<TITLE>07. Par 22-24</TITLE>L-22 So Noah was very perseverant with his message. He was fearless. No matter what any of them said; they might've called him anything; that didn't stop it a bit. He had faith in the Word of God that was said to him, went right on building the ark. No matter how scientifically they could prove that his message was wrong, contrary, God's able to bring rain in the skies, if his Word said so.
How could God heal a man dying with cancer when the doctor give him up, or the woman? How could He make the crippled walk, and so forth? How can He do it when there's nothing in the medical realms that can touch it? But that's--that's that world. That's the other world, like it was in Noah's time. They made fun of the world that Noah lived in. But Noah went right on with his message. No matter how much scientific they could prove it wasn't there, to Noah it was there, because God said so.
That's the way it is with the true believer today. No matter how much they say, "That's not the Holy Spirit; it's psychology. It's some kind of an illusion; it's a telepathy," whatever it is, that don't stop God's people a bit. They know God made the promise that this day would be here, so they're perseverant and press on with the message.

L-23 Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." See, perseverant. He could be, because he knowed what he was going to achieve. And he knowed what God had promised, and he knew that God laid it in his hand. And he didn't have to take "no" or "yes," or whatever anybody else said. He wasn't looking to what they said; he was looking what God said. And so, no matter what the rest of them said...
Maybe the religious of that day surely disagreed with him. They surely did, because none of them was saved. Every one of them perished. But Noah had the Word of the Lord. It didn't make any difference what they said, he was perseverant. They might've called him, "crazy, holy-roller," and some of those names that they give the believers today. That didn't stop him one bit, because he'd--he had a deaf ear to that. He had one achievement: build that ark. Anybody wanted to come in, they had a welcome to come in, but it was God's business to bring them in. He just preached the Word. That's all we got to do today: stay with the Word and be perseverant.

L-24 Moses, another man that was perseverant. He had all the training he could get in Egypt, a military man, a great man. And he--in his military strength, or in his own strength of his own knowledge, he went out to deliver Israel, because he knew it was time for it to happen. But he imagined in his heart that the people were trained enough to understand that the hour was there, and he was the person that had come to help them. But they didn't. So you see the wheels didn't click together. Something was wrong.
And when God can speak in a meeting, and if the wheels ain't together, it won't do you no good. You've got to line yourself with His promise. You've got to line your way of thinking, not what somebody else said, or somebody over here said, or some organization said, or--or some doctor said; you've got to line yourself with God's promise. Then you hear His Voice speak and say, "It's you." Then you're perseverant, brother. Nothing's going to stop it then. It's true. Anything can happen, but it'll never take you.
You can be perseverant, because... We can't die; we're already dead. We have the earnest of our salvation right now because we're risen with Him, raised with Him, and setting in heavenly places right now with the assurance.


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