<TITLE>41. Par -</TITLE>L-68-5 John preached justification. Now, look. In the--that constitutes the natural birth. When a woman is giving birth to a baby (Listen to this.), what's the first thing happens to the woman? What breaks forth is first is water: "Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ," justification. What's the second thing happens to the woman? Blood. Is that right? Blood: sanctification. Then what's the next thing? Life: water, blood, spirit.
Saint John--I John 5:7--7:5, rather, I believe it is, said:
... there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,... (which is the Son)... and the Holy Ghost:... these three are one.
And there are three that bear record in earth, the water,... the blood, and the Spirit and... (They are not one, but)... agree in one.

L-69-1 You can't have the Father without having the Son; you can't have the Son without having the Holy Ghost. But you can be justified without being sanctified; and you can be sanctified without having the Holy Ghost. What about that, Nazarene brother? They had been sanctified by Jesus Christ a year and six months before the Holy Ghost ever come. Is that right? They were sanctified by Jesus Christ.

L-69-2 Now, as He brought forth the first Bride Tree that the locust and palmerworms eat down, He's restoring the second Tree, bringing It up from them predestinated roots that cannot die, that's standing by the rivers. It's living in this waters. It couldn't show Itself, but It's there anyhow. Now, it's started...
Notice the same insects, as He restores back the same thing by the same way. The first, when that Tree started to come forth out of Catholicism was Martin Luther who preached justification. The second angel was John Wesley who preached sanctification. Luther preached justification, "Just shall live by faith"; Wesley preached sanctification, the second definite work of grace; and then come the Holy Ghost. Just as He built the Tree up the first time, here He is restoring again in the same manner the second time. See that?

L-69-4 Notice, the same insect (that little rascal), the same insect that started and killed the Tree in the beginning, started right back at that Lutheran branches. But what? It can't kill It; they can't kill It, because God's done said, "I will restore..."
That insect started on Luther to kill all the Lutheran branches. It come right over to Wesley and killed all the Wesley branches. But the main part of the Tree keeps coming.
Now, notice, in the old time, when the Tree was killed, It was killed; went plumb to the roots, when it killed It back there. But this time, because the Word's predestinated, there's nothing going to stop It. God said, "I will restore. No matter how much they organize, how much they do this, that, or the other, I'm going to restore It." That settles it. All the laughing, making fun, scoffing, calling holy-rollers, nonsense, everything you want to, God still said, "I will restore, saith the Lord."
Just as sure as He raised Jesus out of the grave under three days, under three dispensations, or three sections, He's going to raise the church to Its fullness and power again. "I will restore, saith the Lord."

L-70-3 What happened? That old caterpillar started eating and having the same kind of effects that he did; but what did he do? He only got the Lutheran branches; he never got the Spirit behind there that Luther had, for It lived right on.
Then along come Wesley, and after Wesley died, that great prophet, after Wesley died, what'd they do? They organized and all the branches died. But what did He do? The church lived right on, come right on into Pentecost. When they organized, what happened? The branches died. But what? The church goes right on.


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