<TITLE>05. Par 39-51</TITLE>L-39 It become a--a tradition. I'm almost persuaded to believe that that's what's happened to our Christian system. That, in our different denominations and--and clans that call themselves Christians, we have come to that place. To where... And even to we, Pentecostals. Now, remember, medicine goes for the whole family. And we, Pentecostals, are getting ourself into that. And we wondered.

L-40   The whole Pentecostal world today is falling apart. The whole system, of Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian, the--the whole religious system is falling apart. We see it. We know that's the truth. Our national political world is falling apart. The whole thing is at the end. As Isaiah said, "It's become full of--of putrefied sores." It's, just, the whole body is corrupted.

L-41 There is something has got to happen. And it's going to be beyond any man-made system or understanding, that'll have to bring it back to its right conditions again.

L-42 I know this is a nasty picture, but it's the truth. We've got to look things just exactly what they are, and there no need of quoting anything over, or coating it, rather, but just come out and tell the truth about it. Right is right, and wrong is wrong. See? And we have to look at it.

L-43   And we see the nations today. Our--our political and national life is rotten to the core. It's all full of--of things, or of television corruption, of all kinds of dirty, filthy jokes, and gags, and before our young people.

L-44 And the--the schools are so corrupt! My! I'm from Arizona. I--I was at one of the big schools, other day, and see those young ladies and men, boys, out there on that campus, wallowing around. I said, "I hope I never have to send one of my children to a place like that."

L-45 And of such corruption, yet, called--called America. Some of the worst I've ever seen is behavior of Americans in--in different parts of the country. We always talking about some other country. We better sweep our own doors clean before we can say anything about someone else.

L-46 And we Pentecostals ought to sweep our doors a little bit, too, 'fore we go to hollering about the Presbyterian and Baptist. Because, our system is just as corrupt and falling apart as theirs are. See? We're just living in that day.

L-47   And now we want to remember that, in these days that Jesus was born, we find that they had the same sort of a system. They had no sincerity. They just went down and--and become a Jew, and was circumcised the eighth day. And he actually become a Jew.

L-48 Well, we got the same thing today. They take them to the church and christen the babies. And--and then the first thing, you know, why, they belong to that church. And you ask them if they're a Christian. "Sure, I'm a Christian. I'm an American."
And one time in a prayer line, I asked a lady, one time, "Are you a Christian?"

L-49 She said, "Well, I'll give you to understand, I burn a candle every night." Now, like that had anything to do with Christianity.

L-50 One said, "I'm, well, I'm a--I'm a so-and-so. I belong to the Presbyterian. I'm this." That still don't mean nothing.

L-51 That's no more than you can put a brand on a cow. You could--you could put a Hereford brand upon a scavenger. It won't make a bit of difference. That don't change the inside of the person. You are what you are, by your birth, and that's in Christ. See? We--we just got these brands, and--and so forth. It's, we... We've got the whole thing in a system and in a mess.


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