<TITLE>17. Par 164-173</TITLE>L-164 Have the keys of David to the Kingdom; no man can shut it. The 7th verse proves that (All right.), that He has the keys of David, "No man can shut."
Now, let's see what the next thing is:
... for thou has a little strength,...
Oh. Said to this little group down here, "You got just a little strength now." What does that mean? Just like a man that's been dead, kind of shaking himself, coming alive, reviving up a little, coming to life. You've come out of them old dead creeds and everything; you've begin come to life a little bit, shaking yourself, kind of waking yourself up. "You got a little strength, but I've set a door before you now." As soon as they come out of--of Lutheranism, and papalism, and all those other isms, and--and Methodistism, and everything, He said, "I've put a door before you; now you got a little strength, what you going to do about it? It's set before you, you can walk in or walk out, either one you want to. The door is set before you. You've got a little strength, just coming to Life, you're just begin..."

L-167 So it was with the early church. Notice at the end of the Laodicean age, went back to works again. Now, if you notice over here, to--to show that this church is between these two, if you get over into the Laodicean age, or the Laodicean church age, "I know thy works," right at the end of the Laodicean age. What was it? "Thy works, and the seat where Satan's at." What was the seat of Satan? See, went right straight back into a denomination again.
You Assemblies of God, and Pentecostal Oneness, and the Church of God, oh, don't you see, brethren, what you've done? You went right straight back to the thing that God hated, break up brotherhood. Look at the Assemblies of God, some of the finest people in the world is in them Assemblies of God. Look at that United Pentecostal church, just as fine as you ever met in your life. Look at the Church of God. And because of those organizations, they fuss, and squeal, and fuss at one another, and call one another "buzzard's roost" and "rat den." Why, it's a disgrace.
One thing God hates is sowing discord among brethren. And that's right. And them organizations is what does it: sows discord among brethren. We should be standing in the breach and saying, "We are brothers."
We are not divided,
All one body we;
One in hope and doctrine, (the doctrine of the Bible)
One in charity.
I like that old song, "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Yes, sir.

L-171 The end of the Laodiceans, they went back to works again, or Pentecostal denominations went back to the denomination. Let's get verse 15. I got here, "Verse 15 of Revelations 3." And see if that isn't right. Revelation 3, and--and--or let's see if I wrote that down right. Revelations... Oh, no, no, I--I wrong, verse 15. It's the verse 15 of this same chapter, shows the same thing down here. Yeah, uh-huh:
I know Thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:...
"I know Thy works." Showed they went back to their first thing again, went back with their strength and went back to the Pentecostal denominations, the 15th verse of--of the same chapter. All right.

L-173 Between the two ages they got a little strength, between the two denominational Nicolaitane doctrinal age. Now, when the Lutheran here had formed, went back into the Nicolaitane, the great archbishops and so forth, then along come Wesley, and they formed the archbishop of Canterbury, and all these different great, "Oh, we're that..." in the churches and so forth, and in--in that age. Then over here in the Pentecostal, they go right back to the same thing again, all of their great denominations, the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes. But between these two ages He opened the door and give the church a little strength to revive enough till it shake its head, look out yonder, see where it was at, get the revelation. Turn and see any knocked out, you know, and first thing you know, he begin shake his head and look around and shake his head.


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