<TITLE>07. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 Now, can we bow our heads just a moment. Kind heavenly Father, we're grateful to Thee tonight that we have this approach to Thee through the Name of Thy beloved Child, Jesus Christ, Who has redeemed us from sin.
Oh, we think of... We were one time alienated from God, Gentiles cut off from God, the commonwealth of Israel, led about worshipping idols. And in due season Christ came and died, the innocent for the guilty. And through the shedding of His holy Blood and the right to the Tree of Life, we, Gentiles, are now brought nigh, insomuch that we're called sons and daughters of God. "And it does not yet appear just what we'll be in the final end, but we know we'll have a body like His Own glorious body, for we shall see Him as He is." Free from sin, free from sickness, worry, troubles, old age, it'll all be finished then.
O come, Lord Jesus, and help me tonight to press--spread this Gospel around the world so You can come. You cannot come, according to Your Word, until all the world has heard the Gospel. I pray that You'll hasten the day, Lord, that when all the world shall hear the Gospel; sin and sorrow, pain and death of this dark world shall cease. Till then, give us grace. Give us vision; give us power to bring the Gospel to the people.

L-25 Before me tonight, Lord, is a box of handkerchiefs. And as I lay my hands upon them, nothing within Thy servant to do this, but as a memorial, or a token to the Word of Jesus Christ, which said, that these signs should follow the believer: if they laid hands on the sick, they should recover.
And the great Saint Paul took from his body, handkerchiefs and aprons, and sickness left the people, and devils went out of them. And I pray that You'll heal every one. Watch over them, Lord. May the Angel of God watch these handkerchiefs, till they're gone to the right place. And may when they're placed upon the sick, may every one, without leaving one out, may every one be perfectly normal. Grant it, Father, for we send it in Jesus' Christ Name. Amen.

L-26 I've asked that God will bless you all. And I want to speak just a moment, and then we'll--we'll start praying for the sick.
Now, first, we want to think tonight on this text, if I would call it a text, just for a few moments. And I would like to use these words in it: "Expectations." As I mentioned here the other night, you usually get what you expect, don't you? If you come tonight to the meeting, just expecting to see something that you could criticize the meeting about, the devil will show you plenty of it. You'll go back with a lot of criticism just like you expected.
But if you come tonight expecting, just say, "Lord, I come to see You. I come for the benefit of... to be healed. I come for the benefit of my soul. Well, I expect You to give it to me, 'cause I'm here in this place that's dedicated to Your--to Your glory." And you'll get just what you expect. That's right. You always... And you can never go above your expectations. You'll always have to do that.

L-27 Now, expectancy... We see here that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, there wasn't the press, like we have radio and television, and so forth, as we have now. So the news had to be taken from lip to ear. And then... (Can you hear me in the back in the balcony up there? Is it all right? Can you hear around this?) The expectations...
And then, when Jesus was born... There's usually singing when a king is born. So there was no greetings here on the earth, people to greet Him, so the angels came down and sang; rejoicing, as today in the City of David, is born Christ the Saviour. God's angelic host, who couldn't understand the mystery of this virgin birth, but yet, sang, Praises to God in the highest, peace on earth, good will to men, when they sang at His birth. How marvelous.


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