<TITLE>02. Par 5-8</TITLE>L-5 He spoke that these days would be here. Someone said, "Are you praying for this or that? What are we going to do about all the immorality of the world?"
I said, "It's got to be. There's nothing I can do about it. God said it would be this a way." Just like it was in Sodom and Gomorrah, so would it be. So I--you can't do nothing about it. You can only preach the Gospel and let those who will, come. And no man can come unless God draws him; so it all belongs to God. And if God has called you, and give you a call to come to Him, you should be very, very happy.

L-6 Now, that is God's Word. This is first always. In any religious doctrine that's not based upon the Word of God, through the entire Word of God, I'm afraid of it. You can make the Word say anything by twisting It around, but it must be proven to be the truth. And now, as... If I come and told you, I could heal you, I would be doing something contrary to the Word; for the Word doesn't teach it that way. I cannot do one thing that Jesus has already done. He healed you when He died for you. That's Scripture: "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed."
And as Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. Moses lifted up the brass serpent for a compound reason: for healing and forgiveness of sin. The children had murmured against God and against Moses, and serpents had bit them. So it healed their sick and forgave their sin. And just as the brass serpent was lifted up, so must the Son of Man be lifted up for the same cause. There you are.

L-7 So what He has done, I cannot do, or no one else. But now, if you can appropriate faith, have faith to believe that He has did this and it's for you, individually you, then the healing will be there. It will not fail. So have faith in God.
God has set preachers into the church. These pastors here, throughout the countries, wonderful men of God, anointed of God, they have just as much right to pray for the sick as I do or anyone else. And not only the pastor, but every member of the church has a right to pray for the sick. The gift of healing works in the church, the entire church; not only in the pastor. Said, "Confess your faults one to another and pray one for the--another, that you may be healed; for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." I believe Him.
Now, I want you to do this for me tonight: have faith in Him. Then after that, He sent gifts into the church, such as prophesies, and every--the other gifts, teachers, and pastors, and so forth that He's placed in the church all for the perfecting of the church to get the people to have faith in His finished work at Calvary.

L-8 Can we bow our heads again. Lord, in Whom we take delight to call on Thee. Our hearts just melt with love when we think of Your great grace that You've had towards Adam's fallen race: how the Father gave His Son as a ransom there at Calvary, to take away the sin of the world and to heal the sick and the afflicted. And how down through the age, every time a great stirring has been in the church, there's been healings and miracles and signs. How that down through all ages where You came, there was miracles and signs and wonders.
We thank Thee for people who believe yet today. The question was asked by Your own dear Son: not when He come to the earth, would there be holy people? Would there be righteous people? But He said, "Will I find faith?" How precious that faith today. God, help now, our unbelief, and bless the sick and the needy tonight; and the sinner man and woman, may they find grace in their hearts; through Christ's Name we ask it. Amen.
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