<TITLE>22. Par 72-75</TITLE>L-72 What we want's a good old fashion shaking revival across this country; bring men and women back to God. Why, the church was in a better condition for Jesus to come forty years ago, than it is today, back when they had real Pentecost amongst the people.
But today, we've weakened our way, and our pulpits has got week at least four or five rounds of little seminary ministers has come in with kinky hair, you know, or whatmore... I'm not saying nothing about that, 'cause I haven't got any, but that don't make... But what I mean to say, they get back to a place, just like God had grandchildren. God don't have no grandchildren.

L-73 You know, the Methodist... If you're a Methodist and born again, you're a Son of God. But what do you find? Wesley come along and the first round of Methodist was fine; second round begin to bring in their children. That's the same thing the Pentecostals did.
A few years ago they had real Pentecost, men and women who got down at the altar and paid the price, and come through, brother, and lived the life. Yes, sir. Well, what'd they do? They brought their children in, set them on the rows, and dedicated them in the church, and they were Pentecostal. That's grandchildren.
There's no place in the Bible where God's got grandchildren. He ain't grandpa; He's God. He's Father. Hallelujah. And every man and woman, I don't care...?... you, or how good your father and mother was, you've got to have that same experience of being borned again and filled with the Holy Ghost if you expect to be a son or daughter of God. That's right.

L-74 Just the word "Pentecost" won't save you. Pentecost is not an organization. Pentecost is an experience to "Whosoever will let him come and drink from the fountain of the water of life." Amen. Now, that's true, friend. That's sassafras as it... Do you have sassafras up here? All right, you know what I mean.
I said that one time, someone said... somebody wrote me some letters, said, "What's sassafras?" All right. But you know what it is up here. Yes, sir.
Oh, but brother, I'll tell you, it--it'll straighten you out. It'll--it'll make you live right. That's true. Just get down there, and stay till it's over, and get straightened out with God. Yes.

L-75 And Simeon in them days he was--had that promise; he was believing it with all of his heart. Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea. The wise men came, they didn't have the newspapers. And eight days later the mother come to the temple for--offer the turtledove or pigeons for the purification, circumcision of the child. And now, here comes Jesus.
Now, in closing, here comes Jesus, His first time in the temple in the arms of His little mother. They tell me His swaddling cloth was made out of a--the wrapping that went on the back of a yoke of an ox, that was hanging in the stable. And then we can put on a five hundred dollar mink coat and stick our nose up the air; if it'd drown in rain, and think we're somebody.
And our Saviour, the God of heaven, came and was wrapped in swaddling cloths. "Foxes has dens and the birds has nests, but the Son of man has not a place to lay His head."
And then we think we're somebody. Can drive a car better than the Joneses, and just starve our kids to death nearly to get that car, too, get a better television or something; stay home on Wednesday night from prayer meeting, and let the church set vacant, to watch "We Love Susie," or something like that on, this nonsense on the television. That shows how much you love God.


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