<TITLE>07. Par 22-24</TITLE>L-22 Therefore, over in Colossians we find, Colossians 3, it said, "Don't lie to one another, and all things that you used to do, lay them things aside. No malice, no strife, and everything and love one another, for our life, we are dead; our life is hid in God through Christ and sealed there, by the Holy Ghost. And when Christ, which is our life, shall appear, we shall appear with him. Oh, what a--a... What it would do to a man or woman that has that hope living in them today, to see that we're in the last days, and know that our Life, Christ, when He appears we will appear alive with Him. Amen. We have the earnest of it now by the Holy Spirit.
God called Abraham. And notice, when God called Abraham, He called Him to separate himself from all the rest of the unbelief. No matter how religious they was, how pious they was, how nice they was, He called for a complete separation. And God, when He calls a man, He calls him to complete separation, if he is the seed of Abraham: to separate yourself from the things of the world, from this modern life.

L-23 Oh, the ministers today are having such a time with the--getting their people out to prayer meeting on Wednesday night. They--they love television program, and--and they love amusements. Sunday... They don't want to come to church on Sunday, many of them. They tell me, the ministers, that the church pews are empty, emptying out, because that people are beginning to go... The world offers so much class, and so much fancy, and--and tinsel upon the things of the world, and the people fall for that.
Now, that shows that at the beginning, they had nothing to start with. For if you love God, I--you can't--you couldn't wire you away from church. They couldn't chain you away from it. They can't hide a believer from God. He... In his heart, oh, he might be all deceived. Now, there's many people that actually think that they're right. But if they'd just stop and watch your life, you'd see they're--the Spirit of God isn't in there. If it doesn't cope with this Bible, then there's something wrong with the experience that you have. So you must come back and line up with the Word to see if the Life of God is in you. If you love the world better than you love prayer meeting, if you'd rather watch a television program than to pray, there's something wrong with you. If you'd rather take a Sunday afternoon ride instead of going to church, there's something wrong with you somewhere. "Because where your heart is, there your treasures are also," said the Lord Jesus. Your heart is built into it. You're a part of it. You become a part of Christ, because you're built into the structure of Christ, because you're the Bride of Christ, if you love Him.

L-24 Now, God called him by election, give him the covenant in Genesis the 12th chapter (Now, we want to remember that.), and called a total separation from all the things of the world. Now, Abraham did not obey God.
Now, I'm going to call that. Now, if there... If I speak one word here this afternoon, that's against anybody's belief, well now, you just don't get up and go out, 'cause that shows your raising. See? But just... It... Let me say this. I believe if a man is a Catholic, and he's depending on the Catholic church for salvation, he's lost. I believe if a man belongs to the Catholic church and is depending on Jesus Christ for salvation, he's saved. If he's a Baptist, or a Pentecostal, and depending on the church for salvation, he's lost. If he's depending on Jesus Christ, he's saved; because by faith are you saved through grace. See, it's you're--you're personal faith in Christ is what saves you. And no church can save you. No organization can save you. No group of people can save you. It's Christ and Him alone that you're saved.
And so, you must keep that in mind. So now, if I strike a denomination this afternoon, or something that belong--that you belong to, please just set quiet here a little bit, till I make this point for the people, if you will.


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