<TITLE>07. Par -</TITLE>L-654-42 When the Pentecostal church... Two groups, they separated, one wanted to stay with the Word, the written Word, others wanted a classical church. It was during the time of Constantine's reign. And Constantine was not a religious man; he was a heathen to begin with. But he--he was a politician that wanted to unite... Half of Rome was Christian; half of it was pagan, so he adopted some of paganism and some of Christianity to a classical group; and they made up their own religion.
Therefore, to disregard the Bible, the Catholic church believes that God gave the church the power to change or do anything it wanted to. See? Therefore, if the Catholic church is right, if that is true what God did, then we're all wrong but Catholics (See?); the Catholic church is right. Then the Methodist church is right. Then the Baptist church is right, or all the organizations are right. See? They have a right. And who is right then? If the Catholic has power that they can change anything the Bible wants to say and make it some other kind of doctrines to "Hail, Mary's" and so forth, the Methodist has the right to say, "Baptism by immersing is wrong; we'll sprinkle," and they're everyone right, because each one can do whatever the church is; now, who is the church then? Is it Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, or what is it? See?

L-654-44 So you can't--you know that God, the--the Source of all wisdom couldn't do a thing like that. There's no such... There not even common sense in it, let alone the intelligence of the supernatural Being. There's one thing that's right; that's the Word. The Word is right.
So then, if the Catholic church wanted to say this morning, "We'll just omit baptism altogether and take eating a lump of sugar each morning. That's what we'll take for remission of sins," then that's got to be right, 'cause it--God gave that authority to the church.
But you see, to me it's the Word is right, because at the close of the Bible, God said this in His Word, "Whosoever shall take one word away from This or add one word to It, the same will be taken, his part, out of the Book of Life." So to me it's the Word.

L-654-47 And there is no such a thing in the Bible as anybody ever being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost; because there is no such a thing. Father's no name; and Son's no name; and Holy Ghost is no name; but the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost is the Lord Jesus Christ. Exactly what the apostles and all down through the age they've recognized.
Now, the next question is... 'Course that's Scripturally right. That's the Truth.
And in the Bible when they found people that had been immersed some other way besides the Name of Jesus Christ, they were commanded to be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ before they could receive the Holy Ghost: Acts 19:5. That's right. So that is Scripturally the Truth.
Now, there's no bishop; there's no archbishop; there's no minister; there's nobody else can say one word against that, 'cause that's the truth. See?

L-655-51 And I asked the other day in Chicago before three hundred ministers that stood over there to debate and to ask that... I... And the Lord told me, He give me a vision, and told me where we'd be and what to do; I stood before three hundred trinitarian ministers, and I said, "Now, if I am so wrong in this doctrine, some of you men stand up here and show me where I'm wrong by the Scriptures without textbook. If there is no such a thing as serpent's seed or something like that that I've been teaching, just come here and show me by the Scriptures." Nobody moved (See?), because it can't be done. That's true. Not to be different, but just it's the truth; it's the Word. And there's where... No one can debate that; that's the Word of God; nobody can do it. See?


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