<TITLE>14. Par 125-141</TITLE>L-125 And every person that ever served God, become an image of God, was God expressing His own Word through them. Because, the Hebrew children said, "Our God is able to deliver us." They had no revelation of it, no more than that. "But," said, "however, we'll not bow down to your image." What was it? They was expressing their faith in the Word of God. And God expressed Himself back and reflected, and He was the fourth Man that they seen, in that mirror in there. God, expressing Himself through His living images! Oh, my!

L-126   Now let us look in--in God's mirror, Word, and identify our present character. Now, I might pinch you just a little bit.

L-127 I won't take much more time. Oh, my! I didn't know it was that late, quarter after. I ain't got no clock here.

L-128 I watched one last night, and preached about two hours. I thought, "My, it's just seven o'clock. I'm doing fine, just getting warmed up." And here it was nine-thirty, time to quit.

L-129 Notice. We won't stay much longer, though. Let me just give this to you just now. Look. [A brother says, "Preach on."--Ed.] Notice. Thank you. You know, when... [Congregation says, "Amen."]

L-130 Let's see if we can identify ourself. Now listen. Get this close, what I'm saying now, our present character. I'm going to go real slow. I want it to soak in real deep now, before we close. If you lived in the days of Noah... Now, just think of what you are. Be honest with yourself. Cause, if you won't be honest with yourself, you can't be honest with God.

L-131   If you lived in the days of Noah, and was in your present character, what group would you be identified with? Now think of it. What group?

L-132 When, here is an old fanatic standing up there on the hill, that's been proven, over and over, for a hundred and twenty years, that he's out of his mind, because he's absolutely predicting that there's water coming down from up there. And all their scientific instruments prove that it wasn't there. And because it didn't jive up with their scientific things, how could Almighty God ever do something that was against their own reasonings? See? And the man was talked about. He was the laughing stock of the time.

L-133 Now, I wonder. Yeah. Just ask that, what group would you be identified with? With the popular opinion of the day?

L-134 Oh, you say, "I--I belong to church." That's not what I'm talking about. They had plenty of church groups in that day, probably more than they got now.

L-135 But there was somebody with the--the message from God. That's right. And it was very unpopular. His group was very unpopular, 'cause he was considered a fanatic. Would you be ready to identify yourself with that fanatic group?

L-136   The only way that you'd ever do it, would be for It personally to be revealed to you. And did you know that's the only way that God built His Church?

L-137 Look at in the garden of Eden, how did Abel know that it was a blood instead of a apple? Oh! See? It was spiritually revealed.

L-138 And, look, when Jesus was here on earth, He said, that great notable time that He was speaking, "Who does men say I the Son of man am?"
"Some of them said, why, You're 'Moses,' or You're 'Jeremias,' or 'one of the prophets.'"

L-139 He said, "But I'm--I'm coming straight to the point. What do you think about It? See? Not what somebody else is saying now, but I want to know what you think about It?"

L-140 And that's when Peter spoke up and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Now watch the way He quoted it.

L-141   Now, we know that the Catholic church, not hurting you Catholics' feelings, but you said He built it upon Peter, being the little rock. "Upon this rock I'll build My Church. The gates of hell cannot prevail against It." See? Now, if that be so, then the church backslid. See? Now, then, if it was, it was built upon a man.


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