<TITLE>14. Par 138-148</TITLE>L-138   He is still the same yesterday, the Word that was, the Word that is, and the Word that is to come. He is all things in the Bible. And if you read the Bible and don't see Jesus, then you better ride back and read that Scripture again. Because, This is the testimony of Jesus Christ, Old Testament in type, New Testament fulfilled. Then, Jesus is He that was, the history; He that was back, the beginning. The prophecy, He was the prophecy. He was the history. He was the Psalms. He was the Lord Jesus, and He is the things to come, that's in the Bible. So He is, the testimony of Jesus Christ, is the Bible.

L-139 Now, and the Bible is called the Word of God, and God has got to judge the world by some standard. If He put you here with, and going to judge you, then there has got to be some standard.

L-140 You say, "By Jesus Christ." Every man has got his conception of That.

L-141   This little lady here, the--the Catholic. My background was Catholic, too, you understand. I'm an Irishman. Notice now, the Catholic church says that they are the church. Now look, there is many different types of Catholic church. Which one of the Catholic churches is it? If it's the Roman, then the Greek Orthodox is lost. Then if it's the Greek Orthodox, the Romans are lost. If it's the Lutheran, then the Methodists is lost. If it's the--if it's the Methodist, the Baptists is lost. If it's the Pentecostal, then rest of them is lost. But if it's the Presbyterian, then the Pentecostals are lost. See, it's too confusing. You can't understand it. Which is right? They're none of them right.

L-142   Jesus said, "I am the Way," and He is the Word, "the Truth, and the Life." No man can come, only by That; not through your church, through your creed, through your prayer. You've got to come by Jesus! He is God. He is the Word. He is the Way. He is the Truth. He is the Life. And if a candle is setting here not lit, and you light the candle, it throws a light. What will it reflect? The same light it reflected when it was lit the first place. And when the Gospel is manifested, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do you see it?

L-143   Now let's just investigate some of the holders, now, and find out what taken place in their great intellectual day. Just for the next ten or fifteen minutes, and we will close.

L-144 Noah made an investment in a promise of God, the Word of God. And, remember, it was the Word of God, that Noah made his investment in It.

L-145 And, yet, as soon as a man makes an investment, remember, Satan is going to come there to take that policy from you, if he can.

L-146 It is written, that, "Man shall not live by bread alone," that's the physical life, "but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Not just part of It, a little piece here and there; but "by every Word," man shall live by the Bread of Life. And what is the Word of God? Is Life, Spirit, Life. And when It's manifested, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he also. More than this shall he do, 'cause I go to the Father."

L-147   Now, we find out now that Noah was tested when he made his investment.

L-148 So will you, my brother. And if there is no testing time, then you haven't made your investment yet. Because, your enemy is standing there with the hammer back on his gun, with the bowstring drawed, and he is ready to shoot every poison dart that he can send, every cult, and every little idea, and every intellectual giant like Goliath. He'll send them around there, that looks so taller than the--the brethren that you're associating with, your little, ignorant and unlearned brethren. He'll send such spiritual intellectual giants, and big schools, that can explain the whole thing away from you. But if you have made your investment, and got your policy stamped and sealed by the Holy Spirit, there is nothing going to rub it out.


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