<TITLE>17. Par 72-75</TITLE>L-72 Now, if the Jews had that sign of the Messiah at the ending of their time, and the Samaritans at the ending of their time, 'cause they were looking... We've had two thousand years of preaching, theology, never has it been in the church before. And now, here in the last days, the closing out, with the promise of Christ and hundreds of more promises of these things would happen, then if we would want to see Him and want to know Who He is, He's got to be the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's right. Got to be the same, Jesus promised it the same.
And "Sirs, we would see Jesus." How would you know Him?

L-73 If I went down to Santa Maria tonight and got some person that was dressed like He was, with sandals on, and perhaps a robe on and scars all over his face like this, and nail prints in his hands, that could be the biggest hypocrite there was in the country. Anybody could impersonate that. Certainly.
But how do you know a tree? What did Jesus say you would know them? By their fruit. Now, you people are--are citrus growers around here. Now, what if you took a... If you could take all the life out of an orange tree and put it over into a... And take all the life out of a grapefruit tree, and put the orange tree life in the grapefruit tree, what would it bear? Oranges. Sure. It's the life in it produces what it is. Is that right? Now, I don't mean grafting now. I mean taking the life out. That's what's the matter today. You got too much grafting, and not enough dying out and the life out, and the new life borned in. That's what it is.

L-74 But when new life... If you took the--the life out of a pumpkin and put it into a grapevine, and the life of the grapevine out, the grapevine would bear pumpkins, 'cause it's the life that's in it. Sure it would. It's the life that's in there. It's the life that's in the church produces what it is. See?
Now, His Life in these last days is in His church, and Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. We believe that, don't we? Now, if He has come in this form to appear here at the Gentile church that's looking for Him to come...
Now, if He lets the church go ride right on in just on theology alone, then He did something for the Jews and Samaritans that made Him different today. He--He did--He didn't visit us like that. He can't do it. See, His first decision how to declare Himself, that's the way He did it the second time, and that's the way He will do it the third time, for He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's right. Do you believe it?

L-75 Now, I could talk all night. It's already time for me to close, but we'll put it in other nights.
Search those Scriptures when you go home. See if God promised it. See if that's the way. Show me any way that He made Himself known any other way than that way, because the Bible declared that He'd be a prophet.
Now, I believe that today the Holy Spirit has come upon the church. I believe it come to restore all that the palmerworm, and cankerworm, and so forth had eaten down through the dark ages. And now, it's been building up till it's right up here in the head time now, for the evening Lights is the promise of the prophet, that it shall be light in the evening time.


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