<TITLE>08. Par 33-36</TITLE>L-33 Now, that's been the idea of men all along the road, trying to sin and live in earth and be in heaven at the same time. You cannot do it. You can't do it. Jesus said you can't serve God and mammon. That's the reason we believe tonight in a total abstaining from sin, getting away from it. It's poison. Do not fool around it. Don't in-tolerate in it at all. Have nothing at all to do with it. Don't see how close you can come to it without sinning; see how far you can stay away from it. Anything that looks sinful, stay away from it. Don't have anything to do with it at all.

L-34 So Nimrod, with his great master mind, he tried to achieve this. And if you'll notice, it's always been since man was created that the... If you run the genealogy of Cain's children, they all become scientists, mighty men, workers in the earth with metal, and wood, and so forth. They were the smart intellectual side. But Seth's children were peasants, sheepherders, humble.
Now, that's the same way it is today. Those who are depending upon some man-made mechanical something that they can put their hands on, say, "This is it, this is it," something that man has achieved himself, then you find out mostly that's those kind who are trying to escape the Blood atonement back to the right way.
Now. But Nimrod after while in the building of his tower, God set in the heavens and laughed at him. And he come almost completing. I want you to notice that he almost achieved what he started to do. But then, all of a sudden God just turned the thing the other way, and the thing went to pieces. It went into the dust. Just like Adam's fig leaf apron went to dust, so did Nimrod's tower go to dust.

L-35 Then there come another, which was King Nebuchadnezzar, and he was going to build a city. And if you'll notice, sometimes those spirits that get onto man... And it's a day coming, and is at hand now, where the Christian church, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ ought to be so spiritual, because that Jesus said that the two spirits would be so close till it would deceive the very elected if it was possible. The enemy is so cunning.
Now, watch him with Nebuchadnezzar. He built a city just exactly a pattern of heaven: as the river Euphrates flowed by the throne, like in heaven the river of water of Life goes by the throne, swinging gardens and everything, just exactly like it was, for before when--when Abraham was journeying, looking for such a city... And if you're not spiritual-minded, Satan will blind you on these things (See?) something that looks almost like it, but it isn't it. If it's man-made, it's no good; if it's Blood-boughten by God, it's the truth. That's... See, it's true. But if it's man-made...

L-36 Now, he made this great city. And then, we find out that also he made an image for people to worship, and brought an image worship amongst the people. But in the midst of all of it, there come a supernatural handwriting on the wall, an unknown tongue that no one could interpret but a Spirit-filled prophet that was among them. And that kingdom went to the dust, just exactly like Nimrod's tower, and Adam's fig apron, just the same, because it's something that man achieved himself. It's something that he wanted to do to show that he could save himself.
You cannot save yourself. There's not a thing you can do about it. The way's already made for you. You cannot save yourself.


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