<TITLE>15. Par 141-149</TITLE>L-141 God hates a powerless religion. Their religion has no power. So what must He do to this day? He hates a... Every time, in the Bible, that God ever... Outside, this side the Bible, every time there ever come a reformation or a revival, it was backed with great signs and powers. When Luther came forth, when Wesley came forth, when all the reformers, Sankey, Finney, Knox, Calvin, whoever, where there come, there was power demonstrated. Where God is, He is supernatural. Where God displays Himself, there's got to be supernatural.

L-142   Look at the Pharisees in that day who came to Jesus, and they talk about meekness and sweetness. "Who was any sweeter than the old priest? Who was any greater than their priest? He comes to you when you're born. If there's a fuss in the neighborhood, he comes and settles it. And he's always a peacemaker. He's a loving man. You know he is. When you're in trouble, you can go to him, he helps you. What about a nice man?"

L-143 Then, speaking of this Jesus of Nazareth." This priest, we know who his father was, his father's father, his father's father. We got a school here that identifies him. Who is this Jesus of Nazareth? What school did he come from? What organization does He belong to? What does he do but always fussing? What does He say about that gentle old priest of yours? 'He's of the Devil,' Jesus said. 'You're--you're the... The Devil is your father, and his works you'll do.' Could you imagine?"

L-144 He went up in the temple, looked upon the people with anger, kicked over the sacrifices that Jehovah required, and screamed out, "It's written, 'My Father's house is made a house of prayer,' and you've made it a den of thieves."

L-145 What would He do today if He come to our modern churches? There would be some more table moving, there would be some more pew jumping, for He'd tear it to pieces. Right. It would be the same thing. Don't you see, Jesus is very Scriptural. He was the Word. He had not to write anything. He was the Word. He was the living Word. And the people fail to recognize it.

L-146   And how can a man today, upon the principles of what... Jesus promised these signs to all the world, and this blessing to all the world, and the Holy Ghost to fall just like it did in beginning, on whosoever God would call. How can a man call himself a Christian, and deny that Word, and say the Holy Spirit is in him? The Holy Spirit will punctuate every Word of God with an "amen." That's exactly right.

L-147 Oh, brother, our educational systems has drawed us away from it. And our--our denominations has separated us from one another and from Christ. But, what? They'll continue to do that. And you take a substitute, any other thing, it's no more than fig leaves again. God rejects it. But when the Church comes under the Blood of Jesus Christ, with the token of the Holy Spirit upon them, then you're going to see brotherhood again. You're going to see a Church full of power. You're going to.

L-148   God hates a powerless religion. It's got to be power. Certainly. It's a power to save a man from sin. It's a power that can do signs and wonders and miracles as Jesus Christ promised. They zeroed in on the Word of God back there and believed it, and hit the target. You zero the same way on the Word of God; it'll hit the target again. It's got to, because He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. God don't like a powerless religion. God does not want that. God wants to perform. God wants to show Hisself alive. Our very hopes is the resurrection. Is that right? Our hopes of life is resurrection, the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

L-149   You see, God wants to work in His church. Jesus said, "I'll be with you always, even to the end of the world. The works that I do shall you do also." Saint John 12:14, "The works that I do shall you do also; even more than this shall you do, for I go to My Father." Now, the church tries to deny that, get--get a way to get more members, to be more popular.


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