<TITLE>02. Par 6-10</TITLE>L-6 Heavenly Father, there's been so many great things said tonight. I wonder if You have another message for the people, have something that would encourage them, or give them faith. We've heard from great warriors of the field. How I am honored to be in their presence tonight: men who love You, and women. How we thank You for the songs, and for the hearts, and the attentive of the people here at this late hour, and still waiting. They're hungering and thirsting, Lord.
Hear You speak forth in a language that I knew nothing about; hear a gallant soldier stand here, and interpret it. It encourages me, Father. I'm so thankful for all these things. Now, bless this people, Father, and bless Thy Word, and help Thy servant now. If there's a few things that might be said that would help someone, I pray that You'll use it now, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-7 I want to say that the greatest call there is in earth, to my opinion, is the mission fields. Anyone who is a missionary is an apostle; for the word "apostle" means "one sent," and the word "missionary" is "one sent." So they're both the same word, or used the same. And why they ever preferred to call themselves missionaries I don't know, but it's a good word, or apostles.

L-8 Now, I want to take a text tonight from "Convinced And Then Concerned": those two words, to just pass a few comments, and quote a few Scriptures here, on first to be convinced, and then to be concerned.
Now, from our Scripture reading we have a very great setting. (Am I too close to the microphone? Is it banging in your ear?) We find today, that there is such a falling away. It seems to be that people are not interested like they used to be. They are falling away from the--the fundamental facts of the Bible. They are seem to be drifting. And I think all ministers who love the Word of God, and know that that's the only standard in which we can be assure that we're right... It's not upon a--some theory, but upon the Word of God. That's the only basis, as...

L-9 I don't want to say this sacrilegious, but in the south it was told that a colored brother once packed a Bible under his arm, and could not read. And his boss asked him, said, "Why do you pack it?"
He said, "Because I believe it." And he said, "I believe it from kiver to kiver, and the kiver also, for it's got 'Holy Bible.'" And he said, "I want to say another thing. I would rather be standing on that Bible than be standing in heaven."
The man said, "How would you think that?"
He said, "Because, 'heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word won't pass away.'"
I--I think he had something there. Both heavens and earth would pass away, so if you're standing in heaven, it might pass away. And earth, it will pass away and... But the Word will never pass away, so that's a good place to stand.
Here in Chicago, one night, I heard Brother Tommy Osborn, our gallant brother, say, "I believe this Word." He said, "If it wasn't sacrilegious, I'd put it down and stand on it, to show that I was standing there." I thought that was rather very cute.

L-10 Today we find, though, that people get away. They get away from the Word, get away from the interest. There seems to be not very much interest in it. We find that in amongst even our own people, the people, Full Gospel people, that we come to a spot that we are--we're over-fed. Now, a person gets over-fed gets drowsy, lazy. Our doctor friend there can sure tell you that. If you've overeaten... And I think we Pentecostal people have overeaten. We've seen so many great things, till it becomes common to us. You see?


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