<TITLE>04. Par 30-36</TITLE>L-30   Now, I'm rather slow in--in speaking, because I'm--I'm not a trained minister. I know there is people here that's smart, intelligent, intellectual, and have laid that aside, to come over now and to break themselves down, in humility. Great Paul, the apostle, I think of his words when he said that, "I did not come to you with the enticing words of man, because there you would place your faith in that, but I come to you in the power of the Spirit." See, the great things that he knew he had, he laid aside. And I feel this morning, like man here, like Brother Hughy and sister, teacher here from the mission fields, and many of you people who are really intelligent and smart; and I--I feel very little to stand here with no more education than I have, before you. But I... And then to see that you people, like that, would--would humble yourselves to them things, lay it aside, and sit down and listen to a person that hardly knows their ABC'S, that makes great people out of you. It isn't he that can stick his shoulders out, and walk out and... It's he that can humble himself.

L-31 I think, character, it's measured by... man, not by the muscles on his arm or by the callouses in his hands, but the bag in the knees of his trousers where he has prayed. I think that's what makes man.

L-32   Now I want to read, this morning, some of the Bible. And I like the Word. Don't you? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Now we've worshiped the Lord, and we'll continue to worship Him. Now let's worship Him as a--a cutting sharp-edged Sword, as It moves through us, to find out where we're standing.

L-33 And--and I--I say It, because this is one place I feel that I could--could teach the things that I want to say this morning. And then, course, Brother Leo and Gene, and them, will--will exercise upon them, when we leave, and will bring the points out as I heard him so graciously mention in his message this morning. That, he catches that. But you can't say it from the platform like this or on them tapes, but, see, just sit down and study them. Just keep studying them, over and over. It's hard to understand. So many people misunderstand It! And did you know, little--little flock, it is--it is that way amongst all humans? It always has been.

L-34   If they could not understand our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, (even His apostles, see) then how could we expect to understand It in this day, you see. He said, He would say things that is straight, you know, and He wouldn't explain them. He would just say them. Said, like for instance, "Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His Blood, you have no Life in you."

L-35 Now what, now what if a--what if a doctor had been standing close, or a nurse or something, in that congregation, that day, He was talking to? Well, they said, "This Man is a vampire, see, wants to drink His Blood." See, He never explained it. He just said it. But later on, Paul came along and explained it out, how it was taking communion, you know, "eating His Flesh and drinking His Blood." And so He just said those things.

L-36   And finally, at last, the apostles one day, even after the resurrection, there was one was leaning upon His shoulder, John He loved. He was a young man. And He said, "What is it to you if this man tarries till I come?" There went out a saying among them, that John wasn't going to--going to die till Jesus returned. Jesus did not say that. He just, what He said, "What is it to you if he does tarry?" And then, of course, you read in--in a word, how that--that God then... That was said for a purpose. These things are all for a purpose. God took that young John and lift him up in the Spirit, and saw His Coming, plumb over into the--the age that is to come. See, said, "What is it to you if he tarries?" He didn't tarry him, physical; but--but the Word that He spoke through him, it's brought us to this age where we are now, you see. So, it all works together for good.


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