<TITLE>10. Par 33-36</TITLE>L-33 Now, the Bible promises in this last days that these things that you see today would be happening. Then we see the appearing of the Messiah in the form of the Holy Spirit in the church. And if the life of a--of a pear tree was in a sycamore tree, it would bring the same--it'd bring pears, because the life in the tree would be, now, be pear tree life. No matter how big, how little, what form it's in, it would be the same, 'cause the life in it produces the fruit of it. And the fruit of the Spirit follows the Spirit, or the Spirit produces the fruit and the signs of the Gospel.
Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." They would do it. And to how long? "To all the world and unto every nation."

L-34 Andrew, as we read of him here a few moments ago in the coming of the Lord... Andrew, he was just an ordinary Hebrew that went over to see--hear John preach, and he was sure that this prophet knew what he was talking about. And then, on the scene one day came Jesus, and he heard John announce Him, and saying, "There He is. That's the One right there."
And Andrew, he said, "Now, the thing for me to do is to not criticize John, or--or take just that, but I'm going to go with Him and find out." I wish every person in Chicago would be that sincere.
Now, Andrew stayed with Him all night. Did you notice in that Scripture, he abode with Him all night. He stayed until he was convinced. And after he was convinced, then he was concerned about somebody else having the same thing he had.

L-35 But a man's got to be convinced first. And the only convincing thing is the manifestation, or the identity of the Gospel being identified in you. When you see that you have passed from death unto Life and become a new creature in Christ Jesus, that's the identity of the Holy Spirit. That's exactly right. How can the Holy Spirit write the Bible and turn around and deny what He wrote? See, He cannot do it. He's... That's--that's the identity of unbelief. That's the identity of unbelief. But the identity of belief, Jesus said, "These signs shall identify those who believe in me." Now. We know that that's God's Own Word. All right.

L-36 Andrew was concerned about his brother after he had stayed with Jesus all night. I'm afraid that... (wish we had more time), but I'm afraid that that's what's the matter with our churches today, brother, sister. We just don't stay long enough. We run in and shake hands with the pastor, put our name on the book, and go home--call ourself a church member with no burden for the lost at all.
We're not concerned about the missionary overseas. We're not concerned about the starving anywhere else. We got our tummies full, and we got a good, warm, nice church, and a fine intellectual pastor that would never say anything against the things that we're doing. So we're seem to be very well satisfied. See? Therefore, we're not concerned. We're not concerned about what goes on.
But if you was convinced that Jesus Christ raised from the dead, and will judge you for your sins, and that His coming is at hand, and this is the Holy Spirit identifying Himself, then you'd be concerned about other people too, and getting them to--just as concerned as Andrew was.


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