<TITLE>17. Par 173-188</TITLE>L-173   And so many of us gets confused, and--and just use little isms and sensations and things, and call that the Spirit of God. That's the reason we're so scrupled up as we are today, the whole church system. It's terrible. And in spite of all that, Jesus still stands at the door, put out.

L-174   But, yet, one more door I'd like to open, the door of faith, then I'll close. There's just about a dozen I got wrote down here, but I'm going to skip them. The door of faith.

L-175 You say, "Would you come down to the Full Gospel Business Men?"
"The what?"
"The full Gospel."
"That's against my faith."

L-176 There's only one Faith. That's right. "One Faith, one Lord, one baptism." That's right.
"Why, it's against my faith."

L-177 Maybe you don't want Jesus to stand in that door of your faith. You've got your faith built on some creed of some church, some denomination. And that's where your faith is closed up to itself, in a room, and you wouldn't let Jesus come, which is the Word.

L-178 "In the beginning was the Word," said Saint John 1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us." He is the Eternal Word.

L-179   And you, your faith, that--that says, that, "The days of miracles is past. And there is no such a thing as speaking with tongues, and prophesying. And this nonsense that the church or the pentecostals carry on, today, there is no such a thing as that." Maybe you let some creed hold back in the door of your faith.

L-180 If you'd open that door and let the Word of God come in, to be your Lord, say, "I don't care what the creed says. If the Bible says so, You're my Lord."

L-181 You must be born again. And when you're born again, then you must be filled with the Holy Ghost. No matter what creed, what is, nothing about it.

L-182 You say, "Well, I believe that Jesus is the Son of God." The Devil believes the same thing.

L-183 You've got to be born again. Everybody is afraid of that new Birth. Oh, I know you call yourself, that you've got new Birth. But I think our lives sometimes speak so loud that our testimony can't be heard. See?

L-184   A birth is a mess, I don't care where it's at. Excuse this expression, but if a birth is in a pigpen, it's a mess. If it's in a cow barn, it's a mess. If it's in a hospital room, it's a mess. And if it's at the altar, it's a mess. It'll make you rot, in your own thinking. It'll make you throw away everything that's... Things that you once cherished with all your heart, you'll give it up to let that little still knock. I don't care if it's a mission on the corner.

L-185 We people out here believe in big things. We Americans, we want big hats, and--and big automobiles, and big denominations, more in the creed, and more in the denomination. All we want is big things; and God is after small, still voices. A lot of racket and noise is what we want.

L-186   A farmer took a wagon one time, went out in the field. And when he did, it bumped and rattled and made a lot of noise. When it come back, it crossed the same bumps and never even moved. It was loaded with good things.

L-187 We want the creed. "Our denomination is the biggest. We got this. Glory to God, we beat this bunch over here. We beat this bunch over here, in paying money, and giving stars, and everything else, of who will bring in the most to the church." Nothing against that. That's all right. But, here is what I'm trying to say, that's not It, yet. That's all right, get people in church. Yes.

L-188 But Jesus said, "When a man went out and proselyted and brought in one," said, "what'd he become? A twofold child more of hell than he was when he started."


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