<TITLE>06. Par 39-45</TITLE>L-39 Now, I wish to turn now in the Book of Acts the 7th chapter, and begin with the 44th verse, and reading down to the 50th:
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he has appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Which also our fathers that came in brought in with Jesus unto the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before our face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Whom found favour with God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
But Solomon built him a house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

L-40 Now, you can see by the reading of the Scripture, that where I'm placing my thought this morning upon idolatry first, to begin with. There's little wrote about idolatry. There's not many books to explain idolatry: what is idolatry; and yet the world's full of it. I think the reason of it is, is because that it never really been explained to people, not knowing what it would be. And it's been my privilege, and my great privilege in my life in traveling to see some idolatry, to know what it is.
And then, in studying idolatry the last few weeks: mythology, Greek mythology and Roman mythology, then it brings me back to see whether they kill--still keep that same thing alive, see whether if idolatry remains as it was at the beginning. Today in travel, seeing idolatry; and then seeing the way it began--reading how it began back at--in the early days, I see that it hasn't changed.

L-42 Now, I have been in India. India is full of idolatry. They have the fire-walkers there, and the different... I think, one afternoon when I arrived in Bombay, I was entertained that afternoon by... I'm... Somebody told me... I wouldn't know who was who; they was just in the temple of the Jains. And it was either seventeen or seven, different religions, and I'm pretty sure it was seventeen different religions had met me there in a challenge of the Word, and each one of them firmly against Christ: seventeen different religions. And they was... They made us take our shoes off at the temple and come in. And they set us down on pillows. And it would take some time to go through all the rigmarole, as I call it, we had to go through. But the mayor of the city taken us in there, himself was a Hindu, which is a Mohammedan.
And Mohammed was a prophet. And he came out of the line of Ishmael, which was also a son of Abraham.

L-44 And it was to this line that this famous evangelist in the world today that run from one of their men who challenged him to a showdown in the Word. And, to my opinion, the evangelist should have said, "I have no gifts of healing, but our body of believers has such. You give me a few hours, and I'll bring someone here." See? But, 'course, in doing that, then the evangelist would've exposed himself to the organizations that was backing him, and then he'd have been throwed out.

L-45 And then on the second thought of it, I do not believe I would've let that unbeliever triumph over the Word of God. If I'd have been defeated, I'd still stood there and showed my faith and belief in God that He remains the same. As the Hebrew children said, "Our God's able to deliver us from this fiery furnace. But nevertheless, we'll not bow to your idols." Yeah, I believe it would've been a more gallant thing. And then again I...


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