<TITLE>19. Par 71-74</TITLE>L-71 And there come a day then, if this son continued on, there come a day to what they call the placing of a son. Then the father called a group of people together in the city. He took his own son, and dressed him in a lovely robe, and set him up high so everybody could see; had a ceremony, and he adopted his own son that had been born into his home, or placed him. And when he did, that son's name after that was just as good as the father's name, on the check, or whatever. His signature them days was a seal, a ring, 'cause many of them couldn't write. It was a penitentiary offense to ever--to copy that seal. And they had to--on the back of the ring and they would mash it, like that. And he could wear his father's ring. Why? His name was just as good as the father's was.
Now, that's what God's trying to get His church to, to a place that where we are sons and daughters of God. See? But are... We are--we're troubled. We're letting everything... And now, the--the world, trying to smother the real thing down, is trying to make people scared of communism. Don't you be scared of communism. That's nothing. Communism...

L-72 I want to ask you Bible students something. I want somebody to produce me a Scripture anywhere that communism will ever rule the world. Why, communism is just something playing in the hands of God, if you read the Bible, to burn the whore, persecute her. Communism won't rule the world, but the Bible said that Romanism will rule the world. And you see it right now in the White House and starting. Oh, you poor Democrats...?... go ahead (all right, all right), selling your birthrights for a mess of politics. I'll shut up on that. But wait...
Anyhow, let's go back to this, to the placing of the son. When the father placed that son positionally, then whatever he did, it was okay by the father, for he had his seal.
Now, that's where the church ought to be today. After seeing God, seeing His power, it ought to be that the church walk right out and say, "In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ," use the Father's Name, see it come to pass. "THUS SAITH THE LORD..."

L-73 Now, Jesus, when He was here on earth, He said, "I do nothing till the Father shows Me." Saint John 5:19. We ought to be in such a position till the Father would--would show us anything, and watch it, just perfectly, every time happen--just like that (See?), just like... There it is. That's where a son has been placed. That's what we ought to be: placed positionally in Christ. Oh, what a time it would be.
How the church has fallen short. How we've took the great revivals and capitalized on it, in the stead of spiritually brought it into the people as real sons and daughters of God, filled with the Spirit burning in our hearts day and night.

L-74 Remember, the Bible said, "The Holy Ghost only sealed those who sighed and cried for the abominations that was did in the city." I'd like to take your pastor out, take the other pastors there. Have you got... How many members of your church that lays on their face, and cries nightly, daily, for the abominations done in the city? There. See, the zeal's all gone.
We've...?... out till we got a nice church, we got a wonderful building. That's all right, nothing to say against that. Fine organization, not one word against that, that's all right. I have nothing against that. But what I'm trying to say, you're leaving off the main thing. You're leaving off the main thing: the Christ of this church, the Christ in this organization, the Christ that... You're looking at the organization, looking at the church instead of the Christ, and the Christ is the Word, and the Word is positive.


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