<TITLE>45. Par 507-518</TITLE>L-507   "He is the Head of the Church, which is His Body, and He wants the preeminences." Listen now, listen close while we're going. What? He is to be the Head of the Body, His Bride's Body, which is taken from Him; flesh and bone, like in Adam, see, Bride.

L-508 "Born from the dead," see, that's, born from the dead, sin of unbelief.

L-509 What killed Eve? Unbelief. Is that right? Their unbelief in what? By, for the un-... the unbelief in God? No. She had faith in God. Sure. Did she say, "There is no God"? No, sir. She wasn't an infidel. "Well," she said, "you know, I don't believe His Word at all"? Oh, no. She believed all but one little thing. See?

L-510   Now didn't the Bible say, over in the Book of Revelation, Jesus said Himself, "I--I Jesus have sent My angel to testify of these things unto you"? "Whosoever shall take one Word from It, or add one word to It." And if all this heartache and sorrow had to come because a woman doubted one Word of God, will He let you back doubting one Word? He would be unjust. Uh-huh. See? See, that wouldn't be right. Condemned...

L-511 Here is one man standing, and he caused all this heartache because of one word doubted; then he goes ahead and takes years of experience and everything, and the Bible and so forth, and others who have give their lives for it; then say, "Oh, you can go ahead and eat it. That's all right, I'll let you back, anyhow"? Oh! God is no respect of person, but...?... See? See? God is no respecter of person. Now notice.

L-512   Notice now. "He is the Head of the Body" that's born from the sin, of unbelief in God's Word. That exc-... that excuses every denomination, every creed, see. Unbelief in the Word; which is Himself, the Word of Life. See? The Word, only, has Life. Any other word is a hybrid. No matter how much it looks like It, it isn't the Word.

L-513 The Word produces Its Own Life, that Eve swapped for personal knowledge. See how the church has, today, through some man's understanding? Moses had a great understanding of God till he met the burning bush, then he saw his failure. The burning bush had what Moses lacked. The Word has got what the denomination lacks.
"He, the Head, is the first fruits of the resurrection."

L-514   We'll go off this, "revelation"; just a little while longer, if you say so. [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] All right. All right, right, just a little bit now.

L-515 "He is the first fruits of the resurrection." Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Watch. Then, what is He? "He is the Head of the Body, which is His Church, Bride." Uh-huh.

L-516 Then, the Bride-Body must follow the Head, for it is part of His resurrection and part of the mystery. It's impossible for it not to go. Oh, my! It's part of God's mystery, how God revealed Himself here and raised it up by the Word, so He reveals His Church and raising it up by the same Word. It's a part of His threefold mystery.

L-517   As the Head was took from the grave, so must the Body follow Him back to Eden. Where, the Head of the family, the Man, the Bridegroom; the Bride being the Body of the Bridegroom, must follow, the Bride, because that's the Head. And the Head is revealed, and come back with Eternal Life; and the Body must follow that, because it is Husband and Wife again. Amen! And as long as you're pregnated with the same Word, which is His Body; you've took His Body, become in Him, when you took the Word. Not the creed; the Word! Oh, my!

L-518 Wouldn't that make a text for this afternoon, to go on? Huh? My, wouldn't that be wonderful? See? Just think of it now, what it is.


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