<TITLE>14. Par 157-170</TITLE>L-157   Notice as he stood there, thinking. The warlords, half drunk, standing there, "I remember that great person. I remember when he stood with a jaw bone of a--of a mule, in his hand. I remember when he folded up the gates of Gaza and walked to the top of the hill. I remember all these things. When that lion roared after him, that little bitty fellow, and the Spirit come upon him, and he just tore that lion in two, with his hand. And here he stands, bound, by a little kid leading him around. And our god, the fish-god Dagon, has won the victory over him."

L-158   There you are. The world has creeped into the church, has won the victory. It's undressed our women. It's put a desire in the people's heart to stay home and watch television instead of going to the church and the prayer meeting. The love of the world has creeped in and took our Pentecostal church for a hell-bound ride.

L-159 The desire and the faith? Run a person through a prayer line and let him see whatever takes place; the next night, there they are right back again. Abraham's Seed? The faith isn't there. It should be there, but it isn't. When you...

L-160   God told Abraham once, and twenty-five years he looked for it. No matter how far back it got, I can hear him say to Sarah, "Go out there, you're sixty-five years old. Go buy some birdeye, and get some pins and make some booties. We're going to have the baby."
"How do you know you're going to have it?"
"God said so." And that settled it.

L-161 The first, see, she was about twenty years past menopause. He had lived with her since she was about sixteen years old, as a young man. Didn't make any difference; didn't look at that; didn't consider that. He considered what God said. Separated himself from all unbelief, went out into the wilderness.

L-162 That's what's the trouble today. You want to make yourself with an organization of unbelief, instead of separating yourself from the things of the world; you want to see how close you can ride to the end of sin. See how far back you can stay away from it.

L-163   But here they was. The first thirty days or twenty-eight days passed. Mixed audience now, and you adults know what I'm speaking of. "Sarah, honey, how you feel?"
"No difference at all, Abraham."
"Glory to God, we're going to have it, anyhow."
"How do you know?"
"God said so."

L-164 Ten years passed. "Keep them pins laying there, and all the birdeye."

L-165 Some of his friends come by, "Abraham, father of nations, how many children do you have?"

L-166 "Glory to God! At this time, none, but I'm going to have them."
"How, you? Why, you're ninety years old."

L-167 "Don't make a bit of difference. It'll be a greater miracle now than it was if it had happened back there twenty years ago."

L-168 But, today, "I was prayed for last night. I don't feel any better today." Abraham's Seed?

L-169 What's the matter? You've been stripped. Your fibers of church is still there; your organization is as great as the Methodist's or the Baptist's. You are building to this fiber all the time, but where is that genuine faith? Oh, you clap your hands, you shout and sing songs, and dance. My, I've seen that happen in many doctors', witch doctors' meetings, see them clap their hands, and speak in tongues, interpret, and jump up-and-down. Father Divine has the same thing. That ain't what I'm talking about.

L-170 I'm talking about a genuine faith that can unfold the promise of God, and stand there and make it live, a Scriptural thing.


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