<TITLE>23. Par 179-190</TITLE>L-179 Now, we find out here that in sealing this now at this time, as the end time is drawing near... There's a place here I ought to hit, about the sons--Cain's sons out there now, have been forced to a place that they've got to make a decision. See, it's hard for them to do, because, if they do, they have to give up their denominational rights. See? So did the Pharisees. You know, the Pharisees made a decision on Jesus, when He proved He was the Messiah. And when the Holy Ghost has proved this way that's called heresy, has proved that it is the Holy Ghost, man's got to make a decision. They can't stand still.

L-180 Here the other night I was out, praying for a sick lady out in the hospital. And when I went down, I heard somebody holler, "Billy." And I looked around. It was one of our brethren here; he comes here, Roy Slaughter. He was standing down the hall from me a little ways, and he said, "My brother's wife is sick. Will you go in and pray for her, Billy?"
And I said, "Sure."
Went in there. And there was another aged lady, about sixty years old, laying there, looked like her son setting aside. After I talked to them a little while, I said, "Can we... We're going to have a word of prayer."
She said, "Pull that curtain."
And I said, "All right." I said, "Are you a believer?"
She said, "I'm a Methodist."
I said, "That's not what I asked you." I said, "Are you a believer?"
She said, "I'm a Methodist. We're Methodists. Just pull that curtain."
I didn't do it. I prayed, anyhow, and prayed for her, so I prayed God will save her. But that's it (See?), you're not a Christian; you're a Methodist. See? You're--you're not a believer; you're a Methodist. Your own testimony tells it. Mercy, goodness, how far can you fall from the Bible?
Believers, "And these signs shall follow them that believe."

L-185 Are you a Christian? "I'm a Methodist." That shows you're not a Christian.
Are you a Christian? "I'm a Church of Christ." That shows you're not a Christian.
You're a Christian because you're a believer. And if you are a believer, Jesus said in Mark, 16th chapter, "These signs shall follow them that receive the Easter Seal, to the end of the world." That's right; you are a believer.

L-187 And the people are forced; they're forced now. The thing's operating, and they're forced to either receive it or condemn it. And what are they doing? Condemning it.
But he couldn't do it back there at the age of Pentecost, because Pentecost is going right back and organize, coming, organizing themselves into the same thing that they just pulled out of. Pentecost come out. Pentecost is not an organization; Pentecost is an experience that comes to a believer. But they made an organization out of it, and has done the same thing that they fought so hard to get out of.

L-189 The same thing the nation and politics did, come over here from freedom of religion, from the old prostitute Catholic doctrine, and come right back, and by blindness of politics, elected one of their key men, a millionaire, made a millionaire by whiskey and raff, and stuff of the world, how he become a millionaire, and put him on the White House throne, with the system of Catholicism behind it. Which he ain't been in there six months yet, and proving that it's right...

L-190 And the Pentecostal church come out of the organization, and called them cold and formal; and their women, the way they did; and the man, the way they did. And Pentecost organized, and took the spirit, and went right back into it. Why? So that the real Church of God could be showed in Her power and in Her might. You're forced to believe it. You're forced to accept it or deny it. Glory to God. It's before you, and you can't deny it. You've got to say yes or no. There's no way of getting out of it. Yes, sir.
Yes, they're forced. There's no middle ground. The whole world has to receive it or deny it. And that's the way it stands today.


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