<TITLE>16. Par 149-163</TITLE>L-149   Now, Andrew got to testifying. The first thing you know, the boat got to rocking again. But they come to find out, this time, you know, the sun had went down.

L-150 You know, and when the sun goes down, it's time that evil starts, somehow. I was reading an article in, I believe it was, Life magazine or something, not long ago. And some movie star made a remark like this, "Night was made to live in. Life begins when the sun goes down." Death begins when the sun goes down. That's when devils prowl. Watch the lizards, snakes, scorpions, roaches, everything else. They got to get in the dark. It's in the darkness.

L-151 You're not of the darkness. You're of the Light. "Walk in the light."

L-152 It reminds me, you can take an old apple core, lay it on the floor. It won't be nothing bother it in the daytime. Let it get night, and then the roaches, everything around the place, will crawl to it. And then if you want to see them scatter, just turn on the light. They sure scatter.

L-153 That reminds me, like preaching the Gospel. Just turn on the Light. It don't take it very long till evil goes to scattering. The church needs a good revival, a real good Holy Spirit, God-sent revival.

L-154   When I was a little boy, my brother and I; the one that's dead; we was out at the creek one day, that run behind the place, and we seen an old turtle. I don't know whether you know a turtle is, tortoise. They got a shell, you know. It's shell outside, and turtle inside. And we noticed him walk, and how funny he walked. And when we got to him, he went "shh," drew up into his...

L-155 Just like a lot of so-called believers when you tell them about the baptism of the Holy Ghost or something. "Oh, them days are past." Shh, "No such a thing."

L-156 Guy said to me, other day, said, "I don't care what you produce." Said, "I don't care how many dead people you can prove was raised, how many, I do not believe in it."

L-157 And I said, "Certainly not. It wasn't for unbelievers. It was only for believers. See? You're an unbeliever." See?

L-158   Now, we wanted to see him walk, because we thought it looked funny to see how he throwing his feet. So I said, "Get away. Get going." He just stayed up in his shell. "Well," I said, "I'll fix him, brother." And I went over and got me a switch. And I really poured it on him. You can't beat it out of them. He just laid there.

L-159 And I said, "Why, I--I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll make him walk." And I took him down to the creek. I said, "I'll... He'll either walk, or I'll--I'll--I'll drown him." So I stuck him down in the water, and held him with my hands. And just a few bubbles come up, and he stayed in the shell.

L-160 Water baptism doesn't do it, brother. You can baptize them any way you want to. That don't do it. No, no. That's right. You might get a few bubbles, but that's about all.

L-161 Then I seen a piece of paper laying over in a corner. I built me a little fire, and set him on that. Brother, he moved then.

L-162 That's what the church needs tonight, needs the Holy Ghost and Fire, to get a church to move for the Kingdom of God. It'll walk then. A revival, accept Christ, the Word! Believe It, let It sink down below the fifth rib on the left side, till It anchors down, the bottom of the heart. Then, floods of joy will spring up, and joy unspeakable, and full of glory. And the Holy Spirit will make you sing, "Fill my way every day with love, as I walk with the Heavenly Dove." It'll do something to you. What we need, it'll--it'll puts energy in there. It'll do something for you.

L-163   About time, these brethren, the sun went down, darkness begin to set in. Satan must have come up out of his tormenting pits and looked over the hill. "Ah!" He had to lay quiet that day, because great things had been taking place. So he... Got dark, and he looked over the hill. And the disciples had gone off without Jesus. That's just what he wanted. He caught them without Jesus.


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