<TITLE>18. Par 174-183</TITLE>L-174   Way, all modern, all Bible teachers was against Him and His true-cut Word from God. You believe He was absolutely fundamental, don't you, in His teaching? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] But not according to their schools. ["Amen."] Did that soak in? How did we know He was fundamental? He asked them, "Who can prove Me of sin? Search the Scriptures. They're the One that testify of Me. They tell you exactly. Now, if I don't do what the Scripture says, then the Father don't vindicate that through Me, then throw Me out; I'm wrong." Yes, sir. Now, we find out that they were against That, the true Word of God.

L-175   Oh, would your present estate identify you with Him, or with that blinded bunch of Pharisees? Would your present state, would you hold onto your--your creeds of your church? Would you hold to it because that your pastor was, maybe, you'd say, "Well, he's a good man"? He can be a good man and still be blind. [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Certainly. Did not Jesus say, "You blind leaders of the blind"? ["Amen."]

L-176 Now, in your state, just imagine now, what would you do? Where are you identified amongst the crowd there? What's your present estate? Would you be with the Pharisee, "Well, I tell you, my mother belonged to this church, and that's just as good as any of them. I'll just stay right here"? See?

L-177   And when you seen the Word of God vindicated, It's the Truth, by the messenger, and you search the Scriptures and knowed It. But your--your denomination said, "The days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing as that." Now, what would you do in your present state? Many of you has expressed it.

L-178   If you should say in your heart now, "No, I wouldn't be with them Pharisees. I wouldn't be identified with them," then what about now? The Scripture says He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. What about now? You say, "I wouldn't be identified with them Pharisees." What about now? You know, history is repeating itself. I cut a piece out of a paper, other day, on that. The Pharisees of that day took a stand against Him, because of prejudice. That's the same thing they do today.

L-179 Remember, Nicodemus said the same thing. He said, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God."

L-180 But because that their creeds and denominations wouldn't accept His message, then they forbid anybody else. He said, "You won't go in, yourself, and you forbid others to go in." Yeah. What a condition! Wonder if we could identify ourself with something like that?

L-181   If you would have followed Him just to see His miracles, as many did, and you followed Him today in the church, just to see His miracles and set around. But to put your hand down, to receive the Holy Ghost, yourself, you won't do it. They won't do it. Many followed Him just for His miracles, to see them. But when He set down to the real Teaching of the Scripture, the multitude walked away from Him.

L-182 When, they would see Him heal the sick and open the eyes. And a person could touch His garment, and He'd turn around, tell them those things. And tell Philip and Nathanael, and all these, those things. Why, the woman at the well, and all these things, that He identified Himself to be the--the prophet that Moses spoke of, the Christ, the Messiah. When they hadn't had a prophet for four hundred years, then on the scene broke this Jesus, proving He was, see, that He was the Messiah.

L-183   Many of them had followed Him because, the first part of His ministry, He went from church to church. Oh, they gladly received Him, and they give Him a great hand. "Oh, Rabbi, oh, You're a great fellow!" But one day He set down with Scriptural Truth. And then when He identified Himself, not only as a Healer, but as a sent-from-God with Truth and Life. When He identified Himself to That, oh, That was against their tradition, even to many that followed Him.


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