<TITLE>03. Par 20-30</TITLE>L-20   Now in Revelations 1:18, we read these Words, 17 and 18.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; for I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of death and hell.

L-21 And in Romans the 8th chapter and the 11th verse, we read this.
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

L-22 And now in Mark the 16th chapter, the chapter of the resurrection, the 16th chapter, the 1st and 2nd verses.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, the mother... and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had brought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

L-23   Now, my text this morning, I want to take for a text: It Is The Rising Of The Sun. And for a subject, I want to use, "the quickening Power."

L-24 Now, you know, you perhaps have been hearing the radio and the different ministers speak. And our noble Brother Neville this morning speaking his Easter subject, on the resurrection. And I thought maybe I would take it a--a little different path, not to be different, but just to add a little more, maybe in another angle, for you. The Scriptures, every angle you go with the Scriptures, It always declares Jesus Christ. You cannot get away from it, any way. It always declares Him.

L-25   Now, as the world today in a--a memorial service, or, at least, in United States and this side of the earth, this morning, in the churches and throughout, is celebrating a memorial of--of the greatest triumph that man ever had.

L-26 I think, as Saviour when He died, or as an infant when He was born, He could not have been here lest being coming into the earth. And when He died, certainly He atoned for our sin. But, yet, there's been many fine little babies born, and there's been many man who has suffered and died for a real cause, but there never was one that could raise hisself up again until this day.

L-27   Now, that it is the greatest week in history, the greatest celebration of all times, this Easter is where He proved what He had said. Man can say things, but yet it isn't exactly can be believed upon, thoroughly, until it's been proved to be the Truth. And as God, Who said, "Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good," He would not tell you to do something that He would not do Himself. So He proved Who this was that died for our sin.

L-28 And, now, not only is it a memorial day, of all these great Easter flowers, and Easter bonnets, and pink rabbits, and so forth, that we've got into, and holy celebration; which is all right, but this is not the real thing in that way.

L-29   As people today are trying to say, "We should wash feet once a year, on--on Thursday, and on Friday we should take the communion," and all different doctrines of... They argue about whether it should be this day or that day, or whether it should be a sabbath day or the first day of the week; or... All these things are just merely tradition. What good would any of it do you, whether you had Lent or not Lent, if there is no Life in you? It's only a memorial. Which, there's nothing against it, but they have certainly carried out their traditions, but left off the main thing.

L-30 Satan doesn't care how religious you are, or how right you are in your Doctrine. If you miss that Life, you won't come up, anyhow. No matter how religious, how good, how many churches you've belonged to or will belong to, it doesn't matter one thing unless you have been born again.


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