<TITLE>15. Par 159-174</TITLE>L-159 Jesus looked him right in the face, and said, "Suffer that to be so, for thus it is becoming to us, behooving, becoming to us, to fulfill all righteousness." And when he baptized Him, look, what was it? Jesus said, "As a prophet, you know that I am the Sacrifice, and the Sacrifice has to be washed before It's presented." Amen. Amen. So, the Word come to the prophet, always. Correctly. And He suffered him.
Said, "That's exactly right."

L-160 "It's becoming to us that we fulfill all righteousness. I am the Sacrifice. I must be washed. It's right. You have need to be baptized. Amen. But suffer that to be so, for thus it's becoming to you and I, that we fulfill all righteousness." Hallelujah!

L-161 Men and women, it's such becoming to us, as Pentecostal people with the Message of God, that we fulfill all righteousness, and to believe on Him. It's becoming to us that we fulfill all righteousness.

L-162   Notice, when, a Prophet, then He went straight to the Word. When they said, "Jesus of Nazareth was a Prophet, mighty in deed before God and the people." Then, if He was a Prophet, identified, then He went right back and took the very words that they claimed He was. Don't miss this. Took what they called Him to be, took the written Word and identified Himself to be that, and still they didn't get it. They didn't understand. Yet, they called Him a Prophet; and here He was, a Prophet. And He went straight to the Word, and took the Word and identified His Own ministry.

L-163 And they said, "That's--that's a good sermon, all right. Our hearts burned within us." That was it. But that was it.

L-164 Wonder if we could do that same thing? It's written we will, that's right, so we will. Notice.

L-165 Oh, what a sign of a true prophet, always right straight to the Word! Though, they could not understand It. He was... His teaching was too great.

L-166 And, my, oh, my, where does that time go to? About eight minutes, time to dismiss. Notice. I can't understand where them forty-five minutes goes so quick.

L-167   Notice. Look here. Though they could not understand, though you may not be able, but please do what they did. They invited Him to come in. They said, "Come in. The--the day is far spent. Come in." That's it. That's it. It's then, and then only, can He make Hisself known, when you invite Him to come in.

L-168 You say, "I don't understand it. I've heard it explained by the Word, how that these things are supposed to happen in this day, but I--I--I--I can't understand it."

L-169 But, yet, invite Him. Say, "Come in, Lord Jesus." Why don't you do that right now, see, "Come in"?

L-170 How, notice now, after they said. He act like He was going to go on by and leave them. He might act that way to you. But He won't, if you'll invite Him. He said, went, going on, like He'd go further. And they said, "Tonight, the day is spent, now You come on and stay with us."

L-171 So He turned around, said, "All right, I'll go in." So, He got inside. Now, that's the main thing.

L-172 Though you couldn't understand the Word; you, it's too--too deep or something another. You don't understand It. You're all full of different creeds. And this one said that, and this and that. And your poor mind, so you don't know what to think. I'll tell you what you do. Just do like they did. Say, "Come in, Lord, and abide with me just tonight. Will You? Just come in and stay with me now."

L-173   And when He gets inside, they close the door. Notice how He did it now.

L-174 Notice how He made Hisself known to them, after the preached Word didn't do it, the preached Word and the identified Word. And they claimed Him to be a Prophet. And they claimed to be His disciples. And He talked to them, all day long, and they still didn't get it by the preached Word. No, sir. They didn't get it. But once inside, once they got inside, He opened their eyes to Who He was. He opened their eyes.


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