<TITLE>14. Par 47-49</TITLE>L-47 Our heavenly Father, we thank Thee tonight for Thy magnificent grace that's been bestowed upon us--to us unworthy shavings of the earth, cut out of the human family. But, O God, I'm so thankful that the time of the first whistle has done blowed; we're gathering together now for the rapture. Some of these glorious days we'll see Him Who has give us this blessing and magnetized our souls to Him. We thank Thee for being a witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, Who Thou has raised up from the dead, and was seen for forty days and nights and ascended up into the heavens. And with Him went many of the saints, to be with Him in glory, and some glorious day will return again, bringing with Him the redeemed of all ages. Oh, for that day, Lord. Help us to be ready.
And while the night is getting darker, gross darkness over the earth, may we let our light shine. And I pray, Father, that You'll light every soul anew here tonight. And may the glorious power of the resurrection now shine forth in this audience tonight. How that You humbled Yourself, come down, humiliated Yourself, taking upon Yourself the form of a sinful man, and was made flesh and dwelt among us, and they beheld You, the only begotten of the Father. To think how He loved us in that He gave His life for us, and humiliated Himself, that in His humiliation we were brought nigh to God. Through His poverty we've been made rich.
And we are thankful that He said, "The things that I do shall you also; even greater, for I go to My Father." And, O Lord, I pray tonight that You'll manifest Your power, not that You have to, but that Your Word might be fulfilled. For it is written, that You've come that did these things, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the prophets.
Now, Lord, may the signs of the Messiah appear here tonight, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of Jesus the Lord, "The things that I do, shall you also." For we ask it in His Name. Amen.

L-48 All right. I trust that God would bless you and help you, and let you know that down deep in the human heart there's a desire to be--to be close to God. Mine is too. And now, if there was anything that I could do to help you, Christian friends, oh, I'd love to do it. The only thing I can declare to you is this now (just before we call the people to the platform for prayer): I stand firmly to say that Jesus Christ is not dead. He's alive forevermore.
If He laid in the grave and they stoled His body away, then the Jewish version of it is right. If He doesn't keep His Word, the Jewish version is right; the Mohammedan religion is as good as ours; so is the Buddha and any of the rest of them, as good as ours. But thanks be to God, that in this dark hour we have the proof of His resurrection.

L-49 Jesus, when He was here on earth, He said... We watched what type of Person He was. He wasn't a man of... He was a marvelous speaker. But not a educated man. He spoke with a common language. He dressed like a ordinary man. He didn't dress like the priest or some of the religious people of that day. He just dressed like an ordinary man. People couldn't tell Him from anyone else. He just walked through the crowd. He had a beard and so forth, just perhaps like the rest had, as far as we know. And no--no Scripture saying that He was dressed any different...
Two young ladies, I think, made Him a robe one time, throughout, wove it without a seam. He lived in it, slept in it, and died with it. Now, we'll... And the soldiers gambled for it at the cross. But when He was here on earth, He was a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief. He had so much persons--different characters in Him, till they was no one could ever paint His picture right, I suppose.


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