Address—P.L. Johnson
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The Season 3.
In verse one for this call I call the printer of Jesus Christ that you Gentiles, if you have heard of the dispensation the greatest job that you've given me humor.
How did my revelation He made known unto me the mystery? And I wrote forward to her about what you read. You may understand my knowledge, and this is my future ages was not laid no one under the sons of men, as it is now revealed under your holy apostles of Parkinson's period.
That the good dog could be below errors in the same body, had to take it to his promising time by the Gospel For all I would make a minister according to the gift of the rape of God-given unto me by your sexual working of His power underneath, who had left in the least of all things which they given.
And I could speak among the 10,000 Church Elizabeth class.
And let all men see but in the fellowship of ministry.
But from the beginning of the world as beginning God, he created all the things by Jesus Christ to the intent that now under the principality, power and heavenly place, it might be known through about the church, the manifolds with the McDonald's.
Man is walking home.
Philadelphia caster wound.
Verse 24.
Who now regarding my husband for you and Philip Sabbath behind the reflections of Christ in my flesh and body faith, which is the church where all I am living minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given to me for you to fulfill the word of God, even the mystery which has been informated in generations and now the great manifest.
To this thing.
I believe the birth is not so much to go into what you have here in the season is blocking the through witnesses, the subject and the visible effects that we do have in the Ministry of Service to be comfortable fall.
The acidity of the assembly here in this world, in a practical way. Now perhaps I'll tell you why I have an exercise to pick this up. I found I did think it's a rather academic subject, but it didn't really.
I think that.
The position that we seek to occupy, the testimony that we seek to bear in these days of the Lord Jesus.
With the demand that we have some understanding.
Of how the church has been formed, not only formed spiritually by the descent of the Holy Spirit with their Pentagon to also form in a practical way about the ministry of the apostle Paul for there is so much confusion that the enemy brings in taking to.
While the testimony of the law in general, we will find in the Word of God that not only is it God's fault that the dollar should go out for the salvation of precious food.
Let me have it down South for Chapter 11.
One of the results of the desert Christ was that he should gather together in one the children of God and standard girl and in the 5th chapter of John when he speaks about the sheep and we like to put that version of I am the Good Shepherd, the Good Shepherd give his tears life.
For the heat, so he doesn't stop there. He goes on to speak without other people that I have, but you're not a disclosure. They're behind us also breathe and there will be one flop and 17. If we had to go in heart, not only the giving of his life for the sheep that we might be praying, but that there might be farms here on earth. Applause gathered around the one second. We never want to forget that in the present.
The testimony of the assembly is the testimony of the law at the present time, just like in the Old Testament, you know, supposed from the Israelites had said, well, I'm going to bear testimony to the law.
I believe that the important thing is to maintain the truth of the 10 commandments in the law that I don't care anything about the truth of the catalano the offering and all of that to God set up there in regard to his work is conservative I'm just going to confine myself and depends on them well he would not have been in accord with the testimony of God that he would have lived and.
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Testimony for the testimony of God in the Old Testament was not only the law, the 10 commandments, but it included the whole order that God set up in regards to His word of conservative connection with the Tabernacle, later transferred to the temple.
And so much and so great that the importance of it that we find that Moses in the mid writings in society, how that they were deceived that they were to bring their offerings to that place with with the Lord refused to place his name.
And tell you why you're all over the old instrument. The testimony of God in that day was associated with the nation of Israel and not only the law given to them, but the the very times that they had been constituted the people of God with a certain order of things given to them. So today's question only of the Lord.
Is I say now look at the gospel, include the gospel, but it is a testimony that God has set up in this world, in this world, in the God.
To the Church of the Lord. E the Church of God is called in the economy.
And so I headed to my heart to see that which is has been set up in this world as the testimony of the Lord. And as I say, we need to have some understanding of this because the effort of the enemy is to obscure and to confuse it. And it's getting increasingly focused. I don't know whether or not you have much contact with them around here.
But as I travel around the country, I find that there is a.
A growing.
Movement in regard to the, the speaking in tongues and a return to some of these, these more sensational things that were found in the early chapters of Lives and so forth. And there is a part of a thought of going back to the meeting office or something like that. And there's a lot of issues in regard to it.
So I think we need to see.
When did assembly was established in a spiritual way? But also an important of the subject is this that we see that the assembly was established through the ministry of the Apostle Paul. And what do I mean by that? I mean that we cannot.
Bypass or we cannot ignore the Ministry of Fall in regard to what the tribute is testimony and it's harder and it functions.
Constitution, whatever it is in regards to the Church.
The founding the ministry of the Apostle Paul.
And it didn't want to occur with the authenticator.
In other words, there was a period of time in there in which the Church of here on earth, but it had not been properly formed in a practical way. Now, maybe I need to explain what I'm saying about this. You remember there's a sort of an analogy.
Between this and the history and the experience of Israel, the big establishment of the people of God, you remember the the nation was redeemed out of Egypt.
Motivated across the leader, now, through the Red Sea and into the wilderness.
And it was only after they were in the world of it.
That God be the law and the order of the Tabernacle, so forth to mountain Automotive to deliver the people.
It was only after they had been brought through the Red Sea and out in the wilderness that God actually took up all of the light and directions that was the government them as their people. Now in a similar way, I believe the the church was armed by the Spirit of God and their typical, but there's a little period of time there. The early chapters of ice.
That the Church existed without having the light and directions from God. That the government and that would give it its full standing before himself.
In testimony here in this world. And so we have to.
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Date the the beginning of the church as far as it's being formed in a practical way with the calling and ministry of the apostle Paul. Now that's why I read in the seasons and causes what he said that he was given to him specifically to let known the truth of the Mystics and he kept his place in philosophy by Morocco poured out a remarkable statement in making verse 25.
Because where else I have made a minister referring to the word church at the end of verse 24.
According to the dispensation of God.
Which is given to me for you.
The distance nation is gone, which is given to me for you to fulfill our complete the word of God. I don't know whether you got the thought about that taking the dead. She was given the pause to complete the word of God. That means that until Paul was called of God converted the call of God and given the revelation.
The Word of God, that was the dozen, the Saints, the people of God in this presentation had not yet been completed or fulfilled. It's in the ministry of the apostle Paul that we have the completing or the fulfilling of God's Word for his people in his present dispensation. And it doesn't mean that Paul was the last writer of sisters. We know, of course, that there are those who look later.
You and John they will later, but neither Jews are. John gives us the principles of the church that governs the present dissertation or order that God is set up as his testimony in his present world and the ministry of the apostle Paul that gives us the completing of the fulfillment of the word of God as to his revelation that discovered the faith as farming the Church of the assembly.
In this world, not Peter, not John, not Jew or Mark or any of the writers, Luke, any other language, the New Testament, it is given to the apostle Paul and give it to him the complete or fulfilled the word of God. Now what is the importance of this?
I believe the importance of it is that we cannot go back to the early captive device.
And they cannot, as it were, go back to those chapters for a guide as to the arbit of the Church of Assembly, we go back to the ministry of the Apostle Paul.
Now there's your body through the Book of Life, chapter 2. So I would like to just pray in the Book of Life the way the church is established and bond.
I want to call the bird. First of all, we take it up here and ask the first thing to catch the quest.
If all by word of spirit, are we all baptized into one body?
Well, that one spirit or the old baptized can be one body, the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
That it forms the body of class here in this world, home of their Pentagon.
And I remind everyone in the room whenever you hear anyone speak of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and they do not associate.
Well identified it with the quality of the church is gone and the death of God they're inherited. The baptism of the Holy Spirit does not refer to any individual experience.
And you can take it to the courses for yourself and face it out. And you will find that every time. The Vatican of the Holy Spirit.
Is found in The Magician. It refers to what took place on the dead kindergarten.
Our magic is an extension of it in Acts 10 in connected with the Gentiles as we proceed.
But the baptism of the Holy Spirit never refers to an individual experience. For by 1 Spirit where we all baptize.
Where we all baptized into one body, and I think there you can see in the Book of Adam, if that occurs on the day of Pentecost recorded in the second chapter of the book of Isaac. Now what we have spoken up in regard to the Holy Spirit.
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As to our personal experience, if you want to use it that way, regarding the Holy Spirit, it is that we're healed with the Holy Spirit. Now that's the truth individually with the field of Spirit of God ages 113. But after that you heard the word of truth, the domestic of your salvation. You were sealed with a Holy Spirit thumb.
Now the Holy Spirit coming and into the heart of every believer, when you believe the gospel is flipping out of the ceiling of the Spirit and the acknowledging of the Spirit.
The arrogance of the city, but that is never referred to as the scientism of the Holy Spirit.
It never referred to as the fascism of the Holy Spirit.
13 and 12 is referring to is in the fear that's long on the death Pentagon and when one believes the gospel and receives the Spirit of God, he he has heart, then in that body with response about the baptism of the Holy Spirit in their Pentagon.
He becomes a father as a believer in class, in love with school. But the baptism of the Spirit notices in the chapter 2. I'm just going to read the first of two that will have it taking place historically, verse one. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one employee in one place. And suddenly there came a sound in heaven as a rushing mighty wind.
And it filled all the houses in closing thumb like to the five and it's not believed in them. And they were all sitting with the Holy Ghost and the Holy school. They were all still with the Holy Spirit.
Now turn back to the first cast.
First of all, these are the words of in regards to this is in regards to the Lord Jesus being with his disciples after his resurrection and being assembled together with them cemented them that they should not depart from Jerusalem.
But wait for the promise of fire which there is. You have heard of me, but down through a baptized of water. But you should be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days, if you notice. There he said he shall be better with a Holy Ghost.
So this shows that the baptism of the Holy Spirit with future, it had not yet occurred. And he said it's going to occur. You're going to be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days from now.
Now the word creditor.
In chapter 2 and verse one.
The day of Pentagon was 50 days after the resurrection of Lord Jesus.
Disney and in chapter one and verse three we read that he was seeing of them in the middle of the verse 40 days.
And it was at the end of those 40 days that he said he should be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Not many days contented because he would only be 10 days living.
You can see from this that the Lord needs.
In Speaking of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, he is referring to what is going to take place just 10 days later on the day 7 results.
Advantage of the Holy Spirit is definitely connected here with what took place on the death metal from the Holy Spirit came down from heaven. You see, when we received the Spirit of God and believing the God, it's not a fair guy for him to the spirit of God from heaven.
The Lord Jesus believes here in his ministry, especially to have a John God look at the 14 and it's at the 16 he speaks about his going back to heaven and if when he goes back to heaven that another comforter will be sent. He says in fact the 14 that that's the.
Something we can't of the father and his name. They later only said I was in.
Now that's the Holy Spirit being sent from heaven coming down into this world, which takes place on the damn Pentecost. And that is called the baptism of the Holy Spirit because it's formed into one body, the believers on the Lord Jesus Christ who were there at that time. So that when you and I receive the Spirit, when we believe the gospel, it wasn't the first outpouring of the spiritual heaven.
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It was not a bad reason of the Holy Spirit, but we individually defend the Spirit as the people, as the earth, as the anointing result and the color of their own who who makes much of the passes in the spirit of being and and individual experience and of course connected with it is speaking in tongues.
Well, now we want to do it from the day of Pentecost. The Speaking of tongues is associated with it.
They expected other times we revision as the Spirit gave them utterance, but they're speaking in tongues of course.
Long as a son to that unbelieving nature of Israel. So here they have any thoughts. You know there was you gathered.
From the dispersion there were those that came all the way from the world. Here at the Durbin at this time he left the pinnacle. There were viewers gathered from many nations where they had been scattered in God's judgment. And God would give a witness and a testimony to those of you that this little company of 120 disciples of the Lord Jesus were those who were to receive the gift of a spirit from God.
And the neighbors was the outside of England and so the times were given in order to to set forth the fact that this company has received a powerful dog, the spirit of God, which the nation did not get and that's what people said in the second chapter last when he gets up and and preaches to that great Lord to do.
You remember when they heard them speaking with these tongues?
It would be a man, for instance, from from Arabia, one from Frazier, one from Parcio, one from Eel. These different countries and whatever country they came from, they serve someone speaking the wonderful works of God in their own time.
They were not just gathering, you know, they were not just saying unintelligible things. These believers, ******** and the spirit without pulling the spirit for my hide, were actually speaking the language that all these Jews knew from the countries in which they've been standing. And they were here and in their own language, the wonderful works of God. God gave this time of Son in order to show that those of you who have.
No idea. We're outside of the blessing of God and God blessing was found now among that little company of 120.
As I say, that's what Peter explained to. He tells them an answer to their query. What is the meaning of this? Are these been drunk? They did well, Peter Santos says no, they're not drunk. He's quite happening here.
Is there had been an outpouring of the Spirit of God according to the prophecy of Dole and he quote from Gerald property, which is Jews were familiar with because Joe and Congress died that I was pull out of my computer for all plants.
Your hyphen side of God pouring out from heaven the gift of His Spirit.
And Peter says now what has happened is this. The Spirit of God has been poured out now, but not only Jews, that is majestical Lord Jesus.
It's been, for example, those of us who have believed on the Lord peace.
And we are the people of God now. And then, of course, finally they say when they were sick in their heart they say, men and brethren, what can reduce? And he tells them what they could do. They would repent of having rejected the Lord Jesus. They were to take their stand with the Lord Jesus. If that's it. And they would be, they then would receive the gift of the Spirit like this, like this company.
So there's a reason for the town is being found here, you see, there's a reason for the government and there is no reason to repeat this as far as abuse is concerned here.
There was this time. Turn over to Chapter 10.
And what God has accomplished by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, all the wonderful truths, and regardless, so that they're formed in a practical way, so that after His ministry is given to them, they know who they are.
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They know what their function is, they know how to assemble. They know what their testimony is. They know what their destiny is. They know that it's all these things from Israel that they're not used, that they're not associated with Judaism, that they're not they're not to keep up the temple words, that they're not to to keep up all of Israel.
That they're not even an earthly company, but they're a heavenly company and their destiny is the glory of the Lord. And that there's a function as members of the body of Christ coming together over the first year of the week to break bread. And if they can come together for education and waiting on the Spirit of God to lead in the direction and defer to what is needed for their education.
Consolation and comfort and education.
Whatever the fear of God would give you see all of these things are to be thrown out through this man who is called this all of her.
Now he's converted and I want you to know it.
When he is converted Chapter 9 verse six and he trembling and astonished that Lord, what will thou have me to do? And you know that that that's quite a question to ask.
Because the Lord has a lot for him to do. The Lord had a great work for his friend.
As we went to thinking, it was through the apostle Paul that the word of God was to be completed. Think of the great work that the Lord didn't tell him here what he was going to do. The Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it will be told me what happens to now? When are you telling me to go into the city? You know why? Because there was a company of disciples in that city.
There was a company in the cycle in that city.
Man's soul was not going to start something new. Lord, what will now have you to do? And the Lord says, now you go into the city and it will be true of you what to do to cause the Lord was working on the other hand too, and he speaks to a disciple indefinite, and you tell them honestly that about fault, and he fell down and eyes that he has.
Brought in Mandarin stuff and so he prepared an amount to receive.
And now what I'm making is this, as you see here, that the company was already there, the church was already formed all it didn't start something new, not a New Testament in that sense. He went down, he went into the city, and he was joined to the company that was there.
Believe that he was willing to take it, and then later on he goes to dream, and when he's there, he's introduced by Barnabas and he's received there. And he was his decisive form. The apostle Paul did not start something new. You know what this means to me? I believe it's a principle of God that God never raises up a testimony independent of a testimony that he's already formed.
He had a list.
The practical wave is that important. We came across something like this some years ago. And then where? It's my pleasure to be gathered with a few things of the Lords name. There were those who had left a particular denomination and found near us.
A little meeting and they were meeting together after they were through.
And.
They came into contact with one of you at the site in the campus.
And they wanted us to recognize them as a gathering and.
If they desire to be in fellowship with themselves.
The assembly there is definitely community in the function and there was a difficulty in their mind because they said well why can't we just have our own meeting up here and just recognize very comfortable we have here. God has already started the testimony. There are already those things gathered to the Lord's name and you desire to be gathered to the Lord's name outside the camp in a parking assistance of men.
Responsibility is to identify yourself with those all in together to the Lord's name. He already has a question outside the camp and the responsibility would be for want to take his place. So where could have said the fall. Now all you go out and and I'll tell you what to do.
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No, all had to be identified with the testimony already said. Paul did not start something new. But what he, what he was going to do is to bring to this that had already been formed in a company on earth, he was going to bring to them the wonderful life of God.
The whole Council of all.
With a wonderful provision on God's part in converting this man and having in mind to use this man for their pleasure. But this man had to come in and go into the city when the disciples were be found among them and to be fooled. What he must do? He had to come in in a very low place. He had to come in as if he didn't know anything. He said there will be told me what family he had to come in as a learner.
He had to come in to become and then brought to music. He could not come in any other way. Well, we've always cut some back turn again to the level test in the 11Th chapter. We have what I would like to what what I would call the extending of the stage.
For the cause of the apostles to his ministry to fulfill the word of God. We find him converted in Chapter 9, but he's not really commissioned.
For the work that God had for him. Until we come to chapter 13.
There's a period of time in there which he has to learn.
It's only when they come to catch the 13 that the Holy Spirit says separate me, Barnabas and Soul for the work for us who have called in.
But before that we have the stage set where for the Commission, the call of a solid conscious to be the great apostle of the Gentiles, the great minister to serve of the church which will fill the word of God. And this is found in verse 19 and what followed?
That is in the formation of the assembly at any office, and be a part of the vision here in the fact that we have farmed for the first time a gathering of the Lord's people who are purely Gentiles.
Simply formed locally of kin house prior to this.
Will be assemblies were found in Judea.
And even though they're domestic were few like that man. He was a few studied he was from among the Jews as he did background, but in the the 1917 verse of Chapter 11, there were those who went for any of thinking the word of God and there were those from among the Greeks.
Believe verse 21 in the hands of the Lords of Lithium, and a great number believe in his turn.
And then we read that when the Church of Jerusalem heard, and then they said Barnabas up there, and when he came to any office, all the work was gone and thanked God.
And he voted in the purpose of heart, they concede the law, and then he went down to harvest, which is a form of salt. So all I remember had been converted prior to this. He's been converted on the way to the Masters, and he's been received by the Saints in the Master. And then he gets going down to Jerusalem. And it did the Saints of Jerusalem.
And the body was in Jerusalem. You know that the Jews tried to fear.
They heard it converted and he went back to his hometown of college.
Now then, a Gentile assembly is formed in any office.
And Barbara flew down to Marshall and find soul, and you bring the soul in verse 26. When you found him, he brought him under any office. And it came to pass that a whole year and notice these words, they assembled themselves with the church.
I I emphasize this because I believe this is the is the sort of transition between the Jewish aspects of the church and the early chapter device, and the aspect of the church is going to be brought out through the ministry of the Apostle Paul.
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Believe here that they assembled themselves with the assembly.
And the kids.
When you see the form of God is it's not only us that the church should exist as a spiritual entity. You know what I mean by that? That is, if we should be actually joined together by the Spirit of God, which is, which is true. We've all received the Spirit. So the church exists as the body of Christ and love of the Spirit. But God thought it is that the church should assemble.
Should actually come together.
You know, today there are those that believe in the truth of the one party. They believe that all one body are weak and that all believers constitute the body, that they're not very concerned about ascendance.
And holy morning and assembled himself.
Showing that God's fault is that the that the church could not only exist as the offenders, but it should assemble as the assembly. They should actually come together and function when you say what they do when they come together.
So we know in Acts 20 on the first day of the week.
We know they came together the first book. We know the first thing is 14 that they came together to end the decision.
There were no good school that the Prophet speaks through you.
We know that they came together the same place.
They came together in place. I was praying with the Spirit. I would pray with the understanding.
And here we read it. Can you get the music? They talk much people they exercise their gifts, Barnacle exercise, the gifts that are given empathy to people assemble. So you see, God's thought is that the assembly should assemble. But how is it to assemble? That's what the mental body.
We see through the ministry of fall, Howard, and with your functionality ascent.
Well, now in chapter 13 we have all of that food by the Holy Spirit.
I called you a few moments ago in verse two as they ministered to the Lord and fancied the Holy Ghost said separate thee Barnabas and Saul for the work where I dress all of them. Now here Paul is commissioned by the Holy Spirit for a worker that work is the farmation of the church.
In the practical way of his ministry, but we know that from his school.
When the apostle goes out and preaches the gospel, wherever souls were saved they were gathered, and when they were gathered they were instructed as to how they were to function.
They were instructed received into the official he repeatedly, at least four times in the epistle of the Christian he speaks about as I teach them all attendance.
That the apostle who is something the Saints in the various gatherings in general knowledge at the highway which is performed, how they were to function, how they were together, what was to be the ardor of the medium social.
As an industry.
And incidentally, it's in the 13th chapter that he called Paul and her son.
He called all the food, but he called Paul for the first time in verse 9. Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost. And another thing up until this occurred, we already had it, said Barbara and Salt. Barbara went down the seat, Salt separating the Barnabas and Salt.
But after this.
We have Paul Lincoln Church 1St 13 votes now with Paul and his company loose in paper. This is a bar that's been called, but it's been Paul and his company because he is commissioned now as the apostle of the Democratic. He's convicted now as the servant of the truth, and his hand is given that dissentation of God to conclude and fulfill the result to bring.
To maturity.
The Word of God can have gone to the trip on the attendance and this is what it's taking place. Now look at that from chapter 13 until we come to chapter 20, and I'm not going to go into detail, but I won't read your birthday, chapter 20. But when it comes to chapter 20, we have the combination of the Tennessee park.
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As the apostle of the Church and the apostle of the Denver.
Verse 27.
I didn't think that he could say this to the elders and the church department now, for I have not shown to declare unto you all the council of God. Can you get more than that?
Can you get more than the whole family of God when you say that completely into a building the word of God? If if the apostle Paul has declared through the Saints now the whole family of God, wouldn't you say that everything that God will furnish the church?
In this world has been 30. But you couldn't say that before he had declared a whole council of God. You couldn't say everything had been furnished before this. Now it can be said that God has furnished the church with everything it needs.
For the whole time there's still these through distinct I have not shown to serve you before the whole life is done. The word of God is completed and fulfilled, but up until all ministry could not be said. The whole counsel of God was declared actually at 7 Acts 9 at 10. It's only found in Acts 25 after the apostle has completed none of his ministry, his service.
He's gone out of the league journeys.
So in this age is assembly gathered and given the destruction as receiving revelation from God. Well, that's where we stand today, Lord, in the light of the Holy Council of God. Everything has been thrown out and we're going to walk in the light of the Holy Council body regarding the church.
I know that today I really failure that still we have the whole council of God. There's not going to be a fresh revelation. There's not going to be any any adjustment and fresh or adaptations to the time in which we hear the whole council of John is here. That's where we're going to walk in and the light is that even at this day of history that we don't want to go back to a period.
Before the full life was just kind of having things after that.
We know that now that the full life is given, there's no need for the time. The sign here were a part of interim. They were connected there with that, with that interval between the formation of the church and the near Pentecost and the full formative ministry of the apostle. Paul once said that the fluid is in here with the Holy Council involved and the church set up through the ministry of Impossible Hall, the scientists.
A third of their usefulness, and has never been before they they found malfunction in the assembly. Besides, they found no function in the assembly in the full line of home. They form their function in regard to a testimony to the duty, wherever it comes, of our friend.
Not that they're believed to defend their belief not and that's the final question to the Jews. You see that in deeper the truth God bearing them with the social time and wonders and various gifts of the Holy Spirit. God bore with it to those views that follow the Lord Jesus in regard to the unbelieving nation of Israel. But now that they are full of light of all the ministry of different.
Those scientists are altogether output. They have no reason. They have no function.
They have no clue and God will not be.
I'm going to tell you what I told I never kind of done, but if you if you will turn yourself sometimes the 2nd testimonial is 2. You will see that there is one who's going to come with signs and wonders.
God is not going to give signs and wonders today because the full, full council of God has come out, but there is one coming to find the one. So we want to be careful about any, anything that even ends in the direction.
Of those times.
No longer is standing all how to reveal.