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1. Meeting opening (18:27)
2. Holiness — Revelation 16:15 (26:01)
3. Nothing but the Blood, excerpt (0:58)
Selected Verses:
Revelation 16:15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he
that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his
shame.
Luke 12:37. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when
he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird
himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Opening:
[Congregational singing and praise: Look to the Lamb of
God]
(…) “Acknowledge the things that I’ve done for you. I have
actually begun a good work in you. I have come and offered
you My reign that where sin abounded, My grace should abound much more
exceedingly, and I’m expecting that you children of Mine who have
been so privileged and so enriched will follow on more swiftly.”
Now you may all speak with tongues, or you may all
prophesy. You may all praise the Lord, but let us all abandon ourselves to
this wonderful Presence—the Holy Ghost. He’ll fill your vessel if it isn’t
filled. He’ll change you if you need changing. He’ll enlighten your
understanding. He’ll speak to your heart words of life. He’ll make you what
He wants you to be if you just give yourself—abandon yourself—in faith to
Jesus.
[Praise and worship]
(…) “Does it seem to you like a long, drawn-out process,
this way from the City of Destruction to the City of My God? Have you gotten
tired of the Way? Is it too thorny, or is it too narrow, or is it too
difficult to climb this mountain of the Lord? Or have you gotten tired of Me?
That’s perhaps the thing that’s happened. Because iniquity is abounding, the
love of many is bound to wax cold…”
[Praise and worship: He’s Coming Soon]
[Prayer]
This is a very interesting scripture. It speaks of the
coming of the devil and the coming of Jesus. They come at the same time. That
is strange. I know there are all kinds of interpretations of Revelation. Some
years ago, these three frogs were said to be Hitler,
Mussolini, and Stalin. But now, of course, we find out that they were
not—neither of those three, so they must be some other three.
There have been thousands of fellows that claimed to be
the two witnesses of Revelation. One used to come to our
meeting in the Faith Home in Zion. He wore a skullcap, and he was a real
problem. He always ruined the meeting, but he was one of the witnesses too!
And of course, you know how that Dr. Evans in the Moody Bible Institute told us
one time that 1,600 books had been written, each one explaining what happened
in heaven during the half-hour of silence. And so, you can
have your choice!
… Selected Quotes:
This Battle of
Armageddon has been pictured also as a nuclear war. It
isn’t anything like that. The Battle of Armageddon is going on in a meeting
like this, in a life like yours, in a home like yours.
And the decision that is made by this war between the contending armies is
whether Jesus Christ shall have a heart prepared to reign with Him forever and
ever. That’s the great battle that is going on, and that’s the great battle
that Satan is waging today against humanity. The great call of Almighty God is
to create “sons of God” upon this earth “without rebuke in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation, among whom they shine as lights in the
world.” That means they’re like Jesus.
“If we say that we abide in Him, we ought also to walk
even as He walked.” And that’s the thing the devil hates. He
doesn’t mind your Democrats and your Republicans, and he doesn’t mind your
Communists and your Nazis. Those are his legions, and they do his bidding.
…
He didn’t baptize us to make big-shots
out of us. He baptized us to make us “holy even as He is holy,” “pure even as He is pure. Oh, what a wonderful, glorious
call! I wonder why we don’t fly into the arms of Jesus and make that purity
and make that holiness ours. He tells us we ought to “follow after
holiness.” He tells us that we ought to “cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.” And the people that do that, they’re going to
reign with Christ—they’re going to be ready when Jesus Christ comes.
…
Beloved, let’s stop talking about the
coming of the Lord unless we really prepare our hearts and keep our garments
white and spotless.
…
He’s given me a snow-white garment.
And if it hasn’t remained snow-white, He says, “Repent and do the first
works. Remember whence thou are fallen, and do the first works. Get back to the cleansing of the blood, and be sure you’re clean, and be
sure you’re spotless.” Jesus’ blood has never lost its power. And the reason
we’re not more filled with the Holy Ghost is because we grieve Him. Our fleshly thoughts, our careless words drive away the Holy Ghost.
And God wants a people who know that they’re in the midst of this
terrible war. I said some of the greatest wars in the universe are fought over
a church like this, over a home like yours. That’s where the decision
is made whether Jesus Christ shall have one soul.
…
Beloved, He comes “as a thief in
the night.” And sometimes, you can hear His footfall,
you can hear His whisper. He says, “Come away, my
sister. Come on, come on. My head is filled with dew, My locks with the
drops of the night. They’ve chased Me out of every
temple, out of every church. They’ve chased Me out of their organizations.
They don’t want Me. They don’t. Come away, my sister, my love, my dove, my
undefiled.” I like that word: “My undefiled.”
Undefiled. Beloved, Jesus offers to keep us undefiled for His coming. Illustrations:
A viewing of the northern lights resulting in conviction.
“‘Oh, I stole two cents down in the grocery store. I’ve got to run and give it
back to the grocery man!’” (from 7:06) An example of godly parenting. “‘You’ve got to make them
acceptable to this age.’ She said, ‘I’m not training my girls for this
age, I’m training them for eternity!’” (from 18:26) An unholy profession of a military officer. (from 19:18) Audio Quality: Fair More Information...
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