<TITLE>19. Par 73-76</TITLE>L-73 Then he stood up there and he said, "Ye men of Israel, and you that dwell in Judaea, hear my voice: These are not drunk as you suppose. This is that which was spoke of by the prophet Joel; it'll come to pass in the last days, saith God, 'I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters... Upon My handmaids and maidservants will I pour out My Spirit.'" Amen. No intellectual about that, he had something.
What was it? He had the whole armor of God on, not so much as the high priest's dress; but he had something inside of him. The armor of God comes inside: the spiritual hidden power of God that the intellectual eye doesn't see at all. Jesus never did say, "Did you see it?" He said, "Did you believe it?" Amen. Oh, my.

L-74 I've often made a little rude mistake. Maybe... I didn't mean to do it, but maybe I said it wrong. But I always said... Peter said then, "This is that." And if this isn't that, I want to keep this till that comes. I--I--I believe this is that though, 'cause it took a little sinner like me and done something to me. It put a love in my heart that's burning. Oh, my. And now, it's been burning for thirty years and it's still burning, getting brighter all the time as I go towards that place. Yes, sir. Oh, my, His Word.
Peter standing there denied Him, but just a few days later stood before the whole multitude. Why? Then he had the intellectual side, the sword. "We had a million more last year; we had so many in our organizations." But now he's got something inside. Oh, my. He's got the whole armor on. Oh, my. How wonderful. Oh, yes. All right.

L-75 Oh, God makes Himself present in His army then. Do you believe that? Now, God said, "I sent them the Word. Eve just walked right over the top of It, disbelieved It. I made It manifest, and they crucified it. I'm just getting tired. I'm coming Myself." So here He come: God in you. God above us, the Pillar of Fire; God with us in Jesus Christ; God in us, the Holy Spirit. What is it? The same Word, the same God. Amen.
No more trusting in anything else, God come Himself. This was a man-sized job, so He just brought it on down, He come down Himself. "They won't have to do nothing about it. Just let them surrender to me and I'll walk in them, talk in them, speak in them, work in them." Oh, my. That's it. "I'll do the do--I'll do the work. Just let them just humble themselves. Let them just empty up. I'll just beat my enemy out there through them." That's it. You can't do it in yourself now; you're not a match for him. But if you'll just let God do it, get the Word in you, then it'll all be taken care of.

L-76 Now, God fortified His army. What with? Himself, in the form of prophets, apostles, teachers, pastors. What did He do? What was God doing? Listen, did you ever think what that offices of the church is? It's God's dress, inside dress, an apostle, a prophet, a seer. Foresee, before Satan ever gets to it, done told it. What is it? God dressed up in His church. These offices is God's dress-wear. When you see those offices, pastors, teachers, evangelists, what is that? That's God's dress-wear, God's Presence, God's Spirit (And if...) working through man.
And if that office denies any of this Word, then it's not God-dressing...?... No, not that. That's that wolf in sheep's clothing. Watch that fellow. Beware of him.
But when he just takes what the Word says, remember, that's God, 'cause He's speaking His Word. See? But if He says, "Well, it isn't..." Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my, get going, sheep; get going.


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