<TITLE>22. Par 138-143</TITLE>L-138 Walking around, over the Word of God, saying, "Why, that's some old fogy. Don't go up there; they're just a bunch of noise and carry-on, anyhow." Huh! Know no more about God than a Hottentot would know about an Egyptian night. That's right. It's true.
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the Power thereof; from such turn away. For this is the sort that go from house to house, and lead silly women."
"Oh, dear, you're, you should do this. Oh, dear, I think your old fogy preacher down there, if you just... Oh, you would look cute in a 'kini," or ever what you call the thing. "You, if you'd do all this, that, and the other. Why, a little cigarette won't hurt nobody. I belong to church, and you know our denomination is looked up to as well as anybody's." Don't you believe that old painted-up liar. She is lying to you. That's right. Yes, sir.

L-139   It's okay with their god. Oh, he thinks that's wonderful, and they just love him for it.
My, they'll argue with you. They'll stand right up and fuss at you about it. Why, sure, Satan stood right in the face of Jesus Christ, the Word, and tried to say, "It's written."
And there He was, the vindicated Word of God. He said, "Get behind Me, Satan!" Just walk and do the same thing.
Like a fellow said to me one time, said, "Now, if you believe the baptism of the Holy Ghost is right, and you believe you've got It," said, "now you strike me blind." That was a preacher. Said, "You strike me blind!" He said, "Paul struck a--a man blind one day."

L-140 I said, "Mister, how can I strike you blind when you're already blind? How can I kill you when you're already dead?" Uh-huh.
He said, "Me, my eyes is twenty-twenty!"
I said, "Your physical part; but you're still blind."
"It's impossible! The Bible don't interpret things. We speak where the Bible speaks, and silent where It's silent."

L-141   I said, "All right, when Elijah was down at--at Dothan, see, there come up the whole Syrian army around. And the servant run up, said, 'Oh, my father!' Said, 'My father,' said, 'the Syrians is surrounded us.'
"Elijah rubbed his eyes, woke up and said, 'There's more with us than there is with them.'
"He said, 'I don't see nobody.'
"Said, 'God, open his eyes.' Now, he was blind. And he looked around at that old prophet, and upon the mountains; was full of Angels, and chariots of Fire, and horses of Fire.
"And he walked out there, and the Bible said, 'He smote them blind.' Blind to what? To him. He walked out, said, 'Are you looking for Elijah?'
"'Yes, we're looking for him.'
"Said, 'Come on, I'll show you where he's at.' Elijah leading them to Elijah. Blind!"
I said, "You know what I'm going to say to you? Just exactly what my Lord said to your father, 'get behind me.'" Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

L-142   Notice, the children of obedience, and disobedience, has nothing in common. The disobedience worship their god. "Oh," they say, "we believe the Bible." Yes, it's a mixed tree. See, they add the world and knowledge to It. Satan's tree, mixed; see, she took from Satan's tree, good and evil. "Oh, we believe the Word." Sure, but not all of It. Eve believed the Word, too, but let--let Satan take his tree and pervert It a little bit. That's what it is.
"Whosoever shall add one word, or take one Word from It." He is still the same yesterday, today, and forever! Notice. All right.

L-143   This evil age is of darkness, yet belongs to church. Their god, they love him for it, the way he lets them do. They have no condemnation. Nothing bothers them as long as they belong to church.
Balaam taught the church the same thing. "Let us unite; we're all the same." It was the last trick. God never forgave them for believing such a lie.


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