Our Sustaining Source

Exodus 16:1–15 “And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.”

Psalm 55:22 “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”

Isaiah 41:10 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”

And God likened us unto His sheep. The reason, one thing, I’ve raised sheep. And sheep can—they’re not self-sustaining. They cannot take care of themselves. If a sheep gets lost, he’s just done, that’s all. He can never find his way back. He’s totally helpless and lost. And he will stand right there and bleat till the wolf takes him or he will die standing there. He’s lost and he’s all turned around. He doesn’t know which way to go; he can’t guide himself. 23 And that’s just exactly what the human race is. We are absolutely, totally lost and can—we’re not sufficient in ourselves. We’ve got to have the Shepherd to lead us and to guide us. We are lost without it.    56-1209A - God Making His Promise

“Lord, don’t make me poor enough to beg or to steal, and don’t make me rich enough to forget You, just let me have the comforts of life.” And when we get more than that, we begin getting away from God, nine out of ten. And when the nations of the world become great, and become self-sustaining they think, they begin to move away from God.    58-0520 - The Sign Of The Time

1i So therefore, the innocent, lovely lamb is a great creature. I wish we could have more time tonight to study the nature of the lamb. It’s a wonderful…And a lamb… God likened us unto lambs. The lamb is a animal that cannot make his own way. And quicker—sooner, rather, that we find out that we can’t make our own way (We’re not self-sustaining; we have to lean upon His arm and His guidance.), sooner we’ll become lambs.    56-0917 - The Lamb And The Dove

64 How beautiful that is of the Holy Spirit, our sustaining strength to carry the Church on. If they failed to eat manna, they died. And if we fail to eat on the Holy Ghost, we die. If we fail to pray through daily, all the time, keep under the Blood, you’ll wither up and die in your Christian experience. And now, friends, as it was on the day of Pentecost when our Manna was poured out…While they were all gathered in one place in one accord, and they wasn’t arguing whether they was Methodist, Baptist, or Lutheran. They were in one place in one accord, expecting God to keep His Word. For in Luke 24:49, He said, “Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until you’re endued with power from on high.” Acts 1 says, “When the Holy Ghost is come upon you, then you’ll be witnesses of Me in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and to uttermost parts of the world. 65 And a hundred and twenty people had gathered together in the upper room, waiting for their sustaining strength to take down among the people. And all of a sudden, there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and It filled all the house where they were setting,    50-0716 - Believest Thou This?

30 What a beautiful type of the Holy Spirit, on the day of Pentecost. As God led the Church, natural, through the wilderness, now God’s leading His Church, spiritual. And our manna, our life-sustaining resource comes by the Holy Spirit. And as soon as the apostles had crossed out all the fear and doubt, and gathered in the upper room, God gave them the baptism of the Holy Spirit. When It fell down, that was our Manna coming from God out of heaven, like a rushing mighty wind, filled all the room where they were setting. Cloven tongues set upon them like fire; out of the building they went into the streets, and begin to preach and testify, God working miracles. Is that right? Our Manna… Now, did God lay some of that back? Peter said in Acts 2:30 and 38, he said, “Repent, every one of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, for you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that’s far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” 31 Then today, if God’s still calling, every man or woman that comes to the fountain filled with Blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins, and becomes a priest, or a child, a born child of God, in the Kingdom of God, has a right to the original baptism of the Holy Ghost, not a mouthful, but a whole soul full of the same power that fell on the day of Pentecost. I’m not excited. I know where I am. Let me tell you something, brother. What the Church needs today, is not a new mayor of the city, or a new Democrat, or new Republican party. It needs an old fashion, God-sent, Holy Ghost revival, and the Bible Holy Ghost back in the Church again. That’s what It needs.    52-0810A - I Am The Resurrection And The Life

Now, notice a type. The manna never did cease to fall until the day they entered the promised land; for forty years the same manna fell every day. Hallelujah! How you going to take the Holy Ghost and leave It in Pentecost, brother, it’s been one continually Pentecost. Because the hardness of men’s heart has failed to eat the manna…That’s right. 34 Notice, then it was a type. Now, on the day of Pentecost when our manna…As soon as the people had went into the upper room, and obeyed the commandments of the Lord Jesus, and tarried, waited at the city of Jerusalem for the going forth of the Holy Ghost the first time, there came from heaven, a sound like a rushing mighty wind, that filled all the house where they were setting; cloven tongues set upon them like fire. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and begin the speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Out into the streets they went, a cowardly little bunch of preachers, hid away in an upper room. But all of a sudden there came the manna, come pouring down to sustain their souls. And out into the streets they went with an experience, that they’d never had before, a beautiful type of God sustaining His church through this journey to the promised land. 35 Notice, brethren. Then how long was this manna to last? It lasted the entire journey, until they hit into another dispensation over into the promised land. How long is this to last? Until Jesus comes. Peter said, “Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the Holy Ghost; for the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that’s far off, even as a many as the Lord our God shall call.” How long was it to last? As many as the Lord our God shall call. And as long as the dispensation of grace lasts, God will still call men and women to His service. So the Holy Ghost is just as real today. Now, He never said… Now, when they eat this manna, remember, if they eat it…Many people eat it and said, “This is it.” They had to gather it fresh every day. That’s right. They had to gather the manna, fresh every day, because along about nine o’clock on their second step it would go to melting. It would perish. 36 And many times people living in God’s second room, even in communion, after they’ve already received the Word, and come into the second step of receiving Christ into their life, and never yet know what that secret room is, what that bedroom, what that rest place is, they eat the manna. But did you notice, if they let it lay too long, it finally melted out. There was…It—it perished away. And I think a lot of people has had a lot of campground cramps anyhow, that when they go and eat of the Lord on the campground, and before another revival can come along, they’re all back and twisted up in some kinda cults or something else. What’s the matter, brother, you’ve never walked in somewhere else. 37 God said “Moses, make you a golden pot.” Hallelujah! And in there place this manna. And remember, that a believer when he walked in there, that manna never did run out. It was always fresh and new and sweet as the days went by as the years went by. And any man who comes to Christ and hides away and the veil falls behind him, he’s in the Presence of Almighty God, eating the manna day and night, from one hour to the other. It’s always just as sweet as it was the first day of telling to your soul. That’s what we need today, is get in where the things are at, not stand off and pretend, or not stand off and act, but actually get in there. Amen. The man once… 38 Now remember, only believers, only the elect comes into that, that God has chosen you. I believe that in Revelations 2 said, “He that overcometh.” So it’s promised to overcomers. You said, “I overcome smoking.” That ain’t what He’s talking about. There’s a whole lot more goes to Christianity besides not smoking cigarettes or drinking whiskey. “He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and he will be My son; I will be his God, and (listen) I will give him of the hidden manna. (Amen.) I will hide him away, and I will give him the hidden things the world on the outside of the curtain don’t know nothing about it.” Hallelujah! Though they eat manna, but they don’t know about this. “I will give to him the hidden manna. I will give him a stone with his name in it.” You get what I mean: entering into the adoption or the hidden place with God.    55-1006A - A Hidden Life