<TITLE>02. Par 5-8</TITLE>L-5 Shall we bow our heads just a moment for a word of prayer. Our Father, we know in Thy Word, as believing children, all things work together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purpose. Now, we've gathered here tonight for no other purpose but to magnify Thee, and to get sinners to seek Thee, and call upon Thee while they can, that perhaps, You may have mercy upon them to save them from sin; that's our first motive.
Secondarily, many of Your children are sick and afflicted. Many are desperately in need. Some here tonight, no doubt, with...?... diseases as heart trouble, cancer, tuberculosis, will die pretty soon if You don't come to their rescue. Your servants, the doctors, have done all they can do. But they can't seem to stop it. Just as the brass serpent in the wilderness had to be lifted up, when Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians... Wonderful doctors...

L-6 But the serpent was raised up for a compound reason, that they might be forgiven and healed. So help us tonight, Lord. As Thou did say here on earth, "As Moses lifted up the brass serpent," the same way, be lifted up, the Son of man, same reason, forgiveness of sin, healing of the body. Then if the serpent being the shadow had healing in it, how much more does the antitype have: both salvation and healing.
You said, "As Moses, so will I be." We're trying to point that to the people.
And now, Thou has sent some into the Church, apostles; secondarily, prophets, gifts of healings, working of miracles, teachers, many other wonderful gifts, that You... When You ascended on high, You led captive captive, and give gifts and unto men. And we're thankful, Lord, that Thou has seen fit in this days to restore these gifts into the Church, that we might cause the unbelieving educated world, like it was in the days of Noah, before the antediluvian destruction... How smart, how they could build those pyramids, spinxes, embalm bodies that look natural even till today, great things that they can do, smart. But by the foolishness of preaching you save those which would believe.
God, be merciful tonight. Help us to work with every tool that we have for the saving of the household of faith. For we ask it in the Name of Thy beloved Child Jesus Christ. Amen.
Handkerchiefs which are laying here for the sick...

L-7 I would just like to call your attention while I can't talk but just a little for tonight, but like to call your attention to the remarks of this religious man who came to see Jesus of Nazareth. When Philip found Nathanael, as soon as Philip was converted, and had seen what Jesus was doing, it was in the early days of Jesus' ministry. And when he saw what He was doing, he hurry's off to find a friend of his. Now, isn't that just simply true to what it is today. When we find Jesus Christ, we like to tell our--our friends.
I wonder if you can hear me all right back in the back of the building. Can you hear me through this mike? Thank you. Over in there, can you hear me all right? Thank you. Thank you.
And when he went to his friend, his friend was a believer in God. He was a religious man, very fine cultured man, Nathanael. Jesus declared it when He found him. But he said, "Come, see Who I have found, Jesus of Nazareth the Son of Joseph."

L-8 Why Nathanael knowing what a polluted city that Nazareth was, full of robbers, thieves, he said, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see." In other words, "Just come see for yourself." That's the best way. And I think if any man will approach God, as Moses did with his shoes off, whatever it might be, in reverence...


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