<TITLE>13. Par 39-43</TITLE>L-39 Oh, I like to have sheep food, good food, the power of God, the Word of God. The Holy Ghost feeds on it. That's what the church needs tonight, is good solid gospel preaching, gospel teaching, gospel salvation, and a gospel Holy Ghost. Amen. We are not so interested in what--this nation might not need a new president; the city might not need a new mayor; but what we need today is a good old-time Saint Paul's revival and the Bible Holy Ghost back in the church again. That's what we need, sheep fed on sheep food, not ecclesiastical weeds.

L-40 Now, this little nest was all fixed up, and she brought him the--the food, and he eat, and oh, my, he was growing. Now, the first thing you know, he's begin to put on some feathers. You know, begins to come into the second work of grace. And he--he begins to get feathered out pretty well, you know. So mother eagle begins to look down, and she begins to think, "You know, I never want my children to become a chicken." That's all.
You know, God's just determined for that. And He doesn't want us to be earthbound chickens. So the mother eagle said, "I've got to see to this." So the first thing you know, she's got to get them eagles out that nest. That's all. If they stay there, they'll be earthbound.
And that's the way it is. You just... I've often wondered why we went away and got great educations for schooling, for to be a preacher, and then we come in with all the history of the church, and all this, and all the vitamins and everything, and then turn back around and say, "Well, of course, the days of miracles is past."

L-41 How can you ever get a man that's freezing to death; how can you ever thaw him out by a painted fire? What if a man's freezing, you say, "You see that great big painted fire there? 'On the day of Pentecost there came a sound like a rushing mighty wind; it filled all the house where they were setting.'"
"Yes, I'm shivering."
"Oh, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, tongues of fire." Oh, that was a great thing, but that was back. See? That's a painted fire. You can't get warm by that. If we are needing fire today, then we can't get warm by a historical fire. What good does a historical God do, if the God of Abraham isn't the same God today, the God of Paul ain't the same God today? If the Holy Ghost that fell on Pentecost isn't the same today, then where are we at? That's right.

L-42 It's like giving your canary birds a lot of seeds with vitamins in and make good wings, and keep him in a cage all the time. See? He can't use his wings. What's the use of learning all about God, if you try to say He died two thousand years ago, and there's no more to it? I believe that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He lives. And He said, "Because I live, you live also." Amen. I'm glad for eagle food. That's right.

L-43 Now, the old mother eagle's determined that they won't get adjusted to that nest too much. And God's just determined that a new borned babe isn't going get too adjusted to this world. That's right. He don't want us to get adjusted here. He's going to get ready to take us on a flight.
A few days before the old mother eagle takes her little ones on a flight, you know what she does? First, she gets up there. She stands up on the nest. And some eagles are fourteen feet from tip to tip, the most mammoth bird we got. He will stand on this nest. The old mother eagle is usually the largest of the two. And she'll walk back and forth over this nest, and she will scream. Caw. That's so shrill that a eagle gives. What's she trying to do? She's trying to teach her babies the sound of her voice. They're going into some perils in a little while, so they've got to know the sound of mother's voice.
Oh, I tell you it pays you to listen to the voice of God, the still small voice that speaks deep and rich. It attracts the attention of His people.


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