<TITLE>08. Par 71-80</TITLE>L-71 "He also promises, that, 'He would be with us, even in us, unto the consummation, or the end of the world.' And He also claims, that, 'Both heavens and earth will fail, but His Word will never fail.'"

L-72   Now I think the prosecuting attorney thinks he has his case pretty well sealed up. He has got witnesses to prove that this Word is not the Truth.

L-73 Now you are both judge and jury, this afternoon. You, your mind, is the jury. And your actions is the judge. You, you're whatever your jury's verdict is. You'll act out what your verdict is. See? You'll have to do that, 'cause your actions speaks louder than your words. See? That's right. You can say something, but if you don't mean it, you can't act it. See? Your actions will go louder than your words. Notice.

L-74 Now let the prosecuting attorney step down. He has give, had his witnesses, and they've testified. And the prosecuting attorney has placed the Word out here and sealed It just the way he wants It. For, he thinks he's got the case completely sealed up now, so let the prosecuting attorney and his witnesses step down from the stand.

L-75   Now we will call the defense witness, the Holy Spirit. You know, if there's a defendant, there has to be a defense witness. So we'll call the defense witness to defend the defendant, the Holy Spirit.

L-76 The first thing the Holy Spirit says when He steps up, is this. He wants to call the attention of the pros-... to the prosecutor, the one that's trying to try the case that's indicted, that, "The prosecutor has misinterpreted the Word to the people, just like he did the first human being, Eve, in the garden of Eden. He has misinterpreted the Word to the people." And the Holy Spirit, the defense witness, calls the attention to this.

L-77   "Notice, he said that, the--the prosecutor has said, that, 'These promises are to believers.' And, that, believers is the only thing that the promise is to, not to unbelievers and skeptics." The defense witness, His claims, that, "God distinctly said that it was to believers; and calls the attention that each one that testified, in protest against the Word, admitted that others claimed to be healed." See? So that throws him out right now, see, but let's go on with the case a little while.

L-78 And the defense witness should know whether they are believers or not, because He is the One that quickens the Word. He knows whether they believe or not. Don't you think so? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] He should know. He knows whether they are believers or not, because He is the only one can put Life in the Word. Here would be my body standing here without a spirit, I'd be dead; but it's only life can quicken this body to move. And it's only the Holy Spirit that can quicken the Word. He is the only one can put It in action, and He ought to know whether they are believers or not. And against their own testimony that they said, "Others claimed to be healed, and others claimed to see these things," but they didn't. Now, see, his witness is already condemned.

L-79   But, now, He quickens the Word. And again He wants to call the attention of the word of the prosecutor, or the prosecutes that's in question. "He never set any certain time for this healing. He said, 'The prayer of faith shall save the sick. God shall raise them up.' He said, 'They shall lay hands upon the sick.' And He didn't say they'd jump up right then and be healed. He said, 'They shall recover, if they believed.' See, misquoting the Word! See?"

L-80 I think we got a good defense witness. Now, there, He should know whether they believe or not. He could say that. And He--He certainly does correct the Scripture here, because the defense witness always did that, in the Bible terms. The Word always corrects Itself.


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