<TITLE>22. Par -</TITLE>L-543-207 Excuse me, I'll let a little air in. I know you're all getting...?... and getting tired. So that way, I'll have to hurry through these a little faster or I won't get them. This has got... We're about at the basis of--of all of it in right this handful here. But they'll... See, the...
Here's a--a field full of wheat. And in that field is sowed jimson weed, cockleburs, or whatmore, weeds. Well, the drought is on. Now, doesn't the jimson weed and the cocklebur get just as thirsty as the wheat? And what kind of rain is a special rain falls on the wheat and then a special rain falls on the cocklebur? Is that right? No, the same rain falls on it. Is that right? The same Spirit falls on the hypocrite that falls on the Christian, the same thing. But by their fruit... Did that sink in, brother?

L-544-209 The evidence of the Holy Ghost is the fruit of It, the fruit of the Spirit. Well, it... Well, now, he say, "I'm a stem; I'm a cocklebur. I'm a stem the same as that wheat's a stem." But what kind of a life is in you? The life that's in it bears stickers, always fussing, and cutting up, and real mean, and ill, and everything. See what I mean? Arrogant (See?), that's not the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is meekness, patience, gentleness (See?), all that. See?
He can say, "Well, well, I can shout just as loud as you can. Bless God, the Holy Ghost falls on me." That may be every speck true, but the life that he lives doesn't back up what he's talking about. See? He was a weed; he was a weed to start with.
Now, we get down on a big question now (See?) on election. You see? So that's--it's... You have to be that. You understand that.
They was a cocklebur to start with; he was a wheat to start with. So the drought was on; the rain fell on the just and unjust. Okay, got it?

L-544-212  [A brother asks, "How about the fruits of a preacher, would that... that's preaching the Word?"--Ed.]
That, the preacher? Still if he stood up there and preached the Word like an Archangel (See?), understood the mysteries of the Bible, and made a very good pastor, went and visited the people, and things like that, he could still be lost. See? It's his fruit tells it every time, brother. See? He, no matter how good he is or what he is, he must have the Holy Spirit in his life. See?
Now, didn't Jesus say, "Many will come to Me in that day and say, 'Lord, have not I prophesied (preached) in Thy Name, and I worked miracles in Your Name?'" He'd spoke with tongues; he'd done miracles, give interpretation, the mystery things of God, and all those things there; He said, "Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity; I never knew you." See what I mean?
 [Brother Taylor asks, "How about the man bringing the--the wrong message? I mean, he--he thinks he's right but he's preaching wrong."--Ed.]
Well, I believe that that man is sincere, like the brother that's setting here wanted to go back over his--trace back these things like that. If that man's elected of God, and he's ever brought before Truth, he'll--he'll recognize It. See, "My sheep know My Voice." You under... See what I mean, Brother Taylor? Is that what you're talking about? See?


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