<TITLE>22. Par -</TITLE>L-35-3 It's supposed to believe It the way God said It. And It does not contradict Itself. If It does, you come show me. It don't contradict Itself, not at all. Satan might contradict It to you, but he can't to the Word; the Word won't stand that. No, sir! That's the aged old thing that's been thought of, but it's never been proven yet.
Let's follow these two sources, or what you might call atmospheres, and see what they create. Let's follow them for a few minutes.

L-35-5 Atmosphere. Both of these sources will create an atmosphere. I want to ask you something. Did you ever go in a church... I--I say this reverently now, and with--just to make a point. God forbid! Did you ever go in a church where the pastor is real, starchy? See? The congregation's the same way. That's right. See? What is it? It's that atmosphere that brought it.
Go into a place where the pastor says, "Now, wait a minute. There's no such a thing as that nonsense. I don't believe in such a thing as Divine healing, about the baptism of the Holy Ghost in there." You'll see every one of them, congregation... If there ain't... If there's an eagle in there somewhere, he'll get out from amongst that bunch of chickens. He sure will. That's exactly the truth. He'll leave it. He sure will. He can't stand that; he's an eagle. He's a sky-built bird, not a barnyard. Yes, sir. Now, here he is.

L-35-7 And now, we find out that those atmospheres... And you get in wherever the--those things... Where faith is taught in a church, you'll find a church in that atmosphere. Oh, God, let--let me get this to you so you--if you can see it. See? Go... That's the reason people come among the saints where they're praying--believers. Paul said he didn't find any in the city, only Timothy, that was like precious faith that he had, you know. The rest of them were all denominationalists. See?

L-36-1 But when he got into that atmosphere (See?), he'd--you'd find things going on that the atmosphere has created. You find people living by faith, when you get into a place where it says, "My, why, the Bible's true. God heals."
You walk around in that congregation, you find, "Why--why, I was dying of cancer; I was healed."
"I was once blind; I..." See?
And the strangers saying, "Whew! My! What? You mean... What was the matter with you?"
"I'll show you on my record. Come home with me; come eat dinner with me, and I'll show you something. I got a record up there. My neighbors know that I was in this condition. I was paralyzed for years; I was prayed for."
See? What is it? That--that Word in that church, that group of believers has created that atmosphere.

L-36-2 Now, how is the Word in Its simplicity, but yet in Its completeness, ever going to grow in a place where knowledge overshadows that, and says, "It can't be so"? See? It can't. So where knowledge is preached from a seminary, the children die. Where faith is preached from the Word, the children live. Amen! That's the difference, just Life and death. The same thing happened in the garden of Eden. That's exactly what happened to them two atmospheres there; when Eve got off the right one on the wrong one, she died. See? It'll do it every time. So they cannot stay. If your church has got that kind of an atmosphere, oh, child, if you want to live, you believe the Word.


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