<TITLE>12. Par 120-133</TITLE>L-120 Now, "Blessed..." the word, the announcement of the blessing (on the 3rd verse) to them that read or hear its mysteries... Make... The carnal mind shuns it, because the carnal mind knows nothing about it. No wonder it--the carnal mind doesn't know it, because it's Satan in that carnal mind; and Satan is exposed, and Satan does not want himself exposed.
Did you notice how horrible it is for Satan when he thinks he's going to be exposed? Watch in one of the services; watch the action of the people. You watch that on my meeting. Just before Satan's going to be exposed over a certain person, you can see their face changing. You see, they don't know what to think. All at once the Holy Spirit comes down and exposes that devil. Oh, he hates that kind of a meeting. That's the reason we've had such a battle, because the Word of God exposes the devil. See? It tells what he is.

L-122 Like you say, "This woman setting here," under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, say, "her name is Miss Jones. She come from So-and-so." What does that do? It picks up her spirit, brings it up to a place.
"How'd he know me? That man doesn't know me, so it must be some spirit. What kind of a spirit is it?"
"It's the Spirit of God."
"How? What's the matter with me?"
"You have tuberculosis, cancer," whatever it is, "but THUS SAITH THE LORD..." Oh. Oh, how Satan hates that, because It exposes him.
Now, the carnal mind looks on, says, "Mind reading, mental telepathy." They don't know. It's foolish to them. But to those who know what it is, oh, what a blessing. What is it? A revelation. A revelation of Who? Of the man on the pulpit? Of Jesus Christ in this last church age, revealing Himself like He promised that He would do. It's a revelation. See? And Satan hates that. My, how he hates it. He's exposed, exposes his plans.
Satan hates the Revelations and Genesis, I got wrote down here. That is exactly true. Now, why does he hate a revelation? Why is he so against revelation? Is because that the entire canon of God's Word and God's church is solemnly built upon revelation. It'll never be through a--a school. No matter how many fine seminaries we have, they're way back in the dimmed age. The Bible and the church is absolutely a revelation.

L-132 Let us turn... I've got some Scriptures wrote down here, Matthew the--the 16th chapter, and the 18th verse. Let's just take a little look at Matthew 16:18, see where the Scriptures is--where it's the revelation. Coming down from the mountain, the 17th verse...
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven.
And I say... unto thee,... thou art Peter, and upon this rock I'll build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

L-133 Now, the Catholic church says He built it upon Peter. Well, that--that's really carnal thinking. You couldn't imagine a spiritual mind comprehending such a thing as that, as God, with His own Son standing there, and yet would build His church upon a common, ordinary, sin-born man. The man proved it. He, with that same spirit upon him, he cursed Jesus and denied Him right to His face. It wasn't Peter, or neither was it a--a rock that was laying there, as some churches claim it was; was not a rock, 'cause Peter... The rock that He was speaking about there, was not Peter neither was it Himself.
Now, many of the Protestant people try to say, "It was Jesus. It was Him that He built the church upon: He." No, that's still wrong. If you notice, it was not Jesus, neither was it Peter; it was the revelation. "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has done this revelation."


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