<TITLE>31. Par 236-241</TITLE>L-236   I took the Scripture, "I'm not disobedient to the heavenly vision," as Paul said. I said, "You've got it in for me, for water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. Better than three hundred of you introduce yourself as Doctor So-and-so, and Doctor So-and-so." I said, "I haven't even got a grammar school education. But I challenge any man here to bring your Bible and stand here by my side, and deny one of the Words that's been said."
You got it on tape out here, if you want to hear it. That was the quietest crowd you ever heard. I said, "What's the matter?" Is there anybody here, tonight, was in that morning meeting, let's see you hold your hand. Yeah. Well, sure, look all around.
I said, "Then, if you can't support it, then keep off my back." Right. Lot of howling, when they're around the corner. But come face-to-face with the issue, it's different. That's right. It's... Them men went out.

L-237   Tommy Hicks said, "I want three hundred of those tapes, to send to every pretender trinitarian preacher I know of."
Them men shaking my hand, said, "We'll come down to the tabernacle and be baptized over."
Where they at? Excuses. "I can't do it. My denomination won't let me do it. I married a wife. I bought an ox of yoke, or yoke of ox, rather. I--I bought a piece of ground. I got to go look at it." See? Some of those things, like, excuses. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Is that life worthy of the Gospel? ["No."]
If the Gospel is right, let's sell out everything we got and live for It. Be a Christian. Yes, sir. Amen. Notice now, as we close.

L-238   But their excuses is their creeds and their denominations.
It's like a tree. I was looking at Brother Banks, other day. I had a--a pine tree, I planted when I first moved up there, about, oh, about fifteen years ago, or better. And I let them vines, the branches grow out on the pine tree, and we couldn't get the mower back under there. And there wasn't a sprig of grass, anyhow. And I went out there, took a saw and sawed them limbs off, until that pine tree was way up here, where you could walk under it with a mower. And the prettiest bunch of grass you ever seen is under it now. What was it? The seed was there. It had to get the light.

L-239   And as long as the denomination, your excuses, try to shadow that Seed that you know actually lays there, you're taking the part of Lot. Throw them things away, and let the Gospel Light shine in upon there, the power of Jesus Christ. Yes. Keeping the Light off of it, will keep it from living. For, if the Light ever gets to it, it will spring forth to Life.
That's the reason the people say, "Don't go to some of them kind of meeting." They're afraid some of the Light will strike one of their members.

L-240   Remember the woman at the well. She was a prostitute.
There stood those priests. They seen Jesus tell Nathaniel, "I saw you by, when you was under the fig tree."
And the priests said, "He's Beelzebub. He's a fortune teller. That's the Devil."

L-241 This little women, when she walked up there, in her immoral state, living with six men. And when she walked up there in that state, in that state she was. And Jesus said, "Bring Me a drink." The conversation started. He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I don't have any."
Said, "You said the truth. You've got five, and the one you're living with, not your husband."
She said, "I perceive that You are a prophet, Sir. I know the Messiah will do that when He comes."
Jesus said, "I am He."


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