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Sermon by Dr. Wesley A. Swift, delivered to the congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ, Christian, in Hollywood, California, the evening of Feb. 5, 1967.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE SUBJECT: ‘IN THE BEGINNING GOD.‘ Wherein we will establish quite clearly that the theories of evolution which have been applied over the past hundred years or more, while they may be fanciful, are simply not true. In the first place, any changes the evolutionists have attempted to record, and which they, in their vain imagination have raised, from the 1835’s to the present, are not evidences of mutation. They are evidences of violations of Divine Law, in which mankind violated the courses of Divine Law, by mongrelising his races, and then moving even into areas of bestiality, which, in some instances, have produced strange and peculiar developments, some of which are evident in the world today. Never in the entire history of mankind or in the history that man has discovered as he has learned how to measure the years, has these been one trace evidence that evolution ever occurred. This can easily be established by any competent observer.

THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE SPEAKING ON A SUBJECT THAT SOME PEOPLE THINK IS CONTROVERSIAL, but like the word, without controversy, Great is the Mystery of Godliness. I assure you that without controversy, Great is the Revelations of God’s Purpose. But there isn’t any controversy if God says this is what I am going to do. If God tells you He is going to do something and it is not just the misunderstanding of some man, then believe it. We discover that in many areas where it is repetitious, it is not just the work of man, but many men, each hearing and recording, writing down that which the Holy Spirit caused him to receive. And those which heard what Jesus said, bore record of it, they bore record exactly of what He declared His purpose to be. And in this instance we have the four Gospels and we have the witness of three or four men. So there is no question about the fact that these men have been accepted as to their declarations, and the veracity of these men is unquestioned.

We are discussing this afternoon the subject of Immutable Promises which are immeasurable from a natural stand point. We think this is a very significant subject at this time because in the past few weeks there has been some interesting positions taken by some ecclesiastical leaders inside this nation. We call them leaders only because they have been selected by some, or have been exalted into this position. In the areas of the Union theological Seminary and in some other areas of ecclesiasticism in the Nation they have been discussing things which are important foundations for Christians, and things which should be understood, and among these subjects the question they were trying to resolve was whether it was important for people to have any traditional ethnic background, or whether a persons background by race or culture made any difference whatsoever as to their relationship to the religious activities of the church or to any of these processes.

They stressed that the important thing which they wanted to get across was that it made no difference as to anyone’s race, or cultural background, or their previous religious status, or as far as that was concerned, even their temporary religious convictions, as long as they showed an interest in the acceptance of Christian values. Then they said that these principal Christian values are the general acceptance of the Fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and the desire to do things that are good. This is the position that they stated.

TODAY ALL CHRISTENDOM IS IN MEDITATION ON THE GREAT THINGS that God has wrought. There is no doubt that all of us who are assembled in this auditorium know who we are, thus the whole Christmas message takes on added significance. It is good that all Christendom pauses to celebrate the Birth of The Christ, and it is more important that they pause to celebrate the Birth of The Christ amidst all the affairs of life, than that they get the right day. There is no question about the fact that he was not born on the 25th., of December, but the important thing is that this is the day when all Christendom has been recognizing the birth of The Christ, and continues to recognize the birth of The Christ in face of all the opposition that does not want the recognition of the Birth of The Christ known to the world or witnessed to it. THE SIGNIFICANT THING IS, WHAT TOOK PLACE THAT DAY.

I listened to a minister over the air who said: ‘It isn’t important how Christ came, it isn’t important who he was, and it is just important that we follow his example and that we accept his teaching. Well that is the trouble with the church today, there are a lot of people who think that the most important thing ISN’T IMPORTANT! We have a lot of people who think the same thing, the most important phases of their independence and their national life and their constitution. But this Clergyman says that it is not important who HE was. But we tell you that the most important about the birth of The Christ is who HE was. The second most important thing is that HE came, the way He said He would come. And He came to a people, and for a people HE had promised he would come to.

TURN TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH CHAPTER 45 where God speaks out to Israel and says: Remember me. There is no God beside me. There is no saviour beside me. I am the ONE, the only one. Chapter 46: There is none like unto me, I shall do all of my pleasure (vs:l0).

Thus to the house of Israel he says, remember these things. Remember them from ancient times. And remember that I alone am God.

Of course God speaks thus to the house of Israel because they were a people who were with him in the heavens above before the world was framed. And he refers to the fact that your names were written in the Lamb’s Book of Life before the foundation of the world. That we stood by and saw the creation of this earth, and the latter creation of this earth.
And then God brought his spiritual children down to earth and brought them through the Adamic race. Then raised upon unto them his prophets and his ministers to declare unto his people his purpose and his plan, and all of his household. And now he is saying: Remember these things. Remember them these things of old, for I am YAHWEH, The Eternal God. And down thru all of these years that have passed, I alone am God, thus there is no God to the right or to the left for I alone am God.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IN THE TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TURBULENCE. And there is no doubt that a lot of things are taking place. But it has not dawned upon them as yet the impact of these events or what they mean. This is because a great number of people are asleep and immersed in their own affairs. They are not aware of the great danger which faces your society or the destiny to which their society has been committed. And because of this, some of them are sound asleep in this period of great danger. Here inside of these United States there are many forces of actions taking place.

When we talk about the many problems and the great dangers which lie ahead, there are many thoughts that come to mind of the great military invasions that are inevitable being designed for you. This invasion is against your nation and all of the nations of Christendom, and this is all a part of the great Communist Revolution. They are thinking in terms of the man power which can be gathered out of Asia.

AS WE TURN TO OUR SUBJECT THIS AFTERNOON we turn to the 44th chapter of Isaiah, and we find God speaking through Isaiah to Jacob and to Israel whom He hath chosen. “Thus saith YAHWEH, who formed thee from the womb, ‘Fear not o Jacob my servant. For I am going to pour out my spirit like water upon dry ground. I am going to pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessings upon thy offspring.’ Thus saith YAHWEH, the KING of Israel and his redeemed, the LORD of Hosts, I am the first and I am the last. Beside me there is no God. And I will pour out my spirit upon they seed, my blessings upon my offspring.