<TITLE>10. Par 80-88</TITLE>L-80 So now, then this, he was in there praying while his congregation was waiting. And there was a beggar come to the door and knocked at his door, and he opened the door (and he was busy), and he told him he wanted a--a garment. He was naked and had nothing; it was cold, and he said... He sent him around to See the chief deacon. And the chief deacon was irritable with him and run him out. And when he did, it run around; he come back again and told Saint Martin that the--that the--the deacon had run him out.
And so then, about that time, this chief deacon come back in and told him kind of sharply, that, "Your congregation's waiting on you. You're keeping them waiting." But he was in prayer. It's better that he stay in prayer till he feels led of God to go out.

L-82 And this beggar come back to the door. And Saint Martin took off his own good garment, and give it to the beggar, and had the--the--the chief deacon to go and get another one and bring it to him. So he had to get a garment anyhow, and put it on Saint Martin. And he wore the lesser garment out before the people instead of his good garment.
See it just goes to show: give the best that you have (See?); give your life; give your time; give everything to Christ. And that same Spirit that lived in Christ lives in you, and--and your influence in your neighborhood and upon the people that you deal with, will be so much like Christ till it'll work the same thing Christ did.

L-84 Finally it'll come to pass that the people laid in the shadows and was healed (That--that's right.), just so much power of love around them. And they said that when Saint Martin was preaching, after he come out with this lesser robe on, that the entire congregation noticed a glow of Light all around him (Uh-huh. See, see?), because he had done the right thing.
Always do right, your duty to God; think right, that's your duty to yourself; and you've got to come out right. That's right, you just have to.

L-86 Now, we want to start now on trying to take this in a canon of explanations tonight, because It's dealing here very strong.
Now, to the Angel of the church of Pergamos write; These things that saith he which has the sharp two... sword... sharp sword with two edges;
Now, I want you to notice He's introducing Himself again tonight in Deity. Every church was one of His glorified state: the One that had twelve star, or--or "seven stars in His hand, He that has the sharp two-edged sword" (See?), something another, "He that has the feet of brass, the eyes that run was a flames of fire." He's introducing Himself back to His Deity.

L-88 Now, you say, "Where does Deity lay in this, 'He with a sharp two-edged sword coming out of His mouth'?"
Well, the Sword is the Word. Hebrews 4, we took it in the beginning when we run that Deity of Him down. The sword we found in Hebrews 4:12, that was, "The Word of God was sharper than a two-edged sword." Is that right? That was the Word of God. Is that? Now, watch, you have... Get these interpretations. Now, trace that Word, Saint John 1, "In the beginning (way back) was the Word," that created the heavens and earth. Is that right? "And the Word was with God, and the Word was Deity. And Deity was made flesh and dwelled among us." Is that right? "The Word was made flesh and dwelled among us."
And here He is standing here, the One at the beginning, "Say this to the angel of the church of--of Perga--Pergamos. Say this to him, I am the Word of God." Oh, we see Him over in Revelations, coming with His vesture dipped in Blood, crown upon His head, riding on a white horse, and on His thigh was written, "The Word of God." Oh, I like that. He is the Word, the Word of God. So we see this Deity then in the beginning, to introduce Himself, He is the Word.


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