<TITLE>17. Par 64-67</TITLE>L-64 Now, in His day He found people teaching things that was that way. We have the same thing today, And then the people, all after they get through all these things, then Jesus said, "By your tradition you have made the commandments of God of non effect." The commandments of God said, 'Thou shalt do this.' And you say 'You shall do this.'" What did He do? It was the same thing. They'd perverted the commandments of God. That's the same thing He'd say today. And then the people say, "Where is the God of the Bible?"
I used to chum with an old Methodist preacher. He used to sing a song.
We let down the bars,
We let down the bars,
We compromised with sin.
We let down the bars,
The sheep got out,
But how did the goats get in?
I tell you brother, your answer, when you sang the song. You let down the bars. That's what's the matter. That's what's the matter with us Pentecostal people. That's one thing about it. I don't have any great big meetings to sponsor. I don't have to have a lot of money. Nobody hires me; nobody pays me; so I can just preach what's in the Bible. Right. Nobody can tell me anything what do...?...
We let down the bars,
Compromised with sin.
Let down the bars,
The sheep got out,
But how did the goats get in?
Just let down the bars; they'll come in anyhow. See? That's right. Oh, we get... We used to say, "The old, cold, formal Methodists." And now the Methodist says, "Old, cold, formal Pentecostals." That's right. It's the same way. Oh, shame on us. What we need is a revival. Revival don't mean bring in new members; it's revive what we already got. That's right.

L-65 I stood by Lake Michigan my first time many years ago; about thirty years ago I went to hear Paul Rader, friend of mine preach a sunrise service, at a Easter sunrise service. And I walked up and down that Lake Michigan, the biggest body of water... It looked a whole lot bigger than the Ohio River to me. And I watched it. And, oh, my, it was just jumping and jumping, the waves. I thought, "What you so jumping about? What's the matter with you?"

L-66 I kept walking up along the lake shore that morning after service. And I thought, "What you jumping about?" I stood, and I thought, "Well, there's--there's--there's no reason for you to jump as I see." And I thought, "Well, maybe you got a lot of water in it." Said, "No," I thought, "it hasn't got a bit more water in it than when it's absolutely, perfectly quiet. It hasn't got one more drop of water." When it's a jumping, the waves a dashing, just the same amount of water, not one more drop in it...
Well, I thought then, "Well, what are you jumping about then?" And I thought, "Well, it's having a revival. That's what it is; it's having a revival." Well, if it didn't have a revival, it would get full of trash. But every time the wind hits it and begins to blow, it jumps and goes on, and splashes all the dirt out on the bank, all the old sticks and dirt out on the bank.

L-67 And that's what the--we--the church needs. It needs a revival. And what starts this wind? What starts this a going on, this revival? There comes a wind, "Whew," picks up all... That's what we need is another mighty rushing wind to start a revival to beat the trash out of the church, and the unbelief...?... all of our unbelief, pile it all on the bank and have a real Pentecostal meeting, a real genuine meeting. Amen. That's what we need. It's exactly.
[Tongue and interpretation is given--Ed.]
Amen. Now, that there might be some who would not understand that, that's apostolic gifts. While... Just to quieten this to you to a moment. Let me just call your attention to something right here just a moment.


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