<TITLE>19. Par 215-231</TITLE>L-215 And there he was, standing in the water. The Bible said, "The Word of the Lord always comes to the prophet." Is that right? And John was a prophet. They hadn't had a prophet in hundreds of years.

L-216 But here he was, a prophet standing there, and he was prophesying that Jesus would come. He had been out in the wilderness, and said he seen a sign. God told him that sign would be following Him, that Messiah, when He come. He said, "He is standing among you somewhere now. There is One among you, Whose shoes I'm not worthy to loose. He'll be made manifested one of these days. And when He does, then I'll decrease, He'll increase."

L-217 He happened to look, and see that sign; he said, "Here He comes now. Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world."

L-218   The old Baptist preacher, Doctor Davis, that baptized me into the fellowship of the Baptist church, discussed that with me one time. He said, "You know what happened there, Billy?"
And I said, "No, I don't, Doctor."

L-219 He said, "Here is what happened. John had never been baptized." Said, "John baptized Jesus, and then Jesus turned around and baptized John."
I said, "I--I don't know about that."

L-220 So I kept praying about it. One night in a vision, here is what it was. See. He never, He never, Jesus never baptized John. Well, what?

L-221 He said, "I have need to be baptized of Thee, and why comest Thou unto me?"
Jesus said, "Suffer that to be so."

L-222   Watch them two eyes, two main man on earth; there was God, here was His prophet, and the Word come to the prophet. If the Word is in flesh, It'll go to the prophet. No matter where It's at, It'll go to the prophet. It's got to. The Bible said so. No... And here come... He was the Word. "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." And here come the Word to the prophet, right out in the water, to fulfill and vindicate his prophecy. Amen. Here He stands there, and here them two eyes meet one another; one the prophet, and the other one the Word.

L-223 And he, John, humble before Him, he said, "I have need to be baptized of Thee, and why comest Thou unto me?"

L-224 He said, "Suffer that to be so, for thus it is becoming to us," behooving us, see, "becoming to fulfill all righteousness."

L-225 John, being a prophet and knowed that Word, 'cause the Word come to him, he knowed that that was the Sacrifice. And according to the Law, the Sacrifice had to be washed before presented. It's exactly. He baptized Jesus because He was the coming Sacrifice. Before He could go to His public life, He had to be baptized, because the Sacrifice must be washed before it's presented. Amen. He baptized Him.

L-226 And when he did, He went straightway out of the water. And he looked up and saw the Spirit of God, like a dove, and a Voice coming from It, said, "This is My beloved Son in Whom I am pleased to dwell in." God and man become one.

L-227   Adam and Eve was one, at the beginning. And when they separated them, she fell, because of the Word. She missed the Word. She fell.

L-228 So has each church age, fall like that, on account of misinterpreting the Word. Letting the interpreter, that Satan that interpret It to Eve, "Oh, surely That couldn't be right. Surely This, surely these all can't be. This can't. Oh, yes, I know, surely..."

L-229 But if God said so, that makes It so. There ain't no "surely" to It. You must be born again. You got to receive the Holy Ghost. Either that or perish! Notice.

L-230   And here He--here He come in, Jesus and God became one. They united.

L-231 Like in Eden, where there Adam and Eve was in the beginning, the same spirit. Their names was called Adam. See? He was both Adam and Eve, together. And when was separated, to go the test, what happened? Eve fell, by the Word. That was the Word. Adam went out after her, to redeem her, but he couldn't do it. He wasn't worthy to redeem her.


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