<TITLE>14. Par 151-157</TITLE>L-151   It'll put you into action, if you haven't got It, It'll put you into action when you see the Word of God fulfilled. What we've seen in these last days, ought to put us into action. It should do it, if we would just do it with reverence and humility. The Pillar of Fire before Paul, put him into action. And today when we see that same Pillar of Fire, by science, by Its results, by what It promised, making the Word in these last days come to pass exactly, it should put us in action. That, the sign has been given, "As it was in the days of Sodom, just before Sodom burned, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man; He'll be manifested again, the same yesterday, today, and forever." It ought to put every member of the Body of Christ into action, getting everything in you can, 'cause this is the last hour, its the last call, last call. Word by word, It's been fullfilled. It should certainly put us in action.

L-152   We, like the prophet, have seen the outcome of self-exalted denominationals lose their place in Christ, lose their hold on His Word, accepting creeds. And we seen what happened to them when they did that, they spiritually died. We see what happened to the Lutheran when they refused Wesley's call. We see what happened to the Methodist when they refused the Pentecostal call. Now what about the Pentecostals? See?

L-153 We seen self-exalted man, like that of Uzziah, who tried to take the place of an anointed office. The office of a man in the church is anointed, not appointed. It's anointed. The church, the... the pastor, the evangelist, the prophet, the apostle, must be the anointed office of God, not elected by man. Man tried to elect that office one time, they cast lots for it; poor Matthias never done nothing, but God chose Paul and he did something because he was anointed. And we've seen these officers try to say, "This is holy bishop so-and-so, this is state so-and-so man, this is so-and-so man," it never amounts to nothing. But when God comes in and takes over, then we see the anointing of the Holy Spirit vindicate the Word of God.

L-154   Now, the effects of the vision on the prophet, what did it do to this man who was born a prophet? Remember, he wrote the entire Bible. There is sixty-six Books of Isaiah, and sixty-six Books of the Bible. Starts out, like in Genesis; in the middle of the Book come the New Testament, John the Baptist; and ends up over in the Millennium. Great prophet, one of the greatest prophets we ever had, was Isaiah, and he was born to be.

L-155 But when he stood in the Presence of God, what did it cause the prophet to do? The prophet said, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips." To come into the Presence of God, and see a truly anointed vessel of God, it caused a prophet to confess that he was a sinner. It ought to do us that way, It ought, the anointed Presence of God. When He seen that One crying, and the posts shaking, and these Angels going back and forth, proving They was before God, and They were the servants of God, anointed, and They cried out; he was a sinner.

L-156   What happened then when he was ready? Now listen, in closing. He was ready to confess that he was a sinner, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among people of unclean lips. Woe is me!" Then the Angel took the tong and taken a coal off the altar, held it in His hands, and come and cleansed him with it. Then come the cleansing, after his confession.

L-157 Now if a prophet, called, vindicated to be a prophet of God, in the Presence of God, seeing his littleness, was ready to confess that he was a sinner, what ought you and I to do? But you know what we do? Turn our head, and walk away and laugh. That's where we're standing, till the cleansing comes. Look, Isaiah...


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