<TITLE>17. Par -</TITLE>L-29-2 On the day of Pentecost, a few days after the resurrection (fifty days after Easter), there come a--there come a--a rushing, mighty wind out of heaven. Now, today, we make it different. The minister stands up and takes--say, "I'll put your name on the book." See? Or some bachelor with his collar turned around said, "Come up here and take the kosher bread, that--then you become a member of the church." Isn't that strange. The minister says, "Come join our group."
Why, they're both wrong. On the day of Pentecost there came from heaven (not off the pulpit, up the road), from heaven, a what? A priest? No. A minister? No. What was it? A sound like a rushing, mighty wind; and it filled all the house where they were setting. Cloven tongues set upon them; stammering, they couldn't talk; they was so full of glory. Holy Ghost filled them. Out in the streets they went, jabbering, just... And act like... Even the dignified congregation stood out there and said, "Why, these man are full of new wine; they're all drunk. Look at them men and women how they're staggering and carrying on."

L-29-4 Now, that's THUS SAITH THE SPIRIT; that's the Scripture. That's how the church was organized, not organized, but ordained. Lot of difference in the two words.
Notice, there they were. Now... And you know what, you Catholic people, the blessed virgin Mary was with them. Yes. Now, if God wouldn't let Mary come to heaven without receiving the Holy Ghost, how are you going to get there, anything short of it? Now, just think of it. See? Now, that's right. Mary was among them. And she had to wait up there until she lost all of her dignity and pride, filled with the Spirit.

L-29-5 And here they come acting like drunk people. The Bible said they did. They said, "These men are full of new wine."
But Peter, the spokesman, the minister in the group, stood up and said, "These are not full of new wine, as you suppose, seeing it's just the third hour of the day; but this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel (the one I'm reading from today), 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy. And I'll show wonders in the heavens above, and in the earth, signs. And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved.'"
Now, Peter preached on Pentecost, after the same prophet that I'm preaching today about: planting this Tree. And that's where he planted It. Oh, It done fine. They went out and had spiritual gifts; they healed the sick; they preached; they were throwed in jail; they were willing to suffer for the Word's sake.


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