<TITLE>23. Par 236-253</TITLE>L-236 In the vision that I seen not long ago, of those people up there, I asked the question. You read it in the--the digest, the men's Business Men's article. They said... Well, I said, "Does Paul have to?"
Said, "Yes, sir."

L-237 I said, "I stood on the same Thing he did." Yes, sir. Stay, the same thing.

L-238   Moses had to stoop from a throne, to take the Word of God. He forsook a throne. That's right. He was heir to a throne. "And he forsook the pleasures of being Pharaoh, for he esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt."

L-239 You say, "Well, I tell you. The women will all laugh at me. The men will think..." I don't care what they think. That's right.

L-240 Paul stooped. Moses stooped from a throne. I got a line of them wrote down here, take three pages. But let me tell you something, help you, right quick.

L-241 Jesus stooped from Heaven, to reflect Himself in the form of sinful flesh. (And who are you, or who are I?) To make the... make a way for us to reflect God, to make a way to reflect Himself in us, by sanctifying us to His Word. For His Word says, that, when He did so, so that we could reflect His Word.

L-242   In John 14:12, He said, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do he'll do also." Why? It was Christ, reflect. "A little while and the world won't see Me no more. Yet, you'll see Me," for I," "I," the personal pronoun, "be with you, even in you, see, all to the end of the world." Oh!

L-243 "If any will follow Me, let him deny himself. Let him deny his man-made creed, pick up his Bible and follow Me." That's right. Yes, sir.

L-244 Then, you are identified somewhere in the Scripture. No doubt, I'll have to close. You're identified somewhere in the Scripture. You know that. Each one of us, we see our identification.

L-245   Church, we're going over here to a--to a gathering that has been planned for a year. Churches has been praying. People has been fasting. I've poured out my heart, all through the week, up-and-down this valley, to every little crack and corner I could get into, trying my best to warn you of the Coming of the Lord. And here we are, just before this time here. And let's identify ourselves now, to move over yonder, to represent, or reflect Jesus Christ.

L-246 Will we identify ourself with a new haircut? Will we identify ourself with how fancy we can dress? Will we identify ourself of how popular we can stand and speak, how much education we've got? When, Paul said, "Them things, he had to forget them, in order to know Christ."

L-247 Are we identifying pentecost? Are we? What, where we find ourself reflecting?

L-248 What are we reflecting, anyhow, if we just got a lot of noise, and can shout and play, and jump up-and-down? Oh, I've seen Mohammedans do that. I've seen monkeys do that.

L-249 No remarks. I don't mean that, joking. This is no place for joke. This is the Word of God. See?

L-250 But I've seen animals jump, play, rabbits. That don't mean nothing. Certainly not. You're happy. Anything can make you happy, any little up-sight. I've seen sinners so drunk, and so happy! Certainly. That don't mean a thing.

L-251   But where is that happiness coming from? What's the resource? What does it react upon you? What does it reflect? Someone will deny God's Word; someone will live in the world; someone will hear the Truth and walk away from It; sell their birthrights out, for something else?

L-252 Oh, God help us, brother, sister, help us to get back and let Christ reflect Himself, too, in us, like that. Oh, my! May God help us to be identified in Him, so much, that His Word and His Presence can flow through us, to manifest Himself to the world, amen, for which we're going to face.

L-253   One more remark, I'm closing. Listen close. The Goldsmith is now standing ready.


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