<TITLE>02. Par 10-18</TITLE>L-10 Bless us together, tonight, and may the Holy Spirit give to us the things that we have need of. Close our mouths to the things that we should not say, and open our hearts to receive what You would tell us. Grant it, Father. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen.

L-11   Now let's turn in the Bible to a little text that I would like to speak on for a while tonight, and it's found over in St. Mark, the 10th chapter.

L-12 And I had... A few years ago when I would speak, I would--I wouldn't even have to write a note, I could remember it. And I didn't have to take a pair of glasses to read it out of the Bible. But since I've passed twenty-five now, twice, and so kind of little hard for me to--to do like I used to do. And it's like a worn-out car, but I'm still running. Uh-huh, I want to keep on chugging along till it's... I go to the scrap heap to be molded over again. That's the promise.

L-13 St. Luke, the 10th chapter, and begin at the... I believe I said the 21st verse, if I can find it here somewhere. I'm mistaken, it's St. Mark. I'm sorry.

L-14   St. Mark, the 10th chapter, and the--the twenty-... beginning with the 21st verse, I want to read. Let's get the 17th verse, rather:
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeling down to him, and asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou, me good? there is none good but one, and that is, God.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Then said... Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, and sell whatsoever thou hast, and, give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasures in heaven: and come, and take up thy cross, and follow me.
And he was sad at that saying, and he went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
And may the Lord bless the reading of His Word.

L-15 Now, we're going to speak tonight on a subject. I want my text to be "Follow Me," and my subject: Leadership.

L-16   Now it's strange, but I thought maybe, today in praying... And I've been so long, and each night right down the line on the Message that I have, that the Lord has given to me to speak on. I thought tonight, over in this new chapter, I would approach it from a different standpoint. And many times we have talked on this, called it, "The Rich Young Ruler." And--and many of the ministers here, my brethren, no doubt have approached it in many different ways. And I want to try to approach it in a--a different way tonight than I ever have, this of Leadership.

L-17   This, remember this, that each one of us, young and old, your first step that you ever made in your life, someone had to lead you. That's right. And your last step you ever make, someone will be leading you. Someone has to lead.

L-18 God has likened us unto sheep. And if anyone knows about raising sheep and the nature of sheep, why, you know that a sheep cannot find his way around. He has to be led. Even in the slaughter pens, we find that they bring the sheep there and he's led up into the slaughter by a goat. A goat leads him up, then when he gets up to the end of the chute he jumps out, and the sheep goes right on into the slaughter. So they... We find that a sheep cannot find his way around.


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