<TITLE>05. Par 19-21</TITLE>L-19 Watch them geese, how they come up off of there and swarm. I just love to hear them in the fall of the year. They pass over Indiana just a honking away as they can go; one old leader right out there in front, with that nose struck right straight towards Louisiana, and away he goes: never been there before. He don't know what's down there.
Like the children of Israel led by that Pillar of Fire. They rose up out of Egypt. They had never been out that way before. But they went just as straight to the promised land, because they were following a Pillar of Fire, God's provided Leader. They stayed right in God's provided way.
Oh, it's too bad that we human beings miss it so much, because we don't know Who our Leader is. That's the only thing. We try to take some thought of our own. We always mire up somewhere and wreck up.
Now, ducks and geese go south, and they have a provided leader. God, if He's going to send you anywhere over a route, it's up to God to provide you a Leader to lead the way. Always. Yes, sir. God provides it. If you'll just watch nature; that was my first Bible, watching nature. If you'll notice it, you'll never miss God if you can watch nature.

L-20 I've had the privilege of traveling the world over, and in the temples of Buddha, and--and Mohammed, the Jains, and Sikhs, and whatmore. But every one of them has a philosophy. But they're based upon a premonition, and, oh, I don't know what all you could call it, reincarnation, and all kinds of things. But Christianity is based upon burial and resurrection. That's the principle.
Now, resurrection isn't replacement. Resurrection's bringing the same up that went down. Now, if this piece of paper falls, and goes down to the floor. Now, if I just take this piece of paper and put it in that one's place, that's not resurrection; that's replacement. But the resurrection is, bring up this same one that went down. That's resurrection.

L-21 Now, when anything serves God's purpose, has to stay in God's provided way. Let's take these flowers. They were put here to serve God's purpose. Now, you cut them off like that, you think it's the end of it. It isn't. God cares for His flowers. If you'll notice, a pretty flower... How I notice you Canadian people here, how you have these beautiful gardens and great pretty places of flowers.
Now, after while, they'll be young flowers, old flowers, middle-aged flowers. But there'll come a frost across the country one night: death. And it'll strike that flower, regardless of what age it is. Death's no respect of age, person, or ability. Death strikes all. What happens? The little fellow gives up his life. What happens then? The petals begin to drop off of it the next morning, it's going. Out of there drops a little seed, falls down to the ground.
Then along comes a funeral procession. You might not believe it, but God has a funeral procession for His flowers. Did you know that? Now, notice. After the frost strikes, then comes the fall rains. God sends the clouds across, and cries great big drops of water down, and buries that little seed.
See, we try to make it too complicated. That's what's the matter today... Way the church has always got off the beaten path, they've tried to made Him so complicated, like they have to be educated into it. You're not educated into Christ; you're born into Christ by the Spirit of...?...


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