<TITLE>11. Par -</TITLE>L-16-6 Now, now, we find out... Let's take wisdom first. Wisdom has reasoning. Faith has no reasoning, but wisdom has reasonings. Let's just start turning in the Bible, and let's turn now to Genesis, the 3rd chapter in Genesis, and just teach this. Now, what are we doing--trying to do this morning? Follow what the Lord said, "Lay up food." You're going to need it one of these days. "Lay up food." Now, Genesis 3:1. Let's read now. See how wisdom has reasonings.
And the serpent was more subtil than all the beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said,... (believing, saying the Word)... Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But... the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it,... (quoting the Word)... neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Now, faith holds to that. See? Now, watch!
... the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

L-17-1 A reason, reasoning--"God is too good; God's too merciful; He loves you too much." You hear that same old devil today. "God's too good to do this. God won't do this. God won't punish." He'll do just exactly what His Word said He'd do. See?
"Ye shall not surely die." See? What's He trying to do? Getting her to reason with him. In a minute that you reason on God's Word, then you're losing faith. See? Don't have no yes, no's, maybe so, stay right with It. See? Eve had the right approach, but she listened to his reasoning.

L-17-3 There's just so many people today that has the right knowledge, that knows that this Word should be God's Word, and It is God's Word; but they stand and let some seminary student reason them out of It, away from the Holy Spirit, away from the things of God. Reasonings, we're to cast them down, Now, 4th verse. For... I'm going to tell you why Satan said, I'll read the 4th verse first, then the 5th one.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God knoweth that in the days you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good from evil.

L-17-4 See? He's giving her a reason. "Wouldn't you like to be equal with God?" Take... In other words, "You want to really be right with God, take my advice. Listen to me; God don't mean that. He just didn't..."
When you hear that, get away from it. That's right. That's the hiss of the serpent; it sounds reasonable, but don't reason at all; just believe it, what God said. Now:
When the... And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,... (See what it was? His reasoning brought her to know that it was right. It was true.)... and that it was pleasant to the eye, and a tree to be desired to make one... have faith? To make one have knowledge... make one wise,... (See what it was? Satan presenting knowledge, knowledge that was contrary to the Word, one to make one wise.)... she took of the fruit..., and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat.
And their eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

L-18-2 Now, what started it? Reasoning. See? Faith has no reason; you don't reason at all; you believe. When you're prayed for and accept God's Word for healing, don't reason with your feelings. Don't reason with nothing else. There's no reasoning to it; God said so, and that settles it.
Oh, how I'd like to stop here a few minutes, and rest on that, and take a text out of it. Can't do it and preach these about forty or fifty texts I got wrote down here.


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