<TITLE>13. Par 47-49</TITLE>L-47 I can think of the Angel speaking to Gabriel, or Gabriel speaking to the priest. He went up home, and about six months later, here comes Mary with this kettle on her head, or pot of water, and right in the face of the road shined a big Light, shining down from heaven. Walking into this Light, came the great Archangel Gabriel, said, "Hail, Mary, blessed art thou among women."
Why, the salute kinda frightened the little virgin, she jumped back, she didn't know what it was. There stood the great Archangel, standing in her presence: told her all about Zacharias' wife, Elisabeth, which was her cousin. John and Jesus were half--were second cousins, or first, second cousins. Mary and Elisabeth were first cousins. And told her about that, and said, "You're going to have a Child, knowing no man."
She said, "How will it be?"
Said, "The Holy Ghost is going to overshadow you." And said, "That holy Thing will be born in you will be called the Son of God."

L-48 Now, I want you to notice the difference. Now, brother, get on your shock proof vest, listen to this. There a preacher that had all kind of examples to look to back there, disbelieved it, on something that he was going to live with his wife and she was produced a child in her old age, but this little woman had to believe something that had never happened. Never was a baby borned a virgin birth. And instead of questioning, she just took the Angel at His word and begin to rejoice.
I tell you what Evansville needs today, is like the rest of the world, is some more Marys who can take God at His Word and start rejoicing over It. Now, she didn't wait till she felt life; she didn't wait till she was positive. She just took God at His Word. Don't wait and say, "Now, when my hand gets a little better, and I'll believe it. When I can move my foot a little more..." Believe it now and start rejoicing. Hallelujah. Take God at His Word; It'll produce just exactly what He said. Amen. Brother, I feel like a holy-roller right now. Look, you're going to call me that anyhow, so you just might as well get started at it.

L-49 Oh, when people will take God at His Word... God said He'd heal you. Believe it. God said He'd give you the Holy Ghost. Believe it. God said He'd give you Eternal Life. Believe it. God's still got His Angels; He's still got His man. He's still got His ministry. He's got everything, just as He always had. And He's got somebody's going to believe His Word.
I can see little Mary going around saying, "I'm going to have a baby, knowing no man. I'm going to have it anyhow."
"Oh, Mary."
I can see the doctor saying, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, Mary, say, do you know you--you--you'll start a fanaticism. Why, they'll class you with them holy-rollers down there if you start testifying such stuff as that. The very..."
"Well, doctor, it don't make any difference whether I am now or not; I'm going to have it anyhow, 'cause God said so." Amen. That settles it. When God says so, that--that's the plumb line.
All right, I can notice her now, here she goes up into the country. Oh, my. She's going up to meet her cousin; she'd heard about her. You know, she wanted to find out how this was up there. So way up in the country she went to meet Mary, or Elisabeth. And Elisabeth had hid herself now for six months. And the baby had had no life yet. So when she seen Mary coming... Oh, I can see Mary just running, so happy, because she's going to the baby, no signs or nothing, but she believed it anyhow.


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