<TITLE>27. Par 255-263</TITLE>L-255 If you preached like that in their church, they'd oust you out. And that's the way the Holy Ghost preached. Jesus said, "You generation of vipers. You--you snakes in the grass." And John did too, and great anointed man, always tore the hide off of them. That's right.
But they didn't miss Him, 'cause they didn't have that. See? So they had a little flowerly something patting them on the back, and said, "You just join, put your name right here, and--and we'll take you into membership. And you go get your paper from the other church and we will receive you, and--and so forth. Now, your pledge will be how much each year?" You see, that's it, "Rich, have need of nothing." Oh, but you have need of the greatest thing and haven't got it, Jesus standing outside trying to get back in with Pentecost.

L-257 What do you think would happen right in the Methodist church if the Holy Ghost fell upon the church, and they begin to shouting, jumping, speaking in tongues and acting like a drunk, bunch of drunk people? Why, the--the Conference would throw that Methodist church out of the Conference. You know that. What would happen in the Baptist church if it happened? Same thing. Pentecostals? Why, there's many of them it'd happen the same thing. Sure. Yes, sir, they wouldn't put up with that nonsense. They'd say, "Why, they even spoiled our new carpets." Uh-huh, sure. My. My. What a miserable bunch they are. That's right.

L-258 Well, all right, He was once with them, He walked with them in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. And here is the answer: denominations and their worldly things, their bishops, cardinals, and all their worldliness, had ousted Him out and they'd never missed Him. And the church...
Now, what are we going to do to get Him back in? If He's outside the Pentecostal church now, what are we going to do to get Him back in? Will it take a unanimous vote of the people to bring Him back? Will it take electing of a new pope, new cardinal? Or maybe it'll take a--it'll--it'll take rising up a new denomination. That'll never take it. That'll never do it. A new denomination won't do it; a new--a--a--a--a--a new cardinal won't do it; a new pastor won't do it; a well-paid evangelist won't do it. There's nothing in the world can be done but you yourself. How do we get Him in? Not by a vote. No, sir. We don't vote Jesus back in, 'cause He won't come in.
Hear it, here it is, "If any man will hear My voice and open the door." Now, we know what the door is then. "If any man will open the door, hear My voice..."
Not--not "if any church, if any organization..." No, sir. He don't deal with them; they're dead and gone to begin with. He hates it, He always hated it. He said He hated it. He hates it yet tonight.

L-262 "But if any man," any Methodist man, any Baptist man, any Presbyterian man, any Catholic man, any Church of God man, Nazarene man, Pentecostal man. "Any man that will hear My voice and will open the door, I will come in and sup with him and he with Me." That's the message to the Pentecostal church. Not try to revive the Pentecostal organization, but revive the Pentecostal blessing in the individual's heart. That's the only way. "And I will sup with him, and he Me."

L-263 What does the messenger to the church--message to the church teach us then, teach--teach us? Not the growth in the Spirit. No, sir. Decline of the Spirit; we have a decline all the time. The metheda--the--the messengers to the church and the message to every church age condemned denominationism. Every message to the church, the church was constantly on the decline and wouldn't listen to it. The--the message to the church was disregarding denominations. And it made hybrid Christians, so-called (That's right.), who know nothing about God or the Holy Ghost. That's as true as I stand in this platform tonight. The fine lukewarm members, only to be spued out of His mouth...


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