<TITLE>21. Par 69-72</TITLE>L-69 He's got ordained men here to do that, but besides that, God put four God-called offices in the church: Apostles, which is actually missionary. "Missionary" means "one sent"; "apostle" means "one sent". All right. A missionary is an apostle. All right. Apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and pastors, I mean five instead of the four. It's five offices God ordained and put into the church. You believe that? All right. Then if we believe there's apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists, there are four offices.
In each local church there's twelve, or, nine spiritual gifts, I Corinthians 12, nine spiritual gifts that operates through the body. See, God's put every preparation to keep that church just as clean as it can be, without spot or wrinkle. We're at the end time, Gentile people. We're at the end time.
Now, I believe that Jesus Christ is still the Messiah. I believe if He'd come down there before Sodom and stood at the elect church... Remember, He never went down in Sodom. He came to the elect, to the church. These gifts are not sent...

L-70 Say, "Why don't you strike the big nerve centers?" The nerve centers is God's people. See? Come to the churches, the little places. It don't have to be flowery and... That's what it is. Jesus wasn't a showman.
They said to Him, "Why don't you come up to Caiaphas? Why don't you go up here at Jerusalem, show yourself?"
He said, "Your time's always; mine hasn't come." Jesus wasn't a showman. He didn't show off.
Said, "You dwell in that bunch of holy-rollers down there, a bunch of fishermen, and so forth. Come up here to the high class people."
He came to those that God sent Him to: elect. We do these things because we're led to do these things. God does the leading of His children. I hope you caught that.

L-71 Now, if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, then as far as healing... Anyone comes and says they can heal you, that's wrong. That's unscriptural. He's already done it. If men says He can forgive your sins, he's wrong. They're already forgiven. See? They're already forgiven. You just have to accept it.
But there's pastors who can lead you. There's teachers who can teach. There's evangelists; there's other things. And there's prophets and all these different things. And in the last days, this sign of the Messiah was to appear in the church.
Now, remember, how many ever seen that picture that was taken over here at Houston? Yes, sir, it's all... It's here somewhere now, I guess. See? Now, it's been taken all over the country, the same thing every time. See? Now, it's a Pillar of Fire.

L-72 Now, when Jesus was on earth, how many believes that He was that Angel that was with them in the wilderness? He said He was. He's the Angel of the covenant. And here He said, "I came from God and go to God." Is that right? Then when He died, rose, and resurrected...
And one day Paul, or, Saul was on his road down to Damascus, and a Light struck him down, another Light. Peter... had come into the building, the prison, and let him out. And this Light come into--to--struck Saul down on his knees. And He said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me."
He said, "Who are You, Lord?"
He said, "I'm Jesus. I come from the Pillar of Fire. I return back to the same thing I was." Is that right? Now, the Bible said that's true.
Well, then, if this is the right kind, if it is the same Pillar of Fire, then it'll do the same things He did. If that Pillar of Fire that's with us tonight, if that's the Spirit of Jesus Christ, it'll act in you the way it acted in Him. See what I mean? Then that makes it truth. Now, if we can see Him come on the scene and act exactly like He did, would every one of you believe it was the Lord Jesus? Let us pray.


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