<TITLE>13. Par 41-44</TITLE>L-41 Now, Sarah, a little woman way in her eighties, and she had the baby. Now, why couldn't Hannah have... And Hannah did the same. Now, how about Elisabeth? But John said, or not John, excuse me; Zacharias said, "Oh, she couldn't do it. She's too old."
Look. Here's the sovereignty of God. The Angel said, "I am Gabriel Who stands in the Presence of God. And My words shall be fulfilled in their season. And because you've doubted My word, you'll be dumb till the day the baby's born." Hallelujah.
When God says anything, commissions it and sends it to the earth, all hell might explode, but it'll never change God's Word. It'll be anyhow. God's done spoke it. That makes it right. Shew! Oh, that settles it with me. When God says so, I believe it, don't you? That's it. All right.

L-42 We notice then, well then, he was dumb, and he went out to the people and beckoned. They thought he'd seen a vision. He went home to live with his little wife, and surely, she conceived. And she hid herself for six months.
Six months later this same Angel came down into Nazareth, a wicked little old city where a young lady was having a--maybe a blue Monday washday. She's walking down; she was engaged to a man, a widower of four children, had that pot of water on her head, walking down through the street. And all at once, a great Light flashed before her, like a great Light standing there. And in the middle of this Light stood the great Archangel, Gabriel. And he said, "Hail, Mary." In other words, "Stop."
It frightened the little virgin. It would frighten you. Think of such a salutation as that. "Hail, Mary. Blessed art thou among the women, for thou has found favor with God." Oh, my. "Thou has found favor with God." Told her what was going to happen: that she was going to bear and bring the Child, knowing no man.
And she said, "How will it be?"
He said, "The Holy Ghost is going to overshadow you," Gabriel speaking. "The Holy Ghost is going to overshadow you, and you're going to conceive. And in your womb is going to come forth a blood cell, and it's going to develop into be the Son of God. And you'll call His Name Jesus."

L-43 And now, look at the difference between Mary, that young woman, and this old calloused preacher. Just look at the difference. The preacher said... He had plenty of examples back there for women to actually to bring children in the natural way, had plenty of examples of those, after they'd past of age; but this little girl had to believe something that never had happened before. She had to believe for a virgin birth. And she didn't question. She didn't say, "Wait, let me see what this says, or what that says." She just took God at His Word. She said, "Behold, Thy handsmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to Thy Word." And the Angel left her, after telling her about Elisabeth and so forth.

L-44 Now, here's what I like about Mary. She didn't wait till she felt life for this. She didn't wait till anything stopped. She didn't wait till any natural, visible sign of it all. She just took God at His Word, and begin to testify and glorify God, that she was going to have the baby before she had any visible results from what the Angel told her. She believed that it was the Word of God, and God would do it, because God had spoke it. And she took God at His Word.
And if we could ever get to a place where men and women in this day would be that simple, that would just take God at His Word... Don't wait to see whether I can move this foot or not, or this arm or not, or whether this cancer looks like it's gone, or this heart trouble is any better. Take God at His Word; get a happy mental attitude towards it, and start rejoicing, saying, "God, You said so, and it's got to come to pass...?..." Yes, sir. She didn't wait till she was positive. No, sir.


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