<TITLE>05. Par 13-16</TITLE>L-13 But watch in the meetings, whenever you hear... When the discernment is on, He's telling you; you're doing that yourself. You don't know it, but it's your own spirit, like the woman touching His garment. But when He speaks back, that's what you're pulling, yourself, from God. See, God wasn't using his gift. All of us know that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Now, we know that Christ Jesus, the Fullness of the Godhead bodily dwells in Him. But to us, we have the Spirit by measure, given to each one to profit withal.
Now, but say, for instance, if I went out here to the ocean and took a spoonful of water out of the ocean, you'd never miss it. See? But I could take that spoonful of water to the laboratory, and it's got the same chemicals in it that the entire ocean's got. It's just not as much of it. Well, then, when we think of the Spirit of Christ that we have in us (See?), it's just a spoonful to what was in Him. See? He had all of it in Him. All that God was, He poured into Christ; all that Christ was, He poured into the Church.

L-14 How many pentecostals is here? Let's see your hands, Pentecostal people. All right. Do you know what God did on the day of Pentecost? The Bible said they were gathered and praying in the upper room, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were setting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like fire, and It set upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and begin to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Now, we know that God was that Pillar of Fire that led the children of Israel through the wilderness. What was God doing then? He was separating... Them tongues of fire was the separating, that big Pillar of Fire, and dividing Himself among His people.

L-15 Then, brethren, what ought we could do? Brother, my, together we'll stand; divided we'll fall. So what the great... If the great church of God, if the devil can get into them and make them say, "I'm this, and you, because you belong to this we just can't associate together," he won't have to shoot a shot. We're fighting one another (See?), but when that wall is broke down, and we are not divided, all one brethren are we (See?), all one Spirit in Christ, God dividing Himself among us together, that together we might be the great ransomed Church of the living God. Then you're going to see something happen then.

L-16 Now, noticing, when He speaks to you, if He speaks back "It's THUS SAITH THE LORD, certain-certain things will happen." Now, you put that down. You might not be able to see a--a scratch difference right then. May be some time that you will not see it. God makes a promise, but He keeps His promise. Yeah, I like to refer to this. Did you know that some people just think that, because it doesn't happen instantly, that's that--that's all, that God didn't hear you? That's a mistake. If you believe it, it happened. But if you didn't believe it, why, it don't make any difference, it wouldn't happen anyhow. But if you believe it, it's a finished product right then, when you--when you believe it.
Now, there's so many things I could refer to. One time there was a couple of little women. I like to refer to that, because it always stuck with me. It was on the platform. There was a little lady came up on the platform, and a little housewife, little mother. And the Holy Spirit said to her, "You are so-and-so, you--you're a certain-certain woman."
"Yes, yes,"
"And you suffer with a stomach trouble which is... You was at a doctor a few days ago, and he told you you had a gastric ulcer."
"Yes, that is so."
"Your husband works at a certain-certain..."
"Yes, that is so," all this.


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