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- He opens in the air, flying back from Colombia: a young Jewish fellow passenger, learning they were preachers, asked why Jesus — if he was so great, and they declare him to be God — had to hurt himself; why did he not just reach out in power and save? Bean was thankful for the question, because it gave him the opportunity to witness: that would have been power, that would have been majesty, but that would not have been love. Man had never seen the outstretched love of God until Jesus Christ came; God's prescription for man's deliverance required that there be a sufferer. The Song of Solomon tells the same story in allegory: Solomon, who could have taken the girl by command, instead left his throne, put on shepherd's garb, lived by her vineyard and courted her until he won her heart — as the Lord robed himself of his royal glory and power to court this human family and get out of it a bride.
- He turns to the congregation: be much in prayer this afternoon for the service tonight; so many folks in this town come to this church seeking the Holy Ghost, and we can be glad when we get them rounded up — but "I warn you, you cannot be saved out there by yourself." In Jamaica, he says, the people are disappointed if the preacher does not hold them until three o'clock on a Sunday; here, he jokes, we are disappointed if he does not stop — "so I hate to disappoint you this morning."
- His text is the fifth chapter of the book of Judges. He reads the first two verses — Deborah and Barak's song, praise for the avenging of Israel when the people willingly offered themselves — and then, at the sixth verse, the condition of Israel: the highways unoccupied, the travellers walking through byways, the inhabitants of the villages ceased — "until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel." His subject is motherhood. It is not Mother's Day, and it may be a little shocking, but "I am a mother." The claim is not false: the apostle Paul, a genuine man with nothing feminine about him, said he travailed in birth again until Christ be formed in them — Paul gave birth to this church, to these people, and then travailed in birth again.
- The greatest need of Pentecost today, he says, is the spirit of motherhood; there is no need as great as that, and our pews will be empty until somebody takes hold of it. Receiving the Holy Ghost is only an introduction: without leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, we are to go on to perfection, moving on into the different phases of the work of God and its ministries — and the most valuable and most important of them is this one of mother. He reads the book of Exodus: Pharaoh's charge to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, to kill the men children; the midwives' fear of God; and their answer before Pharaoh — "the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women."
- That distinction becomes the sermon's centre. There is a definite, distinct difference between this church and any other church. Other churches can number up members quickly — raise a hand, make a decision, sign a card, shake hands, and you're in and you can't get out. This church does not bring forth members the way they bring forth members. To become a member of God's church — the church whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life — there is a definite process, a lot more serious and a lot more costly than some folks think: it is birth. "You just don't have babies without mother." It has not come to the incubator; the first ones got in that way and that is how the last ones are going to get in. Somebody getting into this thing is not like joining the Lions Club or the Boy Scouts.
- There are four involved in the birth of a child: the mother, the doctor or midwife, the relative, and the friend. When the church really gets lively — when the Hebrew women are lively — the midwife is hardly needed at all: people can be born right back there on the bench while the song service is going on. He tells of a Houston revival at Mother Kilgore's church where, while the offering was being taken up, a lady simply prayed through to the Holy Ghost. He begins to tell where he got this message — he has preached it in nearly every church, and in one church they couldn't finish it, when the Lord spoke to him and told him to tell where he got it — and at that point the captioned record thins into fragments. What survives of the teaching that follows is its burden: of the figures around a birth, it is the mother — the little faithful one who has suffered death to bring that baby here — who gets the honour; the others around her are only relatives. Working with seekers takes a mother who knows the field: some jerk their hands up too quick and need to do some more repenting; others are made to wait too long, and when they have thoroughly repented that is the time to get them to the Lord — it takes wisdom to know when to do what, and it will work. "We need a mother."
- The span's last stretch, from about 36:19, survives only in fragments — scattered lines of the altar teaching, a call for someone who can weep, applause and music — and the captioned playing of the message ends with his "we're ready to go back to the same place" (51:01) and the fragment at 52:59, dissolving into applause and music. Nothing has been completed across the gaps; the record is the message as the captions carry it.
Scriptures: Judges 5:1-2, 6-7; Exodus 1:15-21; Galatians 4:19
Scripture index: Judges 5:1-2, 6-7; Exodus 1:15-21; Galatians 4:19.
Transcript
we were flying from the volunteers Colombia to Bogota Colombia South American Airlines young Jewish boy on that plane airline again talking he began that some questions found that we were preachers he said to me said how the orchard to think that I'm being critical when I would really like to have some fun he said now you talk about this man Jesus Christ he said if he was so great and you of course declare him to be God and he was so great why did he not to hurt himself the same why didn't he just reach out in faith I was so thankful he acted that gave me the greatest opportunity to live a little why did he hurt him if he will progress that's what makes this story so beautiful man had never seen the outstretch love of God until Jesus Christ came God described a plan of salvation deliverance for people and in his prescription he requires there be a sufferer and that of course became instant how would man know his real love how would they know if he just found that stir hand reached out and said all right I'm going to save you you that would have been power that would have been Majesty but that would not have been loved beautiful story is depicted infiltrate for us in the book of Song of Solomon a long time I never could quite understand beautiful book but it's kind of a mystery until you know the key that story of beauty Solomon the great king that the command well just whatever he wanted that's what he did and all of the resources that it's a man Sheriff soldiers and had many wives many concubines he decided he wanted into certain girl is all was good and there was no question they had to give up
their daughter she had to come it's the beauty of that story there was one that he found when they and decided that it would be unfair to himself to her to just take her by command she becomes his right Solomon literally for a time left his throne ordered a Shepherds guard and lived on the mountain around without his kingdom ever ship in the cheese was like our lowly ship besides a vineyard that this girl was tending all of this time she did not know him who he was the courtship the game finally one day he told us that I've got to leave I won't he won't see me for a while but I'll be coming back he had finally won her heart and the second third chapters and even for the fifth chapter with the songs of Solomon his dreams that she had about him he's dreaming about beautiful stolen finally one day was he had instructed her to stay full for the venue to certain spots there in the venue one day she said she saw him coming leaping on the hill nineteen salient men Solomon had come after his breath that's the way beautiful but there's far more beautiful story that it really represents that's when I our lovely Lord this Rhodes himself with his royal glory and power but on himself with shepherds garb as it were he could have demanded everyone is deserving this we'd had no choice but he had brother Lewis under him and that's the reason he came the way he did to court this human family and to get out of it a bride I'm very glad that I yielded to the fortune thrilled over tonight pray God and pray how we encourage you to be much in prayer this afternoon for the service tonight to see this come here today and the money of you coming out you wished you could come in the night services me they like your mission govern so many folks in this town come to this church saying the Holy Ghost we can be glad when we get them all rounded up get a breakthrough and make something to understand an obligation they have for the half of it I warn you you cannot be saved out there by yourself you have to have them right well fantastic so fast honest and just wish we had wish it was like it was in Jamaica you get up to preach there in Jamaica on Sunday morning they are very disappointing if you don't preach and hold them somewhere around three o'clock all their disappointment because the majority will say they're all day in here praying singing and of course the difference between this congregation and that one is not only the color of faces but you're disappointed if we don't blow this whale so I hate to disappoint you this morning that's very possible you will be crazy
one more time if you wear less just living together from the bottom of your heart Thanks we love you and the fifth chapter of the book of Judges to begin reading is the first verse then saying Deborah and Bayless the son of Edmond from that day safe praise be the Lord for the avenging of Israel when the people willingly willingly willingly willingly offered them saying that's what God looking for somebody that is not forced but willing when I go to the sixth verse in the days of Shem gar the son of painters in the days of jail the highways were unoccupied and the travelers walked through by Lee the inhabitants of the villages see they ceased in Israel until that I Deborah a role that I rose a mother in it you please notice the condition that exists highways for unoccupied travelers walk through byway inhabitants of the religious thief until something happened now I really don't expect to get many times as this morning so there's only thing we've not even plan on if I could just get two of you I could make the cycles out of you these two all I was really need the rest of you could take you an out now while we please but if I could just reach two of them all I would be like I had really accomplished something if I could reach two I don't intend to reach the restaurant I don't plan no I will not if I could just get to it cool I would have succeeded this morning and purpose of this man very strange and peculiar message maybe for some of you but I'm going to talk about motherhood it's not Mother's Day by no means maybe a little shocking to you but I want you to know that I am a mother I've got some maybe some children they're mine is that and a little strange and you think that's a false claim the Apostle Paul a genuine man was not anything feminine about him genuinely he said hi Paul travail in birth again until Christ before menu I prevailed and gave birth to you and now I'm travailing in birth again until Christ be formed in you the genuine man company follow
actually gave birth to this church to these people and he said not only did I prevail and give birth to you but I am prevailing again so the claim is not false it is altogether fitting and I believe you'll understand it as we go into this measure the inhabitants of the villainess feet the travelers will through byways or highways were uh not the kind until that I've ever a loose and not only did I arrive she said but I arose a mother in Israel a mother the greatest range of Pentecost today is the spirit of motherhood there is no need as great as that our peas will be empty on all of this will be empty until somebody takes hold of the spirit of motherhood and as I say I do not expect you all today some of you could you just couldn't receive it you are in no position you're not not saying they're just some folks hit for that I don't mean to say that that everyone that doesn't have a dessert is lost our safe very possible the reason you don't have it could comment below but some folks have never caught the vision they never understood it we've preached the necessity of the Holy Ghost very clearly Fran there's something the reason why you've got the Holy Ghost is more than to save yourself you me that they become they say here of others if you walk with God as you should as the apostle plain without leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ let's go on to perfection so there are more things out there power you receiving the Holy Ghost is only an introduction to course you could receive none of these things except by receiving all that goes first of all but after having received it then you watch own a low into the different phases of the work of God and the ministries and the most valuable and most important is this one of mother she will came to the book of Exodus verse chapter 15 verse and the king of Egypt speak to the Hebrew midwives of which the name of the one was too firm the name of the other poor and he said when you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew one in his season upon the stools if it be a son then you shall kill him but if it be a daughter then she shall live but the midwives feared God and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the men children alive and the king of Egypt called for the midwives said in the Vale why have you done this thing and if Satan in children alive and the Midwife said in the Pharaoh because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women will you please note the distinction the Hebrew women are not the Egyptian one I would like to hear the mail this morning there is a definite distinct difference between this church and any other church
no dad if we were like other being by the churches we could have already numb it up quite a lot of members of membership no doubt we could have shook hands with odd numbers already time they left and may have evening thanks it's good - it's pretty simple to do that they don't even have to have a love revival attend a meeting long enough right up quite a few so many converts but heavy but this church stands out distinct different sectors from any other Church in this town we are not like the Egyptian women this church does not bring forth members like they bring forth members this is a card tournament where when you go into this church basil process it's not a handshake it's not that friend it goes beyond that there is and that makes us different from everything in the country raise your hand make a decision surprise for Jan on the radio shake their hands on the card and that's it and you're here and you can't get out does church for you to become a member of his church there is a definite process and it's a lot more serious in some folks realize that it is it's a lot more costly than some folks thinking every member of this church anything to do with the name of the eternal role but I'm talking about God's church I'm talking about the one that has their name written in the Lamb's Book of Life everyone whose name goes on that great membership role of the amorous roles of return came by a very definite an automatic thing it was an occasion you just don't have babies without mother and said you just don't count amazing without mother you have not come to the incubator we all know how to babies born without senator first yeah it's going laughter that's exactly how the last one and I say if you only know how to get the Church of the Living God go back there well the first thing we've got in and that's how the last ones are gonna get in process there is a definite distinction the Hebrew women are not ours the Egyptian somebody gets into this thing somebody gets into this thing it's not like joining the Lions Club or the Boy Scouts meeting I want you to know that more involved in that oh if God would help us as his people to
realize the needs of motherhood in the church now there are four involved in the birth of the child there is the mother there's the doctor of midwife there's the relative and there are the friend or differently now here's the book of Exodus we find mentioned midwife and then there's another mention of midwives food and of course the king had given orders for these midwives and as they waited upon these Hebrew women to kill the man children and they didn't do it the Bible says they feared God therefore God dealt well with the midwives the people multiplied and waxed very mining the kingdom plants because the midwives feared God that he made them Halas he was very disturbed why they hadn't done the same the answer was there they're not like the Egyptian women they're alive there's a river ere the midwives and of course that is a very important point here and I want this church to get painted when the church really gets Lively back it off dude then of course you don't even need this Midwife that's all when the church gets lively enough why they can be born sitting back there on that bench while the song service is going on that's the only service going home one night in Houston and mother Kilgore's church's revival while they was taking up off and later just pray to the Holy Ghost that's the bad Astro it was because the Hebrew women have become like I'll tell you where I got this message and I've preached it in our guest ever Church except one and I read the text to preach it in a because they couldn't finish it the Lord spoke to me and told tell where I got this Oh around the pan they're creating the officer no look like what you getting anything rayon home and of course the rest of the church as usual and the old boy threw his hands up and again just digging Oh
Oh these are these folks that came up here question appear they are not the mother section mother midwife relative when a baby's born you know folks go to the hospital Oh it's that the little plate of faithful that has suffered death to bring that baby here though is the one that gets the honor our forebears belong against the longer wake up and kill me though is the one it's that these folks are only relative now that was three or four of us but even though that was three to four around does not mean that all three are also them we're mother they were that's the one just stand around stop for God's people oh please that's all in the world that he is my student right here the only reason you need all the things in church is when the Hebrew women are not like this all the beige is made for one thing simple which means if you had to come in then you have there are some cases some cases were that it's necessary to have a mission v in the birth that child and the Lord know that we need doesn't really go on the record to honor the
and don't forget it God's got birth certificates recorded in the some folks can live life I'm a dirt and never been happy just be a big one so know how to business and that can be thing this is a gue little rubble little bus shuttle it's cutting by the shoulders another pick that up there anyplace to it but they some little photos play with him to find out the pool boy in hades dimension if anybody becomes even more minutes sometimes they jerk their hands up too quick one of the worship gods too quick they need to do some more repent on the other hand they try to make a little bit too long and when they have thoroughly repented that's the time to get them to love the Lord and it takes a good bit wise to know that know when to do what and it'll work it'll work the work but what we've done we make them not only chronics but we Oh God that's naughty we need a mud that no of the field and he sister is always saying but it was enough he said if I can find one to weep I can find minutes of things the many drives
in but and we highly recommend these I want you to know everybody Queen out of the house folks oh brother it's time to get something out then give me friends forgive me that's all and the next thing raise the leg and moving into the office if you've been that way for a number of days
other path of truth' three and four days oh-oh-oh and I feel whole i what they go don't put the same opponent without food
No we're ready to go back to the same place Oh he said Donna I'd be willing to lay on my back
Scripture references as spoken: Judges 5:1-2, 6-7; Exodus 1:15-21; Galatians 4:19.