The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Part 3

What was the question here? How do I pray? That’s the prayer that I pray that you would understand and identify with. You know, someday I’m going to write a book entitled ‘Fellowshipping with Jesus Christ Outside of Space and Time,’ and yet, if it were truly to be understood, it would be entitled ‘Not Fellowshipping with Jesus Christ Outside of Space and Time,’ because I would prefer not to be there. I would prefer, though present, to not be present. If that doesn’t make any sense to you, that’s all right.

Audience Member: When I do all those good works that are arranged for me from the tree of good and evil, I feel bad because I’m dying. And when I quit doing those works, I feel better, but I’m empty. I eat from the tree in the center of the garden.

And brother, if you want to fly a jet engine to that, just do all that in the midst of brothers and sisters that you’re committed to live with all the rest of your life. And it gets hot and exciting. I have never witnessed a Bible study last over two years that was interesting. I mean, you exhaust the whole thing in a year or two. You know, we still study the Bible, and we’re doing it because we’re being whipped. I’m telling you that the way we approach the scripture today, there’s no fun in it after 24 months. I don’t care if you’ve been in one for 50 years. I have a Bible. I know what it’s like to be a Christian. And I can also pray with a stained-glass voice. You can’t do that, and I can tell you about Greek and Hebrew. And believe it or not, contrary to all the rumors you’ve heard, I know a whole lot about that book. But I’ll tell you, if I had to study it the way most of us do, I just would have to quit.

And you hope for a better day, and every once in a while, you get a crumb here and there, and you keep going. We were having a discussion in a conference once, and a bunch of brothers and sisters in church life were there, and someone said, “Well, I think we see the secret of what you’ve got. You’ve got commitment to one another.” And boy, you could see the brothers and sisters shooting up all over the place. Don’t tell us about commitment. We do not have commitment to one another, and we don’t have commitment to anything. We are not committed. And everybody was just aghast. One brother said, “The commitment will kill you dead.” And finally after all the washing of, and removing the smoke and cloud, the brothers and sisters realized that they did have one commitment, and that was no matter what happens, I won’t pack and leave, and that’s the only commitment they have, and that’s the only commitment you need, eventually it’s going to work out if Christ is your experience.

I was sitting in a meeting one day with the honorable Jim Rutz, and we were discussing something with probably the most profound, articulate human I have ever met in my life. And I’m sure Jim would agree with me. And I don’t know his name, but I think it was George. Is that correct? You remember in Washington, D.C., he charges $3,000 a day to council churches, and he’s written a book, and there were about 10 of us there. Okay, Carl George, and Carl George made a statement. He said we can’t throw open Sunday morning meetings to sharing because only the crazies will get up and share.

Now, did you know he was absolutely correct? You’ve seen it. Just absolute nuts. So, get up and share. I would like for you to notice that we have been having sharing here, and there has not been one crazy, and Carl George is full of peanut butter, and the reason is because you are either pointed in the right direction, you are something, even those of you who have understood nothing that I have said this weekend. You know good and well that something happened and something’s happening, and whatever it is, it’s not shallow, and this is not the time. I don’t know why, but you don’t have to have crazies.