Standing The Test (Part One)

Neal Frisby’s Sermon CD# 994 2-5-84 (AM)

Lord bless your heart. God bless you. Feeling good this morning? All right.

He is really great, isn’t He? We are going to pray for you because today I am going to preach several messages, but we will return to praying for the sick next week. We have a crusade where I will be praying for the sick every night that I can, and you will see the miracles like we see them on television. So if you are here this morning, you’d be here in that crusade if you’re sick, and you believe in the Lord. It doesn’t matter if it’s terminal, if there is no hope, the doctors give you up, or you need something created. It doesn’t make any difference, He is the One that’s doing it, amen? And if you have a little faith, you will ignite the anointing, and He creates and does miracles faster than light. He is wonderful, amen? Be it according to your faith. Lord, touch the bodies here this morning, and touch their hearts, and increase their faith, Lord, that they can receive more, for that’s how it comes. And open up that Word to their heart, Lord. It’s a serious thing to you, and it’s an important time of the age, because it is closing out. All the signs tell us, the prophetic gift, and the Word of God tells us the age is closing quickly. It is our hour. We are going to take advantage of it, Lord. We are going to pray for the deliverance of those bodies in the harvest field, and for the salvation of their souls, and we worship you this morning, and we believe you in our heart. We have super confidence in your promises. They are all true. Give the Lord a hand clap! Praise the Lord Jesus!

All right. Go ahead and be seated. So, I have a couple of messages, and then we will be back Thursday night. How many of you are ready? For in there we will bring deliverance and bring power from the Lord. So, if you are new here this morning, this might be a mysterious sermon, but if you will do it according to it, you will grow in the Lord, and He most certainly will bless your heart. I want you to listen closely, because I’ve touched on these subjects, but I am kind of getting it together here and see how it comes from the Lord. Listen to it real close, and then later, you know, coming maybe this summer possibly, or whenever, I would like to go, there’s several mysteries in the book of Revelation, like the two different 144,000s, and also different chapters in there that’s puzzling to people. And I’d like to go over some of those chapters sometimes, and bring them out exactly as they are, probably on film and audio, so that people always have them. I don’t know when the Lord will cause me to do it, or want me to do it, but we will do that, because there are many mysteries in the book of Revelation, the book of Daniel, and even the Old Testament, mysteries and parables in the New Testament, quite a Word of God that’s to His people!

Now, Standing the Test. Did you know if you are the elect that you are going to be tested, you are going to be tried? Now this morning it’s about your work, or about the work that has been presented before you, but if you are the elect, you will be tested, you will be tried, your work will be tried. That is why the elect finally shines. That is why it comes forth with the anointing. It comes forth with power. It comes forth to deliver the sick. It comes in such a way that it performs the miracles of God. It’s not just talk, it is work. Can you say amen? In the power of working of faith and miracles, we know that. Now, it comes forth, it is tested like gold to the fire, Revelation 3: 17, I believe along about there, and just various other scriptures in the Bible. It is tested like gold against the fire until it is purified, and then it begins to work for God. Now, listen to this right here, I wrote this down. What foundation are you on this morning? What foundation? There are different classes and different orders of the saints, and all want to make it, but do all want to accept it all that’s in the bible? There is where it begins from the greatest to the least and begins to be broken down. All want, but do all want to accept it and act upon what it [the bible] says. Can your work, or how you believe, can it stand the test? Now, in the Bible, we know there’s different positions even among the bride. There’s different positions that fade along in there with the wise, and then among the foolish of the great tribulation, those are not the translative saints. Then you have the friends of God, you have the Jews. All this is broken down in harvest time and so forth like that, and He narrows it down to the believer to a fine final point, what He calls the inner circle that calls for full surrender.
Now, let us read, Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter 2 (Chapter 3), about verse 10, along in there he was talking. Paul said, “I am a master builder. Now, why all of a sudden it is kind of egotistical? He said, “For I am a wise master builder”. He knew the Old Testament of the Rock of Ages. He knew Isaiah wrote about the sure foundation stone, the rock of offense that was coming, and Paul knew that Jesus said, “He that listens to my words, that built upon a rock, he is a wise man.” Paul said, then I am a wise master builder. No man can build on any other foundation but the foundation that the Lord Jesus Christ left. Then he goes on to say that we are all laborers in the gospel, he said that just before that, “by the grace of God.” And then he says, the work, some work is built upon silver, upon gold, upon precious stones, upon hay, upon stubble, and upon wood (1 Corinthians 3: 12). Now, all of this is the building powers in there. Now, this will happen, it has happened some through all of the ages, they have to give an account. And this last age will be more to give an account, because more light is given, more gifts are coming, and power, and how the Lord is reaching with such an electronic age that we live in. And he continues, and he says, “Every man’s work.” Now, when he was talking about the metals, precious metals, the precious stones, and then turning to hay, wood, and stubble, he was using the precious part of that as the endurance, as of a value against hay, wood, and stubble. It was on a spiritual quality, not exactly speaking on material at all, but on a spiritual level. How is your work built on these five or six different things here? “Every man’s work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire” (1 Corinthians 3:13). Now, here’s where the fire comes. Here is the Holy Spirit coming at the end of the age. Hey, man, this sets us for revival, doesn’t it? He is getting us on a solid Rock, so that when we begin to deliver, we are on a solid Rock here. Evidently, He’s going to fix it, very powerful.
But, and then it shall declare it, the fire of the Holy Spirit, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man’s work. Now, this takes in any maidens of the Lord, any handmaidens, or whatever it is, or however, or whatever you are doing, testifying, or what intercessory, or whatever the Lord has given you. It takes in both. Every man’s work, it says here, shall be tried of what sort it is, and what it is. “If any man’s work abides, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” If he can stand the test, he will receive that reward. “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved as by fire.” Finally, it gets down, even some of those that built upon the less valuable, their work was destroyed, had not much to it at all, organizational system, I guess, destroyed out from under them and some of those that flee, evidently, this is revealing, saved as by fire. Paul brings that out in other scriptures, and so does the Bible. It finally gets down to your tribulation group that spreads out into the wilderness during that time. Gets down to the 144,000 Jews in Revelation 7 that He seals up, and some of His friends that He’s refined a third through fire. It says here, as silver and gold is refined by So that’s the way they bring in the revelation of it, the symbolism of it there. And so we find out too, that it said, “Therefore let no man glory in men, for all things are yours,” and all things are ours (1 Corinthians 3:21). Do you believe that? If you envy somebody, He’s got plenty for you. If you glory in somebody else, He’s got some for you. Amen? It’s exactly right. Now, let’s get it down here and see what happens here. Now, and I got it where it was in perspective order, and we will begin to find out. Now, as I say, even among the bride, those positions of lights are different, and they change, although they are in the bridal party, in there. Then the wise attendants were there too. They are both wise, they are just one deeper than the other in there. At the midnight cry, waking up the wise, and they are in there. The positions, then the different positions in the foolish, and then the different positions that fall on out into the servants, and into the 144,000, so forth like that.
Now Paul is speaking here in Philippians, he speaks of a prize to be won. This is something, this is the highest order, this is the overcomer, this is the one that is the prize. I press towards the mark, because God said it. I press towards the mark. Remember, I am a wise master builder, and that’s the only way you are going to get where he is going here. “I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God, in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13). Obviously, the prize will not be to the lukewarm Christians. How many of you believe that? Not this prize. Those are spewed out. This prize is not for the foolish virgin, either, not for those in the great tribulation. But this is a prize of the high calling. It’s not even, for the 144,000. This is the one that Paul set his goal on, upon his eyes. Somebody, I believe, for a long time, asked me, would he be in the bridal [bride]? I believe Paul will be in there. I believe the New Testament saints will make up, even though it’s the end of the age of the Gentiles, that he will be considered in that group. I really believe that. God has it fixed like that. Not among those 144,000 or anywhere else, but he has that in there. We will have to wait and see all about it. Now, some people say, “You know, if I can just barely make it.” I hope you do, with all of my heart. But one time Peter said, (1st Peter 4:18), if we, the just, just make it by the skin of our teeth, ah, where does that leave the rest and the sinner and so forth and the ungodly? And some said, if I can just barely make it, well, that would be wonderful. But, you see, the position changes and only God knows those things and allows those positions, but we are going to break it down and show the great grace and the great power of the Lord. Now, to whom knowledge is given and whom understanding is given and whom much is given, much is going to be required. How many of you believe that? Now, all my ministry and all my life, He told me, you will build upon the Rock and that Rock is the Eternal One. It is the Lord Jesus. He is the Rock of Ages. Nothing, and you can do nothing without Him. How many of you believe that? So, the foundation that I’ve laid is on solid Rock and evidently at the right time, there will be much fruit all over the nation and everywhere in the hour that God brings His children and for you individually, too.
Let’s see how you believe today. Can you stand the test? Can you stand up on it? The prize is reserved for the overcomers. This prize towards a high calling, as the Bible said, there are some hundredfold-blessing Christians, there are 60s and there are 30s in there, Matthew chapter 13 brings it out. But there is to be a coveted class, those will fit in there. Watch this, it is called the inner circle. And He shows us, even in the New Testament, how that He does from all creation up until the end of the time, He begins to fan out, some are fanned out closer to Him. You know, John was always closer to Him. We see that right at the table and the others were spread out as He wanted them spread out and how that He did it according to faith and determination of character and so forth. John was always right close to His breast, right in here. God allowed him to be there. He was comfortable with Him and He put him there. Peter was boisterous, He liked him too, but he, a little bit, talked too much at the wrong times, you know what I mean? And He had a place for him. How many of you know that? He had several that He could really talk to. The Lord knows how to do everything, and He sets them according to their character. He called them by their names. He calls you by your name today. He knows all about you. See, and He calls you like that or you wouldn’t be here listening to this. Now let’s watch as they fan out, see what He does here. The inner circle, now Paul said that if you want [to be] in the inner circle, you have to put forth a supreme effort. You must throw everything, heart and soul into the race and you are in the race to win, not to fall out, not to run out of breath. Can you say amen? And you must be endued by faith and the Word of God, or you will tire and fall by the wayside, and the vultures will get you. See, now this is the one that’s on the inside or you’ll fall into another category. You must throw everything that you have to the race to win, body, soul, and mind. And then we find out here, the consecration includes much more than just material gifts, but those will help. It is a living sacrifice. How many of you believe that? At God’s will.
Now let’s get, here we go right here. There is an inner circle in Jesus’ coming kingdom, even as there were while He was on the earth. Now He had a circle while He was on the earth. Listen to this right here. First there was the multitude who listened to His words and rejoiced in His miracles. That’s the multitude. Where were they at the cross? But there was a great multitude that listened to His miracles and His words and rejoiced, but most of whom never understood the spiritual meaning of His teaching. Did you know that? They came, they were healed, the power of God, they listened to His words, but most of those never did really understand what He came to really do and the power of those parables and how He would speak to them, John chapter 6 verse 24 and about verses 60 and 66. Then after the multitude, it begins to break down. There were the 500 believers who followed Him the whole way and were counted worthy of witnessing Him and His resurrection glory. They saw Him and He was carried away. There’s about 500 that they began to witness Him going away (1 Corinthians 15:6). Of these, there were 120 out of the 500, there were 120 who were devoted to Him that obeyed His command to tarry in Jerusalem until they were filled with the Holy Spirit, Acts chapter 1 and so forth like that. It gets down to 120 that went into the upper room. Among these 120, there was a smaller circle of 70 disciples. We find out that He had 70 disciples who had gone forth in an active ministry in the harvest field, Luke 10:1 -2 boils down to that. They were active, they had been in the harvest field, they were working, they were appointed, they were anointed to do that. Here we started off with the multitudes, then down to the 500, then down to the 120, and then down to the 70 here. He’s coming on down. And then we find out here, a still more intimate group was His 12 apostles who had forsaken all to follow Him and whom He had ordained to become special leaders of the church. They will be sitting on the 12 tribes of Israel judging and so forth like that (Matthew 19: 27-29). And then after the 12, finally there was the innermost circle of all, Peter, James, and John. Now, you say why? He was always calling them. They appeared with Him at the transfiguration. There’s only three, He didn’t bring the 12, He didn’t bring the 70, He didn’t bring the rest of them, the 120 or anything. He just took the three, for evidently their work would be most powerful, and it’s the way that they were leaders that they would lead and do what He said and so forth like that, even though sometimes it looked like several of them might fail the Lord, He held them up to the limit. And they were able to witness the transfiguration, and they witnessed it as His face was changed and altered and glorious light. That was the three in the inner circle of that Light. So we have that. Peter, James, and John and He took them to the Mount Transfiguration, Matthew 17 and other scriptures. Another time He brought them into a room with Him when He raised the daughter of Jairus. Remember that? He brought those three, Luke 8:51. There were other such occasions. There was the innermost circle within the inner circle. Now, why did He do all of this? Because He never in the scriptures just sat down and began to say, “I am going to do this, I am going to do that, but it came as it came through mysteries to be revealed.
But as we see, as He started out, and I remember when it was all over with, there were definitely only 500 people that witnessed Him going back into heaven. And then it breaks down from there until it gets right down to the inner circle. And He is trying to show there are seven church ages. It’s kind of like a rainbow that’s fanning out like this or if you throw a pebble in the water, it begins to fan away. And at the end of the age, you will have it right down. What happens? It’s like a pyramid; when it goes up and right at the top where the capstone, there is the foundation stone, right at the top is the narrowest point. Now you take this building here that we have here, and you begin to fan out like we are here in these different colors, and you see it fanning out. Now if these chairs continued to fan out, and they fanned right on out past me, and they kept fanning, see, and kept going, see they are headed for this point here. And if they fan out, and they go right back to the back where it comes down in the back, it will fan right down, and there will be one chair facing that mountain out there. And if you want to get any closer, you have to go outside and sit on the tail or the point of that thing. One more, that’s about it there. How many of you see what He’s doing? All right, it’s somewhat, but there it is, built in a diamond form, see, like a baseball. You’ve seen a diamond like this, and like that, or a cut diamond, probably like this, because the bible even brings that out, it’s a precious But when you begin to do it, finally, it begins to get right down here. If you let those chairs go right past me, and then fan right out, and there’d be one chair sitting there, finally, right at that point, right at the end there. And God, at the end of the age, now, you see the different positions that He calls in the bible.
And we find out in the scriptures that I can name by the great grace of God, Paul said they started out with silver, with gold, and silver, and that’s the building of those foundations. It turns to precious stones, and then after that, it changes to wood, to hay, and to stubble. And he says that those that can stand the test, the work that stands the test, that work will abide by the fire at the end of the age, then there will be a great reward to it. But the other work, the hay, wood, and stubble, now, that’s different from the other. And when it begins to be burnt, and it cannot stand up under the test of the power of the Holy Spirit, and that work, it said, is burnt, however, not much of reward. It doesn’t mention a reward, but they are saved as by fire. That’s tribulation, isn’t it? How many of you realize that? So we found out what was the difference when we get in the bible of the foolish virgins that flee into the wilderness during that time. They had salvation as the scripture gives it, as they fled from that because they were built in a framework of a system, and that system was built upon wood, hay, and stubble. How many of you believe that? But they wound up with all the silver, and gold, and precious metals, saith the Lord, but you wound up with the spiritual part of the symbolism. How many of you say, praise the Lord? That’s exactly right, for it says, “I am rich, and I have need of nothing,” in Revelation chapter 3, He said, “Buy of me gold tried in the fire.” See, your work will stand the test like that.
Now, at the end of the age, as the Holy Spirit is drawing, and especially you young people listen to this, many temptations the devil is going to bring your way. Many times he will test you, more than ever before, in the history of the world, but I got news for you. If you stay on the wise master builder’s Rock, and you listen to these words, the Lord will hold you up, no matter what. He will bring you through, no matter what you’ve been tempted, or if you may have to, or if you do, or whatever happens to you, stumble, or make a mistake, don’t leave the Lord. He will pull you on that Rock, and you will make it in. It is so easy, I know so many times, praying for the young people, sometimes, you know, they are in, they are out, something like that, but there is coming a day when they better get on the Rock, and stay on it, amen, and stay right in there. But in Revelation, where it said, “We are rich, and full, and we have need of nothing,” and the Lord said, “You are naked, you are wretched, and you are all blind, buy me gold tried in the fire.” That’s what’s going to stand the test. It’s not the systems, it’s not the name on all the doors, or wherever it might be, culture, what, whatever, it doesn’t matter, what is going to stand the test is the master builder’s Rock, amen, built upon that Rock. So, we find out that the hay, the wood, and the stubble is burnt, and the ones that flee out of there, there’s no reward that much, but they flee into the great tribulation during that time, and then the other works are just burned up by the Battle of Armageddon. So we find out that according to this, He moves, this is just a symbolism that He is using, but we watch how He does that, the 500 that saw Him go away, the 120. First the multitudes, that would be vast multitudes listening, sometimes 4 or 5, maybe 10,000 people, and great multitudes had never seen miracles, and the miraculous, and the creative power that He had, and they witnessed to Him, but they never did really understand the spiritual truths. If they understood those spiritual truths, they’d have got to see Him go away. How many of you believe that?
The same today that we live in. If the people were built upon solid Rock today, then those people are going to get to see Him come back again, but those that just let it go in one ear and out the other, and do nothing, you know, and care nothing about anything, they won’t be able to do it. Then the multitudes, if they would have really understood the meaning that He was bringing to them besides the miracles. Now, they liked the miracles, they watched the miracles, creating of the bread, and the loaves, and all the fantastic wonders that He did, that John said a whole book of the world couldn’t control what all He’d ever done. And not only that, but any time, and every time He created wherever He was at, it brings that point out, but if they really believed in all of His spiritual teachings, and what He meant, they would have all been there at the cross, because they would understand just exactly why He went there. Still, as He preached to them, and He told them His mission, yet when it came right up to the cross, they said, “Well, if He was really that, He wouldn’t have to die.” That’s exactly what He came to do! How many of you believe that? And then He was resurrected. So we find out after the multitudes, then we had 500 who were blessed to see Him go away, only 500 out of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of people, and then breaking down from that only 120 out of the 500 went to the upper room, only 120. They went to the upper room, and then of course the 70 were broken down, the harvest workers that went out and were anointed, and then it broke on back again to the 12 disciples, the apostles, and out of those 12 was the inner circle of the three. And He just kept breaking it right on down.
So that shows us today, among the bride there will be different positions fanning out. The wise will be another fan out there. Then you have different positions even among the foolish, whatever He would give there, and then you have the servants of God, the Jews, that we have sealed in there. They are the friends of God, and He has one third, He said, the brethren in Israel, somehow they are tried as by fire at the end of the age, and these are probably separate than the 144,000. How He does all this, but only the grace of God, even down to the least, He has made a way of escape, but even the least, wherever they abide, they are the believer. How many of you can say amen to that? It’s only by the grace of God that He’s chosen those that will be on the Rock of Translation to hear these beautiful promises and to hear the words of the Lord. I think we are down to Peter, James, and John, don’t you, on the Mount of Transfiguration, where the glory of the Lord’s at? They were on the Mount. I really believe that.
So at the end of the age, will your work stand the test? Every man’s work, now listen to this, every system, no one can deny they’ve done many things for the Lord in the past. But always listen to this, and this is the truth, there’s still people that God is going to save and God is going to fill and heal out of those systems. And it’s permissible at times when the Lord allows it, it seems that man will not listen, He still blesses, He still helps. But it’s the reason at the end of the age that He says come out into my body, into the Holy Spirit and the guidance of the Foundation Stone, the Head of the Lord. How many of you believe that? And why does He choose a people upon a Rock that believe in the Lord with all of their heart instead of the systems? Because finally at each age, the system would fail Him each time. We have a record of it, they would finally fail because man got in in such a way, the human, it became a human function instead of the Holy Spirit. We got seven church ages, even Ephesus built on the powerful apostolic gifts of the Spirit after the disciples died. John, out of Patmos, the Lord Himself even threatened to move that candlestick because they had lost their first love. And that shows us something right at the beginning, that each one of those systems lost their love for souls and to deliver them from their sicknesses, disease, and cast out the evil powers so that the church is standing on the Rock. How many of you believe that? Now in each age, go back and look at yourself, and yet today people are in there that God’s going to call out and save, and the highways, the hedges, and so forth like that. But in every case, the church has apostatized, and in apostatizing, it could not stand the test, and then it apostatized. And His great mercy though, coming back in a visitation of those church ages, standing today right up to the Laodicean, of the Philadelphia age today, the prize of the high calling runs right simultaneously along with the Laodicean that are spewed out. The ones that press towards the mark, the prize of the high calling, that’s the faithful Philadelphia, the church called of brotherly love. How many of you believe that? Simultaneously, they are running side by side, one will finally split and go this way, the other one will take off towards heaven. Oh hallelujah!
So we find out, why did He put such a favor on the apostles, the apostolic doctrine, the book of Acts, the power, and all of that, and to the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ? Because in every case, each system had apostatized, it could not stand the test. And at the end of the age, after we get through with all of this, they will have a huge super system: church, church and state, religious state, and you see why? It will not be able to stand the test. How many of you believe that? You say the Holy Spirit’s going to test? Yes sirree, satan can only do a certain amount of things, but the Lord Himself is going to test that work. And I have, in preaching the gospel here in Phoenix, Arizona, have run up against another hard rock, but the Rock I got, is got the cutting edge, it’s a diamond, amen! You say amen? That’s right. Why? They cannot stand the test, and He will prove that because all you have to do, you say, “You’re so sure of that.” Well not only did He tell me, but you can read about it in the scriptures. Read Revelation chapter 3 of the Laodiceans, read chapter 17, and find out what happens to all the false churches and systems of the earth, become one together, and find out that she did not stand the test, was destroyed by fire. So we find out every man’s work will be tried, as by fire, and whatever stands will go with the Lord. I think it’s wonderful!
Paul said I am a wise master builder, and they say boy, look at him building himself up. No, no, no, no. He said I cannot build on any other foundation than Christ. You say amen? And he remembered, and he had permission, he knew in his heart what he was saying, and Jesus said those who listen to my words are built upon a Rock. They are wise men. Can you say amen? So he said, “I am building on this Rock, I am a wise master builder.” How many of you say amen? So we find out in symbolism at the end of the age, and all of His grace, and all of His mercy, fanned out from those that sit right by Him, till it fans out in positions, and all that we have. The book of Revelation again brings these things out with the seven stars, so forth like that, all through there. I will tell you what, can your work stand the test? If you stay and listen to my messages, it will. Amen? And every man’s work will be tried, and even those of the least, somehow they were made a way, and they escaped as by fire, but that mentions no reward, but evidently, they come through the Great Tribulation. I think God is wonderful! Now in this revival, we built upon the Rock of His promises, on the Rock of His Word, and I believe we are going to be able to stand. You know, sometimes today people have it kind of easy sometimes, and it’s hard for them really to see sometimes why the messages have to be preached this way, but I can feel the urgency of the Holy Spirit, and the power of revelatory inside of me, that the day will come when this message is not even strong enough to satisfy you. How many of you believe that, if it could be given any stronger? Because there is coming upon the earth, not only great temptations, the bible said, to try them to dwell upon the earth, and those that keep His Word and His patience, He will see them through, but also the test of fire, and the test that comes upon the earth.
Every man’s work shall be tested, not one of them shall escape it. So, you might as well prepare for it, and every individual and every part. What I presented to you is my work. You believe it will stand the test, that’s what’s going to count, and I believe it will, because like Paul, I believe it is built upon the Rock. Can you say amen to that? That’s wonderful, isn’t it? One time the two disciples, you know, were jumping ahead of everything, they would have their positions. God, Jesus gave their positions that they had, and they asked, this thing, it got out of hand, James and John, I believe it was, and the mother asked, “Can one of them sit on the right side, and one of them sit on the left side?” And Jesus already told them that that’s already written down. How many of you say praise the Lord? He said that’s already been chosen now. Isn’t He wonderful? You say, you mean by knowing all things from the beginning to the end, He knows exactly where each person was set? Yes, before you were even created, before there was a world put here, in the master plan of God, the great Master Builder, it was already all done. We are just going through the course, and we are to give our heart, mind, soul, and body, and pull our full forces behind that race. I press towards the mark, as a race, Paul said, to run and win, amen? How many of you believe that?
All right, I want you to stand to your feet. Strange messages come, don’t they? Amen, praise the Lord! The main thing is, standing the test that’s coming upon the world, and believe me, it is going to rise for you. Sometimes you are having a hard time, remember, He has a position for you, no individual it says is left out, none is left out, but I want the prize of the high calling at the end of the age. Much is required when you hear messages like this, and when you hear and see miracles, and signs, and wonders, the Lord expects your faith to rise and become strong. And I believe those that are running the race, the prize to the high calling, I believe they will have super confidence, and super faith in the Lord, and He is going to give it to them. Can you say amen? I really believe that. Okay, that’s a good one. You don’t have time, you know, in your crusades now, to preach like that, because the sick are here, and you have compassion. And Jesus Himself, it said He began to do, and He began to act, and many times He’d say a few words, and He would just pray for thousands of people like that. But we do have time this morning to lay that foundation here, and someday it will come in real handy. So there is the way that Paul gives it, standing the test, and all those symbolisms, he brings it out that way. I want to be the best, don’t you? Amen. I want something that the Holy Spirit has some value in it, that can stand up against any fire, and it’s enduring. Gee, the precious metals and the gems are what? Wood, hay, stubble, it just blows away like that, but the other, it is what? What does it teach us? It is enduring, amen? It is lasting. It doesn’t deteriorate like other things like that. It has, it keeps its value, see, right on through. Many times we’ve seen it in history, but he symbolizes it like that, and I really believe that. So how many of you are ready to run a race? Are you a good racer?
You know, I will close. If you are new this morning, you come back and get prayed for. You can feel this power here to deliver you. You are healed now if you believe it. Amen. You believe that? Sure, sure. You believe that in your heart, and you know, now, I am going to say this, and we will be closing here, and I will have a brief message tonight, and we will have a rally tonight. I won’t pray for everybody here at a distance this morning, and I am going to try to get all caught up so I can have that meeting, but I will say this, we will close right now. Do you know in the world, and people here today, if they have music talent that they are performing, they try, and they put everything behind it, they do their best. Amen. Your world of sports out here, the professional, he will do his best that he can in doing it, and everything. A man and a classman, if he really has it in heart, he will put his full force, and he will do his best in any profession. Why not a Christian be able to do his best in a profession that will stand forever when all of them are gone? How many of you can say, amen? So, you must hit His full surrender, and throw everything in your heart, body, and soul into the race, ah, to run the race, and you will win that race. You will win that race, but you can’t sit down and run at the same time, saith the Lord. Oh, Hallelujah! How many of you say amen? That’s really great. Shows action in your heart.

All right, lift up your hands, ah, and I am going to pray for everyone. If you are new here this morning, you come on back, and we will be praying for the sick, and you will be here tonight. I will have a brief message, and we are going to have a rally, and I will pray for people down here in the front, but not on the platform until Thursday night, or whenever we start that crusade. Get your hands in the air. If any of you may, by this time, still be suffering, let’s get it out there. Amen? Lord, touch your people’s hearts. You have revealed yourself this morning, and my prayer is their work Lord, with me will stand the test, because that’s where you sent them, and I believe they are on a foundation Rock, Lord. Now let their faith arise to the level that you want it, Lord, so that when they ask, they receive. Touch every heart in here, spiritually and physically, Lord. Touch the body. Heal the body, drive out the pains, and the depression, and the anxiety, Lord God, we drive it out. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, we believe it is gone now. Now, by the Holy Spirit, let us rejoice, and let us thank the Lord. Can you thank the Lord? All right, rejoice! Come on now. All right. Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus! I love you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus! He is going to bless your heart, sir. Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!

152 – Standing The Test (Part One)