<TITLE>07. Par 19-22</TITLE>L-19 He went up on a mount prior to this time, and He watched the little ship as it went out into the ocean. The disciples had left the shore. And they left without Him. They got in trouble.
You know, did you ever watch that? If you and I leave without Jesus, we're going to get in trouble too. The devil is going to set a trap for us just as soon as we get out from under that shelter of His protection.
The devil set a trap for Him--for the disciples. But here's the lovely part, though they had left without Him, He climbed upon the mountain and was watching them. I like that.
He's climbed upon the ramparts of glory tonight, watching us. His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. He said even a sparrow couldn't fall to the ground without the Father knowing it.
How much does He know that this man's in a wheelchair and that little baby laying there, the lady setting here suffering with cancer and so forth? How He knows those things, knows all things. He's just as concerned as He can be. He knows all things.

L-20 And then when He came to them... We'll notice over at the other shore, there's a--a little fellow by the name of Jairus. And he was a nice little man. I believe that Jairus was a secret believer. He didn't want people to know about it.
There's a lot of people like that in Phoenix tonight, that they'd be right here in this meeting if the pastor wouldn't put them out of church Sunday, for coming. That's right. They believe it. But they're afraid.
Jairus believed too, but he was afraid. He believed. And when he heard about Jesus, the things that was done, He was different from any other man. He knowed that was God's Servant, God's Son. He knowed He had to be more than a man. And he believed the ministry, though he was all bound up with a organization that he couldn't move. For they'd strictly said that any man that hears this fanatic is--just might as well take your church papers and go on. Because you're going to be put out of the synagogue, considered a heretic.
So you know, anybody that's deep sincere like Jairus, sometimes God has to work things around to make them to be a believer and come out and confess some things. Don't you believe that? He does.

L-21 He had one little daughter, and she was about twelve years old. She took sick. As most all men would do, they called the doctor, I guess. And the doctor looked the child over and said, "Well, perhaps I'll give her a round of medicine."
And the next day he come back, and the child was worse and grew worse all the time. I'd imagine Jairus, way back down in the gable end of his soul, he thought, "Wonder where Jesus is? If I have to have Him, you know..."
That's the way a lot of people think though. That's right. "I--I really believe it, but I... For my social prestige, I just can't confess it like that." The world's full of them tonight. Looking to men, scared of men. "Don't fear men who can kill the body, but fear Him who can kill both body and soul." Don't care what the people says.

L-22 There is a many peoples have...?... in town and found tonight riding around in big nice Cadillac cars and things, up-to-date in what's called in the social ranks of the world, would love to be enjoying the--the experience of some of these poor dear people setting in here tonight, maybe don't even know where their meal will come from tomorrow. They'd like to do it. But for their social standing...
See what a curse money is and riches. No wonder Jesus said, "Scarcely a rich man can enter the gates of heaven." Like the camel going through the eye of the needle, has to unload his burdens and get on his knees and crawl under. He can get there, but he has to unload first.


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