Reality Of Serving God

Thursday? Okay, I didn't mention it then. Okay. Everything is going well so far as to the properties over in Jerusalem. So far we're getting the properties and he said that by Monday if everything went well that we would have a contract signed on the properties over in Israel there in the old city. You will own property in the old city by Monday if everything goes will. Let's give the Lord a hand. So it's wonderful to be a Christian. It's wonderful to have a part in restoring the Jews. We're still carrying on our broadcast over in Lebanon and still going into Israel, and this of course, encourages us and helps us. And then of course, having properties in the old city this has great significance. And even these people that are coming in from California, they have a great part to play in this. They are coming in just at the right time as to play a part in what we're doing. California has to do with a symbolic thing, as to redemption of the body, and we'd have to go into some revelation that some of you have heard to be able to explain this. But I thought it was kind of strange today, yet not strange in that the God's divine providence it always works like that. But you recall the brother that came in, it's probably been a few months back now. What was his name, Chuck? Tom Crotsner? Tom Crotsner. I'm not very good at name pronunciation, but Crotsner. Tom Crotsner. Tom has quite a reputation for publication and whatever, but he came here and he talked to you. His ventures are to go out and find things that pertain to Biblical history and then bring those things and establish them to where people can see them. And they have been interested in opening a museum in Dallas, Texas which, of course, where Brother Branham used to work quite a bit in the sense of the Voice Of Healing. I think it is called Christ Is The Answer now. But anyway, they wanted to establish a place. Well, Crotsner, Brother Tom Crotsner, he ministered here to you. He wrote me a letter today and he told me that he really appreciated your support and what you had done for him when he was here, and how he appreciated the revelation he heard while he was here. And he also sent us a little piece of the wood of the ark, as to Noah's ark. They say that they have actually found it at Mount Ararat over around Turkey, or somewhere back in there. And they can't do much to it, because it has to do with Russian territory, but they have gone in there and they've had expeditions as to where they have taken a little bit of the wood from this ark. And they say they have proved the authenticity of it, that it actually is the ark. There has been a number of expeditions and all of them relate to this as being the same. And of course, he did send us a piece of the ark today, which we have. And I thought that was really strange because he had promised to send it long before now and something had happened that he got a hang up and he wasn't able to send it to us. And I thought that was something right here at this particular time. And of course, we're not going to elaborate on that but it would be something if we could just drop in a few little words here and there as concerning some of the present day things as to what is maturing and what is taking place, or happening right now. But I thank the Lord for these different things that's happening and having a part in the end time message of God and having a part as to helping people find salvation. There is nothing greater, nothing more wonderful than helping people find salvation. You, as an individual, a human body with your human senses and with all of your egos of life, that's wonderful naturally speaking. David said we're wonderfully made, but in all reality, as a human being, I think scientist has decided that you're worth about ninety-five, or ninety-six cents. And with the, what can you say? The conditions of today in inflation that means you have just about gone slap out. And according to the Bible you're worth less than that. As a matter of fact, the Bible says that the flesh profiteth nothing. Let's give the Lord a hand. So, in the sight of God you're really worth nothing. So, you are just born to die, you know, and that's all there is to it. A few days and full of vanity and full of trouble and vexation. But if you are born again and if you are a child of God then ye are gods. Not just human beings but gods. You know I remind you so often that it was said that ye are gods. Whereas, when they wanted to stone Jesus for as a man making Himself God, as they said. He said, Is it not written in the Scriptures, I have called ye gods. And sure enough in the Scriptures, as to the book of Psalms it's written that ye are gods but ye shall die like men from the lack of knowledge and understanding of not coming to the knowledge of your abilities in God then you die. But the thing is, there is a resurrection for those that are born again and those that love the Lord. And there will come a time as to the knowledge being revealed to where you won't have to go by the way of the grave. You won't have to die, but you'll just go through the change, because when you are gods you are great and you are mighty, and you are eternal. You are rich and full of the greatness and splendor and magnificence of God. But when you are just a mere human being there is nothing to you. There is nothing to you. I have worked in a Funeral Home and all they do is just take you, as I have said before, take you in and they cut your jugular vein and they drain the blood out. They stick the trocar in you. They just keep sticking it in you and sticking it in you and putting fluid in you to keep you from that bad smell afterwards, you know. And then when you lay there for a little bit rigor mortis sets in and you are stiff like a board and one gets under your heels and one gets under your head and if they get you in time they don't have to break your neck to fit the pillow. They set it and they pick you up and they set you over in the, they lay you over in the, you know, your resting place like a stiff board. And that's what you amount to. And when you go by the graveyard you can see the end of all flesh. You can see the great men, you can see all of the rich, and all of the celebrities, and the presidents and the kings and the queens, and the billionaires and the paupers and all of them they are equal out there. All of the found an equality when they went out there so they are all equal. They have at last reached the ultimatum of their course in life and now they all amount to nothing. Let's give the Lord a hand. Just out there for the worms to eat. So, when you have your ambitions in life, as to your mind to make money and your mind to be filled with glamour, and your mind to have prestige and you have a mind to make yourself something in the world, as to having a career, then that means that you are blind and you don't understand. But when you give your heart to God you become great and mighty as a great God that will live eternally, to be eternally rich, eternally wonderful in God, and all of these wonderful things that pertain unto life belong to you. I'd like to say we're glad to have Richard here with us tonight. He hasn't been to Little Bethlehem in quite a number of weeks now, but we're glad to have him here. Let's give him a hand, can we? All right, now. You know, we come to church to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus and that to the full measure of the full stature of the perfect man Christ Jesus. And of course, a lot of people don't have any interest in the Bible. They don't have any interest in the Word of God, and because of this they don't have any life. Life here is just a few days and full of trouble so you don't really have anything but the breath of life. In this world you don't have life. You know, it would be good if we could come to the understanding to realize that we don't have life in this world. All we have is a breath of life. God breathed the breath of life into man and he became a living soul. But see, God, Himself is life. All that you have is a breath of life. Which means when God breathed into you He started your heart of pumping like a little pump. And with that the blood running out it sucks in and out. If you don't believe that take a can sometimes, fill it up with fluid, just punch a little hole in it to where it can't get any air and then turn it up and it will suck the sides in and out like that as it come out. That's all there is to you, just that. And as the cosmic energy comes in from up there, as from the cosmo in through the hypothalamus and down into your beings, as to vibrations. That's all you amount to. And so then, you are not very much, but when God comes into you it is not the breath of life. That is life. And that is eternal and that will always be. So then, you have either the breath of life, or you have life. And in that you have the breath of life you are like a little baby that's on a bottle. If he doesn't switch over to meat he won't be able to make it. And you've got life, as to natural life, as you call it, which is only the breathe of life. Somebody could just bump you real hard and knock the breath of life out of you. A car can hit you and knock the breath of life out of you. Somebody can scare you and sometimes the breath of life is gone. So then, there is not much to you, but when you take on life when you are born again, then your spirit takes on life. God, Himself becomes interwoven with your angelic being, which is your inner spirit and then from that time on you are eternal. You can never die. Remember death is not when your spirit separates from your body; that's sleep. But when your spirit departs from God's Spirit that's death. And of course, we could comment on that more sometimes, but I'd really like to get into that sometimes as to what life is and what death is. But the thing is, if you want life then you are going to have to be born again. That's the only way to get it. You cannot wait until a judgment that a judgment should come and then you are going to find life. It will not be. It will never be. You get life right here. Eternal life, you get it right here in the church. You get it right here through the ministry. You get it right here through the Word. You get eternal life and you are forever eternal when you are born again. And you cannot die because you cannot sin. And when you cannot sin you cannot die, because the sting of death is sin and if you cannot sin then you cannot die. So then, you have passed from death unto life, as Jesus said. And you become eternal and that's why we have a church and that's why we come to church and that's why we love the Word of God and that's why we're willing to give up our life, so called in this world, that we might have life, and that eternal, which is reality. That's why. We don't just come to church because we're a bunch of church people and we're just some body that's got turned off to the world but we don't have enough sense to know what we're doing, you know, an we're just people that are rejects. That's not it at all. It's not that the church are rejects. They are only rejects by the world, but it is that the world is rejects and God has rejected them. Because they are no good He has thrown them away. Let's give the Lord a hand. All right. So the man, the garbage man, comes by and pick up the garbage, hauls it off to the dump that they might be burned and destroyed, for that which is rejected is nigh unto cursing whose end is to be burned. All right. I just want to talk with you just a little while tonight to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus. Then the question arises, why grow in the grace and knowledge to the full measure of the full stature of the perfect man Christ Jesus? Because it tells us that we're going on to a full reward. Why go on to a full reward? Because it's the same as if I was in the world and I had an opportunity to make five thousand dollars, or to make five million dollars. So then, I want to go on and get all I can. I want to go on to that full reward and come into the wonderful fullness of Almighty God, gathering heavenly treasure into my earthen vessel. So then, I'm interested in having it. I'm not interested in coming to church to hear a song. I'm not interested in coming to church to see somebody. I'm not interested in coming to church to try to be a fine person in my community, or to find a place in the life of the celebrities, or as to social life. I come to church to find the Words of life. Jesus said, My Words are Spirit and they are life and I come to find life, the great wonderful Word of life, to grow in the knowledge of God to the full measure of the full stature of the perfect man Christ Jesus. The greatest thing that can ever happen to you is to find Christ and to find the Words of life. So then, when should we do this? The Bible said to remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth when the evil days draw not nigh, as to the reaping days of that that you've sown when you will turn, look and say I have no pleasure in those things. So then, while you are young, strong and healthy then is the time to give your life to God that you can do something for God and lay up treasures in heaven where thieves don't break through and steal and moth doesn't corrupt, for wherever your treasures are there your heart will be also. So you have a chance to gather the great treasures of God. A lot of people, they think, you know, you just go to church and if you get eternal life that's it. But that's not the way it is at all. You have a chance to advance. The Bible teaches that there are some that's going to sit upon the thrones. They are actually going to sit upon thrones. They are going to be rulers throughout eternity, and they're going to be over as five cities, ten cities, just like as in the world, in the earth so in heaven. There will be great wonderful celebrities of heaven, great mighty people of heaven like there are in the earth. You strive for the vanities of this life, but this is only symbolic as to the wonderful glories of God. Like the Bible speaks of one angel flying through heaven and the Bible said, his glory, his light was so great that it lightened all of the earth and the Bible speaks of them that turn many to righteousness that they shall shine as the brightness of the noonday. So then, you have a chance to gather much of the wonderful treasures of God while you are in this life, or you have a chance to get in, as the Bible said, as if by fire. Whereas, you just keep on playing around and not really going on to be strong in God, and you're just kind of up and down and always repenting and begging mercy and you don't really apply yourself to give your bodies and lives and spirits and souls to God. And so then, you just kind of skip along and the Bible said eventually you'll be saved, but that as if by fire. All of your works will be burned and you won't bring any fruits to perfection. And the Bible said, We wish this even the perfecting of your faith and that we should bring forth fruit to perfection, or that is to say, the fruits of the Spirit, or that is to say, Why would we want to do that? Because as it was said when the apostolic leaders ask the Lord, What are we going to get, seeing that we've left family home and everything for Thee, said, What shall we receive? He said, When I sit upon My throne then ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones beside Me. And the Bible speaks of the twenty-four elders sitting upon the thrones. And then the Bible said, Jesus who hath made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign forever and for ever. So then, you have a chance, folks. Now is the time to get in and be great and mighty. If you are willing to lose your life in this world for Christ, as to let Him have it, then you can have a great life there. If you try to save it here you cannot have it. You know, it's like children that go to school. Some are willing to sacrifice the frolics of life so that they can spend the time learning. Whether in school or college they will come out professional people. And if they are willing to pull themselves away from girls and boys to apply themselves to become what they would like to become as in the professional world. Then there will come a time when they will have the mansion and they will have the knowledge and understanding. They'll be the great princess and prince of the earth and the great rulers of the earth, the kings and the queens, the dignitaries and the celebrities and whatever, you know, because they applied themselves and they'll have the splendor and the glory and the magnificence and the praise. See? Because they took their lives for that. The others, you know, that's willing to be a dropout just to have a little hot rod to run around with, or fish, or hunt, or just frolic and never learn anything. They will be the ones that will be enslaved, as to not knowing anything, and they will be ruled over. So then, it's up to you as to what you would like to do. If you would just like to take your body and face, as a young boy or girl and just frolic off, you know, just to show your face and your body, after awhile it'll be all withered up and you'll be good for worm bait. They will throw you in a hole and that will be the end of it. If you're willing to give your face and body and time, and whatever, as appearance, whatever, strength, to God, as to the magnificence of magnifying the wonderful Savior of life, then you will become interwoven with Him as a oneness and you'll become wonderful and great and God will beautify the meek with salvation and He'll give you greatness and power and strength and health and radiance and appearance and glory and wonderful magnificence, blessings and treasures that you can have eternally. And then, of course, you've not wasted your life. We sing that song, Wasted years, wasted years, oh how foolish. I was thinking of someone today, my wife and I were having a discussion and this person is on the verge of dying, on the verge of dying and they've acted real courageous and acted real brave. Down through the years I've preached to them, told them that they needed to get right with God, told them what they needed to do, but they were so busy making money and spending money that they didn't have time for that. They didn't have time to come to church, you know. And now they are on the verge of dying, and now they are scared almost to death. Without just dying a natural death they are scared almost to death. And it's a bad situation, but you know, what can you do? The preacher is telling you. All the time he is telling you. I say again, when you take time away from God and you can't come to church and you can't pray and you can't give God any of your mind, any of your strength, then God will take years away from your life, because God withdraws from you and He is light. And Satan, he comes and he takes your body. He brings diseases. He brings heartaches. He brings sorrow. And the more of him that you know, the more of him that you relate to the less you are to God, and the less life and health and happiness you have. And Satan is a thief and a robber. God gives you happiness and He gives you life more abundant. He gives you children. He gives you husbands, wives, all the good treasures of life, everything that's created God has made it. It emanated from God for you, but Satan is the thief and robber and can't give anything. He just perverts and takes control of those things, you know, and then gets control of your life and you are imprisoned. All right. So then, I said, If you give God a little time He will add to your life span. For the Bible said if you would see long life and good days refrain your tongue that it speak no evil and guile. So then, He said, I would that it be well with you and your children all the days of your life by doing the things that please Me. So then, when you don't do that and you don't have time for God, God takes away of your life. When you do like Hezekiah, give God a little time then God adds years to your life as He did unto his life. A lot of people are still alive in the world today, being very aged, because they had time for God. Numbers and numbers of people are dead. They are buried, even at a young age, because they did not have time for God. Not having time for God then life didn't have time for them. Not having time for God then they lived a short life, for the Bible said, You shorten your life by your disobedience. And so then, they didn't have time for God, so they were void of wisdom, void of understanding. They didn't take time to learn the way of wisdom, and the Words of life, and as a result of that they lived a short life. Sick, poverty, don't understand. Paul said, I would not have you ignorant. All right. If you are ignorant it is because you choose to be ignorant. Let's turn over here and read just a little bit from the book of St. Mark. Can we do that? Chapter 13. I want to say again that we're glad to have you here. Chapter 13. Let's just begin at the first verse. (Brother Pike reads the entire chapter.) All right. That's reading the whole chapter, the 13th chapter there, and I though I might do that, because this is on the end time. Jesus tells us here of the different things that will develop and take place at the end time, emphasizing in the fourteenth verse_ Let's read the thirteenth. "And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake." All right. Then He said, But when ye shall see the abomination spoken of by Daniel the prophet, He said then the end would come. Now, just coming back from Jerusalem, having been over there, some of you have been over there with us and you spent a good little bit of your time in Jerusalem, or in the land of Palestine. Sister Betty have been fortunate in that we have gone from one end of the country to another end, and all around Galilee and around Mount Olives and the different places, even the place here where it speaks of, as Jesus sat there talking to these people. We've been there numbers of times, and we've been able to minister throughout the places, even on the Sea of Galilee, and in the old city, and when you are over in that country, if you remember, you that went with me, that there is something that is different. Suddenly the Bible begins to come alive. You know, it has been down through the years that preaching the gospel to the people over here in this country, it's been more like a fairy tale, because they really didn't know anything as to the reality of it unless God worked a miracle, or they saw some divine deliverance, as to the act of deliverance, and they really didn't know the reality of God. But going to the old country, when you get there where the tomb is, where Golgotha is and the streets are named accordingly, as to Biblical terms. And you find the tomb of Rachel and Abraham and all of these other things. You suddenly realized that there is the old city of Jerusalem and there is the place where all these things took place. And I've drove across (Begin tape one, side two.) on Mount Zion, seeing his tomb there and just one thing right after another. You see these things and suddenly the Bible becomes a reality. And then you look back to America and you think, Well, my God! Those people are not just standing around behind a sacred desk talking, trying to get an offering, that those people are commissioned of God to tell about this great wonderful act of God that was in the earth in the eastern part of the world where they are having so much conflict right now down around old Babylon where the Bible speaks of that also, as to when Judah went down into Babylon. And you begin to look at these things. You go down to a place over there, you see where Samson killed the lion. And so many things just begin to fill your mind and heart until you're just filled up and you think, My God! This is real. This is real. This really happened. It's not just some historical thing. It actually took place, that these things really took place, that all over this country everywhere, one great miracle right after another took place. And then, as I say, your mind goes back to America and the preaching around the world, and you think, My God! I never realized the importance of winning a soul, that if all of this is real then that means that hell is real, that means that Satan is real, that means that God is real and that means that the ministry is a reality in pulling souls out of the fire, hating the garments that's spotted with iniquity, and that preaching godliness and holiness is absolutely imperative to the salvation and soul welfare of humanity. And you take on a different outlook altogether. Whereas, we've been privileged to be there at least eight different times in that country, and now the purchased land in the old city, so naturally I get excited when go to talk with you. And I get stimulated when I think about the complacency of the people around the world. One thing that thrills my heart is the way that God has fixed it so that practically all of the world, that is, some people from about every walk of life, whether out of the churches, or just the societies of our day, whatever it might be they've been privileged to go into the Holy Land. God is letting one group right after another group go into the Holy Land so that they can see the reality of the Bible and that they might take slides, or whatever, and come back and show these things to the people that are not privileged to go that they might be a testimony of reality around the world to the people, knowing that this is real and that people really are going to die and go to hell if they don't listen to the ministry. And if they don't get their minds on God and give themselves solely unto God then they are going to die and go to hell. They are going to spend eternity, as we say, separated from God and in a lake of fire and that they do have a chance to get a reality in God, as to an experience and have eternal life, that you really can have eternal life, that you can live forever, that there was such a thing as the garden of eden, and there was such a thing as the visitations of God, and there was such a thing as the ark that landed on Mount Ararat that we were speaking of a little bit ago, that these things are real, you know. And that you can actually have a reality in God as to eternal life by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. So then, when we go to preaching these things, or go to tell you about them then we get excited about it. I not only get excited because we have been in the Holy Land and know these things, as to artifacts, or as to a reality of seeing these things as to natural things, but I know these things as from the spiritual perspective. Having been chosen of God to be a minister in the earth, struck down like Paul, turned around and put in the ministry, then I've been privileged to have the revelation of Jesus Christ. That is, I have the revelation of Jesus Christ, which has taken me into the deep, deep, deep mysteries and things of God, to let me look beyond the veil where man has never seen unless the Spirit of God takes him into it. And I recall a vision that I had a long time ago. I told you about it, that in this vision I was taken up into heaven, or it appeared to be heaven, whatever it was, and I was taken up into this place and I went into a museum. When I went into this museum I saw a long the wall pictures, priceless art. These things were the great masterful masterpieces of artists. And I saw these things hanging along the wall and they were so fabulous looking, and I was so fascinated with them and carried away with them. I was captured in admiration in such a way I couldn't pull myself away from it. And finally I embraced one of these things. I just reached up and got it like this and I thought, I'm going to take this with me. And I took it down from the wall and I started to leave the museum and when I started to leave the museum I noticed out side it was extremely dark, but I still was going to take this picture with me. And as I started out with this fabulous painting, as I started out the door I heard a voice just screaming at me. I could just feel it on the inside of me and it was screaming. Said, Don't you do that. I thought, My God! What is this? and I got all nervous. And it said, The law will get you if you take that out. You cannot do that. And it just shook me up. And then I went out of the vision and then when I come to myself I said, My God! What in the world is that. i was so tore up and the Lord said to me, I've taken you into great and mighty things and I've showed you heavenly things and these things belong in God, and they belong in heaven and if you want to bring people forth to look at these things let them come into this atmosphere, let them come into this place, but you dare not take these things down into an earthly atmosphere into the minds of carnality, because the things of God are foolishness to the natural man and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned. And I said, My God! My God! No wonder he said, The law will get you. If you take these things and turn them into an intellectual dogma, or turn them into some kind of indoctrination, as to an intellectual comprehension then you have done an injustice to God and you've done an injustice to individuals, because they take these things in a natural sense and then they put them into a carnality and the devil takes advantage of these things to use against the soul of mankind. He not only does that but he establishes religious institutions in the world and then takes into captivity by means of religious things millions of people. See, he does this. This is how he did Jesus, as to attempting to take Him into captivity when he took the Word of God and quoted the Word of God verbatim to the Lord Jesus. And the Bible said, Satan has transformed himself into an angel of light and that the ministers of Satan has transformed themselves into ministers of light, which means as Paul said, by the renewing of your mind you can transformate yourself and these men that are of the devil that have gotten into the ministry have literally transformed their minds, as to knowing the Word of God through an intellectual thing and through college and all these kind of seminaries, or teachings, or indoctrinations, or institutions, and they get up behind the sacred desk and they bring forth the Word of God and they lead people into captivity. The Bible said, They that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. And so then, they lead people into captivity and into the bondage of Lucifer by quoting the Word of God to them. And when they finish with these people they are two-fold more the child of hell. So then, that means that when they bring these things to the people and the people learn these kind of things, then it becomes a religious institution in the world and as the Bible said, all of the tables of God are filled with vomit. In that they are neither hot nor cold, He said, but lukewarm, therefore I will spew you out of My mouth, which means vomit on My tables. All right. So then, we see that we cannot just stand at the door and cause people to see our hypocrisy and our make-believe as to a religious thing when we're religious and acting like Christians when we're full of the world and the love of the world being in us, the love of the Father is not there. Which means we've never been born again, and we don't go in and we hinder those that are coming. So, because they see our lives they can't see beyond us and they don't know that anything else is there. They don't see anything spiritual in us, as to lure, or to woo, or to draw them, because we stand between them and the things of God. That is if we are in hypocrisy. And this is the thing that really distorted things in Jesus' day and upset the Lord Jesus with the Scribes and the Pharisees. Scribes, or scribblers, that wrote everything down, the Pharisees, though they believed in the resurrection, yet they didn't practice anything toward the resurrection and it really disturbed the Lord Jesus because He said, you stand at the door, you won't go in and you hinder everybody else coming. This thing really upset the Lord. You never find where God got upset with sinners in this way, but with the religious He was always upset. And Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever, He's still upset with the people today that are in the religious institutions around the world that's making proselytes. Compassing land and sea, the Bible said, to make a proselyte two-fold more the child of hell. All right. So then, we see that the reality of serving God is wonderful. And if you can come into this light, as it was said to John when the door was open in heaven and the voice spoke to John, said, John, come up hither. And then John went into this great world of light and he began to see these wonderful things. But, folks, we can't bring it down there to you. You'll have to come up here where we're at. See? The Bible teaches that God has chosen those that are the true ones out of the flesh, out of the world, hid them with Christ in God whom the heavens have received. Or that is to say, because you are a spiritual being on the inside God has translated your spirit into the Spirit of Christ, which is the kingdom of God, having taken it out of your body of human senses and human reasoning you are now in the Spirit and presence of God, and you are relating to the heavenly things as to a spiritual communication and the wonderful things of heaven. So then, don't be like the old sow, once you are washed by the grace of God, to go back to the wallowing in the mire. And don't be like the old dog, that once you are cleaned up to go back to the lapping of your vomit. You know, the child is known by it's doings. We have people, even people that come to Bethlehem, that they'll come and listen to the gospel, they'll listen to the Word of God and they'll get right in there and be a part of what you are doing, and just act like they are literally swallowed up with it and just love it, because they do love it, in that they are reflectors. And they get caught in it as a reflector, as a mirror reflecting the great sunlight and you can't tell the difference between what the sunlight is and what the mirror is unless you are close enough to examine it. See? And they get carried away with these things, but the only thing is they are over here with you today and they're back out yonder with the ball games and with the frolics of the world tomorrow. They are out there with the love of the world in them and all of the frolics of the flesh and there is no self-denial, there is no withdrawal from the world and when you thoroughly examine them you find on the inside of their heart that they have the love for the world and not the love for self-denial and conformity to Christ. And as I say, Satan, having transformed himself into an angel of light he can appear to you as the Word. He can appear to you as the spiritual Word and you'll never know the difference. And as to his ministers transforming their minds, as to being ministers of the Word of the light, they transform themselves. They go out there and they live like the devil and their minds are gullible and filthy and dirty, constantly evil, and then through study and through making contact with the Word, they transform their minds, and then they get up behind the sacred desk and they can minister just like I can minister, or anybody else can minister, because the blood is on the seat of atonement and the grace of God is here for the dispensational grace that the church has until it develops. And so then, they can get up there and they minister the Word and even miracles and things take place, because of the people that are pure in heart, having this grace upon you at this time, begins to believe and things take place and it make them look real but they are superficial as they can be. And they are filthy in mind and they are after money and prestige, and all these kind of things, and in ministering to you the things that they do they put the Word out there, you listen to the Word, and they have actually transformed their minds from that dirty, filthy spirit of Lucifer into the Word of God as preaching and speaking the Word of light, transforming themselves into ministers of light. In this they do this thing and the people are literally carried away and deceived by this thing. But I'm glad that there is a reality. And just like there is a diamond, there is a Zircon, there is an imitation. But in all reality there is still in the world somewhere today a real genuine Christian, and in traveling around the world I find it everywhere I go in every type of people. In every race of people I find Christians and in every race of people I find people that are not Christians, they are just in hypocrisy. So you be in remembrance of this now, that we, as a people, have a responsibility to so let our light shine that men may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. That we as people can be a religious reflector, or we can be born again and have eternal life on the inside. See? We can actually reflect these things and then go our way as one that looketh in the mirror beholding himself and straightway forgetting what manner of man he is, going your way. And then as quick as you leave, all of a sudden, you are fascinated and you are inspired by the things of the world and you are swept away, carried away with your lust and desire for the things of the world. Which means that you don't have the Spirit of Christ and you are not steadfast, as to being anchored on the inside as to anything with the inner man. And so then, you are just tossed about from one place to another, lust of the eyes, the pride of life, going after these things you are interested in those things, and then you come back wanting to be interested in the things of God, and the Bible said, then you are unclean in His sight, for the Bible says you cannot eat at the table of devils and eat at the table of God. Let's give the Lord a hand, can we? All right. Somebody say Hallelujah! Let's make sure we're awake tonight. Somebody say Hallelujah! All right. So then, we're talking about this wonderful Word of God. How wonderful it is to be a Christian, not a reflector, but being the genuine, blood bought son and daughter of God. I appreciate somebody that caught me before I came in the church a little earlier. We had a little confrontation and a little conference, as to some brethren today. And while we were speaking, seven, eight, ten, twelve brethren, I said that there is a person here that's such and such and such and a spirit is devouring him. And I made it real clear. I usually, as a rule, will not speak out and tell who it is, because I try to be protective of the soul because it's not the person. It is a spirit and I'm not wrestling against flesh and blood. I'm wrestling against Satan's spirit. And so then, when I discern the spirit then I will say, And there is such a person here as to this frame of mind, or thus and thus, as to Jesus who perceived their spirit, or their thoughts within His Spirit. And of course, I spoke of it today and sure enough before I could come to preach tonight the individual was honest enough that he came and told me that he was sorry. He said, I'm sorry, Brother Pike, that I gave you problems in the spirit today, which was a conformation of my conviction, as to the individual, as I said in the presence of the brethren today. You that were there, you know I said this in your presence that it's not the individual. It is a spirit. And as to this the brother found a deliverance and a blessing from God, that whereas he can go on and overcome that kind of thing. And nobody knew who it was. Nobody understood unless they had discernment. If they had a discernment to know then I can't say anything about that because that's God, if He allows it. But God, as to a minister, He's liken a physician that puts you under the x-ray to see what kind of condition inwardly that you have that he might give the proper prescription that he might help you to escape that thing. So then, it's wonderful then to know that God is doing those things. Do we have anybody here that was in the little conference today? Would you raise your hand? Here's one. Here's a number of them. So you remember what I said? All right. So then, we know that God is moving by His Spirit. He wants to use me. He wants to use you. Every member of His body, He wants to use you in the supernatural world and in those things of the Spirit so that He can edify the body of Christ, or bring the body of Christ into a perfect unity, because God is a Spirit and the Father of spirits. And that means that He is interested in your inner man, in that the flesh profiteth nothing. It's dead by the body of the Lord Jesus, but when you see these things it means that the translation is getting closer and closer because God is cleaning up the church. He's cleaning you up from your thoughts, from your spirit, form all of these kind of things. See? Because as a man, as a woman, you can't see these things. How can you see these things? Because these things are inwardly. These things are below the surface. There is no way that you can see these things, because the Bible said man looketh on the inward things. And these things have to be revealed to you that you see these things with the eye of God. But when you're in the Spirit and when you're moving by the anointing of God it's just as plain as the noonday. You see it just like a radar. It's no problem at all. You not only see it as to picking it up, but you can tell exactly what kind of nature it is, as to the thoughts of it, what it's expressions are, and through the eyes of understanding you see it just as clear as it can be. See? Because God has made you to be able to do that. It's like a mechanic. A mechanic, a real mechanic, can come up to an automobile, and I've said this a number of times to you. He can listen to the motor run and in a few minutes he can tell you if you've got a problem, and he'll tell you what the problem is. He can tell you whether it's a piston slap, or he can tell you whether or not it's a rod knocking, or whether it's a wrist pin, or whatever it might be. He can tell you because he's a mechanic. A doctor can do the same thing. A real physician, as to anybody that's of any age, or experience, he can look at you and tell by your appearance, he can tell by your actions, he can tell by your movements almost immediately what's wrong with you. And then if that doesn't work he can put you under the x-ray and tell that way. See? because he's had so much experience. And a physician of the spirit is the same way. When he's in the discernment, as to God working, he can tell it. It's hard to explain how it works, but it is so profound. It is so strong. It is so much there that it's just like the cold wind blowing, or the warm summer breeze blowing. He can differentiate and tell the difference because he has that ability. Now. Remember this in closing tonight. Just exhorting you just a little bit. The Bible said exhort each other the more as you see the day approaching. And remember this tonight that I said to you a number of times, that there is three minds that use the brain. Only one brain, but there is three minds that use that one brain. And that mind is the mind of God, the mind of man, and the mind of Satan. And unless you are developed, unless you are willing to submit to God, unless you are willing to grow in the grace and knowledge of God, you cannot differentiate and tell the difference. You cannot tell which mind is using your brain, and if you are not careful you'll be guilty of the wrong thing. But when you come to know God, come to understand God and give yourself to God, then God will teach you how to differentiate between these three powers as lives, or minds, and what is using your brain at the time. And that way you perfectly discern and tell exactly who it is, what it is, what their problem is, and God will make their lives known unto you. Whereas, there is something that even reaches out a little farther than that. Whereas, the Bible said the Word is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hearts, as to the dividing asunder of the soul from the spirit, and the marrow from the bone; yet there is something as to coming into the mind of revelation. Whereas, the Bible says, Pray that God will grant unto you the Spirit of revelation, and when you get the Spirit of revelation it will revelate to you the conditions of today. It will revelate the past to you. It will revelate a persons life to you, and let you know exactly what's going to happen and the Holy Ghost through the mind of revelation, as speaking to the prophets, will show you things that are to come. And it will make know to you the ways of life as today, the ways of life as to the past, and the ways of life as to the future, and you'll understand the past, present and future and be able to talk to an individual and say, Hey, I know you. I know who you are. I know where you come from. I know what you are doing and I know where you are going. And I know your whole life, and your plans of life in God's plan, that God has already made me to know where you fit, what you are to do, what part you are to play, as in the spiritual life of God, and what your future is going to be and what your past has been. Though you are not acquainted with the individual you still know when you come to know God in revelation. And of course, this is why that we spoke so many times of great figures and of the wars and the different things that's happened. It is because through Christ, the Bible says, we have an unction from the Holy One that we should know all things, and if you don't know all things you need to apply yourself to God that you might know all things and that you might be beneficial in the plan and functioning of God, as to the membership of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's stand together. Let's sing this little chorus, Brother Taylor, can we? Now it's a real privilege to be here, have a chance to exhort you a little bit. The Bible said, Exhorting each other the more as we see the day approaching. And the Bible says that when you see these things know that the end is near, or nigh, even at the door. And a lot of people say, Well, you can't know that, Brother Pike. But the Bible says, if you cannot discern the signs of the times, then are you a hypocrite, because children of God discern the signs of the times to the extent they know when it's so close it's at the door. And I say so often that when it's at the door then that means all they have to do is turn the knob and come in. So, it's so close at this time, folks, it's even at the door. And let's just sing this little chorus together, can we? Give me another key, Frank. (Sings He's Wonderful.) Sing it one more time. (Continues singing.) Somebody say Hallelujah! Let's sing this little chorus together. Give me another key, Frank. (Sings Sweep Over My Soul.) Can you sing that with me? (Continues singing.) Sing that with me. (Continues singing and sings Haven Of Rest and I Need Thee. Begin tape two, side one. Continues singing I Need Thee.) The altars are open if you'd like to come. (Sings Don't Turn Him Away.) Do you love the Lord? Let's sing this little chorus. (Sings Where Will You Be.) Sing that with me now. (Continues singing and sings Thank You For The Valley.) Let's give the Lord a hand, can we? Do you really thank the Lord for the valleys? Let's sing this song together, can we? (Sings Is That The Lights Of Home I See?) Sing that with me? (Continues singing.) Sing that one more time, can we? (Continues singing.) Somebody say Hallelujah! Let's sing one or two more little choruses and we'll let you go. Give me another key, Frank. (Sings Across The Bridge.) Sing it one more time. (Continues singing.) One more time together. Can we sing it? (Continues singing and sings After All.) Can you sing that with me? (Continues singing.) Can you sing that one more time? (Continues singing and sings All I Need Is The Love Of Jesus.) Can you say Hallelujah? Give me a key, Frank. (Sings Let Tomorrow Be Tomorrow and Everybody Ought To Know.) Sing that with me? (Continues singing) Let's sing this little chorus together, Brother Taylor? (Sings Time Shall Be No More.) Sing that with me, now. (Continues singing.) Sing it again now. Remember now, Calvary, we say this so often to you, and Jesus said, It is finished. It is finished, and Peter said, You are the people upon whom the ends of the world have come. The Bible says, And in the fullness of time, Calvary was the fullness of time, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that was under the law. We've not recognized Calvary before, but we're in the end of the world now, recognizing Calvary. (Continues singing.) Can you lift your hands up with me? Sing it like this now. (Continues singing.) Sing it one more time. Remember now. (Continues singing.) Remember how we preached about time? We told you the origin of time, where it came from, what it is, and the consummation of it, as to the ending of it. Remember that. (Continues.) Said the angel raised his hand to heaven and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever that time should be no more. (Continues singing.) Let's sing this together. (Sings I Will Praise Him.) Can you lift your hands up and close your eyes. (Continues singing.) Sing it now. (Continues singing.) I'm going to ask Brother Morris Allen, if he will, to come and dismiss us. (Continues singing.) Can you lift your hands and close your eyes? Can you praise Him? (Continues singing.) We're going to sing it one more time together as Morris comes. (Continues singing.

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

Founder and first President of Jesus Christ’s Eternal Kingdom of Abundant Life, Inc.

Holiness Unto The Lord