<TITLE>18. Par 191-203</TITLE>L-191 But they all set on the same roost. So, there, that's it. They did it in the ark, and they've done it ever since, so there you are. Jesus said, "Let them alone." Said, "At that day, the wheat will be taken in the garner, and so forth."

L-192 I'm holding you long, but I'll hurry if I can. Notice. Just quick, I don't mean to say it any... You know, this is not a joking matter, friends. This is Scripture. See?

L-193   Humble, the woman went into action. Why? First, she reverenced. "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet." Wings over her feet, over her face. She recognized Him. "You are a prophet. I believe that. We know when the Messiah come. Now, we haven't had a prophet since Malachi. But we are taught down here, that someday there will rise one on the scene, among the Jews, and He will be the Messiah. And Moses said, the one that we're told, 'If there be a man among you who is spiritual or prophet, and what this man says comes to pass, then you know it.' That's just the same thing that Jeremiah said to Hananiah, and so forth, 'If this comes to pass, then we know it's vindicated, it's the truth.' And now, here, you tell me that I had five husbands, and that's the truth. And I'm living with another man now."

L-194 "So I know that You must be a prophet. I know it's time for the Messiah to come, and He will tell us those things."
And He said, "I am He."

L-195 And as soon as He identified Himself, she went into action, right down through the city, and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah? Don't miss it, men. He is setting out there on the stump."

L-196   Oh, could I say this morning, that same Messiah, in the form of the Holy Ghost, is right here now, (don't miss it, church), showing the same signs and same thing. "The works that I do shall you do also." Same signs, it has to be.

L-197 If a life is in a grapevine, growing... If--if you could transfer the life of a pumpkin into a grapevine, why, it would grow a pumpkin, or watermelon, whatever life is in it. And if the Life of Christ has been transferred into you, by the Holy Spirit, you bear the fruit, you live the Life.

L-198 So, you see, if we are bearing pumpkins over here, and should be bearing grapes, there is something wrong. See? So, get that life out of you. You don't have to take that.

L-199 The transfusion is open, this morning. "There is a Fountain filled with Blood drawn from Immanuel's veins, where sinners plunge beneath the flood." Impersonators can plunge there and lose all their impersonation, and get something that's real. And then your influence will be greatly among the people, in the Presence of God.
The woman went in action.

L-200   Peter, one day he was a little in doubt, maybe. He loaned his boat to a Galilean Man that was pretty-well down in the low bracket amongst the people. As Beelzebub; a fortuneteller; some evil spirit was upon Him. We know that Thou art a Samaritan, and mad. We know You have a devil." And all the churches had ousted Him out.

L-201 And yet He was just as straight with the Word as could be. Dare any of you say He wasn't. That's right. Don't say He wasn't. He was all contrary to any of their beliefs, but He had exactly the Word, could prove it right in the Scripture. Said, "Who can accuse Me of sin?" Now, He had it.

L-202 And when Peter loaned Him the boat, He said, "Cast out into the deep, and let down for the draught."
Said, "I fished all night. There ain't nothing out there."
Said, "I said, 'Cast out into the deep.'"

L-203 "Well, if this Man is the Messiah, He is prophet. So I'll pull the boat out here." And he threw the net over, and he said, "At Your word, I'll take it. Cause, I don't know You, but Your--Your--Your speech sound all right, so I'll throw the net out and see. And I throwed the net out." And when it went down, he said, "Depart from me, Lord. I'm a sinful man."


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