<TITLE>23. Par 234-241</TITLE>L-234   Sons and daughters was in God at the beginning. Now look. You've got Eternal Life, you say. We believe it, that we got Eternal Life. Well, there is only one form of Eternal Life, and that's God. That's the only thing that is Eternal, is God. Then if you've got Eternal Life, that Life that's in you always was, and you were in the loins of God before there even was a world. And when the Word Itself... Jesus Himself is called the Word, and in St. John 1, said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Then you were in the loins of Jesus, and went to Calvary with Him. You died with Him, and you raised with Him. And today we're sitting in Heavenly places in Him, filled with His Spirit, sons and daughters of God. Die with Him, raised with Him. Sure.

L-235   Now then, now, now you can fellowship with Him. You couldn't back there, because you were just a Word in Him, a seed. But now He has manifested you, and now He wants you to fellowship with Him. Then He came down, was made flesh so He could perfectly fellowship with you. See the perfect fellowship? Oh, my, them deep mysteries of God! How wonderful! See, God could not fellowship in the Spirit, so God became man with us.

L-236 Jesus Christ was God Himself, manifested, 'cause, He was a son because He was begotten, but it was just a tabernacle for Him to live in. "No man has seen God at any time, but the only Begotten of the Father has declared Him." God built Himself a house, a body to live in, come down so that you could touch Him. I Timothy 3:16, "Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness; for God was manifested in the flesh, seen of Angels, believed on, received up into Heaven." See? Now He...

L-237   You being flesh, and Him being flesh, then you can fellowship with one another, 'cause He was God's attribute of love. God is love. Is that right? And Jesus was God's attribute of love. And when the attribute of love was displayed, which, that was God Himself; all the attributes that hung onto Him, come to Him, "All the Father has given Me, will come to Me." Sure, they had to be predestinated. If it wasn't, you won't be there. That's all. Certainly.

L-238 Now we can fellowship, was through the--the riches of His Word, and in which you are a part of. You are part of the Word; 'cause He was the Word at the beginning, you're the Word now. See? I'm preaching tonight, or Sunday or one of the days when I get in, about what the Word is, see. And now you are part of the Word.

L-239   Listen. There is one thing I can't do. I can't brag on my ancestors. No, I come through an awful mess. My father was an Irishman. My mother was an Indian squaw, half Indian; her mother was an Indian, drawed a pension. Now, all of them, drunks, most all of them died with their shoes on, fighting, gunfighters, and so forth. I can't brag on nothing about that, 'cause my ancestors and my family tree is terrible.

L-240 But, brother, there is one thing I can brag on, I can brag on my Lord Jesus Who has redeemed me. And with His transforming power planted a seed, by predestination, and I saw It. Whose son am I now? Yeah. I can brag on Him. And I have spent thirty-three years of my life, bragging on Him. If He would spare me another thirty-three years, I'll try to brag more on Him. See? I can brag on my Ancestor, hallelujah, He that redeemed me and planted the seed of Life in here, and let me look down upon this Word, sent down His Spirit and said, "Here It is. Speak this, and it will happen. Do that." And oh, my, I can brag on Him! How did He do it? Through the washing of the water by the Word, the waters of separation, which...?... explain.

L-241   True predestinated believers will stay with the Word because they are part of that Word.


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