<TITLE>12. Par 122-135</TITLE>L-122   And nothing can bother the Church of the living God as long as we can feel that Holy Ghost, the covenant of God's Word in our hearts, the Pentecostal Blessing. "For the works that I do, shall you do also. The Life that's in Me, will be in you. As the Father hath sent Me, so send I you." The Father that sent Him, come in Him. The Jesus that sends the man, goes in the man. It isn't the man; it's Jesus. It wasn't Jesus; it was God. "As the Father sent me, so send I you. Lo, I am with you always, even to the consummation. I'll be with you, to the end of the world. And the works that I do, shall you also. A little while and the world won't see Me no more; yet ye shall see me, the believer, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world," Jesus Christ. As long as I can feel that Spirit of God around, something is going to happen. I can see people that will believe It, that will reflect the praises and Glory of God.

L-123   Every time you look at the moon, it isn't the moon shining, it's the sun shining on the moon. If I could to say, "Moon, what makes you shine?" Say, "It's not me shining. It's something shining on me. I'm supposed to keep the light going, in the absence of the sun."

L-124 And the Church is a type of the moon. We're supposed to reflect the Light while the absence of the Son of God, 'cause we are sons and daughters of God, the lesser Light, and as long as we can see that moon reflects the same kind of Light the sun does. Oh, it isn't--it isn't the people, it's God in the people.

L-125   I used to, when I used to, I was game warden for several years. I love animals, and I--I like to take care of them. So I--I was a conservation officer for seven years. I used to pass by an old spring. That was the best spring I ever drank from. It was... I always liked it because it was so jolly, always bubbling up, just bubble, bubble, bubble. And I thought, "My!" I lay down and drink. One day, I thought, "Little spring, what makes you so happy? Is it because that rabbits drink from you?"

L-126 If he could speak, he would say, "No, that isn't what make me bubble."

L-127 And I'd say, "Maybe a deer drinks from you, once in a while."
"No, that isn't what makes me bubble."

L-128 "Well," I say, "little spring, maybe it's because I drink from you, about once a month."

L-129 Say, "No, that isn't it." I'd say, "Well, what makes you bubble like that all the time?"

L-130 If he could speak, he would say, "It isn't me bubbling. It's something behind me, making me bubble. It's bubbling up."

L-131 And that's the way the Holy Spirit is to the believer. There is something behind you. You can't push It, tear It. It takes care of you. It's the One that does the bubbling, Something within you. As Jesus told the woman at the well, "A wells of water bubbling up into everlasting Life," regular geysers just spraying up the joys of God through your soul, all the time. And as long as the Church could feel that around them, what you--what you scared about, see?

L-132   Samson didn't fear. He was persistent. All he had was a--a jawbone of a mule, but he was persistent because he knowed his locks still hung there.

L-133 The doctor might have told you, "There is not a chance for you to get well. You're dying. You got cancer." But as long as you can sit here and feel the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, what difference does what the doctor says now makes any difference? See, you be persistent. He would appreciate you if he's a good doctor, he would tell you that he wants you to get well. That's what--that's what he wants you to do. And you must do it; to have faith, you must be persistent.

L-134   John was so sure that he would see the right sign! He--he knowed God told him he would know Who the Messiah was. He was so persistent!

L-135 And somebody might have said, "Well, don't you think this is Him?"


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