<TITLE>35. Par -</TITLE>L-56-7 Abel, by what? Wisdom? By theology? By faith offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice. By faith in what? By faith in what? By... What if he had his faith? There was just his father, and mother, him and his half brother. How in the world could it be? Where could--where could he get it? What did he have faith in? Faith in botany? Faith in this? No, sir! He had faith in the Word, 'cause he wanted to know why he was out of that garden. "Why were we put out?"
Mother would have to say, "Because I listened to a lie of the devil, because this boy here was born in such-and-such a way. That's why God put us out."
"Well," he said, "I can't even get around the gate. There's a Cherub there with a sword guarding that Tree of Life." So by faith...

L-57-3 See, by wisdom, Cain offered... You know, not knowing the Word, but just thought, by wisdom, he made a nice place and made it pretty and beautiful. But Abel (no one told him now, just a boy) by faith saw that it wasn't botany life, it was a sexual affair through blood! There you are, brother. Wade over the top of that one time! By faith his children still sees it!
He never taught it with some wisdom now. It don't come by wisdom, it comes by faith. The Bible said, "Abel by faith..." What did he offer? Blood, from living life, animal life. We're animal ourself; we're warm-blooded animals. That's exactly right, higher species of the highest animal; but the soul in there, that's what's life.

L-57-5 Now, notice, by faith Abel saw the revelation, the vision, and brought a living, running blood; because life was in the blood. Life is in the stem of the--of the flower, and it's botany life which has no feeling. (I was in hopes that would soak in!)
Abel by faith staying with the Word, by faith, not by wisdom, by faith he seen that it was sex, blood. The blood cell comes from the male, The man has the blood cell in the sperm. The hemoglobin, is--the blood, comes through the male. And Adam knowed that it wasn't apples, and peaches, and potatoes, or whatever it was, that brought them out of the garden of Eden, that caused the sin; it was sex blood, and he offered blood back. By faith he done it, not by wisdom. How is a man through wisdom going to understand it, when the whole Bible, and the whole church of God is built upon Divine revelation by faith! "Upon this rock, I'll build My church." See?
"Aw," they say, "sure, we believe that." Then where is the Life of Christ in these forms? Where is the Life of Christ?

L-58-2 Second. You want to put some of these Scriptures down? See? Where is the Life? If they say, "Well, we believe; we believe; we believe."
If you do, then Jesus said, "These signs shall (not they may be, they shall) follow them that believe." Jesus said, "If a man believes on Me, the works that I do, he'll do them also. He that believeth on Me, the works that I do, shall he do also." He just won't play around, he'll do it. How can it happen? Because there's the very Life that's in Christ is in you. It won't put forth any wisdom; it won't grow in it. It's got to deny the wisdom to take the--the faith. Faith in the Word, not wisdom in the Word, faith in the Word.

L-58-4 Satan's got more wisdom in that Word than any--all the preachers throwed together, and priests, and everything. He's got more wisdom, but he can't have faith. Faith will make It live. Faith would make him repent, will make him get away from his organization. He's got wisdom, so he just stays with it. All right.
But Abel by faith saw it was a sex act, and be offered blood, the life of blood; and God received it.


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