<TITLE>08. Par 29-33</TITLE>L-29 But then finally, after God had give him his last trial, on the seventh day that morning the skies was black, the thunders was roaring, the lightning a flashing. Then great big drops of rain begin to fall, and a--a frantic world of people begin to scream and hunt for that ark. But it was too late, like the sleeping virgin that knocked at the door. It was too late. Don't wait till that time. Come now.
Notice. And then, after all this, the rain got heavier. The streets begin to fill up. The sewers filled up. The water begin to rise. Some of them said, "We'll just build us a boat and float. We'll get us a poplar log."

L-30 That's what too many's doing today, try to float through on a poplar log. But we find out it sunk.
And they thought they could build a boat, and it would be all right. But their boats went down.
That's what you think today: that we can build an organization, or educate a bunch of people into it; it'll go anyhow whether it's God-constructed or not. But the only thing that'll pass the test is a God constructed church by the Word, filled with the Holy Ghost. Got to be God-instructed, God-inspired. Man has nothing to do into it. It's God and Him alone.

L-31 The waters begin to come high on the ark. Mrs. Noah and probably her daughter-in-laws were wondering. Noah said, "Just hold still. God made the promise. Our assurance is absolutely assured to us." And he knowed that his construction had been according to his instruction.
And I wonder today if we would watch, and take a look around, and find out if our constructions are according to the instructions. For He said, "If a man believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also." I wonder if our construction will compare with the instructions that we have been given.

L-32 But Noah checked. Everything, every corner was pitched in. He said, "Mother, it's got to work. God promised it this way."
"Why," she said, "I looked out, and I saw the Joneses," or so forth. "Their boat sunk right down. And ours is still setting on the ground."
It just takes a little more persecution, a little more judgment of God to bring it up. Finally the waters got deeper and deeper. After while the whole family felt something move. She left the ground.
I just want to be in Him, one of these days... I am kind of getting tired of this old pest house. At fifty-three years old, I--one of these days I expect to feel something move. We want to leave.
The ark was going up. While others sank, the ark was going up. God in His Word had fulfilled His promise. Satan tried him. Satan tried to discourage him. He tried to discourage him through the people of that day, the religions of that day, through the science of that day.

L-33 I read in the paper, yesterday I believe it was, day before yesterday, where science has found a way that man don't have to die, have Eternal Life. Well, they think that's something new. We've had that for two thousand years. Think that they got something new... As David duPlessis once said, "Russia bragged because they had a man in space. We've had one in space for two thousand years. We're so far ahead of them they don't even know where they're at." Sure. An intercessor between us and God, with the assurance, "When I see the Blood, I'll pass over you," when the judgments come.
Don't you want to be interested in such a policy? You should be, 'cause all others are going to fail. That's exactly right.
Finally, when the ark finally made its great last jerk and jump as she left the bottom of the ground, the Word paid off, and the policy paid off in dividends. It saved him and his household. I'm so thankful for that. We could stay on that a long time, but we'll go a little further.


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