<TITLE>13. Par 112-121</TITLE>L-112 And they still don't, today. They think He's an educator. They think He's a denomination. They don't know He's still a prophet. That's what they had Him down there for, in question. That's the same thing He's in question about today. Nobody is ready to take up for Him. They just say, "Well, I haven't got nothing to do with Him. See? I belong to church. There's my pastors, all of them, setting around here. I'm a good person." And Jsus with dirty feet; nobody cared. The very Bible...

L-113   Now we walk up and shake hands, put our name on the book. And the--the Methodists, if they don't want us, we'll take us over to the Baptists. They kick us out, we'll go to Nazarenes. The Oneness kick us out, we go with the Twoness. The Twoness kick us out, we go at the Threeness. We don't have to put up with none of it. All starchy. That's just the same way. We...

L-114 And when Jesus comes, we don't even recognize. We don't care. That's the way they do. And yet we're crying, "Come, Lord Jesus. Come, Lord Jesus." And He comes. And what do we do? Same thing they did. Why? If they say anything, accept It, somebody else over hear will make fun of them. And they let Him set, dirty. It's called "an evil spirit."

L-115   You remember, Jesus told them, one day, when they said, "This Man does this by Beelzebub," He said, "You say that against Me, it'll be forgiven. But someday the Holy Ghost will come, to do the same thing, and, one word against It, will never be forgiven." See? There we are. Jsus with dirty feet. Could you imagine it? Could you imagine, people who claimed to love God, and had got so mixed up in their creeds, and their denominations and isms?

L-116 Jesus said, "Your traditions, you made the Word of God of no effect." There He was, there, and the Word was in effect, because it was made flesh, and was proving exactly that He was the Christ. And the people, with their traditions, wouldn't let It be effective upon the other people. That's what He was doing, trying to show It off. And, see, they didn't believe He was a prophet.

L-117 And, yet, the Bible said He would be a prophet. The Bible, Moses said, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet," Deuteronomy 18:15. And the Bible predicted just exactly what He would do. And here He come, doing it among those people.

L-118   And today we leave Him with just as dirty name as He had then; let them say things against It. "And the days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing," when the Bible said He's the same yesterday, today and forever. And we're still ashamed to stand out and say something about It. We're ashamed of our testimony that we--we claim we believe. Instead of washing Him, trying to wash Him with tears of joy, that He's here, we just let Him set, dirty. "I won't have nothing to do with it. I ain't cooperating with nothing like That, put my hand on It." See?

L-119   There you are. It's the same bunch of Pharisees, just under another name. We again let Him set like that, for the same reason, we don't believe He's a prophet. We're ashamed of It. Why? The same reason. We don't believe It. The people don't. No, sir.

L-120 He can come, do whatever He wishes to; they are set in their ways, and there's no need of trying to fool with them. And you know, the Bible said they'd be that way. Exactly. The Bible said they'd be that way, "Lukewarm, form of godliness, and have no power thereof." See? That's right.

L-121 We join up with this educational, polished-up group standing there, and having our big socials and times, and our fine churches, and fine decorations. Then Jesus Christ can come in, and you let Him stay dirty. The Word can be made manifest among us, and we still walk around, let people talk about It. Oh, my!


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