<TITLE>13. Par 125-136</TITLE>L-125 Peter, when he took Him at His Word, as we was speaking on this morning, out there in the boat. Did you notice? When Peter took His Word, and dropped the net down in there, and caught the--the big load of fishes, the multitude of fishes, quickly Peter left the net and got into action. Before he done that, he fell down before the Lord, and said, "Depart from me, O Lord, I'm a sinful man."

L-126 If that ain't the very words, like, that Isaiah the prophet said, "Woe is me, for I have seen the Lord God, and I'm a man of unclean lips."

L-127   Don't you see what the Presence of the Lord does to real believers? We don't even want to confess; we just want to say, "Well, we are Pentecostal, we are Baptist, we are Presbyterians," and live on. But a real genuine, called servant of God, humbles himself in the Presence of God. He doesn't criticize It.

L-128 Look who criticized the Lord Jesus, was the Pharisees, sectarianism, they was the one who criticized Him.

L-129 But the man who was really willing to be His servant, humbled himself and went into action. Jesus said, "You'll follow Me, and I'll make you fishers of men." When he saw that That really was God, he went into action.

L-130   The blind man that was healed, the Bible said that he "scattered His fame all throughout the country abroad." He went into action when he found out that God had Representative here on the earth, that could open the eyes of a blind man, and going around testifying, giving God praise. And the Pharisees caught him, and what it was going to be to him, and as I said this morning. "Why," he said, "I cannot explain, argue theology with you. But this one thing I know, wherein I was once blind, I now see." He was into action, certainly, because he had scattered His fame everywhere.

L-131 And, sometime, maybe you're not a minister, to scatter His fame, but your life will scatter His fame if you'll just live right.

L-132   The poor people at Pentecost, those bunch of fishermen and--and tax collectors, and so forth, with humble jobs. They went up there on a promise of God, and they waited in the upper room for ten days. "And all of a sudden there came a sound from Heaven like a rushing wind, filled all the house where they were sitting." And they went into action, because that they had seen a promise of God made manifest. It was vindicated to them, the promise of God, and it put them in action. When His promise was fulfilled, it put them in action.

L-133   Friend, may I say this. What we have seen in the last year or two, in the Kingdom of God, ought to put every born-again Christian into action. But the thing of it is, we don't--we don't respect it, to realize that it's God. We're--we're just kind of a little curious. We like to see little things, and give a sensation. We like to feel good. We like to do these things. But when it really comes to really respecting It and believing It with all of our heart, it puts us into action.

L-134   Well, when the Angel met Mary that morning on the road to the well, and told her she was "going to have a Baby, knowing no man," it put her into action. She went quickly, telling everybody that she was "going to have a Baby, knowing no man." She didn't care what it meant to what the people said. She had actually met an Angel of God, and it put her into action. She was conscious that the Holy Spirit was upon her, creating in her a life.

L-135 Oh, if we could only realize that, that the Holy Ghost is upon us, creating in us a faith, trying to present Himself in so many different ways and gifts, to create a faith for a rapturing Church. It should put us into action. But wonder if we're just doing it the way He wanted it to be, with reverence and humility?

L-136 The Pillar of Fire in this last days ought to put the whole church into action, It being vindicated, signs of His Coming at hand.


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