<TITLE>08. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 Now, the Bible said He is the same. You say, "Up to a certain standpoint He..." Now, it doesn't say to a certain place. It said He is the same, the same yesterday, today, and forever. I know that sounds very strange, maybe, to some of you, but I'm only quoting the Scriptures. It's--I'm not responsible for--for writing it: I never wrote it. But the Holy Spirit writ--wrote it, and He's responsible for it. Only thing I know, it says that, and I must believe that if I'm a Christian: I must believe every Word of God is the truth. There must be no exceptions at all.
Now, I may not have faith enough to make all these words live again, but I'd never stand in the path of somebody who did have faith to do it. If I can't walk like Enoch and not die, and just take an afternoon walk and go home to God without dying... if I haven't that much faith I'd never... I'd be thankful to God for somebody who did have that much faith to do it. I would never say it could not be done, because it's God's Word.

L-27 Now, if He is the same then, and we desire to see Him, then we must see the same Jesus that they saw, if He remains the same. Now, that sounds logical, doesn't it? Now, let's find out what...
Now, if I'd say, "You Methodist brethren believe that? Baptist and as I've quoted it?"
"Yes." Well, now, the only way... You say, "He's in our church."
"He's in our church."
Well, I say, "That's true. I believe that." But let's find out... The only way to be correctly about it--about, to make the Word true or not (which, it is true) is to go back and find out what He was. And if we can find out what He was, then we'll find out what He is, then what He always will be. Is that right? Does that sound plain enough? See? What He was, He is.
Well, now, if we would go in today to find Jesus, what type of a person would we go to? And what kind of a Spirit would He be--if we went into our churches to find Him?

L-28 Let's go searching through each one and find out what we can find. Would we find a man with his collar turned around, and a turban on his head, or--or something like our great so-called holy men are today? Not Jesus; He dressed just like ordinary men. He went in and out among men, just dressed like man were.
We would not look for some intellectual scholar. We have no record of Him ever attending one day in school. Well, what would we look for then? We would look for a Messiah, anointed one.
Now, over... Now, I've read from Saint John 12. Now, as we go along we'll take through the Scripture, day--or meeting after meeting to show these things right. Now, we started in Saint John. Let's just go back to the first of Saint John. If you don't read it right here, you can at home, marking down the quotations. And let's go back now and find out what Jesus was. And if we can find out what He was, and he will prove Hisself to be the same today, would it make you happy? Would you all be very happy of that, if it would make Him the same today?

L-29 Now, we have... I've stood in the foreign fields with a Koran in one hand of the Mohammedan religion, which is one of the greatest in the world, and with the book of Buddha, and a Bible in each--in this hand, and say, "Somebody's got to be wrong. There's too much difference. Somebody's got to be right, if there is a God. Now, let's prove and see which one is right."
Don't never be afraid to bringing to the Word of God to a showdown. He will always be there. And so, just have faith and believe Him. Don't try to add something or take something from it, just believe It the way It's written and say, "It's that way." Then believe that without a shadow of doubt, and God's obligated, if you truly believe it, not make-belief. Now, he won't bluff. Satan's not a bluff. He is a bluff, but if he can bluff you, he will do it. But when you come with genuine faith, he knows whether you're bluffing or not.


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