<TITLE>05. Par 20-23</TITLE>L-20 Well, it might've been because that I'm Pentecostal, and--but I wanted to say this so bad that I hardly could hold my peace. But I thought, "What lazy preacher put his feet up on the bench when Paul got him saved?" See, it was that convert himself that was led deep enough into God till he got a hold. And if a man really gets a hold of God, God gets into the man's heart, don't worry, sparks will be flying from every side; because he's deep enough in God, and his whole life is rooted and grounded in Christ. You see?
Therefore, we know that it isn't just lazy preachers. It's because that the--the convert doesn't go deep enough till he loses the sight of the world and the things of the world. If he ever gets close enough to God, he doesn't do that.
But we find out that the churches change and the people changes. The roads changes; the scenes changes; the politics changes. But there's one thing that does not change; that's God. He remains the same. "I am God and I change not." No matter how long it is, God has never changed one bit, and He cannot change. What a place. The reason He cannot change is because God is infinite, and anything that's infinite cannot change.

L-21 And then let us study this just for a moment before approaching on into the Scripture. Infinite is infinity. There's--there's no beginning or no end. He--He is almighty, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient; knows all things, all places, all times, all powerful. He's God, and He cannot change.
Now, I can make a decision, and say it's going to be this way. And I'm finite. I'll have to change, because things come up that I--I'll have to say, "Well, I was wrong." But God can't do that, because His one decision is that forever. He cannot change His decision. He cannot change it.

L-22 Therefore, if God's attitude towards one sinner and wanted to repent (Adam and Eve), and God made a way for them to repent, and He forgave that sinner; and the next sinner comes, God's got to do the same thing to that sinner, or He did wrong when He acted with the first sinner. And if a man was sick, and God healed one man; and then if ever another man comes to God, He's got to do the same thing, or He did wrong when He healed the first one, if he comes on the same ground. What a resting place then for the soul that's seeking refuge.

L-23 Now, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God." Now, we wonder how the world ever got here. See, the--the Word of God created the world. Hebrews 11 tells us that the world was made out of things which does not appear. See, God spoke it into existence, 'cause He was God. He just said, "Let there be," and it was so.
Therefore, if in the beginning was the Word, and the Word spoken was a creative Word, and every Word that's spoken cannot be taken back for a mistake... Then "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us," which is Christ, and now, the Word of God written in the Bible is His Word to us. And every promise has the same power of creation behind it that God's Word did at the beginning, if we believe it to be the Word of God. Depends on where the seed falls. If it falls into ground, a ground that can create a moisture, or a nourishment around the promise of God will bring forth every promise the Bible made.
It's just as... Why, the right mental attitude towards any Divine promise of God will bring it to pass, if you'll just look at it, and take care of the Word just right. Because the infinite God spoke it: God's Word.


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