<TITLE>13. Par 123-132</TITLE>L-123   They should have known, these disciples, that He was the Messiah. And the word Messiah means "the anointed One." See? Then if... He had all God in Him. God was in Him. He said, "I..." Jesus, the Son, said, "I do nothing in Myself but what I see the Father doeth. The Father dwelleth in Me." See? Now if... He was Messiah, by that, with that anointing, made Him fully Messiah. And we, with the same Spirit was upon Him; not in portion, but the same quality; with a portion upon us, would make us like messiahettes, would be little sons of God, adopted sons of God. And His Holy Spirit has sealed us into His body, and we are His children.

L-124 There should nothing bother us, nothing worry us. We're--we're His. If it ain't, well, we're false accusers, we--we have been testifying of something that's not even so. I believe it. I believe that now we are the sons of God, not we will be; now, right now. "And now we're seated together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Amen.

L-125   We don't have any power, but we have authority. It don't take power. Someone said, "You got any power?" No, but I got authority. That's right.

L-126 You take a little policeman standing out here. He wears a uniform. His hat is too big for him, sets down over his ears. He hasn't got power to stop nothing. But let him walk out here, and a car coming down the street, with a three hundred horsepower engine, and let him raise up that hand. Watch the brakes slide. Why? He hasn't got no power, but he's got authority.

L-127 And when a man or a woman is anointed with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, he might not be able to read his name in boxcar-sized letters, with education, but he--he--he has got authority from God, that he is a son of God. Let him take his authority, and stand and say, "Stop," and Satan's wheels will slide, and brakes will. Something will take place, because he's been given authority by the Holy Ghost. "In My Name they shall cast out devils." That's it. Sure. He don't have to have--have a DD.D., or a Ph.D. He has to know Jesus, and know what's been given him. There he stands. Yes, sir.

L-128   They should have known, by watching what this Man did, and confessing Him to be what He was, the Messiah. Then, He knew all things, and He knowed this trouble was coming. He knew all things. Sure. "Father does nothing except He shows the Son." See? So He--He knowed all things. They should have knowed that He understood that storm was coming, all right, and knew it would happen. It was only given as a test of their faith.

L-129 And maybe these troubles is only done, maybe the revival has let up, to see what we'll do about it. Maybe sickness struck you. "This cause, not was nobody's sin, but that the works of God might be made known." How do we know of these things, happened? Nothing happens, and just commonly, not without God knowing it. He knows it. He knowed it, at the beginning. And these things happen because it's a test of faith.

L-130   Peter said, "Think it not strange when trials come upon you, fiery trials. It's better to you than gold. It's done to prove you." Oh, that refiner's fire, that it'll come out a hundred percent, all the dross melted out, all the unbelief, an experience then, that you know! What the Hebrew children could testify, after they went through the fire, "God is a Saviour, from fire." They knew it.
Daniel knew, after the lions' den experience.

L-131 Lazarus knew, after the grave, that He was the resurrection. Amen.

L-132 After you went through these tests and trials, they're glorious to you. Then, this is done to test their faith. Maybe it might be, tonight, that some here has got sickness, and it's a test of faith, to see what you'll do about it.


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