<TITLE>24. Par -</TITLE>L-547-226 God called Israel out of Egypt. All these people come forth; every one of them was delivered, crossed over the Red Sea into the wilderness. Is that right? The Red Sea... When they got ready, listened to Moses' message, started to march (justification), they turned around, started here.
They come to the Red Sea (the Blood), and went through the Red Sea, and behind them all the task masters was laying dead. This is just about three days from the promised land right then. See? That's all they was: less than forty miles. See? So there they are, just two days would have put them over there good.
That's what I aim to preach at Phoenix in a few days from now, at the Business Men's meeting, "Staying on this Mountain." But He kept them right there for forty years, 'cause they... Uh-huh! See?

L-547-229 So they come to this and they looked back (sanctified), "Oh, hallelujah. Praise God. Glory to God. Hallelujah. There lays the old thing that once bothered me is dead. The old cigarettes I once smoked is gone. The old liquor I used to drink is all in the red sea of the Blood of Jesus Christ. O glory to God. Hallelujah."
Every one of them come up here to take Canaan now, crossed Jordan. Well, he took a representative out of each tribe. Is that right? And he sent them over. Well, some of them said, "Ah, ah, ah, we can't do it. No, it--it... Why, we look like grasshoppers up side of them." See?

L-547-231 "Now, what kind of a church would I preach to if I taught that Holy Ghost and all that stuff like that? Why, I'd have empty seats. My Methodist people would walk out, my Baptist people, my Presbyterian." Let them walk out. They were goats to begin with You want sheep. See? See? You're not pastoring goats. Pastor sheep. What the use of pastoring goats when...?... their time  and there's sheep to be pastored? See? And here--here you are over here. See? I always said I'd preach to four posts and preach the truth in the church. Yes, sir, come over here.
But see now, what's he done? They come back, and Joshua and Caleb, two percent, or is that kind of percentage... two out of... two twelfths of them, two twelfths. Well, there was twelve of them, that'd be two out of twelve, two twelfth of them believed It. They go right on over into the promised land, said, "Boy, this is a good place to be." Old Joshua and Caleb, boy, they was trusting the Word; God give it to them, said "that's yours." They go over, they whacked off a big bunch of grapes, and here they come pulling her back like this. "Come on, fellows. This is a wonderful place. Take a bite," (See?), grapes about that big around.

L-548-233 And oh, man, they seen them, said, "Ah, we can't do it." When they went back, they said, "No, brother, this Moses has done brought us out here in the wilderness," this Holy Ghost (You see?) which he represented, "done brought us out here in the wilderness. And here we are, our ministry's ruined, and we couldn't do a thing like that," go back. See? They which were once enlightened, justified by faith, sanctified... See, they come across this second altar and look over into the promised land. "We which were once enlightened and have been--have tasted of the heavenly gifts..." See, tasted of it. They brought it back: "We see that it's right. We actually see it." "Tasted of the heavenly gifts, made a partakers of this Thing (You see?), this Holy Spirit, partook of It."
"That's good, boy, look at that--that man. Why, I know he was blind; now he can see. Look at that old... Boy, what happened to that fellow? Whoever thought that kid out there without no education, yonder he stands with the Fire in the world." You see? See, see?


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