<TITLE>10. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 And when this time come, the first thing you know, they run out of water. They didn't have any water. And they begin to cry, "Alas, alas, O God, You been so good to us to give us these big buildings." But many of them begin to cry, "Where is the Waters of Life?"
They see communism moving in. See the world just about to its end. And prophets prophesying the end is at hand and so forth, then we wonder, "Where is the water at?" What's happened?
And there happened to be one cried--or a righteous one cried out, "Isn't there a prophet somewhere that we could visit? Isn't there somewhere, a prophet?" The righteous Jehoshaphat cried out, "Isn't there a prophet? We're in a crisis condition. Isn't there someone somewhere that we could consult about this?"

L-39 Now, if our organizations has got us into the place we are because we've separated ourself from one another, seemingly not having the faith, then there's got to be something somewhere. Now, the righteous are crying out, "Where is that man of God? Where is that person can tell us?" He's here tonight in the Person of the Holy Ghost.
He's the One that can tell you what to do. He's the One that can prick your hearts. He's the One that can unfold your sins. He's the One can take the doubt out of you, and the hope-so and make a know-so in you. He's the One that can do it, that Person of God called the Holy Ghost. He's the One that's present.

L-40 Now, we find out that they all begin to cry out. And seen that the fruits was all gone. They'd withered away, and they was without water. And they--the righteous man of course, the elected one said, "Isn't there somewhere a prophet that we could consult? Isn't there somebody that we could get a hold of that knows how to get us out of this situation, somebody that don't belong to our mix-up here. We've all come in here, made an alliance, and we got together up here on top of the hill. And we're going to battle. And you find out we haven't got no--nothing to fight with."
That's what's the matter with the Church today. We got a lot of members, all dead. We got a lot of great big organizations, dead. We got a lot of enthusiasm, but it's in the wrong way; Who can dress the best, and who can get the most ahead, and who got the best school, can win the most ball teams, or play the best bunco, or something like that. We want God, none of those things. Come back to God again.

L-41 "Where is at? Isn't there a prophet somewhere that can tell us what to do? Isn't there somebody we could consult?" Oh, what a condition. That was a cry of the righteous man. There's only one of them among them. That was Jehoshaphat. He was a good man. But he got in wrong company.
That's what's the matter tonight. So many good men, lot of good men, out in all them organizations out there, all down everywhere, fine men. But we're facing a fact. We're facing something. That where Mohammedanism and Buddhism and other isms can put out as much psychology as the Christian church can put out. That's right.
What we need is not a psychology move, not a theology move, but we need a Holy Spirit move into the Church, hear the people cry out, "Where is that God that once lived? Where is that God of Pentecost? Where is that God that takes a sinner's heart and washes it white as snow? Who takes a prostitute from the street and makes a lady out of it, takes a drunkard out of the barroom out yonder, and make a preacher out of him? Where is that God that can move out and take them crippled legs and straighten them out, make those blind eyes to see, them deaf ears to hear, make that cancer vanish away? Where is the God that did that one time?" That's it.


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