<TITLE>14. Par 133-147</TITLE>L-133   He had proven to them Who He was. He proved Who He was. How? By the Words that He preached, and by the works that followed the Words. See? Vindication! God had vindicated Him. For He said unto them, "If..." He said, "If I do not the works of God, then don't believe Me. If what God said I would do, if I don't do them, then condemn Me, if I don't do. If I'm not the Messiah..." And, He--He would say that. "If I'm not Messiah, if... You can't believe Me as a Man, being the Messiah, because I never come through your schools, and you have no place where I was ever educated, or where I went through your schools of theology. And if you can't believe that I am the Messiah, well, believe the works. They testify of what I am."

L-134 Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful, tonight, if the church could only settle on that, that the Bible said what the Christian would do and what he would be. Oh, my! How I think of that!

L-135   Jesus said to them, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life. And They are They that testify of Me. They tell you what I am." Oh!

L-136 I don't have to say I'm Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, or whatever. The life that you live, the--the Words of God, if you are a part of that living Word, how can you deny what you are? And how can the Word keep from confirming what you are, if you are? See?

L-137 How can a--how can a sheep be asked to manufacture wool? He can't manufacture wool. As long as he's a sheep, he will bear wool because he's a sheep.

L-138 And a man don't have to work up nothing, if he's a Christian. He is because he is. He, that's what he's made up of. He is a Christian, by nature.

L-139 A apple tree is an apple tree because it's an apple tree. See? A peach tree is a peach tree because it's a peach tree.

L-140 And a Christian is a Christian because Christ lives in that person. And makes... Christian means "Christ-like," not a membership; but, a vindication, God producing through you just what a Christian is. It's you getting out of the way and letting God come in, you taking no thoughts. Let the mind that was in Christ be in you. There you are. That's the real Christian. Oh, my!
"Search the Scriptures," He said. "They are They that testify of Me."

L-141   They should have known that He was God that created the winds and the waves. See? God created the wind. Yes. That's air. God created the water. Yes. That's the H2O. He, He created that. But, you see, what it is, the Devil got into that wind, and then the Devil come to something else, got into it, and that caused the storm.

L-142 And that's the way it is with believers sometimes. They let down the bars, to unbelief, and then Satan comes in in a whirlwind, see, causes fusses, and stews, and arguments, and everything. That is the Devil getting among people.

L-143 Devil gets amongst the--the air and whirls it up, causes death; gets amongst the water, whirls it up. See? God created it, but they permitted the Devil to come in. The Devil got into it, "the prince of the power of the air." Notice, he got into it, and there come the winds and the waves.

L-144   Now, those disciples should have said, "Why, there's nothing wrong now. Why, there lays the Creator, laying right here. He's sailing with us. See? Why, just look at the things that He has done. Well, what do we care about the waves."

L-145 Oh, if we could feel like that about it, how much different it would be. Yes.

L-146 God, the Creator of the heavens and--and earth, God the Creator of the winds and waves, would not they have to obey His Word? The only thing He had to do was speak it. See? He is the Word, but God had to use man to fulfill, or to display His attributes.

L-147 God, in the beginning, was just God. He wasn't even God; God is "an object of worship." He was the great power, God. Then He created Angels, and Angels worshipped Him, so He was God. Then He created man.


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