<TITLE>15. Par 142-154</TITLE>L-142 Now, the Protestant says He built it upon Himself, which was the Chief Cornerstone, the Rock. And, that, that's got a whole lot of Truth to it.

L-143   But just let me drop something else in that, just--just tighten it up a little bit. I'm going to disagree with both, by saying this, that it was not He was talking about Himself, directly, but potentially He was speaking of Himself. And He did not include Peter any more than his confession of it.

L-144 Because, look what He said, "Blessed are thou, Simon, the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. You never learned this by some seminary experience, or somebody told you about it. But My Father which is in Heaven has revealed this to you."

L-145 Then, it's a spiritual revelation of Who Jesus Christ is. It's exactly. And He said, "Upon this rock, upon the spiritual revelation, I will build My Church." It showed all the gates of hell would be against it, but they shall not prevail against it. See? "I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell will not be able to prevail against this Church."

L-146   So, you see, Noah had a spiritual revelation. God had directly spoke to him. Abel...

L-147 When Cain offered the fruits of the field, as apples and the fruits, and so forth, and made his altar pretty, and said, "God will accept this because I've done all this, and fixed the great altars. And I've decorated. I made it pretty. We got the biggest church in the city, or so forth. God will accept it, in this." He accepts the work of no man's hands, in redemption.

L-148 But Abel brought a lamb and offered blood, and God testified that he was righteous. How did he know it? There was no Word written in them days. It was a revelation, and so is it today.

L-149   You say, "Well, I belong to church. My church is as good as your church. They're both made out of the same kind of building, same kind of materials." That's right. The building has nothing to do with it.

L-150 Organization is a group of men who gets together, make up a decalogue of what they stand for, and that's it. Nothing against that, that's all right, but that ain't what I'm talking about. You wear the same kind of clothes, maybe, if they're decent, what other believers would do, and still that doesn't make it.

L-151 But now looky here. What it is, is the spiritual revelation of the Word of God. That, everything else is wrong but that Word, and you believe It. He was the Word, and He is the Word, and He will always be the Word. And when God can open that channel, then He can flow freely through that sanctified body. Now, now, now we notice that.

L-152   If you were in that day, what group would you be identified with; with the prophet, with the vindicated Word, although they were in the minority? Or, would you be with the popular opinion folks? "Well, I tell you, I believe that man is crazy." And the only way that you'd ever know he wasn't crazy is for the same God to reveal to you the same thing He had revealed to Moses.

L-153 And the only way that we'll ever be able to be the images of God, and the sons of God, is for God to reveal to us, and express Himself through His Word, to us, and us to the world. That's the only channel. For, Christ was the Image here on earth, that you could see, God in a Man, expressed Image of God, because God was in Him so much that they were One. And now when Christ left, He sanctified the Church, that the Church might take His place and express the Word of God. See? That's the only way it can be done. Oh, my!

L-154   Would you be with the popular folks who had the popular opinion? "As long as I belong to church!" And maybe, "Because I danced in the Spirit, I'm all right." Maybe, "Because I've spoken with tongues, I'm all right." Or maybe, "We got a good pastor, and I'm all right." Now, those things are loyal. I have nothing to say against that. That's true.


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