want it, but they don't want to receive it on the level that God brings it. And that's the only way that God has of bringing it. And we cannot bring God down to our level of thinking. We've got to rise ourself to His level of thinking and meet Him on the grounds that He provided for us to meet Him on. See? They want deliverance.

L-68 They had all their denominational creeds, and the Pharisees, and the Sadducees, and the Herodians, and whatmore, all different forms and sects of religion. And each one, one had his that he didn't believe in no resurrection, or no Angel, or spirit. The other one believed in both resurrection, Angel, and spirit. And one believed in certain way you wash your hands and the way you do just like it is today. Now, if we could rise, Christ could come in some sort of a thing like that, well, the people would be glad to receive it.
But when He comes in His power of His resurrection to make people live, and act, and behave themselves, and to--to change their attitudes, to change their ways, to change their living; they don't want nothing to do with that. They want to live just like they want to live. And they want to continue right on living the way they've always lived, but yet be very religious, and go to a church and be a member thereof, that they can go on Sunday morning or whatever time it is; and have a fifteen minute sermon from the pastor; that will walk them away from there, kind of halfway satisfied that they've done their religion for the week. That settles it, go back and do anything they want to the rest of the week.

L-72 Now, God promised in this days what He was going to do. And I would like to ask anybody, any minister, anywhere, of one promise that God made the church, and what He said they would do, but what the real church is doing it now. But they don't want it. They don't want it.
Jesus brought God to human lives. God was made human. When Jesus was born, God became man, that He might become fellowship with man and in man, to (what?) achieve one purpose; that is, to bring to man what God is; not what a church is, but what God is. Jesus came that He might present God to man. And man didn't want it.


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