<TITLE>05. Par 53-62</TITLE>L-53   And I trust and certainly hope that each of you man here this morning, that's not a member of this fine fellowship, that you'll talk it over here with this fine man; I've just got to shake his hand, the--the president of this chapter. And strengthen yourself! David said he strengthened himself against the enemy. And you man, you--you--you want to do everything you can to strengthen yourself against the enemy. We are here as full Gospel brothers, see. We believe It. Let's get to work, and get out and get some of these other brothers and bring them in, whether full Gospel or not, and bring them into our--our meetings. And pray and do our part to strengthen the Body of Christ, and, in that, we strengthen ourself. God be with you, help you. Anytime I can be a favor to you, let me know. Now let us, before we approach the Word...

L-54   I don't want to keep you here too long. I'm--I'm just a... As I said a while ago, "I'm kind of slow, you know, and I have to kind of think of it slow. And--and my mind is not too good, to begin with, so I just have to kind of take my time; and don't know no more than just what He tells me to say it, and gets me in trouble sometimes, get me out of it other times, so I just say what He says. But before we approach the Word, let's approach the Author.

L-55   Sometime ago, I was riding along with a famous Doctor of Divinity, many of you might know him, William Booth-Clibborn, and he preaches the Gospel in seven languages. And we were talking about God and His attributes. And I was speaking about it, said, "It's like a diamond, God is." See? And I said, "Then these gifts that you speak of," I said, "they are--they are just reflections of God's love." And I said, "Like in Africa, we..."

L-56 The president of the mine, in Kimberley, was one of my ushers in the line. He taken me through the diamond mines in--in Kimberley. Why, you can find them laying on the street, but you daresn't to keep one unless it's cut. It has to be cut by the pool. So then a great big diamond, it doesn't have the fire in it when you find it. No, it's got to be cut for that.

L-57   And that was God, and He had to be wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. He is the big Diamond. And then when you cut a diamond, (did you ever notice?) you cut it in a three-cornered shape, and the sun against that will reflect seven colors. See? And looking, red through red, looks white. Did you know that? That's right. Red through red, that's the Blood, the red Blood looking at a... God looking at a red sinner, through red Blood, turns him white. He is in the heart, you see.

L-58   And--and so now, in that, I said, "God chipped, cut, bruised, to reflect in these rays, as it hits the--the great Word of God, reflects what God is."

L-59 And this Mr. Clibborn said, "But you just don't know your Bible."

L-60 I said, "That might be true. I know the Author real well. So that's--that's the main thing, if I know the Author." To know Him, whether you know all the Word, or not; just to know Him!

L-61   I believe it was Hudson Taylor said to the young missionary one time. He said, "Mr. Taylor, I have just received the Holy Spirit," said, "shall I go get my Bachelor of Art?" He said, "Don't try to shine the light when the candle is half-burned down. Let it shine while she is a burning." Right. In other words, if you don't know what to say, go tell how it was lit. That's good enough.

L-62 And you Full Gospel Business Men do the same. You don't--don't have to wait and be a minister; just testify what He has already done to you. That's what you come together here for, is testify what He has done for you. That'll shine Light to others to be lit off of that. That's how the lamps in the tabernacle was lit, one from the other; not a strange light, new lighting; but the same light. Means, it's the same God all the way through, that shines the Light.
Let us speak to this great Author now as we bow our heads.


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