<TITLE>16. Par 126-130</TITLE>L-126 Now, the 3rd verse now... All right, 2nd and 3rd verse... Now, the 3rd verse...
And hast borne, and had patience, and for my name's sake has laboured, and has not fainted.
"For My Name." Did you notice they had patience? Labored for what? His Name. See that Name holding in that church? Now, watch it, when we get down through the week how that fades out and goes into another name. See? "Had--had patience, labored, and so forth, and for My Name's sake." He... They labored for His Name.
To keep the Name of Jesus Christ above any church, above anything else, let it be first, and... "Whatever..." The Bible said, "Whatever you do in word or in deed, do it all in the Name of Jesus Christ." Is that right? "Whatever you do in word or in deed..." If you marry, marry a person. If you can't, if they're all scrupled up in their marriage, don't marry them at all. See? If you can't freely say, "I pronounce you husband and wife in the Name of Jesus Christ," let them go. All right. If you want to baptize them, baptize them in Jesus' Name.

L-129 If you have to do something that you can't do in Jesus' Name, let it alone. Somebody said, "Take a little drink." You can't do that in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. Somebody said, "Play a little cards." You can't do that in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. A little, dirty, smutty joke at your bridge party, you can't tell that in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. See? You can't wear shorts in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. I could go on, but we--you know what I'm talking about. All right. You can't do that. What you can't do in His Name, leave it alone. Because he said, "Whatever you do in word and deed, do it all in the Name of Jesus Christ." All right, now.

L-130 Now, we're going to... That's the... He commended them for that. Now, I'm going to talk about the complaint now in the 4th chapter--or 4th verse, rather.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love.
Oh. "I have something against you. You've been patient; you've held up for My Name." Wouldn't that be just a good thing of this Tabernacle today? Yes, sir. "You've been all right, and you've had a lot of patience, and bore a long time, but the thing of it is... You've held up for My Name. I appreciate all that. I--I commend you for that; it's all right. And I've seen that you've tried them who say they're apostles and so forth, and found they're liars, they don't cope with the Word. I--I appreciate all that. But there's something I got against you, and that is that you've left your first love. You left that love that you once had for them good old fashion, Holy Ghost meetings, and you're begin to kind of slide backwards into that formal, come in with, "Our Father..." and a... Nonsense. See?


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