<TITLE>44. Par -</TITLE>L-579-429 Now, start about four... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... It's above that 3rd to 5th verse there, or I mean the... Let's start about the 14th verse, brother. Who has it open? All right. Start about the 14th verse of the 3rd chapter of St. Luke there.
[A brother reads Luke 3:14-16:
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, and the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire--Ed.]
All right. What was it? The people were under such expectations of the Messiah to appear, when they seen this great anointed ministry of a man coming out of the wilderness, and having his campaign and going back in the wilderness, many men, that was his own followers, said, "He is the Messiah." They was expecting it. See?
Then if this is the true message of God forerunning the coming... of John the Baptist, the same--like the same thing, the Elijah message, it'll have to be thought of in the same manner. See? So that answers that question, I think, exactly. See? It's got to be thought in the same manner. See?

L-580-432 [A brother asks, "Is there anything that we are responsible to do in order to try to help anybody that would--would take in a--in a conflict like that? Or what could we do?"--Ed.] There wouldn't be nothing; there's nothing you can do. ["A reprobate mind... Could that develop into a reprobate mind?"--Ed.] Well, it would come to a reprobate mind if it come to this: if the man, that was it was spoken of, would witness that he was the Messiah, then we know he'd be a false christ. See?
See, as long as the man himself would hold his position... You see? Like they told John, John didn't... It don't say nothing there about him saying anything about them. They were--they were the--the people, the--the lovely Christians who... or the believers that was believing on John.

L-580-434 And they said, "This man truly is a prophet of God, there's no doubt." They said, "Are--are--are--are aren't you that Prophet?"
He said, "No."
He said, "Why, are--are aren't you the Messiah?" See, they--they thought he really was. See?
He said, "No." See?
"Are--are--aren't you? Who--who are you?"
He said, "I'm the voice of one crying in the wilderness."
And then the Bible said, "The people being under expectations." Who was that? His hearers, his listeners, his followers, his brethren. See? Now, they didn't want to hurt him; they wasn't trying to hurt him. But, see, they--they thought actually in their hearts that he was the Messiah.
Well, now, history has to repeat itself on every occasion. We know that. It has to repeat itself.

L-580-438 Like you take over there in Matthew 3, it said, "That it might be fulfilled, spoken of the prophet, 'Out of Egypt I've called my son.'" Now, that wasn't... It was speaking of Jesus, the Son; but run the reference; it was Jacob, the son, too. See, see? It all has a compound meaning.
So now, if that... if those... If that thing did not rise, I would still say it was in the future to rise, because I know this message comes from God and it's the forerunning of Christ, and it is the Spirit and the power of Elijah because it's to restore the hearts of the children. Everything exactly vindicates it, so it's bound to shape up to a thing to be like that under the true people, that--that's absolutely believe and your brothers and friends.


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