<TITLE>24. Par 238-245</TITLE>L-238 Now, if you notice, he joined himself with Jesus and become one of them. See? Now, the reason he did that, to get that deception that he could come into this day in the church. Now, Jesus said, "Them synagogues is of Satan." Oh, my. Did it strike? They are synagogues of Satan. That's Judas pretending to be a Christian.
What was Judas' main thing? Was money. The biggest pull of a lot of these things today is money. Look at the Assemblies of God, building six-million-dollar building over here, and teaching the Lord's coming right away. Oh, the bombs is in the hangars to blow us away, and build a six-million-dollar building. Oh, my. Well, rich and have need... We get that tomorrow night now, the Lord willing.

L-240 Now, notice here. Oh, look how the churches are big, these big organizations. They pool their money together and... Oh, mercy. They just become multi-billion, even have finances, loan associations among them, and everything, loaning out money and things, the churches. Brother, that don't sound like apostolic to me.
Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have..." Give me that, and take all your money. That's right. "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee: In the Name of Jesus Christ..." That's what he had: the revelation of it. "Give I thee: In the Name of Jesus Christ stand up and walk."

L-242 All right. Now, we find out here that they were synagogues of Satan. Now, how could they be? Now, Judas when he come... Now, look. Just about the time that Jesus come on the scene, Judas come on the scene. You notice that? And just about the time Jesus went off the scene, Judas went off the scene. Just about the time the Holy Ghost come back on the scene again, Judas come back on the scene, spirit of antichrist, to work in also the children of disobedience, not minding the Bible, but minding the--the denomination. See? And they made them a synagogue. And Jesus said here it's the synagogue of Satan. Where? Setting way down in this age here. How did it start back here? By an organization. That's the same thing it did down here. "A synagogue of Satan," You get it?
"The synagogue of Satan," He said, "which say that they are Spirit-filled." Now, how could they say that?
Judas, when he was here on earth, he met up with Jesus, made a confession that he was a believer in Jesus, and become the treasurer, packing all the money. Is that right? You all know that. Now, if he believed on Jesus Christ, he accepted (falsely) justification. Is that right? In Romans 5:1, "Therefore being justified by faith..." That's right. All right.

L-245 Now, then another thing, in Saint John 17:17, Jesus sanctified them through the truth, He said, "Thy Word is the Truth," and He was the Word.
And He gave them power against unclean spirits, to go out and have healing services, and cast out devils, and--and to do all kinds of miracles. And when they returned back, Judas with them... Now, watch, Nazarenes, Wesleyan Methodist... Turned back, rejoicing, and exceedingly glad, and praising God, and shouting because the devils was subject unto them. And Jesus said, "Rejoice not because the devils is subject unto you; but rejoice because your name is written in the Book of Life."
And remember Judas was one of them. See, he could deceive the church right up into that. He's worked right along them lines, you know, but when it come to Pentecost he showed his colors. That's exactly what he done in the Primitive, in the Methodist church, and what he done in the Lutheran church, and what he's done in the Nazarene church, and the Churches of God and them, come right up to sanctification; when it come to the baptism of the Holy Ghost to speak in tongues, and have signs and wonders, they condemned it.


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