<TITLE>12. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 And the paper went on to read that all the little birds that makes their nests up in the crevices of the rocks and things, flew away out into the fields and set in the trees. And all the sheep and cattle that stood around the big walls went out into the field, and leaned against each other for about a day. And all at once there come an earthquake and shook the walls down. And then, for a day the little birds stayed away, and the cattle stayed in the field. Finally they begin to come back around the shade again, at what part of the walls was left.
What was it? The same God that could call them into the ark could call them away from them walls. They'd have lost their lives if they'd have stayed around there.
And surely if the Holy Spirit can still have inspiration, and by instinct direct an animal away from danger, and a bird, how much more ought He to do it to His children, borned of the Spirit of God, to get away from the things that's not godly. Stay away from it; come out and lean on each other. Oh, I love that old story, the song, "We're leaning on the everlasting arms." I like that. Just trust Him, simplicity of the trust. Just lean your shoulders against His, and adore Him with all the adoration that you can pour out, and walk with Him daily. Now, you'll see Him.

L-41 Now, the only way our... Perhaps tonight we got Methodists, Baptists, and--and this so close into Mexico we probably got many Mexican Catholic, and so forth all mixed together. Now, that's the way it's supposed to be. God loves all of His children. They're mixed in all organizations, loving God, trusting Christ for their salvation.
Then if I'd say to the Catholic, "Would you see Jesus?" Well, he'd say, "Our church represents Him."
I'd say to the Baptists, "Would you see Jesus?"
"Our church is the one who shows Him."
The Methodists, and the Pentecostal, and different ones would all--all have a different idea of it.

L-42 And I think tonight to bring it down to a--to a simple thing, that the best way to find out what He is, is to go back and find out what He was, what He was yesterday. And if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, what He was, He must be the same thing today. Would that be sufficient for all churches? Then you can--you can suit that to yourself, whether your church teaches it this way or not. Find out what He was. And if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, what He was, He must be the same today.
Now, let's go back. I'm reading out of Saint John, the 1st chapter of Saint John, and we'll go back and see what He was. Now, you can take it and approach it from anywhere in the Scriptures. We can hold a two week's meeting and just on what He was. Oh, a two weeks, two centuries, and never get out what He was. But just to get a few highlights of what He was, then if He will be the same today right here as He was then, that makes Him the same. That ought to settle the question. You believe it? That's good.

L-43 Now, we find out He was borned of a virgin birth. We had that this morning. And then we find out, immediately after the Holy Spirit came upon Him, He was led into the wilderness, and was tempted of the devil for forty days, and came out preaching the Gospel. Now, we find the first of His ministry, He started praying for the sick, the sick people being healed.
And we notice that His congregation come from the--the poor people, the outcasts, the ones that was probably cast away, didn't have much education. Like the man he give the keys to the Kingdom, Peter, couldn't even sign his own name. The Bible said he was ignorant and unlearned. But by his faith it pleased Jesus to give him the keys to the Kingdom, because he had the revelation of Him.
"Who does men say I, the Son of man, am?"
"One said, 'Thou art the Elijah,' and one said, 'You're the prophet,' and 'You're So-and-so.'"
He said, "But who do you say?"
He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."


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