<TITLE>02. Par 7-15</TITLE>L-7 Many times, people want to judge the man who doesn't agree with them. We're not to do that. We can disagree with one another, yet be friendly. If I couldn't disagree with a man, and still love him and pray for him, and disagree with him upon the basis of the Scripture, and for better enlightenment, then I won't say nothing to him. I always want to disagree with him, friendly, 'cause I love him, and I--I certainly don't want him to be lost. And he should do the same thing with me; we don't want to be lost. And we must base our thoughts upon what the Word says. Let the Word be Truth. Not our creed or what our thoughts, but what He says; no private interpretation, just what the Word said.

L-8   The other night, I did something and it seemed sacrilegious almost, I believe it was at a ministerial breakfast the other morning. I put Jesus on a trial. I said, "Just as they did then, so do they do today." Maybe it would be good if I repeat it just for a moment, if we have the time. Now, I said, today we find out that...

L-9 In Luther's reformation, he, in the time of that, he said the just shall live by faith. "The man that believes, he that's got It." But we found out many of them said they believed, and didn't have It.

L-10 In the days of--of John Wesley, if they got the second blessing, they called it sanctification, entire sanctification, they got happy and shouted. "Everybody shouted, had It." But they found out they didn't have It. A lot of them shouted, and didn't have It.

L-11 The days of Pentecost, they said, "Now the restoration of the gifts has come, the baptism of the Spirit. He that speaks in tongues, has got It." We find out that many spoke with tongues, and didn't have It.

L-12   So they say, "Well, the fruit of the Spirit, that's what It was." Oh, no, not the fruit of the Spirit. Christian Science has that, where hardly... Love is the fruit of the Spirit. Then, and they have more love than anybody, and deny the Deity of Jesus Christ; just call Him a prophet, just an ordinarily man. See? So that doesn't do it.

L-13 Let me question that just a minute. Let's take Jesus on trial. And God forgive me for this statement, from the platform, but I'm going to be against Him for a minute, just to bring you the Light. See?

L-14   "Now I've got you people here tonight; I'm talking to you. I was back in another day when Jesus of Nazareth was on earth. I come to you, and to reason with you against this Fellow, Jesus of Nazareth. Now we all know that God is love. The Bible says He is. All right, and the love, the Spirit is long-... long-suffering, gentleness, patience, meekness, and so forth, and love. Now I'd say, I want to ask you something. We're going to take what--what we know, a Christian.

L-15 "Look at this old priest of yours. His great-great-great- grandfather was a priest. He had to be born in that lineage of Levites, to be a priest. We find out, now, he doesn't have a young man's life like the rest of you did. What does he do? He sacrifices himself, he is up there to study the Word, the Word of God. He goes through it, day and night, day and night, has to know every letter of it, every word on the scroll. He has to know it by heart. He--he, just something about it that he must know.


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