<TITLE>33. Par 277-283</TITLE>L-277 So when he got Him on the cross, he socked that stinger in Him; but when he did, he lost his stinger. That was more than a man; he stung God that time.
And that's the reason he said, "O death,..." When Paul... You-- you know, a bee, after it once stings deep, it can't sting no more. Bee's finished then. He can buzz and make a noise, but he--he--he can't sting, 'cause he ain't got no stinger. So death don't have any stinger any more.
Paul, when they was building a place to chop his head off, death was stinging, buzzing around him, he said, "O death, where is your sting?"
The grave said, "I'll get you, Paul. I'm going to wallow you." (I went there where they chopped his head off and throwed him over in the sewer there.) The grave said, "I--I--I'll canker your body; I'll rot you away."
He said, "O--O grave, where is your victory? But thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Death lost its sting for him. Said, "I've fought a good fight; I've finished my course; I've kept the faith. And henceforth there's laid up for me a crown of righteousness that the Lord the righteous Judge will give me at that day. And not only me, but all those who love His appearing." Amen. "Chop now if you want to." Huh. Oh, that's--that's it. That's the way, brother. That's--that's the real Christian Spirit.

L-281 Now--now, if you receive the opportunity, how do you get the mark of the beast? I'd just like to say this just because I thought I'd close in saying this. How do you get the mark of the beast? Would you like to know? What is the results? What is the mark of the beast?
We know what the Seal of God is. What is the Seal of God? Why, let's just turn over to Ephesians 4:30, and then--then you get it; then you read it yourself there. Or--or either some of you can get Revelations--Revelations 9:1 to 4. And the other, II Corinthians 1:22. There's many places. I marked off a few there. But let's get Ephesians 4:30, and then you can see what the seal of God is; and these others, or anywhere. You just take the word seal in your concordance and run it everywhere you want to. All right, Ephesians 4:30, listen to this.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed until the day of your redemption.

L-283 What is the Seal of God? Holy Ghost. Yeah. All right, now, "He that has not the Spirit of God is none of Mine." If you have the Holy Spirit, you're part of God because you're His. He--he's sealed you and He's in you, working in you, and the signs that He does you do also. Now, does everybody understand that, you class? It takes the Holy Spirit to be God's: Holy Spirit. And if you are of the Holy Spirit, you do the works that Jesus did. See? Your love...
When them spit in Your face and beat You around like that, there was no root of bitterness. He looked down at them; He said, "Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing." See, they didn't.


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