<TITLE>09. Par 100-117</TITLE>L-100 John said, "I bear record that He that told me in the wilderness," not at the seminary, "in the wilderness, said, 'Upon Whom thou shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on,' amen, 'He is the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and Fire.' And I bear record that it's the Truth."

L-101 What was it? That prophet was a sign that Messiah was ready to speak.

L-102 What was the Messiah? The Messiah was the Word, in full. He was the fulness of God. The prophets was a little flickering Light. But in Him was all that Light, was in this Messiah, for He was the manifested God, made Emmanuel, God among us in human flesh.

L-103   Messiah was ready to speak. And notice, the Bible says, that, "The Word of the Lord comes to the prophet."

L-104 Now here stood John, that Jesus said was "the greatest prophet ever lived." Jesus said so, Matthew the 11th chapter, "What went ye out to see, a man shaken by every wind, this denomination say, 'I'll give you more; you do this'? Not John! No, no. A man that can be shoved over, bluffed out? No, he was a raw, rugged prophet. Did you go to see a man that was all dressed up with a priesthood garment on?" And He said, "No, they stay in kings palaces. They marry the young, kiss the babies, and bury the old. That's the kind. They don't know nothing about a two-handed Sword. So what did you go out to see, a prophet?" He said, "More than a prophet!" Course, he was the messenger of the Covenant, was promised by God to send him.

L-105 And notice here, John standing in the water, baptizing, saying, "He is coming."

L-106 And here is the Word, not no more in Heaven, but made flesh. The Word is flesh, what does it happen then? What's the order of God's Scripture? The Word came to the prophet, right in the wilderness, right in the pool. The Word came to the prophet.

L-107 John looked up, and he said, "I have need to be baptized of Thee."

L-108   And my dear, old brother, Doctor Davis, the Missionary Baptist church, that baptized me in Christian faith, if he is here tonight, I don't mean to hurt his feelings. Cause, he lives here in Texas, is out here from Davis Mountains. But I remember us arguing on that one day, and I just a boy. And I said, "It don't sound right, Doctor Davis."

L-109 He said, "What happened, that then Jesus baptized John, and then John baptized Jesus, because John hadn't been baptized." It didn't seem right to me.

L-110 I kept on waiting, watching, wondering. I wouldn't say nothing about it, but one day when the Lord revealed it.

L-111 Now watch what Jesus said. John said, "I have need to be baptized of Thee, and why You coming to me?"

L-112 Jesus said, "Suffer it to be so, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness."

L-113 John knew Who He was. There is the two leaders of the world, two leaders of the church, God and His prophet, standing together. Now, watch, they ought to know.

L-114 Jesus said, "Suffer that to be so, that is right, but thus it's becoming to us that we fulfill all righteousness, the promised Word."

L-115 The Sacrifice had to be washed before it was presented. John baptized Jesus because He was the Sacrifice. See? The Sacrifice had to be washed before presented. Walked right out there, and the Sacrifice was washed, and then He is presented right. He said, "That's the Lamb of God."

L-116 He went right up on the bank, and here come the Spirit of God coming down upon Him, said, "This is My beloved Son." See, He was presented then to the public. But before the Sacrifice could be presented, it had to be washed first; that's the law of the Old Testament. All right.

L-117   Messiah was fixing to speak, because here was the sign of the prophet. And when they seen that prophet come on the scene, after all those four hundred years without one, they knew, next voice was Messiah.


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