<TITLE>09. Par 25-27</TITLE>L-25 Way back up on the hill, I can see a little woman doing her knitting. She'd spent all of her money for, at the doctors and they couldn't do her no good. She had a blood issue for several years. And she looked down. She said, "Isn't it strange, I was just dreaming about Him last night, perhaps. And I believe if I could only get to that Man and touch His garments, I wouldn't have to get in the prayer line. He'd just turn around and tell me it was over, if I could just get close enough to Him." That's the way to do it. That's who did. "If I could just get close enough to Him, that's all I need."
Well, I see her walk down here. There stands her pastor. She looks up. "Now, where are you going? And I suppose then, you're going down to that meeting. Well, I want to let you know this, you know what the orders are around here. Any person that associates with that tribe, they're given their letter."
Said, "You can just have it," and here she goes on, right on down. And she had to get to Jesus. And as soon as she got there, I can see her standing before a big bunch.
Looked down there, say, "Well, I'm surprised at you. A woman that the doctors has turned down and can't do nothing for her, and then you... And a woman with a reputation that you got as a good woman, the reputation and--and the prestige that you got amongst the people, and here you are associating yourself with that bunch of holy rollers. There... I never seen such. The very audacity. Hmmm. The days of miracles is passed."
I can hear her turn around and say, "It might be for you, but not for me. Just let me get a little closer to Him." She's pressing on. She's got to get up there.

L-26 And after a while, some fellow says, "I just tell you right now, Aunt Lydie; I--I just ha--I'm just not going to let you do it. We're just going to stand here and not let you do it." I can see her just stoop right down and walk between his legs and go right on through. See? She's determined to get to Him, regardless of the cost, regardless of the price. That's the way we ought to be. No matter what says this or what side's that, God said it in His Word and that settles it for me then. God said so, that's just--that's all of it. I believe it.
So here she come. And she gets down there, and she seen all the people standing up, and around, and putting their arms around Him. She just slipped along behind Him and touched His garment like that. And she thought, "O Lord, I--I... That just satisfies me. I got to the meeting, so that's good enough to me."
And all at once there's something, He some way of knowing things. He turned around, said, "Who touched Me?" Looked around over the audience, and till He found where she was, said, "Thy faith has saved thee. Your blood issue's done stopped now."
Why, He's the same tonight, just the same Jesus, if He's risen from the dead. He said, "The things that I do, shall you also." Is that right? And He said, "If you believe..." That's all you had to do. All right. And she was healed.

L-27 And then, about that time I see this little priest a pushing through the crowd. And some of them said, "Well, looky there. Well, there's Jairus, the one that just got his degree last year. Well, do you mean to tell me he's just got his bachelor's degree and here w--he is down there fooling around that group now?" Why was he down there? He had a need. That's right. He had a hungry heart; and God was going to show him all about these things.
So he slips right up to where Jesus was, and he said, "Lord, my little girl is at the point of death. Come, lay Your hands on her and she'll get well." My, I just like that. Oh, when he seen he'd got close enough to Him that he could attract His attention, if he could attract the attention of the Man... God was already dealing with his heart, so if he could attract the attention of the Man, he'd get what he wanted; 'cause he knowed that God was in His Son.


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