<TITLE>13. Par 105-113</TITLE>L-105 Genesis 1, He said, "In the beginning God created the heavens and earth." Period! How long He done it, I don't know, nobody else does. God did that. That's period. That's the end of the sentence. "And," when He begin to use it, "the world without form, and void, and water was upon the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the water." But in Genesis 1, said, "God created the heavens and earth, in the beginning." That's all. Don't fuss about it. I just believe it. That's all. God created it. It's not my business to know. I'm glad He did it, and let me live here for a while. He's got a new one, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' Blood with righteousness.

L-106 No creed, denomination, no man's example; I want Christ, and Him alone. That's what we must have.

L-107   Humble. Moses, an intellectual man; but in the Presence of that burning bush, he took off his shoes. He was on holy ground. Humbled himself! Humility. That's what the covering of the feet was, humility.

L-108 Look at Paul, the great intellectual scholar; taught under Gamaliel, one of the greatest Hebrew teachers of his day. Smart, intellectual, college degree, and he thought he knowed it all. "And these bunch of people that was carrying on were nothing but mad people, crazy," and he had orders from his high priest, to go down and--and arrest them all, down in Damascus. And one day, on the road down, he come into the Presence of that same One that spoke to Moses in the burning bush, a Pillar of Fire. What did Paul do, Saul, rather? He fell upon his face, in humility; off of his feet, onto his face, in humility.

L-109   What did John the Baptist do, the man that Jesus said, "There was never a man borned of a woman like him, or could compare with him, until that time"? That great prophet, ordained of God before the foundation of the world; spoke of, twelve hundred and seven years before he ever come on, or seven hundred and twelve years, rather, before he came to the earth, by the prophet Isaiah here. What did he do when he seen a Man come walking down out of the audience, and he looked up above and saw that Fire coming down from Heaven, in the form of a dove? He cried out, "I have need to be baptized of Thee."

L-110 "I must decrease; He must increase." God can't have two on the earth at the same time. Only one has the message, you know. "I must decrease; He is the Messenger. I've been up to this time, now He takes my place." As Elisha, when Elijah went up and throwed back his robe to Elisha; his ministry was finished, Elisha must take up where he left off. "He must increase; I must decrease," John the Baptist.

L-111   Be conscious of your littleness. You're nothing. You're nothing. How I would like to dwell on that a few minutes! But, you're nothing. Let me... This sounds sacrilegious and it sounds crude.

L-112 And I don't think the pulpit is any place for any minister to crack jokes. It's--it's become a joking, a carry on, Hollywood glamour now. That's what's the matter. Hollywood, through television, has took the pulpit over. Our women has bowed to the goddess of fashion of Hollywood, long ago. And then the pulpit got into Hollywood, through singers, and so forth, talented men. Oh, how a shrewd man that Devil is. You can't mix oil and water. It won't mix. Notice the great influence that people can give to others. And what you do is an influence.

L-113   If you want to find how great you are, put your finger down in a pool of water, or a bucket of water, then pull your finger out and try to find where you put your finger. You're nothing.


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