<TITLE>12. Par 103-112</TITLE>L-103   I remember fifteen years ago, here in Arkansas, when I was having a little meeting up there at Jonesboro, when about forty thousand people trying to attend this, come to the meeting at a city of about fifteen thousand. And they laid under cotton trucks and everything else, and hold papers over their sick children, just to get inside. They sat in their seats and wouldn't leave, day and night, and had their loved ones to go get hamburger and a--a bottle of pop; and stay there, day in and day out, day in and day out. Their hearts were burning, on fire. Just the least little thing God did, it set them afire. And hundreds of them come in.

L-104   He is still the same God, tonight, that He was fifteen years ago. He is still the same God, tonight, that He was when He created heavens and earth.

L-105 But what is it? We got all enthused and wanted to build up our organizations, wanted to build up this, and build this, and make something great and shiny, compare with the Joneses, with the Methodists, with the Baptists, with the Presbyterian. You are not of them. No, you're not. They're denominational people, which is alright, nothing against them. There is plenty of fine Christians out among them, but you oughtn't to associate yourself in that unbelieving groups. "People that deny the Power thereof," you're not to take sides with them.

L-106   You know, the trouble of it is, you're trying to get Hollywood in the church. The thing you ought to be trying to do is get Hollywood out of the church. See? You're trying to make your building so pretty, you're trying to make your denomination so big, till it'll attract the attention of the people. We can't go over on their side. We've got to have them on our side. Everything shiny, remember, Hollywood glitters with worldliness, while the Gospel glows in humility. There is quite a difference between shining and glowing. The Gospel glows in humility, and meekness, and humbleness, and power. While, Hollywood shines, and everybody hurrahing and hollering, and going to it. See? We don't need that.

L-107   We want to live such Light. He said, "Ye are the salt of the earth." "If the salt has lost its savour," that's its strength in the Gospel. We should have something moving in our churches, that Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and all of them, would long to come. We should be so salty! Salt makes thirst, creates a thirst. Salt is the savour, if it contacts. It's got to be contacted.

L-108 And we find out, our great tantrums try to compare with the Methodist and Baptist, with big buildings and big places, and fine educated people, and greater schools and bigger colleges, and everything like that. We've went off on a tantrum, and here trouble has set in.

L-109 And the spiritual mind looks around and says, "Here, wait a minute here, are we all going to have to take that Ecumenical Council? Will all our whole group go into it?" Sure, you're going. That's exactly. You watch and see if you don't. The Bible said you would, exactly, and Christ would be on the outside. The moon blacked itself out before the pope (the first one ever went to Rome), the other night, showing you a sign in the heavens. Unpredicted, it did it. How the Lord is doing things in this day, marvelous!

L-110   Then in this great hour of darkness, when they was there, the winds come up. All hopes of survival was gone. Now what are you going to do if your denomination goes into the Ecumenical Council? What's going to happen then to all of our great things that we built here on earth, the last hope gone?

L-111 But you know, as they were about to scream, and all hopes was gone, they couldn't be saved; and all of a sudden, they seen Him come, walking on the water. In the hour of darkness, He came, walking in.

L-112   You know what? When He left them, He knew that was going to happen, so He climbed the highest hill there was in the land. Higher up you go, further you can see. And He climbed up so He could watch them, you know.


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