<TITLE>11. Par 98-107</TITLE>L-98   His Word is always the Truth, always the Truth. His believing children believe for it, and cry for it, until His Word is vindicated. And His Word is always His will. If you want to know what the will of God is, find it in the Bible. It's God's Word. Anything contrary to It, is perverted. And don't get into that hybrid condition. What God said, that's the Truth.

L-99 If somebody takes you, and say, "Now, I come into the church, and I tell you, we don't believe in receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost. We don't believe that. We believe that you actually, believe, when you believe, you receive the Holy Ghost."

L-100 Paul said, in Acts the 19th chapter, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" See? "Have you received the Holy Ghost?"
"Well, how did you receive the Holy Ghost?" you said.

L-101 Peter said, on the Day of Pentecost, said, "Repent, every one of you, be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." That's what He said. "The promise is unto you, and to your children."

L-102   It's like people reading the prescription on a medicine bottle and won't take the medicine. What good does it do to read the prescription? Well, they go away to seminaries, and learn church history, and we learn ethics of the church, and learn what the Bible says, and all the Greek words, and we can tell you what it means; but that's just telling you what the bottle says, what the directions says. I can tell you what Peter said on the Day of Pentecost, I can tell that the promise is unto you, but you say, "I believe That." I can believe this medicine setting here for the disease is right, but, until I take it, I got to take it! See, the--the sincerity of it doesn't... Now you say, "I sincerely believe that. That's true." But you've got to take it. And when you take it, it shows the effects upon the patient. And when you take God's Word, it shows genuine Holy Ghost effects, by faith, Abraham's Seed. It does something to you. It takes a hold of you. It shakes the unbelief out of you, and sets your affections on things Above.

L-103   Where, Jesus said, "If I be lifted, I will draw all men unto Me." And He is the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." And the Word is still God. And if the Word be lifted up, and you receive It into your heart, It'll draw you to God. That's right, because It is God. Amen. Oh, how I love Him. The Word is always the Truth. Yes, sir. Never a better way than God's provided way!

L-104   There was a prophet, one time, by the name of Job. He needed, he--he needed some comfort. And he... his church members come, and condemning him, and saying, "Job, you know, you--you--you--you're just not right with God." And--and they condemned him. But he still needed a comforter. His wife couldn't even comfort him. She said, "Job, you ought to curse God, and then die the death."

L-105 But he said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." And Job stayed with it until God provided for him a vision of Jesus Christ. Now do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-106   It said, when the vision come, he said, "I know my Redeemer liveth, and at the last days He'll stand upon the earth. And though the skin worms destroys this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, mine eyes shall behold, another."

L-107 Now remember, the vision is, he saw Jesus. And Jesus is the Word. Then when Job needed a comforter, God sent him a vision of the Word. Amen. Whew!


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