<TITLE>10. Par 67-74</TITLE>L-67 Naomi wondered, "Why has the hand of the Lord been so cruel to me, my daughter-in-laws? God has cast me out. I'm an outcast. I don't know what I ever done, but I'm an outcast."
See, God was working His program. Because all things work together for good to them that love God, no matter what it is.
She said, "You return to your mothers, and find rest in your mothers' house. Your husbands is dead, and you're young, beautiful women. Go back. Go back to where you come from, there find rest. God be merciful to you because you was kind to the dead. And you've lived virtuous since your husbands has died. And you been kind to me, an old widow woman with no husband, and you stuck by me. Return back, and God give you rest in your house." They wept.

L-70 She said that, "I'm old, and I could have no more children. But if I would have a husband and have a child, what good would it do? You'd never wait for that baby." That was actually the law in them days, that if a brother died... or... and his... The other brother being single, he had to take his wife to raise up a name to his dead brother. But she said, "You wouldn't wait on him, these babies. So return back and find yourself rest in your husbands' houses. Go back to your mothers."
And Orpah, a type of the lukewarm church that once started, a type of the church that won't go all the way, she said, "That sounds pretty good." So she kissed her mother-in-law and returned back again. That's a type of the lukewarm believer, who will believe Jesus to be the Christ, and then turn around, and go back into the thing she come out of, to the men that will take the way with the Lord's despised fews, and then turn around and go back, "Like a dog to it's vomit, and a hog to it's wallow," as the Bible says.

L-72 Now, she returned back to her gods. Many time we return back to the gods of our--of our beginning. Maybe we got eyes of lust after the wrong thing. We'll turn back to lusting again. Maybe we got idols of drinking, idols of smoking, idols of lying, idols of stealing, all kinds of idols; and then profess and be baptized, and then turn again. What a sad thing. You remember, it never spoke her name no more. She was excommunicated because of her decision.
The lukewarm church, the lukewarm believer, as each believer represents the church... Every American represents America. Every German represents Germany. Every Christian represents Christ.

L-74 Hear. She turned her back to go back into the things she come out of. How that men, even preachers sometime, will take the way of the Lord, and when you speak to them about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, "Nonsense," turn away from it. That's Orpah.
Tell them about the Name of Jesus Christ, that there's not another name under heaven given among men whereby you must be saved. Whatever you do in word and deed, do it all in the Name of Jesus Christ. If there's not another name under heaven whereby you must be saved... Then Peter said on the day--day of Pentecost, "If you want to be saved, repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins." That's how they're remitted. And a man, because of popularity... He can't hold the Bible on it. But because of popularity, will kiss the church, kiss the Message, kiss Christ good-bye, go back to where he was hollowed out of. Orpah, lukewarm, excommunicated...


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