Now, another thing, “Well, now my boy, I believe you’re to become a minister. We will see the doctor and elder and all of them, and we’ll give you the right hand of fellowship. We’ll send you off to a seminary, and we’ll teach you all about this thing.” Never that, no, sir, that wasn’t God’s preparation. He said, “Wait in the city of Jerusalem until you’re endued with the power from on high. And when the day of Pentecost is fully come…” Here come a priest up the road with a box and said, “Here’s the holy…” No. Here come the Protestant preacher, said, “I’ll give you the right hand of fellowship.” No. Here comes the elders saying, “We’ll send you to the mission field. First we have to take this student…” Nope. “But suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing, mighty wind. It filled all the house where they were setting.” Hallelujah. Cloven tongues set upon them like fire. They were filled with the Holy Ghost. Out into the streets and across the nation, signs, wonders…They laid in the shadows of the men and were healed. The critics made fun of them. That was God’s preparation. God hasn’t changed His plan. That was to be until Jesus come back again. It sounds ridiculous to an ordinary man. “Why, the very idea, you mean I have to go down and act like a maniac? Huh.” You’ll either do that or stay out, either one you want to. That’s what you to do. Somebody said, like old Naaman, he said, “I—I—I…You mean I have to dip in them old muddy water?” Either do it or keep your leprosy, either one you want to do.

Preparation, 1953-11-11, Owensboro, KY, §88