<TITLE>12. Par 147-161</TITLE>L-147 Eternal never did begin. Eternal has no end. And a word is a thought expressed. That was God's thinking before there was a world, or a star, a moon, or anything. That was God's thinking, what He would do. And when He spoke the Word, it's Eternal, because He can produce nothing but something Eternal. That's the only way we have Eternal Life, is when we get rid of this perverted life and get Eternal Life. That's God, Zoe, the Word right in you. And then the Word comes right through you and manifests Itself.

L-148 And that's what this rich fellow seen, that this Jesus could stand there and He identified the Scriptures.

L-149 Jesus said, Himself, "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me. Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life, and They are They what say Who I am. They're the One that testify of Me." See? But they had it so creeded up, like we have today, till they couldn't see It.

L-150   Now watch. Noah was called by the Word of God, and he took out an investment in God, God's Word of promise. He purposed, no matter how--how bad it looked, and how much the rest the world didn't believe it, Noah made that investment. He invested in God, though it was contrary to science. We could stay there a long time.

L-151 Lord willing, I want to preach on "the countdown," Sunday afternoon, see where we're living. All right.

L-152 Notice, he, it contrary to their religious belief. It was contrary in the scientific research of that day, that there was any rain in the skies. It never had rained. So, therefore, he had to--to--to take a stand, and to make an investment. And he did so, in the promise of God. Satan tried him in every way that he could, yet he held onto his investment. And it paid off, at the end time, by saving his life.

L-153   Now businessmen, what better investment could you make than that, at the end time where we are? And even science itself now comes around, is with us, and tells us that it's right, "midnight hour is fixing to strike." Well, what good is our big things going to do? What good is our great denomination, a million more, and so forth like this, and build them like that, when Eternal Life is waiting out yonder? And we have the opportunity, and we're invited to receive this Christ, that--that God could take you and position you in His Word in such a place, till when you speak, the things that--that it's foresaw, and foretold, and so forth, could work right through you, every time exactly right. Never fails. Can't fail.

L-154 Oh, you say, "I seen that tried." Yes. I know. And you see it fail, where there's impersonation.

L-155 But when you see something genuine, it cannot fail, 'cause it's God. And God sets these things for an example, that others might see.

L-156 "How," you say, "how does it come? By all night fasting?" That's good. "All night prayer meeting?" That's still good.

L-157 But obedience to the Word is where it comes, obeying the Word. See? All right.
Now, it paid off, by saving his life.

L-158   Let's--let's investigate another investment. That, a man by the name of Daniel, he knowed. He was going... The church was going down amongst worldly people, so he knowed that the whole thing would turn that way.

L-159 That's exactly what we see now. Pentecost has got out amongst the world.

L-160 Thinking of Brother Glover setting here. I believe he's with the Foursquare people. And I was talking one day with Brother Shakarian and--and that noble person, Brother McPherson, Brother Rolf McPherson. We was setting in, and they were talking.

L-161   I had went over to somebody's place that had been associated in some kind of a--a latter-day rain or something. And one of the teachers was upbraiding me about it, why did I "come to the Temple first? And then later on... Or, keep away from that."


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