<TITLE>13. Par 148-163</TITLE>L-148   Now to prove that to you. He was a Hebrew, and he would have never worshiped anything or called anything Lord, 'less he knowed it was Lord. And he knew, as a teacher under Gamaliel, that the Angel of the Lord, which was the Logos that went out of God, which was Christ that led them through the wilderness, was in the form of a Light, a Pillar of Fire. And when It struck him down, and he looked up and seen It there, he said, "Lord." Now, he would have never called nothing but That, Lord. But, being a Hebrew, he knowed that That was Jehovah. That's the reason he had the revelation, could say that Jesus of the New Testament was Jehovah of the Old. That was his revelation, 'cause he had seen Jehovah. And he said, "Lord, Who are You?"

L-149 He said, "I am Jesus, and it's hard for you to kick against the pricks." And he took out a policy.

L-150 Compare the two man together. One rich young Hebrew that wanted to hold to their traditions; another one that was convinced. One of them seen Him as a man, that God was made flesh in order to die and take away the sin.

L-151   The blood of lambs and things, the life was in there, couldn't come on the believer, because it's a lamb's life, it has no soul in it, a animal life. But this was God Himself, and, then we become born of that Spirit, we are sons and daughters of God, the Life that was on our Sacrifice.
Compare the two men together.

L-152 Seen It vindicated, that God was in Christ. The same Pillar of Fire that had brought His people through the wilderness, and brought them to there, nourished them all the day. Remember, when Jesus was on earth, He said, "I come from God, and I go to God." He was the Pillar of Fire that took the children through the wilderness.

L-153 The Bible said, that, "Moses esteemed the riches of Christ greater treasures than that of Egypt." He forsook Egypt, to follow Christ.

L-154 When He was here, that Pillar of Fire was represented in Him, God. He said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. The works tell you what I'm supposed to do. If I don't do that, then don't believe it. But if you can't believe Me..."
They said, "You're--You're a man making Yourself God."

L-155 Said, "If you can't believe Me, as a Man, believe the works. They testify of Me." See?

L-156 Now, when He was dead, buried, rose, ascended, here we find Him again in that Pillar of Fire. He had come from God, and went to God.

L-157 He is still the same One, same One now. Notice, sure, same One that He was.

L-158 And when Paul, or Saul then, recognized that God Jehovah, the Pillar of Fire of the Old Testament, had called Hisself Jesus, he took out his policy. He was ready for it then.

L-159   What a rashel decision for that young ruler! What a... How he must have... What, how could he do it? [Blank.spot.on.tape.]

L-160 What would you give in exchange for your soul? After all your buildings, and you--you leave it for your relatives to fight over, and everything, what about that soul and where you going to be? Remember, you'll be somewhere, thousands of years from tonight. This might be a time for you to make your decision.

L-161 Notice what a rashel mistake this busi-... What a--what a poor businessman he was, to try to hold to a tradition, when it been proven to him and a vindicated that Here was Eternal Life, and he witnessed the same by asking Jesus about it.

L-162   Paul accepted it. We know how he come out. Like the people of the day, they like the popular opinion, and man's praise instead of the honor of God. Paul didn't care for the praise of man. He wanted the honor of God.

L-163 Let's follow this young boy just a moment before we close. Let's follow him. We find the next place, that, this young fellow, you know what happened to him? He never become a pauper, for doing this. He never become a beggar on the street. He increased in goods. He had turned down the opportunity.


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