<TITLE>15. Par 158-169</TITLE>L-158   I want you to notice something else. God did not use books and theology, theological terms, to cleanse his servant. He used Fire. He never used creeds to clean His servant. He took Fire off the altar. And if God ever cleansed a man today, it's got to be the Holy Ghost Fire that cleanses a man; not reading a book and doing this, or some other book by so-and-so.

L-159 A certain great minister here in California said, the other day, he had "the book of the year." I different with him. The book of the year is the Bible, always been. The Book of the year is God's Book, always.

L-160   And God used Fire to cleanse His servant. Then followed, after he humbly confessed that he was wrong, and then come the cleansing; and after the cleansing, then come the commissioning. See, that's what's the matter, some of us try to get commissioned before we get cleansed. See? We'll say, "Well, I'll follow this." We got to follow God. Them Angels did one thing, lived in the Presence of God; humble, reverent, and in action before God. Then the followed, the commission; after the confession and cleansing, it was then that the clean Isaiah cried, "Here am I; send me."

L-161   Oh, brother, sister, if there ever was a time that the Isaiahs ought to come down to the house of God for cleansing! If there ever was a time that the church member ought to really come and confess his sins! If there ever was a time for the backslider!

L-162 Just think, in the night that Sodom burned, wonder how many people walked away from the message of those Angels? Wonder how many people wasn't concerned enough to hear Their voice? And they perished that same night, and will never be no more, only their punishment in hell.

L-163   "As it was in the days of Noah." How many people laughed at him and made fun of him, and come up there just to hear his, say, "We'll go up and hear the old crank pop off again, just to have some fun." Get up, walk away, wouldn't even listen to him preach. All kinds of things; and they perished in the judgments he was preaching.

L-164 Amos, that little preacher, knowing... from nowhere, a prophet, anointing, come up and looked down in Samaria that time. His bald head shined, his old gray beard, when he come up across the hill. He looked down, them holy eyes of his narrowed as he looked upon that city, not like tourists that come from all over the world. Cause, the priests, all of them, had sinned, and false prophets was telling them it was all right. He walked down there with no cooperation for his revival. He walked down there without anything, and screamed out. And he said, "The very God, that you claim to serve, will destroy you."

L-165   And I say THUS SAITH THE LORD: the God, that America claims to serve, will destroy her. You take that for whatever you wish. What we need, is down to the altar, Isaiah. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
And God said, "Who will go for Me?"

L-166 Isaiah said, "Here am I; send me." I think of that song:
When the coal of Fire had touched the prophet,
Making him as pure as pure could be,
When the voice of God said, "Who will go for us?"
Then he answered, "Master, here am I, send me."

L-167   First he had to humble himself and be cleansed, and get ready like we seen the prepared servant. Look at Uzziah how he was prepared, but he failed. Don't put...

L-168 You say, "Well, now, I know Doctor So-and-so is a good man. I know Brother So-and-so." They might be, but don't look at that.

L-169 Look up here, see, here is the Way. God has got a Way to prepare. How did He do it? On the Day of Pentecost, Peter told them what to do. He wrote a prescription for them, and it's always remained the same. Don't tamper with It, you'll kill your patient.
They said, "What can we do to be saved?"


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