<TITLE>12. Par 107-116</TITLE>L-107   A Methodist can look at a Baptist and hold his head sideways, and a Baptist can look at a Pentecostal, and a Pentecostal back in the Baptist, on their traditions. But when they meet under the cross where the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses all men from sin, he's a new creature in Christ Jesus. He's a brother. No matter what brand he's branded with, he's a brother. Because that's one ground that we can all meet on. It's God's way of doing it. These other thing are man-made creeds injected into This. But God's original plan for pardoning is under the Blood of Jesus Christ. That's God's plan of doing it. Yes.

L-108   Traditions in them days, the great prophet cried out, and he said, "Your traditions are powerless. They stink before me. Have no faith in them." The people was offering these offerings, without even having faith in what they're doing.

L-109 Now let's just ask ourself the question. Isn't that something like today? As bad as we hate to say it, we've got to face facts somewhere. There is something wrong somewhere.

L-110 Why, this Church ought to be a million miles up the road, to where it is now. Jesus is waiting on His Church to get ready. "His Bride has made herself ready." We got the potentials. The Holy Spirit is here. God is here, the power to heal the sick, the power to do all the things that Christ did. I've seen it demonstrated, myself, by the Holy Spirit. So, the potentials are here.

L-111 What God is waiting for us to get away from, is our traditions, and come back under the Blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, and become the Church of the living God. Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, whatever more, "Whosoever will may come and take of the waters of Life freely." I believe that with all that's in me. We... God has sent down the Holy Spirit to do that.

L-112 But we, with our rituals, without sincerity, we going, is because it's--it's our tradition, and because it's a ritual. We go without sincerity, without really sorrowfulness of sin.

L-113   I noticing, the other night, in that great famous meeting of one of our great renowned brothers in California. And I noticed that meeting, as those people come down, young teen-age children. I admired the brother for his great stand; anybody would. If you position, see what place he's taken in the last days, you will too. And as I noticed those people coming down to the altar, to make a decision, girls chewing chewing gum, boys punching one another, people laughing, that isn't the way to come godly sorrowful. You must come under conviction. God, send us an old-fashion, pentecostal, Holy Ghost revival that'll bring sin to the root and bring conviction to men and women.

L-114 Not to say, "I'll go back to the church and I'll renew my fellowship. I'll sign a card." That's all right, but you can join the Masons, Odd Fellows, and anything, and get the same results.

L-115 But when you come under God's pardoning atonement of the Blood of Jesus Christ, there's got to be a sincerity set in there. God requires sincerity.

L-116 If it cost Him such a price, to give His only begotten Son, how are we going to get by, under a little laughing affair, and come join church, and make a decision card and take it into the church, and whatever it might be? That's not God's requirement. "He that goeth forth sowing in tears will doubtless return again, rejoicing, bringing with him precious sheaves." We need a sheave-bringing people.


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