<TITLE>19. Par 70-72</TITLE>L-70 And brethren, with all godly respects to our organizations, that's the same thing that our churches are doing. They're trying to act like the rest of them, like Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian and Lutheran: classy, starchy, well-dressed, biggest church in the city, big building programs. What a disgrace, when millions of missionaries would be on the field today. And many of them, they're not supported, with no shoes on their feet, trying to preach the Gospel. And we are building millions of dollar buildings, great big outlets, and schools, and preaching, "The time is at hand, the coming of the Lord." Something's wrong somewhere. (I better... I'll stay back with the simple message.) All right.
Notice. Something was wrong. And there they were. What a time for Satan to come in.

L-71 We went off on a big program. The meeting started, money flowed in. Everything, "We got to increase our groups." Each one, "You come over here to this one," proselyting, everything else, making a bigger organization, building bigger schools, learning theology, so forth. Mercy goodness.
You have to go ten years in school before you can be ordained a minister nearly. And then, what do they do with you there? In pump that embalming fluid into you, take all out of you God ever put in you. That's right. It's true. God just had them ten days, and done more with them than the schools can do in ten years. He put something in them, and a school takes out what God put in, lots of times. Learn them psychology, and all that kind of stuff.
And some of our great organizations, in Pentecost I'm told, that has to stand there, and 'fore a missionary can go on the field, take a psychiatrist's test. Mercy, goodness sakes. Did you see such a thing as that? God's our test. The Scripture's our test: "These signs shall follow them that believe."
You haven't got a Ph. D., LL. D., they won't even let you in the pulpit. That's right. And Peter was so ignorant he couldn't even sign his own name, and God made him the head of the church. Sure. What a difference.

L-72 Setting in Jamaica, a few weeks ago, or months ago, I was setting there with the Christian Business Men. We'd had a meeting. And all they'd done that night was testify, when they had the celebrity of the islands, even some of Castro's people up there, and everything, great men. Our Full Gospel brethren... I speak for them. I like them; I love them; they're my brothers. I have nothing against them.
And I was standing there. I said, "You men made me ashamed of the message I was preaching."
And they said, "Why was that?"
I said, "The only thing you testified about was you had a little business down on the corner doing a hundred dollars a month, and (Glory to God) all at once now you got a fleet of Cadillacs." I said, "You'll never compare with them men. You can't bring the world in, or you can't compare with the world. The only thing you've got to do is not to--to compare with the world, like the churches and everything are trying to do, with their glamour and stuff out there. You've got to invite them on your grounds, not act like them. Let them come act like you." Oh, God, help us. Whew. That's right.


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