<TITLE>27. Par 141-147</TITLE>L-141 Yes, Irenaeus... I beg your pardon; it was Saint Martin. One cold day before Christmas, a poor old beggar was laying in the street, freezing. People that was worthy could pass by, and just looked at the old beggar. "Well, there's nothing to him; he's just a beggar. Let him lay there." And Martin stood and watched and seen if some of them people that could do it would help him, but he didn't do it.
Finally, Martin himself wasn't... He--he believed God, but he was a military man. He only had one coat. And he said, "If the old man lays like that, he'll freeze to death." So he took his sword and ripped his coat half in two, went over and wrapped the old beggar in it, and said, "Sleep in peace, my brother." Walked on in.
And that night in the barracks, after he'd shined his boots and laid down, he went to sleep. And a noise woke him up. And he looked, standing before him, and there stood Jesus wrapped in that old piece of coat that he'd wrapped the beggar in.
What can I do in these matters then? What must I do with these things that I know that's right, these things that's been confirmed and proved they're right? What can I do? Wrap the Church, not in a creed or a denomination, but in the Blood of Jesus Christ by His Word. So Jesus said, "What you've done to these, you've done to Me."

L-145 Let's pray. Lord Jesus, if You were standing here this morning, Lord... I know You are in the spiritual form. But if You were standing here, literally, I don't believe I'd change my text one bit. I believe I'd have said just the same thing. And I believe, heavenly Father, that these people who have done without their natural food, that they have set here and listened at a tired raspy voice, but if You'd been standing here, they--they wouldn't have stayed any more, because they believe that You're here, because it's Your Word. It shows that they love You.
We're so thankful for this Christmas visitation of the Holy Spirit, that directs us and shows us just what is Christmas. When we see that the world is falling apart, its systems are breaking up. But we are so glad; we are so thankful that we got a Kingdom and we got a King, and It cannot be moved. And when there is no more world, when there is no more politics, when there is no more nations, God will set up His Kingdom, and the righteous shall reign with Him. Those ones who have suffered will suffer no more.

L-147 Help us, Lord, at this Christmas season to remember what the anointed Messiah means. Help us to understand.
Bless this, our congregation. Be with them, our Father, and give them righteousness and peace in the Holy Spirit. Bless our pastor. Lord, we love him, this gallant servant who stands loyal. And speaking the other night, said, "Here I am, almost sixty." They got little bitty children. But remember, may he remember this, Lord, that there is nothing can take him from away from here until You're ready. If You tarry, I pray that he'll live to see all of his children married and have homes of their own. Bless his precious little wife, a little handsmaid of Yours. Bless our deacons and our trustees.
And, God, I'm thankful this Christmas for all these, my friends that travel through snow, and come over slick roads and rain, and take their livings, and come hundreds and hundreds of miles. God, I don't know what to say any more. I trust that You'll reveal the rest of it, what's in my heart. And may I always be faithful, God, to this Kingdom to which You have put us in. May I never compromise, no, right or left. I well remember when You told me then, "Don't move right hand or left hand; then your ways will be prosperous. Then thou shall have good success." Maybe not in the eyes of the world, and I care not what the world thinks; I want to know what You want, Lord. And Your desire is our... Your will is our desire. Oh, the least of Your desires is a--is a life- bound commandment to us, Lord. We stand as Your Church.


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