<TITLE>04. Par 16-20</TITLE>L-16 We thank Thee for this church, and for its glorious survival. In the time of darkness, yet it stands as a lighthouse, a light that's set on a hill that shines out its rays out across the country, that weary, sin sick people might come in and sojourn with us to a better land.
God, bless its pastor, our precious brother. And we pray for his trustee board, deacon board, and for every member and every person that's sojourning here with these people, for these great churches through the country here, the Church of God and its great standing internationally, both of them. And, God, someday we believe the time will come when we'll be one, united together in the power of the Holy Spirit. Grant it, Lord. Plant the seeds now in this former rain, that when the latter rain begins to fall it'll bring forth ripened Gospel seeds. Grant it, Lord.
Bless us tonight now, Your unprofitable servant, as we endeavor to speak a few moments on these Words that lays before us. We ask that You'll give us a context of the text. We ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-17 Now, we would like for you to... In this, in speaking tonight, I am trying to build around the Gospel in the day that we are living, the light of this day for Divine healing. For I believe that God has poured out His Spirit, and this is the hour of deliverance for those who are seeking such. In the book of Jeremiah, the 10th chapter, the 2nd verse.
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathens are dismayed at them.
Learn not the way of the heathen... (now,)... and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; the heathens are dismayed at them.
Now, we would like to speak on the subject of--of "The Signs of His Coming."

L-18 I've noticed, especially from you, the Church of God people up here in--in Cleveland and around (I think it's their churches that I see along the road), when I thought of this subject, "Be ready. Jesus Christ is coming soon." I think that's kind of a slogan among them.
Well, now, we know that God through all ages has always... First before He does anything, He first warns the people and gives them a sign of the approaching thing that's coming. Nature does that itself. The weather warms before spring, it cools before winter, and, oh, we could just go on and on saying, that all nature... So therefore, it behooves the Creator of nature to also cast forth a wonder or a sign of something that's fixing to happen. Therefore it makes His judgments just, because you are forewarned.

L-19 Now, if a man runs through a stoplight, and he's got a caution as he's coming up and it turns red, now he knows better. Now, if there's no stoplight there, then it's the city's fault, or ever who doesn't have the stop sign should've put it there.
But God will always give a sign of warning (See?), before something happens. And I believe with all my heart, as I have been digging this last year more than ever upon the approaching Christ, the coming of the Lord... Now, that's either the truth, or it isn't the truth. The Bible is either right, or It isn't right. And know... I just believe the Bible.

L-20 Now, God's got to judge the world someday by something. And if He's going to judge it by the church, then what church is He going to judge it by?
The Catholic church says, "We're it." The Lutheran says, "We're it." The Methodists said, "We're it." The Baptists said, "We're it." The Pentecostals said, "We're it." And there's about thirty, or forty, or maybe fifty different "its" in that "it" (See?), branches of it. So who is "it"?
Now, there's so much confusion there, till a man could not base any faith upon confusion. If you're confused about whether the girl you was going to marry was going to be a lady or not, you better leave her alone: same thing to the man. You've got to have something to base faith on.


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