<TITLE>24. Par 102-106</TITLE>L-102 And if you don't truly love your wife better than any other woman in the world, she's not yet... There's something wrong. If you don't love your husband, if you trifle on him and don't live the right kind of life, there's something wrong. That's right. She'll not... They'll not be there. So in the resurr... You might've married him; you're living honorable to him. That's fine. I--I appreciate that. You should do that as a lady for your children, and you men to your wives. That's right. You should do that, honorable. But in the resurrection that'll not be her.

L-103 You... Just same as in Christ now. You've got to be connected, part of Christ, not something artificial put on. "I go to church, and say the "Doxology" and the Apostle's Creed, and so forth. And I believe I'm running just as well as the rest of them." Brother, you're presuming. Don't you just take that for granted. You're walking on grounds you actually have no authority to claim the Holy Ghost. You have no actual authority.

L-104 What did we say back here Webster said? Webster said, "to venture without actual authority." You're venturing out, saying that "I'm Pentecostal," when you haven't got the experience, and you haven't living the life (See?) what--without actual authority, or taking it for granted.
"I spoke with tongues, so I suppose I got it." I believe in speaking in tongues too, but if the life doesn't follow it, then it wasn't no good. Sure.

L-105 I've seen witches speak with tongues, and wizard's interpret it. You see? I know that. And I've seen saints speak with tongues. It was interpreted too. But you see, it's got to be a life. "By their fruit you shall know them," the kind of life it is. And look at our Pentecostal message today in preaching; and our people letting down constantly, even in normal little things that can't even get on a foundation of common decency. Then how we going to claim the Holy Ghost? It's time, brother. No wonder the world says you ain't got what you claim to have.
We're presuming it. We're taking the name of Pentecost without living the life of Pentecost. A life of Pentecost is a consecrated life filled with the Holy Ghost, rich and royal, till there's nobody can put a finger on you. That's real Pentecost. Oh, don't we... What? Why would you want a substitute? Why would the devil trick you into something like that?

L-106 Reading here not long ago, how easy the devil can trick a person to that. I was reading the life of St. Martin. Many of you has read that, of course, in the Nicene--Post-Nicene Council, (Fathers, rather), that how that Satan come to him so real that... He came to this Martin. He was dressed with a fine crown on his head, beautiful to look at, shiny hair, golden shoes. Martin... Just staggered him when he seen the vision of him standing there.
He said, "Don't you know me, Martin? I'm Christ."
Martin was a man filled with the Holy Ghost, and it really done right. See? Just listen to this.
And he said, "Accept me, Martin. Why do you stand, hesitate?"
Martin looked back and said--said... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"... My Lord does not come back with a crown upon his head. His saints crown Him." See? The Scripture, stay with it. Yeah. He was on the Word.


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