<TITLE>04. Par 11-14</TITLE>L-11 Now, this is, of course, where we call this God has the seven compound redemptive Names: Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide a sacrifice; Jehovah-rapha, the Lord that healeth; and the Lord our banner; the Lord our buckler, and so forth. He appears in His compound redemptive Names.
And that's... When the Angel of the Lord appeared there in Houston that time, when the Baptist minister was debating with Brother Bosworth, he just asked him that one question. He said, "Doctor Best, I will ask you: Was the compound Names of Jehovah applied to Jesus, yes or no? Just answer me, yes or no." And he wouldn't do it. Because see, if he said, "Yes," then... You can't separate His compound Names. So if He's Jehovah-jireh, the Lord's provided Sacrifice, He's also Jehovah-rapha that heals all of our diseases. So... And if He's not Jehovah-rapha, neither is He Jehovah-jireh, our Saviour. So if He isn't God's provided Sacrifice... So you can't separate them. That settled it. That was just--just one Scripture it taken to settle.

L-12 Now, the reason I have chosen to go back in Genesis, because the word "Genesis" means "the beginning." And there's not a religion on the earth today, there's not a cult on the earth today, there is nothing on the earth today that can't be declared out of the book of Genesis. It's the seed chapter, goes back into the seed.
Now, if you wanted to see what anything is, look where it come from. Trace it back down to the seed. Now, I'm going back to trace back the church, the true church, before we start into the Revelations, if the Lord provides, to let you see what the true church is, where it began.

L-13 Now, we could go all the way into Cain and Abel. There was exactly the beginning. There was Cain, a religious man. There was Abel, a religious man. And Abel and Cain, both being brothers, came and each built an altar at the east of the Eden gate. There they both worshipped God; they both made sacrifices; they both built churches, or, altars, and both worshipped.
If building a church, making sacrifice, paying your tithes, and everything else, and even worshipping God, it's not counted righteousness unless you come God's provided way for it. For if it was just so you went to church, so you belonged, so you paid in your tithes and offerings, and made sacrifices to build your church... That's loyal. That's all right. That's all religion. But still God refused Cain's, every offer that he made, and Cain was just as religious as Abel was.

L-14 So if being religious, and--and going to church, and paying for the church, and making a sacrifice, and--and bringing in your tithes, and worshipping God, if that's all God requires, He was--He was-- done a cruel thing to condemn a man that met His requirement. That's right. But you see "there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death." See? Now, there's a way that God comes. And that's the only way that you're ever going to get in there, is come the way God provided for you. That's right.
And the whole Bible is built completely upon revelation. The Church is on revelation, revelation of the Word. Now, remember, how did Abel offer unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain? It was revealed to him. To prove it, in Saint Matthew, I believe the 12th--the 16th chapter, Jesus said, "Who does men say I the Son of man am?"
And some of them said, "Thou art Moses, and some, Elias, and some, the prophet," and so forth.
He said, "But who do you say?"
And Peter spoke up quickly and said, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God."
He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonas: flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed this to you. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I'll build My Church; and the gates of hell can't prevail against it."


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