<TITLE>09. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 Now, even to this day, that same Holy Spirit that has lifted us up from a life of sin where we once lived... And we've already dead in Christ, buried, and raised with Him in His resurrection, and setting now in heavenly places with Him (Amen.), watching Him work among us. Why? Why ain't I out yonder amongst the denominations? Because it's those that are dead and buried in Him, and raised with Him in His resurrection... And now, not we will be, we are now in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, looking back to where we once come from: a direct evidence that we received part of it because we are dead, and our life is hid in God through Christ, and already raised again in the resurrection with Him. Amen. Oh, my.
Like an old colored sister said... Excuse me, my colored friend. I'm going to put it the way she did. She was very southern. She said, "Wells, I wants to make a testimony tonight, doctor."
"All right. Go ahead, sister."
She said, "I want to say this. I hain't what I ought to be," and she said, "I hain't what I want to be. But there's one thing sure. I ain't what I used to be." Yes, sir. She knowed that she had raised up somewhere. Amen.

L-27 What is it? The evidence that we are now dead. Our life is hid in God through Christ, sealed by the Holy Ghost, and raised with Him, and setting in heavenly places watching Him. Think of it. No power, but authority. We don't have power; we have authority. Christ has the power. He is the power, but we have the authority.
Don't have to be very much. Take a little old cop, standing out here on the street, and his pistol packing way down on the side, bending him sideways, and his--his cap setting down, pulling his ears down, and cars going down the street, doing sixty miles an hour. He hasn't got power to stop one of them. No, sir. Why, some of them three or four hundred horsepower, whizzing through there...
But just let him walk out there, that star shining, raised up that glove, whistle. You hear brakes scream and everything else. He ain't got no power, but he's got authority. Amen. Hallelujah. That's where the church is tonight. It's got the authority because It's raised in Christ: authority.
Now, if the cop say, "I'm afraid to get out there. I don't know. My office might not back me up," they'll keep on whizzing by. And I tell you; even death itself squeaks its brakes when that authority raises up in the Name of the Lord Jesus. "In My Name they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues, take up serpents or drink deadly things. Lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
I love Him, I love Him,
Because He first loved me,
And purchased my salvation
On Calvary's tree.

L-28 Father God, we give these testimonies just to help the people. Now, settle our minds, Lord, as we approach Thy Word. Grant, Lord, that the Holy Spirit will take the next few words now, and sink them into the hearts of the people, and there may come forth the joy bells of heaven ringing in every heart. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-29 In the Gospel of Saint Matthew the 4th chapter, and I want to read the 17th verse.
And from that time Jesus begin to preach, saying, Repent: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Now, for about twenty or thirty minutes of your time... "From That Time," I want to use that for a text: "From That Time," three words. Now, there is times, and things that happen that changes the whole course of our life. We know that. We're all aware. Certain things take place along life's journey that changes the whole course of life for us.


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