<TITLE>14. Par 130-143</TITLE>L-130 John--John, I believe we referred to him this morning, I'm not sure, but I think we referred to John the Baptist. Out in the wilderness, if somebody, when he come up on the... Said, "Looky here. There's over two million people in Israel today. How will you know this Messiah? How will you know?"
"He'll be an ordinary man. He'll be one of the sons of David."
"Where will He come through, the lineage of David? There's thousands times thousands of them. How will you know Him? How will you be able to introduce Him to the world, and know that it's Him?"
He said, "I have the Word of God. (Amen.) I'll know Him." He said, "There's One standing in your midst now." Amen. "There is One standing in your midst now, Who you know not. He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and Fire."

L-133 "How will you know Him, John?"
"I'm resting upon the Word of God. Because God, in the wilderness, that told me to go baptize with water, said, upon Whom I shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, that's the One that will baptize with the Holy Ghost and Fire."
John said, "He was standing there, but I knew Him not. He was an ordinary Man. He was dressed like men; He looked like men. He was a Man." Said, "I knew Him not. But the One told me in the wilderness, 'You'll see a sign, and that'll be the Spirit resting upon Him. He'll be the One that will do it.'" John wasn't afraid he'd make a mistake; because he knew Him. Amen.

L-135 Oh, how can we be mistaken then, when Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe. In My Name they shall cast out devils, and speak with new tongues, take up serpents or drink deadly things, it'll not harm them; and they shall lay their hands on the sick; they shall recover."
And men of this day are finding that they are denying that power: "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the Holy Spirit." Sure, it's brought open till we can see It.

L-137 We are comforted, because God's Word spoke it and told us, "These signs shall follow them that believe."
He said there'd be critics rise, they would say these things, so it ought to comfort us more for that, be... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] He was comforted, when he...
Somebody might have said, "Wait a minute. There's the high priest on the other side."
"High priest or no high priest, bishop or no bishop, king or no king." There's Herod setting over there, and John said, "It's not lawful for you to take Philip's wife and live with her." Amen. What did he have? The Word of God. Amen. He didn't care, he preached It uncompromising. He had the Word, that was his Comfort. God told him Who that Messiah would be.

L-143 "Well, now, if it's going to be any Messiah, don't you think it'll be our high priest? Don't you think he'd know about it?"
"I don't know about that. But God said to me, I'll see the Spirit descending. It'll rest upon Him. He'll be that One. Amen. That'll be my Messiah." John said, "I've got a comfort in my heart, waiting, because I know God's promise. When I see Him, I'll know Him."
One day, walking down the hill come Lazarus and Jesus, walking down the hill, to be... Walked right out into the water.
And John said, "Behold, there He is. That's Him." Everybody looked around, and couldn't tell one from the other. They all looked alike, with their beards and robes. But John said, "I know Him, because there's a sign following Him. I know Him. That's Him. Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world."


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