<TITLE>03. Par 10-13</TITLE>L-10 But we always try to put our ideas in it; that when we inject our ideas, when we inject our theology into God's Spirit, it takes God's Spirit away. That's the way it was in that day. They were on the road, but they wanted something they could do themselves.
Through their fussing, and through their carrying on, they found out then that they drove the Spirit of God away from them. It was a great mistake. It was a great mistake when we did the same thing, our fathers. When the Holy Spirit first fell on Azusa Street, and many of the parts of the world, if we would just let it go on, leading of the Spirit--keep the world out, go on, and let the Holy Spirit lead--we'd have done been in the promised land. But we've been forty-something years away from it. Just as they did, so have we.
Something came into the church, another issue, and we wanted to denominate ourselves, instead of just going ahead and loving the brethren, going on. Now, why not leave it alone. "Every plant that My heavenly Father hasn't planted will be rooted up anyhow." So what good does it do for us to draw some denominational barriers to keep the other fellow out. We only fence up something.

L-11 Now, there's a little story goes something like this, that... Maybe it isn't appropriate to say in the pulpit over a Spirit-filled bunch of people as I have the privilege of speaking to. But said, Two monkeys was setting in the tree, looking at each other. And they looked down and seen the poor human beings, and they said, "Men, aren't they miserable? and they say that they came from us. That's mistaken. Never would I ever fence up my coconut tree to keep my brother monkeys from not eating the same coconuts that I eat." See? That's human beings. The church has always been that way.

L-12 One time, when Israel wanted to act like the rest the nations, they wanted a king. They wanted Samuel to give them a king. Well, Samuel told them, said, "This won't work. God is your King. Just let God be your King."
But they wanted a king, because they wanted to act like the rest of the nations. They wanted to act like the Philistines and the rest of the nations--pattern after the world, instead of letting God be their King.
Samuel told them... God said to Samuel... Samuel, their faithful old prophet, called Israel up and said, "Have I ever told you anything in the name of the Lord but what come to pass? Have I ever told you anything in the name of the Lord that did not come to pass? Have I ever begged you for your money, or taken anything away from you?"
"No, you have not begged our money," said Israel. "Neither have you told us anything in the name of the Lord that did not come to pass. But still, we want a king anyhow."

L-13 See, man wants to do something himself. He wants to show his authority. He wants to show how big he is, or how much different he can be from somebody else, from the rest of the people. That's when God goes out of the picture, just exactly.
Now, as Israel was, always has been, just as it was then, there was a mixed multitude. Some of them wanted one thing, some wanted another. That's the way we get it today; and usually the one on the other side is the one that wins, when...
It's the same way at the Nicene Council, when our churches was set up. One wanted one thing, and one another. The little Pentecostal group was pushed on the outside. The organization take it over.


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