<TITLE>05. Par 27-32</TITLE>L-27 Now, tonight we want to hurry and have a few things. By the way, I have a letter here that--that just come in the mail, as Billy picked it up awhile ago, that some brethren are in Michigan, and this comes from the ministerial association that's got a lot of things. That's what gets things scrupled up. You see? That they claim in here that some brethren up there that said that I sent them up there, and they're preaching that men should leave their wives and hunt for their spiritual mate, and that--that I am perfectly infallible, that there's nothing... And, oh, some of the awfullest things you ever heard. And the ministerial association got ahold of it, and they're writing me a letter about it, and that I sent them up there and it's causing a lot of confusion. And some of them prophesying and saying that one man should leave this wife and go marry that one.
Now, this church knows that we don't stand for no such tommyrot as that. We believe in the Bible. We believe that when man takes a woman that's his wife, and death only can separate them. That's only... We don't believe such stuff as that. We don't believe in "free love" either. We don't believe in that stuff. We absolutely believe the Bible and That alone. So I'll just photostat it, copy of this letter, and give my answer to it and place it in the magazines, and that'll--that'll take care of that. I hope it does, anyhow, answer to them.

L-29 Now, tonight just before we open the Scripture, let's speak to our Lord.
Our heavenly Father, we are approaching Thy throne of mercy, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, that great One Who came down from glory to unfold to us the riches of the treasures of God. How we thank Thee for this great Jesus Who was the manifestation of God, made personally to us, and through Him we have redemption from our sins. And we have now passed from death unto Life, because we believe Him. For it is written of Him, that He said, "He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life; and shall not come to the judgment, but's passed from death unto Life."

L-31 Bless Thy Words tonight, Lord. And we're here to take the communion just in a short time. Christian, fellow citizens of the Kingdom will gather around the altars, and there they will take what we call the communion, the--the little portion of--of sacrament that Thou has left us to show that we believe that You're died for our sins, and rose again on the third day, and alive forevermore, and doing this until You return, according to the Scriptures as we are commanded. Sanctify our hearts from evil thoughts and all that we have did that was contrary to Thy great will. Father, forgive us, and give us of Thy grace tonight. Break unto us now the Bread of Life in the Word, as we read It and speak on It. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, we ask it. Amen.

L-32 Now, in the Book of Revelations, beginning with one verse only, I wish to read the 20th verse, or the 1st verse of the 20th chapter.
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having a key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Now, I wish to speak, if it would be, if I should call it the text from this, or draw a context from this text, for the next twenty or twenty-five minutes, I would like to call it, "The Key To The Door." Now, I do not wish to--to make it the "keys," because Peter was given the keys to the Kingdom. But I want to call this "The Key To The Door." And then immediately after this, I wish to give a few little comments on Communion, before we take it tonight.


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