<TITLE>13. Par 49-52</TITLE>L-49 Now, if God can do that by instinct to an animal, how much more should we, who claim to be His children, filled with the Holy Ghost, be warned of the Spirit to flee these things of the world, and get away from them? They're fixing to crumble in. Go to the Ark of safety, which is Christ. Just as quick as you can get into Him, go quickly. Don't wait a minute, for the hour is coming when the door will be closed and mercy will be no more. So if God has made a way, and then at the judgment He's going to ask, "Why?"
I used to know a song we sing. "When the last book is open, what then? When the preacher has preached his last prayer, or prayed his last prayer," something like that, "the Bible's closed on the pulpit, the arms are all stacked, the taps sound out for its last times over the hills, the retreats are made, the sun setting for its last time, the--the mimic has made his last act, and Hollywood is finished, what then?" You're going to be asked to give a reason why you didn't come, then what then? What's going to answer for? How are you going to escape it?

L-50 Now, we want to think these things seriously for about thirty minutes as I try to refer to some Scriptures here. Now, you're going to be asked every one of you, "Why?" When it comes to a spot that when God has made every preparations sent the Holy Spirit, and revealed, and showed everything that He promised in the Bible right before you, then what are you going to do?
You know, it's something like the other day in Louisville, Kentucky; there was a woman had a little baby. And she was packing it around from place to place and was in a ten cent store. And she'd say, "Look, darling. Look, darling. Look, darling." And--and she got hysterically. And after while she said, oh, just screamed out. And the people, the patrons in the--the building begin to notice the strange action of the woman. And she just fell across the table and said--begin crying. And when--they wondered what was the matter with her. They went over.
She said, "My little boy here, two years old," said, "about six months ago, he just set and stared." And said, "I took him to the doctor. There was nothing that should attract a little boy like him, will attract him." Said, "He just sets and looks blank." And said, "I shake these little trinkets and things that ought to attract his attention, but he just sets blank. There's something wrong with him."

L-51 Now, please forgive me if I... I don't mean to hurt feelings. But remember, this is where correction is. This is judgment. That's a whole lot like the church is today. God has shook all kinds of spiritual gifts before them, and they still set like they were just staring. They don't want it. You can speak against women wearing short hair; they never do anything about it; about wearing--and immorally dressed. They didn't do anything about it, about fussing in the denominations: one's better than this, and this one's this, and this one's this. They don't do nothing about it; they just go right on fussing just the same. I wonder what we're going to do at the judgment when God says, "Why?"

L-52 He sent an Oral Roberts, a Tommy Hicks, spoke in tongues and interpretation of tongues, and give messages, and prophets, and everything else that He promised in the Bible, every blessing He shook it before the church; and constantly, they wade on unbelief. Then God will say, "Why?" Then what's your answer?
Now, don't--don't think I'm trying to hurt, but look setting there in these wheelchairs. Look out here at the sickness. As many times as Oral Roberts and many great ministers of healing gifts, and Jack Coes, and things with them bulldog faith and grabs a hold of it. And you seen things done. Then He come a along with a prophetic gift, and shows, and discerns, and lay infallible proofs world around. Then they set and say, "Well, I wonder if something could happen?" God's going to ask you, "Why?" And you are going to have to answer. Now, that's true.


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