<TITLE>05. Par 46-53</TITLE>L-46   Now let's just talk a few moments on something that somebody would have to remember. I'd imagine, way over in Glory tonight, there's a man by the name of Noah, and he certainly has a lot to remember the Lord for. For in the time that when God was going to destroy all the wickedness off of the face the earth, God remembered Noah. And Noah remembers how he escaped the wrath of God, by God's mercy. How that the--the great waters started flowing down the streets, and the winds howled, and the rocks moved from the mountains! And what a terrible storm! Houses blew away, and the fountains broke up, and God had Noah inside the ark. Now, if that ain't a wonderful place to remember Him by, yeah, yes, to be inside the ark, safely secured in the Presence of God, to live with Him!

L-47   Then we could call another group of people, or at least I'd say three, and they were called Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. How that they had took their stand for God, remembering that He keeps His promise! And how that, in this great hour, because of their stand, even their own brethren, many of them, had turned off into the world. But they were going to stand, regardless, and they took a stand for God. And when the furnace was he't seven times hotter than it ever was he't before, and they was pushed into this furnace.

L-48 And they can certainly remember that fourth Man that was in there with them, that kept all the--the heat and the death away from them. There is something about that fourth Man. Might talk about Him a while, yes, sir, how that He was the only One could make that possible. There was no other person could do it but that fourth Man. And He was the One that provided life, in the jaws of death. Amen. And He--He kept the fire blazes back, and preserved them. And, oh, as long as there can be a memory, and it'll never fade out, so they can remember that great day down in Babylon.

L-49   There was another man down at Babylon, can remember also, and that was Daniel, when he had purposed in his heart that he wasn't going to defile himself with the things of the world.

L-50 That's a good stand to take. That's where we people ought to take, kind of buckle up the armor a little tighter. That's it. We're not going to defile ourself with the things of the world, no matter what the other church does. Ourselves, we're going to buckle it on. We're going to stay right with that Word.

L-51 No matter what comes or goes, we're not defiling ourself. If the rest of them want to do it, go ahead and do it. If them women want to cut their hair, let them cut it. We're not. That's right. If they want to wear manicure, let them go. Ever what that stuff is, paint, let them go ahead and do it. We're not going to do it. If the rest of them says they can smoke cigarettes and get by, well, let them go ahead. But we're not going to do it. That's all. Uh-huh. The rest of them can go home, dismiss Sunday--Sunday school early, for a television program, or Wednesday night, omit the whole service for a certain program. No matter what they do, we're going to serve the Lord.

L-52   We're going to take the place like Joshua, "For me and my house, we're going to serve the Lord." We remember what He did to bring this blessing to us, and we cherish it so much that we cannot defile it in any way. It's a treasure of Eternal Life that we have, and we by no means want to defile ourselves with the things of the world, not at all.

L-53 And Daniel purposed in his heart the same thing, though he become a citizen there; but not by his choice, because he was an alien. And every born-again Christian is an alien just as soon as he's born again, because he's Heavenly bound. His--his possession lays in Heaven.


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