<TITLE>17. Par 190-198</TITLE>L-190 Men and women, my brothers and sisters, let me say this. The church, in its present denominational condition, cannot produce the strength to challenge the time, to call it a time. Men and women wants God, honest hearts. And you might leave the--the oneness and go to the twoness, you might leave the twoness and go to the threeness, and you might do all this, that, or the other; you are only pulling a paper, or--or mission-trotting, or acting like I don't know what, a juvenile kid. That's right. You don't get it like that. Our backslidden strength, it cannot meet the challenge of this hour. The denominations will not take the vindication of the Word.

L-191   When, Jesus Christ, as I tried to tell you last night, promised this in the last days. He promised to have it here. And you know that, by the Bible. And for fifteen years, back and forth across the nation, and they're getting worse all the time. That's right. See, they don't want it.

L-192 They say, "Well, now, he associates with oneness," or, "He associates with trinity. He does this, that, or the other." We associate with Christ, out in every organization, trying...

L-193 But God sees to that, that they see It. And the real believers are like the little prostitute, last night; as soon as It flashed across her path, and that seed of Life laying there, she believed It. That was all, it struck fire right now. When there was thousands standing there, making fun of It, but not her. She knew that that was Messiah. She knew that that was the promise, that, when He come, He would do that.

L-194   Wonder, if we only knew the same thing! Have we got so wrapped up in our organization, we're forbidden to even look at It? Wonder if you look at the--the magazines and pictures, and old dirty filth of the world, instead of reading your Bible like you should be? "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that comes out of the mouth of God."

L-195 Our children, our boys, has become a bunch of little Rickies and Rickettas, you know that's right, a bunch of hot-rod drags and everything like that. And where you find a Pentecostal boy? With his hot rod, on the street. Where do you find sister? Down at the canteen somewhere, doing a rock-and-roll? Where do you find pop and mom? Pop, out playing golf, or out somewhere like that, and mom out in some stitch-and-sew party of some lodge she belongs to, or something. When, it ought to be a home gathered together under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, with the Bible back again. There is where we've drifted to. Not criticizing, but just shaking you a little, see, that you will understand.

L-196   All the time, and (oh, I got to close) the Philistines never noticed what was going on. There was something going on, 'cause something begin to move in Samson's heart, "There was a possibility," see. He felt back to see if it was still there.

L-197 Some women have a hard time now, knowing it was supposed to have it. But see if His promise is still there, see if He still made... Just feel back and see if He ain't the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-198 He felt it. He knew there was something. He raised his head. He had no eyes. They didn't notice the tears coming down out of them empty sockets, where the glands was letting the tears drop down. His head up, his lips moving slowly, tears falling from them blinded sockets. He was repenting. He knowed that Jehovah still lived. Though he had wronged, he knowed He was still God. The tears dropping off of his cheeks, as he stood there. The Philistines was too drunk to notice that.


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