<TITLE>21. Par 154-160</TITLE>L-154 Perhaps maybe Caiaphas, the high priest, had been there. Which I guess he wasn't; he was too dignified to come down to a place like that. But him, someone of the priests might've said, "Sir, here's Brother Jones. He's a fine fellow. Brother So-and-so here, Brother John Doe, he, I--I believe he, the Lord's making him a Messiah."
John said, "I'll know Him. There'll be a sign following Him." He knowed what. Blessed are the spiritual that understand. Blessed are they who has eyes and can see, ears that can hear. Said, "I'll know Him. God will identify--identify Him." God vindicates His servants. Yes, sir. And after while He come, he looked up there and he saw, he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God that take away the sin of the world." He was persistent that no Ph.D., LL., double L, whatever it was, going to come in, some priest, some favorite man of the hour with some kind of a fandangle. He was... That man come down there, and he knowed Who He was because there was a sign following Him. He knowed Who It was.
"These signs shall follow them that believe," God's church being raised up and put in power. Yes. Now, down till I finish the text now... John, persistent. And he had perseverance because he knew that he'd know that Messiah, because the Messiah was to bear a sign. And we're seeing signs today, signs of the coming Messiah, pressing in. Now, listen quietly now.

L-157 When this Greek woman, when she heard of Jesus... "Faith cometh by hearing." Now, she was a Greek, a heathen, so she heard and she come. You know what? Faith finds a source that others don't see. Faith finds a source that others can't see.
You say, "Oh, what's up there? What's down here? What's over there? What is that little... Oh, it's the little mission. It's so-and-so. If God was going to do anything, He'd come to the Roman Catholic hierarchy, He'd come to the archbishop of the Methodist church, He'd come to the--the--the Anglican fathers, or some of them. He'd come..." Yeah, that's what they thought in the beginning. But where was He born? In a barn. Where'd He get His disciples? Off of the river, fishermen, low degree, no education. See, God does what He wants to, but you know Him.

L-159 How was it different here, of Moab up here, when Israel was passing through? Moab offered seven bullocks, just exactly what Israel had. Moab offered seven sacrifices, rams, just exactly what Israel. Fundamentally, they was exactly the same. And they were actually brothers; Moab come from Lot's daughter. And here was Balak up there offering the same sacrifice, done just as fundamental as he could be. But what made the difference? One of them had a smitten Rock, a Pillar of Fire, a sound of the King in the camp, a bunch of interdenominationals. They had no home, no place to call their own. They were drifting, pilgrims and strangers, wanderers about, professing that they were pilgrims and strangers. They were seeking a city.

L-160 That's the way it is today. Not some connection with some great big organization, which is all right, but that's... I don't care how much organization you belong to, belong anywhere you want to. But the first thing, put your name on the Book there; let God write it in the Blood of Jesus Christ, receive the Holy Ghost with faith to believe every Word that He wrote, that It's true. There you are. Yeah.
Now, this woman was a Greek, to begin with, but faith finds a source that others don't know anything about.


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