<TITLE>20. Par 83-85</TITLE>L-83 I like to see one that patterned him, one was his type, or an antitype of him. When John came to fulfill the last prophet's message, Malachi 3... You know, John was kind of a strange born boy. You know that. Gabriel had appeared to his mother, told her what he would do, and he'd be great, and would call the children back to the faith of the fathers, and so forth, and all what he was going to do. Malachi 3: "I send My messenger before My face." And instead of going with his father down there to his father's school, he took off for the wilderness and got ready.
Look at him, just exactly like Elijah. He lived in the woods like Elijah. He hated immoral women just like Elijah. He said to old Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have her," his brother Philip's wife. Cost him his head, but he went on just the same. Sure. He was a sign.
What was he saying? "I'll baptize you with water unto repentance. But there's coming One, already standing among you. I don't know him; I ain't seen the sign yet. But he's among you." He knowed that the hour was so close that He had to be on earth right then. Amen. "There's standing One among you right now," he said, "Who you don't know. But he's the One. I'm not worthy to loose His shoes, but He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. His fan's in His hand." Said, "He will come one of these days." Yes, sir.

L-84 One day Jesus come walking down, and John looked up. He said, "There it is. There's the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." Jesus, when He come on earth, He done exactly what the Word said He would do for a sign to Israel before they were ousted, and having... Just now coming back, since two thousand years ago, since they turned away. Israel will be converted all at one time, of course. They're--they're a people. They're a nation. God deals with Israel as a nation; but a people out of the Gentiles for His Bride. Israel's a nation, just now coming back into the homeland: a great sign.
Hope we can get to it in a--just a few minutes. I ain't got but about five or ten minutes left yet, and we'll form the prayer line, when we get down here where I want to say what I wish to tonight. See? This is a great big foundation, but it'll stand.

L-85 Jesus bore record of the Word. He was the Messiah, the Anointed One. "Christ" means "the Anointed One, the Messiah, One that's sent--Anointed One, One anointed with the Word of God and the Spirit of God." He was the Word. He was the anointed Word. Amen. He bore record of it, exactly what Moses back here in Deuteronomy said He would do. He said, "The Lord Your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto Me." He'd be a prophet.
And when... Simon Peter knew this. And when he'd heard his brother Andrew stayed all night with Him... You know, that's a good way to stay all night with Him. Uh-huh. Somebody can't stay five minutes with Him; but Andrew stayed all night. Then he could really tell his brother... "Let's go down and try it again." No. "We'll see tonight." No. He said, "Come with me and see Who I've found." He knowed he'd found Him; he'd stayed all night with Him.
Jacob could go meet his brother after he'd stayed all night with Him. You don't stay long enough, trouble of it today. Your old mothers and daddies back in Pentecost prayed all day and night. Today, we get down: "God bless mama and papa, and sister and brother. Amen. I'm getting so sleepy I don't know what to do. I got to go home and watch the new television show (See?) that's come on: 'We Love Sucy' is going to play after while," some old perverted something of the devil, your soul feeding on such as that, instead of coming to the prayer meeting on Wednesday night or something. Then call God pouring out His Spirit.
What can he hatch? A big bunch of denominations. That's all. That's the kind of seed's sowed. "Well, oh-h, I belong to this; I'll..." I'd rather belong to God (That's right. Yes, sir); let the rest of it go. That's right.


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