<TITLE>21. Par 216-229</TITLE>L-216 Look when He was crucified, the old critics, them drunken Roman soldiers come out there and put a rag around His face, and hit Him on the head, said, "Now, if You're a prophet, prophesy and tell us who hit You." See? He didn't clown for the Devil. He never opened His mouth and said a word. Course, He knew. They had passed the stick, one to another, said, "You tell us who hit You now, and we'll believe You." See, that's the critics, they didn't believe it. He was a Prophet, but He don't clown for people.

L-217   These are not sideshows. These are not something, a platform show. It's the Presence of Jesus Christ. It's His Power among the people, and we must enter It with deepness of sincerity.

L-218 Satan also, "If Thou be the Son of God! You said You could perform miracles, let me see You do this, or do that."

L-219 He said, "Get behind Me, Satan. See, it's written," that's right, "that you shall serve the Lord, and Him only shall you worship." So we... Or, "Worship the Lord; Him only shall you serve."

L-220   Now we know that He is the same. Now if we come tonight, we find now if... Jesus cannot fail, because He was God. He is the Word. The Word and Christ is the same. Then if the Word promises (the Word) that this is to happen in the last days, the Spirit of Elijah is even to return in the last day, that's right, upon the peoples, and He's to turn the hearts of the fathers' children back to the fathers, the Doctrine, the principles of the Bible. They've got away in denomination, organization. And the great power of God is to come upon the people, with a master of peace that'll send their hearts back to remembering that He still remains God, that He is God. Jesus promised that the things that He did, His believers would do it, "The works that I do."
Some fellow said, "Oh, we do! We do greater works."

L-221 I said, "Just do the works He did. That's what He said, see. Do that first."

L-222 He said, "Well, we got denominational brethren around, that's preaching the Gospel all the way around the world. He couldn't do it."

L-223 I said, "Then do the works He did, first, then we'll talk about that."

L-224   Are you lecturing? But Jesus never said, "Go into all the world and teach this, or teach that." He said, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel." Preach is to "demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit." "These signs shall follow them," it don't come by lecture, that's right, see, "that believe." It doesn't come by lectures. It comes by the Presence of the living God moving among, in human flesh, proving Hisself that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's right. He never fails to be the same. It comes so simple. The simplicity of It is what drives the intellectual mind away from It.

L-225   That's what made them disbelieve Jesus. "How could a man... Why, You was borned in sin, how can You come teaching us what to do? We are priests. Our fathers were priests, our grandfathers. We, we know that Bible, inside and out. And You try to come tell us what to do?"

L-226 He said, "You are of your father, the Devil, and his works you will do." See? And, well, my, that was a strange thing to say to a bunch of clergymen like that.
But he said, "Well, we have Moses. We are... We know."

L-227 He said, "If you had believed Moses, you would know Me," He said, "because Moses spoke of Me. Moses spoke of My days. And if you can't believe Moses' words, how you going to believe Me?" Sure. Said, "If you can't believe Me, as a man, then believe the works that I do; they testify Who I am."

L-228   Well, that's the same thing. The great Holy Spirit, Messiah, the Anointing, comes upon us today, and It produces exactly His Life.

L-229 Just the same as Beethoven would--would--would produce Beethoven again, if the life of Beethoven lived in me, why, I could compose songs. If the life of John Dillinger lived in me, I would be a criminal. If the life of--of some other person, whatever he was, that would be in me, in my life.


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