<TITLE>14. Par 50-53</TITLE>L-50 I watched both them fingers. I thought, "Maybe a husband home, baby-setting." What is it? Trying to have a little fun, what they call clean American fun. They'd been washing dishes, working in the office, and they were just--just kinda as I said last night, trying to let off the steam.
And I said, "I beg your pardon. That's not life; that's death."
So she looked around, said, "You want a drink out of my bottle?"
I caught her by the hand. I said, "I'm a Gospel preacher. I'm an American too. But I'm ashamed of you." And the other one started to run, and I caught her by the other hand. I said, "Do you women go to church?" And it seemed to sober them a little.
Held the bottle down, said, "Yes, sir." One of them was a Sunday school teacher.
And I said, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself to call yourself a Christian?"
I tried to hold them, and they was pulling, and jerking, and jumping like that. And down the hall they went. One of them fell and sprawled over the floor, and the other one tried to pick her up feet first, and... The awfullest sight you ever seen. I thought, "God, how can You look upon such?"

L-51 But they presume that's all right, because they're only a member of an organization. If they were borned again they wouldn't be doing that.
I believe it was Calvin... No, it was John Smith. I'm not sure now, the man. But one day in his mission, one of the early great saints of the last two or three hundred years (I forget who it was.)... I believe it was a Methodist. John Smith it might've been. But however, they was standing at the door, and down the street come a drunk. He fell in the gutter. And there was a man passed by said, "John, there's one of your converts."
He said, "Yep. That's right. If he was the Lord's, he wouldn't be there." That's right. So that's it.
If you're converted to a creed, if you're converted to an organization, if you're converted to a church, you'll do those things. But when you become a convert of Christ, you are borned again, and you're dead to those things, and alive... But people go right on presuming it's all right to do that, venturing out without authority.

L-52 Preachers, good men, fine men, preach denominational doctrine presuming that's all that's required. And when this Bible says, "Whosoever shall take one word out of it, or add one word to it, the same will be taken out of the Book of Life for him." Saying "You don't need the Holy Spirit today. That was for a day gone by." Why? They can't teach anything different. If they are, they're excommunicated. They say there's no such a thing as healing, the Holy Spirit was only give to the apostles.
Now, they get that because they're taught that in their school, presuming that that's right. But it's wrong. Heavens and earth will pass away, but God's Word will not. And He said, "Let every man's word be a lie and Mine the truth," but they presume that that's all right.

L-53 Say, "Well, that's all they know." If you went down to a restaurant for your dinner and... I guess it's still dinner here. Up where I come from, up in Indiana, they're trying to get modern American; they're trying to say we have breakfast, and we have lunch and dinner. I'm always left out. Where's my supper come in? See? I said, "Do you take the Lord's dinner, or the Lord's supper?" Nonsense. Putting on the dog, that's all.
"Oh, he's classical; he's educated," presuming that's all right. We don't need that: preaching denominational doctrine presuming that's all right. And people go join that thing, presuming that's all right. That's all they have to do, just presume. "Well, I'm a church member."


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