<TITLE>18. Par 208-217</TITLE>L-208   He showed him Christ. Christ is the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." And when Job, being a prophet...

L-209 Now listen. Job, being a prophet, the Word of the Lord comes to the (what?) prophet. Absolutely. That's where the Word comes to. That's how you know whether they're prophets or not. They stay in the Word. The Word is revealed to the prophet. And Job was a prophet. He couldn't see the end, but when he saw the Word, being a prophet, he said, "I know my Redeemer liveth," after the church had failed, after everything else had failed.

L-210 Even his loving wife had failed him, and want him say... "Why don't you just go on and curse God, and die the death, Job?"

L-211   He said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. The Lord gave; the Lord taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord." And the thunders begin to roar, and the lightnings flash. The Spirit come upon the prophet, and he saw the Word. Then he said, "I know my Redeemer liveth. At the last days He will stand on the earth. Though the skin worms destroys this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Amen. I shall see for myself. Mine eyes shall behold, and not another. We brought nothing into this world, and it's certain we take nothing out. The Lord gave; the Lord taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord." What a Comforter! He asked for a church member; God give him a vision. He asked for the bishop to come give him comfort, the presbyter; God gave the prophet a vision. That's what he needed.

L-212   Israel needed a way out of Egypt. They needed some way, some military strength or something, to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians. God provided a prophet with the vindicated original Word. Moses! That right? They wanted a army to rise up and to take them out, and beat the Egyptians down. But God sent them the Word, the prophet with the vindicated Word that God had spoke before to Abraham, saying, "Thy seed shall sojourn in a strange land. But I'll visit them with a mighty hand," the Word that God had spoke. They was crying for a deliverer, and God sent them a prophet with the Word. God had a provided way to tell the difference between the believer and the unbeliever. And God...

L-213   Now, some of them said, "Well, now, if the plague falls, we'll just go in the hospital. If the plague--if the plague happens to fall, you know what we'll do? We'll go get Dr. Jones. He'll know how to take care of it." It didn't work. Yet, they were smart. "Well, if the plague falls, we'll just go down beneath the ground, in a cave, and shut the door down." That won't do it one bit of good. "We'll stay in the house, and put a mask over our face, and--and put some disinfect on it." Didn't do a bit of good.

L-214 God made a provided way. Yes. And it was (what?) the blood. God provided it, as simple as it seemed, to take the blood of a lamb and sprinkle the door. Yet, God said that was His way, and He honored it. "All out from under the blood died, the firstborn."

L-215   When Noah needed a provided way, to saving of his household, God had him to construct an ark. They might have built mock boats. That's what people think today. But, you see, this was a special boat. They probably had boats then, the same as they got now, but this was a special boat. It was a... Listen to me now. It was a God-constructed boat.

L-216   And a church today is the same way. It's got to be a Bible-constructed church. My experience is not to be the best member in the church, but an experience that's constructed by the Word of God. "These signs shall follow them that believe." God-constructed experience, the only thing is going to take me up. Is the only thing is going to take you up.

L-217 Anything is going to lift above that, I don't care how many, "I come..." Say, "Look, I--I'm a good Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, or a Pentecostal." That won't mean one thing to God.


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