<TITLE>03. Par 20-25</TITLE>L-20 In studying in the early history of the church, Broadbent's, and Hazeltine's, and many of their comments on it, Nicene Fathers... And yesterday I just wound up with the complete life of Saint Martin that the Catholic church refused to canonize; God did that. So they... Of his great life, and how that the same signs and wonders followed that man right down through his life, how he raised two dead people, cast out evil spirits, spoke in unknown tongues, and seen visions and things, and what a great man. But yet, in the very secret of his power was in humility before God. And we find today that the church, yet teaching its power and teaching the signs to follow the believer, yet we find them puffed out, "big me, little you," and that. It--it isn't like the early Church. You see? They were humble, and kind to one another, and sweet, understanding. And it's so much different today. And I wonder if a lot of this hasn't sidetracked us from the--the real kernel of--of the Message, that we want to humble ourselves. Keep yourself... The more humbler you can be, the better God will use you.

L-21 Studying on mythology and all these myths, Christmas itself is a myth. It's not no--nothing real about Christmas. Christmas wasn't even mentioned in the Bible; they never worshipped the birthday of Christ. Wasn't no such a thing. That's a Roman Catholic dogma and not a Christian teaching, no Scripture for it nowhere in the Bible and for the first hundred years after the Bible (See?) nothing of it. It's just a myth. Santa Claus, commercial, everything, the whole thing is wound up into a big conglomeration.
If you'd get back and study the beginning of it, and look down now, you'd see where we were at. There is nothing left; nothing can help but the coming of the Lord. That's all. There's nothing now can help us out of this chaos but the coming of the Lord.

L-23 Is this that little switch that censors them tapes? Maybe I better censor this whole thing, just not send it out, because it's pretty rude. But I say this so... Is the tapes being made now? Don't sell these tapes. See? These tapes are not for sale. They can be passed around through the church, or so forth, but... 'Cause it's--it'll cause confusion, as sure as the world. See? So just hold it till we get it fixed different.
Now, before we approach the message, and everybody try to be as thinking and as restful as you can. I won't take too long, but I want to take my time so that--driving it down, so that you'll really see it. Now, let's first... Now, if everything's out of the way, I believe, so far is there...

L-25 [Brother Neville says there are some available seats--Ed.] Yes, let those ladies that are standing along the side there come up in here. There's a place up here for you sisters. Yeah. Here's one right here in front. Here's a chair right back here. There's children up here on the altar, if someone wants to get up and--a little child, and give their seat to someone, adult standing, why, there's room on the--on the altar right here for the children, and the adult could have the seat. Those ladies standing back behind the pilaster there, if you... It's way back over here in the corner, but it's--it beats standing up there. If you would like to stand...


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