<TITLE>34. Par 331-339</TITLE>L-331 A grain of wheat is to be. Now watch nature, and we're closing on this thought. Watch nature. A man plants wheat.

L-332 They wrote a book, I guess you all have read it, probably some of you theologians, called The Silent God. I think you can get it maybe in--in your books, of--of where you sell books, bookstores. The Silent God, said how... An infidel, said, "How could you ever expect there be a God, that could sit up There during the Dark Ages and watch little children be put to death, by fire; women, their long hair stuck down in pitch, and burned; put an ox on one arm, and one another, and pull them apart, because they won't kiss a crucifix; and all those things like that"? Said, "How could a God, if there was one, sit up there and watch those little children burn?" See, that's the natural, carnal mind. See?

L-333   Look, do you know a wheat, when it goes into the ground, it's got to lay there and rot? That's what that pentecostal church had to do, lay there and go to the ground, and die. It had to rot, in order to bring forth Life again. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Now watch, and now this is my closing thoughts. Now to wind it all up, let's take nature. How many of you believe that God works parallel in nature, to all things? ["Amen."]

L-334 He, look, He done the world. He redeems the world the same way He redeems a man. What does a man believe? He believes, then is baptized; then he is cleansed by the blood, sanctification, which was Wesley's message; then he is filled with Holy Ghost Fire, takes the world out of him, and he is filled with the Spirit, which is the Word. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Now watch what. God is going to redeem His world the same way.

L-335   How many got the--the--The Future Home Of The Bride And Groom, on the tape? See, I brought it out in there. The Lord gave it to me. I give it on to you as He gives it to me.

L-336 Look, the first thing, the world was condemned, under Adam's fall from the Word. The preaching of Noah brought justification, and God baptized the earth with water; then along came the Son and dropped His Blood upon it, to sanctify it, to claim it for His Own; then in the final windup, the renovation, will be fire that will burn every germ, every thing, it'll go for thousands of miles high, in the air.

L-337 And then what? "I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, first heaven and earth was passed away. And I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem descending from God, out of Heaven, adorned as a bride for her... adorned as a bride for her husband, see, coming down upon the earth." Then God and man...

L-338   Same thing with Jesus, look, when He was baptized in water, and made His preparations. He was sanctified, to begin with, by the Father; then He raised up His hands, and here come the Dove upon the Lamb. What was God doing when He put the Dove on There? He claimed that part of life. That, that was part of the earth, Jesus eat food like we have, the natural bread. But now God claims it, there ain't nothing going to hold it. Death can't hold it. Said, "Destroy this temple, I'll raise it up again."

L-339 And when the man and woman goes into God, complete now, not under some spell, not under some emotion, but really when the Word and Him becomes one; God has saved that person, sanctified him from the things of the world, renovate everything of the world away from him, with the Fire of the Holy Ghost, and lives in that person, reflecting Himself, that perfect man or woman living by the Word. See, that's the earth that's cleansed. He'll use the earth the same way, He redeems it.


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