<TITLE>13. Par -</TITLE>L-22-2 See? No matter, regardless of conditions, you're going to meet God somewhere. You've got to come to Him; you've got to meet Him. See? Because what? He has spoke a Word, and put a law with that Word. And the law is His own law, His own Life behind It. That's the reason He swore by Himself; there's none greater. See? He had to take a oath, 'cause no covenant should be confirmed without an oath. And the only way that He could, before He did, He take it by Himself, and Himself become the oath (oh, brother), when God became man and was the oath, made Himself the oath. And by His own death, burial, and resurrection He proved His laws was right. Said, "You destroy this building, I'll raise it up again in three days." I, personal pronoun, "I'll raise it up again in three days; I'll bring it up. Just destroy it and see what happens." For He knew the law of God; He knew what it was. He knowed it had to work according to the Word. He knowed that the Word of God had been spoke through a prophet and said, "I'll not suffer my holy One to see corruption." That settled it. That settled it.

L-22-3 Then the law of God's got to work by that Word. (We're coming down to a great thing in a minute. See, see? We're...) The law of God's Word, the law of God is with His Word.
Now, if the court writes out a word, "It is certain-certain thing, a penalty to do so-and-so." All right. Now, that's the word of the court, and the law of the court enforces the word of the court. And God speaks something, and that is a law; and the Holy Spirit's here to enforce that law (Amen.) for the believer. You have be ordained to do so; and it takes a believer. You got to have the badge of believer.
Somebody says, "You got power?"
No, but we got authority (That's it.), not power, but authority. We ain't got enough power to do nothing.

L-23-2 Like I said some time ago, a little policeman here in Louisville, standing there. He was littler than I am. Little bitty fellow, his hat was pulled down over his ears, and car--oh, his uniform about half hanging off of him, he walked out there on the street, the little cap pistol-like on his side, little stick in his hand, and a little whistle. Walked out there with a pair of white gloves on, and them--them cars (Some of them three hundred and fifty horsepower) whirling by that street like--like lighting, just zoom, zoom. Well, that poor little fellow couldn't stop a--he couldn't have stopped a runaway pony from his strength. Certainly not. But he walked out in the street, that big badge shining, blowed that whistle, and held up that hand. Brother, three hundred power--horsepower motors squeaked brakes and everything else. It wasn't the power of the man, it was the authority he had. That's it.
That's the church, It might be a bunch of holy-rollers, so-called, or whatever you want to call it; but it's the authority. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. It's the authority behind it; that's what does it.
Regardless of conditions, God's law works with His Word. Now, it won't work with your creed; it'll work with the Word. Yeah, it just works with the Word; that's all. Now, regardless of condition...

L-23-4 Abraham, as we read awhile ago in our text, Abraham's wife had to be restored back. Why? God gave a promise to Abraham, and here a king had took her to marry for his wife.
Well, what would he done? Put Abraham to death in a minute. That's what Abraham said, "I pray thee say that..." after he seen that--that Abimelech had done caught him (this Philistine king there), he said, "Now, you... I pray you, you say that I am your brother, because if... You're a beautiful woman," and said, "now, if he sees you're beautiful, and I--I--I'll be killed, 'cause he will take you and marry you."


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