<TITLE>25. Par 258-274</TITLE>L-258   That expression. If you only--only knew the numerology of the Bible, and know what Elvis or--or Ricky means, to the Scripture! Uh-huh. Just like, why did Jesus... You say, "There is nothing to that, your name." There isn't? That name could only come in this last days, for this last-days people.

L-259 Why did Jesus change Abram's name to Abraham, then, Sarai to Sarah? Why did He change Saul to Paul? Why did He change Simon to Peter, and so forth? You see, certainly it means something.

L-260 That name could not be spoken till this day. That's the reason we got this hellish thing we got in the earth today, because of such things. The whole human race is corrupted. It's--it's gone, see, and that's why it is.

L-261   Notice now, he was all right, he was in his days, Luther, and he had the revelation; but as soon as he left, look what they did. Wesley had a message; look what it did. The old early Pentecostals had a message; look what they did. They got a bunch of men together, just like exactly the same thing that...

L-262 God, by grace, sent Israel a Pillar of Fire, a prophet, a sacrifice, and showed Hisself among them, and brought them out of Egypt, across the Red Seas. And they wanted a law, so they could have great dignitaries, they could have something to do into it. And what did they do? They was left in the wilderness for forty years, to wander, and not one of that organization ever went over.

L-263   Caleb and Joshua, the only two that stood out and said, "We're able to take it, to look at the Word of God."

L-264 Every one of them died in the wilderness. And Jesus said they were Eternally gone, right, after He had showed His blessings and power in their ages; like Luther, Wesley, and so forth. Did He?
Said, "Our fathers eat manna in the wilderness."

L-265 He said, "And they're, every one, dead." That's, Eternal separated from God. Their carcasses perished in the wilderness. See? "They are dead. But I'm the Bread of Life that come from God out of Heaven." They couldn't see it. They just couldn't see it.

L-266   All right, church has long forgotten it. They accepted intellectual message, intellectuals, membership, knowledge, instead of the revelation of the Truth of the Word.

L-267 Now look here, they say today. Do you believe that God commissioned us to go into all the world, and heal the sick, and preach the Gospel, and cast out devils? "Oh, oh, yes, I suppose that right, but..." You see?

L-268   A lady, talking to me the other day, she said, "Well, all the churches are in harmony."

L-269 I said, "There isn't one of them in harmony with the other." There's Catholics standing there. I said, "How about you? You're a Methodist and that's a Catholic, are you in harmony with one another?" I said, "This pope come to unite them together, that's a good thing for all that kind of people."

L-270 But the Church of God has nothing to do with it, not a thing. It's out from the whole bunch. Uh-huh. Right. Yes, sir.

L-271 You want to unite that together, and one believes in something and the other; Methodist takes sprinkling, the Baptist take immersion, and both of them denying the Holy Ghost in Its fullness of the power. They said, "We received the Holy Ghost when we believed."

L-272   The Bible said, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" There is the difference. See? That's right. See?

L-273 And they say, "We're the Catholic church. We started early. We did this." The Methodists say, "We are based upon the Bible."

L-274 Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." Now where is it at? Uh-huh. See? Yeah. "Works that I do shall you do also," every creature, every person that believes in Him. Now where is it at? That's His Words. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never fail." Now where is it at? See? Oh, it just shows!


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