<TITLE>09. Par 87-92</TITLE>L-87 I want to read some Scripture for you, just a moment, over in the Book of Exodus. And I think it's the 29th verse I have wrote--29th chapter, rather. And I want to begin here at the 4th verse of the 29th chapter.
And Aaron and his sons thou shall bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall wash them with water.
And thou shalt take--thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron, and the coat, and the robe... and the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and to gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
And thou shall put the mitre upon his head, and upon the holy... upon the... crown upon the mitre.
And thou shall take the anointing oil, and pour it upon the head, and anoint him.

L-88 See, Aaron, the high priest, before he could ever be anointed, he had to be washed with water. Therefore, when Jesus, before He could be anointed our High Priest, He was washed with water.
And then not anointing oil poured upon Him to anoint Him, like Aaron was anointed with oil; He was anointed with the Holy Ghost. "For John bare record, seeing the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and going upon Him, and a Voice saying, 'This is My beloved Son in Whom I am pleased to dwell in.'" So the Bible said that, "Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost, went about doing good things." See, He was anointed.

L-90 And before He was anointed, He had to fulfill all righteousness. See, He had to be washed with water before the Anointing come upon Him.
And it's a very beautiful type of us today. As priests unto God, we must be first baptized, confess our sins and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, washing away our sins; and then you shall receive the Anointing, the gift of the Holy Ghost. See? Washed first and then anointed for the service... No minister should enter the pulpit without first being baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. 'Cause there's only... Remission of sins is only in Jesus Christ's Name, not another other name under heaven given among man. "Repentance and remission of sin must be taught in His Name, beginning at Jerusalem." That's where the Holy Ghost fell and anointed first. So a minister or any believer must first be washed from His sins in the Name of Jesus Christ; and then anointed with the Holy Ghost to bring forth a testimony for God.

L-92 And Christ was God's testimony, because God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself. Now, He said, "Suffer this to be so, John."
That is right. In other words, "John, you are a mighty man; you're a great, mighty prophet. And your revelation of Me is exactly the Truth. You know Who I am. You know, because your ministry didn't come from man. Your ministry came from God. You never learned it of man. You wasn't taught this in a seminary. But at the age of nine years old, you went into the wilderness, because you were borned a odd, peculiar child. And from your very birth, God begin to deal with you. And even before your birth, the prophet saw you. And you are a light of this day. And in the wilderness... You know Who I am, because God in the wilderness told you there'd be a sign following Me. And you've already bore witness of It, and you know it. And we know who each other are. We know each other. And it is true that you need to be baptized of Me. But let's suffer that to be so, for, John, if we are the lights of this day, we must fulfill all righteousness. All God's Word must be fulfilled by us for this day, for it is becoming to us; behooving, it's becoming, it's like us. For if we are the true witnesses of God today, John, we are the lights of this age. And if we are the lights of this age, there's so much Scripture that's got to be fulfilled during this age. And it's up to us. (Hallelujah.) It's up to us to see that all God's righteousness is fulfilled." And what is His righteousness? His Word.


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