<TITLE>18. Par 163-173</TITLE>L-163 At Pentecost, when It came, what did they say? They said, "We are His witnesses. We are the witnesses that these things that's been spoke of has come to pass." Oh, my. That makes me feel religious. Standing up there, they said, "We're His witnesses. We have no degree." What were they? Proselytes, some of them were Jews, renown, stiff and starchy, it'd all been took away from them.
Look at that self-made Simon Peter, how that he thought he was so starchy. He wouldn't eat anything unclean.
How about that self-made Paul, persecuting the churches from everywhere? What happened when He met that One, that Holy Ghost, on the road down to Damascus that day? Stood before Festus and said, "I'm not mad. But in the way that's called heresy, that's the way I worship the God of our fathers."

L-166 They said, "We are--we are His witnesses." Now, there was three definite witnesses at Pentecost.
First, the Word of those prophets, that God would pour out His Spirit in the last days upon the people. The witness that the prophets had, was the Word of God, It had been fulfilled. That was one witness; the prophets' message was fulfilled. "I'll pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh. They shall have stammering lips, and other tongues will I speak to this people." There it was. They couldn't deny it. Then there was three witnesses. That was one, that the prophets' Word had been fulfilled.
Another witness, was the people. They were testifying, "Something has happened."

L-169 "I was hid up there in a room. I was too bashful. I was ashamed. I--I--I knowed that He'd been taken away, and I--I was ashamed of all this great dignified group around here. I was ashamed of them. I was ashamed that I'd, maybe, I didn't want to say anything about it, because I was afraid I'd start an emotional something another."
That's what's the matter with the self-made churches today. They're afraid they're going to raise too much disturbance. They're afraid they'll do something that's not right. Oh, you, the self-made, self-satisfied... What we need is a Pentecost. What we need is a filling, a coming of the Holy Ghost.

L-171 They said, "We are His witnesses, because we are filled with It."
Peter said, "You men of Judaea, and you that dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known unto you. These are not drunk as you suppose, seeing it's the third hour of the day. But this is That which was spoke of by the prophet Joel, 'It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.' We are bearing witness that the prophets' Words are true, because we are filled now." Oh, my.
That's what we need. That's what the church needs. That's what these, a hundred and seventy million professed Christians around the world need, is another Pentecost: not go back and study twenty-five years; but a filling of the Holy Spirit, a witness inside of you, bearing record of the resurrection of Christ, and to the Word of God.
"John set on the Isle of Patmos, for the Word of God, the record of the Word of God."

L-173 There was the prophets' Word fulfilled. There was the people bearing witness. And there was the Holy Ghost Itself. There's three of them. And the Bible said, "In the mouth of three witnesses, let every word be established." That's right.
There was the prophets' Word fulfilled. There was the people, said, "Oh, something's happened to me. Something's happened. I'm no more afraid. I'm not afraid of death. I'm not afraid of nothing. Something happened. I forgot all my theology. I forgot all of my man-made traditions. Something's happened. Let this be known to you, and hearken to my words, these are not drunk." They did; they lost all their dignity. They were just drunk on the Spirit, just...


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