<TITLE>15. Par 162-175</TITLE>L-162 There was an old blind man in the Bible, by the name of--of Bartimaeus. Old blind Bartimaeus, he had two little doves, we're told by history. That these little doves used to set out and do little tumbles over one another, and the people would--would hold their... He would hold his cup, and then when the--the people would come by, they'd watch these little turtle doves do little tumbles, and they'd drop in coins for the old blind beggar. He was a married man and had a little girl. He'd never seen the little girl in his life. She was about twelve, fourteen years old, at the stage that we're fixing to enter to his life now. And he was setting...
One night, said his little girl got sick, and he went to the Lord. And he said, "Lord, if You'll just heal my little girl, I will sacrifice my two doves for You, tomorrow." So they... The Lord healed his little girl, and he sacrificed the two doves. After while, his...

L-164 And the first thing you know, his dear wife got sick, and she thought she was... They thought she was going to die. So he goes out to the Lord in the night, feeling his way along the side of the wall of his house, knelt down in the field, and said, "God, God, if You'll just spare my wife's life, tomorrow I will sacrifice my lamb for You."
Now, you've seen blind men led by a dog today. They train those dogs to lead them. In them days they trained sheep to lead people, and so he had a--a--a lamb that led him around.
And he said, "Lord, if You'll just heal my wife, well, then, tomorrow I will sacrifice my lamb to You." And his wife got well.

L-167 And the next day he was going up to the temple, and said the high priest, Caiaphas, stood out and said, "Blind Bartimaeus, where are you going?"
He said, "I'm going up to the temple, O high priest, to sacrifice my lamb. I promised the Lord, if He'd heal my wife, I would give my lamb."
He said, "You can't give that lamb, Bartimaeus, because that that lamb is your eyes." Said, "I will give you some money, and you buy you a lamb with the sellers in the temple."
But Bartimaeus said, "O high priest, I never promised God a lamb; I promised Him this lamb." Oh, my.

L-171 I wonder if you've made promises like that. And if you see that all-sufficient Lamb tonight, think, "Lord, if You'll let me get well, I will promise you I will serve You; I will do everything I can. If You'll let my baby live..." Or, when you stand and your mother was going down in the grave, or your dad or your loved ones, "O God, I will meet them, I will meet them again." I wonder if you really meant that. I wonder if this Easter is going to come and go without you fulfilling that what you've promised.

L-172 He went on up and offered his lamb. Come back, someone leading him around.
So he said then, when he come back, said, "Bartimaeus you can't do that." The priest that went to take his lamb, he said, "You can't take this. You can't sacrifice this lamb." Said, "Blind Bartimaeus, do you know that lamb is your eyes?"
He said, "Yes, I know that. But I promised God, and God will provide a lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes."

L-175 Not long after that, he was shivering in the cold, one day; he heard a noise. God had provided the Lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes. He came along the street. He said "What's all this noise?" There's usually noise where He's at. Said, "What's all this noise?"
He said, "One, Jesus of Nazareth, passed by."
He threw down his coat, not looking where it went; he didn't care then. God had provided a Lamb. He got right to the Lamb. He said, "O Jesus, Thou son of David, have mercy. Have mercy."
The rich people and those who stood around, to get close to the prophet, to the king; he said, "Oh, be still; He can't hear you." He cried that much the more.
Some of them said, "The days of miracles is passed. There's no such a thing as that day."
He cried the louder, "Thou son of David, have mercy on me. Have mercy on me." God provided the Lamb.


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