<TITLE>24. Par 168-175</TITLE>L-168   O God, our Father, today there's hungry hearts still left on the earth. Why little Bethlehem. In my poor unlearned way, Lord, I've tried to let this little group... which loves me, I know they do, Lord. And I love them. And I love them so much till, Lord, I--I'm zealous of them. I don't want to see them mixed up in these great things, and get cut off then when it's too late, and see them poor souls yonder in prison, and know at once had the opportunity.

L-169 Lord God, today, no matter what the great Jerusalem's thinks, and what the Gilead's and the Ramoth-Gilead and whatevermore, Shiloh's, and the great worship places, wherever they are. There is a Bethlehem. "Art thou not least among all of them? But out of thee!" Out from the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian; Catholic, the great capitol; and the Ramoth-Gilead's, where Luther fought; and--and the--the Shiloh's, where maybe Wesley fought; and--and many other places. But, Lord, Lord, You raised up a Pentecostal group, and if they haven't turned right around and done the same thing!

L-170   Jesus of Nazareth, I pray Thee, Lord, to let warriors, out of every one of these creeds back there, rise in Your Name, cut through all these creeds and get back to the true, unadulterated Word, laying aside every weight that does so easily beset them, laying aside every hour that they're out here foolishly dropping around trying to make members of an organization. Lord God, let them come back to get converts to Jesus Christ; not to glorify any organization or any persons, but Jesus Christ, He alone.

L-171 It was David those men fought for. It was David they set their life in jeopardy for. And them great mighty warriors, without fear, they moved their way through there, because it was his desire. It was his desire to have a drink from that well.

L-172 Lord God, maybe we don't feel that, just that tug, but, look, it's Your desire that these things be done. As You said to John, "Thus it is behooving to us, or becoming, that we fulfill all righteousness."

L-173 It's becoming to us, as ministers today, to see that this Word is preached, to see that it's done. It's becoming to us, a man of these hour that we're living in. Great men in the earth today, O God, they're out there, let them see it and grab the Sword! No matter what the opposition, if God be for you, who can be against you? We don't care, jeopardizing our social living. We don't care, jeopardizing this, that, or the other. We want to get the Water of Life back!

L-174   Let us go to Bethlehem, Lord, let every one of them. Let all these women, that, surely, if they put up their hand, they was ashamed of themself. Let them realize that these men will be like Mr. Kennedy one of these days. They'll--they'll be like the rest of men, they have to die. These women are dying. I'm dying. We're all burning up here on earth, and know that just a short time, we've only got a very few days left. And, God, instead of trying to build big systems, Lord, let men and women see this morning it's the coming of a King.

L-175 O God, the coming of that great King, Jesus! And it... And we realize, God, that every one of those men that pulled that sword and fought for David when he was a fugitive, when he come into power, he made them rulers over cities. Every one of them had cities. And You promised that in the Bible, that we would have cities. O God, as Gentiles, fell heir through the Gentiles, that we might be partakers of His holiness and His righteousness! Let us today, Lord, as men warriors, take that Word, knowing that, those who stand for Him in this hour, they'll be rulers over cities. Not as we want to be rulers, but we want to be servants to You, Lord. O God, we see the vision of this little minority, this little group, this what's called "fanaticism" in the... Paul said in his day, "In the way that's called 'heresy,'" crazy. That's where I want to fight, Lord. Thy Word is Truth! And Thou art the Word, the same yesterday, today, and forever.


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