<TITLE>09. Par 84-93</TITLE>L-84 Mr. Taylor said, "Go now, son. Go now. Don't wait till that time comes. You'll waste away too much of your life."

L-85 I think that's right. I agree with Mr. Taylor. Go now. I'm not trying to support my ignorance now by trying to say we don't need education. That might have its place. But education without salvation has no anchor. It's all sails and no anchor. Go when the candle is lit. Don't wait till it's half burnt up. Go when you light it. If you don't know nothing no more than how it got lit, tell others how it got lit, maybe they'll get lit too. See? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] So just as soon as the candle is lit, go tell everybody how you got your candle lit, and maybe they'll get lit off of you. See? Notice.
Certainly, David was persistent, because he knew.

L-86   Samson was met on the field one day with a thousand Philistines around him. And looked all around the... He wasn't a trained man that knew how to duel. But when he turned his head he felt that covenant, them locks strike his shoulders. That's all he had to feel. He got the first thing in his hand, was a jawbone of a mule, and he beat down a thousand Philistines. Why? He was persistent because he knowed that God had made a covenant with him, of those seven locks. Long as they hung in their place, nothing was going to bother him.

L-87 Oh, brother, sister, how the Church of the living God ought to stand tonight, persistent. As long as we can feel the covenant of the Holy Spirit, the Blood of Jesus Christ cleansing us from all sin, we should never let nothing stand in our way. Persistent, certainly.

L-88   John, the great prophet that was spoke of, to raise up; when he was in the wilderness, he was told by God. They was looking for a messiah, of course; four hundred years before they had had a prophet. But, God told him, in the wilderness. He said, "Now, they'll try to tell you, 'Dr. So-and-so is the guy ought to be the Messiah, if you're to announce Him. Why, he's the best person in our congregation.' And they're going to say, 'Well, the--the high priest's grandson up here, he's--he's the guy should have it,' and so forth. But, look, John, this is a real job. You've got to be sure, so I'm going to give you a sign. Upon Whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining upon, that'll be the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire."

L-89   John stood there, watched over the congregations as they come. And he... Everybody coming this, that, and the other. But he couldn't see Him. One day, while standing, debating with the priest, saying, "You mean to tell me the time will come when the daily sacrifice will be taken away?"
He said, "There'll come a Man."

L-90 And he looked. There it was. Said, "Behold, there is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world."

L-91 He knew it because God had told him, "Upon Whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending." He knew it. He was persistent.

L-92   Back to this little woman. We just got many things we could say about different ones that was perseverant, persistent, holding on, to achieve.

L-93 I've got a little slogan, that I say it quite a bit. It might be good for you to take it. "A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins." Just think of it. "A winner never quits, and a quitter can't win." You must hold on. And before you even start, be dead sure you're right. And then be persistent, let nothing move you. Go on. I've had quite a bit of experience of that, and you know it. I know this one thing, when you're dead sure that you're in the will of God, when you're dead sure you're centered in Calvary, nothing is going to move you. You're there.


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