<TITLE>03. Par 20-29</TITLE>L-20   Now, 'fore we stay till noontime, just talking like that, let's just turn over in the Bible and read some Scriptures here. And then we're going to... I love God's Word. I know we all do. Now didn't have...

L-21 I was going to preach, this morning, or talk, teach the Sunday school, on the hidden mysteries of God since the foundation of the world, being revealed in Jesus Christ. And I didn't get a chance to run it all out. I forgot about the wedding coming, so I--I maybe get that the next time coming by.

L-22   Now I'm going to read some out of three places in the Bible. The first, I want to read from Philippians 1. The 1st chapter of Philippians, beginning with the 19th verse, and reading also through the 22nd.
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
According to my earnest expectations and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be manifested in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I... choose I wot not.

L-23   Now over in the Book of Romans. And we want to begin at the 8th chapter of Romans, and the 35th verse, to build on what I want to take for a text.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulations, or distress,... persecutions,... famine, or nakedness,... peril,... sword?
As it is written, For my sake we are killed all... day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angel, nor principality, nor power, nor things present, nor things to come, neither...
Nor height,... depth, or any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

L-24   In Acts 2, and the 30th verse.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had swore with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

L-25 Now this is much Scripture, kind of going around from one place to another, in the Bible. But we know that, if this much Scripture has been read, we're going to find something in There that's going to--to help us. Now may God help us now, as I would like to take this subject, this morning, as the word of absolute: An Absolute.

L-26   Now we, when I was looking this text up, I went to the dictionary. I thought, "What? Somebody keeps saying, 'That's absolute, the truth. Absolute, this is it.'" I thought, "What is that word? What does it mean, absolute?" And I went to the dictionary to find out what it meant.

L-27 Webster says it is "perfect in itself, unlimited in its power, primarily an ultimate." See, "unlimited in its power, perfect in itself, and it really is an ultimate," the word absolute.

L-28 And I'd like to say this, and trust that you'll catch these words, 'cause I'm not a trained clergyman in the how to, and the psychological way to bring a fascinating something that would hold the people. The only thing I do, is try to do the best that I can, on account of the friends that Christ has give me, and I--I--I want them to see what my thought is about Christ.

L-29   Now, every great achievement is tied to an absolute. You cannot run life without having an absolute. You can't make an achievement without it being an absolute, for it is the final tie post. It's the--it's the hitch rack at the end of the journey. It's a place where you are tied to something.


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