<TITLE>07. Par 52-62</TITLE>L-52 And then you see one woman, like a minister's wife, or a minister, start doing a certain thing, his whole church will say, "Well, our pastor does it. The pastor's wife does it. Why shouldn't we do this?" See, you are influencing someone, and be sure that you're influencing them right, towards the right road and the things to do that's right.

L-53   Now we find out, when you get lifted up, right then you're on your road down, see, when you lift yourself up.

L-54 And we find now that this Uzziah, he got lifted up because he felt secure, all everything around him. He--he had his nation, and it was well taken care of, and God had blessed him. And he had great vineyards, and herds and sheep, and--and mines, and everything wealthy. And all the nations was at peace with him. So he--he just got lifted up till he thought he could just do anything that he--he wished to, and pride.

L-55 He got so lifted up until he tried to take a minister's place. He went into the temple, and took the censer and went to the altar. And when he did, the priest run after him and told him he shouldn't do that. And when he was corrected, instead of being humble as he would have been... Before he was lifted up, he'd have said, "That is right, I have no--no right to do this," and had sent the censer down or handed it to the priest who was of Aaron, ordained to do so, only consecrated for that service.

L-56   I travel quite a bit with the--these here Full Gospel Business Men. Many of them are sitting right here now. And I've got to speak at their breakfast, Saturday, Saturday morning at some... What? Statler Hotel, I believe it is. They said they already sold seventeen hundred tickets for the breakfast already.

L-57 So then, not long ago, I was speaking with them. And they was taking the businessmen up on the platform, taking their text and preaching the Gospel. I said, "That's wrong." It certainly is wrong. It's hard enough for us preachers to keep It straight; let alone take a businessman that's not ordained to something like that, that you bring in little ideas, and so forth. And I said, "You shouldn't do that."

L-58   Don't never try to take the other fellow's place. God made you a certain thing, and you stay that. Certain. You stay just what you are. Don't try to impersonate the other. That's what always ruins the gifts that God sends to the world. We find so many carnal impersonations, and we find someone who tries to copy after the other one.

L-59 Like they said at the lady ministers, when Mrs. McPherson was living, and every woman minister wore those wings like she did, or ever what it was, and had their Bible the same way. And everything that she did, they did.

L-60   We notice we got so many Billy Graham's today! But you see, God never made but one Billy Graham. That's all. He...

L-61 And you're just as important as Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, or any of those famous men. You're just as important until you get out of your place, and then you're no good at all, you--you're--you're a hindrance to--to these men, and you're a hindrance to yourself and the Kingdom of God. Stay in your position. See? Stay what God made you, see, and then you'll operate right.

L-62 As Paul, it's not nothing new, Paul taught the same thing, said, "If the hand shall say to the eye, 'because I'm not of the eye,' or the ear say to the nose, 'I--I'll no more be an ear, because I'm not the nose,'" or something. You, you can't do that. See, it all fitly sets together and moves as one great unit.


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