<TITLE>07. Par 68-79</TITLE>L-68 But, you see, it has to be identified by the Word, and the Word is God. See? And then the characteristic of this identification identifies who it is, 'cause God said, "this would happen," and it happens. See? The characteristic of it is God's Word being identified by the characteristic of what's going on.

L-69 He said in the last days He would pour out the Holy Ghost. He did it. The characteristics of it identified that it was God, His Word promised. See, it always identifies itself.

L-70 Now, always, every time, corrects the word, when the Word is said wrong. Did you ever notice? It was in the days of Noah, that corrected that scientific age, that God was going to bring water down out of the heavens. It was Moses, see, that corrected when they was all settled down in Egypt, and so forth, but God's Word had to come to be identified. And the Truth of the Word corrects the error.

L-71   Let me ask you something. We may go a little deep here. I'm not supposed to preach teaching or doctrine, but let me just ask you one thing.

L-72 Jesus was the Word. We know that. The Bible said it was. Saint John, the 1st chapter, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." He is still the Word. Then when He could perceive their thoughts, they ought to have knowed that that was the Word, because the Word of God said that's what He would do. He was the Prophet.

L-73   Now notice, we find out that when He was born, about twelve years of age, He went up to the feast of the tabernacle. And they had went up there to the Passover. And, on their road back, they had went three-day's journey and they missed Him; perceiving, thinking, rather, presuming that He was out among their people.

L-74 We could make a lesson out of that. That's so much today! Now you Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, whatever you are, see, you are doing that same thing. You are perceiving because that Wesley had a great revival, Luther had a great revival, or Pentecost had a great revival, you are perceiving that He is among the people, when, sometimes He isn't there.

L-75 They went to find Him. Where did they find Him? Where they left Him, at Jerusalem. And when they found Him, what was He doing? A little boy, twelve years old, probably had never entered school no more than what His mother taught Him; and here He was in the temple, debating with those priests, about the Word of God. And they were astonished at the wisdom of this Child. Why? He was the Word. Now watch.

L-76   And now not dishonoring you Catholic people that call Mary the mother of God, but just let me show you a little error here. If the church is built upon Mary, watch what happened. Now she come up and she said, "Oh, Your father and I have sought Thee, with tears." Watch that statement, she then condemned her own testimony. She said, "Your father and I have sought You, with tears."

L-77 Watch that Word. He was the Word. He said, "Know ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" Watch the Word correct the error. Right there before those priests, she ruined her testimony. Said she was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and here she said Joseph is His "father." See that Word catch it right quick? He was the Word. Now, you know a twelve-year-old boy wouldn't do that. He was the Word. He was the spoken Word of that age, so therefore the identified characteristic of God was in Christ. He corrected the errors. He said...
They said, "Why, we are Moses' disciples." See?

L-78 He said, "If you was Moses' disciples, you would know Me. He wrote of Me. Moses said, 'The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet like me.' You would know Me if you knew Moses."

L-79 And, see, the Word always corrects the error of the day. But the people don't like to believe it. They just hang right on, just the same.


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