<TITLE>17. Par 157-162</TITLE>L-157 He prophesied that there would come the Witness for the Church, the Holy Ghost. "I indeed baptize you with water; that's my mission. I'll baptize you with water unto repentance." Hallelujah. "But there's coming One after me. I bear this witness with water, but there's One coming that's going to send something greater. He'll send another Witness, not water, but Spirit. He'll baptize you with the Holy Ghost and Fire." Hallelujah. God's Witness, He'll take all the church membership away from you. "He'll give you a true witness, for He'll baptize you with the Holy Ghost and Fire. And His fan is in His hand. The axe is laid to the root of the tree; and every tree that don't bring forth good fruit, will be hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore, repent, get ready, for the hour is at hand."

L-158 That great prince, how a great prophet... Three years later after he prophesied, Jesus our Lord had finished His ministry, His earthly ministry. Said, "It's expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, the Holy Ghost will not come. But I'm going to send Him. A little while... And you want to know Who He is. A little while, and the world will see Me no more; yet ye shall see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world."

L-159 In Luke 24:49, at the end of His ministry, when His earthly ministry was finished, He said in Luke 24:49, "Behold, I send the promise that these testimonies has said. I send the promise that Isaiah spoke of. I send the promise that Joel spoke of. I send the promise that all the prophets, that the Father showed through the prophets, I send the promise of My Father upon you. Behold, I'll send the promise of my Father upon you: but wait in the city of Jerusalem." Stop your preaching, stop singing, don't do nothing else but go up there to the city of Jerusalem, and wait until you be endued with power from on high.

L-160 What kind of a witness was it going to be? "Wait at Jerusalem until you have completed twenty years of high school or seminary"? "Wait till you have received your Bachelor of Art degree"? "Wait till you have learned to--to speak in other languages, so, if He happened to call you to the mission field, you could speak in them"? No, that wasn't it.
Just let power from on high come, it'll take care of itself when It comes. "You wait until you're endued with power." O God, why can't the people see that? It's not a joining of church. It's waiting for power. "Wait until you're endued with power from on high, for I'll send Him. He's a promise of God, and I'll send Him. I'm going to bear record. He, when He comes, He'll bear record. for He'll not speak of Himself, but He'll speak of Me." Amen.

L-162 Watch what He'll do. "He'll bring these things that I've taught you." Not some seminary thing. What? "He'll bring these things that I have taught you to your remembrance, that they're Words of God. You'll forget about all your seminary experience. You'll get these things, the Words that I have taught you. He'll bring them things to remembrance. And He'll do something else: He'll show you things that's going to come." That's the true Witness. That's the true Witness of God. "He'll bring the Gospel back to you, this Holy Spirit. Though It may be forsaken for about two thousand years, may--they may tramp It under their feet on man-made theology; but when He comes, He'll bring you back to It. Not only that, but He'll tell you things that's going to come. He'll speak to you with stammering lips and other tongues. All these things He'll do. Everything that God has promised, He'll do it. I have... I'm going to send the promise of the Father."


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