<TITLE>09. Par -</TITLE>L-13-5 We want to turn now to--first to read the Scripture reading found in St. John 10, the first five verses:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
But he that entereth... by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
... a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for--for they know not the voice of strangers.

L-14-1 Now, the subject this morning that I chosen to teach on for a little while is "Wisdom Versus Faith, Wisdom Versus Faith." Now, there's only two sources--or by two sources which we must live. Did you know that?
Now, we... I got many Scriptures written down here, and I want you to... We will probably refer to them as going along. And--and I'll try to be out as quick as possible, and won't try to... Just lay it out, so you can take it from there on, See?
But there's only two sources that we can draw our life from. And one of them is wisdom, and the other is faith. And if we think what wisdom produces and then what faith produces... But those two sources, we're going back this morning, and pick them up for the Sunday school lesson, and bring them up out of the Bible, and show what they are, and what they are going to do, and what they have done, by the help of the Lord.

L-14-4 Now, faith and wisdom. Now, to begin with, we'll notice that in Genesis the 1st chapter we find that--that faith was introduced, and wisdom was introduced. And today, them two sources is still introduced to the human race. We find out that God was the Author of faith, to believe--for the people to believe and to trust His Word; and Satan is the author of wisdom, trying to get the people to accept his wisdom and pull them away from the faith that's in God's Word--those two sources.

L-14-5 We find it so strange that Genesis, this seed chapter, starts off that way. And we see that all things that we have today originally begin in Genesis, 'cause the word "Genesis" means "the beginning." And if we see these things that we're--today the way they are, they had to have a beginning somewhere. You have to chase everything back to a beginning.

L-14-6 And here's a little thought for you: everything that had a beginning has an ending; but it's the things that did not have a beginning that doesn't end, the only things that's eternal. Therefore, I'd like to ask the question: How could we ever make sense out of the word of the "eternal sonship" of God? If He was a son, He had a beginning. If He was "eternal Son," how could He be a son and be eternal, for son is--is a product of something? But if He was a... He was--could not be an "eternal Son." There's no such a thing: "eternal Son" of God. 'Cause if He--if He never had a beginning, then He cannot be nothing but eternal. But if He was a son, he had a beginning; so He cannot be an "eternal Son." It was the Eternal God manifested in a Son (Uh-huh! See?)--the Eternal God, 'cause God is the only thing that's eternal.


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