<TITLE>11. Par 127-136</TITLE>L-127 Now we find out, that in the time that when this great thing has been brought up, and we find out that we're missing something in our churches, and that is the power of Christ.

L-128 Now, look, I don't want to criticize. I love you, and genuine, true love always is corrective. Now we're missing Christ in our church. We're missing Christ amongst our Pentecostal people, our brother and sisters. There is something wrong. The old-fashion prayer meetings they used to have, all day and night, they don't have them no more. Our women used to wear long hair; they don't do it anymore. It would be a disgrace for women to paint and use paint, back in the early days, and act the way these women do. Something went wrong. Nothing wrong with Christ, see, but something went wrong. Something is somewhere. The pulpit, used to, wouldn't have permitted such a thing as that, but it does now. See, the crisis is on, and we're missing something.

L-129 We're missing power that we ought to have, where the big machine ought to be running up, and great signs and wonders. Well, this building ought to be sitting so full of power of God, now, till a sinner couldn't stay in here; the Holy Spirit condemning it, right quickly like that, like Ananias and Sapphira. And we're missing something.

L-130   Now what happened? They went to look for Him, amongst their kinfolks, and they didn't find Him amongst their kinfolks. So where did they find Him? Right back where they left Him.

L-131 And I think, when our church got on this great organizational spree that we had, one had to outdo the other, and had to have bigger churches, and better class of people, and better dressed people, and better singers, and stand up there and...

L-132 I like good singing. I like real good old-fashion pentecostal singing. But I cannot stand that put-on stuff, it just simply don't go with me; hold your breath till you're blue in the face, just to be heard. I--I believe in singing from your heart, in the Spirit of God, like I heard in here a while ago. See?

L-133 I like good old-fashion shouting, but I think shouting can go on just if the music is going on or not. The Spirit of God upon the people, It brings down the blessings and power of God. I believe man can testify, and sing and praise God, at their work, wherever they are. Truly.

L-134 And now we're missing something. Where will we find Him? Right where we left Him, in the Word.
Let us pray.

L-135   Dear Heavenly Father, one of these nights we're going to close this Bible the last time, the last song is going to be sung, last sermon preached, the last prayer line will be called, the last sinner will come in. And then what? O dear God, we don't want Your permissive will, Father. Let us walk in Your perfect will. Let us just--just not take a Word here and there, and make It to fit a dogma or a creed, or something. Let us take the Word as It is, believing the full Gospel, all that Jesus taught for us to do. We do not believe that the acts of the apostles is just the framework. We believe It's the Word of God, It's the acts of Your Holy Spirit in the apostles. And we believe that the same Holy Spirit, Lord, that come upon them, and the way they acted, It'll do the same thing in us, when It comes upon us, if it's the same Spirit.

L-136 So I pray, dear God, that this convention that we're just on the eve of it, to start tomorrow night. I pray, Heavenly Father, that it'll be the greatest convention that this city has ever had, because of Your Presence. Bless each speaker, O God, may it be so--so shaking, may the wrath of God be thundered out across the pulpit. May sinners shake, tremble. May the Presence of Jesus Christ come so real to the people, that they can just close their eyes and see Him walking among them. Grant it, Lord.


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