<TITLE>01. Par 1-11</TITLE>64-0320, God Identifying Himself By His Characteristics, Denham Springs High School, Denham Springs, LA, 84 min
L-1      I was just kind of surprised to see my friend, Joseph Boze, there, and I turned around and took a little of the time to shake his hand.

L-2 Let us turn now in the Word of God, to Hebrews, the 1st chapter. I want to read, for a portion, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd verse, for to draw a text for the night.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Who being in the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had... sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

L-3   Let us bow our heads now for prayer. And now in His Divine Presence, if you have any request that you would like to be made known to Him, would you just raise up your hand, and that's your request, that God will...

L-4 Our Heavenly Father, we are coming now up before Thy throne, by faith in the Name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son. And we have been given this assurance, that, "If we ask anything in His Name, it'll be granted." And Thou knowest our desires and our needs, and Thou has promised that You would supply all that we have need of. So, Father, we would pray as You taught us, "Thy Kingdom come. Thine will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven." That our request, tonight, might be according to Your desire to give it, and grant to us these privileges. Anoint the Word, Lord, and all the speakers and the hearers, and may the Holy Spirit come in and be the doer of the Word, tonight, among us. For we ask it in His Name. Amen.
You be seated.

L-5   Tomorrow morning, I understand, is the Full Gospel Business Men's breakfast. Usually, where they have a chapter, I have the privilege of speaking at their breakfast. To this time, that's the only organization, which is not an organization, but, the only group that I--I belong to, is the Christian Business Men. And now I just speak for them, internationally.

L-6 Now, tonight, we're trusting that this gathering will not be in vain. I've come to you, tired, a worn-out throat, and received a little bronical from...

L-7 I come from Tucson where it's really good and dry, and I come here and it's really good and wet, so there is quite a contrast. If you all got all the water over here, if you'd just send it over our way, we'd appreciate it. But you can't do that, of course.

L-8 But I tell you one thing, there is a parable there. All of our--our--our things in Arizona, our trees, is full of stickers. Everything has a sticker. It's because it's dry. Now if that same bush growed over here, it'd be a nice lovely leaf. See, it's without water, that's the reason it becomes a sticker.

L-9 And when the church becomes without the Water of Life, it gets dry and sticky, too, sticking and punching at everything. But where the waters of Life flows, it opens up the leaf and makes it tender, mellow and sweet, holy and acceptable unto God. So may the Lord God water us, tonight, that we won't be stickers; but we'll be fine leaves that the wayward people might sit down under the tree of our shade and find rest to their souls.

L-10   Now I want to take the text, tonight, if the Lord willing, and I'm pulling this little microphone just as close as I can, because of a lack of voice. I want to, from the reading here of Hebrews 1:1, I want to take a text of: God Identifying Himself By His Characteristics. May I repeat that again, because I know these acoustics is bad here. God identifies Himself by His characteristics.

L-11 Now, most anything is identified by its characteristics. And I have a few Scriptures here that I would... and note, that I would like to refer to. Now, a characteristic of anything identifies what it is.


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