<TITLE>23. Par 271-285</TITLE>L-271   The man had built up a complex. Just about like the church has done today, "You'll either preach It the way I like It," or you won't hear It at all. "I won't pay no attention!" Was... and set there. Man after man had come to him, trying to talk to him. He had built himself till he wasn't going to hear no more.

L-272 So the governor walked in. He said, "Son, I'd like to talk to you."
He said, "Shut up and get out of here," in his cell.
He said, "Son, I've come to help you."
Said, "I told you to get out of here."

L-273 That's the way people does the Holy Spirit today. Yeah. "Get out. I don't want nothing to do with It." And knocks at the door. "If I do that, I'll have to give up my card party. I'll have to give up this. I'll have to give up that. I'll have to give up my church creed. I'll have to give." See? You better listen. He's the only One has got pardon. That's right. What are you looking at? See?

L-274   He had looked at so many things, he was afraid to look at this man. He kept his head turned.

L-275 That's the way people do today at the altar call. They keep their head turned. They don't want to hear It. They'd turn their head from God Who is telling them, "That's the Truth." A little, wee Voice, like a touch.

L-276 You know, Elijah, he heard the rushing wind, blood, fire, smoke, and it didn't bother him. But when he heard that little Voice, he come out. Oh, that little Voice that the church has failed to hear! Right.

L-277 So, the--the--the man tried his best. The governor tried to talk to the boy. The boy said, "Are you going to get out of here or am I going to throw you out."

L-278 Turned around and said, "All right, son. I done the best I could do."

L-279   When he walked out, the boy looked around, kind of arrogant, as he walked down through the hall.

L-280 And when he did, one of the guards stepped out and said, "Governor, did you do any good?"
He said, "No. He wouldn't listen."

L-281 That boy jumped. He grabbed the bars, said, "Who was that?"
"That was the governor. Come for your pardon."

L-282 Too late then. He screamed. He cried. He said, "Think of it. The governor, here in my own cell, to pardon me, and I turned him down."

L-283 And when they put the rope around his neck, before they put the black mask on, after he had walked the thirteen steps, last words he said, "Think of it. The governor stood in my cell, for pardoning, and I turned him down." And they hung him.

L-284   Oh, there's more than a governor here this morning. Jesus Christ is here. And that little cell, called man or woman, He's here to give pardon. Don't, don't turn Him away. Don't do it. Find your purpose that God brought you here in life.

L-285 We're in a tremendous hour, friends. You know that. As the old song said:
Nations are breaking, (Look what time it is.), Israel's awaking,
The signs that the Bible foretold;
The Gentile days numbered, with harrows encumbered;
"Return, O dispersed, to your own."
The Day of Redemption is near,
Men's hearts are failing for fear;
Be filled with the Spirit, your lamps trimmed and clear. (What?)
Look up, your Redemption is near.
That's right.
False prophets are lying, God's Truth they're denying,
That Jesus the Christ is our God;
That's right.
This generation spurns God's revelation,
But we walk where the apostles have trod.
The Day of Redemption is near,
Men's hearts are failing for fear;
Be filled with the Spirit, your lamps trimmed and clear,
Look up, your Redemption is near.


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