<TITLE>07. Par 62-67</TITLE>L-62   Influence! One minister's wife let down and did this, and one minister started so-and-so, and the rest just started. Oh, may we, like the Uzziah here, let--let's not let nothing influence us but the Word of God. Let That be our influence. Bring ourselves back to the Faith, back to the correction of the Scripture, no matter what the rest the world has to do.

L-63   And we brethren, many of the brethren who belong to organization, which, practically, it's all got little groups, I have nothing against that. That's all right. But when we going to get the place that we feel, that, "Ours is the only group." That, "We got It. The other fellow hasn't got nothing to do with It." That is being influenced by the higher-ups in the organization, that, "We should make our organization to grow." We are to make the Kingdom grow. See? We are here to influence. And we will never be an influence to the outside world as long as we're trying to influence them to some organization, because they've been that before we were born. Let's take the stand for God and His Word, and fellowship and get all brethren. Let us not draw a line and say, "If you don't toe to this." Let's reach a hand across the line, be brethren.

L-64 That's the reason that I have been so sold on this here Christian Business Men's Full Gospel Fellowship. That's the reason that Methodists and Presbyterians and so forth, where the ministers could not seem to reach across there, but the Business Men broke down those traditions. They're helping, doing that thing. Now, if we can just keep it beat out of their heads, to organize; which, it looks like they're headed that way. And when they do, that's me out, because I'm here to stand for what is truth. See? See? See? We never want that. That's the thing, the very... I wish to speak on, one of these nights, "Samson, stand in that same place," so somewhere along the line. Now, let's watch what our influence is.

L-65   Now we see, Uzziah here, he was a great man. And we find out, because that he took those terrific stands that he did, that, you know, his kingdom was next to Solomon. He spread out. Even all the countries around about, loved him, and--and they paid tribute to his kingdom. And we find out that, even way down in Egypt, his influence was felt. And this being the way he stood, and this young prophet standing there before the king, he... It was a great influence to Isaiah, how that God would bless any man that would be true to His Word, regardless of what his politics tried to influence him to, regardless of what anything else tried to be. Uzziah was determined to stay with the Word, and God blessed him. And Isaiah saw it.

L-66 That, as usual, just like a group of people, just like the remark that I said about the Business Men, when Uzziah begin to feel secure, that he had just about got everything in the kingdom that God had for him, he got lifted up in his heart.

L-67   Now, that's what's happened to our denominations all through the ages. When they feel like they're big enough to say, "Now, we're that," then they get lifted up, and that's when God leaves them. And if the Business Men gets to that spot, where we have... As Brother Williams said, "Fifteen." But God can do more with fifteen in his hand than He could with fifteen hundred out of his hand. See? But we appreciate fifteen hundred in His hand instead of fifteen in His hand, if they'll all stay in His hand. That's the main thing, being influenced, not by what great numbers we are, but by what a great God that we're representing, and the kind of Life that is in us by Him, that will influence others.


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