<TITLE>26. Par 249-259</TITLE>L-249   Those Pharisees were learned theologians. Don't you dare to say we got anything today to compare with them. No, indeedy. They knowed one word, every word, just the way it was written, but in vain they were worshiping. Think of it, "in vain," big fine schools, and seminaries, and teachers, and young man, and everything like that, but lost!

L-250 Same as the wilderness, He said, "They all eat manna from that spiritual Rock in the wilderness, they all drink from that Rock, I mean, and they all eat manna out of it." And Jesus said, "And they're, every one, dead." Death means "Eternally separated." Why? Because they failed to believe the promise of God.

L-251   Oh, I hate to keep you like this, but I just have to say it. Look, I won't take a minute on this. Every one of them people come out under the Pillar of Fire, they come out in the wilderness, believing God, marched on. But when they come to see the obstacle, when the--when the ten come back and said, "We can't take the land. Oh, my, they're giants there. They're this, that, and the other. They just... We can't do it. It's impossible."

L-252 But what did Caleb and Joshua? They stilled the people. They said, "We are more than able to take it." Why? Those people were looking what they could see, see, looking at what they could see. But Caleb and Joshua was looking at the promise of God. God said, "I have given you that land. Go get it!"

L-253   Now Hebrews the 6th, if I could quote it, "For it is impossible for them which were once enlightened, and have tasted of the Holy Ghost, the power of the world to come, if they shall fall away again, deny, walk away."

L-254 Like those fellows come up there and eat the grapes from over on the other land, stood there; and when it come to following the Word, on through, they said, "We can't do it." And they died in the wilderness.

L-255 That's where we got. We tasted a good Word of God. But, the full promise, "No, no, we can't do that, see, 'cause Doctor So-and-so or somebody else says we can't do it. That's for the apostles. That was another day." There you die.

L-256 See, the Scripture all ties together, every Word of It ties together. And it cannot be given by any man-made theory, system, or anything. It's only revealed by the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, "Father, I thank You You've hid these things from the wise and prudent, and reveal it to babes such as will learn."

L-257   Quickly now let's go to this next thought here if we can. "In vain they worship Me." Those Pharisees, learned, oh, morally good; but called, by Jesus, "devils." Them learned theologians, Jesus said, "You are devils, and the works of your father you'll do." Said, "You garnish the tombs of the prophets, but your fathers back in that same time... Them prophets come forth to tear down those religious systems." That's what they done.

L-258 Prophets! Where does the Word come, to a theologian or a prophet? [Congregation says, "Prophet."--Ed.] Not to the theologians and the school. It comes to a prophet, always. God never changes His system, never. Always has, always! Not to a group; to an individual! Never to a group; individual, yes, sir, a prophet. And they said...

L-259 Jesus said, "You garnish the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers put them in there." And they're doing the very same thing under the blindness of Satan's seminary. See?


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