<TITLE>05. Par 16-18</TITLE>L-16 See, you've got to know positionally, first, Christ, where you stand. You are heir to this. It's your personal property; it belongs to you. It's God's gift to you. Nobody can take it away from you; it's yours. "What you ask the Father in My Name, that I'll do." Who can deny anything there? "Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' don't doubt in your heart but believe that what you've said shall come to pass, you can have whatever you said." What promises, not limited just to healing, but to whatsoever.
Now, you've got to find your objective, and your motive, and then the will of God. And if it is the will of God, and your motive's right, and your objective is right, then the mountain will fall. But outside of that, you could scream till you got hoarse and died, and never would move. See? Your... First thing, it's got to be the will of God; the next thing, it's your objective in going and do it; and then the motive you have. You want to be some big person...

L-17 There's one thing that--that Jesus Christ lacked when He was on earth; that was showmanship. He wasn't a showman. You couldn't say Him to be a stuffed shirt. He kept away, humble. He kept His meetings so He could go wherever the Father led Him to go. And one of His brothers said, "If you can do these things, why don't you come up to Caiaphas? Get amongst the big classics and the rabbis and do it, so everybody can see you. What are you doing hanging around with a bunch of holy-rollers or...?" Now, I didn't mean that like that. I meant fishermen, and so forth. I... All right. I was just thinking about what one of the brothers of the church that I just come from said.
Well, that's it. You see? But Christ wasn't a showmanship. He said, "Your time's always." That is right. "He came to His own, and His own received Him not." That's the most pathetic thing I know of in the Scriptures. He came to His own, and His own received Him not.

L-18 Now, as we approach the Word tonight, I want you to bear that in mind, that we--a person that... Remember, that God doesn't have stuffed-out shirts. When you get to a place that you're willing to be nothing, then God can make something out of you. But as long as you're trying to be big, and a lot of flowery advertising, and all this stuff, and going on, in my opinion something's happened. See? Jesus went along doing good, going to the poor and needy.
He never made of Himself any reputation. Did you ever think of that? He made of Himself no reputation. The man that made an artificial tooth made a reputation for himself; but the One that made the real tooth made of Himself no reputation. The man that made an artificial arm made a reputation for himself; but the Man Who made the real arm made of Himself no reputation. The way up is down. Always remember that. Be humble; be sweet and kind; be creative. Let Christ be in you.


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