<TITLE>14. Par 63-67</TITLE>L-63 Brother, if you're coming for an intellectual speech, that's what you're looking for; that's what you expect. But if you come to see the power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost, it'll take the power of God out of heaven to do it. That's right. It depends on what you're looking for, what you're expecting.
When I come to church I expect salvation. I expect holy people. I expect a cleaned-up bunch from a life of sin. That's what you expect, 'cause that's what God requires. But you see how we're letting down the bars?

L-64 Old Brother Spurgeon, an old Methodist minister friend of mine, used to preach on... Said we let... or talk, sing about, rather... He said,
We let down the bars,
we let down the bars,
We compromised with sin;
We let down the bars;
The sheep got out;
But how did the goats get in?
Letting down the bars, that's right: let down the bars. Stay with the Word. God's infallible. God's the infinite One who cannot change. He's unchanged, the unchangeable God, the same One that fell on the day of Pentecost, and filled all the house with a rushing mighty wind. And cloven tongues of fire sat upon them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. That's the same God that we look to see today. It depends on what you're looking for: the infinite God.

L-65 "I am God and I change not." He doesn't change. He can't change. If that's what He give those first expectants back there, that's what He give the second expectants, that's what He give the third, fourth. And every one He calls will be the same thing.
He said, "I am the Vine; ye are the branches." If a vine puts forth a branch, and it brings up grapes, the next vine--or, the next branch that that vine puts forth will bear grapes. You can't make one bear pumpkins, and another watermelons, and then grapes. You can't do it. See, it shows it's been cast. It's a--it's a vine that's been grafted (that's right) or some vine that's been--or some branch that's been grafted into the vine.

L-66 I was standing here one time with Brother John Sharritt. He showed me about, oh, about four or five different citrus fruits on a--on the--a tree. I believe it was pomegranates, and--and... No, maybe I'm wrong there. It was oranges, and lemons, and tangerines, and tangelos, and grapefruits, all growing on a orange tree.
And I said, "But Brother John, I want to ask you something. When they come forth now, and put forth their buds again," I said, "is it all going to be oranges? "
He said, "No. Each one of the branch--each one of the little branches that was cut off and put in this tree... If it's a lemon tree... if it's a lemon branch, it'll bear lemons."
I said, "But what if the original tree puts forth another limb?" He said, "It bears oranges." That's right.
So brother, we can bounce ourself in by organization. That's all we got; we bear organizational fruits. We'll bear organizational evidence. But if you've come forth in the Vine, and it's put you forth a new creature in Christ. You'll bear the life of Christ: so help me you will. Right. You'll have the same experience they had in the beginning. Amen. I know it's the truth.

L-67 The denominations look for the intellectuals. The trouble... We Pentecostals, we look so much for rushing wind, we miss the still small voice. That's just what it is. See? Yes, sir. It's unexpected sometimes. If it ain't got a still, small voice in it, well--or has it in there, why, we don't want to accept it. Sometimes a real good teaching, sometimes it just cuts us to pieces, and kind of ruffle our feathers up a little bit, you know, sometimes that helps us a little bit. You know that's true. It's the truth. Yes, sir. Something that'll help us, do us good...


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