<TITLE>09. Par 81-93</TITLE>L-81 And God said, "Separate yourself, 'cause I will destroy them."

L-82 God had ordained a certain thing to be done, and it must be done that way. We're not to inject our own ideas. We're to respect His idea and His commandment.

L-83 Now, not referring back to our sisters, but at the... No matter what the other woman does, God has got your pattern laid Here. No matter what some other layman done in the Bible, God has got your pattern here, what to do. We'll get to it, after while, perhaps, what the layman is to do, and the minister. All of us has our places, and we must abide in our calling.

L-84   Now we find out that this man got lifted up. So he took the censer and went forth to the altar, which was only permitted, by God, to consecrated men to that office. He tried to take the minister's place.

L-85 And then the minister tried to correct him. We find out that fourscore priests, besides the high priest, come after him and told him. "Sir," in other words, like this, "God has blessed you. You're an honored man. You're a great man. And God has blessed you in your work. But you--you shouldn't do that. You're getting off of the beaten road."

L-86 Oh, how I could say some things here! Yes. "Getting off the beaten road." But the... Being that the thing is the way it is, let's try to conserve what we can get a hold of. See?

L-87 He said, "You're off the track, for the Word of God says so-and-so. Only Aaron's generation shall do this. That's for Aaron, and him alone, and his children. So, king, we honor you. We respect you. You're a great man. But don't try to do that."

L-88 And was he humble? No, sir. He thought, "God has blessed me, so I'll just do what I want to."

L-89 Now watch, my brethren. Be careful there. Because, no matter how much God has filled you with His Spirit, and how much that you have done, and how well you been blessed, you stay with the calling of God. Don't get off on some traditions, and organizational schemes, and so forth. You better come back to the path, better come back to what God laid down at the beginning.

L-90   Now, so we find out that this man, when he was corrected, instead of humbled himself and admitting that the Word was right, and God was right, he become angry. Other words, he was ready to kick him out of his organization. He was--he was very upset about it, very perplexed. And, oh, he got angry, and if to turn around and say, "Now, you just wait a minute. Do you realize who I am?"

L-91 Now, when you're corrected by the Word of God, you must be subject to the Word. And he said he would do as he pleased. He was the head of the thing, so he... he'd just do as he wanted to. And you know what happened? He was smitten with leprosy. And while his anger, rage was upon him, the priest detected the leprosy in his face.

L-92   Now, you say, "Well, what do you mean?" Leprosy represents, is--is a type, rather, "of sin." And when a man won't stand correction by the Word of God, he is full of leprosy, blows up and carries on. What does you? What do you do? You ruin your influence. See? Something happens. People knows and can tell, the Word that you're corrected by, that you're not going to do it. Therefore you ruin your influence.

L-93 And it hurt this fellow. Anger got on him. And while he was in his anger, leprosy was in his face. And we find out that he... Not only did he drop the censer, but he ran from the house of God, to never be able to return again. Because, no matter how great he was and how much influence he had had, he... When he was corrected, then he refused to take his correction, because his social standing had become more to him than the Word of God had become. I'm sure you understand what I'm driving at. See? It become more to him. His position as king become more to him than the Word of God.


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