<TITLE>14. Par 48-51</TITLE>L-48 So here she comes along with this baby, walking along. I can see people come by, saying, "Wonder why they're staying away from that little old girl. Oh, my. Look at her with that swaddling's cloth. My, that must be a poor kid. Well, we're refined. So We go to better church; and we don't have to fool with nothing like that."
Here sat an old man back there. Oh, he had a little spot of peace in him, back here. I can hear him sitting there reading the Scriptures. All at once the Holy Ghost... Now, look. If God gave Simeon--the Holy Ghost give Simeon this promise that he wasn't going to die till he seen the Christ of God, the Holy Ghost is under obligation to see that he sees the Christ then. That's right. He made him the promise; He's obligated. (I hope you're getting between the lines here...?...)
The Holy Spirit's obligated to the Word. God's obligated to His Word. He certainly is. I'm obligated to my word, and you're obligated to your word. And if your word's no good, then you're no good. If God's Word's no good, then I--I can't--I can't worship God. Because there... I wouldn't believe there was any, if He wouldn't back up His Word. That's true.

L-49 So then, I see her moving along. Here's Simeon; he's setting there reading. And all at once, the Christ in the temple. The Holy Ghost had give him the promise. The Holy Ghost knowed all about that. So you see, Simeon sitting there reading. So He said, "Simeon, stand up on your feet."
Simeon said, "Yes, Lord." He laid it down. "That was the Voice of the Holy Ghost," I can hear Simeon say.
"Stand up. Start walking."
"Where, Lord?"
"Just walk. I'll take care of the rest of it."

L-50 "How am I going to walk after I get out of this stretcher?" I don't know. He will take care of the rest of it. See? Just start walking (See?), when He tells you.
"How am I going to get up out of the wheelchair?" I don't know, but you just keep walking. He--He will take care of the rest of it.
"How am I going to get over the cancer, heart trouble." I--I don't know. Just take His Word and keep walking. He will take care of the rest of it. See here. He's obligated to His Word. That's right.
"How am I going to tell my mother, if I get the Holy Ghost, and my daddy? They belong to a different church." Just get it. He will take care of the rest of it. You see? You don't have to worry about that. He will take care it.
"How will I face my school, my playmates?" Don't worry. Just keep going. He will take care of that. See?

L-51 Simeon raises up. Here he starts, not knowing where he's going, just walking. But the Holy Ghost is directing his steps. Don't you believe men are led by the Spirit of God? They that are sons of God are. Is that right? Here he comes, not knowing where he's going. But he's led by the Spirit of God. He moves over to this line of circumcision coming down, his mother. Here he starts walking down, not knowing where he's going. The Holy Ghost is leading him. And the Holy Ghost brought him right straight before this little despised mother, standing there with this baby with swaddling cloth.
I can hear the Holy Ghost say, "This is it."
He reached over and got the Baby in his arms, took it out of Mary's arms, tears rolling down his white beard, said, "Lord, let Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word, for my eyes have seen Thy Salvation."
That's right. The world spurned It, and that man loved It. The same thing today, the world spurns the baptism of the Spirit and the works of the Holy Ghost, but there's hungry hearts that's coming to It, moving to It.


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