<TITLE>21. Par 233-245</TITLE>L-233 Then along come the Oneness, called, "The New Issue." What'd you do? Went out and organized yourself. God added a little something to the church, and you, "Oh, we've got It, and you all are out of It." Oh, my, brother! That's not God. Don't you see? What did you do? Died right in the track.

L-234 God raised up the Christian Business Men, here in the last day. And if they start the same thing, they'll die right there. That's exactly right. Don't you never do that.

L-235   What? What happened? Isaiah saw a great man lose his influence and die.

L-236 And so have we seen the time, in this last day, that when, God, He, don't have to raise up a Pentecostal. He can raise up a Presbyterian, a Baptist. He could raise up somebody that's from none of it. Right. "He's able of these stones to rise children to Abraham."

L-237 And we see Him go right outside of the ranks of Pentecost, and raise up a man that knows nothing about you, make--make you ashamed of yourself. Then you turn him down, say, "Oh, nonsense! Why, the presbyter would put me right out." Oh, brother! You see where you got? Isaiah saw that lose its hold, and we see those denominations lose their hold.

L-238 Oh, you're great in number. That's true. You'd be better... God said, "When you was little, you reverenced Me. And--and I... When you was little, I could talk to you. But when you got so big, I couldn't talk to you, then you had to run on your own."

L-239 That's what we're doing, like a great regime, a sixteen-cylinder Duesenberger. We got a political machine and a--and a regime in the--in the movements. It's presbyters and--and all these other different things that dominate the thing, and the Holy Spirit is counted out. You try to do something that's a little contrary to your doctrine, they say, "Aw, nonsense!" Check it with the Word. It's the Word, believe it; if it's not, leave it alone. God will vindicate His Word. Right.

L-240   Now, Uzziah seen that that man... I'm going to say something. And I don't want to hurt, but I want to make it stick. Uzziah... He saw a man with great influence (what?) lose his hold, because he failed to keep the Word. Is that right? Now, we have lived to see the same day, that all these great denominations are losing their influence. God reaches over in another section somewhere, picks up something that's nothing to do with you. See? We see it.

L-241 These great denominations, by their creeds, lose their hold. Why? They're trying to manufacture something to take the place of the office of the anointed. Whew! You know that's the Truth. You'll never be able to do it. God will take His anointed, and you cannot impersonate that office. God anoints. He chooses who He wills. He condemns who He wills. It's God that does the justifying. It's God that does the choosing, and He raises it up. And we reject it, and then we see the influence lost. God moves right on, in His humility, in His way of humbleness; and brings a group right out, for His Name's sake, as He promised He would do. Yeah.

L-242   We, like Uzziah, we see the great denominations lose their place, because they try to take the place of the anointed, with a denomination, instead of taking the anointed Word.

L-243 Uzziah was a great king. God made him a king. That's all right. But when he tried to take, hisself, and make himself a priest, he couldn't do it.

L-244 We can make ourself nothing. You can't make bishops, and prophets, and so forth. You can't manufacture it. It's got to be born in you. Got to be the Spirit of God, predestinated from the foundation of the world. "God set in the church." God did what He did. And when we try to impersonate, we lose our influence. Oh, church! Why can't we...

L-245   Listen. It's like a ball game, somebody at a football game. Somebody gets the ball, and every one of his own players try and take the ball right away from him. You can't win the game.


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