<TITLE>22. Par 66-68</TITLE>L-66 Here not long ago in our city there was a woman going around. She had a little boy. And she was going around... And she was in a ten-cent store. And she'd shake little things and say, "See it, honey? See it, honey?" The little kid just set and stare, stared. Said, "See it, honey? Look here, ain't this pretty? See it?" The little boy just stared. Finally she got so hysterically she fell across the counter.
Some of the people in the store went to see what was wrong with her. And so she said, "Oh, no, it can't be right." Said, "My little boy," she said, "he just taken... Something went wrong with him about a year ago, and he just sets and stares. And anything that ought to attract the attention of a little boy his age, it don't attract him any more." Said, "He just sets and stares." And said, "Now, the doctor said he was better but," said, "he isn't. I can show him things that really a little boy ought to be attracted to"; said, "he don't notice it." Said, "He just stares."

L-67 That's just what the church has done. God has sent every gift into the church that could be thought of. He's had a Oral Roberts, a Billy Graham, and all kinds of signs and wonders; and the church just sets and says, "Well, I belong to this, though. You see?" just set and stare. There's something wrong, mentally, spiritually, wrong with the church. Yes, sir.
You're too--you're too earthbound, like a chicken, not an eagle, a chicken down on the earth, a earthbound brood, scratching in the barnyard; not eating eagle's food of the skies, a heavenly bird. See? But the church has become down like chickens, become to a place where it's just the world and the things of the world, gawking on such stuff as that, bringing it into the church, and socialized religion, and every... Oh, it's terrible!
You might not love me after this but, brother, at the day of the judgment your blood won't drip from my hands. And that's one thing. That's right. You'll know the truth. You do with it whatever you want to; it's to you, but to--that's...

L-68 I said, "Citizens of the Kingdom of heaven is born from the Spirit that's up there, not from down here. Whether it's Jewish, French, or American, or what it is, they're not of this world. They are natives of that Kingdom. For we who profess to be Christians, we clearly declare that we're seeking a city whose Builder and Maker is God. We're looking for a Kingdom that's to come. And we profess to be pilgrims and strangers in this world, wandering about, watching for that Kingdom to come in earth as it is in heaven, watching for the promises of God to be fulfilled: Abraham's seed.
Abraham separated himself from all the things of the world and walked in a strange country, professing that he was a pilgrim, a stranger. He didn't belong to this place. He was looking for that city, and he wandered about through the deserts and things, watching for this city. And every seed of Abraham is doing the same thing, laying aside every weight and professing that we're pilgrims. We're not church members; we're pilgrims. We don't act like the world. We're pilgrims and strangers. We act odd to the things of the world. We're seeking a city whose Builder and Maker is God.


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