<TITLE>04. Par 40-49</TITLE>L-40 That's what the reason they refused to know Jesus Christ when He came. That's why Jesus exhorted them, saying, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life, and They are They that testify of Me." But they had got so many creeds and things, and their traditions, that Jesus said, "You've made the Word of God of no effect, by your traditions." And that's the way it's been in every age.
God will judge the world by Jesus Christ.

L-41   And many times, you see, what it is, we people try to have our own interpretation of the Word, to say, "Mark 16, from the 9th verse on, is not inspired."

L-42 Why isn't It inspired? God doesn't need any interpreter. He's His own Interpreter. God does His own interpretation. And the Bible said, "It's of no private interpretation."

L-43 God said, in beginning, "Let there be light," and there was light. That don't need interpretation.

L-44 He said, "A virgin shall conceive," and she did. That don't need any interpretation. She did it. Although, when she did it, in the time that she did it, the people were so full of creed till they didn't understand it. It went right over the top of their heads.

L-45   It's did that in every time, and it'll do it again. Now, we find out, that's right. The people does that. Christ and the church... We find, in this day that we're living, there's nothing different from any other day. Men, the church, is always praising God for what He done, and always saying what He's going to do, and ridiculing what He's doing. That's always been the history of the church, and it's same way tonight. It's because that man-made theories get into It and get It all mixed up. And when the true Word speaks for Itself, see, they're so full of creed, till they are so blinded by that glare, they can't accept It.

L-46 Why, the reason that the Lutherans, that the Methodists, when you Methodist people... This fine Methodist boy, here, just sang a while ago. When that boy, the... What was the reason? See, the Lutherans was living in the glare of Luther, and that's the reason Methodist's message didn't go over well. And when the Pentecostals come along, they was all living in the glare of Methodists, until the Pentecostals come along. But, you see, all this, if you'll just look into the Scripture, watch the church ages and what each one is to do, you'll find out right where we're living. We're living in this age.

L-47   Now, upon the basis of this criticism, so much, of the Word of God, I want to take this text tonight, and call it: A Trial.

L-48 Jesus didn't get a fair trial in the days of Herod, in the days of Pilate. But, in this day, I want to see, tonight, in this little group of people, if you'll set with me, I want to see that He gets a fair trial. Because, He is still the Word. He is still the Word. How many agrees with that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." And the Word is still God. "And He's the same yesterday, today, and forever." So, let's see that He has a fair trial.

L-49   Now, I'm going to make this like a courtroom, if you'll just suffer with me. I know it sounds kind of unusual, but we're just a little gathering here now, that we want to bring this Word, which I claim is God's Word. And I'm here to defend It. And now, we're going to bring it to a court trial, just exactly like it was in the days when Herod give Him a trial, or Pilate, before Pilate's court. We're going to bring Him 'fore court this Ramada room, this 1964, April the twenty-seventh, 1964.


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