<TITLE>21. Par 205-218</TITLE>L-205   What did Judas do? What did he do? Remember his last estate. Oh, what did he do? He doubted Christ's claims, after he started to walk with Him. Pentecostals, don't you never do that. Business Men, don't you never do that. Don't you doubt His claims. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Judas doubted His claims, and become very popular and sold It out. Judas' character caused him to sell Him out, to His critics.

L-206 And today the same thing is taking place. Many times the character that we let ourselves mold into, sell us out, to the cares of the world, to the people that would criticize. The very thing that Pentecost come out of, it goes right back into it again, just as worldly almost as they was in the first place. See? What is it? We fail to let His Life reflect in us.

L-207   Or, do you find yourself identified with His true disciples? Amen. That's where we want to be, true to Him, true to His Word. Stayed up, in the face of critics! Amen. Is that where you find yourself identified tonight? Thank the Lord. Amen. Letting the Life of Christ flow through them! Yes, sir. They had been sanctified by His coming. And a sinful man, upon confession... And sanctification had cleansed them, and their hearts were so centered to God until Christ poured Himself into them and reflect His Presence to the world. In the face of critics, they stood like He did. They stood true to the Word, even till one said, "Thou almost persuadest me to be a Christian," one of his... the critics.

L-208   Can you identify yourself with Peter on the Day of Pentecost? Can you identify yourself there in Acts 2?

L-209 Where, people say, today, "The Holy Ghost was only given to the twelve apostles."

L-210 Can you identify yourself with Peter, when he said, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call"? This same Holy Ghost!

L-211 Do you identify yourself there with him on that day? "I stand with you, Peter. Yes, sir. Upon your fundamental teachings of the Scripture, I stand there. I want my life to reflect the Scripture, just like yours did there, when three thousand was pricked in their hearts."

L-212 When they seen the boldness of them, a few days after that, they knowed they had been with Jesus. They had the Word, and they know the Word was living right through them. And they was afraid to tamper with that Word of God, because they was a representative of that Word, with such a life, that God would reflect Himself right through.

L-213 Told a man, "Silver and gold have I none. I don't have big buildings and great big things. Such as I have, I'll give you. In the Name of Jesus Christ, stand upon your feet." "Such as I have!" He had to have something before he could give it. Amen. Oh, my!

L-214 Seeing the Word is the same forever and ever, every generation, all that God calls will see the reflection.

L-215   Or, with Paul, when the popular, world-loving Demas forsaken him, for his Christian, so-called, brethren of the popular opinion. When Paul stood on the Word, "Demas left him, love... loving this present world." Left him, because that he was true to the Word. It was too straight for him. Who would you go with, Demas, or would you go with Paul? Check the Word. What side would you take in your present state at that time? Yet, them was professed Christians.
Paul said, "All men has forsaken me." Poor little guy!

L-216 I always was alarmed at Dr. Ern Baxter. He said, "You know, when I get up to Heaven, first thing I'm going to do?"
I said, "What is it, Brother Ern?"

L-217 He said, "I'm going to walk right up to Demas and slap him in the face as hard as I can."
I said, "Now, Ern."

L-218 He said, "I'm going to say, 'Why did you leave Paul down there like that?'"


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