<TITLE>19. Par 79-83</TITLE>L-79 She was coming along; I can hear some of them say, "Hey, that's that girl there. You know, that's that girl had that baby without being married. Don't stand near her." They kept their distance. Puts you in a mind of some of them sisters, people today: "Bunch of holy-rollers, don't have nothing to do with them."
Little Mary knowed where she was standing. So does the Church that's borned-again of the power of God, knows where they're standing. Make any difference what they say. You can say they're crazy, and whatever you want to, but they know where they're at. Don't you worry. Just go ahead and say it.

L-80 She never opened her mouth. She rocked the little fellow and patted Him on the cheek. And He looked up and them little eyes starry, like little stars, looking to His mother. She'd pat Him. Some of them say, "Look at that. Isn't that awful?" And they didn't know what that was, their very Creator laying there in that arm.
So it come on down. There He was holding her arm like that. And she was patting the little Fellow, playing with Him. And I can see the mothers keeping their distance from her. Oh, there was the Christ of the temple, in the temple, poor, humble.
I can see Simeon setting out there reading Isaiah. "All we like sheep have gone astray, and the Lord laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. We do... He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace upon Him; with His stripes we were healed. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given."
I can hear Simeon say, "Wonder who--who wrote that?" You all believe in led by the Spirit of God? Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God, is that right?

L-81 Now, the Holy Ghost told him he was going to see the Christ before he died. And now, here he is reading, you know, and on like that. And I can hear the Holy Ghost say, "Simeon, stand up."
Simeon say, "Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord."
"Start walking, Simeon."
"Where, Lord?"
"Just walk. That's all. Just keep walking." Oh, my. Hallelujah. I like that. "Just keep walking. I made you a promise, Simeon. You don't know nothing about it right now, but you're walking right into it."

L-82 Simeon walks out, you know, like that. "Well, I never felt like this before." He said, "There's just something I--just at peace somehow. Is this far enough, Lord?"
"Just keep walking." Walks over, and he sees where this line of women is.
"Well, think I'll walk down." And as he got closer, Something begin to move on him. Don't you believe that? Led by the Spirit of God, sons of God. The promise is there. The Messiah was in the temple, the very One that the Holy Ghost promised him.
He walks down and he sees this little woman; he reaches over and he takes that baby out of his arms, tears running off his white beard, said, "Now, Lord, let Thy servant depart in peace according to Thy Words, for my eyes have seen Your salvation." Oh, my, led of the Holy Ghost.
Yes, he was expecting to see Him. And if he was expecting to see Him, God is under obligation to let him see Him.

L-83 Way over in the corner, an old blind prophetess set over there. She was expecting too, to see the Kingdom of God, waiting for the consolation of Israel, the coming of the Lord.
I see her setting over there. Theologians tells her history that she was blind. And she was setting in the corner. The Holy Ghost said, "Rise up, Ann." Here she comes to the--winding her way through the temple, blind, led by the Holy Ghost, waiting for the consolation of Israel. Here she comes making her way around Jones and all them, till she gets over and stands in front of Him, and raised up her hands, and blessed God, and prophesied. Hallelujah. The rest of them going on by and knowing nothing about it, just like the man in the observatory. But these people was expecting. The Holy Spirit revealed it.


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