<TITLE>15. Par 100-107</TITLE>L-100 And I guess when Andrew come and told him that night, "Oh, we saw the Messiah," I imagine Simon said, "Get away; get away. Go away. Aw, go on; don't bother me."
But the next day when he attended the meeting, walked up in the Presence of the Lord Jesus, and He said, "Your name is Simon, and you're the son of Jonas," that took the starch out of him. What did He do? He, Jesus... That ignorant fisherman that couldn't even sign his own name, the Bible said he was both ignorant and unlearned. But it pleased God, with that faith, to make him Peter, "the little stone," give him the keys to the Kingdom, "Upon this rock I'll build My Church." What, upon a rock like the Catholic says? No. Upon what, what is it? Upon the spiritual revelation. See, "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it to you. Upon this rock, upon the written Word of God being spiritual revealed, I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against It." Why? It's more than a mustard seed. It's the--God's power moving amongst mortals upon the Word, the Word made live.
That's what was in Noah. He said... The Word is Life in him. "And I'll prepare for it."
"Well, it didn't rain yesterday. You said it was going to rain, When's it going to rain?"
"I don't know, but it's going to rain."
"How do you know it's going to do it?"
"God said so."

L-104 Like they said to Abraham, why, eighty years old, him; and his wife, ninety years old. Poor little old wife running along there, been packing some pins and things for the little booties for the baby for twenty-five years; here she is ninety, on a little walking cane like this, going around: Abraham, and he--humpback and whiskers hanging down. "What about it, Abraham? Hey, you left--you left the city of Ur a long time ago. You said you going to have a baby. What about it now?"
"Glory to God, we'll have it anyhow."
"Why?"
"God said so."
"Why, that's been twenty-five years ago."
"God said so. It don't make any difference if it's a hundred and twenty-five years; He'll do it anyhow." See? Persistent, perseverance, pursuing, pursuing after... You've got ahold of it.
Like the little boy flying the kite. Said, "Where's it at?"
He said, "I don't know, but it's out there somewhere; I can feel it on the end of the line." That's it.

L-107 A man or a woman that takes God's Word, you got ahold of something. Your anchor holds within the veil. The storms and gales may press and shake in every way, but you're anchored. She's coming right on up to the place. You're persevering. You're going to believe it.
Noah believed it, sure, and he achieved God's purpose for his life. Do you want to achieve God's purpose in your life? Then be perseverance when you--perseverant when you get the Word. Hold onto It, the promise; it's yours.
Moses. How many characters could I go to now. I say here Moses; over in Exodus, Moses, he was a scholar, a diplomat, a soldier, not only a soldier, he was a general. He's not only a general, but he was a coming Pharaoh. Amen. I feel religious right now, so excuse me. Yes, a coming Pharaoh... If he wanted to deliver his people, why, he had Egypt in his hands. He was the coming Pharaoh; he'd do what he wanted to when he become Pharaoh. But God spoke to him one day yonder in a burning bush.


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