<TITLE>08. Par 69-78</TITLE>L-69   Brother Leo here, your brother, see, now he had a talent, to come and lead people. Now what's he going to do with it? Is he going into business and make hisself a millionaire; or should he come out here and make a home where people that wants to come together and get all you little children? See, you have to choose what you're going to do.

L-70 Each one of us has to make a choice. And it's confronted to us. But we're all confronted with this one thing: "What are we going to do about Eternal Life? We going to live hereafter, or not?" Then we have to come to Jesus, to get That. The opportunity of choosing, that's one thing God gave us. He don't force something on us. He just lets us make our own choice. So you have to not be forced, but just make your own choice.

L-71   Now let's just follow this, adults and all now, for a few minutes, and the children, all together. Let's follow this young man, and the choice that he made, and see where it led him.

L-72 Now, these girls with that pretty voices, these young boys. Now maybe you come up and be you would have a voice to sing. Now just take that one thing, you could, my, you might someday take it, "I..."

L-73 You know this boy called Elvis Presley? You've heard my tapes. You've heard how I don't degrade the boy, but that boy was had the opportunity that you all got. See, and what he... He found out he could sing. And watch what he did, just the same thing Judas did, Judas Iscariot, he sold out Jesus. Jesus gave that boy that good voice. And what does he do? Turn around and sell it out to the Devil. See, he's got to come to the end of the road. See? He refused to walk with Jesus.

L-74   Now this young fellow here, this rich young ruler, he did the same thing. Let's follow and see what he done. No doubt, with the great man that he was, probably a handsome young man, dark hair combed down on the side, nice clothes. The young ladies thought, "Boy, that's a handsome young man!" Oh, they would. He would maybe wave at them, and they would flirt back with him, and things.

L-75 And he thought he was a great fellow, person, see, because he was handsome, he was young. He wasn't looking down there at the end of the road. He was just looking here. "I'm young. I'm handsome. I'm rich. I can buy anything I want to. I can take these girls, and, boy, they all like me. And they know I'm a great man." And, see, he had all that. He had followed the instructions of his father, and everything. "And I'm very religious. I go to church." And now he could follow that, see; very popular, rich, and famous. And, and he...

L-76   Just like today, like you had the opportunity to become a movie star, see, or something like that. Most young kids today, you talk to them, they know more about these movie stars than they know about Jesus. You see? And, see, you--you children are learning about Jesus. Where they sit down, and some play come on on a movie, or something another, they know the actors and all there, all about it. They know all that better than That. You tell them about the Bible, they don't know nothing about Bible. See, it's making the wrong choice. Now, some singer selling their God-given talent, for fame!

L-77   Then we see him at life's end. Let's follow him a little further. You know what the Bible says about this young fellow? He become more successful. So, sometimes success don't mean that you've made the right choice. You know what he did? He went out and had all big times, and throwed big parties, and spent lots of money and everything, on the girls and everything. And then he got married and maybe had a family. And--and he--he just increased so much till he had to build new barns and things. And he said, "You see, I didn't follow Jesus, and look what I got!" See?

L-78 You may hear people say that, and I have, "Well, look, He's blessed me." That don't mean it all. See?


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