The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Part 3

Before he plunged me into Christ, I was clothed with chains, clothed with unrighteousness, clothed with standards, and clothed with lawlessness. Now, I am plunged into Christ, and I’m somewhere lost down there in His vast centeredness. I am somewhere in some vast, endless realm that is Christ, nothing else, Christ. You know where I am? I’m back where I was before creation. When God plunged me into Christ, I lost all my clothes. I lost everything because I was plunged into Him by death and by resurrection. And now, I am clothed again.

I am clothed by the Christian standard. Well, I am – God’s Christian standard. I am clothed—I am clothed with Christ. And I don’t really care what anybody else says or thinks. God’s trying to find me, and He can’t find me. All He can find is Christ, and He is my clothing.

Now, I want you all to know something: I want you to know who I am right now. I’m not a Jew who lives under the law, and I am not a Gentile who lives lawlessly. You know who I am? I’m going to tell you who I am. I want you to listen really carefully to who I am. This is a who, not a where. Are you ready for this? Who are you? I’m not a Jew, I’m not a Gentile, I’m not tied to standards, and I’m not lawless. Do you understand that, brother? I am not of the deeds of the flesh. I am not the lawless one who goes around chapter 6 of Galatians. I am not the lawful one who goes around under a curse of any standard. You know who I am; this is who I am: I am one with Christ. That’s not who you are, that’s what you are. No, that’s who I am, that’s who I am. I am one with Christ. And that’s who I am. Who are you? I’m in Christ. No, that’s where you are. No, it’s not, it’s who I am, I’m in Christ. And if I’m in Christ, I’m a daughter of all of those who existed before there were any standards. Praise the Lord.

Now, you just heard a girl in Galatia speak to you, and even if it breaks your jaw, say, “Praise the Lord.” I know someone’s sitting in this room and saying, “Well, I saw him do that, but there must be a catch here somewhere. This just can’t work.” And this is the radical nature. This is the radical nature of God; nothing else does work, this is where we began. Yes, brother.

I’m not saying anything. Brother, I’m not going to examine this. I’m not going to look at it, I’m not going to look at its problems. I’m not going to look at anything that sounds like, now wait a minute. I’m just going to sit there and absorb it. That’s all I’m going to do, and I’m not going to answer your question, just like I didn’t answer the other brothers.  By the way, is this the brother who asked that question last night? It’s not like I’m sitting over here trying to bluff that I know the answer and I don’t. I can answer your question, but I’m not going to do it. I’m just not gonna touch this. I’m not here to try to prove anything to you. All I want you to do is look at this girl. Just look at her and know that you have never seen a girl like this.

I have done all of this for the purpose of saying to you, Go back and do it again, would you? And this time, just let it fly. Just get free, and I wouldn’t pay a great deal of attention to writing out a doctrinal statement here. Let this girl talk to you, she’s a Christian, by the way, and she will talk to you and let her speak to you and write down what she says. And don’t be too tied to the verses. Just listen to her talk. Now, I would ask you this afternoon, and it’s important that it’s this afternoon, you go back and look at your notes, see if you might want to try something. I believe I left you chapter one and part of chapter 2. There’s not much in them, but you have chapter 3, and I left a lot out. And you can go back and do this again and see if you can’t take wings. But I also want you to add chapter 4.

And tonight, I would like to see some right-brain writings come in here. Now, any other questions? I’d like for someone to express some doubts that you yourself feel about your own personal freedom in Christ. You must be having some by now, and that’s what I’m asking for. If we got something else, I’m going to pass it up. I’ve got three hands. I’m going to hear the questions. No speeches, brothers. Just what your doubt is.

If the glass wall doesn’t fall now, then I can’t help you, but I hope that the Lord, by revelation, will. Up until this very moment, I don’t think anybody, maybe one or two, I don’t think anybody in this room really understands what I’ve been saying.

Let me go to a Baptist church. Alright, can you see me there? I can see it easily. There are about 500 people present there. Pews on this side and pews on this side. Maybe there’s a row of pews here, too. And I’m the new pastor, and these people have marched in. Now, Baptists, duck, and don’t be offended, but don’t tell me this isn’t true because I’m a Baptist and I’ve been a pastor, and perhaps you have, perhaps you have not. If you have, you know this is true.

First of all, these people don’t have any idea who they are, who the other people in that room are. Everybody in that room can probably name six people. There are some of the old folks who’ve been there forever, could probably get up to a hundred, but there are 400 people in that room. They don’t have any idea who they are. They came to the meeting this morning, and they’re going to go home. Now, perhaps they’re like some of friends of mine. I got friends like this. I got kin folks like this. Some of the people out there last night on Saturday night were out sleeping with other people’s wives and husbands, and they were sleeping with people they weren’t married to. By the way, this church is located in Dallas, Texas. But they got up on Sunday morning ritualistically, put on their coats and ties, and came and sat down in that Baptist church. Now, not all of them are living in sin, but they’re all just there. They have given God four hours. An hour to get dressed, an hour to get undressed, and two hours at church. That’s their four hours this week, and that is church to them. And that’s all they’re going to give God. There will be about a hundred of them that will be back Sunday night. There are going to be about 30, 40, or 50 of them that will be back Wednesday night. But I’m their new pastor, and I get up and speak on Galatians, and I tell them that they are all free from all things. I’m not very smart, but I’m not that stupid.

Now, I’m going to take back everything I said tonight, today, and last night. You are not free, and you did not hear me. You are not free, and you did not hear me. You are not free, and given that kind of freedom, God alone knows what you might do, especially if you’re a Baptist on Sunday morning. Now, I realize that the people I’m speaking to in this room right now, it’s safe to speak and even say you individually, but it is not the truth.