<TITLE>04. Par 32-39</TITLE>L-32   Did you ever notice how God dealt with Joseph there? In a secondary way, in the way of a dream. Now, we know there's dreams, we believe in dreams. I believe in dreams. Been... God's always dealt with people in dreams. But dreams is secondarily, see, it could be right or wrong unless it's interpreted. But he didn't need any interpretation. It was God Himself speaking directly to Joseph, because there wasn't a prophet in the land in them days to interpret. There hadn't had a prophet for four hundred years. So the next best, that God cared for the welfare, fare of His Own son, was speak to Joseph through a dream and without interpretation. He said, "The woman is right. That Holy Thing which is conceived in her is the Son of God." Didn't need any interpretation.

L-33   God does His Own interpreting to honest, sincere hearts, men and women that looks upon the--the thing that's mysterious, if you're honest and sincere and will believe, God has a way of interpreting it to you. First, find out if it's a promise. If Joseph had just a-went back and got away from the traditions and went back to the Bible, and find out, Isaiah said she was going to do that.

L-34 And the things that was spoke of, and His birth, and all about it was spoke by the Scriptures, "by the holy prophets," as Peter said. And no man has a right to put any private interpretation to that. It's just exactly what God said would take place. He was the manifestation of the Word of God promised for that day. God said it, so there it was. That settled it.

L-35   Jesus said... When He was on earth, when they couldn't understand His ministry, it was too great, too phenomena, (they couldn't), phenomenal, rather. They couldn't understand Him. He said, "Search the Scriptures!" (I hope I'm not deafening you out there, blasting into that.) "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life, and They are they that testify of Me." See? "They are the Ones who tell you Who I am."

L-36   See, God lotted the Word. That day was to be the manifestation of God, God (Emmanuel) with us, "His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Father. And His Name shall be called Emmanuel, 'God with us.'" God was in David. God was in Moses. God! That's God all the way through, manifesting Himself for that age. But this age, "A virgin shall conceive and she'll bring forth a Son, and He will be God with us."

L-37 That's what they crucified Him for, making Himself God, and also for breaking the Sabbath. He was--He was God over the Sabbath, and He was God. And He was not just an ordinary man or an ordinary prophet (yet He was an ordinary Man and a Prophet), but He was the God-Prophet. And He was the fulfilling of the Word, exactly what God said He would do. Said, "Which one of you can condemn Me of sin? Search the Scriptures! In them you think you have Eternal Life, and they are they which testify of Me." But their traditions, they was living in a glare of another age.

L-38   As I was preaching a few weeks ago, "Living in a glare." A glare is "a mirage," the sun reflecting itself, and it's false. And any glare of another age is a false reflection. The people always are walking in something that happened years ago. The Lutheran are walking in a Lutheran glare. Luther's sunlight was fine in his day; Wesley was good in his day; the Pentecostal was good in its day. We're going on up the ladder, we're living in another age! We're going on, on, we can't keep looking back.

L-39 When we get ourselves settled down in things, we think we got it all made, we get our traditions wrapped up; and that was all right for that day, but we're moving on! Search the Scriptures and see what's promised for today, then we'll know where we're at, then we can tell where we're standing.


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