<TITLE>07. Par 54-62</TITLE>L-54   Now, as they was discussing the attitude, they said, "Some of them believed, and some would not believe."

L-55 Now, we always find that amongst the churches, every congregation, we find three classes of people. Frankly, I preached on it, here not long ago, I believe at New York City, or somewhere, on three classes of people. And, that is, believers, unbelievers, and make-believers. And just a chapter or two after this, we find out that His Own crew came to that, and proved exactly that that's what they were. Now let's just think of the believers and unbelievers, just a second here.

L-56 The believers are the one that's ordained and predestinated to the Word. The minute they see It, they're satisfied, Life springs in them and they accept It. That's the disciples. There is no question in their mind about It, at all. They follow right along. The disciples were believers. They believed.

L-57   Now, most the time, a real unbeliever will pretend that he does believe. Now, the unbeliever was like the seventy, they followed along in the popularity and in the tinsel of His ministry. They was glad to stand up there when He could raise the dead and cleanse the lepers, and--and foretell the things that was happening just right. But one day He spoke something, out of their creed. And as soon as He said something that interfered with what they believed, the seventy said, "This is a hard saying, said, 'What will you say if you see the Son of man descending up into Heaven where He came from?' Now, this Man that we sleep with, this Man that eats with us, this Man that washes His face and hands in the same basin we wash in, this Man that eats like I do, sleeps like I do, has His up's and down's, and say He came down from Heaven? That's too much for me." See? And what did they do? They couldn't sit through the meeting. They got up and went out. Uh-huh. See? Filled up. That's unbelievers. See? They couldn't stand it. No, sir. They left and didn't walk with Him no more.

L-58   Now, there is believers who's... there is nothing can separate them from It.

L-59 And there is the unbelievers, and just as soon as anything is said that don't agree with what they believe. Remember, the Bible teaches us that the unbeliever will be so close like the real believer, that it'll deceive the very Elected if it was possible. See, that's unbelief. But just as soon as something is said that they don't like, gone. See, that's unbelief. That shows just exactly.

L-60   When the Light of Life is shining, to bring that seed, what could It do upon a rock? It'll do nothing. What could it do upon dead substance? It's not sent for dead substance. The sun shines for a seed that's germitized to life. And this Bible and His Word, in the hour that we live, is shining upon those to catch the Eternal Life, those who are predestinated to see It. And it won't do one bit of good upon the rest of them. There is no life there to come forth by the sun, or by the Light.

L-61 Then we find out, that they turned their backs and walked with Him no more. That's when the great noble thing said about... Simon Peter said. Jesus, after the seventy left Him, when He said, "Well, what..." He give them some strong Doctrine. He, His healing days was just about over. He didn't care, wasn't going to heal too much more. He was going to tell them about something that was better. And He said, He begin to tell them that, He there revealed to them Who He actually was. "What will you say if you see the Son of man de-... ascending up into Heaven from whence He has come?"

L-62 "Now we have Your birth record here. You were born of Mary and Joseph, down in Nazareth. And here You say You come down from Heaven? Well, that's... You, You're crazy, I believe. See? Well, we wouldn't want to follow a Man like that." So, away they went. They went. That's unbelievers.


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