<TITLE>17. Par 169-183</TITLE>L-169   People try to make God some big, old, fat, dote grandfather, see, and a bunch of grandkids, just like little Rickys and Elvises, and, "There is no harm in them."

L-170 Not God! He has no grandchildren. He is a Father. Got to be born again! He's not big soft dote.

L-171 He's a God of judgment. The Bible speaks He is. His wrath is fierce. Don't you trample on That and expect the goodness of God someday take you, in your sin, and take you to Heaven. If He'd a-done that, He'd excuse all this here, and have took Eve. You'll believe His Word, or you'll be... you'll perish. And when you believe His Word, the Token will be upon you. Uh-huh.

L-172   Death was ready to strike Egypt that night, at any time. It was a fearful time; all their ceremonies, all their feast days, and fast days.

L-173 God had visit them. God had showed His great signs and wonders in the midst of them. What is that? Now stop a minute. God had showed them His grace. He had give them a chance.

L-174 They couldn't turn It down, and say, "Oh, there is nothing to that. It's nonsense. It's just something up in the cataracts, there was an eruption of--of red mud flew out, and that's what made the sea red." Then the hail came. Then the frogs came. God had prepared a place, and put His Word in a prophet's mouth. And what he spoke, it come to pass, and they seen it. They couldn't deny it.

L-175 What Moses called for, that's what Moses got, from God, 'cause he only spoke the Word of God. He said, "I'll make you a god." Moses was a god to them. See? They knowed no different, so He said, "You'll be a god, and Aaron will be your prophet. See, you'll be like a god, for I'll take you, your voice, and I'll create with you. And I'll speak, and the people can't deny it, 'cause right there it is. What you say, will happen." Oh, my! There you are. "I'll show you those things." My! And Egypt saw it. They saw it just before the evening time, or just at the evening time.

L-176 He showed them His goodness. He showed that He could take it away, heal.

L-177   Magicians tried to do the same thing, the impersonators. You always find them. There was Jannes and Jambres, they stood there. But when it come to the real thing, they didn't have it. That's right. They followed along, a little while. But, after a while, their folly was made manifest.

L-178 And don't the Bible say the same thing will happen in the last days, "as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses"? But their folly was made manifest, and so will it be again. See? There it is, man of perverted minds, reprobates concerning the Truth, the Fact. They might have congregations and great things, and great, high, big flowery things, but the hour will finally arrive.

L-179 Stand steady with the Token! That's what God wants us to do. Hold to His Word. Don't move from It. Stay right with It. The Bible has said so.

L-180 Death was striking. God had showed them mercy, showed powers and signs.

L-181   Now let's stop just for a moment or two, on that clock there. Let's just think in our minds, back, what He promised would happen in the last days. I wonder if we haven't just about check up, too, see?

L-182 He had done all these things, and yet they still desired not to repent, or to believe the message of the day. They still didn't want to do it, although it had been displayed before them, and had been surely made known.

L-183 And when you see such things taking place, it's a sign of oncoming judgment. Judgment will follow those things. It's always done it, and this won't be no exception. See? Judgment follows grace. When mercy is spurned, there is nothing left but judgment. So it will always follow it.


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