<TITLE>12. Par 129-136</TITLE>L-129 And Hollywood shines with glitter, while the Gospel glows with humility. Hollywood shines with its great fine churches, its psychological, educated ministers who can speak and use their nouns and pronouns and everything just right. While, in humility, the Gospel of Jesus Christ glows to the glory of God. Where, they know no more about It than a rabbit would know about snowshoes. They just... It's just as far... Excuse that expression. This is no place for that. See? And, but that's what I--I try to mean, you know. They don't, they don't understand It. They think it's got to be all polished up in a scholarship. And--and our Pentecostal people is getting like that. Their ministers has got to go away and have so many degrees of psychology, know just how to say "amen" just right. That's right. Oh, it's a disgrace, friends. It's a disgrace among us.

L-130   Now, it isn't that I'm against the church. I'm against that system that's taking godly men and doing that. We need not to shine. We'll never get the enemy over on our ground. Oh, we can never go over on the enemy's ground and try to have fine and glitter, well-dressed and clergy collars, and everything, and our choir all robed and everything like them. Don't go on their ground. We can never compare with them.

L-131 Let them, if they're hungry, come over to us. We're full Gospel. Amen. Let's stay that way. "The Gospel came not in Word only, but through power and manifestation of the Word." That's what the writer said, "Power and manifestation." In other words, "The Word, vindicated, is the Gospel," see, Mark 16.

L-132   Notice now, we find that in the days of Noah, that, while he preached, they could hardly believe such a thing as that. They... Noah believing for such a thing. But finally the paradox came, and it happened. It actually rained.

L-133 Then in the days of David, we find out that when Saul was up there with all of his great army, and this little ruddy-looking fellow come up there, and--and come to bring some cakes to his brother, from his father. And this giant come out and made his boast one time too many. There was a real man of God heard that boast. And he turned around, he said, "You mean to tell me that you, the armies of the living God, will let that uncircumcised Philistine, out there, stand and tell you the days of miracles is past?" Or, well, same principle, see. "Let that uncircumcised scientist tell you, defy the armies of the living God?" Said, "I'm ashamed of you, and you supposed to be trained men." Said, "I'll go fight him." Oh, I admire his courage. He knowed what he believed.

L-134   So, Saul took him up there, said, "Son, now, I admire your courage. But, remember, you're nothing but a youth, see, and he is a warrior from his youth. See? And you know nothing about a sword and things. Now how you going to meet that fellow, meet his challenge?"

L-135 He said, "Saul, I was herding your servant's sheep, and a bear come in and got one of them. And he run with it. I went and took it away from him. A lion come in and got one, and I run out after him. I took a slingshot and knocked him down. When he rose up, I slew him." He said, "The Lord God that give me the victory over the lion and the bear, how much more will He give me the victory over this uncircumcised Philistine?"

L-136   You know, I think about that when I'm praying for you. See? See, a lion called "cancer" come in and got one of his sheep. I ain't got no medicine. I have no shots. I don't know what radium is. I don't know nothing about theologies and these man-made things. But I know what is this little Slingshot. I come here after you now. I want to bring you back. It's my Father's sheep. Sometime I have to scold you, fuss at you, but it's because I love you. Always, always, always bear this in mind, that love is corrective.


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