<TITLE>07. Par 21-23</TITLE>L-21 Now, in Matthew 28:19... Now, that's the last book of the Bible... the last book of... Matthew, last part of Matthew. Now, let's read the last verses, 18th verse:
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and earth.
All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
Well, wonder did He take all God's power then? For all the power both in heaven and earth is in Him now. "All the power in both heaven and earth is given unto me." Where's God at with His power? Now, could Jesus lie? He couldn't lie. If He lied, then where are we?
Now remember, keep... bear this in mind, that the church of the living God--not the denomination--the church of the living God is built upon spiritual revelation. Now, you get that in St. Matthew 17, or St. Matthew 16 it is, where He said, He said "Who does men say I am?"
He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," said Peter.
He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonas. Flesh and blood (seminary, somebody else) never revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven. Thou art Peter. Upon this rock I'll build My church."
Now, see, the Catholic says, "upon Peter." If that's so, then he backslid. All right, the Protestant said, "upon Jesus." But not to be different, but to make the thing straight: neither on Jesus nor upon Peter, but upon the spiritual revelation: "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed this to you."

L-22 Then the Word that's wrote in parables and everything else can only be revealed; and the only truth will ever be known by it is the spiritual revelation. And if your revelation doesn't tie it together, then your revelation's wrong. See? It must blend.
Like if you was putting a jigsaw puzzle together, and you didn't have anything on the side here to look what was... you'd get the scenes all mixed up. You'd say, "Well, I believe this goes here, I believe this goes there." That's the human mind. First thing you know your scene would be wrong; be a cow picking grass on top of a tree. See? So it wouldn't work. See? But if you will... if you got something here to go by... to go by... Well, now you say, "Oh, God revealed to me something."...?... If it isn't according to this Word, and ties the Word together, then your revelation's wrong.

L-23 In the Old Testament, if a prophet prophesied, if a dreamer dreamed a dream, no matter how real it seemed, the first... before the church ever would accept it, it had to be proven by the Urim Thummim. You know that--that breast plate of Aaron where the lights reflected. Now, when that priesthood ended, the Urim Thummim went with it. But we got a new Urim Thummim; that's the Word of God.
And if your revelation doesn't tie... (and you say, "God revealed to me that I should be baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, ") if that don't tie in with the Word from Genesis to Revelations, and tie it together, then your revelation's wrong.
You say, "God revealed to me I should be baptized in Jesus' name." If it doesn't tie in with the Word, then the Urim Thummim don't back it up. No matter how real it seems, this is the authentic Word. This is God's Urim Thummim.
Now, "and Jesus..." Again I quote, repeat: "And Jesus came and spake unto (the 18th verse) saying, All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:... lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."


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