Let’s watch the type of person He was. Let’s look at His character; watch His ministry. And as He worked then, He works now. As He was then, He is now, and will be forever. And just what He did in them days, He’ll do it today, He’ll be just the same forever. He’s the same Jesus, yesterday, today, and forever, the same type of character. A man that professes to be a Christian, must have a Christ-like nature. If it isn’t, there’s another nature there which it isn’t Christ-like. If you have the nature of a—a killer…If I told you I have the spirit of John Dillinger, some famous outlaw, you’d expect me to have guns, and you’d be dangerous to be setting around here where I was at, ’cause I’d be a murderer. If I told you I had the—the spirit of some famous mechanic, you’d expect me to know what was wrong with your car if I looked at it. If I told you the Spirit of Christ was in me, I must act like Jesus. You must act like Jesus. Your character and conduct must be molded like that. And the Holy Spirit molds that conduct when He comes into you, when you’re really borned again of the Spirit of God. And what we need tonight, is that type of church, a church when Jesus…Whatever the Father showed Him, He believed it; it had to be. What the Father’s Word was, He used the Father’s Word to defeat Satan, without even using His power.

Seeking after Jesus, 1953-05-31, Connersville, IN, §11