<TITLE>05. Par 37-44</TITLE>L-37   And he had heard of this kind of a lower class of people, and how there had been a prophet, so-called, by His group, that had raised up in Galilee, that was supposed to perform miracles and heal the sick. But his--his sect that he belonged to would not accept this Man of being a prophet, this Jesus of Nazareth, because He had not identified Himself with them. So Paul couldn't go it, because his own sect of--of people didn't believe in It. And they had warned him against such.

L-38 And Paul, being honest, thought, "If this thing is not of God, and my church says it's not of God, then there is only one thing to do, is get rid of it." Said, "Get it out of the way, because it's a... it would be a hinderance, it would be a growth, a malignancy," against his sect of believing. So he purposed in his heart that he would go out and cut this "malignancy," as he called it, or his church called it, away from his fine Pharisee-ic group.

L-39   One day, with letters in his pocket, from the high priest, to arrest all those people that were in that condition, because that would have been the charge that Paul was set to. He was on his road down to a city called Damascus. They had them quietened down, around in Jerusalem. So he had--he had stoned Stephen, and Paul had him stoned, give witness and held the coat. Now he'd go down here and do the same thing, and get rid of this great hindrance.

L-40 But about, it must have been about noontime, around eleven, twelve o'clock, he was stricken down. And when he did, he looked up and there was a Light standing before him. And a Voice coming out of this Light, saying, "Saul, Saul," a question, "why are you persecuting Me?" Now Paul knew, or Saul, rather, knew that his people had been following that same Light since they come up out of Egypt. And if...

L-41 Did you ever see the Lamsa translation of the Bible, the old... The--the old Hebrew sign of--of God is a triangle Light; more or less, something like that, that the three attributes of God, in one Godhead. And this triangled Light, the three in One, being one God, was a--a sign to the Hebrew, of God, Light.

L-42   And then when Moses met Him in the bush, then He said, "I AM," which remains the same, three; yesterday, today, and forever, still the same God. And Moses met Him in the burning bush. He was a Light. And when He led the children of Israel out of the wilderness, He was the Angel of the covenant, that Moses by faith saw, and forsook Egypt, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater treasures than that of Egypt. By faith, Moses saw that that was Christ, the Anointing. And the Anointing was upon no certain man, but It was in a form of a Pillar of Fire. See?

L-43 And then that same Anointing came down at His baptism, and went into Christ and dwelt in Him. John knew it was Him. He said, "Upon Whom thou shall see the Spirit that led them out of Egypt into the wilderness, and out of the wilderness into the promised land, upon Whom thou shall see this triangle form of God coming down and remaining on, He is the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and Fire."

L-44   Now Paul hadn't been privileged of seeing this yet. But just to make it true, to you, the Jews were so forbidden to bow before an idol, or anything like that! Now when he saw this great Light, he knew that that was the Lord. Lord means "ownership, control of." He--he would have not called just anything "Lord," that staunched Hebrew, when he knew that That was Spirit. But notice, he knowed that that same Pillar of Fire had been the One that had led his people. And then he comes back and said, "Lord, Who are You? Who are You? I want to know Who You are? You met Moses in the name of 'I AM.'" But I'll stop there with their thought, just a minute.


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