<TITLE>06. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 The most horrible thing that there is, friends, is unbelief. That's the only sin that there is. There is no other sin but unbelief. I was preaching on that some years ago in a Methodist church. And it was a nice big Methodist church, and--and they... Most of them, or some of them, believe in holiness, the southern Methodists. And they were... I was preaching about... I said, "Committing adultery's not a sin." I said, "Telling lies is not a sin. Taking the Lord's Name is not a sin."
That was just too much for some dear old sister setting there, with her little collar all up around. She said, "I pray you tell me, what is sin?" That right. She just couldn't hold it any longer.
And I said, "Sin--sin is this, my sister. See? Sin is unbelief. They do these things. They commit adultery; they tell lies, and they do these things. It's the attributes of unbelief. If they were believers, they wouldn't do those things. That's... They're unbelievers. That's the reason they do it. It's just the attributes proving that they are unbelievers. For Jesus... The Scripture plainly teaches us that "He that believeth not is condemned already." See? You can't even get started. So the most horrible thing there is is unbelief.

L-25 Why is it people say, "The days of miracles are past"? 'Cause they're sinners.
A man met me not long ago, said, "I don't care what you do, and how many proofs you could show, I still don't believe in Divine healing."
I said, "It wasn't given for unbelievers. It was only given for believers." That's right. See? It's only for those that believe; not unbelievers. They have--they haven't got a chance. And don't--don't criticize them, but just think of that shape that those poor people are in. See?
Jesus said, "You got eyes, and you can't see. You got ears, you can't hear." And yet the highest of scholars in religion, the teachers and theologians of that day, Jesus said, "You blind Pharisees leading the blind." See? Because they did not believe Him, when the Scriptures plainly stated that that's what the Messiah would be. And they called Him a devil. That's right. See? Unbelievers...

L-26 He said, "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first." And here's the gracious thing about it: "All the Father has given Me will come." That's the part. I like that. Yes, sir. "All the Father has given Me will come." And I'm happy for that. So we don't know who is and who is not. We just scatter forth the Seed. That's all we can do. Some falls by the wayside; some falls this way, and that way; but some does fall on good ground (That's right.), ground that's been prepared by God to receive the Seed.

L-27 I think of that little woman that we spoke of last night, the little prostitute. How that little woman, standing there in the condition that she was, five husbands and living with the sixth one, and what a horrible shape that poor little woman was in; and yet, you know, she actually knowed more about God than a big bunch of the clergy of this United States. She sure did. She knowed more about it than the high priest and them of her day, for they said, "That's a devil."
But as soon as that eternal Light shone upon that predestinated seed, it come to life right quick. They saw it. They recognized it right quick. And look at the shape she was in. There was plenty big churches in her day, plenty of them. She didn't go to any of them. She just waited, because she seen there was something.


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