<TITLE>25. Par 220-228</TITLE>L-220 That's right. For, listen, let's read another verse or two. Just listen, for let's see how certain them kind of people are. See if it's uncertain.
For of this sort are they which creep into homes, and lead captive silly women laden with sin, turning away with divers lusts,
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
What is Truth? Jesus Christ is Truth. He said, "I am the Truth."
Pilate said, "What is Truth?"
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Life."

L-222 Women, with all kind of--of--of--of ladies societies, and making blankets, and going together, and telling jokes, and having suppers, and soup suppers to pay the pastor, and so-forth like that, and never able to come to the knowledge of knowing Jesus Christ exists today in the power of His resurrection and the Holy Ghost. See, never. "Silly women."
Now, he wasn't talking to you sisters. Said, "Silly women," all right, "laden with divers lusts." You know better than that, so I'm glad for you, my sisters...?...

L-224 Never able. How uncertain that sound then, a formal denomination is. How uncertain is the sound of the church today. Who knows what to do? Let me show you the church today. There's a war cloud hanging everywhere, troubles everywhere, and people running into their church and can't find the answer. I'm going to preach on that Christmas night: No Answer For The Star In The East. Now, notice, oh, my. There it hangs, and they haven't got the answer. They don't know what to say. Why? The only thing they can refer back, "We learned this in college."
The church isn't depend on what they did in college. But it's the living Holy Spirit in the church, leading it and guiding it, and foreshowing it things to come, like it did in the days of Titus; warning them of things to come to flee the wrath that is to come. Oh, my. "He that has an ear, let him Hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."

L-226 Now, is there anything then? I'd ask. I don't want to keep you too long this morning. But is there anything that is certain? If I've told you so many things that is uncertain, is there anything that is certain? Is there any certainty about anything at all? Why, certainly, I'm so thankful that there is. Is there anything that is certain?
I'll tell you what is certain; that's the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, if you want to put it down, we won't turn to it, but you can if you want to, Matthew 24:35, Jesus speaking of these days and what was coming to pass. Matthew 24:35, He said, "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away." And that's certain, isn't it? That's one thing that's certain, is His Word, Now, there's one thing. We see we can't build upon our church; we can't build upon our nation, we... It--it's too uncertain. But there's one thing that's certain; that's God's Word is certain. You're certainly going to have to do it.

L-228 One of them said, "One certain thing was was taxes." Oh, no, taxes ain't too certain. The Lord may come. They can charge it off then; it's all over then.
They said, "Death is certain." No, sir, death isn't certain, no indeed. There might be a rapture, then there's no death. Death ain't too certain; no, no, not in this day. It was many years ago, but not now. Death is not too certain.
And anyhow, I know a man one time, that walked with God, for an example to show. And one day he got tired walking, so he just got real light and started walking up, and went on up home with God. See? Anybody know who he was? [Congregation says, "Enoch."--Ed.] Enoch. And what was he? A type of the Church in this day.


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