<TITLE>14. Par 52-55</TITLE>L-52 Preaching some time ago, and a lady said to me... Or, not a lady. It was a Sunday school teacher in the First Baptist church. Said, "Billy, I couldn't get into the church to hear you, but I was standing on the outside." Said, "I was enjoying what you were saying, but that woman raised up." And said, "She started crying. And down through the aisle she went running." She said, "All that noise just made chills go over my back."
I said, "You know what? If you think that's noise, you're living in the quietest world you ever lived in. You'll freeze to death, if you'd ever get to heaven, for if you go to heaven, there is screaming, and shouting, and praising God day and night: the Angels around the throne, crying, 'Holy, holy, holy are Lord God Almighty.' If you're in hell there's weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. You're living in a mighty quiet place." Certainly.

L-53 Now, but the little Greek woman was persistent. She said, "Yes, Lord. I admit that what you say is the truth. And I'm not looking to maybe to be like the rest of them, but I..."
And remember, she had never seen a miracle. She'd never seen any of these things. But there was faith in there that believed that that was the thing she needed for her daughter. And when Jesus... The first miracle performed there upon this Gentile woman, He said, "Great is Thy faith." See, that touched Him to see that she was dead earnest.
The trouble with we people today, we're not dead earnest about these things. We cope our words... We're afraid to say something that's unethical. God promised to fill your mouth; turn yourself loose to Him. "Don't take no thought what you're going to say." But we get so ethical with it. If I say something according to... My denomination won't believe it." They'll be kicked out: premeditated murder, yes, there's a penalty to that, you know.

L-54 There was a man called Nicodemus. He saw something in Jesus that was right. He was an old man, a great man in his organization. You know, he wanted to make an investment, 'cause he wanted Eternal Life. And he came to Jesus by night. Seemingly the banks had been closed. But His bank's always open, day or night: open right now. He found the bank open, and Jesus gave him the prescription. He wanted Eternal Life. And there he made his investment in Eternal Life. We find all these groups. And it's getting late. Let's wind them up.

L-55 We find over in Luke 24:49, that Jesus said to these people who had sacrificed everything they had, and was signing up for this policy of Eternal Life (Luke 24:49), He tells them that He's going to give them the dividends on it. He said, "Now, in order to draw your dividends, get all your differences away from you: quit fussing whether you're Greek Orthodox, or whether you're Baptist, Presbyterian (as the brother said this morning), black or white, yellow, brown. Go up there in the city of Jerusalem, and wait until I send it."
And he had a hundred and twenty up there to sign up. And they signed up, and went up there to draw their interest on their investment. All of a sudden there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind. Their interest was paid off. It always pays off.
The day of the Pentecost, there was about three thousand souls who wanted to get one of the policies, and Peter told them how it was wrote out. He said, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. And then God will give you the interest on it right then. You'll draw dividends." Amen.
Are you interested in a policy? Well, it's for whosoever will (That's right.), whosoever will.


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