<TITLE>18. Par 180-188</TITLE>L-180 He come to make his investment, and he found the bank was open twenty-four hours a day. Though it be at night, the--the bank was open. It's open this morning, here in Chicago. It's open all the time, if you're ready to make an investment. He found the doors open, a welcome heart to receive him. Took him up on the housetop, and as they set there in the moonlight, and then Nicodemus was going to make his investment.

L-181 And he made his confession first, "We know that Thou art a teacher comes from God, 'cause no man could do the things that You do except God be with him. We know that." Now, he--he said "we," that meant the council, the--the organization of the council. They had a united council, like we are trying to get in our churches, a federation of churches, see, World Council. And he said, "We, we understand that." But none of the rest of them wanted to admire. Like the rich man, they wanted to keep their worldly riches.

L-182   My business friend, this morning, men or women, could you afford? Count the price. Will it so mar you to accept the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Will it so mar your business? Would you rather have your business marred here on earth, or your position in church changed, or would you rather have Eternal Life? Depends on what policy you want to hold. Remember, Nicodemus was a great man, and he had a lot to go against, but he accepted this policy.

L-183   We find in Luke 24:49, that, these policyholders. And I'm closing in a moment. These policyholders, in Luke 24:49, all that had made an investment. You know, if you hold a policy, it pays off in dividends. Many times, you could draw a dividend on your policy. Well, they had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and had accepted Him as personal Saviour, but they understand that there was dividends ready to be paid off on the policy, for Jesus told them, in Luke 24:49, "Behold, I send the promised dividends, the promise of My Father, upon you."

L-184   Joel 2:28 and many other Scriptures that had promised it. I believe, Isaiah 28:19, where it said, "Precept must be upon precept, and line upon line; here a little, and there a little." "Hold fast to that what's good." "For with stammering lips and other tongues will I speak to this people." Joel said, in Joel 2:28, "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and upon My handmaids and maid servant will I pour out of My Spirit. And your young men shall see visions. Your old men shall dream dreams. And it shall come to pass that whosoever will call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." And these people understood, by the Scripture and by accepting Jesus Christ as their Life policy, that there was dividends.

L-185   Now, businessman, you may belong to some organization. But there is dividends. You may have accepted Christ, you might have been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, as Christian baptism, you might have done all these things, but yet there is dividends on this investment.

L-186 And in Luke 24:49, as I just said, they--they went up to draw the dividends, and while they were all assembled together and begin to wait upon the Lord. They waited, not just for two days or three days.

L-187 And maybe somebody got up, maybe say Matthew. He was a tax collector for the government. He might have been a very intellectual man. He might have stood up and said, "Wait a minute! Why do we wait any longer? He told us to come up here; here we are. We, we done been up here eight days now, I think we should take up our ministry and go on." But that wasn't what the Word said.

L-188 "With stammering lips and with other tongues will I speak to this people." "I'll pour out My Spirit, and I'll show signs and wonders." They waited for the vindication of the evidence that their policy was good.


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