<TITLE>06. Par 21-23</TITLE>L-21 You've got to be born...?... It's being borned again, coming to the new birth. Coming to a place to where they're trying to dodge the issue by taking in members, trying to beat this other fellow, "Our organization's going higher than the other." This don't amount to nothing, not a thing!
It's the kingdom of God is what counts. We're all working for one place. I belong to the Baptist church, to the Assemblies, or the Oneness, or the Threeness, or the Fiveness, or whatever it was. We want to be working for one principle: That's for our heavenly Father, to get born-again children into that kingdom up there. Outside of that, we're working in vain. We're trying to do something for a man-made institution that'll fall, as sure a two two's is four. It's got to fall, it's of man. Has to fall. Only God's thing stands.
I have nothing against them. That's fine and dandy: but when you draw those barriers that we cannot fellowship with the other fellow, that's when it gets bad. I been given out and told that I didn't like organizations. I like the people in the organizations, but not... The organizations is fine as long as you don't draw a spot, and say, "We believe this, and you... the rest of you, stay away from it. And we'll not cooperate with that Businessmen's group or anything as long as they do like the way the other organization..."

L-22 When they get to be an organization, I'm getting away from them. That's exactly right. I don't believe in the stuff. I believe that we're brother, have fellowship and following the leading of the Spirit. That's exactly what I like about it.
A mixed multitude. They had a law. They went to Mount Sinai, got a law, so they could all have doctor's degrees, Ph.D., and LL.D., Q.S.D's and all kinds of D's. And so, the first thing you know, it's got them in trouble.

L-23 Now, the law served its purpose. It was all right in its day. The law did all right; in its day it served its purpose. So has the denominations done all right. It's all right in its purpose. But remember, the law never took them to the promised land. Joshua took them over, grace, not the law.
And neither will the denomination, any denomination ever take the church of God over. It'll be the grace of God that's shed abroad in our hearts by the baptism of the Holy Ghost that'll take us to the promised land, into the fullness of God's blessings. Certainly it is. They make a fatal mistake when they do those things.
It served its purpose, was very well, but the time come when it wasn't no good no more. God let it die out, so He could take grace and take them across, and positionally place them into their places in the promised land. So will the grace of God put every member, prophets, teachers, so forth. Not... A denomination can't do that. You have a bunch of presbyters to lay hands on. It won't mean no more than throwing water on. It's got to take the Holy Ghost to "separate Me, Paul and Barnabas." It took the Holy Ghost just to separate a man and woman and place them where they... their position...?... in Christ. That's true.


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