<TITLE>14. Par 122-131</TITLE>L-122 "Once more!" And as he cried and asked God, I can see them muscles begin to swell. Every fiber in his body begin to twist. The Holy Ghost was coming upon him then. He stretched forth his hands again, with the power of the Holy Ghost upon him, down went the building. The Bible said, "He killed more that day than he did all the rest of his days." He fulfilled the commission God give him, then. "Once more!"

L-123 It's always been that way when the power of God comes, the big structures of isms fall. Samson's greatest victory over his enemy was at his end time.

L-124   Now let me say this, just in closing. Pentecost, can we stand at the post of these big organizations, can we stand at the post of Hollywood and all these other things that separate us from the love of God that's in Christ, and can we stand there and repent, and cry aloud again, "Lord, once more make us pentecost! Once more, Lord, once more make us pentecost! Once more show Your power into us, Lord! Just once more"?

L-125 Listen, destroy your enemy before your enemy destroys you. He'll do it. Bring back the old-fashion meetings and the thing. And, oh, leave Delilah alone, leave the world alone, that thing that woos you off into little things that you shouldn't. And little things, troubles come up in the church, and you won't stand correction because you don't have to; you can drop off to another church, and things like that. In the early days, when a man didn't cope up with the Word of God, they packed him out, dead.

L-126 "Bring us back to pentecost!" Not Hollywood showmanship, but a wholehearted turn to God is what we need. "Once more, O Lord, once more!"

L-127   If I could see that happen, if my old weakening eyes could look again and see that church forget its differences! If I could see that denominational system break down, and throw it right into the lap of the Council, and say, "We want nothing to do with it! We'll not forfeit our birthrights!" If I could see the Trinity and Oneness, and all of them, get together and saying, "Brethren, let's go back to where we left Him off at. Let's go back to where we started fussing at one another at, right back upon the subject of water baptism, and come right back and take the Bible way for it," and then cry, "Once more, Lord, once more!" And get all of this showmanship... and a lot of these fellows up on the platform and they knows no more about God than a rabbit does about snowshoes, and these women with dresses so tight till their skin is on the outside, walking up-and-down the platform, clapping their hands and jumping around like that, like a bunch of show or something another.

L-128   "God, bring us back to the Holy Ghost and power, and the manifestation of the Word! Once more, Lord, once more!" Do you believe it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] "Lord God, once more, once more let me see the Presence of Jesus Christ walking through the church, let me see His power and His promise made manifest before us. Once more, Lord, once more! God, be merciful, help us!"

L-129 You see what these other things gets us? It kills the very... it drives away the nature of Christ, out of the congregation, out of the--out of the church, out away from the people. We should be so woven together that there would be nothing separate us from this Word and our love for one another.

L-130   Jesus Christ is here. He is our Father. He is our Mother. He is my Healer. He is my King. He is my God. He is my Life. He is my joy. He is my peace. All that there is, He is, for me. He is my all-in-all. He is here now.

L-131 He wants to bring the church back to that place. Wonder if we could cry, "Once more, Lord," and let the--the tears of repentance drop from our blinded sockets? I'm not exactly talking to this church. This is taped, you see, here, this will go around the world. Let our--let our people come back to that again, let it come back to a place where we could call back a--a meeting like we used to have.


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