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3HINING FACES AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS WAITING AND>;"LANK
SPOT ON TAPE?%D=>WE BELIEVE THAT 'ODkS GOING TO BE REAL GOOD
TO US DONkT YOU THINK SO 7HEN WE TURNED IN "ILLY AND ) OUT THERE
JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO ) HEARD THAT SONG RINGING OUT l)SNkT *ESUS
OUR ,ORD 7ONDERFULm ) SAID l!MEN THATkS RIGHT THATkS RIGHTm (EkS
WONDERFUL
/H HAS (E BEEN GOOD TO YOU SINCE ) LEFT LAST YEAR /H THATkS
WONDERFUL 7ELL (EkS SURE BEEN GOOD TO ME 'LAD TONIGHT TO SEE
"ROTHER 2ASMUSSEN AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS HERE THATkS FROM OUT
OF THE CITY !ND )kM SURE AS THE WEEK GOES ON WEkLL MEET EACH OTHER
AND HAVE LOTS OF FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER !S ) USED TO MAKE THIS REMARK
) HOPE IT DOESNkT SOUND SACRILEGIOUS ) SAID l7E GET TO KNOW ONE
ANOTHER SO WELL TILL WE CAN CHEW EACH OTHERkS CHEWING GUMm 4HAT?
THATkS REALLY BROTHERLY LOVE ISNkT IT 4HATkS REALLY CLOSE COMMUNION
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7ELL WEkVE HAD A FEW TRIPS OUT IN THE SEA OUT IN THE ISLANDS
AND THE ,ORD WAS GRACIOUS TO US OUT THERE !ND )kVE BEEN HAVING THE
PRIVILEGE OF HAVING "ROTHER $AVID DU0LESSIS HERE AS YOU ALL KNOW
HIM AND WEkVE CERTAINLY HAD SOME GREAT TIMES TOGETHER "ROTHER
$AVID AND ) AROUND THE COUNTRY !ND WEkRE HOPING THAT THE ,ORD
WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR MINISTRIES AS WE JOURNEY ON TOGETHER
"EEN HEARING GREAT REPORTS FROM UP HERE GETTING LETTERS FROM
THE LAST HEALING CAMPAIGN OF THE HEALING OF MANY PEOPLE ) BELIEVE
)kM LOOKING AT A?OH "ROTHER AND 3ISTER +IDD SETTING DOWN HERE /H
YOU LOOK SO GOOD TO ME 9OU REMEMBER ) TOLD YOU YOUkD BE HERE !LL
RIGHT 4HATkS EXACTLY RIGHT 4HATkS RIGHT VERY FINE>
j#OURSE YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS WRONG WITH "ROTHER +IDD
DIDNkT YOU 9OU DIDNkT 7ELL HE WAS?HE WAS A VERY SICK MAN
$OCTORS JUST GIVE HIM A FEW DAYS !ND WEkD COME UP ONE MORNING
AND LEFT HOME ABOUT TWO OkCLOCK TO COME PRAY FOR HIM AND?AND
THOUGHT HE WOULDNkT BE HERE IF ) DIDNkT COME THE END OF THAT WEEK
WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT THREE DAYS LONGER HE WOULDNkT BE HERE ON
EARTH
7HEN ) GOT THROUGH PRAYING ) SAID l"ROTHER +IDD ) WANT TO
SHAKE YOUR HAND AND MEET YOU OVER THE #HAUTAUQUAm (ERE WE ARE
!LWAYS RESPECTED THOSE OLD PEOPLE 3EE 4HEY WERE OUT
PREACHING THE GOSPEL WHEN WE WERE KIDS 4HATkS RIGHT !ND THAT
MEANS SOMETHING 4HEY?THEY GOT ALL THE STUMPS OUT OF THE WAY SO
WE COULD RUN UP THE HIGHWAY SMOOTH 4HATkS RIGHT 4HATkS VERY FINE
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) KNOW HE "ROTHER DU0LESSIS SPEAKS AND THEYkVE GOT OTHER
SPEAKERS HERE !ND )kM LOOKING FOR -ATTSSON WHEREkS HE AT )
HAVENkT SEEN HIM YET IS HE AT THE CON>;3OMEONE FROM AUDIENCE
SAYS l4OMORROW MORNING HE WILL BE INm?%D= "E IN TOMORROW
MORNING>) HAVENkT SEEN "ROTHER -ATTSSON FOR SO LONG IT WILL BE
LIKE A HOMECOMING TO SEE "ROTHER -ATTSSON AGAIN !ND SO TODAY
WILL BE TAKEN UP WITH MANY MANY GOOD MESSAGES FROM THE ,ORD AND
WEkRE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN
(OW MANY LIKE TO HAVE A HEALING SERVICE THIS WEEK 7OULD YOU
LIKE TO DO THAT /H WONDERFUL THATkS JUST FINE !LL RIGHT 7EkLL SEE IF
THE ,ORD WILL PROVIDE THAT FOR US !ND WEkLL HAVE A HEALING SERVICE
(OW MANY IN HERE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST THIS WEEK
LETkS SEE YOUR HANDS HUH /H MY THATkS WONDERFUL -MM 4HAT
SOUNDS LIKE REVIVAL DOESNkT IT BROTHER 4HATkS RIGHT
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,AST EVENING ) ANNOUNCED IN MY CHURCH ) SAID l%VERY PERSON
HERE THAT DOESNkT HAVE THE (OLY 'HOST YOU GET TO THE #HAUTAUQUA
)kM ALMOST SURE YOUkRE GOING TO GET IT BEFORE YOU COME BACKm !MEN
(AVE WE GOT A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO IN AND PRAY 2IGHT OVER THERE
NOW THATkS JUST FINE 9OU KNOW JUST LIKE CATERPILLARS FOLLOWING ONE
ANOTHER JUST TAKE A LINE RIGHT AROUND OVER THERE AND>
) BELIEVE IT WAS "UDDY 2OBINSON ONE TIME THAT SAID l,ORD
IF 9OU DONkT GIVE ME THE (OLY 'HOST WHEN 9OU COME BACK 9OUkLL
FIND A PILE OF BONES LAYING RIGHT HERE IN THE FIELDm 4HATkS WHEN HE
RECEIVED IT
7HEN YOU GET TO MEANING BUSINESS WITH 'OD 'OD WILL MEAN
BUSINESS WITH YOU )F WE CAN JUST GET THAT LITTLE SHAKING AWAY FROM US
THAT 'OD>l-AYBE (E WILL MAYBE ) HOPE (E DOESm (E WILL HE
PROMISED IT SEE 7E WANT TO BELIEVE IT THAT WAY
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.OW WE DONkT WANT TO KEEP YOU TOO LONG AT NIGHT SO YOU CAN
COME BACK EACH NIGHT FRESH !ND WEkRE GLAD TO SEE OUR MINISTERING
BRETHREN AND ALL 3O BEFORE WE TURN IN TO THE 7ORD NOW FOR A LITTLE
MESSAGE TONIGHT LET US BOW OUR HEADS WHILE WE PRAY
) WONDER TONIGHT IF BEFORE WE PRAY IF YOU GOT YOUR HEADS
BOWED IS THERE A SINNERS HOW MANY SINNERS ARE PRESENT WOULD LIKE
TO SAY TO 'OD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING l,ORD SAVE MY SOUL
BEFORE THIS MEETING CLOSESm 2AISE YOUR HANDS 'OD BLESS YOU YOU
4HATkS RIGHT *UST>.O>*UST KEEP YOUR HEADS BOWED AND JUST
RAISE YOUR HANDS 'OD BLESS YOU
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(OW MANY HERE WITHOUT THE (OLY 'HOST WOULD SAY l,ORD
) PRAY THAT 9OUkLL GIVE ME THE (OLY 'HOST BEFORE THE SERVICES ARE
CLOSEDm ,ETkS SEE YOUR HANDS /H MY JUST SO MANY !LL RIGHT 'OD
WILL GRANT THAT )kM SURE
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'RACIOUS HEAVENLY &ATHER AS WE APPROACH 4HY THRONE OF
MERCY AND STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF 4HY JUSTICE WE ARE HUMBLY
BOWING OUR HEARTS AS WELL AS OUR HEADS TO 9OU &OR WE REALIZE ,ORD
THAT SOMEDAY WE MUST STAND IN 4HY 0RESENCE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF
THE LIFE THAT WE HAVE LIVED ON THIS EARTH THAT 9OU HAVE GIVEN US !ND
WE KNOW THERE IS JUST ONE WAY THAT WEkLL EVER BE RECONCILED THAT IS
THROUGH THE BLOOD OF 4HY 3ON THE ,ORD *ESUS 4HATkS WHY THESE
CONVENTIONS ARE HELD 4HATkS WHY WE PREACH AND WHY WE TRY IS TO
SEE PEOPLE PRESS INTO THE +INGDOM OF 'OD
,ORD ) PRAY THAT THOSE SINNERS THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS WILL
BE #HRISTIANS WHEN THIS SERVICE IS CLOSED TONIGHT -AY EVERYONE
THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT MAY (E FALL IN
ABUNDANCE UPON THEM TONIGHT FILLING THEM WITH (IS GOODNESS AND
MERCY TO LEAD THEM THROUGH THE REST OF LIFEkS JOURNEY (EAL THE SICK
AND THE AFFLICTED ,ORD !ND MAY THERE BE AN OLD REV TIME REVIVAL
AMONG US ,ORD IN OUR HEARTS THATkLL CAUSE THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO
THIRST
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)TkS WRITTEN l9E ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTHm !ND SALT CREATES
A THIRST 'OD MAKE THE #HRISTIANS ON THE GROUND AND AROUND THE
BUILDINGS WHEREVER THEY ARE MET TOGETHER MAY THEY BE SO SALTY
UNTIL THE UNBELIEVER WILL SAY l,ORD LET ME BE LIKE THAT MAN OR THAT
WOMANm 'RANT IT ,ORD 4AKE US INTO 4HY CARE 7E ARE WALKING
IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS LOOKING UPWARD FROM WHENCE COMETH THE
LIGHT 'RANT THESE THINGS &ATHER AND MAY THIS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST
CONVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD "LESS EVERY SPEAKER EVERY
MINISTER AND EVERY #HRISTIAN AND ALL THAT ATTENDS THE MEETINGS -AY
IT BE A GLORIOUS TIME FOR US ALL !ND WHEN WE ARE FINISHED SERVICES IS
CLOSED REVIVAL IS OVER OR THE CONVENTION MAY IT BE SAID WITH ALL OF
US LIKE THOSE WHO CAME FROM %MMAUS AS WE RETURN TO OUR HOMES
l$ID NOT OUR HEARTS BURN WITHIN US AS (E TALKED TO US BY THE WAY m
7E ASK IT IN *ESUS #HRISTkS .AME 4HY 3ON !MEN
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4HE CONVENTION OF COURSE IS FOR THE SPEAKERS AND SO FORTH AND
GET TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER REASON FOR A CONVENTION THAT IS FOR
THE BLESSING OF OUR SOULS AND FOR THE HEALING OF THE SICK SAVING OF
THE SOULS !ND NOW LET US MAKE THIS CONVENTION EACH ONE OF US PUT
OUR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEELS !ND IN OUR DIFFERENCES OF ONE BELONGING
TO ONE DENOMINATION ONE THE OTHER THAT DOESNkT MEAN A THING
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)kM A MAN ) LOVE A &ORD AND ) RODE OVER HERE IN MY SONkS
#HEVROLET 3O ) DIDNkT FALL OUT WITH HIM jCAUSE HE BOUGHT A #HEVY
)?) LIKE THE &ORD jCAUSE )kVE NEVER HAD NOTHING ELSE HARDLY BUT A
&ORD 3O ) LIKE THEM !ND?AND YOU KNOW ) FIND OUT HIS #HEVY TAKES
ME ANYWHERE MY &ORD TAKE ME SO>*UST SO WE KEEP HEADED IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION IS?IS THE MAIN THING !ND THATkS THE WAY ) THINK IT
IS 'OD WANTS US ALL TO BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION !ND THAT
DIRECTION IS TOWARDS *ESUS #HRIST
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.OW LET US TURN FOR A 3CRIPTURE READING TONIGHT IN THE BOOK OF
3AINT *OHN THE TH CHAPTER AND LETkS BEGIN WITH THE THE TH VERSE
READING IF YOUkRE KEEPING THE 3CRIPTURES DOWN
!ND FROM THAT TIME MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK AND
WALKED NO MORE WITH (IM
4HEN SAID *ESUS UNTO THE TWELVE 7ILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY
4HEN 3IMON 0ETER ANSWERING HIM ,ORD TO WHOM SHALL WE
GO THOU HAS THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE
!ND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT THOU ART THAT #HRIST THE 3ON
OF THE LIVING 'OD
-AY THE ,ORD ADD (IS BLESSINGS TO THE READING OF THE 7ORD
!ND IF ) SHOULD CALL IT A TEXT ) WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT FOR
A FEW MOMENTS l4O 7HOM 7OULD 7E 'O m
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9OU KNOW MAN HASNkT CHANGED VERY MUCH (EkS STILL WANDERING
ABOUT IN THE WORLD SEEKING PLEASURE RESTLESS NEVER SATISFIED NEVER
COMING TO ANY RIGHT CONCLUSIONS NEVER FINDING REST (EkS JUST ABOUT
IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT HE WAS WHEN HE LEFT 'OD IN THE GARDEN OF
%DEN AND WENT OUT TO SHIFT FOR HIMSELF (EkS BEEN SHIFTING EVER SINCE
!ND HE FINDS ITkS A ROUGH WAY TO GO !ND IT LOOKS LIKE HE DOESNkT CARE
VERY MUCH TO MANY JUST WHERE THIS LIFE WILL END UP FOR THEM
!ND IF WE COULD SET DOWN AND TAKE INVENTORY AND ASK THE
QUESTION OF WHY ARE WE HERE (OW COME THAT WE EVER COME ON THIS
EARTH AND WHAT BROUGHT US HERE !ND WHERE IS OUR ETERNAL DESTINATION
GOING TO BE
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) BELIEVE IF WE WOULD ALL THINK THAT WAY FOR FIVE MINUTES OF OUR
LIFE SERIOUSLY WE WOULD ALL SPEAK LIKE 0ETER DID "ECAUSE 0ETER HAD
FOUND SOMETHING IN *ESUS #HRIST THAT ISNkT IN OTHER MEN 4HATkS THE
REASON HE ASKED l4O WHOM WOULD WE GO m (E DIDNkT SAY l7HERE
WILL WE GO m l4O WHOM WILL WE GO &OR 4HOU HAS THE WORDS OF
%TERNAL ,IFEm !ND WONDER WHY THAT?THAT *ESUS WAS SO MUCH
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MEN 7HY WAS IT THAT (E>/R WHAT WAS IT
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(E HAD THAT OTHER MEN DOES NOT HAVE 4HERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
*ESUS THAT NO MAN HAS OR HAD HAD TO THAT TIME !ND IT MADE (IM
DIFFERENT
!ND ) THINK ITkS THE SAME THING TONIGHT THAT A MAN WHEN HE
BECOMES A #HRISTIAN THEREkS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THATkS DIFFERENT
FROM ALL THE OTHER WALKS OF LIFE .O MATTER HOW GOOD HE MAY BE A
GOOD CITIZEN GO THE SECOND MILE OR BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR BUT WHEN
HE COMES IN CONTACT WITH *ESUS THEREkS SOMETHING CHANGES IN HIM
4HEREkS SOMETHING MAKES HIM DIFFERENT NOTICEABLE DIFFERENT
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! FEW DAYS AGO )kLL TELL YOU ABOUT IT LATER IN THE ONE OF THE
SERVICES SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME )N ALL THE VISIONS THAT THE ,ORD
'OD HAS EVER GIVEN ME>) HAD SOMETHING TO HAPPEN THATkS MADE A
CHANGE A DEFINITE CHANGE IN ME "ECAUSE ) WAS TAKEN SOMEWHERE THAT
) NEVER WAS BEFORE BUT ) CERTAINLY HOPE THAT ) GO BACK SOMEDAY !ND
) WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN ANOTHER MEETING
"UT SPEAKING OF TO WHOM WOULD WE GO OR COULD WE GO LETkS
JUST LOOK AT ABOUT )kVE GOT SEVEN THINGS WRITTEN DOWN HERE 4HE
REASON THAT WE SHOULD GO TO *ESUS TO FIND THIS THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS
BUT (IM 3EVEN REASONS THEREkS THOUSANDS OF REASONS BUT ) THOUGHT
MAYBE WE COULD DRAW FROM THESE SEVEN REASONS SOMETHING TONIGHT
THAT MIGHT GIVE US A HOLD TO GET STARTED ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD
GIVE US AN ENTHUSIASM SOMETHING THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO?TO
TAKE A BETTER HOLD
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4HE FIRST THING WE ARE THINKING OF THAT IT AS WE ARE GOING OUT
OF THIS WORLD 7E ARE SURE OF THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO GO THE WRONG
DIRECTION 7E WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN WE LEAVE THIS WORLD %VERY
PERSON WANTS TO DO THAT !ND THEREkS ONLY ONE HEAVEN 7E ALL KNOW
THEREkS NO FOUR OR FIVE HEAVENS 4HEREkS ONE HEAVEN AND THEREkS ONE
WAY TO GET TO THAT HEAVEN !ND *ESUS SAID l) AM THAT 7AYm 4HATkS
THE REASON WHY THAT WE MUST GET TO *ESUS BECAUSE (E IS THE WAY
.OW ) KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER CLAIMED WAYS 4HERE ARE
WAYS THAT PEOPLE TRY TO SAY l)F ) LIVE THE GOLDEN RULE OR KEEP THE 4EN
#OMMANDMENTS OR STOP EATING MEATS OR SOME RELIGIOUS ACTS>m
WHICH IS ALL RIGHT IF THEY WANT TO BELIEVE THAT "UT STILL THAT ISNkT THE
WAY TO HEAVEN *ESUS IS THE 7AY ) DO NOT SAY THAT YOU THAT WANT TO
DO THOSE THINGS WONkT GO TO HEAVEN BUT YOUkLL HAVE TO FIND *ESUS FIRST
BECAUSE (E IS THE 7AY THE THE ONLY WAY
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!ND NOW THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN BUT
THE END IS DEATH !ND THEREkS A WAY THAT WE TRY TO GO -ANY PEOPLE
BELONG TO LODGES /UR PASTOR BURIED HIS SISTER
IN
LAW THE OTHER DAY
THAT WEkD TRIED TO GET HER TO TURN FROM THINKING THAT HER LODGE WAS
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WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE HER TO HEAVEN "UT BECAUSE SHE BELONGED TO
A CERTAIN SOCIETY IN A LODGE>7HICH THE LODGE IS>4HATkS UP TO
THEM
7E ARE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN MEN FOR SINNERS FOR SINNING 7E
ARE HERE TO CONDEMN THE MAN ON A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THAT 7E ARE HERE
TO CONDEMN SIN NOT THE SINNER -AN DOES NOT LOSE HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE
IS A SINNER HE LOSES HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT HIS LIFE !ND
HIS LIFE IS IN #HRIST *ESUS (EkS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS %TERNAL ,IFE
!ND THIS WOMAN WOULD NOT GIVE UP THE IDEA THAT HER LODGE WAS
JUST AS GOOD AS ANY CHURCH OR ANYTHING ELSE WOMAN WITH CANCER AND
THE PASTOR BURIED HER DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
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.OW THERE IS A WAY THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY JUST LIVE A GOOD
LIFE AND CAN GET TO HEAVEN "UT THATkS AN ERROR 9OU DO NOT GET TO
HEAVEN BY LIVING A GOOD LIFE 4HE PEOPLE UNDER THE -OSAIC LAW LIVED A
GOOD LIFE
!ND THEN THERE IS A WAY OF CHURCH THAT WE TRY TO GO TO HEAVEN
BY THE WAY OF THE CHURCH "UT THE CHURCH AS GOOD AS IT IS>!ND )
THINK THAT EVERY PERSON OUGHT TO BELONG TO SOME CHURCH "UT IN THE
CHURCH AND AS GOOD AS IT IS IT STILL IS NOT THE WAY 4HE CHURCH CAN
ONLY POINT YOU TO THE 7AY "UT *ESUS IS THAT 7AY 3OME HAS PERVERTED
THAT WAY TO CHANGE IT INTO LEARNING YOUR CATECHISM OR SAYING CREEDS
OR GOING BY A BOOK OF RULES !LL THAT MAY BE EVER SO GOOD BUT THATkS
NOT THE WAY *ESUS IS THE 7AY (EkS THE ONLY 7AY l.O MAN CAN
COME TO THE &ATHER EXCEPT BY -E m SAID *ESUS 4HE ONLY WAY TO GET TO
HEAVEN IS THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST
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4ODAY )kM ASTONISHED MANY TIMES AS ) ASK PEOPLE l!RE YOU A
#HRISTIAN m
4HEY SAY l)kM A -ETHODISTm
l!RE YOU A #HRISTIAN m
l)kM "APTIST m OR l)kM 0RESBYTERIAN m OR EVEN l0ENTECOSTAL m
OR l0ILGRIM (OLINESS m OR SOME CHURCH
.OW THEM MAY BE ALL RIGHT BUT THAT ISNkT THE QUESTION 4HE
QUESTION IS l!RE YOU A #HRISTIAN m !ND YOU CANNOT BE A #HRISTIAN
UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED #HRIST #HRIST IN YOU
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.OW MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT l) WILL GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE MY
FAITH TELLS ME SO ) BELONG TO CHURCH AND MY FAITH TELLS ME THAT )kM
ALL RIGHTm
.OW ) BELIEVE IN THE GRACE OF 'OD TOO "UT LOOK NO MATTER
WHAT YOUR FAITH IS YOUkRE NOT GOING TO BE JUDGED BY YOUR FAITH
YOUkRE GOING TO BE JUDGED BY YOUR WORKS !ND WHEN YOU DIE DEATH
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DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR SPIRIT IT ONLY CHANGES YOUR DWELLING PLACE )T
ONLY CHANGES HOUSES FOR YOU !ND IF YOU DIE IN YOUR SINS YOU GO TO
A WORSE HABITATION THAN WHAT YOUkRE LIVING IN NOW "UT IF YOU DIE IN
#HRIST YOU SHALL BE WITH #HRIST FOR (E IS THE 7AY
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4HERE WAS A MAN ONE TIME WE KNOW IN THE "IBLE !ND HE
CAME TO THE WEDDING SUPPER !ND HE SET DOWN AT THE TABLE !ND
WHEN THE +ING COME IN OR THE "RIDEGROOM (E LOOKED AT THIS MAN
AND HE WASNkT DRESSED FOR THE WEDDING !ND (E SAID TO HIM l&RIEND
WHENCE COMEST THOU m )N OTHER WORDS LIKE THIS l(OW DID YOU GET IN
HERE m
.OW MANY OF YOU THATkS BEEN IN THE /RIENTS KNOW THAT THEIR
WEDDING CUSTOMS NEVER CHANGE )TkS JUST THE SAME TODAY !ND IN THAT
NOTABLE PARABLE OF OUR ,ORD THE WEDDING IS SET AND THE BRIDEGROOM
GIVES OUT THE INVITATIONS !ND HE SIGNS EACH INVITATION TO ALL THATkS
INVITED !ND THEN HE HAS HIS SERVANT TO STAND AT THE DOOR OF ENTRANCE
TO THE BUILDING !ND LAYING IN A LITTLE CONTAINER NEAR THE DOOR HE
HAS A GREAT PILE OF ROBES (E HAS A ROBE FOR EVERY INVITATION !ND
THEN WHEN THE PERSON COMES UP MAYBE A GOOD DRESSED MAN WELL
GROOMED BUT WHEN HE COMES TO THE DOOR THEREkS A ROBE PUT ON HIM
!ND HE GOES IN WITH THIS ROBE ON
4HEN THE MAN COMES IN THATkS JUST FAIRLY DRESSED WEkD SAY
MEDIOCRE IN HIS DRESSING AND HE HAS THE SAME KIND OF A ROBE PUT ON
HIM THAT THE RICH MAN HAS
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4HEN MAY COME THE POOR BROTHER WHO DOESNkT HAVE FIT CLOTHES
TO GET TO THE WEDDING OR ATTEND THE WEDDING "UT HE DOESNkT HAVE
TO FEEL ASHAMED FOR WHEN HE COMES TO THE DOOR THEREkS GIVEN HIM A
ROBE AND THE SAME KIND OF A ROBE THAT WAS GIVE TO THE RICH MAN AND
TO THE MIDDLE MAN SO THAT WHEN THEYkRE SET AT THE TABLE THEY ALL LOOK
ALIKE
4HATkS THE WAY EVERY CHILD OF 'OD LOOKS TO (IM 7EkRE ALL
ALIKE IF WE COME BY THE DOOR .OW THIS ROBE SYMBOLS THE (OLY 3PIRIT
WHICH IS #HRIST IN SPIRITUAL FORM
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.OW WHEN THIS MAN HE WAS SPEECHLESS HE COULDNkT SAY
NOTHING !ND HE WAS>4HE BRIDEGROOM ORDERED HIM TO BE BOUND
AND CAST INTO OUTER DARKNESS "UT HE HAD GOTTEN THERE ALL RIGHT BUT
WHAT DID IT INDICATE 4HAT HEkD>%ITHER HE MIGHTkVE COME IN A
WINDOW OR COME IN THE BACK DOOR OR HEkD COME SOME OTHER WAY
BESIDES THE PROVIDED WAY !ND HE WAS CAST OUT
!ND THERE IS A PROVIDED WAY TODAY THAT ISNkT BY OUR CREEDS OR
BY ANY OTHER THING BUT BY *ESUS #HRIST (E IS THE WAY !ND A MAN
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COMES TO 'OD THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST RECEIVES THE (OLY 3PIRIT AND IS
ROBED JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM THAT COMES RICH OR POOR ALL MADE
ALIKE .O ONE CAN ENTER IN ONLY BY (IM
)N ONE PLACE IN 3T *OHN (E SAID l) AM THE $OOR TO THE
SHEEPFOLDm )F WE ENTER INTO THE SHEEPFOLD WE HAVE TO COME BY THE
$OOR (E IS THAT $OOR
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2EMINDS ME OF A MAN IN ,OUISVILLE HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO
(E GOT SOMETHING WRONG WITH ONE OF HIS EARS !ND HE WAS DOCTORING
WITH A?A LOCAL DOCTOR AND THE CASE BEGIN TO GET ADVANCED !ND HE
COULDNkT UNDERSTAND IT SO HE SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST
!ND THE SPECIALIST SAID l) DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE DISEASE ISm
3O THEY SENT HIM TO AN EAR SPECIALIST AT 3T ,OUIS 5PON
ARRIVING HE FOUND OUT THAT THE OLD DOCTOR HAD RETIRED AND HE LIVED
DOWN IN .EW /RLEANS 3O HE GOT ON A PLANE AND FLEW DOWN TO .EW
/RLEANS !ND HE INQUIRED AROUND UNTIL HE FOUND THIS OLD DOCTOR !ND
HE SAID TO HIM l) HAVE AN EAR CONDITION THAT THEY ARE AFRAID ITkS A
CERTAIN DISEASEm ) DONkT KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND IF?IF ) WOULD SPEAK
IT ) WOULDNkT KNOW WHAT ) WAS SAYING AND ) DOUBT WHETHER YOU
WOULD KNOW EITHER SO ONLY THING IT WOULD JUST BE IT WAS A EAR DISEASE
OF SOME KIND (AD A NAME ON IT A GREAT LONG NAME>
!ND HOWEVER WHEN THE OLD DOCTOR LOOKED AT HIS EAR HE SAID IT
THATkS WHAT IT WAS AND IT WAS AN ADVANCED CASE
4HE YOUNG MAN SAID l4HEN $OCTOR WILL YOU OPERATE ON ME
AND TRY TO SAVE MY LIFE m &OR IF IT GOES FARTHER IT GOES INTO THE BRAIN
AND THEN HE WAS HOPELESS
7ELL HE SAID l9OUNG MAN )kM TOO OLD ) COULD NOT PERFORM
THAT OPERATION AND THEREkS JUST ONE DOCTOR LEFT IN ALL THE WORLD THAT )
KNOW OF THAT COULD PERFORM THAT OPERATIONm
(E SAID THEN l7HERE CAN ) FIND HIM m
(E SAID l(EkS IN .EW 9ORK AT THIS TIME GOING OVER TO %UROPE
FOR SIX MONTHSk VACATION !ND IF YOU WAIT TILL HE COMES BACK YOUkLL
BE DEAD 9OU CANNOT WAIT TILL HE RETURNS YOU MUST GET A HOLD OF HIM
NOWm
!ND THE YOUNG MAN BECOME FRANTIC (E SAID l$O YOU KNOW
ANY WAY ) COULD GET A HOLD OF HIM #ALL SOMEONE DO SOMETHINGm
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.OW COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT YOUNG MAN TO HAVE SAID TO THAT
DOCTOR AFTER DIAGNOSING HIS CASE AND TELLING HIM THAT HE WAS ON THE
ROAD TO DEATH JUST HIS CASE WAS ADVANCED AND THEN THAT HE MUST DO
SOMETHING AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON HE COULD GET TO TO SAVE HIS
LIFE COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT YOUNG MAN TO SAID l6ERY GOOD SPEECH
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DOCTOR 4HAT WAS VERY STRIKING ) WILL COME BACK TO HEAR YOU AGAIN AT
SOME CONVENIENT SEASONm .O SIR HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER !ND THERE
WAS ONLY ONE DOCTOR COULD SAVE IT AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHO IT
WAS
)F WEkD JUST BE AS MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SOUL TONIGHT THAT
MAN WAS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HIS EAR CONDITION 4HEREkS ONLY /NE THAT
CAN SAVE US ONLY ONE 7AY AND *ESUS IS THAT 7AY .O OTHER WAY THAT
WE KNOW BUT THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST (E IS THE 7AY TO 'OD (EkS THE
7AY TO %TERNAL ,IFE .OW (E IS THE ONLY 7AY
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3ECONDLY (E IS THE TRUTH .OW MANY PEOPLE>)kVE WENT INTO
CHURCHES AND )kVE HEARD THEM SAY l7E HAVE THE TRUTH /UR CREEDS
ARE RIGHT THEY WERE HANDED TO US BY OUR FATHERS 7E HAVE THE TRUTH
7E DO CERTAIN THINGSm !ND OTHERS SAY l7E KEEP THESE KIND OF DAYS
AND WE KEEP THESE MONTHS AND WE DO THIS WE GOT THE TRUTHm
!LTOGETHER ITkS WRONG *ESUS SAID (E WAS THE 4RUTH *ESUS SAID
IN 3AINT *OHN l3ANCTIFY THEM &ATHER THROUGH THE 4RUTH 4HY
7ORD IS THE 4RUTHm !ND l)N THE BEGINNING WAS THE 7ORD AND THE
7ORD WAS WITH 'OD AND THE 7ORD WAS 'OD !ND THE 7ORD WAS
MADE FLESH AND DWELLED AMONG USm
(E IS THE 4RUTH 4HERE MAY BE OTHER TRUTHS BUT *ESUS IS THAT
REAL 4RUTH THAT HEAVENLY
BORN 4RUTH 'ODkS ETERNAL 4RUTH SENT TO
US THE ONLY 7AY AND THE ONLY 4RUTH /THER THINGS MAY BE TRUE BUT
*ESUS IS THAT 4RUTH OF 'OD THE TRUTH OF 'ODkS SALVATION 4HE TRUTH
OF 'ODkS PLAN IS *ESUS #HRIST 4HE 7AY THE 4RUTH>
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4HIRDLY (E IS THE ,IGHT THE ONLY ,IGHT /H ) KNOW WE HAVE
2USSELLITES #AMPBELLITES AND WHAT KIND OF LIGHTS BUT *ESUS IS THE
TRUE ,IGHT (E IS THE ,IGHT COMETH INTO THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT NOT
HAVE TO WALK IN DARKNESS BUT WALK IN ,IGHT (E IS THAT ETERNAL ,IGHT
/H WHEN ) THINK OF IT THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE PLANT GIVING LIFE
4HATkS THE SUN S
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OFF THE TREES>
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! FEW MONTHS AGO ) WAS DOWN IN +ENTUCKY A SQUIRREL HUNTING
WITH -R 7OOD LAST FALL !ND THERE WAS A MAN DOWN THERE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE AN INFIDEL !ND -R 7OOD SAID l,ETkS GO OVER AND
HUNT ON HIS PLACE BECAUSE ITkS GOT DITCHES AND SO FORTH !ND ITkS DRY
WE CAN WALK THROUGH THOSE DITCHESm !BOUT MIDDLE OF !UGUST
) SAID l)S HE AN INFIDEL m
3AID l9ESm
) SAID l) DOUBT VERY MUCH WHERE HEkD LET ME HUNTm
!ND HE SAID l7ELL LETkS GO OVER AND ASK HIMm
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3O ) SET IN THE CAR !ND THE -R 7OOD WENT UP AND HE SPOKE
TO HIM AND HE CALLED HIM BY NAME (E SAID l) WONDER IF WE COULD
HUNT A LITTLE BITm
(E SAID l!RE YOU *IM 7OODkS SON m !ND ) THINK BOTH "ANKS
AND *IM IS HERE TONIGHT
!ND HE SAID l) AMm
(E SAID l7ELL YOU CAN HUNT ANYWHERE ON MY PLACE 9OUR
FATHER WAS AN HONEST AND JUST MAN 4HEREFORE YOU CAN HUNT
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO )kVE GOT FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF WOODS HERE
JUST HELP YOURSELFm
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!ND HE SAID CALLED HIM BY NAME AND HE SAID l) BROUGHT MY
PASTOR ALONG IS IT ALL RIGHT FOR HIM TO HUNT m
4HE OLD FELLOW TOOK OFF HIS HAT WITH A GREAT BIG CHEW TOBACCO
IN HIS MOUTH SPIT DOWN ON THE GROUND HE SAID l7OOD YOU DONkT
MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOUkVE GOT SO BAD TILL YOU HAVE TO CARRY A
PREACHER WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GOm
!ND ) GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WALKED OVER 4HEY WERE SETTING
UNDER AN APPLE TREE
) SAID HE SAID l4HIS IS OUR PASTORm
!ND ) SAID l(OW DO YOU DO SIR m
!ND HE SAID l7ELL m HE SAID l)kLL TELL YOU m SAID lITkS ALL RIGHT
FOR YOU TO HUNT TOOm (E SAID l) DONkT HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU
PREACHERSm "UT SAID l9OU KNOW )kM SUPPOSED TO BE AN INFIDELm
!ND ) SAID l/H ) DONkT BELIEVE THATkS MUCH TO BRAG ABOUTm
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!ND HE SAID l.O ) REALIZE THATm (E SAID l)T ISNkT m BUT SAID
l)?)kVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING TO ME THAT LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WAS 'ODm (E SAID l!BOUT TWO YEARS AGO THERE
WAS A PREACHER COME OVER HERE TO !CTON AND OUT AT THE -ETHODIST
CAMPGROUNDS JUST ABOUT LIKE THIS FOR A THREE NIGHTSk MEETINGm !ND
SAID l#ERTAIN OLD LADY LIVES UP HERE ON THE HILL SHE HAD CANCER IN THE
STOMACH 7IFE AND ) WENT UP THERE TO PULL THE SHEET FROM UNDER HER
SHE COULDNkT EVEN MOVE HER ANY MORE TO EITHER TO PART TO GET ONTO
THE BEDPANm !ND SAID l7E HAD TO PULL THE SHEET TURN HER IN THE
SHEET SHE WAS SO BADm 3AID l(ER SISTER ATTENDED THAT MEETING THAT
NIGHTm !ND SAID l4HIS PREACHER WAS NEVER IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE
AND TURNED AND TOLD THIS WOMAN j4AKE THAT HANDKERCHIEF THAT
YOUkVE GOT IN YOUR POCKETBOOK GO DOWN TO YOUR SISTER AND THATkS
HER NAME WHATEVER IT WOULD BE LAY IT UPON HER FOR 4(53 3!)4(
4(% ,/2$ SHE SHALL BE HEALEDkm !ND SAID l) THOUGHT THAT NIGHT
THEY HAD THE WHOLE 3ALVATION !RMY UP ON TOP OF THAT HILLm !ND SAID
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l4HE NEXT MORNING SHE WAS UP FRYING HAM AND EGGS !ND SHEkS BEEN
WORKING EVER SINCEm (E SAID l.OW WHEN HE COMES BACK )kM GOING
TO HEAR HIMm
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-R 7OOD LOOKED OVER TO ME AND ) SHOOK MY HEAD AT HIM !ND
) SAID l9OU MEAN IF YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN THEN
YOU WILL BECOME A BELIEVER m
(E SAID l9ES SIRm
) 3AID l9ES SIR THATkS VERY NICEm !ND SQUIRREL BLOOD ALL OVER
ME AND DIRTY WHISKERS ABOUT THAT LONG CAMPING OUT THERE IN THE
WOODS ON TO TWO WEEKS 4HEN ) SAID l(OW OLD IS THIS APPLE TREE m
(E SAID l/H ITkS ABOUT THIRTY YEARS OLDm 3AID l) PLANTED IT
THERE ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGOm
) SAID l9ES SIR AND IT PRODUCES APPLES EACH YEAR m
3AID l9ES THATkS RIGHTm
) SAID l) WONDER SIR ITkS ONLY ABOUT THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK
IN !UGUST AND ALL THE LEAVES ARE FALLING OFF OF THAT TREE 7HATkS THE
MATTER m
l/H m HE SAID lTHE SAPkS GONE DOWN INTO THE ROOTSm
) SAID l7HAT MADE THE SAP GO DOWN m
l7HY m SAID lIF IT STAYED UP THE WINTER WOULD KILL THE TREE
4HE SAPkS UP IN THE TREE IT WOULD KILL ITm
) SAID l4HEN SOMETHING CAUSED THAT SAP TO GO DOWN IN THE
ROOTS TO HIDE SO THE WINTER WOULDNkT KILL ITm
l9ES SIR THATkS RIGHTm
l.OW IT COMES UP NEXT SPRING BRINGING YOU MORE APPLES m
l9ES SIR THATkS RIGHTm
7ELL ) SAID l4ELL ME SIR IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT INTELLIGENCE
MAKES THAT SAP LEAVE THAT TREE BEFORE WE HAVE EVEN A COOL SPELL AND GO
DOWN INTO THE ROOTS TO HIDE THROUGH THE WINTER )kLL TELL YOU ITkS THE
SAME /NE THAT TOLD ME TO GO TELL THAT WOMAN OVER THERE THAT SHEkD BE
HEALEDm
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(EkS THE SAME 'OD (E WORKS IN ALL NATURE 9OU CAN SEE 'OD
ANYWHERE YOU LOOK 4HE SUN BRINGS FORTH ALL BOTANY LIFE PLANT LIFE
4HE LITTLE SEED>$ID YOU EVER LAY YOUR SIDEWALK IN THE
WINTERTIME LAY A BIG ROCK DOWN MAKE YOUR SIDEWALK POUR CONCRETE
THREE OR FOUR FEET APART OR WIDE RATHER POUR IT DOWN A LONG STRIP
7HERE IS THE MOST GRASS AT THE NEXT YEAR 2IGHT AROUND THE EDGE
OF THE CONCRETE 7HY 9OU CANkT HIDE LIFE 7HEN THAT SUN BEGINS TO
SHINE THAT LIFE WILL COME FORTH ! LITTLE SEED LAYING WAY BACK IN THE
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MIDDLE OF THIS SIDEWALK WILL PRESS ITS WAY AROUND OUT THROUGH THAT
CONCRETE OVER AND AROUND UNDER ROCKS AND STICKS AND EVERYTHING
ELSE TILL IT GETS OUT AND STICKS ITS LITTLE HEAD UP TO PRAISE 'OD 9OU JUST
CANkT HIDE LIFE )TkLL BRING FORTH LIFE AS SURE AS THAT SPRINGTIME COMES
AND THE WARM SUN BEGINS TO BATHE THE GROUND ALL PLANT LIFE LIVES IF
ITkS GOT LIFE IN IT 4HATkS S
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!ND THEREkS ONLY ONE THING THAT CAN BRING %TERNAL ,IFE 4HATkS
WHEN THE 3
O
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DIED IN #HRIST *ESUS 9OU MIGHT BURY IT IN THE SEA OR WHEREVER IT
MIGHT BE ITkLL COME WHEN THAT ,IGHT BEGINS TO SHINE (E IS THE ,IGHT
(E IS THE ONLY TRUE ,IGHT
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4HE SUN S
U
N IS THE ONLY TRUE LIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO WALK BY
4HESE LIGHTS ARE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND IT SHINES IN DARKNESS 7E DONkT
HAVE TO WALK TONIGHT BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT 7E ARE CHILDREN OF THE DAY
NOT CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT 7E HAVE #HRIST AND (EkS THE ETERNAL ,IGHT
!ND WE WALK IN (IM FOR (E IS THE ,IGHT THE 7AY THE 4RUTH AND THE
,IGHT l.O MAN COMETH TO THE &ATHER EXCEPT BY -Em 4HATkS WHY
WE OUGHT TO GET TO #HRIST 4HATkS THE REASON (E WAS DIFFERENT FROM
ANYONE ELSE (EkS THE ONLY /NE THAT HAS THESE THINGS TO GIVE TO US 3O
WHERE COULD WE GO 'O GET SOME LIGHT SOMEWHERE SOME OTHER LIGHT
9OU KNOW EVIL THINGS TRAVEL AT NIGHT 3NAKES BUGS ALL KINDS
OF INSECTS THEY FLY AT NIGHT BECAUSE ITkS EVIL "UT LET THE SUN RISE
THEY TAKE TO A DARK PLACE JUST AS HARD AS THEY CAN GO 7HY 4HEY ARE
OF THE DARKNESS THEY DONkT WANT LIGHT 4HATkS THE WAY THE WORLDkS
GETTING TODAY IT DOESNkT WANT THE REAL TRUE 'OSPEL ,IGHT 4HE REAL
,IGHT OF 'OD SHOWS A MANkS NEEDS
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4HERE CAN BE SOMEONE SO FOOLISH AS TO SAY l) REFUSE TO BELIEVE
THE SUNkS A SHININGm (IDE HIS FACE GO INTO HIS BASEMENT CLOSE THE
DOORS AND SAY l4HE SUNkS NOT SHINING ) DONkT BELIEVE IT YOU BUNCH
OF FANATICS JUST GO ON OUT THEREm 7ELL WE CANkT HELP THAT FELLOW
HEkS MENTALLY WRONG .OW IF HE WANTS TO STAY THERE AND WAIT TILL
NIGHTTIME COMES AND GETS HIS LITTLE LANTERN AND STARTS OUT LOOKING
ALONG THINKING HEkS GOT SOME LIGHT WELL HE CAN GO AHEAD LIKE THAT
"UT YOU CANkT TELL HIM
.EITHER WILL HE BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BLESSING OF THE SUN (E WILL
NEVER ENJOY ITS GREAT RAYS THAT SHINES DOWN HEALTH
GIVING RAYS (E
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE THE BEAUTY OF CREATION UNTIL HE COMES OUT
REALLY WITH THAT AND WALKS IN THE LIGHT !ND *ESUS IS THAT ,IGHT
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.OW YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND JOIN CHURCH ITkS A GOOD THING /R
YOU CAN SERVE YOUR CREED A GOOD THING 9OU MIGHT BELONG TO LODGES
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YOU MIGHT DO THESE THINGS ) HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AGAINST THEM "UT
WHAT )kM TRYING TO SAY THIS IS 9OU NEED ,IGHT !ND THE ,IGHT IS
#HRIST !ND (E IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN GIVE LIGHT
9OU MIGHT TURN THAT LIGHT ON ! BUNCH OF DIRT DOWN HERE WITH
EVER SO MANY GRAINS OF CORN IN IT THAT LIGHT WILL NEVER PRODUCE LIFE
.O SIR 4HAT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT WONkT PRODUCE LIFE )T TAKES THE SUNLIGHT
THE RAYS OF THE SUNLIGHT 9OU SAY l7HAT DIFFERENCE IS IT IF ITkS JUST
AS LIGHT AS THE SUNm )T HASNkT GOT THE POWER OF THE RAY IN IT TO BRING
FORTH LIFE
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!ND NEITHER HAS THE LIGHT OF ANY CREED OR ANY ANYTHING ELSE
OUTSIDE OF *ESUS #HRIST (EkS 'ODkS ,IGHT !ND (EkS THE /NE THAT
GIVE US THE (OLY 3PIRIT !ND WHEN WE LIVE IN (IS 0RESENCE IT MAKES
US ACT DIFFERENT LOOK DIFFERENT TALK DIFFERENT BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE
WE ARE WALKING IN ,IGHT #HILDREN OF ,IGHT YOU LIVE IN )T BATHE
YOURSELF IN IT ENJOY )TS LIFE
GIVING FLOWS 4HATkS THE REASON WE HAVE
TO COME TO (IM TO FIND IT 9OU DONkT FIND IT BY SOME CREED 9OU
DONkT>ITkS>9OUR CREED )kM NOT CONDEMNING YOUR CREED )F
YOUkVE GOT YOUR CREED AND GOT #HRIST TOO AMEN 3EE "UT IF YOUkVE
JUST GOT YOUR CREED WITHOUT #HRIST YOUkRE IN A MISERABLE SHAPE
4HATkS RIGHT $ONkT TRY TO GET IN LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT WONkT GIVE LIGHT
9OUkLL WALK ALONG STUMBLING ALL YOUR LIFE NEVER ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHY THESE PEOPLE CRY WHY THEY SHOUT WHY THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS
SPEAK IN TONGUES $IVINE HEALING THE POWERS OF 'OD 9OUkLL NEVER
KNOW IT BY SOME ARTIFICIAL LIGHT 9OUkLL HAVE TO COME INTO THE REAL
LIGHT THE ,IGHT OF *ESUS #HRIST 7HO LIGHTS EVERY MAN THAT COMETH
#OME INTO THAT ,IGHT
l) AM THE 7AY THE 4RUTH AND THE ,IGHT .O MAN COMETH TO
THE &ATHER EXCEPT BY -Em
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&OURTHLY ) WANT TO SAY (E IS THE ONLY ETERNAL &OUNDATION
4HATkS RIGHT 7E HAVE MANY OTHER FOUNDATIONS BUT #HRIST IS THE ONLY
ETERNAL &OUNDATION %VERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL EXCEPT #HRIST
9OU MIGHT BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION UPON RICHES 9OU MIGHT HAVE
PLENTY OF MONEY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF MONEY FOR YOUR CHILDREN 7HAT
WILL IT CAUSE 7HAT DOES RICHES LEAD TO HEARTACHES DISAPPOINTMENTS
FUSSES DISAGREEMENTS FALLING OUT SHOOTING RAPE MURDER AND FINALLY
SOMETIMES TO SUICIDE -ONEY THE BANKS CAN GO BROKE CLOSE UP OR
SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT YOU IN A GAMBLE YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY THEN
TAKE A GUN AND BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF 3EE 4HAT FOUNDATION IS NOT
ETERNAL 9OUR MONEY DOESNkT HAVE AN ETERNAL FOUNDATION
9OU CANNOT HAVE A ETERNAL FOUNDATION UPON POPULARITY 4HATkS
THE GREAT SIN OF !MERICA IS TRYING TO BE POPULAR WOMEN TRYING TO
DRESS POPULAR MEN TRYING TO ACT POPULAR !LL THESE LITTLE THINGS GOING
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ON THE WAYS ITkS TAKING PLACE ) DONkT HAVE TO START ON THAT THE FIRST
NIGHT BUT ) DIDNkT SAY THE THIRD NIGHT OR THE SECOND WEkLL COAST ON
THAT TONIGHT "UT BEING POPULAR POPULARITY USUALLY LEADS TO SIN AND
DISGRACE #ERTAINLY IT DOES THREE OR FOUR MARRIAGES AND ALL KINDS OF
STUFF !ND IT HAS NO ETERNAL FOUNDATION
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3OMETIME PRETTY GIRL HER BEAUTY BECOMES A CURSE TO HER 3HE?
SHE FINDS IT OUT SOMEBODY TELLS HER ABOUT IT 3HE WANTS TO BE LIKE
SOME MOVIE STAR OR SOMETHING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PATTERN HER LIFE
AFTER *ESUS #HRIST 3HE BUILDS HER WHOLE FOUNDATION UPON THAT NOT
KNOWING THAT SHEkS ONLY GOT FIVE YEARS OF REAL LIFE FROM FIFTEEN TO
TWENTY THEN SHE STARTS DYING !ND YOU BASE YOUR WHOLE HOPES UPON
THAT KNOWING THAT YOU GOT TO GET OLD IF YOU LIVE 9OUkVE GOT TO GET
OLD YOUkVE GOT TO BREAK DOWN !ND THE BEAUTIFUL FACE THAT YOU HAVE
WILL ROT OUT THERE IN THE GRAVE SOMEDAY AND THE BUGS WILL EAT IT UP 3O
THEREkS NO ETERNAL FOUNDATION ON POPULARITY WHO YOU ARE WHAT YOU
ARE 4HAT HAS NO REAL FOUNDATION ITkS NOT THERE
)TkS LIKE SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BUILD THEIR FOUNDATION UPON
A BUILDING MATERIAL ,OOK AT !MERICA TODAY AND ITS BIG BUILDING
PROGRAMS ) WENT UP THE OTHER NIGHT AND PREACHED IN A CHURCH
WHERE THEREkS ALMOST A CITY !ND NO MORE THAN TEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS
AGO ) USED TO SQUIRREL HUNT IN THAT WOODS !ND NOW ITkS A BIG CITY
BUILT IN THERE ) GO OVER TO WHERE ) USED TO HUNT RABBITS 7HY ITkS
HOUSING PROJECTS EVERYWHERE )TkS A BUILDING DAY AND EVERYONEkS MAD
BUILDING
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! MAN A CERTAIN MAN A FINE MAN THAT ) KNOW OF THAT WENT
JUST WILD IN BUILDING EVERYWHERE 'OT PLENTY OF MONEY AND KEPT
BUILDING MORE AND MORE (E AND HIS WIFE BOTH THEY LIT A CIGARETTE IN
-EXICO A FEW WEEKS AGO BLOWED TO BITS BY GAS ESCAPING IN THE ROOM
!ND WHAT FOUNDATION HAVE YOU 4HEREkS NO FOUNDATION UPON
THOSE THINGS THEY ARE HAY AND STUBBLES !ND THEY?THEY CANNOT
BE HAVE A ETERNAL FOUNDATION BUILT ON THEM 4HEREkS ONLY ONE TRUE
&OUNDATION THATkS *ESUS #HRIST
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(ERE SOME YEARS AGO ) WAS STANDING UP HERE IN .EW 9ORK
WITH A "ROTHER "ERG 7E HAD PASSED BY A BUILDING AND THERE WAS
A MAMMOTH BIG BUILDING /H IT WAS BEAUTIFUL !ND THE ARCHITECT
HAD TAKEN SO MUCH PAINS WITH HOW HE HAD BUILT IT AND ITS CLASS
!ND WHEN WE GOT TO THE BUILDING THE SURPRISE IT WAS JUST ALMOST
COMPLETELY FINISHED BUT IT HAD BEEN LEFT SITTING THERE .O ONE WAS
OCCUPYING IT
!ND ) SAID l7HATkS THE MATTER m TO THIS MAN THAT ) WAS WITH )
SAID l7HATkS WRONG m
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(E SAID l4HAT BUILDING ONLY SERVED FOR ONE PURPOSEm 3AID
l4HE CONTRACTOR WAS SO INTERESTED IN WHAT HE PUT IN THE BUILDING THAT
HE FORGOT TO GO DEEP ENOUGH TO PUT IT ON THE RIGHT FOUNDATION 3O IT
WAS CONDEMNED AND MOST ANY TIME THAT BUILDING WILL ROCK DOWN .O
ONE WILL RENT IT NOBODY WANTS IT .O MATTER HOW PRETTY IT IS IT WASNkT
PLACED ON THE RIGHT FOUNDATION
"ROTHER SISTER MAY ) SAY THIS IN RESPECTS OF *ESUS #HRIST )
DONkT CARE HOW GOOD YOU GO TO CHURCH HOW WELL YOU DRESS WHAT
GOOD NEIGHBOR YOU ARE UNLESS YOU TOOK TIME TO DIG DOWN TO THAT
&OUNDATION OF *ESUS #HRIST AND LAY YOUR HOPES IN THAT SOLID ROCK
YONDER YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH BUILDINGS YOUR ROBED CHOIRS WHATMORE
WHICH IS FINE BUT ITkLL ROCK DOWN SOME OF THESE DAYS 'OD WILL
CONDEMN IT BECAUSE ITkS NOT LAID UPON THE 2OCK #HRIST *ESUS (E IS
THE ONLY &OUNDATION
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-EXICO #ITY WHERE WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WHERE THE LITTLE
BABY WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE !ND THERE IN THAT GREAT PLACE WHERE WE
WERE HAVING THE MEETING ONE OF THE BROTHERS TAKEN ME THE NEXT DAY
OUT TO LOOK THE CITY OVER WHICH -EXICO #ITY IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE "UT
WHAT DID ) FIND WHEN ) GOT OUT THERE ,OOKING DOWN OVER THE CITY
SOME OF THE MOST MODERN ARCHITECTURE )kD EVER SEEN /H THEY WENT
ALTOGETHER OUT "UT WHAT IT WAS THEY NEVER DUG DOWN TO FIND THE
RIGHT FOUNDATION ! GREAT PERCENT OF -EXICO #ITY IS EITHER PITCHED
FORWARD THE BUILDINGS ARE BACKWARD OR SIDEWAYS 4HEY NEVER WENT TO
THE ROCK .O MATTER HOW PRETTY THE BUILDING LOOKED IT WASNkT BUILT
SOLID ON THE ROCK
!ND WHEN YOUkRE STARTING OUT FOR 'OD DONkT LAY DOWN ON SOME
FALSE FOUNDATION $ONkT LAY DOWN ON EMOTIONS DONkT LAY DOWN ON
SOME CREED BUT LAY YOUR LIFE IN THE HANDS OF THAT ETERNAL &OUNDATION
*ESUS #HRIST THAT #HIEF #ORNERSTONE 4HEN BUILD FROM THEN ON NO
MATTER HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW YOU GOT THE RIGHT FOUNDATION ,AY UPON
(IM FOR (E IS THE ONLY &OUNDATION THATkS HAS SECURITY "UT YOU ARE
SECURED IN *ESUS #HRIST !S LONG AS YOUkRE IN (IM YOUkRE SAFE FROM
THE STORM (E IS THE ONLY &OUNDATION
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4HAT WAS FOURTHLY &IFTHLY (E IS THE ONLY ETERNAL HAPPINESS AND
JOY PEACE 7HAT MORE COULD ) SAY (E IS THE ONLY ETERNAL JOY ETERNAL
HAPPINESS ETERNAL PEACE l-Y PEACE ) GIVE UNTO YOU NOT AS THE WORLD
GIVE ) UNTO YOU ,ET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLEDm (E IS THE ONLY
PEACE AND ONLY HAPPINESS
/H YOU MIGHT LAUGH LIKE A LOON YOU MIGHT JUST GO INTO
HYSTERICS OVER SOME MOVIE STAR CRACKING A JOKE OR SOMETHING "UT
WHAT IS IT 9OUkRE ONLY MAKING A NOISE IT SOON WEARS OFF )N A FEW
MINUTES ITkS ALL GONE "UT WHEN A MAN HAS COME TO A PLACE TO WHERE
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HE HAS FOUND THE JOY THAT THERE IS OF KNOWING THAT HIS SINS ARE
FORGIVEN THAT HE IS DEAD AND HIS LIFE IS HID IN 'OD THROUGH #HRIST
SEALED BY THE (OLY 'HOST ITkS JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY IN
THE POWER OF THE ETERNAL 'OD KNOWING THAT YOUkRE RESTING SECURELY IN
(IS LOVE AND GRACE 7HETHER THE SCHOOL KEEPS OR WHETHER IT DOESNkT
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE )F YOU>
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) WOULD LIKE TO SAY UP WEkD ALL LIKE TO GO BACK "ROTHER 3ULLIVAN
AND ) GO BACK TO WHEN WE WERE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD 3URE WE WOULD
"UT WHAT IF WE COULD GO BACK TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AND THEN AND LIVE
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS 7OULD WE NOT BE AN ANTIQUE #ERTAINLY ITkD BE
BETTER IF WE WENT ON AND LIVED AND GOT OLD AND LONG WHISKERS AND SO
FORTH THAN LIVE THE FIVE HUNDRED YEARS "UT WE COULDNkT GO BACK TO
EIGHTEEN YEARS AND BE>"ECAUSE WE?WE COULDNkT GROW AS MODERN
LIFE GROWED LIKE THAT "ECAUSE THE TEEN
AGERS OF THIS DAY WASNkT LIKE
THEY WAS IN MY DAY !ND THE NEXT DAY IT WILL BE THE SAME
7HAT IF TONIGHT IF YOU HAD PERFECT HEALTH 7HAT IF YOU
WASNkT A ACHE OR A PAIN AND YET AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUkRE?
YOUkRE A #HRISTIAN 9ET IN THIS LIFE JUST THIS LIFE ALONE YOU HAVE NO
SATISFACTION NO ETERNAL HAPPINESS UNTIL YOU ARE ANCHORED IN #HRIST
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(OW DO YOU KNOW TONIGHT YOU SAY l) FEEL PERFECTLY WELL
"ROTHER "RANHAMm (OW YOU DO KNOW YOUR MOTHERkS NOT DYING AT
THIS TIME (OW DO YOU KNOW DAD DIDNkT GET KILLED JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO (OW DO YOU KNOW THE BABY DIDNkT GET RUN OVER AND KILLED (OW
DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS 3EE IN HERE ITkS UNSETTLED PEACE 9OU DONkT
HAVE NO PEACE )T WASNkT MEANT FOR YOU TO HAVE PEACE HERE )F YOU DID
YOUkD GET CUSTOMIZED TO THE WORLD 'OD DONkT WANT YOU CUSTOMIZED
TO THIS WORLD (E WANTS YOU TO REST IN (IM #OME TO (IM THEN YOU
HAVE PEACE
) DONkT CARE WHAT TAKES PLACE )F YOU SAID THE 2USSIANS IS FIXING
TO PULL THE TRIGGER AT THIS MINUTE THEYkRE SENDING AN ATOMIC BOMB
A REAL BORN AGAIN #HRISTIAN HAS ETERNAL PEACE IN HIS HEART .OTHING
THEREkS NOTHING CAN?CAN HARM HIM ,ET THE BULLET FIRE 7HY THE?THE
SMOKE WONkT BE SCATTERED OUT ACROSS THE STREET HERE UNTIL WE WOULD BE
IN GLORY WITH *ESUS STANDING THERE IMMORTAL IN (IS LIKENESS NEVER TO
BE SICK NEVER TO HAVE A HEARTACHE NEVER TO HAVE A DISAPPOINTMENT
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) WANT YOU TO FIND SOME PLACE THAT YOU CAN BUILD A FOUNDATION
ON SOMETHING WILL TAKE YOU THERE BESIDES *ESUS #HRIST ) WANT YOU
TO FIND SOMETHING THATkLL GIVE YOU THAT MUCH SATISFACTION 9OU FIND
IT AND THEN COME TELL ME )kVE DONE EVERYTHING ) WAS BIG ENOUGH
TO DO AND SOME THINGS ) WASNkT BIG ENOUGH TO DO )kVE TRIED "UT )
HAVE NEVER FOUND NOTHING YET THATkS EVER TOUCHED THE PLACE AS THAT
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LIFE
GIVING FLOW OF THE POWER OF 'OD WHEN THE (OLY 'HOST COME
UPON ME BROTHER THAT NIGHT AND ANCHORED MY SOUL IN (IS ETERNAL
SALVATION )TkS PEACE LIKE A RIVER
7HEN OLD "ROTHER 3HAKARIAN USED TO SING l0EACE ,IKE A 2IVER m
SOMETHING HAPPENED ,IVE OR DIE WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
7EkRE GOING TO BE IN (IS 0RESENCE TURNED BACK TO A YOUNG MAN AND
WOMAN LIVE THAT WAY FOREVER AND FOREVER ETERNALLY 3O WHAT HAVE WE
GOT TO WORRY ABOUT 4HEREkS NO PERFECT HAPPINESS OUTSIDE OF THAT (E
IS>
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&IRST (EkS THE 7AY SECOND (EkS THE 4RUTH THIRD (EkS THE
,IGHT FOURTH (EkS THE ONLY ETERNAL &OUNDATION AND FIFTH (EkS
THE ONLY ETERNAL (APPINESS AND *OY SIXTH (E IS THE ONLY LASTING
!CHIEVEMENT (E IS
9OU TELL ME SOMEWHERE OR SOME PLACE THAT YOU COULD GO
OR SOMETHING YOU COULD DO OR SOMETHING YOU COULD ACHIEVE THAT
WOULD BE EVERLASTING OUTSIDE OF *ESUS #HRIST 4ELL ME IF YOU COULD
BUILD A HOUSE THAT WOULD BE EVERLASTING 4ELL ME YOU COULD BUILD A
POPULARITY BE ETERNAL 4ELL ME YOU COULD GET ENOUGH RICHES THATkD BE
ETERNAL RICHES 9OU CANNOT DO IT NOTHING OUTSIDE OF *ESUS #HRIST (E
IS THE ETERNAL !CHIEVEMENT !ND IF YOU HAVE ACHIEVED EVER SO MUCH
IN YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE NEVER ACHIEVED THE ETERNAL THING YET UNTIL YOU
HAVE FOUND #HRIST *ESUS AND HAVE GOT (IM INTO YOUR HEART (E IS THE
ETERNAL !CHIEVEMENT
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3EVENTHLY AND LAST ) MIGHT SAY THIS (E IS THE ONLY 4RANSLATION
THATkS RIGHT THE ONLY /NE THAT YOU CAN BE TRANSLATED IN l&OR THOSE
THAT ARE IN #HRIST WILL 'OD BRING WITH (IM WHEN (E COMESm 4HATkS
THE ONLY TRANSLATION IS IN *ESUS #HRIST
/H WE HAVE ALL OTHER KINDS OF THINGS ,IKE HERE SOMETIME
AGO ) WAS SPEAKING AT A BUSINESSMANkS BREAKFAST ) BELIEVE IT WAS IN
0UERTO 2ICO !ND SOMEONE SAID TO ME HE SAID l9OU ARE A PREACHER
!ND WHAT ARE DOING HERE IN THESE WITH THESE BUSINESSMEN m
) SAID l) AM A BUSINESSMANm
(E SAID l7HAT KIND OF A BUSINESS ARE YOU IN m
) SAID l)NSURANCEm
(E SAID l7HAT KIND OF A INSURANCE YOU SELL m
) SAID l"LESSED ASSURANCE LIFE INSURANCEm ) SAID l)F YOUkRE
INTERESTED IN A POLICY )kD LIKE TO TALK IT OVER WITH YOUm 4HATkS RIGHT
)kM INTERESTED
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/NE DAY A BOYFRIEND OF MINE 7ILMER 3NYDER A VERY GOOD
BUDDY WE CHUMMED TOGETHER (EkS SELLING 0RUDENTIAL ,IFE )NSURANCE
AND HE CAME TO MY HOUSE AND HE SAID l"ILLY )kD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU
ON SOME INSURANCEm
!ND ) SAID l/H ) HAVE IN
>ASSURANCEm
!ND HE SAID l5H OH PARDON MEm 3AID l) DIDNkT KNOW THAT
"ILLYm 3AID l) BELIEVE YOUR WIFE TOLD ME THAT YOU DIDNkT HAVE ANYm
l/H m ) SAID l) HAVEm
-Y WIFE LOOKED AT ME AS IF l7HATkS HAPPENED TO HIM m !ND
THAT>3HE SAID LOOKED AT ME SAID l"ILLYm
) SAID l7HY SURE HONEY ) GOT ASSURANCEm ) NEVER SAID
INSURANCE ) SAID ASSURANCE ) SAID l) GOT ASSURANCEm
!ND 7ILMER 3NYDER SAID TO ME HE SAID l7HAT INSURANCE DO
YOU HAVE "ILLY m
) SAID l"LESSED ASSURANCE *ESUS IS MINE OH WHAT A FORETASTE OF
GLORY DIVINE )kM AN HEIR OF SALVATION PURCHASE OF 'OD BORN OF (IS
3PIRIT WASHED IN (IS "LOODm
l/H m HE SAID l"ILLY THATkS VERY NICE ) APPRECIATE THATm 3AID
l) GOT A BROTHERkS A PREACHER YOU KNOW (OWARDm
!ND ) SAID l9ESm
(E SAID l"UT "ILLY THAT WONkT PUT YOU OUT HERE IN THE
GRAVEYARDm
) SAID l) KNOW IT BUT ITkLL GET ME OUT )kM NOT WORRIED ABOUT
GETTING IN THERE )kM JUST>m )kM NOT A BIT INTERESTED IN GETTING IN
THERE 4HE THING ) WANT TO KNOW IS HOW TO GET OUT 4HATkS RIGHT 4HAT
#HRIST IS THE ONLY !SSURANCE
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9ES SIR WE PAY SO MUCH TO THE UNDERTAKER LETkS GIVE SOME
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE 5P
TAKER ONCE IN A WHILE THATkLL TAKE US UP SOME
OF THESE DAYS THE ONLY 4RANSLATION THE ONLY /NE 7HO CAN BRING US
FROM THE GRAVE THE ONLY /NE 7HO CAN PRESENT US BEFORE THE &ATHER
WITHOUT A FAULT WITHOUT A SPOT WITHOUT A WRINKLE (ALLELUJAH 3URE
"APTISTS SHOUT 9ES SIR !NYBODY THATkS GOT GOOD RELIGION SHOUTS 'OT
SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT
!N OLD COLORED MAN USED TO TALK TO ME DOWN THE LANE (E SAID
l9OU BELIEVE IN THAT SHOUTINk RELIGION DONkT YOU "ILLY m
!ND ) SAID l9ES SIRm
!ND )>(E SAID l9OU KNOW WHAT m .EXT MORNING HE COME
BY HE WAS ABOUT NINETY YEARS OLD (E SAID l) WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHINGm
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) SAID l!LL RIGHT 7HAT IS IT 2EB m
!ND HE SAID l7ELL ) TELL YOUm (E SAID l9OU TAKE AN OLD
ROOSTER YOU CAN TIE HIS FEET NAIL HIM DOWN INTO THE BOX AND ANY WAY
YOU WANT TO "UT m SAID lWHEN IT STARTS TO GET DAYLIGHT HE WILL TURN
OVER AND CROWm
) SAID l4HATkS RIGHTm
(E SAID l7HAT MAKES HIM DO THAT "ILLY m
) SAID l(EkS A ROOSTER AND ITkS BREAKINk DAYm 4HATkS RIGHT )TkS
HIS NATURE !ND WHEN A MAN IS BORN OF THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD AND HAS
THIS %TERNAL ,IFE IN HIM WHEN THE (OLY 'HOST COMES YOUkVE GOT TO
SCREAM OUT 3OMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN
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$O BELIEVE THE GOOD OLD
TIME HEARTFELT SALVATION BRINGS TEARS
OF JOY AND HAPPINESS AND PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING &OR
(EkS THE 2IVER AND (EkS THE>/H (EkS MY EVERYTHING ) JUST CANkT
PRAISE (IM ENOUGH AND SAY ENOUGH ABOUT (IM OF WHAT (E MEANS TO
ME #ERTAINLY NO WONDER WE>)TkS A NATURE IN YOU 7HEN YOUkRE
BORN OF THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD YOU GOT A NATURE IN YOU TO MAKE YOU
SCREAM OUT
7HY *ESUS SAID ONE TIME TO THOSE 0HARISEES HAD SAID l4HEM
PEOPLE m OTHERWISE lMAKE CHILLS RUN UP MY BACK MAKE THEM HOLD
THEIR PEACE m WHEN (E WAS RIDING IN ON THE THIS LITTLE MULE (E
SAID>l7HY DONkT 9OU MAKE THEM HOLD THEIR PEACE m
3AID l)F THEY HOLD THEIR PEACE THE ROCKS WILL IMMEDIATELY CRY
OUTm
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3OMETHING HAD TO TAKE PLACE (ALLELUJAH 7HEN WE SEE (IM
COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN RIDING ON THAT WHITE CHARGER YOU TALK
ABOUT SOME NOISE /H THEREkS GOING TO BE SOMETHING HAPPEN THEN
WHEN WE SEE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WEkVE TALKED ABOUT BROUGHT INTO
REALITY #ERTAINLY (EkS THE ONLY HOPE THAT WE HAVE
.ATIONS ARE BREAKING ALL NATIONS ARE FAILING EVERY HELP
IS FAILING THE WORLDkS A FAILING SICKNESS IS ON THE INCREASE SIN IS
OVERRIDING BUT THEREkS ONE THING THAT CANNOT FAIL THATkS *ESUS #HRIST
AND (IS PRECIOUS 7ORD (EkS THE ONLY SECURITY (EkS THE ONLY HOPE
THE ,IFE (EkS ALL THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK TO OUR ONLY 4RANSLATION
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) TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO )F YOU WANT TO FIND OUT YOU START OUT
IN THE MORNING 9OU GO DOWN TO THESE BIG CITIES HERE AND GO TO EVERY
DRUGSTORE YOU CAN AND BUY YOU A BOTTLE OF TRANSLATION FROM SOME
MEDICAL RESEARCH 9OU TELL ME WHERE YOU CAN BUY SOME TRANSLATION
POWER 9OUkLL HAVE TO COME TO *ESUS TO GET IT 9OU GO DOWN TO THE
DOCTOR AND TELL HIM YOU WANT A OPERATION NEXT WEEK PERFORMED ON
YOU !ND YOU WANT ALL SIN CUT OUT OF YOU AND MAKE SO LIGHT THAT YOU
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CAN GO IN THE TRANSLATION 3EE WHAT A JOB YOUkRE GOING TO HAVE *ESUS
IS THE ONLY 4RANSLATION (EkS THE ONLY /NE THAT CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE
GRAVE
l) AM THE 2ESURRECTION AND ,IFE m SAITH 'OD l(E THAT BELIEVETH
IN -E THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE !ND WHOSOEVER LIVETH
AND BELIEVETH IN -E SHALL NEVER DIEm (ALLELUJAH /H
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l) AM (E THAT WAS DEAD AND ALIVE AGAIN AND ALIVE FOREVERMORE
) HAVE THE KEYS OF BOTH DEATH AND HELLm (EkS THE FOUNTAIN OF ,IFE
/H (EkS THE EVERLASTING /NE THE ONLY &OUNDATION THE ONLY 7AY
THE ONLY 4RUTH THE ONLY ,IGHT THE ONLY &OUNDATION THE ONLY ETERNAL
HAPPINESS THE ONLY TRUE !CHIEVEMENT THE ONLY 4RANSLATION (EkS ALL
IN ALL 4HATkS RIGHT
)N THIS "IBLE WE HAVE THESE BLESSED PROMISES (OW COULD WE
EVER>7HO COULD WE GO TO 4ELL ME WHAT DRUGSTORE TELL ME WHAT
PLACE TELL ME WHAT LODGE YOU CAN JOIN TELL ME WHAT CHURCH YOU CAN
JOIN TELL ME ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING YOU THESE THINGS 4HEN TO
WHOM SHALL WE TURN 4O WHOM WOULD WE GO
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7HAT IF OUR WHAT?WHAT IF WE WENT WANTED TO FIND %TERNAL
,IFE .OW )kM NOT SAYING DONkT GO TO THE DRUGSTORE )kM NOT SAYING
DONkT GO TO CHURCH THOSE THINGS ARE UP FOR YOU TO DO "UT BE SURE
THAT YOU GET THE?GET YOUR FOUNDATION RIGHT 'ET STARTED RIGHT GET
*ESUS FIRST 4HEN GO ON DOWN AND JOIN CHURCH AND GO ON DOWN BE
BAPTIZED AND GO ON DOWN AND SING IN THE CHOIR 'O ON DOWN DO
WHATEVER THE (OLY 3PIRIT TELLS YOU TO DO BUT GET ON THE FOUNDATION
FIRST 9EAH
)F YOU GOT A LITTLE TREE THATkS GOT APPLE TREES ITkLL BEAR APPLES IF
YOU JUST PUT IT IN THE RIGHT FOUNDATION )F YOU GOT A HEART HUNGERING
FOR 'OD YOU WANT TO SEE THE POWER OF 'OD YOU WANT TO FEEL THE
VIBRATIONS OF (IS %TERNAL ,IFE YOU WANT TO SEE IF THE (OLY 'HOST
IS REAL OR NOT JUST PLANT YOUR LITTLE TREE IN (IS RIGHT FOUNDATION AND
YOUkLL FIND OUT SOMETHING GOES TO WORK /H HE WILL BEGIN TO DRAW THE
WATERS OF ,IFE AND THAT LITTLE TREE WILL BEGIN TO BEAR BLOSSOMS AND
FRUIT )TkLL START GROWING CERTAINLY BECAUSE YOUkRE PLANTED RIGHT 9OU
GOT TO GET STARTED RIGHT GETS GET THE REVIVAL RIGHT
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.OW THEREkS MANY IN HERE SEEKING THE (OLY 'HOST 4HE THING
YOU WANT TO DO IS NOT LET THIS NIGHT GO BY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE (OLY
'HOST )F YOU HAVENkT GOT )T BY DAYLIGHT JUST KEEP ON THROUGH THE
DAYLIGHT 4HEN IF YOU HAVENkT GOT )T BY NIGHTTIME JUST KEEP RIGHT
THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME !ND JUST STAY THERE UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED
THE (OLY 'HOST
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9OU DONkT HAVE TO WAIT ONE MORE MINUTE (EkS RIGHT HERE NOW
POUR )T OUT UPON YOU RIGHT AT THIS MINUTE JUST FILL YOU FULL OF THE
CHARGING POWER OF (IS RESURRECTION ,IFE AND GIVE YOU A HOPES AN
ETERNAL HOPES OF THAT RESURRECTION BECAUSE SOMETHINGkS HAPPENED
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%XCUSE ME MY COLORED FRIENDS !N OLD COLORED SISTER HERE NOT
LONG AGO WAS GIVING A TESTIMONY !ND THEYkD BEEN MAKING FUN OF HER
SAID l/H YOU AINkT NOTHINGm
3HE SAID l4HAT MIGHT BE TRUEm 3AID l4HEREkS ONE THING ) WANT
TO SAYm 3AID l)?)?) HAINkT WHAT ) OUGHT TO BE AND ) HAINkT WHAT )
WANT TO BE "UT THEREkS ONE THING ) DO KNOW ) HAINkT WHAT ) USED TO
BEm 3O ) THINK THATkS A GOOD THING
7E MAY NOT BE WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE WE MAY NOT BE WHAT WE
WANT TO BE BUT THEREkS ONE THING WE KNOW WEkRE NOT WHAT WE USED
TO BE RIGHT ONCE WE FOUND #HRIST AND COME TO THE FOUNDATION
l4HERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD DRAWN FROM )MMANUELkS
VEINS WHERE SINNERS PLUNGED BENEATH THE FLOOD LOSE ALL THEIR GUILTY
STAINSm
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4HATkS THE HOPE OF %TERNAL ,IFE )TkS ALL 'ODkS PROMISES RIGHT
HERE IN THE "OOK %VERY ONE OF IT IS TO YOU 4HIS IS (IS 7ORD THIS IS
#HRIST THIS IS (IS PROMISE
l7HOSOEVER WILL LET HIM COME DRINK FROM THE WATERS
FOUNTAINS OF THE WATERS OF LIFE FREELYm .OT COST YOU ONE PENNY EVERY
PRICE IS ALREADY PAID 9OUkLL HAVE NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN?
THAT YOU CAN OFFER FOR AN EXCUSE *ESUS WENT AHEAD AS YOUR SIN BEARER
(E TOOK YOUR SINS (E TOOK YOUR ALL YOUR INIQUITY (E PUT IT UP ON
(IMSELF WENT TO #ALVARY !N INNOCENT -AN THE 3ON OF 'OD WENT
THERE AND TOOK OUR SINS AND WAS CRUCIFIED !ND 'OD SLAYED (IM AT
THE CROSS BECAUSE OF YOUR SINS AND MY SINS !ND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
ANSWER TO 'OD THE WAY YOU TREAT (IM (OW ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER
TO (IM 7HAT ARE YOU (OW ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR
YOUR SOUL SOMEDAY
3AY l) WENT AND JOINED CHURCH BUT )kLL TELL YOU ) KNOWED THERE
WAS A WAY THAT THEY CALL (OLINESS AND THINGS "UT ) DIDNkT THINK THEM
PEOPLE ACTED RIGHTm #OME IN AND INVESTIGATE A WHILE *UST WALK INTO
THE WATERS
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7HEN ) WAS A LITTLE BOY WE DIDNkT HAVE MANY CLOTHES !ND WE
USED TO DARE EACH OTHER WHO WOULD BE THE LAST ONE TO JUMP IN A HOLE
OF WATER 7EkD ALL RUN BACK OUT TO THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE 7ELL ) CAN
TELL YOU ONE THING ) WAS THE FIRST ONE IN jCAUSE ) HAD THE LEAST CLOTHES
TO TAKE OFF ) JUST HAD A PAIR OF OVERALLS AND HAD AN OLD FODDER TWINE
ACROSS IT WITH A?WITH A NAIL IN IT 9ES SIR !ND )kD RUN WEkD ALL BE
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RUNNING %ACH OF THEM THEY HAD TAKE OFF SHOES AND THINGS AND TAKE
OFF A SHIRT AND MAYBE AN UNDERSHIRT ) DIDNkT HAVE TO FOOL WITH THAT
/NLY THING ) DONE IS RUN JUST AS HARD AS ) COULD AND PULL THAT NAIL AND
JUMP RIGHT IN 4HATkS ALL ) WAS IN
!ND THEYkD ALWAYS DEPEND ON ME FINDING OUT HOW THE WATER
WAS 7ELL IF ) HELD UP ONE FINGER THAT MEANT IT WAS COLD l$ONkT
COME IN BOYS 4AKE YOUR TIMEm *UST A SHIVERING>"UT IF ) HELD UP
TWO FINGERS THE WATER WAS FINE "OY CLOTHES WENT TO FLYING EVERY WAY
AND KIDS JUMPING IN
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) TELL YOU TONIGHT YOU THATkS NEVER RECEIVED THE (OLY 'HOST )
GOT UP TWO FINGERS "ROTHER ITkS FINE THE WATERS ARE WARM COME ON
IN ,AY OFF ALL THE OLD SELF
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THE OLD YESTERDAYS
AND THE OLD PARTIES AND THE OLD FRIENDSHIPS OF OH LONG AGO SINFUL
LIFE AND LAY IT ON THE BANK AND JUMP INTO THAT FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH
"LOOD DRAWN FROM )MMANUELkS VEINS 7HERE SINNERS PLUNGED
BENEATH THE FLOOD LOSE ALL THEIR GUILTY STAIN 9OUkLL NEVER REGRET IT
/H WASH ALL MY SINS AWAY
%VER SINCE BY FAITH ) SAW THAT STREAM
4HY FLOWING WOUNDS SUPPLIED
2EDEEMING LOVE HAS BEEN MY THEME
!ND SHALL BE TILL ) DIE
4HEN IN A NOBLER SWEETER SONG
)kLL SING 4HY POWER TO SAVE
7HEN THIS POOR LISPING STAMMERING TONGUE
,IES SILENT IN THE GRAVE
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%VERY PROMISE IN THE "OOK IS YOURS 7HOSOEVER WILL LET HIM
COME #OME EVERYBODYkS INVITED 4HE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU AND TO
YOUR CHILDREN> >;"LANK SPOT ON TAPE?%D=>FIND OUT ITkS REALLY
FINE 9ES SIR 4HE PART 0ETER SAID AT THE DAY OF 0ENTECOST l4HE
PROMISE IS UNTO YOU AND TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TO THEM THATkS FAR
OFF EVEN AS MANY AS THE ,ORD OUR 'OD SHALL CALLm .O 3CRIPTUREkS OF
PRIVATE INTERPRETATION 4HAT MEANT WHOSOEVER WILL LET HIM COME
4HE LAST BOOK IN THE "IBLE SAID l7HOSOEVER WILL LET HIM COME
!ND (E THAT WILL TAKE AWAY OR ADD TO THE SAME SHALL BE TAKEN OUT
OF THE "OOK OF ,IFE FOR HIMm 7E DONkT WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY
FROM IT OR ADD ANYTHING TO IT BUT INVITE EVERYBODY 7HOSOEVER WILL
MAY COME
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$ONkT LET SOMEONE TELL YOU THAT THESE PROMISES FOR ANOTHER
AGE 4HIS PROMISE IS FOR RIGHT NOW 4HIS PROMISE IS GOOD NOW )TkS FOR
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WHOSOEVER WILL -AYBE YOU DONkT KNOW YOU?YOU HAVENkT TRIED IT YET
9OUkVE BEEN SO CLOSE TO IT AND WOULDNkT KNOW WHAT IT WAS 9OU CAN
BE CLOSE THAT WAY
.OW TO THESE PEOPLE AT *EFFERSONVILLE )kM GOING TO GIVE YOU
AN INVITATION YOU ESPECIALLY "EEN SEEKING THE (OLY 'HOST DOWN
THERE FOR QUITE A LITTLE BIT 7E BROUGHT A WOMEN A BOY UP ON THE
ROAD BAPTIZING SOME PEOPLE LAST NIGHT IN MY CHURCH #OME DOWN TO
THE BAPTISTERY AND WANTED TO USE IT /NE OF MY BOYS THAT WENT OUT
AND ESTABLISHED A TABERNACLE ) GUESS "ROTHER 2UDDELL MAY BE HERE
TONIGHT HE BROUGHT NINETEEN DOWN LAST NIGHT TO BE BAPTIZED !ND
WHEN THESE PEOPLE HAD NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE (OLY 'HOST )
PREACHED 3ATURDAY NIGHT AND THEY COME TO THE ALTAR AND GOT SAVED
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!ND LAST NIGHT WHEN THEY PULLED THE CURTAINS AND THEY BROUGHT
SOME WOMAN IN THERE AND AS SOON AS THEY BAPTIZED HER SHE COME
OUT OF THAT WATER SPEAKING IN TONGUES JUST AS HARD AS SHE COULD GO
/H YOU OUGHT TO HEARD THAT %VERYBODY COME RUNNING OVER THERE
AND THEM PEOPLE FROM UP THERE SAID l7HAT DOES THAT MEAN m
) SAID l)F THIS AINkT THAT )kLL JUST KEEP THIS TILL THAT COMESm 7E
WANT>4HIS IS THAT WHICH IS SPOKE OF BY THE PROPHET *OEL l)T WILL
COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS SAITH 'OD )kLL POUR OUT -Y SPIRIT UPON
ALL FLESH 9OUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY AND UPON -Y
HANDSMAIDS AND MAIDSERVANT WILL ) POUR OUT OF -Y 3PIRIT !ND ) WILL
SHOW SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE AND IN THE EARTH BELOWm
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'OD IS CALLING 'OD IS MOVING 7EkRE AT THE END OF THE ROAD
WEkRE AT THE END OF TIME 4IME IS AT THE END ) CAN PROVE THAT TO
YOU BROTHER 4HAT>7HEN ITkS GOING TO BE ) DONkT KNOW "UT IT
MAY BE BEFORE MORNING IT MAY BE IN THE NEXT HOUR IT MAY BE IN THE
NEXT FIVE MINUTES 7HATEVER IT IS ITkS NEAR AT HAND 4HEREkS NOTHING
ELSE TO HAPPEN BUT THE COMING OF THE ,ORD *ESUS 4HE CHURCH IS
RALLYING ITSELF GETTING ITSELF TOGETHER SHAKING ITSELF $ID YOU EVER
SEE SUCH A STIRRING AMONGST THE PEOPLE 3URE SOMETHINGkS FIXING TO
HAPPEN THE COMING OF THE ,ORD 4HE WHOLE EARTH IS WAITING FOR THE
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SONS OF 'OD THE NATURE OUT YONDER WHICH MAN
IS GIVEN THE DOMAIN
7HEN 'OD MADE MAN FIRST WHEN (E MADE HIM (E WAS CALLED
%L %LAH %LOHIM WHICH MEANS THE SELF
EXISTENCE /NE "UT WHEN
(E WAS CALLED *EHOVAH IN THE NEXT CHAPTER KNOWED (E HAD MADE
SOMETHING GIVE MAN WHICH HAD A DOMAIN OVER THE EARTH HE WAS
GOD HE WAS A GOD OF THE EARTH THE MAN WAS
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*ESUS SAID l$IDNkT THEY CALL>7HY DO YOU CONDEMN -E
4HEY CALL THEM TO WHOM THE WORD IN YOUR OWN LAW WHO THE WORD
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ARE THE GODS YOU SAY WHO THE WORD COME TO THE PROPHETS THEN HOW
CAN YOU CONDEMN -E BY SAYING )kM THE 3ON OF 'OD m 3URE
4HE WHOLE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE ,ORD *ESUS
WHEN MEN WILL AGAIN TAKE THE DOMAIN ON THE EARTH HERE AND ALL
TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL LIVE AND ALL ANIMAL LIFE AND EVERYTHING
ELSE WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF 'OD /H BROTHER
THIS>
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4HEY SAY LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY 4HATkS A LIE ,IFE BEGINS AT THE
ALTAR 4HATkS WHERE LIFE BEGINS %TERNAL ,IFE WHEN YOU COME TO THAT
*ESUS #HRIST %VERY PROMISE IS YOURS ITkS ALL YOURS )TkS TO YOU -AYBE
YOU HAVENkT SEARCHED IT -AYBE YOU HAVENkT LOOKED DOWN TO FIND
OUT WHERE THE PROMISE IS FOR YOU 9OU CANkT COME AND RECEIVE THE
(OLY 'HOST UNLESS YOU REALLY BELIEVE YOUkRE GOING TO GET IT 7HY
'ODkS MORE ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO GET IT THAN YOU ARE TO RECEIVE IT
MORE ANXIOUS (E WANTS YOU TO HAVE IT )TkS YOURS ITkS YOUR PERSONAL
PROPERTY
(E SENT *ESUS TO DIE THAT (E MIGHT BRING YOU TO (IMSELF THAT
(E?(E MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO WORSHIP (IM 7HEN (E WAS %L
%LAH %LOHIM (E WAS BY (ISSELF "UT IN (IM WAS ATTRIBUTES 4HEM
ATTRIBUTES WAS TO BE A FATHER WAS TO BE 'OD WAS TO BE WORSHIPPED
WAS TO BE A (EALER WAS TO BE A 3AVIOUR AND ALL THESE THINGS 9OU
YOUR LIFE DISPLAYS THEM ATTRIBUTES !S SOON AS YOU COME TO (IM YOU
BECOME (IS SON YOU WORSHIP (IM )TkS WHAT (E REALLY WAS TO BE
WHAT (E MADE YOU TO DO 9OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO WORSHIP 'OD AND
YOU CANNOT WORSHIP (IM CORRECTLY TILL YOU WORSHIP (IM IN 3PIRIT
AND IN 4RUTH 3AINT *OHN 4HATkS WHAT *ESUS TOLD THE WOMAN l4HE
&ATHERkS SEEKING SUCH THATkLL WORSHIP (IM IN 3PIRIT AND IN 4RUTHm
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&IRST GET THE 4RUTH FOUNDATIONALLY RIGHT *ESUS #HRIST IS THE
ONLY WAY TO COME NOT BY SHAKING HANDS JOINING CHURCH THATkS GOOD
3HAKE HANDS SURE JOIN CHURCH SURE "UT THATkS NOT IT #OME TO
THE &OUNDATION FIRST LAY YOURSELF UPON (IM !ND THEN AFTER YOUkVE
RECEIVED (IM THEN SHAKE THE PASTORkS HANDS AND JOIN THE CHURCH
4HATkS RIGHT !FTER YOUkVE DONE THESE THINGS BUT GET STARTED RIGHT
FIRST 'ET HEADED RIGHT
,IKE $AVID WITH HIS SLINGSHOT HE HAD TO HEAD THAT ROCK RIGHT
FIRST 3EE YOU GOT TO TAKE AIM YOU GOT TO ZERO IN !ND IF YOU WANT
TO ZERO IN PUT IT ON #HRIST *ESUS &OR (EkS THE 7AY THE 4RUTH THE
,IGHT THE &OUNDATION !LL OF IT IS FOR YOU
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(ERE SOME TIME AGO A WOMAN HERE IN THE 5NITED 3TATES POOR
OLD THING WAS SO POVERTY
STRICKEN 4HEY WONDERED WHAT THEYkD DO
ABOUT HER AND FINALLY THEY SENT THE CHARITY UP TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD
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DO FOR HER !ND WHEN THEY COME TO HER THEY INVESTIGATED AND FOUND
OUT SHE WAS REAL POOR AND HAD NOTHING TO EAT AND SOLD ALL OF HER
FURNITURE !ND SHE WAS IN A TERRIBLE SHAPE
!ND THEY SAID l(AVENkT YOU GOT ANY CHILDREN m
3HE SAID l9ES SIR ) HAVE ONE SONm
7ELL SAID l7HEREkS THAT SON AT m
3AID l(EkS IN )NDIAm !ND SAID l(EkS A BUSINESSMAN OVER IN
)NDIAm
7ELL SAID l7HY CANkT HE TAKE CARE OF YOUm
l/H m SHE SAID l) TELL YOUm 9OU KNOW HOW MOTHERS ARE
3AID l(EkS SUCH A DARLING BOYm 3AID l(E WRITES ME THE SWEETEST
LETTERS THAT YOU EVER READm !ND SAID l!ND (E?HE?HE WRITES ME
SUCH SWEET LETTERS ) CANkT ASK HIM FOR ANY HELPm 3AID l) JUST COULDNkT
DO IT (E TELLS ME j$ARLING MOTHER HOW ARE YOU GETTING ALONG k
AND THINGS LIKE THATm 3AID l)?) JUST HATE TO TELL HIM !ND?AND SO
HE>) KNOW HEkD DO ANYTHING TO HELP MEm !ND SAID l4HEN HE
SENDS ME SOME OF THE PRETTIEST PICTURES ) EVER SEENm
!ND SAID l3ENT YOU WHAT 0ICTURES m
3AID l9EAHm
3AID l7HAT KIND OF PICTURES m
3AID l7AIT THERE A MINUTE )kLL TELL YOU )kVE GOT THEM IN MY
"IBLE )kVE BEEN SAVING THEM FOR TWO OR THREE YEARSm
!ND SHE WENT BACK IN THE "IBLE AND BEGIN TO BRING THEM OUT
9OU KNOW WHAT IT WAS 3HE WAS WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
4HEMkS )NDIA MONEY ORDERS WITH PICTURES ON THEM 3HE DIDNkT KNOW
WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT "UT SHE FOUND THEM IN HER "IBLE 3HE WAS RICH
AND DIDNkT KNOW IT DYING OF HUNGER DYING OF STARVATION AND?AND
UP AGAINST CHARITY BECAUSE THAT SHE DIDNkT KNOW WHAT SHE HAD
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!ND SOMETIME IT MAY BE THAT WAY WITH MANY PEOPLE TONIGHT
9OU DONkT REALIZE THE JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY 9OU DONkT
KNOW THE POWER THE %VERLASTING ,IFE 9OU DONkT KNOW HOW RICH
YOU ARE UNTIL YOU GO TO LOOKING IN HERE AND FINDING OUT THAT THOSE
PROMISES THAT WAS GIVE TO THOSE APOSTLES WAS GIVE TO WHOSOEVER WILL
LET HIM COME 4HAT IS RIGHT )TkS ALL YOURS FREELY
7OULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE IT 7OULD YOU LIKE TO BE FILLED WITH
THE (OLY 'HOST BE SAVED YOUR SINS UNDER THE "LOOD FILLED WITH THE
(OLY 'HOST BE BAPTIZED IN THE 3PIRIT AND A TRANSLATING POWER IN
YOUR HEART AND GO UP TO MEET (IM IN THE AIR GO OUT OF THIS BUILDING
TONIGHT WITH THAT BLESSED ASSURANCE )F A CAR RUNS OVER YOU WHAT
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DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE -Y JUST DOESNkT BUT JUST CHANGE THIS OLD
HOUSE FOR A BRAND NEW ONE 4HATkS ALL )TkS MOVING FROM AN OLD
BROKE
UP MAN OR WOMAN TO A YOUNG ONE THATkLL?THATkLL NEVER DIE
)TkS GOING TO A PLACE WHERE THEREkS NO YESTERDAY AND NO
TOMORROW ITkS ALL TODAY 9OUkRE THERE WITH 3OMEBODY THATkS THE SAME
YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER THE ) !- THE %TERNAL !ND YOUkRE
ETERNAL WITH (IM !ND THERE YOU ARE NEVER TO BE OLD NEVER TO BE
SICK NEVER TO HAVE A HEARTACHE NEVER TO HAVE ANY DISAPPOINTMENTS
4HERE YOU ARE )TkS JUST EXCHANGING THIS FOR THAT
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.OW LISTEN MY FRIEND )F YOU DIE WITHOUT THE 3PIRIT OF ,IFE IN
YOU YOU CANNOT GO TO THAT PLACE ,ISTEN AS ) SAID IN THE BEGINNING
DEATH DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR SPIRIT )T ONLY CHANGES YOUR DWELLING
PLACE
) WAS TEACHING ON THAT A FEW NIGHTS AGO !ND ) COME TO THIS
SUBJECT ON WHERE THAT 3AUL WHEN HE HAD BACKSLID ON 'OD AND THE
5RIM 4HUMMIM WOULDNkT ANSWER HIM NEITHER WOULD A PROPHET
PROPHESY AND COULD ANSWER HIM (E COULDNkT EVEN HAVE A DREAM
FROM THE ,ORD !ND HE WENT DOWN AND HAD THE WITCH OF %NDOR TO
CALL THE SPIRIT OF 3AMUEL !ND 3AMUEL HAD BEEN DEAD NINETEEN YEARS
) JUST LOOKED IT UP FIND OUT FOR SURE (EkD BEEN DEAD NINETEEN YEARS
!ND WHEN THE WITCH OF %NDOR CALLED THE SPIRIT OF 3AMUEL HE HADNkT
CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE (E WAS STILL STANDING THERE THIN WITH A
MANTLE ON HIS SHOULDER .OT ONLY THAT HE HADNkT CHANGED HIS LIFE ANY
HE WAS STILL THE SAME 3AMUEL AND WAS STILL A PROPHET
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/H YOU SAY l.OW THATkS KIND OF SHADY 4HAT?THAT?THAT WAS
THE WITCH OF %NDORm
7ELL THE "IBLE SAID IT WAS 3AMUEL (OW ABOUT THE -OUNT
4RANSFIGURATION WHEN -OSES HAD BEEN DEAD EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS IN A
UNMARKED GRAVE (OW ABOUT THAT (OW ABOUT %LIJAH THAT WENT HOME
IN A CHARIOT ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THAT !ND THERE THEY
WAS STANDING THERE SO REAL TILL THEY RECOGNIZED THEM !ND THEY HAD
A HUMAN BODY AND THEY WERE TALKING TO THE 3ON OF 'OD (ALLELUJAH
'OD BLESS YOUR HEART BROTHER
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,ET ME TELL YOU YOUkVE GOT TO HAVE LIFE TO GO THERE 7ITHOUT
LIFE YOU CANNOT RISE 9OU TAKE A SEED AND PUT IT IN THE GROUND AND
LET A LITTLE BUG GOT INTO THAT SEED AND KILL THE GERM IN THAT SEED ITkLL
NEVER RISE 4HATkS EXACTLY RIGHT "UT IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT BUG OUT OF
IT ITkS GOT A HEART ITkS GOT SOMETHING IN IT ITkLL RISE JUST AS SURE AS THE
ATMOSPHERE GETS RIGHT AROUND IT
!ND THAT IT IS TONIGHT )F YOUkVE THE LEAST DESIRE IN YOUR HEART
TO RECEIVE 'OD TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT LET GET IN THE RIGHT
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ATMOSPHERE THE RIGHT MOOD BEFORE 'OD AND LIFE WILL COME INTO YOU
JUST AS SURE !ND YOUkLL START RISING TO TRANSLATION /H ) KNOW WHAT
WE RECEIVE HERE IS JUST A SHADOW OF THE SHADOWS OF THE SHADOWS
"UT WHEN YOU DIE THE SHADOW BECOMES A SHADOW THE SHADOW TO THE
SHADOW TO THE STRINKLE TO THE MOISTURE TO THE BRANCH TO THE LAKE TO
THE>/H MY IT GO RIGHT ON INTO AN %TERNAL 0RESENCE 4HEN YOUkRE
THERE FOREVER
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#OULD YOU TURN DOWN SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY AS THAT 7HAT
ACHIEVEMENT COULD YOU MAKE ANY GREATER INVESTIGATION INVESTMENT
COULD YOU MAKE THAN TO ACHIEVE *ESUS #HRIST AS YOUR 3AVIOUR 7HAT
MORE COULD YOU DO THAN RECEIVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT TONIGHT THE VERY
3PIRIT THAT (E WAS BAPTIZED WITH (IMSELF TO BE UPON YOU 4HE SAME
3PIRIT THAT RAISED (IM UP ON THE THIRD DAY HAS PROMISED TO RAISE YOU
UP AT THE LAST DAY !MEN
/H ISNkT (E WONDERFUL ,ETkS BOW OUR HEADS NOW FOR A WORD
OF PRAYER )F THE PIANIST EVER WHO YOU ARE WILL>
(OW MANY IN HERE TONIGHT THAT DOESNkT KNOW (IM AS A
3AVIOUR SAY l"ROTHER "RANHAM )kVE BUILT MY HOUSE UPON JUST LIKE
-EXICO DID THEIR CITY OR THAT CONTRACTOR IN .EW 9ORK THAT BUILT THAT
BUILDINGm )T ONLY WAS FOR ONE PURPOSE HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF IT
AND JUMPED OUT WHEN HE FOUND OUT HEkD LOST EVERYTHING HE HAD
BECAUSE HE WASNkT ON THE SOLID FOUNDATION 7HAT WILL IT BE IN YOUR
DEATH WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOUkVE JUST JOINED CHURCH THAT YOU PUT
YOUR NAME ON A BOOK SOMEWHERE 9OU THOUGHT YOU WERE ALL RIGHT
BUT STILL LIVING ON WITH THAT TEMPER AND SIN 4HE THINGS OF THE WORLD
YOU STILL LOVE IT
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)F YOU LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD THE LOVE OF
'ODkS NOT EVEN IN YOU 7HY?WHY TAKE A CHANCE ON THAT FRIEND
,ETkS SETTLE IT TONIGHT ) WANT EVERY SINNER THATkS IN HERE TO COME UP
HERE AND STAND HERE JUST A MINUTE FOR A WORD OF PRAYER BEFORE WE GO
FARTHER IN THE SERVICE 7ILL YOU COME ,ET EVERY SINNER THATkS IN THE
BUILDING WHILE WEkRE PRAYING #HRISTIANS PRAYING
3INNER FRIEND COME HERE JUST A MOMENT #OME HERE JUST DO
THAT MUCH 3HOW THAT YOU?YOU BELIEVE IN 'OD "ELIEVE THAT YOU
WANT TO DO IT YOU WANT TO BE BUILT UPON THE YOU WANT TO GET STARTED
RIGHT #OME RIGHT HERE AND SHAKE MY HAND *UST COME HERE 'OD BLESS
YOU LADIES 3OMEONE ELSE COME NOW #OME ON EVERY SINNER ) WANT
YOU TO COME RIGHT UP HERE JUST A MINUTE ) WANT TO TALK TO YOU JUST
RIGHT HERE AT THE ALTAR /N THE OUTSIDE WHEREVER YOU ARE COME RIGHT
ON 'OD BLESS YOU
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;"ROTHER "RANHAM TALKS WITH PEOPLE AT THE ALTAR?%D= 3ISTERS
YOU MIGHT HAVE READ MANY STORIES IN LIFE 4HIS IS THE GREATEST THING
YOUkVE EVER> >9OU MIGHTkVE DONE MANY GREAT THINGS IN
LIFE> >
#OME NOW !S ) SAID TO THESE WOMEN THESE FOUR WOMEN
l4HERE MIGHT BEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THEY MIGHTkVE DONE IN LIFE
4HIS WAS THE GREATEST THING THEY EVER DONEm 9OUkVE STARTED RIGHT NOW
/NE TIME IN LIFE YOUkVE POINTED RIGHT 9OU MIGHTkVE DONE A?MIGHTkVE
DONE A MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WERE GOOD AND LOYAL AND EVERYTHING
BUT IT WONkT LAST 3OMEDAY ITkLL GO AWAY 9OUkLL GO OUT OF THE MEMORY
OF THE PEOPLE "UT NOW YOUkRE COMING NOW BECAUSE THAT YOU BELIEVE
!ND YOUkRE COMING TO STAND ON THE 2OCK #HRIST 4HIS IS THE GREATEST
THING YOUkVE EVER DONE THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT YOU EVER MADE IS
WHEN YOUkRE COMING TO ACCEPT *ESUS
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,ET EVERY OTHER SINNER COME WILL YOU #OME STAND HERE JUST A
MOMENT WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER TOGETHER ) JUST WANT
TO COME PRAY WITH YOU 7ILL YOU COME 9OUNG OR OLD COME RIGHT
AHEAD 'OD BLESS YOU 3OMEONE ELSE 'ET RIGHT UP AND COME #OME
YOUNG LADY 4HATkS RIGHT *UST COME HERE IT WONkT HURT A THING 9OU
COME HERE AND YOUkRE SURE NOT GOING TO DO WRONG 4HATkS IT 'OD
BLESS YOU MY BROTHER
;"ROTHER "RANHAM TALKS WITH PEOPLE AT THE ALTAR?%D= -IGHTkVE
BEEN A LOT OF THINGS YOU DONE> >-Y BROTHER THERE MIGHTkVE
LOT OF THINGS> >4HIS IS YOUR GREATEST MOMENT> >STAND
HERE> >FOR PRAYER 9OUNG LADY THEREkS NO DOUBT BUT WHAT YOU
DONE GREAT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE> >'OD BLESS YOU
#OME ON SINNER FRIEND 7HILE WEkRE WAITING JUST A MOMENT
LETkS SING SOFTLY NOW l4HERE IS A &OUNTAIN &ILLED WITH "LOODm !LL
RIGHT
4HERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD
$RAWN FROM )MMANUELkS VEINS
!ND SINNERS PLUNGED BENEATH THAT FLOOD
#OME TO THE ONLY LASTING THING THERE IS *ESUS #HRIST
'UILTY STAINS
7ONkT YOU COME NOW WHILE THE FOUNTAINkS OPEN WHILE YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY COME #OME TO THE ONLY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
YOU COULD ACHIEVE IN YOUR LIFE #OME TO THE 7AY THE 4RUTH THE
,IGHT 7HERE COULD YOU GO FOR IT .OWHERE ELSE .OW GO OVER TO
#HRIST
>'UILTY STAINS
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!ND SINNERS PLUNGED BENEATH THAT FLOOD
,OSE ALL THEIR GUILTY STAINS
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) WONDER NOW WHILE WEkRE KEEPING QUIETLY FOR A MOMENT (OW
MANY IN HERE HAS NOT RECEIVED THE (OLY 'HOST AND YOU WANT TO
RECEIVE IT 9OU MEAN BUSINESS WITH 'OD 9OU SAY l,ORD )kVE COME
TO THE WAY )kVE ACCEPTED 9OU AS MY 3AVIOUR "UT ) WANT THE BAPTISM
OF THE (OLY 'HOST !ND ) KNOW THAT IT TAKES THAT TRANSLATING LIFE IN
MEm
l%XCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN OF THIS WATER AND SPIRIT (E
CAN NO WISE ENTER INm .OW THEREkS PLENTY OF WATER OUT HERE ON THE
BANK RIGHT HERE FROM THE BANK FOR THE RIVER !ND THEREkS PLENTY OF
MINISTERS .OW WE WANT THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO BE BORN
AGAIN>#OME NOW WHILE WE SING THIS NEXT VERSE %VERYONE WHO
WANTS THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 'HOST WONkT YOU COME STAND RIGHT
HERE WITH ME JUST A MOMENT WITH THESE HERE PENTATIVE PEOPLE ) WANT
YOU COME AND STAND FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 'HOST
4HE DYING THIEF REJOICED TO SEE
4HAT FOUNTAIN IN HIS DAY
!ND THERE MAY ) THOUGH VILE AS HE
7ASH ALL MY SIN AWAY
7ASH ALL MY SINS AWAY
7ASH ALL MY SIN AWAY
!ND THERE> >PLUNGED BENEATH THAT FLOOD
7ASH ALL MY SIN>
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7E WANT TO WAIT TO BE SURE THAT EVERY SEEKER COMES ) GOT
STANDING BEFORE ME TONIGHT A LOVELY LITTLE BROTHER A -ETHODIST
PREACHER COME UP HERE WITH ME TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY
'HOST "ROTHER #OLLINS WANT YOU TO GET )T TONIGHT 4HIS IS THE HOUR
!MEN
(IS BROTHER IS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING -ETHODISTS IN THE FIELDS
TODAY ) WANT HIM TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST SO HE CAN GO TELL HIS
BROTHER WHAT JOY IT IS HOW MUCH DIFFERENT IT IS AFTER YOUkRE BORN
AGAIN ) BELIEVE ITkS TONIGHT "ROTHER #OLLINS THIS IS THE HOUR THIS IS
THE TIME
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)S THERE ANY MORE .OW IF YOUkRE SEEKING THE (OLY 3PIRIT THIS
IS THE TIME TO START $ONkT LET IT GO OVER TOP OF YOUR HEAD COME RIGHT
DOWN )TkS SIMPLE LITTLE SIMPLE PREACHING LIKE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS #OME ON NOW 4HIS IS THE PLACE THE FOUNDATION THE WAY THE
TRUTH THE LIGHT THE ONLY ACHIEVEMENT THE ONLY HAPPINESS 9OUkVE
NEVER KNOWED HAPPINESS TILL YOU GET THIS 4HIS IS IT
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4HESE SINNER PEOPLE STAND HERE NOW TO ARE CONFESSING THEIR
SINS THEYkRE GOING IN TOO ) WANT THEM GO IN WITH THEM TO RECEIVE
THE (OLY 'HOST 4HEY HAVENkT BEEN BAPTIZED 4HEREkS A LOT OF
PREACHERS AROUND HERE PLENTY OF WATER 3O WEkLL SEE THAT EVERYTHING
IS MINISTERED JUST AS PROPERLY AS WE KNOW HOW TO MINISTER IT IN
#HRISTIAN WORKS AS WE CAN 4HEN YOU TAKE THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE
'O SOMEWHERE WHERE THEYkRE PREACH THE 'OSPEL AND BELIEVE IN THE
7ORD OF 'OD BELIEVE IN THE COMING OF #HRIST )TkS YOUR CHOICE
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/H MY THIS IS WHAT>)N A FEW NIGHTS ) WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME 4HEN YOUkLL REALIZE WHY )kM DOING THIS 7HEN ) SEEN
A WOMAN THAT THREW HER ARMS AROUND ME SHE LOOKED TO BE ABOUT
EIGHTEEN ) LOOKED BACK DOWN TO WHERE MY BODY WAS SETTING ) LOOKED
UP HERE AND LOOKED AT HER AND SHE CALLED ME HER BROTHER ) SAID l)
DONkT GET THATm
3AID l3HE WAS PAST NINETY WHEN SHE YOU LED HER TO #HRISTm
0AST NINETY AND THERE SHE WAS BACK YOUNG TO BE FOREVER .O WONDER
SHE WAS SAYING l-Y DARLING BROTHERm 4HAT BURDENED MY HEART
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9OUkRE STANDING TONIGHT FRIENDS REACHING FOR THE 3PIRIT OF
'OD )TkS IN REACH OF ALL OF YOU )kLL TELL YOU WHAT WEkRE GOING TO DO
7EkRE GOING TO MAKE A CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER RIGHT HERE FOR YOU
4HEN WEkRE GOING OVER IN THIS LITTLE ROOM WHERE THE BRETHRENkS GOT
READY RIGHT AROUND THERE 7EkRE COMING IN THERE WHOLE GROUPS OF US
AND WEkRE GOING TO PRAY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST 4HATkS ALL
4HATkS WHAT WEkRE HERE FOR )S THAT RIGHT BRETHREN 4HATkS WHAT THE
MEETING IS HERE FOR
!LL RIGHT LET US BOW OUR HEADS NOW .OW TO YOU WITH THE
(OLY 'HOST YOU THATkS SEEKING THE (OLY 'HOST JUST KEEP IT ON YOUR
MIND NOW )kM GOING TO PRAY FOR THESE ONES THAT COME UP THAT WASNkT
#HRISTIANS AND WANTS TO ACCEPT #HRIST AS THEIR 3AVIOUR ) WANT TO TALK
TO THEM FIRST JUST FOR A MOMENT
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*ESUS SAID IN THE 7ORD l.O MAN CAN COME TO ME EXCEPT -Y
&ATHER DRAWS HIM FIRSTm *OHN l.O MAN CAN COME EXCEPT>(E
THAT HEARETH -Y WORDS m ) MEAN lBELIEVETH ON (IM THAT SENT -E
HAS %VERLASTING ,IFE )kLL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAYS .O MAN COULD
COME TO -E EXCEPT THE &ATHER DRAWS HIMm
3OMETHING KNOCKED AT YOUR HEART 9OU ROSE UP AND STOOD TO
YOUR FEET WALKED DOWN HERE AT THE AISLE 3OMETHING DRAWED YOU
.OW LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT THE 3CRIPTURE SAYS l!LL THAT (E FOREKNEW
(EkS CALLEDm 4HAT WAS 'OD CALLING YOU l4HOSE WHO (E HAS CALLED
(E HAS JUSTIFIED !ND THOSE WHO (E HAS JUSTIFIED (E HAS GLORIFIEDm
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.OW YOUkRE IN THE STAGE OF GLORIFICATION THE MOMENT YOU
ACCEPT *ESUS #HRIST AS YOUR 3AVIOUR 4HEN GO IN THE ROOM THERE WHERE
THEYkLL BE SEEKING THE (OLY 'HOST AND 'OD WILL POUR OUT THE (OLY
3PIRIT UPON YOU !ND THEN YOUkLL BE FILLED WITH THE 3PIRIT 4HATkLL GIVE
YOU POWER TO LIVE LIVE AS #HRISTIANS UNTIL THE TIME OF THE RESTORATION
OF ALL THINGS WHEN *ESUS COMES 4HEN YOUkLL BE TAKEN UP INTO GLORY
WITH (IM FOR THAT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND THEN RETURN TO EARTH FOR
A -ILLENNIUM AND THEN LIVE WITH (IM FOREVER
.OW LET US PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE !ND YOU NOW THATkS GOING TO
REC
>WANTS TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST REMEMBER l"LESSED ARE YE
THAT DO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR YOU SHALL BE FILLEDm
.OW DONkT GO IN JUST TO SAY l7ELL )kLL?)kLL GO TRY IT AGAINm
4HIS IS CONVENTION 7E GOT SIX MORE NIGHTS IN HERE 4HIS IS THE HOUR
TO RECEIVE IT 'O IN THERE AND STAY THERE UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE
(OLY 'HOST 9OU MEAN BUSINESS WITH 'OD YOU THAT WANTS THE (OLY
'HOST TONIGHT 2AISE UP YOUR HAND IF YOUkRE READY TO DIE RIGHT NOW
RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST 4HATkS IT
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$O YOU WOMEN THAT STOOD HERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH
THIS LITTLE BOY ALONG AND YOU BELIEVE THAT *ESUS #HRIST IS THE 3ON OF
'OD AND YOU WANT TO ACCEPT (IM AS YOUR 3AVIOUR YOU BELIEVE THAT
(EkS CALLED YOU TO THIS ALTAR TONIGHT 2AISE UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT IT WAS *ESUS #HRIST THAT CALLED YOU 2AISE UP THE>'OD
BLESS YOU 4HATkS RIGHT
l(E THAT WILL CONFESS -E BEFORE MEN HIM WILL ) CONFESS BEFORE
THE &ATHER AND THE HOLY !NGELSm
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.OW WEkRE GOING TO MAKE A CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER WHILE THE
PEOPLE ARE WAITING 4HEN WEkRE GOING BACK TO A ROOM HERE TO OURSELF
WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE TO PRAY ,ETkS BOW OUR HEADS EVERYWHERE NOW
AND EVERY #HRISTIAN 4HESE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOUkLL SPEND FOREVER WITH
) BELIEVE THAT MANY OF YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW
IF )kM A FANATIC ) DONkT KNOW IT 3OMETHING HAPPENED THE OTHER
MORNING )kLL TELL YOU ABOUT IT LATER IN THE WEEK ) CAN NEVER FEEL THE
SAME NO MORE !ND )?) KNOW WHAT VISIONS ARE 4HOUSANDS OF TIMES
ITkS HAPPENED 4HIS WAS NOT A VISION ) WENT SOMEWHERE !ND SINCE
THEN MY HEART HAS BURNED TO GET PEOPLE TO #HRIST /H WHY EVERY?
EVERY MOVE ) WANT TO MAKE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO #HRIST
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) WANT EACH ONE OF YOU #HRISTIANS TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE
EACH ONE OF YOU WHILE ) PRAY
(EAVENLY &ATHER THE FIRST WE BRING TO 9OU IS THESE WOMEN AND
THIS LITTLE BOY TONIGHT 4HEYkVE WALKED UP HERE TO THIS ALTAR !S FAR
AS ) KNOW MAYBE THE ONLY ONES THAT WAS NOT SAVED ON THE GROUNDS
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TONIGHT ) TRUST IF THERE WAS ANY MORE THAT THEYkLL COME TOO "UT THEY
HAVE COME OUT PUBLICLY 4HEY WANT %TERNAL ,IFE !ND 9OU HAVE SAID
l(E THAT BELIEVETH ON THE 3ON HAS %TERNAL ,IFEm !ND NOW THEY HAVE
COME TO CONFESS WHAT FAITH THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY ACCEPT 9OU AS
THEIR PERSONAL 3AVIOUR AND BELIEVE THAT 9OU WILL GIVE THEM %TERNAL
,IFE
&ATHER 'OD ) PRAY THAT 9OUkLL GRANT EACH ONE OF THEM TONIGHT
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS -AY IT BE WASHED AWAY IN THE BONDS OF
#ALVARY -AY THEY BE FORGIVEN OF EVERY SIN -AY THEY HAVE PEACE
LIKE THE RIVER -AY THEY HAVE PEACE THAT ONLY #HRIST CAN GIVE -AY
THESE WOMEN GO HOME TO THEIR HUSBANDS AND TO THEIR CHILDREN THIS
LITTLE BOY TO HIS PAPA AND MAMA A NEW CREATURE A NEW PERSON GOING
HOME TO LIVE TO TESTIFY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE INSTRUMENTS TO
BRING OTHERS TO 9OU &OR WE REALIZE THAT WEkRE AT THE END TIME AND
9OUkRE MAKING 9OUR LAST CALL ACROSS THE NATION
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) PRAY &ATHER THAT 9OU WILL GRANT THEM THESE BLESSINGS !ND
NOW AS THEY GO WITH THESE OTHERS MAY OUR PRAYERS BE TOGETHER THAT
EVERY ONE OF THESE NOW THATkS GOING TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST 'OD
SOME OF THESE HERE THIS "ROTHER #OLLINS THAT ) KNOW PERSONALLY
THATkS HUNGERING AND THIRSTING (IS LITTLE WIFE BACK THERE CRYING AND
BEGGING OUT TO 'OD JUST RECEIVED THE (OLY 'HOST A FEW DAYS AGO
AND SHE WANTS HER DARLING HUSBAND TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST .OW
&ATHER FILL HIM TONIGHT /H 'OD MAY HE SET THAT COUNTRY AFIRE WITH
THE 'OSPEL
/THERS ARE STANDING HERE YOUNG MEN OLD MEN MIDDLE
AGED YOUNG WOMEN AND ALL 'OD MAY THERE RISE MINISTERS AND
EVANGELISTS AND MISSIONARIES AND?AND DIFFERENT WORKERS OUT OF THIS
GROUP TONIGHT &ATHER &ILL THEM WITH THE (OLY 'HOST ,ORD
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/H THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU AND TO YOUR CHILDREN 4O THEM
THATkS FAR OFF EVEN AS MANY AS THE ,ORD OUR 'OD SHALL CALL 9OU
PROMISED IT ,ORD !ND THEYkRE HERE TO RECEIVE IT !ND ,ORD HEAR MY
PRAYER -AY THERE NOT BE ONE COME FROM THAT ROOM WITHOUT RECEIVING
THE (OLY 'HOST 'RANT IT ,ORD -AY IT FALL JUST ALL OVER THEM !ND
MAY THERE BE A?A MEETING HERE THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
DAY JUST POURING OUT OF 4HY 3PIRIT 'RANT IT ,ORD (EAR THE PRAYER
OF YOUR SERVANT
9OU SAID l3AY TO THIS MOUNTAIN BE MOVED AND DONkT DOUBT
"UT BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOUkVE SAID WILL COME TO PASS 9OU CAN HAVE
WHAT YOUkVE SAIDm
,ORD ) PRAY THAT EVERY HEART THATkS IN CONDITION TONIGHT WILL
RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST THAT GOES INTO THAT ROOM (EAR IT ,ORD )
PRAY )N *ESUSk .AME !MEN
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.OW THE MINISTERS HERE WILL LEAD YOU )S THERE SOMEBODY THERE
!RE YOU>4HIS MAN RIGHT HERE THIS FELLOW RIGHT HERE JUST MOVE
RIGHT THIS A WAY NOW TO THE ROOM WHILE ) DEAL WITH THE REST OF
THE CONGREGATION JUST A FEW MINUTES 3OME OF THE MINISTERS HERE
THAT WANTS TO GO IN THERE THEREkS PEOPLE IN THERE INSTRUCTING .OW
EVERYONE GO RIGHT IN NOW TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST
!ND ) WANT YOU HERE YOU #HRISTIAN LADIES HERE THAT JUST
RECEIVED #HRIST RIGHT HERE WONkT YOU GO IN WITH THEM NOW 'O IN
THERE 9OU BELIEVE "ROTHER "RANHAM FOR THIS ONE TIME AS A SERVANT OF
'OD
9OU GO IN THERE AND SAY l,ORD GIVE ME THAT %TERNAL ,IFE THAT
HEkS TALKING ABOUTm 9OUkLL RECEIVE IT %VERYBODY WILL WAIT FOR YOU
YOUR LOVED ONES WILL WAIT 9OU GO IN HONEY BOY ) PRAY THAT 'OD WILL
MAKE A PREACHER OUT YOU SWEETHEART THATkLL SAVE SOULS IN THE DAYS
THAT IS TO COME 4HATkS RIGHT /H MY>
*ESUS IS CALLING (EkS TENDERLY CALLING TODAY
*ESUS IS CALLING CALLING TODAY
#ALLING TODAY CALLING TODAY>
)S ANY OF THE REST OF YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW THEM 'O RIGHT IN AS
BELIEVERS GOING RIGHT IN NOW TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST 7ONkT YOU
GO WITH THEM 9OUkRE INVITED
#ALLING TODAY OH CALLING TODAY
*ESUS IS CALLING (EkS> >
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/H DO YOU FEEL REAL GOOD $ONkT THE 'OSPEL JUST SCOUR YOU OUT
AND YOU FEEL LIKE THAT YOUkRE JUST REFRESHINGS FROM THE 0RESENCE OF
'OD $ONkT YOU FEEL GOOD
.OW HOW MANY OUT THERE IS SICK AND AFFLICTED WANTS 'OD TO
HEAL THEM LETkS SEE YOUR HANDS /H JUST LOOK AT THE HANDS ! BROTHER
AND SISTER SETTING HERE !RE YOU #HRISTIANS BOTH OF YOU IN THESE
WHEELCHAIRS 4HREE OF YOU WELL TWO OF YOU THERE>
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/H ) WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING HAPPENED DAY BEFORE
YESTERDAY ABOUT THREE DAYS?FOUR DAYS AGO NOW ) WANT TO SAY THIS
WHILE THEYkRE?THEYkRE BACK IN THERE NOW ;"ROTHER "RANHAM ASKS
MEMBER OF CONGREGATION?%D=> >!LL TAKEN CARE OF GOOD .OW
THEYkRE BACK IN THERE TO RECEIVE THE (OLY 'HOST
4HE MINISTERS ARE INVITED NOW IF THEY WILL TO GO BACK WITH
THOSE SO THEY CAN BE INSTRUCTED IN THE RIGHT WAY 9OU MINISTERS
NOW THATkS GOT THE CALLING OF 'OD AND WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE CORRECTLY
BROUGHT THROUGH TO THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WE CORDIALLY INVITE
YOUR COOPERATION AT THIS TIME !ND THEN INVITE THEM TO YOUR CHURCH
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4AKE THEM OVER AND BAPTIZE THEM AT YOUR BAPTISTERY AND?AND TAKE
THEM INTO THE CHURCH 9OU SEE 7E?THEYkRE YOURS 9OUkRE NEEDED
BACK IN THE ROOM NOW EVERY 'OSPEL MINISTER HERE !LL RIGHT
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.OW WHILE WEkRE GOING TO PRAY FOR THE SICK JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES
-R 7OOD HAD PAINTED MY PORCH THE OTHER DAY !ND HE?)
LOCKED THE DOOR AND COME OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND PULLED IT TOGETHER
WHEN ) WENT OUT ON A SICK CALL 7HEN ) COME BACK MY DOOR WAS
LOCKED AND ) COULDNkT GET IN ) HAD MY FAMILY IN THE CAR 7ELL THERE
WASNkT BUT ONE THING TO DO IS GO OUT AND GET THE HAMMER AND BREAK
THE WINDOW OUT AND GO IN 3O ) WENT OUT AND BROKE THE WINDOW
OUT !ND WHEN ) HIT IT WITH A HAMMER IT JUST SPLATTERED LITTLE GLASS
EVERYWHERE 7ELL MY YOUNG DAUGHTER 2EBEKAH THEY?SHE GOES AND
SWEEPS IT ALL UP LITTLE BEAT
UP GLASS
!ND SHE SET IN THE KITCHEN THE NEXT MORNING WHEN SHE WAS
WASHING THE DISHES 3HE WAS TALKING TO HER SISTER 3ARAH AND SHE BROKE A
GLASS AND SHE DUMPED IT IN THE BOX AND SOME STUFF ON TOP OF IT !ND THE
FIRST THING YOU KNOW A LITTLE HOUND COME BY AND GOT IN THE GARBAGE CAN
AND EAT THAT GLASS WITH THAT FOOD 4HE POOR LITTLE FELLOW WAS LAYING ON THE
BANK JUST HAVING FITS AND ROLLING OVER !ND OH ) NEVER SEEN A DOG SUFFER
SO !ND ) COULDNkT FIND NO ONE HE BELONGED TO
!ND -R -AY NEXT DOOR SAID l"ILLY ) BELIEVE THE BEST THING FOR
US TO DO IS TAKE HIM AND SHOOT HIMm
l/H m ) SAID lWE WOULDNkT WANT TO SHOOT SOMEBODYkS DOG
3EE )T LOOKS LIKE A NICE HOUNDm ) SAID l) WOULDNkT DO THATm
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!ND HE LAID AROUND THERE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS BLEEDING AND OH
JUST IN A TERRIBLE SHAPE 4HE LITTLE FELLOW COULDNkT GET UP NO MORE HE WAS
JUST GOING>) NEVER SEEN A DOG SO SICK JUST JUMP?JERKING LIKE THAT
!ND?AND ) SAID l/H WONkT YOU TAKE HIM OUT TO A VETERINARYm
3AID l! VETERINARY WILL PUT HIM TO SLEEPm 3O ) SAID l7ELL THEREkS
NO NEED TO TAKE HIM TO A VETERINARIANm
!ND LITTLE *OSEPH AND ) WALKED OUT THERE IN THE YARD AND TAKE
HIM SOME BEEF BROTH AND THINGS 4HE LITTLE FELLOW COULDNkT EAT IT HE
WAS TOO SICK
.OW THIS IS TRUE FRIENDS )kM YOUR BROTHER *OSEPH LOOKED UP TO
ME AS IF TO SAY l$ADDY CAN YOU HELP HIM m
) SAID l*OSEPH YOU HOLD $ADDYkS HAND )kM GOING TO LAY MY
HAND ON THE LITTLE DOGm
'ODkS MY JUDGE +NELT DOWN AND HAD PRAYER FOR THAT LITTLE DOG
(E GOT UP AND EAT HIS SUPPER AND WENT ON DOWN THROUGH THE FIELD
JUST AS HAPPY AS HE COULD BE
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.OW THAT IS TRUE )T WASNkT BUT ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET FROM WHERE
THE OLD MOTHER OPOSSUM WAS HEALED AT 4HATkS RIGHT YOUkVE HEARD
THAT STORY !BOUT FIFTEEN FEET>
)F 'OD WOULD HEAR A PRAYER FOR A HOUND DOG HOW MUCH MORE
WILL (E HEAR IT FOR A HUMAN BEING A CHILD OF (IS THATkS WASHED IN THE
"LOOD OF THE ,AMB
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"ROTHER +IDD SETTING THERE WELL YOU KNOW HIM 9OU MIGHT ASK HIS
DOCTOR (E JUST HAD ABOUT THREE DAYS TO LIVE "ILLY SAID TONIGHT HE WAS JUST
BEATING HIM IN THE BACK AND SAID l"OY ) FEEL FINEm 4HATkS WONDERFUL
'OD HEARS PRAYER $O YOU BELIEVE THAT (OW MANY OF YOU
PEOPLE IN HERE ARE BELIEVERS IN 'ODkS HEALING POWER ,ETkS SEE YOUR
HANDS !LL RIGHT WATCH
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9OU KNOW ) GOT A MONEY ORDER THE OTHER DAY )T WAS SENT TO
ME FROM HEAVEN /H HERE IT IS -ARK THE TH CHAPTER l'O YE INTO
ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATUREm !LL THE WORLD
HOW LONG HOW DOES IT LAST 4O EVERY CREATURE (OW LONG WILL THAT BE
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