The Eagle Story
The Eagle story
I heard a story. Said, "A farmer was going to set a hen." And I don't know how many eggs it takes for a setting out here. Down in the south, where I come from, it takes fifteen eggs to make a setting. That the same thing here? "So this old farmer only had fourteen eggs, and he got a eagle egg and put it under the hen." See what a kind of crop he got. That's about the way it is, about one out of a setting. That's about the way you get it (That's right.), about one eagle out of a setting.
So the old hen set on these eggs, and finally when they all hatched. If that little eagle wasn't a ugly duckling, in that bunch of chickens... Well, he's the funniest looking thing they ever seen. That's about the way some of you did when you really hatched out, among a big bunch of formal, and cold, and so forth, and a bunch creeds, we say, "Our, Father, Who art in heaven, hollowed be Thy nammme... Hail, Mary, blessed are thou." and all this other kinds of a stuff. "And we believe in--in all this other things (you know, and about); we believe in the holy Catholic church, the... Oh, this apostle's creed."
I wish somebody'd show me apostle's creed in the Bible. That's no apostle's creed. If they had any creed, it was repent. That's what Peter told them on the day of Pentecost, said, "Repent, every one of you. Be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the Holy Ghost. For the promise unto you, and to you children, to them that is far off, as many as the Lord, our God, shall call." That's the apostle's creed. That's what it was, not none of this, "I believe in the holy Roman Catholic church; I believe in the communion of saints." Anybody believes the communion of saints is confessing that they're a spiritualist. That's right.
There's only one Mediator between God and man; that's the Man Christ Jesus. I don't believe in no communion of saints. Saints are gone on. Abraham said that he was a... Jesus said, "That he was in the bosoms of Abraham." And said, "He could not come here or go there, these either way." So that settles it. There's gulf betwixt which they cannot cross back and forth. And there's no communion of saints. That's right. Only communion we have is through Jesus Christ. That's our Mediator. The Bible said, "There's no other mediator between God and man, but the Man Christ Jesus." Exactly right. On Christ the solid rock, I stand. All other grounds is sinking sand.
This little old eagle... The mother, after she got him off the nest, you know, he'd kinda puttering along behind. You remember how out of place, you seem? "My, my," said, "this don't seem right." Walk in that old dusty yard, and--and where the cows has walked, and the horses, and that old dust flying up, hmm, what a stink. Said, "This don't seem right." He looked up like that and said, "Say, what about up there? And the old hen said, "Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck: Days of miracles is past. No such thing as flying up in the air, that's impossible." Just didn't set right, you know. It just--it didn't suit his gastronomics. He knowed there's something better up there somewhere, so he kept walking with his head up. And she said, "Children, don't listen to him. He's one of them odd guys." You see?
That's the way a eagle is when he's kinda out of place amongst the chickens. See? So she goes over on the big old manure pile, and she begins to scratch and said, "Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, we're going to have a--we're--we're going to have an old supper over here tonight, we got to pay the pastor. We got to have some kind of a sale to pay the..." When it gets to a place like that, the church ought to close it's doors. Pay your tithes and the pastor will be paid. "We'll have a bunco game; we'll all these other things here." That little eagle start and said, "Whew, I couldn't stand that. My. Hmmm. Hmmm."
My, he kept looking up--looking up. And after while, the old mother was searching for him. Here she come. She swooped down. She seen him. Oh, I'm so glad. Oh, my, she screamed, "Darling, you're not a chicken; you're mine."
Oh, I remember when I first heard about the baptism of the Holy Ghost, He screamed in my heart, "It's for you. I called you. Oh, you're not a chicken, your Mine." Oh, he heard that cry. What did she say when she come back across again, she said, not, "Cluck, cluck, cluck." She said, "Glory, Hallelujah, praise the Lord." That sounded good to him. Amen. That's what he--that's what he was born for. That's why his name was put on the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world. "My sheep know My voice." When they heard that, it's just like honey on a rock for a bear. He will lick it all night. See? Coming... He knows that there's something. "You're mine, honey. You're not a chicken. You're an eagle." "Oh, is that what it is, mama?" Look at them big wings. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. I AM that I AM." Amen. That sound good. Yes. "What can I do, mama?" Amen. "Just jump as high as you can jump, and start flopping, I'll get you." Amen. Hallelujah. He made a big jump in the four or five flops, and hit right on top of a post, right in the middle of an organization. She come back across again; she said, "Honey, you've got to do better than that, or I can't even pick you up."
That's what we need, today, is a nest stirring time. What we need today is the power of the Holy Ghost. What we need today is eagle food, preaching that Jesus Christ still heals. He's the same. "The works that I do, shall you do also." Aren't you glad to know tonight, that Jehovah has His big wings across here, waving His Spirit back and forth, the Angel of the Lord having His picture taken, same Pillar of Fire that was in the wilderness in the New Testament, now in the last days, yesterday, today, and forever. People being healed filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking with tongues, interpretations, power of God coming, the Lord drawing nigh, God getting His church together, aren't you glad to be in such thing with God? Happy... Amen. Whew.
My, I don't where He go much longer or not. This--seem like if I take off right now. This feels good to me, to know that it's the truth, it's not a Santa Claus' story. It's the truth of the living God. Do you believe it? Yeah, with all your heart? Do you believe we need a nest stirring time? Do you need--need a Holy Ghost again? Do you believe that we need a fresh pouring out of His Spirit? Do you believe the church needs a rebaptizing again? Do you believe with all your heart? Let's start something right now, will you? Are you ready to get under the wind? Are you ready to do it? Do you believe it?